1 弟兄們、我還有話說．我們靠著主耶穌求你們、勸你們、你們既然受了我們的教訓、知道該怎樣行、可以討 神的喜悅、就要照你們現在所行的、更加勉勵。
Finally, brothers, 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. |
2 你們原曉得我們憑主耶穌傳給你們甚麼命令。
For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. |
3 神的旨意就是要你們成為聖潔、遠避淫行．
It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; |
4 要你們各人曉得怎樣用聖潔尊貴、守著自己的身體．
that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable, |
5 不放縱私慾的邪情、像那不認識 神的外邦人．
not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God; |
6 不要一個人在這事上越分、欺負他的弟兄．因為這一類的事、主必報應、正如我豫先對你們說過、又切切囑咐你們的。
and that in this matter no one should wrong his brother or take advantage of him. The Lord will punish men for all such sins, as we have already told you and warned you. |
7 神召我們、本不是要我們沾染污穢、乃是要我們成為聖潔。
For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. |
8 所以那棄絕的、不是棄絕人、乃是棄絕那賜聖靈給你們的 神。
Therefore, he who rejects this instruction does not reject man but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit. |
9 論到弟兄們相愛、不用人寫信給你們．因為你們自己蒙了 神的教訓、叫你們彼此相愛。
Now about brotherly love we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. |
10 你們向馬其頓全地的眾弟兄、固然是這樣行、但我勸弟兄們要更加勉勵．
And in fact, you do love all the brothers throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers, to do so more and more. |
11 又要立志作安靜人、辦自己的事、親手作工、正如我們從前所吩咐你們的．
Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, |
12 叫你們可以向外人行事端正、自己也就沒有甚麼缺乏了。
so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody. |
13 論到睡了的人、我們不願意弟兄們不知道、恐怕你們憂傷、像那些沒有指望的人一樣。
Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. |
14 我們若信耶穌死而復活了、那已經在耶穌裡睡了的人、 神也必將他與耶穌一同帶來。
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. |
15 我們現在照主的話告訴你們一件事．我們這活著還存留到主降臨的人、斷不能在那已經睡了的人之先．
According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. |
16 因為主必親自從天降臨、有呼叫的聲音、和天使長的聲音、又有 神的號吹響．那在基督裡死了的人必先復活。
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. |
17 以後我們這活著還存留的人、必和他們一同被提到雲裡、在空中與主相遇．這樣、我們就要和主永遠同在。
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. |
18 所以你們當用這些話彼此勸慰。
Therefore encourage each other with these words. |
