1 Tessalonicesi 4
1 NEL rimanente adunque, fratelli, noi vi preghiamo, ed esortiamo nel Signore Gesù, che, come avete da noi ricevuto come vi convien camminare, e piacere a Dio, [in ciò] vie più abbondiate.
Now, my fellow believers, [I want to write] about some other matters. Because we all have a close relationship with the Lord Jesus, we(exc) strongly urge you [DOU] to live in a way that pleases God. We taught you to do that, and you know that we lived that way as a result of what the Lord Jesus [told us]. We know that you are conducting your lives that way, but [we strongly urge] that you do that even more.
2 Perciocchè voi sapete quali comandamenti vi abbiamo dati per lo Signore Gesù.
3 Poichè questa è la volontà di Dio, [cioè: ] la vostra santificazione; acciocchè vi asteniate dalla fornicazione;
God wants you to live pure lives that will show that you completely belong to him. He wants you to avoid doing any sexually immoral acts (OR, avoid being sexually immoral in any way).
4 [e] che ciascun di voi sappia possedere il suo vaso in santificazione, ed onore;
[That is, he wants] each one of you to know how to control your own sexual desires [EUP]. He wants you to live pure lives that all people will see as good.
5 non in passione di concupiscenza, come i Gentili, i quali non conoscono Iddio.
You must not lustfully desire [to do] immoral acts as unbelievers [MTY] [do] who do not obey God.
6 [E] che niuno oppressi il suo prossimo, nè gli faccia frode negli affari [di questa vita]; perciocchè il Signore [è] il vendicator di tutte queste cose; siccome ancora vi abbiamo innanzi detto, e protestato.
[God wants each one of you to control your sexual desires, in order that] no one of you sin against your fellow believer and take advantage of him or her by doing things like that. Remember that we strongly warned you previously [DOU] that the Lord [Jesus] will punish all [people who do] sexually immoral acts.
7 Poichè Iddio non ci ha chiamati ad immondizia, ma a santificazione.
When God chose us [believers], he did not want us to [be people who] behave in a sexually immoral way. On the contrary, [he wants us] to be [people who] behave in a morally pure way.
8 Perciò chi sprezza [queste cose] non isprezza un uomo, ma Iddio, il quale ancora ha messo il suo Spirito Santo in noi.
So I warn you that those who disregard [this teaching] of mine [are] not just disregarding me. On the contrary, [they are disregarding] God, [because God commanded it. Remember that] God sent his Spirit, who is holy, [to live] in you!
9 Ora, quant'è all'amor fraterno, voi non avete bisogno ch'io ve [ne] scriva; perciocchè voi stessi siete insegnati da Dio ad amarvi gli uni gli altri.
[I want to urge you] again [that you should] love [your] fellow believers [MET]. You do not really need that [anyone] write to you about that, because God has already taught you [how] to love each other,
10 Perciocchè lo stesso fate voi ancora inverso tutti i fratelli, che [sono] in tutta la Macedonia; or vi esortiamo, fratelli, che [in ciò] vie più abbondiate.
and because you already are [showing that you love] your fellow believers [HYP] [who live] in other places [in your province] of Macedonia. Nevertheless, my fellow believers, we urge you to [love each other] even more.
11 E procacciate studiosamente di vivere in quiete, e di fare i fatti vostri, e di lavorar colle proprie mani, siccome vi abbiamo ordinato.
[We urge you] also to eagerly strive/try to mind your own affairs and to not meddle/interfere with the affairs of others. We urge you also to work at your own occupations/jobs [to earn what you need to live]. Remember that we taught you previously to live like that.
12 Acciocchè camminiate onestamente inverso que' di fuori, e non abbiate bisogno di cosa alcuna.
If you do these things, unbelievers will acknowledge/see that you behave decently/properly, and you will not have to depend on others [to] ([supply/give to you]) [what you need].
13 ORA, fratelli, noi non vogliamo che siate in ignoranza intorno a quelli che dormono; acciocchè non siate contristati, come gli altri che non hanno speranza.
My fellow believers, we also want you to understand well [LIT] [what will happen] to our fellow believers [who now] are dead [EUP]. [You must not be/do like] the unbelievers. They [grieve deeply for people who die because] they do not confidently expect [people to live again after they die].
14 Poichè, se crediamo che Gesù è morto, ed è risuscitato, Iddio ancora addurrà con lui quelli che dormono in Gesù.
We [believers] know that it is true that Jesus died and that he came back [to life] again. So [we also know well that] when Jesus returns, God [will cause] those [believers] who died [EUP] [to live again] and to come with [Jesus].
15 Perciocchè noi vi diciamo questo per parola del Signore: che noi viventi, che sarem rimasti fino alla venuta del Signore, non andremo innanzi a coloro che dormono.
[I write this] because the Lord [Jesus] revealed [to me] what I am now telling you. [Some of you may think that] when the Lord [Jesus] comes back, he will consider that we [believers] who are still living will be superior to those [believers] who have died [EUP], because [we will meet Jesus first. That is certainly not true]!
16 Perciocchè il Signore stesso, con acclamazion di conforto, con voce di arcangelo, e con tromba di Dio, discenderà dal cielo; e quelli che son morti in Cristo risusciteranno primieramente.
It is the Lord [Jesus] himself who will descend from heaven. [When he comes down, he] will command all of [us believers to rise from their graves]. The chief angel will shout [loudly], and [another angel] will blow a trumpet for God. Then (OR, As a result), the first thing that will happen is that the people who [trusted] in Christ before they died will live again.
17 Poi noi viventi, che saremo rimasti, saremo insieme con loro rapiti nelle nuvole, a scontrare il Signore nell'aria; e così saremo sempre col Signore.
After that, [God] will powerfully take up into the clouds all of us [believers] who are still living [on this earth]. [He will take us] and those [other believers who have died], in order that [we all] might together meet/welcome the Lord [Jesus] in the sky. As a result of that, we [all] will be with him forever.
18 Consolatevi adunque gli uni gli altri con queste parole.
Because [all this is true], encourage/comfort each other by reminding each other of this teaching.
