1 Tesalonaika 4
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Pea ʻi he meʻa ʻoku toe, ʻe kāinga, ʻoku mau kole mo enginaki kiate kimoutolu, ʻi he ʻEiki ko Sisu, koeʻuhi ʻi hoʻomou ʻilo ʻiate kimautolu ke fēfē ʻa hoʻomou ʻaʻeva ke fakafiemālie ki he ʻOtua, ke mou tupulekina ai ʻo lahi ʻaupito.
1Furthermore 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.
2He ʻoku mou ʻilo ʻae ngaahi fekau naʻa mau tuku kiate kimoutolu mei he ʻEiki ko Sisu.
2For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
3He ko e finangalo eni ʻoe ʻOtua, ke mou māʻoniʻoni, pea ke mou tapu mei he feʻauaki:
3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
4Ke mou taki taha ʻilo ke tauhi hono ipu ʻi he anga fakamāʻoniʻoni, mo e fakaʻapaʻapa;
4That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
5ʻIkai ʻi he holi fakalielia, ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi Senitaile, ʻoku ʻikai ke nau ʻilo ʻae ʻOtua:
5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
6Ke ʻoua naʻa fai hala ʻe ha tokotaha, ʻo kākaaʻi hono tokoua ʻi ha meʻa: koeʻuhi ʻe totongi ʻe he ʻEiki ki he kakai pehē kotoa pē, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻa mau tomuʻa fakahā mo fakapapau kiate kimoutolu.
6That 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.
7He naʻe ʻikai ui ʻakitautolu ʻe he ʻOtua ki he fakalielia, ka ki he māʻoniʻoni.
7For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
8Ko ia ia ʻoku manuki, ʻoku ʻikai ko e manukiʻi ʻae tangata, ka ko e ʻOtua, ʻaia naʻa ne foaki kiate kitautolu hono Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni foki.
8He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
9Ka ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻofa fakakāinga, ʻoku ʻikai ʻaonga ʻae tohi ai kiate kimoutolu: he kuo mou akonekina mei he ʻOtua ke feʻofaʻaki kiate kimoutolu.
9But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
10Pea ko e moʻoni ʻoku mou fai ia ki he kāinga kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi Masitōnia, kotoa pē: ka ʻoku mau kole kiate kimoutolu, ʻe kāinga, ke mou tupulekina lahi ʻaupito ai;
10And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
11Pea tokanga lahi ke mou anga fakalongo pe, pea ke mou fai taki taha hoʻomou ngaue, pea ke ngāueʻaki homou nima, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻa mau fekau kiate kimoutolu;
11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
12Pea ke mou ʻaʻeva ʻo matamatalelei kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻi tuaʻā, pea ke ʻoua naʻa mou masiva ʻi ha meʻa.
12That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
13Ka ʻoku ʻikai ko hoku loto ke mou taʻeʻilo, ʻe kāinga, koeʻuhi ko kinautolu ʻoku mohe, ke ʻoua naʻa mou mamahiʻia, ʻo hangē ko e niʻihi kehe ʻoku ʻikai haʻanau ʻamanaki lelei.
13But 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.
14He kapau ʻoku tau tui naʻe pekia ʻa Sisu pea toetuʻu hake, pea ʻoku pehē, ko kinautolu foki ʻoku mohe ʻia Sisu, ʻe ʻomi ʻakinautolu fakataha mo ia ʻe he ʻOtua.
14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15He ʻoku mau tala eni kiate kimoutolu ʻi he folofola ʻae ʻEiki, ko kitautolu ʻoku moʻui pea toe ʻi he hoko mai ʻae ʻEiki, ʻe ʻikai te tau muʻomuʻa ʻiate kinautolu ʻoku mohe.
15For 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.
16Koeʻuhi ʻe ʻalu hifo ʻae ʻEiki mei he langi, ʻi he mavava, mo e leʻo ʻoe ʻāngelo lahi, mo e meʻa lea ʻae ʻOtua pea ko e pekia ʻia Kalaisi ʻe tomuʻa tuʻu:
16For 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:
17Pea ko kitautolu ʻoku moʻui mo toe, ʻe toʻo hake fakataha mo kinautolu ʻi he ngaahi ʻao, ke fakafetaulaki ki he ʻEiki ʻi he ʻatā: pea pehē, te tau ʻi he ʻEiki ʻo taʻengata.
17Then 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.
18Ko ia mou fetoutou fefakafiemālieʻaki ʻakimoutolu ʻi he ngaahi lea ni.
18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
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