1 Tasaloniiqee 4

1 Kana malees yaa obboloota, Waaqa gammachiisuuf akkamitti akka jiraachuu qabdan nu isin barsiifneerra; isinis akkuma sanatti jiraachaa jirtu. Ammas akka ittuma caalchiftanii waan kana gootan Gooftaa Yesuusiin isin kadhanna; isin gorsinas.

Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.

2 Nu taayitaa Gooftaa Yesuusiin ajaja maalii akka isinii kennine beektuutii.

For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

3 Fedhiin Waaqaa akka isin qulqullooftanii dha; kunis akka isin halalummaa irraa fagaattaniif;

For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;

4 tokkoon tokkoon keessan akkamitti akka karaa qulqulluu fi ulfina qabeessa taʼeen dhagna keessan eeggattan beekuu qabdu;

each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

5 kunis akka ormoota Waaqa hin beekneetti hawwii fooniitiin hin taʼin;

not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;

6 waan kanaanis namni tokko iyyuu obboleessa isaa hin miidhin yookaan hin gowwoomsin. Akkuma nu kanaan dura isinitti himnee isin akeekkachiifne sana, Gooftaan warra cubbuu akkasii hojjetan hunda haaloo baʼa.

and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.

7 Waaqni akka nu jireenya qulqulluu jiraannuuf malee akka xuroofnuuf nu hin waamneetii.

For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

8 Kanaafuu namni gorsa kana tuffatu Waaqa Hafuura isaa Qulqulluu isinii kennu sana tuffata malee nama hin tuffatu.

Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.

9 Egaa waan Waaqni akka isin wal jaallattan isin barsiiseef waaʼee jaalala obbolummaa isinii barreessuu nu hin barbaachisu.

Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.

10 Dhugumaan isin obboloota guutummaa Maqedooniyaa keessa jiran hunda ni jaallattu. Yaa obboloota, nu garuu akka kana caalaa isaan jaallattan isin gorsina;

And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more

11 akkuma nu kanaan dura isin ajajnetti tasgabbiin jiraachuuf tattaaffadhaa; harkuma keessaniin hojii keessan hojjetadhaa;

and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.

12 kunis akka isin warra alaa biratti ulfina argattanii fi akka harka nama tokko illee hin eegganneef.

Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.

13 Yaa obboloota, nu akka isin waaʼee warra rafan sanaa wallaaltan yookaan akka namoota abdii hin qabne kaaniitti gadditan hin barbaannu.

Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.

14 Nu erga akka Yesuus duʼee duʼaa kaʼe amannee akkasuma immoo Waaqni warra Yesuusitti amananii rafan sana akka isuma wajjin kaasu ni amanna.

For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.

15 Wanni nu akka dubbii Gooftaatti isinitti himnu kana; nu warri lubbuun jirru kanneen hamma dhufaatii Gooftaatti jiraannu gonkumaa warra rafan sana hin dursinu.

By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.

16 Gooftaan mataan isaa ajajaan, sagalee ergamaa hangafaatii fi sagalee malakata Waaqaatiin samii irraa ni buʼa; warri Kiristoositti amananii duʼanis jalqabatti ni kaʼu.

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.

17 Ergasii immoo nu warri hafnee lubbuun jirru qilleensa irratti Gooftaa simachuuf isaan wajjin duumessaan ol fudhatamna. Akkasumas bara baraan Gooftaa wajjin ni jiraanna.

After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.

18 Kanaafuu dubbii kanaan wal jajjabeessaa.

Therefore encourage one another with these words.