1 thiṣalanīkinaḥ 4

1 he bhrātaraḥ, yuṣmābhiḥ kīdṛg ācaritavyaṁ īśvarāya rocitavyañca tadadhyasmatto yā śikṣā labdhā tadanusārāt punaratiśayaṁ yatnaḥ kriyatāmiti vayaṁ prabhuyīśunā yuṣmān vinīyādiśāmaḥ|

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 yato vayaṁ prabhuyīśunā kīdṛśīrājñā yuṣmāsu samarpitavantastad yūyaṁ jānītha|

For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

3 īśvarasyāyam abhilāṣo yad yuṣmākaṁ pavitratā bhavet, yūyaṁ vyabhicārād dūre tiṣṭhata|

For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

4 yuṣmākam ekaiko janaḥ svakīyaṁ prāṇādhāraṁ pavitraṁ mānyañca rakṣatu,

That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

5 ye ca bhinnajātīyā lokā īśvaraṁ na jānanti ta iva tat kāmābhilāṣasyādhīnaṁ na karotu|

Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

6 etasmin viṣaye ko'pyatyācārī bhūtvā svabhrātaraṁ na vañcayatu yato'smābhiḥ pūrvvaṁ yathoktaṁ pramāṇīkṛtañca tathaiva prabhuretādṛśānāṁ karmmaṇāṁ samucitaṁ phalaṁ dāsyati|

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 yasmād īśvaro'smān aśucitāyai nāhūtavān kintu pavitratvāyaivāhūtavān|

For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

8 ato heto ryaḥ kaścid vākyametanna gṛhlāti sa manuṣyam avajānātīti nahi yena svakīyātmā yuṣmadantare samarpitastam īśvaram evāvajānāti|

He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

9 bhrātṛṣu premakaraṇamadhi yuṣmān prati mama likhanaṁ niṣprayojanaṁ yato yūyaṁ parasparaṁ premakaraṇāyeśvaraśikṣitā lokā ādhve|

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 kṛtsne mākidaniyādeśe ca yāvanto bhrātaraḥ santi tān sarvvān prati yuṣmābhistat prema prakāśyate tathāpi he bhrātaraḥ, vayaṁ yuṣmān vinayāmahe yūyaṁ puna rbahutaraṁ prema prakāśayata|

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 aparaṁ ye bahiḥsthitāsteṣāṁ dṛṣṭigocare yuṣmākam ācaraṇaṁ yat manoramyaṁ bhavet kasyāpi vastunaścābhāvo yuṣmākaṁ yanna bhavet,

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 etadarthaṁ yūyam asmatto yādṛśam ādeśaṁ prāptavantastādṛśaṁ nirvirodhācāraṁ karttuṁ svasvakarmmaṇi manāṁmi nidhātuṁ nijakaraiśca kāryyaṁ sādhayituṁ yatadhvaṁ|

That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and [that] ye may have lack of nothing.

13 he bhrātaraḥ nirāśā anye lokā iva yūyaṁ yanna śocedhvaṁ tadarthaṁ mahānidrāgatān lokānadhi yuṣmākam ajñānatā mayā nābhilaṣyate|

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 yīśu rmṛtavān punaruthitavāṁśceti yadi vayaṁ viśvāsamastarhi yīśum āśritān mahānidrāprāptān lokānapīśvaro'vaśyaṁ tena sārddham āneṣyati|

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

15 yato'haṁ prabho rvākyena yuṣmān idaṁ jñāpayāmi; asmākaṁ madhye ye janāḥ prabhorāgamanaṁ yāvat jīvanto'vaśekṣyante te mahānidritānām agragāminona na bhaviṣyanti;

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 yataḥ prabhuḥ siṁhanādena pradhānasvargadūtasyoccaiḥ śabdeneśvarīyatūrīvādyena ca svayaṁ svargād avarokṣyati tena khrīṣṭāśritā mṛtalokāḥ prathamam utthāsyānti|

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 aparam asmākaṁ madhye ye jīvanto'vaśekṣyante ta ākāśe prabhoḥ sākṣātkaraṇārthaṁ taiḥ sārddhaṁ meghavāhanena hariṣyante; itthañca vayaṁ sarvvadā prabhunā sārddhaṁ sthāsyāmaḥ|

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 ato yūyam etābhiḥ kathābhiḥ parasparaṁ sāntvayata|

Wherefore comfort one another with these words.