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Ri cˈaslemal ri mas tzi tril Kakaj Dios

Jilonli atak kechˈelxic chirij Kakaj Jesucristo, tikabˈijbˈi chawchak laj jbˈij Kakaj Jesucristo ri Kajawl chi takejtak jbˈanic laj acˈaslemalak lawiˈ ri tzi tril Kakaj Dios chapcaˈ xkacˈut chawchak, onque tichak tijin tabˈantak.

Atak awetamakchak jcholajl mak cˈutuˈn ri xatkatijojtak laˈ jcwinel Kakaj Jesucristo ri Kajawl.

Kakaj Dios riˈ raj chi tosolcattak pire re, jwiˈliˈli ma bˈantak tzˈiˈal. Atak winak ri atcˈuliˈnaktak, bˈantak tzi re anoˈjak, rajwaxiˈ junke awixoklak y cojtak jkˈijak jwiˈl riˈ li raj Kakaj Dios tabˈantak. Ma bˈan awechak chapcaˈ trantak yak ri taˈ tijcojtak Jyolj Kakaj Dios. Rechak cuando trechbˈej rixoklak, xike tibˈe ranmak chi jbˈanic lawiˈ raj rechak. Ni jono chawechak mi rechbˈej rixokl jun rechˈelxic chirij Kakaj Jesucristo chi jbˈanic cˈax re, jwiˈl Kakaj Dios ri Kajawl tranaˈ jkˈatbˈitzij chibˈ man ri tibˈanow jilonli chapcaˈ bˈil chawechak kawiˈl. Kakaj Dios taˈ xojjsiqˈuij chi jbˈanic tzˈiˈal. Re xojjsiqˈuij pirechiˈ tikatos kibˈ pire re. Jwiˈliˈli nen jonok tixutuw mak cˈutuˈn li ri xatkatijojtak, maˈ jun cristian taˈ tijxuttak, riˈ Kakaj Dios tijxuttak, ri xyeˈw Lokˈlaj Jsantil laj awanmak.

Pero chirij ri jlokˈaj aybˈak chawibˈil aybˈak ri tabˈantak jwiˈl atakaˈ echˈelxic chirij Kakaj Jesucristo, taˈ chiquiˈ rajwax tantzˈibˈajbˈi pi awechak, jwiˈl riˈ Kakaj Dios xtijon awechak nen mo jlokˈaj aybˈak tabˈantak chawibˈil aybˈak. 10 Y atak tijin talokˈajtak juntir yak kechˈelxic chirij Kakaj Jesucristo ri wiˈtak Macedonia. Pero atak kechˈelxic chirij Kakaj Jesucristo, tikabˈij chawechak chi lokˈaj mas aybˈak chawibˈil aybˈak, 11 waˈxentak pi utzil laj acˈaslemalak riqˈuilak juntir cristian, iltak nen rajwax tabˈantak y chacuntak laˈ akˈbˈak chapcaˈ bˈil chawechak kawiˈl ojr, 12 pire jwiˈlke nen mo tabˈantak laj acˈaslemalak ticojsaj akˈijak jwiˈlak yak ri taˈ jachem ribˈak laj jkˈabˈ Kakaj Jesucristo. Jilonli taˈ chiquiˈ rajwax attˈoˈsajtak jwiˈlak nicˈj chic riqˈui nen rajwax chawechak.

Ri nen mo jpetic chic Kakaj Jesucristo

13 Atak kechˈelxic chirij Kakaj Jesucristo, oj taˈ chikaj chi miti tawetemajtak nen tibˈansaj rechak yak camnakibˈ ri xtakentak re Kakaj Jesucristo pire taˈ atbˈisontak chapcaˈ yak nicˈj ri mitaˈ nen quiek chirij cubˈulwiˈ jchˈolak. 14 Jwiˈl wi tikacojaˈ chi Kakaj Jesucristo xcamiˈn y xcˈastasajiˈ jwich laj jcamnakl, jilon Kakaj Dios tijcˈastasajiˈ jwichak laj jcamnaklak pire tijcˈambˈi riqˈui Kakaj Jesucristo yak ri juntakchak riqˈui Kakaj Jesucristo cuando xcamtak. 15 Jwiˈliˈli tikabˈij chawechak chapcaˈ jcˈutuˈn Kakaj Jesucristo ri Kajawl, oj ri aj yoˈlcojtakna cuando tipe chic Kakaj Jesucristo ri Kajawl, taˈ ojnabˈertak chiwchak yak camnakibˈ.

16 Cuando tikejch Kakaj Jesucristo ri Kajawl lecj tina tasajna jun takon tibˈansajch lecj, titasaj tichˈaˈwch jbˈabˈal anjl y trokˈsajch jtrompet Kakaj Dios. Y yak camnakibˈ ri juntakchak riqˈui Kakaj Jesucristo cuando xcamtak, riˈtakaˈ rechak nabˈe ticˈastasaj jwichak laj jcamnaklak. 17 Ajrucˈreˈ oj lawiˈ ri aj yoˈlcojtakna ri canalcojtak ojcˈamsajbˈi li sutzˈ chijxoˈlak rechak, tibˈe kacˈuleˈtak kibˈ li tew lecj riqˈui Kakaj Jesucristo ri Kajawl. Y jilonli ojbˈe waˈxtak riqˈui Kakaj Jesucristo y taˈ chiquiˈ kelicch claˈ.

18 Jwiˈliˈli yeˈ jcowil awanmak chawibˈil aybˈak chirij ri xkabˈij chawechak.

Living to Please God

As for other matters, brothers and sisters,(A) we instructed you how to live(B) in order to please God,(C) as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

It is God’s will(D) that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;(E) that each of you should learn to control your own body[a](F) in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust(G) like the pagans,(H) who do not know God;(I) and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister.[b](J) The Lord will punish(K) all those who commit such sins,(L) as we told you and warned you before. For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.(M) Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.(N)

Now about your love for one another(O) we do not need to write to you,(P) for you yourselves have been taught by God(Q) to love each other.(R) 10 And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia.(S) Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,(T) 11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands,(U) just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders(V) and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

Believers Who Have Died

13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed(W) about those who sleep in death,(X) so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.(Y) 14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again,(Z) and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.(AA) 15 According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord,(AB) will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.(AC) 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven,(AD) with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel(AE) and with the trumpet call of God,(AF) and the dead in Christ will rise first.(AG) 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left(AH) will be caught up together with them in the clouds(AI) to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord(AJ) forever. 18 Therefore encourage one another(AK) with these words.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or learn to live with your own wife; or learn to acquire a wife
  2. 1 Thessalonians 4:6 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family.