१ थेसलोनिकी 5
1 भाइहरू हो, तिमीहरूलाई समय र ऋतुहरूको बारेमा कुनै कुरा लेखिरहनु जरुरत छैन ।
My fellow believers, [I want to tell you more] about the time or period [when the Lord Jesus will come back. Really], you do not need me to you about that,
2 किनकि तिमीहरू आफैले राम्ररी जान्दछौ कि प्रभुको आगमनको समय राती आउने चोरको जस्तै हुनेछ ।
because you yourselves know accurately [what will happen! You know] that the Lord [Jesus will return] [MTY] [unexpectedly] (OR, [when some people are unprepared]). [People will not expect him, just like no one knows when] a thief [comes unexpectedly] at night [SIM].
3 तिनीहरूले “शान्ति र सुरक्षा” भन्दै गर्दा गर्भवती स्त्रीलाई प्रसव-वेदना भएझैँ तिनीहरूमाथि अचानक विनाश आइपर्छ र तिनीहरू कुनै पनि किसिमले उम्कनेछैनन् ।
[At a future time] many people will say, “[All is] peaceful and [we are] safe!” Then suddenly the Lord Jesus will come to punish people severely! Just like a pregnant woman who [experiences] birth pains [cannot stop those pains], those people will definitely not [have any way to] escape [their punishment].
4 तर भाइहरू हो, त्यो दिन तिमीहरूमाथि चोरझैँ आइपर्नलाई तिमीहरू अन्धकारमा छैनौ ।
[Just like people] in the dark [are unaware of what is happening around them, most people will not be aware of what is about to happen to them] [MET, PRS]. Just like a thief [comes unexpectedly for people who are unaware, that time of punishment will come when people are not expecting it] [SIM]. But you, my fellow believers, are people who are very much aware [LIT] of what is going to happen. As a result, you will be expecting [LIT] those things [MTY] to happen [PRS]. All of us [believers] are people [IDM] [who do what is right, as people usually do in] the daytime [MET] [when their actions can be seen]. We are not [people who do evil things, as some people do when it is] dark [MET].
5 किनभने तिमीहरू सबै प्रकाशका सन्तानहरू र दिनका सन्तानहरू हौ । हामी रातका सन्तान होइनौँ, न त अन्धकारका नै ।
6 त्यसैले, हामी बाँकी अरूहरूझैँ नसुतौँ, तर जागा रहौँ र गम्भीर हौँ ।
So we believers must be aware of what is happening. We must be watching carefully, [as people who are awake watch for a thief] [MET]. We must be self-controlled, as people who are (sober/not drunk) are able to control what they do [MET]. People who sleep [MET] [are unaware of what is happening, and unbelievers are like that].
7 किनभने सुत्नेहरू रातमा नै सुत्छन् र पिएर मात्नेहरू रातमा नै मात्दछन् ।
It is at night when people become drunk [and they do very wrong actions/things, and are unaware of what is happening because they] are asleep.
8 तर हामी दिनका सन्तानहरू हौँ । त्यसैले, गम्भीर हौँ, विश्वास र प्रेमको छाती-पाता लगाऔँ र भावी मुक्तिको टोप पनि लगाऔँ ।
But we believers are people who [should do what is right] [MET], so we must be self-controlled, [as people] in the daytime [are usually not drunk and are able to control what they do] [MET]. [As Roman soldiers protect themselves by] putting on breastplates and helmets [MET], we [believers] must [protect ourselves by continuing to] trust and love [the Lord Jesus] and by continuing to confidently expect that he will save [us from God’s punishing us at the time when he will punish other people].
9 किनभने परमेश्वरले हामीलाई क्रोधको निम्ति होइन, तर हाम्रा प्रभु येशू ख्रीष्टद्वारा मुक्तिको निम्ति चुन्नुभयो ।
When God chose us, he did not plan for us to [be people whom he will severely] punish [MTY]. On the contrary, [he decided] that he would save us because of [our trusting in what] our Lord Jesus Christ [has done for us].
10 उहाँ हाम्रो निम्ति मर्नुभयो ताकि हामी जागा हौँ वा निन्द्रामा हामी सबै उहाँसँग जिउन सकौँ ।
Jesus died [to atone/pay] for our [sins] in order that we might be able to live together with him, whether we are alive [MET] or whether we are dead [EUP] [when he returns to earth].
11 यसकारण, तिमीहरूले अगिदेखि गरेजस्तै एक अर्कालाई सान्त्वना देऊ र निर्माण गर ।
Because [you know that this is true], continue to encourage/comfort each other, as indeed you now are doing.
12 भाइहरू हो, हामीले तिमीहरूमाझ परिश्रम गर्नेहरूप्रति र तिमीहरूलाई उत्साह दिनेलाई प्रभुमा तिमीहरूभन्दा माथि भएकाहरूप्रति कृतज्ञ हुनलाई आग्रह गर्छौं ।
My fellow believers, we [three] ask that you recognize/honor [as leaders] those people who work hard for you. [Specifically], respect those who lead you as fellow believers who (have a close relationship with/are united to) the Lord [Jesus]. They warn you [to stop doing what is wrong] (OR, they teach you [to do what is right]).
13 हामीले तिनीहरूलाई तिनीहरूको कामको खातिर प्रेममा उच्च आदरको सम्झनलाई पनि आग्रह गर्छौं । तिमीहरू आपसमा शान्तिमा रहो ।
That is, we [ask that you] consider those leaders to be very important and that you love them, because they work [hard to help you]. We also urge you to live peacefully with each other.
14 भाइहरू हो, हामी तिमीहरूलाई गोलमाल गर्नेहरूलाई चेतावनी दिन, निरुत्साहित भएकाहरूलाई उत्साह दिन, कमजोरलाई समर्थन गर्न र सबैसँग धैर्यवान् हुनलाई उत्साह दिन्छौँ ।
My fellow believers, we urge that you warn [believers] who will not work [in order to] ([obtain/earn the money to buy]) [things that they need to live. Tell them that they are behaving wrongly]. We urge you that you encourage [believers] who are fearful (OR, discouraged), and that you help all people who are weak [in any way]. We also urge you to be patient with everyone.
15 हेर, कसैले खराबीको बदला खराबी नगरोस्, तर सदैव एक अर्कामा र सबैलाई असल गर्न प्रयत्न गर ।
Make sure that none [of you] does evil things to anyone [who has done] evil to you. On the contrary, you must always try to do good [things] for each other (OR, to fellow believers) and to everyone else.
16 सदैव आनन्द गर,
Be joyful (at all times/always),
17 नरोकी प्रार्थना गरिरहो,
pray continually,
18 हरेक कुरामा धन्यवाद देओ किनभने यो तिमीहरूको निम्ति ख्रीष्ट येशूमा परमेश्वरको इच्छा हो ।
and thank [God] (in all [circumstances/] [of what happens]). God wants you [to behave] like that [because of what] Christ Jesus [has done for you] (OR, because you have a close relationship with Christ Jesus).
19 पवित्र आत्मालाई ननिभाओ ।
Do not [refuse the urging from God’s] Spirit [when he is working] [MTY] [among you. That would be like] throwing water on [a fire] [MET]!
20 अगमवाणीलाई अवहेलना नगर ।
[Specifically], do not despise messages that the Holy Spirit reveals to someone, [and reject them automatically].
21 सबै कुराको जाँच गर, जे असल छ त्यसमा लागिरहो ।
On the contrary, evaluate all [such messages]. Accept the [messages that are truly from God, and obey them].
22 सबै किसिमको खराबीलाई त्याग ।
Do not obey any kind of evil [message].
23 शान्तिका परमेश्वर आफैले तिमीहरूलाई पूर्ण रूपमा शुद्ध पारून्, र तिमीहरूका सम्पूर्ण आत्मा, प्राण, र शरीरलाई हाम्रा प्रभु येशू ख्रीष्टको आगमनमा दोषरहित राखून् ।
[We pray to] God that he will change you to become more and more like his people should be. He is the one who causes [his people] to have [inner] peace. [That is, we pray] that he will help you so that in all that you think, in all that you desire, and in all that you do, you will be without fault. We ask him that he will keep doing that [until] our Lord Jesus Christ comes back [to earth].
24 तिमीहरूलाई बोलाउनुहुने इमानदार हुनुहुन्छ । उहाँले नै यो पनि गर्नुहुनेछ ।
[Because God] has invited you [to be his people, you can] certainly trust him to keep on helping you to do that.
25 भाइहरू हो, हाम्रो निम्ति पनि प्रार्थना गर ।
My fellow believers, pray for me and for Silas and for Timothy.
26 सबै भाइहरूलाई पवित्र चुम्बनले अभिवादन गर ।
[When you gather together as believers], greet each other affectionately, as fellow believers [should].
27 म प्रभुद्वारा तिमीहरूलाई बिन्ती गर्दछु, कि यो पत्र सबै भाइहरूका निम्ति पनि पढियोस् ।
Make certain that you read this letter to all the believers who may be absent when you read it at first, [knowing that] the Lord [Jesus wants you to do it].
28 हाम्रा प्रभु येशू ख्रीष्टको अनुग्रह तिमीहरूसँग रहोस् ।
[I pray that] our Lord Jesus Christ [will continue to act] kindly toward you all.
