1 Wathesalonike 4
1 Hatimaye, ndugu, twawatia moyo na kuwasihi kwa Yesu Kristo. Kama mlivyopokea maelekezo toka kwetu namna iwapasavyo kuenenda na kumpendeza Mungu, kwa njia hiyo pia muenende na kutenda zaidi.
Finally, then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you, by our Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to walk and please God, you would abound more and more.
2 Kwa kuwa mwajua ni maelekezo gani tuliyowapa kupitia Bwana Yesu.
For you know what commandments we gave you by our Lord Jesus.
3 Kwa kuwa haya ndiyo mapenzi ya Mungu: utakaso wenu - kwamba muepuke zinaa,
For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that you keep yourselves from lewdness;
4 Kwamba kila mmoja wenu anajua namna ya kumiliki mke wake mwenyewe katika utakatifu na heshima.
That each one of you know how to keep his vessel in sanctification and in honor,
5 Usiwe na mke kwa ajili ya tamaa za mwili (kama Mataifa wasiomjua Mungu).
not in passionate desire, as the Gentiles do, who know not God;
6 Asiwepo mtu yeyote atakaye vuka mipaka na kumkosea nduguye kwa ajili ya jambo hili. Kwa kuwa Bwana ndiye mwenye kulipa kisasi kwa mambo yote haya, kama tulivyo tangulia kuwaonya na kushuhudia.
That no one take advantage of or injure his brother in this matter; because the Lord takes vengeance for all such things, as we also told you before, and fully testified:
7 Kwa kuwa Bwana hakutuita kwa uchafu, bali kwa utakatifu.
for God has not called us for uncleanness, but for holiness.
8 Kwa hiyo anayelikataa hili hawakatai watu, bali anamkataa Mungu, anayewapa Roho Mtakatifu wake.
Therefore, he that despises, despises not man, but God, who has given us his Holy Spirit.
9 Kuhusu upendo wa ndugu, hakuna haja ya mtu yeyote kukuandikia, kwa kuwa mmefundishwa na Mungu kupendana ninyi kwa ninyi.
But with respect to brotherly love, you have no need that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another;
10 Hakika, mlifanya haya yote kwa ndugu walioko Makedonia yote, lakini twawasihi, ndugu, mfanye hata na zaidi.
and indeed you do this to all the brethren that are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that you abound in love more and more,
11 Twawasihi mtamani kuishi maisha ya utulivu, kujali shughuli zenu, na kufanya kazi kwa mikono yenu, kama tulivyowaamuru.
and that you earnestly endeavor to live quietly, and that you attend to your own business, and work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
12 Fanya haya ili uweze kuenenda vizuri na kwa heshima kwa hao walio nje ya imani, ili usipungukiwe na hitaji lolote.
in order that you may walk with propriety toward those who are without, and may have need of nothing.
13 Hatutaki ninyi muelewe isivyo sahihi, enyi ndugu, juu ya hao waliolala, ili msije mkahuzunika kama wengine wasio na uhakika kuhusu wakati ujao.
But concerning those who have fallen asleep, I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that you may not grieve, as others who have no hope.
14 Iwapo tunaamini kuwa Yesu alikufa na akafufuka tena, vivyo hivyo Mungu atawaleta pamoja na Yesu hao waliolala mauti katika yeye.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also should we believe that God will, through Jesus, bring with him those who sleep.
15 Kwa ajili ya hayo twawaambia ninyi kwa neno la Bwana, kwamba sisi tulio hai, tutakaokuwepo wakati wa kuja kwake Bwana, hakika hatutawatangulia wale waliolala mauti.
For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we, the living, who remain till the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who are asleep
16 Kwa kuwa Bwana mwenyewe atashuka toka mawinguni. Atakuja na sauti kuu, pamoja na sauti ya malaika mkuu, pamoja na parapanda ya Mungu, nao waliokufa katika Kristo watafufuka kwanza.
for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall arise first;
17 Kisha sisi tulio hai, tuliobaki, tutaungana katika mawingu pamoja nao kumlaki Bwana hewani. Kwa njia hii tutakuwa na Bwana siku zote.
then we, the living who remain, shall, together with them, be caught up in clouds into the air to meet the Lord, and so shall we be ever with the Lord.
18 Kwa hiyo, mfarijiane ninyi kwa ninyi kwa maneno haya.
So, then, comfort one another with these words.
