1 Thessalonians 4

1 Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.

1 وَبَعْدُ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، فَمِثْلَمَا تَلَقَّيْتُمْ مِنَّا كَيْفَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَسْلُكُوا سُلُوكاً يُرْضِي اللهَ، وَكَمَا أَنْتُم فَاعِلُونَ، نَرْجُو مِنْكُمْ وَنُحَرِّضُكُمْ فِي الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ أَنْ تُضَاعِفُوا تَقَدُّمَكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ أَكْثَرَ فَأَكْثَرَ.

2 For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

2 فَإِنَّكُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ الْوَصَايَا الَّتِي لَقَّنَّاكُمْ إِيَّاهَا مِنْ قِبَلِ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ.

3 For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;

3 فَإِنَّ مَشِيئَةَ اللهِ هِيَ هذِهِ: قَدَاسَتُكُمْ. وَذَلِكَ بِأَنْ تَمْتَنِعُوا عَنِ الزِّنَى،

4 each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

4 وَأَنْ يَعْرِفَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ كَيْفَ يَحْفَظُ جَسَدَهُ فِي الطَّهَارَةِ وَالْكَرَامَةِ

5 not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;

5 غَيْرَ مُنْسَاقٍ لِلشَّهْوَةِ الْجَامِحَةِ كَالْوَثَنِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ اللهَ،

6 and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.

6 وَأَلَّا يَتَعَدَّى حُقُوقَ أَخِيهِ وَيُسِيءَ إِلَيْهِ فِي هَذَا الأَمْرِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ الْمُنْتَقِمُ لِجَمِيعِ هَذِهِ الإِسَاءَاتِ، كَمَا أَنْذَرْنَاكُمْ قَبْلاً وَشَهِدْنَا لَكُمْ بِحَقٍّ.

7 For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

7 فَإِنَّ اللهَ دَعَانَا لَا إِلَى النَّجَاسَةِ بَلْ (إِلَى الْعَيْشِ) فِي الْقَدَاسَةِ.

8 Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.

8 إِذَنْ، مَنِ اسْتَخَفَّ بِأَخِيهِ فِي هَذَا الأَمْرِ، يَسْتَخِفُّ لَا بِإِنْسَانٍ بَلْ بِاللهِ، بِذَاكَ الَّذِي وَهَبَكُمْ فِعْلاً رُوحَهُ الْقُدُّوسَ.

9 Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.

9 أَمَّا الْمَحَبَّةُ الأَخَوِيَّةُ، فَلَسْتُمْ فِي حَاجَةٍ لأَنْ أَكْتُبَ إِلَيْكُمْ عَنْهَا، لأَنَّكُمْ بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ قَدْ تَعَلَّمْتُمْ مِنَ اللهِ أَنْ تُحِبُّوا بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً،

10 And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more

10 وَلأَنَّكُمْ أَيْضاً هكَذَا تُعَامِلُونَ جَمِيعَ الإِخْوَةِ فِي مُقَاطَعَةِ مَقِدُونِيَّةَ كُلِّهَا. وَإِنَّمَا نُحَرِّضُكُمْ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، أَنْ تُضَاعِفُوا ذَلِكَ أَكْثَرَ فَأَكْثَرَ،

11 and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.

11 وَأَنْ تَسْعَوْا بِجِدٍّ إِلَى الْعَيْشِ بِهُدُوءٍ، مُهْتَمِّينَ بِمُمَارَسَةِ شُؤُونِكُمُ الْخَاصَّةِ، وَمُحَصِّلِينَ مَعِيشَتَكُمْ بِعَمَلِ أَيْدِيكُمْ، كَمَا أَوْصَيْنَاكُمْ.

12 Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.

12 عِنْدَئِذٍ تَكُونُ سِيرَتُكُمْ حَسَنَةَ السُّمْعَةِ تُجَاهَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ خَارِجِ الْكَنِيسَةِ، وَلا تَكُونُونَ فِي حَاجَةٍ إِلَى شَيْءٍ.

13 Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.

13 عَلَى أَنَّنَا نُرِيدُ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، أَلَّا يَخْفَى عَلَيْكُمْ أَمْرُ الرَّاقِدِينَ، حَتَّى لَا يُصِيبَكُمُ الْحُزْنُ كَغَيْرِكُمْ مِنَ النَّاسِ الَّذِينَ لَا رَجَاءَ لَهُمْ.

14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.

14 فَمَادُمْنَا نُؤْمِنُ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ مَاتَ ثُمَّ قَامَ، فَمَعَهُ كَذَلِكَ سَيُحْضِرُ اللهُ أَيْضاً الرَّاقِدِينَ بِيَسُوعَ.

15 By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.

15 فَهَذَا نَقُولُهُ لَكُمْ بِكَلِمَةٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّبِّ: إِنَّنَا نَحْنُ الْبَاقِينَ أَحْيَاءَ إِلَى حِينِ عَوْدَةِ الرَّبِّ، لَنْ نَسْبِقَ الرَّاقِدِينَ.

16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.

16 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ نَفْسَهُ سَيَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ حَالَمَا يُدَوِّي أَمْرٌ بِالتَّجَمُّعِ، وَيُنَادِي رَئِيسُ مَلائِكَةٍ، وَيُبَوَّقُ فِي بُوقٍ إِلهِيٍّ، عِنْدَئِذٍ يَقُومُ الأَمْوَاتُ فِي الْمَسِيحِ أَوَّلاً.

17 After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.

17 ثُمَّ إِنَّنَا، نَحْنُ الْبَاقِينَ أَحْيَاءَ، نُخْتَطَفُ جَمِيعاً فِي السُّحُبِ لِلاِجْتِمَاعِ بِالرَّبِّ فِي الْهَوَاءِ. وَهكَذَا نَبْقَى مَعَ الرَّبِّ عَلَى الدَّوَامِ.

18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.

18 لِذلِكَ عَزُّوا بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً بِهَذَا الْكَلام!