1Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk, --that ye abound more and more.
1Huchiin, unaute aw, a tawppenin, na om dingdan u leh Pathian na hihkipahdan ding uh, tua na omdan bang uh, koumaua kipana na lak bang un na hauh semna ding un Toupa Jesu ah ka honngen un ka honhasuan uhi.
2For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
2Toupa Jesu jiakin bangthute khawng ahia ka honpiak uh na thei ngal ua.
3For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;
3Pathian deihlam, na siangthouna ding uh hiai ahi: kingaih tawpsan unla;
4that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,
4Siangthou leh zahtakhuaia noumau ji kem siam chiata,
5not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God;
5Pathian theilou Jentelte banga huk lamsanga ut louin.
6that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
6Huai lam thu ajaw kuamah takhial in a unau tungah thil hoihlou hih kei hen; Toupa tuh huhchibang thilhihte tengteng phulapa a hih jiakin-kou leng ka honhilh khol un ka hontheisak khinta uhi.
7For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
7Pathianin sianglou dingin a honsam keia, siangthou dingin a honsam ahi zo ngala.
8Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.
8Huaijiakin a nialin tuh mihing nial ahi keia, Pathian, noua Kha Siangthou honpepa nial ahi jaw hi.
9But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;
9A hihangin, unaute itdan lam thu gelh sak na kiphamoh kei ua, kiit tuah chiat dingin noumau ngei Pathian hilhin na om ngal ua.
10for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren that are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that ye abound more and more;
10Masidonia gama unau om tengteng tungah huai tuh na hih ngei uhi. Himahleh, unaute aw, na hauh semsemna ding un ka honhasuan uhi;
11and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
11Kamsiam deuha om leh, noumau na chiat limsak leh, thu ka honpiak bang ua na khut ua sep ngei na tupna ding un;
12that ye may walk becomingly toward them that are without, and may have need of nothing.
12Huchiin polama mite tungah kilawm takin na om thei ding ua, bangmah na kitasam theikei ding uhi.
13But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope.
13Himahleh, unaute aw, mi dang lametna himhim neiloute banga na lungkham louhna ding un, ihmute tungtang na theih louh uh ka deih kei uhi.
14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
14Jesu a si a, a thou nawnta chih i gingta ua, huchimahbangin Jesua ihmu khinsate tuh Pathianin amah toh hontonpih ding ahi ngala.
15For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep.
15Hiai tuh Toupa thuin na kiang uah ka gen uhi; eite Toupa hongpai phaa hingdama naom laiten, ihmu khinsate tuh i makhelh kei hial ding hi, chih.
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;
16Toupa mahmah kikou aw toh, angel tungnungpen aw toh, Pathian pengkul ging toh, van akipana hongpai suk ding ahi ngala, huan, Krisa siasate a thou masa phot ding ua;
17then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
17Huai khit chiangin eite hingdama naom laite, huihkhua ah Toupa tuak ding in amau toh mei lakah lak touhin i om ding ua; huchiin khantawnin Toupa kiangah i omta ding hi.Huaijiakin hiai thutein kikhamuan tuah chiat un.
18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
18Huaijiakin hiai thutein kikhamuan tuah chiat un.