1 Thessalonians 4
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
1Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.
1Hatimaye, 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.
2For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
2Maana mnayajua yale maagizo tuliyowapeni kwa mamlaka ya Bwana Yesu.
3For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
3Mungu anataka ninyi muwe watakatifu na mjiepushe kabisa na maisha ya zinaa.
4each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,
4Kila mwanamume anapaswa kujua namna ya kuishi na mkewe kwa utakatifu na heshima,
5not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
5na si kwa tamaa mbaya kama watu wa mataifa mengine wasiomjua Mungu.
6and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.
6Basi, mtu yeyote asimkosee au kumpunja mwenzake kuhusu jambo hili. Tulikwisha waambieni hayo na kuwaonya kwamba Bwana atawaadhibu wanaofanya mambo hayo.
7For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
7Mungu hakutuita tuishi maisha ya zinaa, bali tuishi katika utakatifu.
8Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
8Kwa hiyo basi, anayedharau mafundisho hayo hamdharau mtu, bali amdharau Mungu mwenyewe anayewapeni Roho wake Mtakatifu.
9Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
9Hakuna haja ya kuwaandikieni juu ya kuwapenda ndugu zenu waumini. Ninyi wenyewe mmefundishwa na Mungu namna mnavyopaswa kupendana.
10And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more
10Na mmekuwa mkiwatendea hivyo ndugu zenu wote kila mahali katika Makedonia. Basi, ndugu tunawaombeni mfanye hata zaidi.
11and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
11Muwe na nia ya kuishi maisha ya utulivu, kila mmoja ashughulikie mambo yake mwenyewe na afanye kazi kwa mikono yake mwenyewe kama tulivyowaagiza pale awali.
12Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
12Kwa namna hiyo mtajipatia sifa nzuri kutoka kwa wale wasio Wakristo, na hamtakuwa na lazima ya kuwategemea wengine kwa mahitaji yenu.
13Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
13Ndugu, twataka mjue ukweli kuhusu wale ambao wamekwisha fariki dunia, ili msipatwe na huzuni kama watu wengine wasio na matumaini.
14For 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.
14Sisi tunaamini kwamba Yesu alikufa, akafufuka; na hivyo sisi tunaamini kwamba Mungu atawaleta pamoja na Yesu wale wote waliofariki wakiwa wanamwamini.
15By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.
15Hili tunalowaambieni ni fundisho la Bwana; sisi tulio hai, ambao tutakuwa tumebaki, wakati Bwana atakapokuja, hakika hatutawatangulia wale waliokwisha fariki dunia.
16For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
16Maana 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.
17After that, we who are alive and remain 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.
17Kisha sisi tulio hai wakati huo tutakusanywa pamoja nao katika mawingu kumlaki Bwana hewani. Na hivyo tutakuwa daima pamoja na Bwana.
18Therefore encourage one another with these words.
18Basi, farijianeni kwa maneno haya.
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