1 Thessalonians 4

1 Finally 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.

Ary farany, ry rahalahy, mangataka aminareo sy mananatra anareo ao amin’ i Jesosy Tompo izahay, mba ho araka ny nandraisanareo taminay izay mety handehananareo sy hanaovanareo ny sitrapon’ Andriamanitra ― dia araka ny andehananareo ihany ― no hitomboanareo bebe kokoa.

2 For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

Fa fantatrareo ny didy nomenay anareo avy tamin’ i Jesosy Tompo.

3 For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,

Fa izao no sitrapon’ Andriamanitra, dia ny hanamasinana anareo, hifadianareo ny fijangajangana,

4 that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honor,

mba samy hahafantatra izay hahazoanareo ny fanaky ny tenanareo avy, amin’ ny fahamasinana sy ny voninahitra,

5 not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God,

tsy amin’ ny filàna fotsiny, tahaka ny jentilisa izay tsy mahalala an’ Andriamanitra,

6 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.

mba tsy hisy hanao saina hifetsy ny rahalahiny amin’ izany; fa ny Tompo no mpamaly ny amin’ izany zavatra rehetra izany, toy ny nolazainay sy nambaranay taminareo rahateo.

7 For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

Fa Andriamanitra tsy niantso antsika ho amin’ ny fahalotoana, fa amin’ ny fahamasinana.

8 Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.

Koa izay mandà, dia tsy olona no laviny, fa Andriamanitra, Izay manome anareo ny Fanahiny Masìna.

9 But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

Fa ny amin’ ny fifankatiavan’ ny mpirahalahy, dia tsy misy tokony hosoratako aminareo, satria ny tenanareo dia ampianarin’ Andriamanitra hifankatia.

10 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;

Fa manao izany ihany ianareo amin’ ny rahalahy rehetra eran’ i Makedonia; nefa mananatra anareo ihany izahay, ry rahalahy, mba hitombo bebe kokoa,

11 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,

ary mba hokendrenareo ny ho tafatoetra tsara sy hitandrina ny raharahanareo ary hiasa amin’ ny tananareo araka ny nandidianay anareo,

12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

mba handehananareo amin’ izay fitondran-tena mahamendrika amin’ ny eo ivelany, ary mba tsy hanan-java-mahory ianareo.

13 But 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.

Fa tsy tianay tsy ho fantatrareo, ry rahalahy, ny amin’ izay modi-mandry, mba tsy hahalahelovanareo tahaka ny sasany izay tsy manana fanantenana.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

Fa raha inoantsika fa efa maty Jesosy sady efa nitsangana indray, dia toy izany koa no hitondran’ Andriamanitra izay efa nodi-mandry tao amin’ i Jesosy hiaraka aminy.

15 For 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.

Fa izao no lazainay aminareo amin’ ny tenin’ ny Tompo: isika, izay velona ka mbola mitoetra mandra-pihavin’ ny Tompo, dia tsy mba hialoha izay efa nodi-mandry tsy akory.

16 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,

Fa ny tenan’ ny Tompo no hidina avy any an-danitra amin’ ny fiantsoana sy ny feon’ ny arikanjely ary ny trompetran’ Andriamanitra, ka izay maty ao amin i Kristy no hitsangana aloha;

17 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.

ary rehefa afaka izany, dia isika izay velona ka mbola mitoetra no hakarina hiaraka aminy ho eny amin’ ny rahona hitsena ny Tompo any amin’ ny habakabaka; dia ho any amin’ ny Tompo mandrakariva isika.

18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.

Koa dia mifampionòna ianareo amin’ izany teny izany.