1 Wathesalonike 4

1 Hatimaye, ndugu zangu, mmejifunza kutoka kwetu namna mnavyopaswa kuishi ili kumpendeza Mungu. Na kweli mmekuwa mnaishi hivyo. Sasa tunawaombeni na kuwasihi kwa jina la Bwana Yesu mfanye vema zaidi.

Finally then, brothers, we urge and exhort you in the Lord Jesus: as you received from us how you ought to behave and please God, do so even more

2 Maana mnayajua yale maagizo tuliyowapeni kwa mamlaka ya Bwana Yesu.

—you know what instructions we gave you through Sovereign Jesus.

3 Mungu anataka ninyi muwe watakatifu na mjiepushe kabisa na maisha ya zinaa.

Now this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you stay away from fornication;

4 Kila mwanamume anapaswa kujua namna ya kuishi na mkewe kwa utakatifu na heshima,

that each of you know how to gain possession of his own ‘vessel’ in sanctification and honor,

5 na si kwa tamaa mbaya kama watu wa mataifa mengine wasiomjua Mungu.

not in lustful passion (like the heathen who do not know God);

6 Basi, mtu yeyote asimkosee au kumpunja mwenzake kuhusu jambo hili. Tulikwisha waambieni hayo na kuwaonya kwamba Bwana atawaadhibu wanaofanya mambo hayo.

that no one trespass and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such behavior, as, indeed, we have already told you and warned you.

7 Mungu hakutuita tuishi maisha ya zinaa, bali tuishi katika utakatifu.

Because God did not call us for uncleanness, but by holiness.

8 Kwa hiyo basi, anayedharau mafundisho hayo hamdharau mtu, bali amdharau Mungu mwenyewe anayewapeni Roho wake Mtakatifu.

So then, the rejecter is not rejecting man, but God, the very One who gave you His Holy Spirit.

9 Hakuna haja ya kuwaandikieni juu ya kuwapenda ndugu zenu waumini. Ninyi wenyewe mmefundishwa na Mungu namna mnavyopaswa kupendana.

Now about brotherly love you do not need to be written to, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

10 Na mmekuwa mkiwatendea hivyo ndugu zenu wote kila mahali katika Makedonia. Basi, ndugu tunawaombeni mfanye hata zaidi.

because in fact you are doing so toward all the brothers throughout Macedonia. Still, we exhort you to do even more, brothers,

11 Muwe na nia ya kuishi maisha ya utulivu, kila mmoja ashughulikie mambo yake mwenyewe na afanye kazi kwa mikono yake mwenyewe kama tulivyowaagiza pale awali.

to make it a point to be peaceable and to mind your own business, to work with your hands (as we instructed you),

12 Kwa namna hiyo mtajipatia sifa nzuri kutoka kwa wale wasio Wakristo, na hamtakuwa na lazima ya kuwategemea wengine kwa mahitaji yenu.

so that outsiders may be well impressed by your life style, and that you may have no lack.

13 Ndugu, twataka mjue ukweli kuhusu wale ambao wamekwisha fariki dunia, ili msipatwe na huzuni kama watu wengine wasio na matumaini.

Now then, brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who have ‘fallen asleep’, so that you do not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

14 Sisi tunaamini kwamba Yesu alikufa, akafufuka; na hivyo sisi tunaamini kwamba Mungu atawaleta pamoja na Yesu wale wote waliofariki wakiwa wanamwamini.

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

15 Hili tunalowaambieni ni fundisho la Bwana; sisi tulio hai, ambao tutakuwa tumebaki, wakati Bwana atakapokuja, hakika hatutawatangulia wale waliokwisha fariki dunia.

For this we say to you by a word of the Lord, that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will absolutely not precede those who have fallen asleep;

16 Maana patatolewa amri, sauti ya malaika mkuu, sauti ya tarumbeta ya Mungu, naye Bwana mwenyewe atashuka kutoka mbinguni. Ndipo wale waliokufa wakiwa wanamwamini Kristo watafufuliwa kwanza.

because the Lord Himself—with a commanding shout, with the archangel's voice and with God's trumpet—will come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first;

17 Kisha sisi tulio hai wakati huo tutakusanywa pamoja nao katika mawingu kumlaki Bwana hewani. Na hivyo tutakuwa daima pamoja na Bwana.

then we who are still alive, who are left, will be snatched up together with them in clouds to meet the Lord in the air. In precisely this way we will always be with the Lord.

18 Basi, farijianeni kwa maneno haya.

So then, comfort one another with these words.