1 Thessalonians 4

As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.

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.

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

فَإِنَّكُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ الْوَصَايَا الَّتِي لَقَّنَّاكُمْ إِيَّاهَا مِنْ قِبَلِ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ.

It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;

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

that each of you should learn to control your own body^[a] in a way that is holy and honorable,

وَأَنْ يَعْرِفَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ كَيْفَ يَحْفَظُ جَسَدَهُ فِي الطَّهَارَةِ وَالْكَرَامَةِ

not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God;

غَيْرَ مُنْسَاقٍ لِلشَّهْوَةِ الْجَامِحَةِ كَالْوَثَنِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ اللهَ،

and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister.^[b] The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before.

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

For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.

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

Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.

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

Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.

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

And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,

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

and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you,

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

so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

Believers Who Have Died

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

المؤمنون الذين رقدوا

Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.

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

For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.

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

According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.

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

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

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

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

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

Therefore encourage one another with these words.

لِذلِكَ عَزُّوا بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً بِهَذَا الْكَلام!