¹As to the rest, then, brethren, we request you, and call upon you in the Lord Jesus, as ye did receive from us how it behoveth you to walk and to please God, that ye may abound the 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 have known what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus,

²በጌታ በኢየሱስ የትኛውን ትእዛዝ እንደ ሰጠናችሁ ታውቃላችሁና።

³for this is the will of God — your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom,

³ይህ የእግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ እርሱም መቀደሳችሁ ነውና፤

⁴that each of you know his own vessel to possess 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 affection of desire, as also the nations that were not knowing God,

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

⁶that no one go beyond and defraud in the matter his brother, because an avenger [is] the Lord of all these, as also we spake before to you and testified,

⁷ለርኵሰት ሳይሆን እግዚአብሔር በቅድስና ጠርቶናልና።

⁷for God did not call us on uncleanness, but in sanctification;

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

⁸he, therefore, who is despising — doth not despise man, but God, who also did give His Holy Spirit to us.

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

⁹And concerning the brotherly love, ye have no need of [my] writing to you, for ye yourselves are God-taught 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።

¹⁰for ye do it also to all the brethren who [are] in all Macedonia; and we call upon you, brethren, to abound still more,

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

¹¹and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,

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

¹²that ye may walk becomingly unto those without, and may have lack of nothing.

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

¹³And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not 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, so also God those asleep through Jesus he will bring with him,

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

¹⁵for this to you we say in the word of the Lord, that we who are living — who do remain over to the presence of the Lord — may not precede those asleep,

¹⁸ስለዚህ እርስ በርሳችሁ በዚህ ቃል ተጽናኑ።

¹⁶because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,

¹⁷then we who are living, who are remaining over, together with them shall be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in air, and so always with the Lord we shall be;

¹⁸so, then, comfort ye one another in these words.