1 Ndị Tesalonaịka 4
1 Nʼikpeazụ, ụmụnna anyị, anyị na-arịọ ma na-akwagidekwa unu nʼime Onyenwe anyị Jisọs, dị ka unu mụtara site nʼaka anyị otu unu kwesiri isi bie ndụ, nakwa ime ihe ga-atọ Chineke ụtọ. Unu na-eme nke a karịa.
As to what remains, then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us, how you ought to walk, and please God, you would more abound in it.
2 Nʼihi na unu maara ụdị ndụmọdụ ahụ sị nʼaka Onyenwe anyị Jisọs nke anyị nyere unu.
For you know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus;
3 Nʼihi na nke a bụ ọchịchọ Chineke, bụ ị dị nsọ unu. Ka unu wezuga onwe unu site na ịkwa iko,
for this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you should abstain from whoredom--
4 ka onye ọbụla nʼime unu mata ido ahụ nke onwe ya nʼugwu na nʼịdị nsọ.
that every one of you should know how to possess his own body in sanctification and honor--
5 Ọ bụghị nʼụzọ imejupụta ọchịchọ ọjọọ nke anụ ahụ dị ka ndị mba ọzọ na-amaghị Chineke.
not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God.
6 Ka onye ọbụla ghara imegbu maọbụ ịghọgbu nwanna ya nʼokwu a. Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị ga-ata onye na-eme ihe dị otu a ahụhụ, dị ka anyị gwara unu na mbụ, na-adọsikwa unu aka na ntị ike.
That no man should go beyond bounds, or defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger of all such;
7 Nʼihi na ọkpụkpọ Chineke kpọrọ anyị abụghị ka anyị na-ebi ndụ adịghị ọcha kama ọ chọrọ ka anyị dịrị nsọ.
for God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
8 Ya mere, onye ọbụla nke jụrụ ịnara ntụziaka a, ọ bụghị mmadụ ka ọ jụrụ, kama ọ bụ Chineke onye na-enye unu Mmụọ Nsọ ya.
Therefore, indeed, he who despises not man, but God, who certainly has given to us his Holy Spirit.
9 Ugbu a, ihe gbasara ịhụnanya nke kwesiri ịdị nʼetiti ụmụnna, o kwesighị ka anyị gwa unu ihe ọzọ banyere ya. Nʼihi na unu onwe unu bụ ndị Chineke kuziri ka unu nwee ịhụnanya nʼebe ibe unu nọ.
But, concerning brotherly love, you have no need that I write to you, for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
10 Ma nʼezie, unu na-ahụ ụmụnna anyị niile bi na Masidonia nʼanya. Ma anyị na-arịọsịkwa unu arịrịọ ike sị unu na-ahụkwa ha nʼanya karịa ka unu hụrụ ha ugbu a.
And, indeed, you do it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia: but we exhort you, brethren, still to abound,
11 Nweenụ agụụ ibi ndụ nwayọọ, na-arụkwanụ ọrụ dịịrị unu. Jirikwanụ aka unu na-arụ ọrụ dịka anyị gwara unu,
and earnestly study to be quiet; and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you:
12 nke a ga-eme ka ndụ unu na-ebi kwa ụbọchị wetara unu nsọpụrụ nʼebe ndị na-ekweghị ekwe nọ, meekwa ka unu ghara i dabere nʼonye ọbụla.
that you may walk decently toward them who are without, and may have need of nothing.
13 Ụmụnna m, anyị chọrọ ka unu mata ihe banyere ndị otu anyị ndị dara nʼụra ọnwụ, ya ewutela unu dịka o si ewute ndị ọzọ ndị na-enweghị olileanya.
Now, I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them who sleep; that you may not be grieved, even as the others, who have no hope.
14 Nʼihi na ebe ọ bụ na anyị kweere na Jisọs nwụrụ ma sitekwa nʼọnwụ bilie, nʼotu aka ahụ, anyị kwenyekwara na site na Jisọs, Chineke ga-akpọlite ndị niile nwụrụ anwụ.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again; so, also, them who sleep, will God, through Jesus, bring with him.
15 Nʼihi na okwu nke Onyenwe anyị nke anyị na-akụziri unu bụ nke a, na anyị ndị dị ndụ ruo ọbịbịa Onyenwe anyị agaghị ebu ndị dara nʼụra ọnwụ ụzọ.
Besides, this we affirm to you, by the word of the Lord, that we, the living, who remain at the coming of the Lord, shall not anticipate them who are asleep:
16 Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị nʼonwe ya ga-esi nʼeluigwe rịdata, ọ ga-ewere olu ike kpọọ oku, werekwa olu nke onyeisi ndị mmụọ ozi na ụda opi ike nke Chineke. Mgbe ahụ ndị niile nwụrụ nʼime Kraịst ga-ebu ụzọ bilie.
for the Lord himself will descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the Arch Angel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ shall rise first;
17 Mgbe ahụ, anyị onwe anyị, ndị dị ndụ, ndị fọdụrụ nʼụwa, ka a ga-eweli anyị na ha elu nʼime igwe ojii, ịga izute Onyenwe anyị na mbara eluigwe, ebe anyị na Onyenwe anyị ga-anọ ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.
afterward we, the living, who remain, shall, at the same time with them, be instantly taken up in clouds, to join the Lord in the air; and so we shall be for ever with the Lord.
18 Ya mere, werenụ okwu ndị a, na-agba onwe unu ume mgbe niile.
Wherefore, comfort one another with these words.
