1 Thessalonians 4 | New Testament

1 Thessalonians 4English

1 Batesalonika 4African Kalanga

English1
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.
African Kalanga
Tjebupelo makamu, tomukumbila kakale timukulumbidza muna He Jesu, kuti sekwa makazwidiya mutili kutjila ne kuhanhisa Ndzimu, tomukulumbidza kuti sekwa munothama, muyendele mbeli kunopinda ikoku.
English2
For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
African Kalanga
Ngobe moziba ndayo dzatakamupa ne simba la He Jesu.
English3
It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;
African Kalanga
Kuda kwe Ndzimu whuti mube bayengemali,* muletje kuwalilana nhobo kuhhe kwe ndobolo,
English4
that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable,
African Kalanga
mmwe ne mmwe wenyu, wakafanila kuziba kutjila ne nkadzi uwe ne zila yakayengemala ina ntuzi,
English5
not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God;
African Kalanga
kusi ne njemulo dzakabipa dze kuwalilana, sekwa kunoyita basingagalemoyo, basingazibe Ndzimu.
English6
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.
African Kalanga
Ngakuhaye unotjinyila kene katjebela gamu litje nekwe zwinhu zwakajalo. He banowoloba banhu nekwe matjinyo wose akajalo, sekwa takamubudza tikamutjemela kale.
English7
For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.
African Kalanga
Ngobe Ndzimu auzotidanila kuti tibe ne hambgwa, koga kuti titjile butjilo gwakayengemala.
English8
Therefore, he who rejects this instruction does not reject man but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.
African Kalanga
Ndizo iye unolamba ndayo idzedzi, aatolamba nhu, koga unolamba Ndzimu, iwo unomupa Meya yawo yakayengemala.
English9
Now about brotherly love we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.
African Kalanga
Ngwenu nekwe ludo pakati kwe makamu, akungahayike kuti tingamukwalila, ngobe imwi ne kwenyu, makadiyiwa ne Ndzimu kudana.
English10
And in fact, you do love all the brothers throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers, to do so more and more.
African Kalanga
Ne malebeswa, moda makamu ose mu Makedoniya. Koga tomukulumbidza makamu mudane kunopinda ikoku.
English11
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,
African Kalanga
Muzwimisile kutjila butjilo gwe kunyalala, ne kuhinga mihingo yenyu, muhinga ne maboko enyu koga sekwa takamubudza,
English12
so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
African Kalanga
kuti ndizo mutetiwe ne basi babvumili, nekuti musitongo tjila nopiwa ne bamwe zwamunohaya.
English13
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.
African Kalanga
Makamu, atitohaka kuti mugale muli mu hhalima nekwe banofa, kene kuhhala buyendasi se banhu basina kugalabgwe.
English14
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.
African Kalanga
Se tigalamoyo kuti Jesu wakafa kakale kamuka, togalamoyo kuti Ndzimu unoti uhhisa Jesu ukahhisilanya naibabo bakafa begalamoyo munli.
English15
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.
African Kalanga
Nekwa ikoku tomubudza nekwe tjinolebgwa ne dama la He, kuti iswi batjatjila, batinowobe tasala kuswikila kuhha kwa He, ne malebeswa atitowotangila ibabo bakafa.
English16
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.
African Kalanga
Ngobe He ne kwabo banowodeluka kudzimu ne whi gulu le ndaulo nenge whi le ntumwa nkulu we Ndzimu nenge nlidzo we lunyanga gwe Ndzimu. Ngono bafi bakafila muna Khirisiti banowomuka kutanga.
English17
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.
African Kalanga
Hule kwa ikoko, iswi batjatjila bakasala, towohangana nabo mu makole kuhanganidza He mu mhepo. Ngono, towogalila tjose na He.
English18
Therefore encourage each other with these words.
African Kalanga
Ndizo nyaladzanani ne matama iyawa.

Source: The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible, Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo, 2026. This online edition was extracted and reformatted from the PDF edition. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.