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 therefore, my brethren, we intreat and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received instructions from us, how ye ought to walk and to please God, ye would abound therein more and more.
2 Nʼihi na unu maara ụdị ndụmọdụ ahụ sị nʼaka Onyenwe anyị Jisọs nke anyị nyere unu.
For ye know what commandments we gave you from 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 ye should abstain from fornication,
4 ka onye ọbụla nʼime unu mata ido ahụ nke onwe ya nʼugwu na nʼịdị nsọ.
and that every one of you should possess his vessel 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, like the heathens 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 one over-reach, or wrong his brother in any thing: because the Lord is an avenger of all such crimes, as we also told you before, and testified to you.
7 Nʼihi na ọkpụkpọ Chineke kpọrọ anyị abụghị ka anyị na-ebi ndụ adịghị ọcha kama ọ chọrọ ka anyị dịrị nsọ.
For God hath 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.
He therefore who rejecteth us, rejecteth not man, but God; who hath given 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 as to brotherly love, ye need not that I write unto you; for ye 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 ye do it to all the brethren, that are in all Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound in it more and more:
11 Nweenụ agụụ ibi ndụ nwayọọ, na-arụkwanụ ọrụ dịịrị unu. Jirikwanụ aka unu na-arụ ọrụ dịka anyị gwara unu,
and endeavour to be quiet, and mind your own affairs, and work with your own hands,
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.
as we gave you in charge, that ye may walk decently toward those that are without, and may have need of no one's assistance.
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.
But I would not have you ignorant, my brethren, concerning those that are fallen asleep, that ye may not be grieved like 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 those, that sleep in Jesus, will God 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.
For this we tell you in the word of the Lord, that we who shall be living and remain to the coming of the Lord, shall not be before those that 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 acclamation, with the voice of the archangel, 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.
then we who are living and remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we for ever be with the Lord.
18 Ya mere, werenụ okwu ndị a, na-agba onwe unu ume mgbe niile.
Therefore comfort one another with these words.
