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.

¹Hatimaye, ndugu zangu, mmejifunza kutoka kwetu namna mnavyopaswa kuishi ili kumpendeza Mungu. Na kweli mmekuwa mnaishi hivyo. Sasa tunawaombeni na kuwasihi kwa jina la Bwana Yesu mfanye vema zaidi.

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

²Maana mnayajua yale maagizo tuliyowapeni kwa mamlaka ya Bwana Yesu.

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

³Mungu anataka ninyi muwe watakatifu na mjiepushe kabisa na maisha ya zinaa.

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

⁴Kila mwanamume anapaswa kujua namna ya kuishi na mkewe kwa utakatifu na heshima,

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

⁵na si kwa tamaa mbaya kama watu wa mataifa mengine wasiomjua Mungu.

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.

⁶Basi, mtu yeyote asimkosee au kumpunja mwenzake kuhusu jambo hili. Tulikwisha waambieni hayo na kuwaonya kwamba Bwana atawaadhibu wanaofanya mambo hayo.

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

⁷Mungu hakutuita tuishi maisha ya zinaa, bali tuishi katika utakatifu.

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

⁸Kwa hiyo basi, anayedharau mafundisho hayo hamdharau mtu, bali amdharau Mungu mwenyewe anayewapeni Roho wake Mtakatifu.

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.

⁹Hakuna haja ya kuwaandikieni juu ya kuwapenda ndugu zenu waumini. Ninyi wenyewe mmefundishwa na Mungu namna mnavyopaswa kupendana.

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

¹⁰Na mmekuwa mkiwatendea hivyo ndugu zenu wote kila mahali katika Makedonia. Basi, ndugu tunawaombeni mfanye hata zaidi.

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

¹¹Muwe na nia ya kuishi maisha ya utulivu, kila mmoja ashughulikie mambo yake mwenyewe na afanye kazi kwa mikono yake mwenyewe kama tulivyowaagiza pale awali.

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

¹²Kwa namna hiyo mtajipatia sifa nzuri kutoka kwa wale wasio Wakristo, na hamtakuwa na lazima ya kuwategemea wengine kwa mahitaji yenu.

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.

¹³Ndugu, twataka mjue ukweli kuhusu wale ambao wamekwisha fariki dunia, ili msipatwe na huzuni kama watu wengine wasio na matumaini.

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.

¹⁴Sisi tunaamini kwamba Yesu alikufa, akafufuka; na hivyo sisi tunaamini kwamba Mungu atawaleta pamoja na Yesu wale wote waliofariki wakiwa wanamwamini.

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;

¹⁵Hili tunalowaambieni ni fundisho la Bwana; sisi tulio hai, ambao tutakuwa tumebaki, wakati Bwana atakapokuja, hakika hatutawatangulia wale waliokwisha fariki dunia.

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;

¹⁶Maana patatolewa amri, sauti ya malaika mkuu, sauti ya tarumbeta ya Mungu, naye Bwana mwenyewe atashuka kutoka mbinguni. Ndipo wale waliokufa wakiwa wanamwamini Kristo watafufuliwa kwanza.

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.

¹⁷Kisha sisi tulio hai wakati huo tutakusanywa pamoja nao katika mawingu kumlaki Bwana hewani. Na hivyo tutakuwa daima pamoja na Bwana.

¹⁸So encourage one another with these words.)

¹⁸Basi, farijianeni kwa maneno haya.