1 Batesalonika 4
1 Bandeko, mpo na oyo etali makambo mosusu, tolakisaki bino ndenge nini bosengeli kotambola mpo na kosepelisa Nzambe, mpe yango nde bozali kosala. Kasi sik’oyo, tozali kosenga na bino mpe kotinda bino na makasi, kati na Nkolo Yesu, ete bokoba kosalaka bongo koleka.
Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
2 Pamba te boyebi mitindo oyo topesaki bino na Kombo ya Nkolo Yesu.
For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
3 Nzambe alingi ete bozalaka bule tango nyonso: bokimaka pite;
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
4 moko na moko kati na bino asengeli koyeba kobatela nzoto na ye kati na bosantu mpe lokumu,
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
5 asengeli koboya kozala mowumbu ya baposa ya nzoto lokola Bapagano oyo bayebi Nzambe te,
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
6 asengeli mpe te kokosa to kosala ndeko na ye mabe kati na makambo oyo etali bonzoto, pamba te Nkolo akopesa etumbu na bato nyonso oyo basalaka mabe ya lolenge wana, ndenge toyebisaki mpe tokebisaki bino liboso.
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
7 Nzambe abengaki biso te mpo ete tozala bato ya mbindo, kasi mpo ete tobika bomoi na biso na lolenge ya bule.
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
8 Boye moto oyo atosaka mitindo yango te atiolaka moto te kasi atiolaka nde Nzambe oyo apesaki bino Molimo Mosantu na Ye.
He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
9 Mpo na oyo etali bolingo kati na bino, ezali lisusu na tina te ya kokomela bino, pamba te Ye moko Nzambe ateyaki bino kolingana bino na bino.
But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
10 Ezali mpe bolingo yango nde bosengeli kotalisa epai ya bandeko nyonso kati na Masedwane mobimba. Mpe bandeko, tozali kosenga na bino ete bokoba kosalaka bongo koleka,
And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
11 ete bolukaka kobika bomoi na bino kati na kimia; mpe tika ete moto nyonso atalaka makambo na ye moko mpe aliaka na motoki na ye moko, ndenge kaka toyebisaki bino yango,
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
12 mpo ete, mokolo na mokolo, Bapagano bamemia bino, mpe mpo ete bobika te bomoi na bino na sima ya mokongo ya moto.
That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
13 Bandeko, toboyi bozanga boyebi na tina na bato oyo bakufa, mpo ete bozala na mawa te lokola bamosusu oyo bazangi elikya.
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
14 Pamba te ndenge tondimaka ete Yesu akufaki mpe asekwaki, ndenge mpe tondimaka ete Nzambe akomema, na nzela ya Yesu mpe elongo na Ye, bato oyo bakufa kati na Ye.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 Kolanda liloba na Nkolo, tala makambo oyo tozali koyebisa bino: biso ba-oyo tokotikala na bomoi kino na tango oyo Nkolo akoya, tokokende te liboso ya bato oyo bakufa;
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 pamba te tango kaka mitindo ekopesama na nzela ya koganga ya mokonzi ya ba-anjelu mpe ya kelelo ya Nzambe, Ye moko Nkolo akokita wuta na Lola mpe bato oyo basila kokufa kati na Klisto bakosekwa bato ya liboso.
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Sima na yango, biso bato oyo tokozala na bomoi na tango yango tokomemama elongo na bango kati na mapata mpo na kokutana na Nkolo, na likolo; mpe na bongo, tokozala elongo na Nkolo libela na libela.
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Yango wana, bolendisanaka na maloba oyo.
Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
