1 Thessalonians 4

1 Finally then, brothers, we implore you and we exhort [you] in [the] Lord Jesus (so that *NO) even as you have received from us in what manner it behooves you to walk and to please God (even as also you walk [now], *NO) so you may abound more;

Heoi, e oku teina, he mea tenei na matou, he whakahau ki a koutou i roto i te Ariki, i a Ihu, kua riro atu na hoki ta matou i a koutou, a e meinga na hoki e koutou, ara te tikanga mo ta koutou haere, mo ta koutou whakamanawareka atu ki te Atua, n a, kia tino hira rawa tera a koutou.

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

E matau ana hoki koutou ki nga tikanga i whakatakotoria atu e matou ki a koutou i roto i te Ariki, i a Ihu.

3 This for is [the] will of God, the sanctification of you: To abstain you [are] from sexual immorality;

Ko ta te Atua hoki tenei e pai ai, ara ko to koutou whakatapunga, kia mawehe koutou i te moepuku.

4 to know each of you [how] the his own vessel to control in holiness and honor,

Kia matau koutou katoa ki tona tinana, ki tona tinana, kia mau i runga i te tapu, i te honore.

5 not in [the] passion of lust as also the Gentiles not knowing God;

Kaua i runga i te toronga o te hiahia, kei rite ki nga tauiwi kahore nei e matau ki te Atua.

6 not to go beyond and to overreach in the matter the brother of him; because avenging [is] (the *k) Lord concerning all these things even as also we told before you and thoroughly warned.

Kia kaua tetahi e tinihanga, e whakapati i te mea a tona teina; no te mea ko te Ariki te kairapu utu mo era mahi katoa; ko ta matou hoki ia i korero ai i mua, i whakaatu atu ai ki a koutou.

7 Not for has called us God to impurity but into holiness.

Kihai hoki tatou i karangatia e te Atua ki te poke, engari ki te tapu.

8 So then the [one] rejecting [this] not man disregards but God the [One] also (giving *N+kO) the Spirit of Him Holy to (you. *N+KO)

Na, ko te tangata e whakakorekore ana, ehara tana i te whakakorekore ki te tangata, engari ki te Atua, nana nei i homai tona Wairua Tapu ki a tatou.

9 Concerning now brotherly love no need you have [for me] to write to you; yourselves for you yourselves taught by God are in order to love one another;

Ko te aroha ia ki nga teina, kahore a koutou mea e tuhituhi atu ai ahau ki a koutou; he mea whakaako hoki koutou na ano e te Atua ki te aroha tetahi ki tetahi.

10 And for you are doing this toward all the brothers the [ones] in all Macedonia. We exhort however you, brothers, to abound more and more

Ko ta koutou hoki tena e mea na ki nga teina katoa a puta noa i Makeronia. Heoi he whakahau ano tenei na matou ki a koutou, e oku teina, kia hira rawa tena a koutou.

11 and to strive earnestly to live quietly and to attend to [your] own and to work with the own hands of you even as you we commanded;

Me whai hoki kia ata noho, kia mahi i a koutou na ake mahi, kia mahi ko o koutou ringaringa, kia rite ki ta matou i ako ai ki a koutou;

12 so that you may walk properly toward those outside and of no one need may have.

Kia ataahua ai ta koutou haere ki te hunga o waho, kia kaua ai e hapa tetahi mea.

13 Not (we do want *N+KO) but you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those (themselves falling asleep, *N+kO) so that not you may be grieved even as also the rest those not having hope.

E kore ia matou e pai, e oku teina, kia kuware koutou ki te hunga kua moe, kei koingo koutou, kei pera me era atu kahore nei o ratou tumanakotanga atu.

14 If for we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also God those having fallen asleep through Jesus will bring with Him.

Ki te whakapono hoki tatou kua mate a Ihu, kua ara ake ano, waihoki ko te hunga e moe ana i roto i a Ihu, ka arahina tahitia mai ratou me ia e te Atua.

15 This for to you we declare in [the] word of [the] Lord that we ourselves the living who are remaining untill the coming of the Lord certainly not may precede those having fallen asleep;

Ko ta matou korero hoki tenei ki a koutou, he mea ki mai na te Ariki, ko tatou, ko te hunga kua mahue ki te ora, ki te taenga mai o te Ariki, e kore e pahika atu ki mua o te hunga kua moe.

16 because Himself the Lord with a loud command, with [the] voice of an archangel and with [the] trumpet of God will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first,

No te mea ko te Ariki pu ano e heke iho i te rangi me te karanga, me te reo o te tino anahera, me te tetere a te Atua; a ko te hunga kua mate i roto i a te Karaiti e ara i mua.

17 Then we ourselves the living those remaining together with them we will be caught away in [the] clouds for [the] meeting of the Lord in [the] air; and so always with [the] Lord we will be.

Ko reira tatou, te hunga kua mahue ki te ora, kahakina ngatahitia atu ai me ratou i runga i nga kapua, ki te whakatau ki te Ariki i te rangi: na ka noho tonu tatou ki te Ariki.

18 Therefore do encourage one another with words these.

Na, he kupu enei hei whakamarie ma koutou tetahi i tetahi.