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።

¹For the rest, then, brethren, we beg you and exhort you in [the] Lord Jesus, even as ye have received from us how ye ought to walk and please God, even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more.

²በጌታ በኢየሱስ የትኛውን ትእዛዝ እንደ ሰጠናችሁ ታውቃላችሁና።

²For ye know what charges we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

³ይህ የእግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ እርሱም መቀደሳችሁ ነውና፤

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

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

⁴that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honour,

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

⁵(not in passionate desire, even as the nations who know not God,)

⁷ለርኵሰት ሳይሆን እግዚአብሔር በቅድስና ጠርቶናልና።

⁶not overstepping the rights of and wronging his brother in the matter, because the Lord [is] the avenger of all these things, even as we also told you before, and have fully testified.

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

⁷For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.

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

⁸He therefore that [in this] disregards [his brother], disregards, not man, but God, who has given also his Holy Spirit to you.

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።

⁹Now concerning brotherly love ye have no need that we should write to you, for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

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

¹⁰For also ye do this towards all the brethren in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still more,

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

¹¹and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your [own] hands, even as we charged you,

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

¹²that ye may walk reputably towards those without, and may have need of no one.

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

¹³But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are fallen asleep, to the end that ye be not grieved even as also the rest who have no hope.

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

¹⁴For if we believe that Jesus has died and has risen again, so also God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.

¹⁸ስለዚህ እርስ በርሳችሁ በዚህ ቃል ተጽናኑ።

¹⁵(For this we say to you in [the] word of [the] Lord, that *we*, the living, who remain to the coming of the Lord, are in no way to anticipate those who have fallen asleep;

¹⁶for the Lord himself, with an assembling shout, with archangel's voice and with trump of God, shall descend from heaven; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;

¹⁷then *we*, the living who remain, shall be caught up together with them in [the] clouds, to meet the Lord in [the] air; and thus we shall be always with [the] Lord.

¹⁸So encourage one another with these words.)