1 Thessalonians 4
1 Ní ìparí, ará, a sọ fún un yín bí ẹ ti ń gbé láti wu Ọlọ́run, àní gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀yin tí ń ṣe. Nísinsin yìí, a béèrè, a sì ń rọ̀ yín nínú Jesu Olúwa láti ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ àti bẹ́ẹ̀ sí.
For the rest, brethren, we request and exhort you, in our Lord Jesus, [that], even as ye received from us, how ye must needs walk and please God, —even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more.
2 Nítorí pé, ẹ̀yin mọ àṣẹ tí a pa fún yín láti ọ̀dọ̀ Olúwa Jesu.
For ye know what charges we gave you, through the Lord Jesus.
3 Nítorí ìfẹ́ Ọlọ́run ni pé kí ẹ jẹ́ mímọ́, kí ẹ sì yàgò kúrò nínú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ àgbèrè,
For, this, is a thing willed of God, your sanctification, —that ye should abstain from unchastity,
4 kí ẹnìkọ̀ọ̀kan yín kọ́ láti ṣàkóso ara rẹ̀ ní ọ̀nà mímọ́ àti pẹ̀lú ọlá,
That ye should know, each one of you, how, of his own vessel, to possess himself in sanctification and honour:
5 kì í ṣe ní ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwọn aláìkọlà, ẹni tí kò mọ Ọlọ́run;
Not with a passion of coveting, —just as even the nations who know not God, —
6 àti pé nínú ọ̀rọ̀ yìí, kí ẹnikẹ́ni nínú yín máa ṣe rẹ arákùnrin rẹ̀ jẹ nípa ohunkóhun. Olúwa yóò jẹ àwọn ènìyàn ní yà fún gbogbo ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn, gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ti ń sọ fún un yín tẹ́lẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀.
Not over-reaching and defrauding, in the matter, his brother; because, an avenger, is the Lord, concerning all these things, —even as we before told you, and solemnly called you to witness.
7 Nítorí Ọlọ́run kò pè wá sínú ìwà èérí, bí kò ṣe sínú ìgbé ayé mímọ́.
For God did not call us, with a permission of impurity, but, in sanctification.
8 Nítorí náà, ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó kọ òfin yìí, kì í ṣe òfin ènìyàn ni ẹni náà kọ̀, bí kò ṣe òfin Ọlọ́run ẹni tí ó fi Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́ rẹ̀ fún ni.
Therefore, indeed, he that disregardeth—it is, not a man, he disregardeth, but God, —Who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.
9 Ṣùgbọ́n nípa ìfẹ́ ará, a kò ní láti tún kọ̀wé sí i yín, ìdí ni pé, Ọlọ́run pàápàá ń kọ́ yín láti fẹ́ràn ara yín.
But, concerning brotherly love—no need, have ye, that we be writing unto you; for, ye yourselves, are, God-taught, to the loving of one another; —
10 Nítòótọ́, ẹ ní ìfẹ́ fún àwọn arákùnrin tí ó wà káàkiri Makedonia. Síbẹ̀síbẹ̀ àwa ń bẹ̀ yín, ará, pé kí ẹ̀yin kí ó máa tẹ̀síwájú nínú rẹ̀.
And, in fact, ye are doing it unto all the brethren [who are] in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still more,
11 Ẹ jẹ́ kí èyí jẹ́ ìfẹ́ ọkàn yín láti gbé jẹ́ẹ́ àti láti mọ ti ara yín àti kí olúkúlùkù kọjú sí iṣẹ́ rẹ̀, gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ti wí fún yín.
And to be ambitious to be quiet, and to be attending to your own affairs, and to be working with your hands, —even as, unto you, we gave charge—
12 Èyí yóò mú kí àwọn tí kì í ṣe onígbàgbọ́ gbẹ́kẹ̀lé yín àti láti bu ọlá fún yín pẹ̀lú. Bí ẹ bá ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, ẹ kò ní máa wo ojú ẹnikẹ́ni láti fún yín ni owó tí ẹ ó fi san gbèsè.
That ye should walk reputably toward those without, and, of no one, have, need.
13 Ẹ̀yin ará, àwa kò fẹ́ kí ẹ̀yin kí ó jẹ́ òpè ní ti àwọn tí ó ti sùn, pé kí ẹ máa banújẹ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwọn yòókù tí kò ní ìrètí.
But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them who are falling asleep, —lest ye be sorrowing, even as the rest also, who are without hope;
14 A gbàgbọ́ pé, Jesu kú, ó sì tún jíǹde, àti pé Ọlọ́run yóò mú gbogbo àwọn tí ó ti sùn nínú rẹ̀ padà wá.
For, if we believe that, Jesus, died, and rose again, so, also will, God, bring forth with him, them who have fallen asleep through Jesus;
15 Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa, pé àwa tí ó wà láààyè, tí a sì kù lẹ́yìn de à ti wá Olúwa, bí ó ti wù kí ó rí, kì yóò ṣáájú àwọn tí ó sùn láti pàdé rẹ̀.
For, this, unto you, do we say, by a word of the Lord, —that, we, the living who are left unto the Presence of the Lord, shall in nowise get before them who have fallen asleep;
16 Nítorí pé, Olúwa fúnra rẹ̀ yóò sọ̀kalẹ̀ láti ọ̀run wá, pẹ̀lú ariwo àṣẹ ńlá àti ohùn àwọn angẹli ti àwọn angẹli ti àwọn ti ìpè Ọlọ́run, àwọn òkú nínú Kristi yóò sì kọ́kọ́ jíǹde.
Because, the Lord himself, with a word of command, with a chief-messenger’s voice, and with a trumpet of God, shall descend from heaven, —and, the dead in Christ, shall rise, first,
17 Nígbà náà ni a ó gba àwa tí ó sì wà láààyè sókè nínú àwọsánmọ̀ láti ọwọ́ Olúwa. A ó sì wà pẹ̀lú rẹ̀ títí láéláé.
After that, we, the living who are left, together with them, shall be caught away, in clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: —and, thus, evermore, with the Lord, shall we be!
18 Nítorí náà, ẹ tu ara yín nínú, kí ẹ sì máa gba ara yín níyànjú pẹ̀lú ọ̀rọ̀ wọ̀nyí.
So then, be consoling one another with these words.
