Bathesalonia I 4
1 Mmang ke oketse ka se, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang: Lo setse lo itse go itumedisa Modimo mo botshelong jwa lona jwa malatsi otlhe, gonne lo itse melao e re e lo neetseng e tswa kwa go Morena Jesu ka sebele. Jaanong re a lo kopa, ee, re batla se mo go lona ka leina la Morena Jesu, gore lo tshele lo le gautshwane le one mogopolo oo.
Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.
For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
3 Gonne Modimo o batla gore lo nne boitshepo le bophepa, le go ikgapha mo sebeng sa boaka gore mongwe le mongwe wa lona a tle a nyale ka boitshepo le ka tlotlo,
For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,
that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honor,
5 e seng mo dikeletsong tsa nama jaaka baheitane ba dira, mo bosenakitsong jwa bone ka Modimo le ditsela tsa one.
not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who do not know God,
6 Mme gape le mo ke go rata ga Modimo: gore o seka wa tsietsa mo selong se, ka go tsaya mosadi wa monna yo mongwe, gonne Morena o tlaa go otlhaela go dira jalo ka kwatlhao e e botlhoko, jaaka re lo boleletse pele ka tlhwaafalo.
that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
7 Gonne Modimo ga o a re biletsa go nna le megopolo e e maswe le go tlala dikeletso tsa nama, mme o re bileditse go nna boitshepo le bophepa.
For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
8 Fa mongwe a gana go tshela ka fa ditaolong tse, ga se gore o gana ditaolo tsa batho mme o gana tsa Modimo o o lo nayang Mowa O O Boitshepo.
Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.
9 Mme kaga lorato lwa sekaulengwe lo lo itshe-kileng lo lo tshwanetseng go nna mo bathong ba Modimo, ga ke tlhoke go bua thata, ke a tlhomamisa! Gonne Modimo ka bo One o lo ruta go ratana.
But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,
10 Ke a tlhomamisa, fa lorato lwa lona lo setse lo nonofile go tswela kwa bakaulengweng botlhe ba Bakeresete mo chabeng yotlhe ya ga lona. Le fa go ntse jalo, ditsala tse di rategang, re lo kopa go ba rata segolo bogolo.
for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;
11 Se e tshwanetseng go nna keletso ya lona ke se: go tshela botshelo jo bo ritibetseng, lo beile mogopolo mo go se se amang matshelo a lona lo dira tiro e e leng ya lona ka sebele, jaaka re lo boleletse pele.
and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you,
12 Ka go dira jalo batho ba e seng Bakeresete ba tlaa lo ikanya ba bo ba lo tlotla, mme ga lo kitla lo tlhokana le go baya mo go ope gore a lo fe madi a a lekanyeng go duela melato ya lona.
that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
13 Mme jaanong, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, ke batla gore lo itse se se diragalang mo Mokereseteng fa aa swa gore e tle e re fa loso lo tla, lo seka lwa utlwa botlhoko thata, jaaka ba ba se nang tsholofelo.
But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you do not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
14 Gonne e re ka re dumela gore Jesu o ne a swa a bo a tsoga mo losong gape, re ka dumela gape gore fa Jesu a bowa gape, Modimo o tlaa mmusa le Bakeresete botlhe ba ba suleng.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
15 Ke ka lo bolelela se, se tswa kwa Moreneng ka sebele: Gore rona ba re santseng re tshela, fa Morena a boa ga re kitla re tlhatloga go ya go mo kgatlhantsha pele ga ba ba mo mabitleng a bone.
For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.
16 Gonne Morena ka sebele o tlaa fologa kwa legodimong ka loshalaba lo logolo le go gowa ga moengele mo go amang mowa le go galaotega ga torompeta ya Modimo. Mme Bakeresete ba ba suleng ba tlaa nna ba ntlha go tlhatloga ba ya go kgatlhantsha Morena.
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,
17 Mme rona ba re santseng re tshela re tlogetswe mo lefatsheng re tlaa tsholelediwa mmogo nabo mo marung go kgatlhantsha Morena mo loaping le go nna nae ka bosenabokhutlo.
then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.
18 Ke gone gomotsanang lo kgothatsane ka mafoko a.
Therefore comfort one another with these words.
