帖撒罗尼迦前书 4
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
上帝喜悦的生活
4 最后，弟兄姊妹，既然你们领受了我们的教导，知道怎样行才能讨上帝的喜悦，如你们现在所行的，我们靠着主耶稣恳求、劝勉你们要更加努力。 2 你们都知道我们靠着主耶稣传给你们的诫命。 3 上帝的旨意是要你们圣洁，远避淫乱的事， 4 要你们人人都知道持守身体的圣洁和尊贵， 5 不可荒淫纵欲，像那些不认识上帝的外族人一样。 6 你们在这种事上不可越轨，亏负弟兄姊妹。我们曾经对你们说过，并且郑重地警告过你们，主必惩治犯这种罪的人。 7 因为上帝呼召我们不是要我们沾染污秽，而是要我们圣洁。 8 所以，人若拒绝遵行这命令，他不是拒绝人，而是拒绝赐圣灵给你们的上帝。
9 关于弟兄姊妹彼此相爱的事，我就不必多写了，因为你们自己从上帝那里领受了要彼此相爱的教导。 10 你们对马其顿全境的弟兄姊妹已经做到了这一点。不过，我劝各位要再接再厉。 11 你们要立志过安分守己的生活，亲手做工，正如我们以前吩咐你们的。 12 这样，你们可以得到外人的尊敬，不必依赖任何人。
复活的盼望
13 弟兄姊妹，关于安息的信徒[a]，我不愿意你们一无所知，免得你们像那些没有盼望的人一样悲伤。 14 我们既然相信耶稣死了，又复活了，也要相信上帝必把那些安息的信徒和耶稣一同带来。
15 我们把主耶稣的话告诉你们：主再来的那天，我们还活着的人不会比已安息的信徒先见到主。 16 因为主必在号令声、天使长的呼喊声和上帝的号角声中亲自从天降临，已经离世的基督徒必先复活。 17 然后，我们还活着的人要和他们一起被提到云里，在空中与主相会，永远和主在一起。 18 所以你们要用这些话彼此鼓励。
Footnotes
- 4:13 “安息的信徒”希腊文是“睡了的人”，圣经常用“睡了”作为“死了”的委婉说法，参见约翰福音十一章11—14节。
帖 撒 羅 尼 迦 前 書 4
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
令上帝满意的生活
4 兄弟们，现在我要告诉你们另外一些事。你们做为主耶稣的信徒，我们请求和督促过你们并教导过你们如何生活会令上帝喜悦，（你们也的确在这样做），现在我们请求你们再接再励。 2 你们知道，我们是通过主耶稣的权威给你们下达指示的。 3 这是上帝的意愿，他要你们圣洁，摆脱不道德的性行为。 4 他要你们每一个人都学会用圣洁和荣誉的方式来支配自己的身体， 5 而不要像不知道上帝的异教徒那样，放纵情欲。 6 他还希望你们所有的人，在这方面不要做对不起或欺骗兄弟的事情。正像我们警告过你们的那样，上帝将惩罚犯这种罪的人。 7 因为上帝召唤我们不是要我们生活在罪孽之中，而是要我们圣洁。 8 所以，抵制这些教导的人，不是在抵制人而是在抵制赋予你们圣灵的上帝。
9 关于兄弟间的爱，不需要我们向你们写什么，因为上帝已经教导你们要彼此相爱。 10 实际上，你们在全马其顿地区的确是在这样对待兄弟的，但我们督促你们要再接再励。
11 把过和平安宁的生活看作是一种荣誉，要像我们吩咐你们的那样，关心自己份内的工作，用自己的双手工作。 12 这样，非信徒会尊重你们的生活方式，而且，你们也不用依赖他人给你们提供所需的东西。
主即将来临
13 兄弟们，我们希望你们了解那些死者的情况，免得你们像其余没有盼望的人一样悲伤和失望。 14 既然我们相信耶稣死后又复活了，那么，我们也相信上帝将会使那些信仰过耶稣的死者与他一起复活。 15 我们现在告诉你们来自主的信息，当主再来时，我们这些活着的人绝对不会比那些死者先与主同在。 16 当响亮的命令伴随着大天使的声音和上帝的号角发出时，主将亲自从天而降。那些信仰过主的死者将会首先复活， 17 然后我们这些活着的人才会与他一起被升到云端，在空中与主相会。从此我们将与主永远同在。 18 用这些话互相鼓励吧。
1 Tesalonicenses 4
Biblia del Jubileo
4 ¶ Resta pues, hermanos, que os roguemos y exhortemos en el Señor Jesús, que de la manera que fuisteis enseñados de nosotros de cómo os conviene andar, y agradar a Dios, así vayáis creciendo.
2 Porque ya sabéis qué mandamientos os dimos por el Señor Jesús.
3 Porque la voluntad de Dios es vuestra santificación; que os apartéis de fornicación;
4 que cada uno de vosotros sepa tener su vaso en santificación y honestidad;
5 no con afecto de concupiscencia, como los gentiles que no conocen a Dios:
6 que ninguno oprima, ni calumnie en nada a su hermano; porque el Señor es vengador de todo esto, como ya os hemos dicho y protestado.
7 Porque no nos ha llamado Dios a inmundicia, sino a santificación.
8 Así que, el que nos menosprecia, no menosprecia a hombre, sino a Dios, el cual también nos dio su Espíritu Santo.
9 ¶ Mas acerca del amor entre los hermanos no tenéis necesidad que os escriba, porque vosotros mismos habéis aprendido de Dios que os mostréis caridad los unos a los otros;
10 y también lo hacéis así con todos los hermanos que están por toda Macedonia. Pero os rogamos, hermanos, que vayáis creciendo;
11 y que procuréis tener quietud, y hacer vuestros negocios, y que obréis con vuestras manos de la manera que os hemos mandado;
12 y que andéis honestamente para con los extraños, y que nada de ninguno deseéis.
13 ¶ Tampoco, hermanos, queremos que ignoréis acerca de los que duermen. Que no os entristezcáis como los otros que no tienen esperanza.
14 Porque si creemos que Jesús murió y resucitó, así también traerá Dios con él a los que durmieron en Jesús.
15 Por lo cual, os decimos esto en Palabra del Señor: que nosotros que vivimos, que quedamos hasta la venida del Señor, no seremos delanteros a los que durmieron.
16 Porque el mismo Señor con aclamación, con voz de Arcángel y con trompeta de Dios, descenderá del cielo; y los muertos en el Cristo resucitarán primero;
17 luego nosotros, los que vivimos, los que quedamos, y juntamente con ellos seremos arrebatados en las nubes a recibir al Señor en el aire, y así estaremos siempre con el Señor.
18 Por tanto, consolaos los unos a los otros en estas palabras.
1 Thessalonians 4
EasyEnglish Bible
A life that makes God happy
4 Christian friends, there are a few more things that we need to say. We have already taught you how to live in a way that pleases God. And we know that you are living in that way. Now we ask you to continue to live like that even more. On behalf of the Lord Jesus, we seriously ask you to do this. 2 You surely remember what we taught you with the authority of the Lord Jesus.
3 This is how God wants you to live: As his own people, he wants you to be completely good. So you must not have sex in a way that is wrong. 4 Each of you men must learn to rule his own body properly. Then you will do only what is pure and right. 5 People who do not know God strongly want to have sex in a wrong way. They cannot control themselves. You must not be like those people. 6 No man among you should ever have sex with the wife of a Christian friend. That would be the same as if you robbed him. It would be a bad thing to do against him. Remember that the Lord will punish everyone who does things like that. We have already told you that. We warned you very seriously about it.
7 God has chosen us to belong to him. He does not want us to do disgusting things. As his people, he wants us to be holy. 8 So do not refuse to accept what I am saying. If you do, it is not just a person that you refuse to obey. You are refusing to obey God. And God is the one who has given his Holy Spirit to you.
9 But I do not need to write to you about how you should love other believers. God himself has taught you how to love each other. 10 Certainly, you love all the believers in all the region of Macedonia. And now we ask you, as our Christian friends, ‘Please love each other more and more.’ 11 Try very much to live at peace with other people. Work hard at your own job. We have already told you that you must do these things. 12 If you live in this way, other people who are not believers will respect you. Also, you will not have to ask anyone else to give you the things that you need.
Jesus' return
13 Our Christian friends, we want you to understand properly about your friends who have died.[a] Then you will not continue to be sad about them. People who do not hope for any life after death are sad when their friends die. But you should not be upset like those other people. 14 We believe that Jesus died and he rose again after death. So we also believe that people who have died as Christians will rise again. When God brings Jesus back, he will take the Christians to go with Jesus.
15 We are telling you the message that the Lord has given to us. This is what will happen when the Lord returns. Those of us who are still alive will not go to meet the Lord first. We will not go before those people who have already died. 16 On that day, the Lord himself will come down from heaven. He will shout with authority. People will hear the voice of the leader of God's angels. They will hear the sound of God's trumpet. Then those people who have died as Christians will become alive again. They will be the first people to rise up. 17 After that, those of us who are still alive will join together with them. God will suddenly take us up into the clouds. In that way, we will all meet the Lord in the sky. So we will all be with the Lord for ever. 18 Because this message is true, tell it to each other. Help one another to be strong, not sad.
Footnotes
- 4:13 Timothy may have brought news that the Christians at Thessalonica were confused about Christ's return. They were sad about their Christian friends who had died already. They did not know what would happen to these people. Paul tells them here that they would all live with Christ for ever. It did not matter that some believers had died before Christ returned.
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