1 Tessalonicenses 5

Kia Mataara ki te Hokinga mai o te Ariki

1 Ko ngā wā ia me ngā tāima, e ōku tēina, kāhore he take e tuhituhi atu ai ahau ki a koutou. 2 E mātau pū ana hoki koutou, tērā e haere mai te rā o te Ariki, ānō he tāhae i te pō. 3 I a rātou hoki e kī ana, "He rangimārie, he ora"; ko reira te mate huaki tata ai ki a rātou, ka pērā me te mamae ki te wahine hapū, e kore hoki rātou e mawhiti.

4 Ko koutou ia, e ōku tēina, kāhore i roto i te pōuri, e rite ai ki tā te tāhae te hopu ā taua rā i a koutou. 5 He tama koutou katoa nō te mārama, he tama nō te rā: ehara tātou i te pō, ehara i te pōuri. 6 Heoi, aua tātou e moe, kei pērā me ērā atu; engari kia mataara tātou, kia whai whakaaro. 7 Ko te hunga hoki e moe ana, e moe ana i te pō; ko te hunga e haurangi ana, e haurangi ana i te pō. 8 Kia whai whakaaro tātou, ko tātou nei te hunga o te rā, kia kākahuria iho te whakapono me te aroha hei pukupuku; hei pōtae hoki, ko te tūmanako atu ki te ora. 9 Kīhai hoki tātou i meinga e te Atua mō te riri engari kia whiwhi ai ki te ora mā roto i tō tātou Ariki, i a Īhu Karaiti; 10 i mate nei mō tātou, ahakoa tātou mataara, moe rānei, kia ora tahi ai me ia. 11 Nā, whakamārie koutou tētahi i tētahi, hangā hoki te pai o tētahi e tētahi; pērātia me tā koutou e mea mai nā.

Ngā Ōhākī me ngā Mihi Whakamutunga

12 He mea ia tēnei nā mātou ki a koutou, e ōku tēina, kia mātau ki te hunga e mahi ana i roto i a koutou, e tohutohu ana i a koutou i roto i te Ariki, e whakatūpato ana i a koutou; 13 kia nui whakaharahara anō ō koutou whakaaro ki a rātou i runga i te aroha, me whakaaro ki tā rātou mahi. Kia mau tā koutou rongo ki a koutou anō.

14 Nā, ko tā mātou whakahau tēnei ki a koutou, e ōku tēina, whakatūpatoria te hunga whakakeke, whakamārietia te hunga ngākau rahirahi, tautokona ake te hunga ngoikore, kia manawanui ki ngā tāngata katoa. 15 Kia tūpato kei hoatu he kino mō te kino e tētahi ki tētahi; engari, i ngā wā katoa whāia he pai mō tētahi, mō tētahi, mō ngā tāngata katoa anō hoki.

16 Kia hari i ngā wā katoa. 17 Kei whakamutua te īnoi. 18 I ngā mea katoa me whakawhetai atu; ko tā te Atua hoki tēnei i pai ai i roto i a Karaiti Īhu hei mahi mā koutou.

19 Kei tineia te Wairua. 20 Kaua e whakahāwea atu ki ngā poropititanga. 21 Whakamātautauria ngā mea katoa; kia ū ki te pai; 22 mawehe atu i ngā āhua katoa o te kino.

23 Ā, mā te Atua pū anō o te rangimārie e tino whakatapu rawa koutou; kia tiakina hoki ō koutou wairua, ō koutou ngākau, ō koutou tinana, kia toitū, kia hēkore, i te taenga mai o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti. 24 He pono te kaikaranga i a koutou, māna anō hoki e whakaoti.

25 E ōku tēina, īnoi mō mātou. 26 Oha atu ki ngā tēina katoa, hei te kihi tapu. 27 He tohe atu tēnei nāku ki a koutou i runga i te Ariki, kia kōrerotia tēnei pukapuka ki ngā tēina tapu katoa.

28 Kia tau ki a koutou te aroha noa o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti.

1 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape. 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief: 5 for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness; 6 so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that are drunken are drunken in the night. 8 But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. 9 For God appointed us not unto wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. 11 Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

12 But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; 13 and to esteem them exceeding highly in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves. 14 And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all. 15 See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all. 16 Rejoice always; 17 pray without ceasing; 18 in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward. 19 Quench not the Spirit; 20 despise not prophesyings; 21 prove all things; hold fast that which is good; 22 abstain from every form of evil.

23 And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who will also do it.

25 Brethren, pray for us.

26 Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss. 27 I adjure you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the brethren.

28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.