1 thiṣalanīkinaḥ 4

1 he bhrātaraḥ, yuṣmābhiḥ kīdṛg ācaritavyaṁ īśvarāya rocitavyañca tadadhyasmatto yā śikṣā labdhā tadanusārāt punaratiśayaṁ yatnaḥ kriyatāmiti vayaṁ prabhuyīśunā yuṣmān vinīyādiśāmaḥ|

Finally then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to live and to please God, even as you are living, that you excel more and more.

2 yato vayaṁ prabhuyīśunā kīdṛśīrājñā yuṣmāsu samarpitavantastad yūyaṁ jānītha|

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

3 īśvarasyāyam abhilāṣo yad yuṣmākaṁ pavitratā bhavet, yūyaṁ vyabhicārād dūre tiṣṭhata|

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

4 yuṣmākam ekaiko janaḥ svakīyaṁ prāṇādhāraṁ pavitraṁ mānyañca rakṣatu,

that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

5 ye ca bhinnajātīyā lokā īśvaraṁ na jānanti ta iva tat kāmābhilāṣasyādhīnaṁ na karotu|

not in the passion of lust, even as the nations who do not know God;

6 etasmin viṣaye ko'pyatyācārī bhūtvā svabhrātaraṁ na vañcayatu yato'smābhiḥ pūrvvaṁ yathoktaṁ pramāṇīkṛtañca tathaiva prabhuretādṛśānāṁ karmmaṇāṁ samucitaṁ phalaṁ dāsyati|

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.

7 yasmād īśvaro'smān aśucitāyai nāhūtavān kintu pavitratvāyaivāhūtavān|

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

8 ato heto ryaḥ kaścid vākyametanna gṛhlāti sa manuṣyam avajānātīti nahi yena svakīyātmā yuṣmadantare samarpitastam īśvaram evāvajānāti|

Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.

9 bhrātṛṣu premakaraṇamadhi yuṣmān prati mama likhanaṁ niṣprayojanaṁ yato yūyaṁ parasparaṁ premakaraṇāyeśvaraśikṣitā lokā ādhve|

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

10 kṛtsne mākidaniyādeśe ca yāvanto bhrātaraḥ santi tān sarvvān prati yuṣmābhistat prema prakāśyate tathāpi he bhrātaraḥ, vayaṁ yuṣmān vinayāmahe yūyaṁ puna rbahutaraṁ prema prakāśayata|

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;

11 aparaṁ ye bahiḥsthitāsteṣāṁ dṛṣṭigocare yuṣmākam ācaraṇaṁ yat manoramyaṁ bhavet kasyāpi vastunaścābhāvo yuṣmākaṁ yanna bhavet,

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;

12 etadarthaṁ yūyam asmatto yādṛśam ādeśaṁ prāptavantastādṛśaṁ nirvirodhācāraṁ karttuṁ svasvakarmmaṇi manāṁmi nidhātuṁ nijakaraiśca kāryyaṁ sādhayituṁ yatadhvaṁ|

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

13 he bhrātaraḥ nirāśā anye lokā iva yūyaṁ yanna śocedhvaṁ tadarthaṁ mahānidrāgatān lokānadhi yuṣmākam ajñānatā mayā nābhilaṣyate|

But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you do not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

14 yīśu rmṛtavān punaruthitavāṁśceti yadi vayaṁ viśvāsamastarhi yīśum āśritān mahānidrāprāptān lokānapīśvaro'vaśyaṁ tena sārddham āneṣyati|

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

15 yato'haṁ prabho rvākyena yuṣmān idaṁ jñāpayāmi; asmākaṁ madhye ye janāḥ prabhorāgamanaṁ yāvat jīvanto'vaśekṣyante te mahānidritānām agragāminona na bhaviṣyanti;

For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.

16 yataḥ prabhuḥ siṁhanādena pradhānasvargadūtasyoccaiḥ śabdeneśvarīyatūrīvādyena ca svayaṁ svargād avarokṣyati tena khrīṣṭāśritā mṛtalokāḥ prathamam utthāsyānti|

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 Messiah will rise first,

17 aparam asmākaṁ madhye ye jīvanto'vaśekṣyante ta ākāśe prabhoḥ sākṣātkaraṇārthaṁ taiḥ sārddhaṁ meghavāhanena hariṣyante; itthañca vayaṁ sarvvadā prabhunā sārddhaṁ sthāsyāmaḥ|

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.

18 ato yūyam etābhiḥ kathābhiḥ parasparaṁ sāntvayata|

Therefore comfort one another with these words.