1 Thessalonians 4
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Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.
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.
2For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
2He ʻoku mou ʻilo ʻae ngaahi fekau naʻa mau tuku kiate kimoutolu mei he ʻEiki ko Sisu.
3For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,
3He ko e finangalo eni ʻoe ʻOtua, ke mou māʻoniʻoni, pea ke mou tapu mei he feʻauaki:
4that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honor,
4Ke mou taki taha ʻilo ke tauhi hono ipu ʻi he anga fakamāʻoniʻoni, mo e fakaʻapaʻapa;
5not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God,
5ʻIkai ʻi he holi fakalielia, ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi Senitaile, ʻoku ʻikai ke nau ʻilo ʻae ʻOtua:
6that 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.
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.
7For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
7He naʻe ʻikai ui ʻakitautolu ʻe he ʻOtua ki he fakalielia, ka ki he māʻoniʻoni.
8Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.
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.
9But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,
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.
10for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;
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;
11and 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,
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;
12that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
12Pea ke mou ʻaʻeva ʻo matamatalelei kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻi tuaʻā, pea ke ʻoua naʻa mou masiva ʻi ha meʻa.
13But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
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.
14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
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.
15For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.
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.
16For 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,
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:
17then 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.
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.
18Therefore comfort one another with these words.
18Ko ia mou fetoutou fefakafiemālieʻaki ʻakimoutolu ʻi he ngaahi lea ni.
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