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, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, just as you learned from us how you ought to walk and to please God, you do so more and more.
2 Maana mnayajua yale maagizo tuliyowapeni kwa mamlaka ya Bwana Yesu.
For you know the commands we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
3 Mungu anataka ninyi muwe watakatifu na mjiepushe kabisa na maisha ya zinaa.
It is God's will that you be sanctified, that you abstain from fornication,
4 Kila mwanamume anapaswa kujua namna ya kuishi na mkewe kwa utakatifu na heshima,
and that each of you know how to control your own body in holiness and honor,
5 na si kwa tamaa mbaya kama watu wa mataifa mengine wasiomjua Mungu.
not in lustful passion like the Gentiles 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.
In this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of his brother, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you before and solemnly warned you.
7 Mungu hakutuita tuishi maisha ya zinaa, bali tuishi katika utakatifu.
For God did not call us to be impure, but to live in holiness.
8 Kwa hiyo basi, anayedharau mafundisho hayo hamdharau mtu, bali amdharau Mungu mwenyewe anayewapeni Roho wake Mtakatifu.
Therefore whoever rejects this command does not reject man but God, who has given his Holy Spirit to you.
9 Hakuna haja ya kuwaandikieni juu ya kuwapenda ndugu zenu waumini. Ninyi wenyewe mmefundishwa na Mungu namna mnavyopaswa kupendana.
Now concerning brotherly love, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been 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.
And indeed you do love all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do so more and more.
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.
We urge you to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own affairs, and to work with your own hands, just as we commanded 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 you may walk properly toward outsiders and not be in need of anything.
13 Ndugu, twataka mjue ukweli kuhusu wale ambao wamekwisha fariki dunia, ili msipatwe na huzuni kama watu wengine wasio na matumaini.
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you may not be grieved like others who do not have hope.
14 Sisi tunaamini kwamba Yesu alikufa, akafufuka; na hivyo sisi tunaamini kwamba Mungu atawaleta pamoja na Yesu wale wote waliofariki wakiwa wanamwamini.
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 Hili tunalowaambieni ni fundisho la Bwana; sisi tulio hai, ambao tutakuwa tumebaki, wakati Bwana atakapokuja, hakika hatutawatangulia wale waliokwisha fariki dunia.
According to the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive, who are left behind until the coming of the Lord, will certainly 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.
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet call of God, 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 alive, who are left behind, 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 Basi, farijianeni kwa maneno haya.
Therefore encourage one another with these words.
