1 Tesalonikafoɔ 4
1 Anuanom, asɛm a ɛtwa toɔ ne sɛ, mosuaa kwan 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 deɛ moreyɛ seesei no so.
Finally then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to live and to please God, even as you are living, that you excel more and more.
2 Monim nkyerɛkyerɛ a ɛnam Awurade Yesu tumi enti, yɛtumi kyerɛkyerɛɛ mo.
For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
3 Yei yɛ Onyankopɔn pɛ a ɔwɔ ma mo. Ɔpɛ sɛ moyɛ kronkron na motwe mo ho firi adwamammɔ ho.
For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,
4 Ɛsɛ sɛ mosua sɛdeɛ mohyɛ mo ho so na obiara atumi ne ne yere atena kronnyɛ ne animuonyam so.
that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,
5 Monntena ase akɔnnɔ anibereɛ so te sɛ wɔn a wɔnnim Onyankopɔn.
not in the passion of lust, even as the nations who do not know God;
6 Onyankopɔn akyiwadeɛ no bi nso ne sɛ, ɛnsɛ sɛ mo mu biara sisi ne yɔnko na ɔgye ne yere, ɛfiri sɛ, sɛ obi yɛ saa a, Onyankopɔn bɛtwe nʼaso dendeenden sɛdeɛ yɛadi ɛkan abɔ mo kɔkɔ no.
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 Onyankopɔn amfrɛ yɛn sɛ yɛmmɛbɔ adwaman, na mmom, ɔfrɛɛ yɛn sɛ yɛntena ase ahoteɛ mu.
For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
8 Ɛno enti, obiara a ɔbɛpo nkyerɛkyerɛ no ntia onipa, na mmom, ɔtia Onyankopɔn a ɔma mo Honhom Kronkron no.
Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.
9 Ɛho nhia sɛ mɛtwerɛ mo afa ɔdɔ a ɛsɛ sɛ modɔ mo nuanom asuafoɔ no ho. Onyankopɔn akyerɛ mo ankasa ɛkwan a ɛsɛ sɛ mofa so dodɔ mo ho mo ho.
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 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.
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 Momma ɛnyɛ mo botaeɛ sɛ mobɛtena ase dinn na moahwɛ so adi mo dwuma de abɔ mo ho akɔnhoma sɛdeɛ yɛaka akyerɛ mo dada no.
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 Sɛ moyɛ saa a, ɛbɛma wɔn a wɔnyɛ asuafoɔ no afɛre mo na moremmisa deɛ ɛhia mo nso mfiri obiara nkyɛn.
that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
13 Anuanom, yɛpɛ sɛ yɛka nokorɛ a ɛfa wɔn a wɔawuwu no ho kyerɛ mo sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, morenni ho awerɛhoɔ te sɛ wɔn a wɔnni anidasoɔ no.
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 Yɛgye di sɛ Yesu wuiɛ, na ɔsɔree bio. Enti sɛ Onyankopɔn de Yesu ba bio a, ɔde wɔn a wɔnyaa ne mu gyidie ansa na wɔrewuo no bɛka ne ho aba.
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 Awurade nkyerɛkyerɛ a yɛreka akyerɛ mo no ne sɛ, ɛda a Awurade bɛba no, yɛn a yɛte ase yi renni awufoɔ no anim ɛkan.
For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.
16 Awurade no ankasa de ɔhyɛ a ano yɛ den, ɔbɔfoɔ panin nteamu ne Onyankopɔn totorobɛnto nnyegyeeɛ firi ɔsoro bɛba fam. Wɔn a wɔawuwu wɔ Kristo mu no bɛsɔre kane,
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 na wɔaboaboa yɛn a yɛte ase ɛberɛ no ne wɔn a wɔasɔre no ano wɔ omununkum mu ahyia Awurade wɔ ewiem. Na saa na yɛne Awurade bɛtena daa.
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 Enti, momfa saa asɛm yi nkyekyere obiara werɛ.
Therefore comfort one another with these words.
