¹Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

¹እንግዲህ በቀረውስ፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ልትመላለሱ እግዚአብሔርንም ደስ ልታሰኙ እንዴት እንደሚገባችሁ ከእኛ ዘንድ እንደ ተቀበላችሁ፥ እናንተ ደግሞ እንደምትመላለሱ፥ ከፊት ይልቅ ትበዙ ዘንድ በጌታ በኢየሱስ እንለምናችኋለን እንመክራችሁማለን።

²For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

²በጌታ በኢየሱስ የትኛውን ትእዛዝ እንደ ሰጠናችሁ ታውቃላችሁና።

³For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

³ይህ የእግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ እርሱም መቀደሳችሁ ነውና፤

⁴That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

⁴ከዝሙት እንድትርቁ፥ እግዚአብሔርን እንደማያውቁ አሕዛብ በፍትወት ምኞት አይደለም እንጂ፥ ከእናንተ እያንዳንዱ የራሱን ዕቃ በቅድስናና በክብር ያገኝ ዘንድ እንዲያውቅ፤

⁵Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

⁶አስቀድመን ደግሞ እንዳልናችሁና እንደ መሰከርንላችሁ፥ ጌታ ስለዚህ ነገር ሁሉ የሚበቀል ነውና ማንም በዚህ ነገር አይተላለፍ ወንድሙንም አያታልል።

⁶That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

⁷ለርኵሰት ሳይሆን እግዚአብሔር በቅድስና ጠርቶናልና።

⁷For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

⁸እንግዲህ የሚጥል ሰውን የጣለ አይደለም፥ መንፈስ ቅዱስን በእናንተ እንዲኖር የሰጠውን እግዚአብሔርን ነው እንጂ።

⁸He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

⁹እናንተ ራሳችሁ እርስ በርሳችሁ ልትዋደዱ በእግዚአብሔር ተምራችኋልና ስለ ወንድማማች መዋደድ ማንም ይጽፍላችሁ ዘንድ አያስፈልጋችሁም፤

⁹But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

¹⁰እንዲሁ በመቄዶንያ ሁሉ ላሉት ወንድሞች ሁሉ ታደርጋላችሁና። ነገር ግን፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ከፊት ይልቅ ልትበዙ፥ በጸጥታም ትኖሩ ዘንድ ልትቀኑ፥ የራሳችሁንም ጉዳይ ልትጠነቀቁ፥ እንዳዘዝናችሁም፥ በውጭ ባሉት ዘንድ በአገባብ እንድትመላለሱ፥ አንዳችም እንዳያስፈልጋችሁ በእጃችሁ ልትሠሩ እንለምናችኋለን።

¹⁰And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;

¹³ነገር ግን፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ተስፋ እንደሌላቸው እንደ ሌሎች ደግሞ እንዳታዝኑ፥ አንቀላፍተው ስላሉቱ ታውቁ ዘንድ እንወዳለን።

¹¹And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

¹⁴ኢየሱስ እንደ ሞተና እንደ ተነሣ ካመንን፥ እንዲሁም በኢየሱስ ያንቀላፉቱን እግዚአብሔር ከእርሱ ጋር ያመጣቸዋልና።

¹²That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

¹⁵በጌታ ቃል የምንላችሁ ይህ ነውና፤ እኛ ሕያዋን ሆነን ጌታ እስኪመጣ ድረስ የምንቀር ያንቀላፉቱን አንቀድምም፤

¹³But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

¹⁶ጌታ ራሱ በትእዛዝ በመላእክትም አለቃ ድምፅ በእግዚአብሔርም መለከት ከሰማይ ይወርዳልና፥ በክርስቶስም የሞቱ አስቀድመው ይነሣሉ፤

¹⁴For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

¹⁷ከዚያም በኋላ እኛ ሕያዋን ሆነን የምንቀረው፥ ጌታን በአየር ለመቀበል ከእነርሱ ጋር በደመና እንነጠቃለን፤ እንዲሁም ሁልጊዜ ከጌታ ጋር እንሆናለን።

¹⁵For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

¹⁸ስለዚህ እርስ በርሳችሁ በዚህ ቃል ተጽናኑ።

¹⁶For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

¹⁷Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

¹⁸Wherefore comfort one another with these words.