1 Thessalonians 4
1 Now, my fellow believers, [I want to write] about some other matters. Because we all have a close relationship with the Lord Jesus, we(exc) strongly urge you [DOU] to live in a way that pleases God. We taught you to do that, and you know that we lived that way as a result of what the Lord Jesus [told us]. We know that you are conducting your lives that way, but [we strongly urge] that you do that even more.
Pakupwililisha mobanse, mwalaiya kupitila mubwikalo bwetu mbuli ncomwela kwikala kwambeti mukondweleshe Lesa. Nomba ubu ebwikalo mbomwayandikanga kuba nabo, neco tulamusengenga muli lya Mwami Yesu kwambeti mweleshe kwinsa cangofu kupita ncemwalikwinsa.
Pakwinga mwaishi cena malailile ngotwalamupa kupitila mungofu sha Mwami Yesu.
3 God wants you to live pure lives that will show that you completely belong to him. He wants you to avoid doing any sexually immoral acts (OR, avoid being sexually immoral in any way).
Lesa layandangeti mube baswepa, ne kutensa bufule.
4 [That is, he wants] each one of you to know how to control your own sexual desires [EUP]. He wants you to live pure lives that all people will see as good.
Uliyense pakati penu enshibe kulela cena mubili wakendi, pakulemeka nekubamba cena, ne kutausafwanya.
5 You must not lustfully desire [to do] immoral acts as unbelievers [MTY] [do] who do not obey God.
Kamutakomkelanga lunkumbwa lwasesemya mbuli ncebakute kwinsa bantu bakunsa batamwinshi Lesa.
6 [God wants each one of you to control your sexual desires, in order that] no one of you sin against your fellow believer and take advantage of him or her by doing things like that. Remember that we strongly warned you previously [DOU] that the Lord [Jesus] will punish all [people who do] sexually immoral acts.
Neco, mumakani awa, kapataba muntu shikwinshila munendi caipa, nambi kumulyela masuku pamutwi. Twalamwambilisha kendi kwambeti Lesa nakabape cisubulo bantu bonse beshikwinsa bintu byamushoboyu.
7 When God chose us [believers], he did not want us to [be people who] behave in a sexually immoral way. On the contrary, [he wants us] to be [people who] behave in a morally pure way.
Pakwinga Lesa nkalatukuwa kwambeti twinsenga bintu byaipa byabupombo, nsombi kuba baswepa.
8 So I warn you that those who disregard [this teaching] of mine [are] not just disregarding me. On the contrary, [they are disregarding] God, [because God commanded it. Remember that] God sent his Spirit, who is holy, [to live] in you!
Neco na muntu lakana ciyisho ici, ekwambeti nkalakananga muntu sobwe, nsombi lakana Lesa uyo ukute kumupa Mushimu Uswepa.
9 [I want to urge you] again [that you should] love [your] fellow believers [MET]. You do not really need that [anyone] write to you about that, because God has already taught you [how] to love each other,
Lino nkandelela kumulembela sha lusuno pakati penu, pakwinga Lesa walamwiyisha kendi mbuli ncomwelela kuyandana umo ne umo.
10 and because you already are [showing that you love] your fellow believers [HYP] [who live] in other places [in your province] of Macedonia. Nevertheless, my fellow believers, we urge you to [love each other] even more.
Kayi mukute kuyanda banenu bonse bamu cishi ca Makedoniya. Nsombi tulamusengenga mobanse, kwambeti mwinse copeleco kupita kaindi.
11 [We urge you] also to eagerly strive/try to mind your own affairs and to not meddle/interfere with the affairs of others. We urge you also to work at your own occupations/jobs [to earn what you need to live]. Remember that we taught you previously to live like that.
Kamweleshani kwikala mubuyumi bwa lumuno, uliyense ashe mano ku ncito yakendi, kayi nekulicanina bintu bilayandikingga mubuyumi. Kamwinsani mbuli ncetwalamwambila.
12 If you do these things, unbelievers will acknowledge/see that you behave decently/properly, and you will not have to depend on others [to] ([supply/give to you]) [what you need].
Munshila ilico, bantu batamwinshi Lesa nibakamupe bulemu, kayi nteti mukacunke manungo pali muntu uliyense mu bintu mbyemwabulilwa.
13 My fellow believers, we also want you to understand well [LIT] [what will happen] to our fellow believers [who now] are dead [EUP]. [You must not be/do like] the unbelievers. They [grieve deeply for people who die because] they do not confidently expect [people to live again after they die].
Mobanse, tulayandanga kwambeti mwinshibe cancinencine sha makani abantu abo balafwa, kwambeti kulila kwenu kakutabeti bantu babula ncebalapembelelenga.
14 We [believers] know that it is true that Jesus died and that he came back [to life] again. So [we also know well that] when Jesus returns, God [will cause] those [believers] who died [EUP] [to live again] and to come with [Jesus].
Pakwinga afwe twashoma kwambeti Yesu walafwa kayi walapunduka. Neco twashoma kwambeti bantu bonse abo balafwa kabali bashoma Yesu, Lesa nakabapundushe pamo ne Yesu.
15 [I write this] because the Lord [Jesus] revealed [to me] what I am now telling you. [Some of you may think that] when the Lord [Jesus] comes back, he will consider that we [believers] who are still living will be superior to those [believers] who have died [EUP], because [we will meet Jesus first. That is certainly not true]!
Lino tulamwiyishinga ciyisho ca Mwami mwine. Kwambeti afwe otucili bayumi kushikila Yesu akese, nteti tukabatangunine balafwa sobwe.
16 It is the Lord [Jesus] himself who will descend from heaven. [When he comes down, he] will command all of [us believers to rise from their graves]. The chief angel will shout [loudly], and [another angel] will blow a trumpet for God. Then (OR, As a result), the first thing that will happen is that the people who [trusted] in Christ before they died will live again.
Pakwinga nipakabe kompolola kwangofu, liswi lya mungelo mukulene ne liswi lya tolompita ya Lesa. Popelapo Mwami nakaseluke kufuma kwilu. Abo balafwila muli Yesu eshibakatangune kupunduka.
17 After that, [God] will powerfully take up into the clouds all of us [believers] who are still living [on this earth]. [He will take us] and those [other believers who have died], in order that [we all] might together meet/welcome the Lord [Jesus] in the sky. As a result of that, we [all] will be with him forever.
Lino nenjafwe eshitukabenga bayumi pacindico, etitukashalepo, nitukamantwe pamo nendibo, ne kuya kukumana ne Mwami mwilu.
18 Because [all this is true], encourage/comfort each other by reminding each other of this teaching.
Neco kamuyumishanani umo ne umo sha maswi awa.
