1 Tesalonikafo 4

1 Anuanom, asɛm a etwa to ne sɛ musuaa ɔkwan pa a ɛsɛ sɛ mofa so tena ase a ɛbɛsɔ Onyankopɔn ani. Na saa pɛpɛɛpɛ na morebɔ mo bra. Enti yɛde yɛn Awurade Yesu din srɛ, hyɛ mo sɛ monyɛ mma ɛmmoro nea moreyɛ mprempren no so.

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 Munim nkyerɛkyerɛ a esiane Awurade Yesu tumi nti, yetumi kyerɛkyerɛɛ mo.

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

3 Eyi yɛ Onyankopɔn pɛ a ɔwɔ ma mo. Ɔpɛ sɛ moyɛ kronkron na motwe mo ho fi aguamammɔ ho.

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

4 Ɛsɛ sɛ musua sɛnea mohyɛ mo ho so na obiara atumi ne ne yere atena wɔ kronkronyɛ ne anuonyam mu.

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

5 Monntena ase akɔnnɔ anibere so te sɛ abosonsomfo a wonnim Onyankopɔn no.

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

6 Onyankopɔn akyide no bi nso ne sɛ, ɛnsɛ sɛ mo mu biara sisi ne yɔnko, efisɛ sɛ obi yɛ saa a, Onyankopɔn bɛtwe nʼaso denneennen sɛnea yɛadi kan abɔ mo kɔkɔ no.

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 Onyankopɔn amfrɛ yɛn se yɛmmɛbɔ aguaman, na mmom ɔfrɛɛ yɛn se yɛntena ase ahotew mu.

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

8 Ɛno nti, obiara a ɔbɛpo saa nkyerɛkyerɛ yi no mpo onipa, na mmom ɔpo Onyankopɔn a ɔma mo ne Honhom Kronkron no.

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

9 Ɛho nhia sɛ mɛkyerɛw mo afa ɔdɔ a ɛsɛ sɛ modɔ mo nuanom asuafo no ho. Onyankopɔn akyerɛ mo ankasa ɔkwan a ɛsɛ sɛ mofa so dodɔ mo ho mo ho.

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 Na moada saa ɔdɔ no adi pɛpɛɛpɛ akyerɛ anuanom a wɔwɔ Makedonia no nyinaa. Nanso anuanom, yɛsrɛ mo sɛ monkɔ so nnodɔ mo ho mo ho mma ɛmmoro saa.

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 Momma ɛnyɛ mo botae sɛ mobɛtena ase dinn na moahwɛ so adi mo dwuma de abɔ mo ho akɔnhama sɛnea yɛaka akyerɛ mo dedaw no.

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 Sɛ moyɛ saa a ɛbɛma wɔn a wɔnyɛ asuafo no afɛre mo na moremmisa nea ehia mo nso mfi obiara nkyɛn.

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

13 Anuanom, yɛpɛ sɛ yɛka nokware a ɛfa wɔn a wɔawuwu no ho kyerɛ mo, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a morenni ho awerɛhow te sɛ wɔn a wonni anidaso no.

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 Yegye di sɛ Yesu wui, na ɔsɔree bio. Enti sɛ Onyankopɔn de Yesu ba bio a, ɔde wɔn a wonyaa ne mu gyidi ansa na wɔrewu no bɛka ne ho aba.

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

15 Awurade nkyerɛkyerɛ a yɛreka akyerɛ mo no ne se, da a Awurade bɛba no, yɛn a yɛte ase yi renni awufo no anim kan.

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 Awurade no ankasa de ɔhyɛ a ano yɛ den, ɔbɔfo panyin nteɛmu ne Onyankopɔn torobɛnto nnyigye fi ɔsoro bɛba fam. Wɔn a wɔawuwu wɔ Kristo mu no bɛsɔre kan,

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 na wɔaboaboa yɛn a yɛte ase bere no ne wɔn a wɔasɔre no ano wɔ omununkum mu ahyia Awurade wɔ wim. Na saa na yɛne Awurade bɛtena daa.

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 Enti momfa saa asɛm yi nkyekye obiara werɛ.

Wherefore comfort one another with these words.