Ilongekidhileni okugaluka kwOmuwa
1 Aamwameme, kape na ompumbwe yoku mu nyolela kombinga yethimbo notundi, uuna iinima mbika tayi ka ningwa. 2 Oshoka omwa tseya nawa kutya esiku lyOmuwa otali ya ongomufuthi te ende uusiku. 3 Manga aantu ye li mokutya: “Ope na ombili, naayihe oya gamenwa,” nena ohaluka ehanagulo otali ya adha. Itaa ka vula okuya ontuku, oshoka otashi ka kala ngaashi omusimba ta adhika koshitheta. 4 Aamwameme, ne kamu shi yomomilema, esiku ndyoka li mu adhe ando ohaluka ngaashi omufuthi. 5 Ne amuhe aantu yomuuyelele noyomomutenya. Otse katu shi aantu yomuusiku nenge yomomilema.
6 Onkee ano inatu kaleni twa kotha ngaashi yalwe; tu kaleni twa tonata notu na eidhiliko. 7 Aakothi ohaa kotha uusiku noonkolwi ohadhi kolwa uusiku. 8 Ihe otse aantu yomuuyelele, onkee otu na okukala tu na eidhiliko. Tu zaleni eitaalo nohole ongehuuyanza, netegameno lyehupitho lyetu ongegala lyosheela. 9 Kalunga ine tu hogolola, e tu geele, ihe otu hupithwe omolwOmuwa gwetu Jesus Kristus. 10 Oye a si peha lyetu, opo tu kale pamwe naye, uuna te ya, nokashi na mbudhi kutya otu na omwenyo nenge otwa sa. 11 Onkee ano kumagidhathaneni ne mu kwathathane, ngaashi hamu shi ningi nokuli.
Omakumagidho nomakundo
12 Aamwameme, otatu mu indile, mu simaneke mboka taa longo mokati keni. Omuwa Kalunga oye e ya hogolola, ye mu wilike noye mu pukulule. 13 Ya simanekeni ne mu ya hole omwolwoshilonga shoka taye shi longo. Kaleni mu na ombili mokati keni.
14 Aamwameme, otatu mu kumagidha: gandeni aananyalo, tseni aambanda omukumo, ambidhidheni aankundi ne mu idhidhimikile ayehe. 15 Kotokeni, kwaa kale nando omuntu ta galulile mukwawo uuwinayi, ihe lalakaneneni aluhe okuningilathana uuwanawa noku u ningila wo aantu ayehe.
16 Nyanyukweni aluhe, 17 galikaneni aluhe, 18 panduleni aluhe. Shika osho Kalunga a hala, mu ninge mokukala kweni muKristus Jesus.
19 Inamu keelela Ombepo Ondjapuki, 20 inamu dhina omahunganeko. 21 Konakoneni iinima ayihe; dhiginineni shoka oshiwanawa, 22 ne mu yande uuwinayi kehe.
23 Kalunga kombili na yapule okukala kweni akuhe ye ne mu gamene, opo ombepo, omwenyo nolutu yi kale yaa na nando oshipo sigo okokugaluka kwOmuwa gwetu Jesus Kristus. 24 Ngoka he mu ithana, ote ke shi gwanitha, oshoka oye omwiinekelwa. 25 Aamwameme, tu galikanenii wo.
26 Kundilii po ooitaali ayehe nohole yaamwayinathana.
27 Otandi mu kumagidha palombwelo lyOmuwa, ontumwafo ndjika mu yi leshele ooitaali ayehe.
28 Esilohenda lyOmuwa gwetu Jesus Kristus nali kale nane.
1 I don't need to write you about the time or date when all this will happen. 2 You surely know that the Lord's return will be as a thief coming at night. 3 People will think they are safe and secure. But destruction will suddenly strike them like the pains of a woman about to give birth. And they won't escape.
4 My dear friends, you don't live in darkness, and so that day won't surprise you like a thief. 5 You belong to the light and live in the day. We don't live in the night or belong to the dark. 6 Others may sleep, but we should stay awake and be alert. 7 People sleep during the night, and some even get drunk. 8 But we belong to the day. So we must stay sober and let our faith and love be like a suit of armor. Our firm hope that we will be saved is our helmet.
9 God doesn't intend to punish us, but wants us to be saved by our Lord Jesus Christ. 10 Christ died for us, so we could live with him, whether we are alive or dead when he comes. 11 This is why you must encourage and help each other, just as you are already doing.
Final Instructions and Greetings
12 My friends, we ask you to be thoughtful of your leaders who work hard and tell you how to live for the Lord. 13 Show them great respect and love because of their work. Try to get along with each other. 14 My friends, we beg you to warn anyone who isn't living right. Encourage anyone who feels left out, help all who are weak, and be patient with everyone. 15 Don't be hateful to people, just because they are hateful to you. Rather, be good to each other and to everyone else.
16 Always be joyful 17 and never stop praying. 18 Whatever happens, keep thanking God because of Jesus Christ. This is what God wants you to do.
19 Don't turn away God's Spirit 20 or ignore prophecies. 21 Put everything to the test. Accept what is good 22 and don't have anything to do with evil.
23 I pray that God, who gives peace, will make you completely holy. And may your spirit, soul, and body be kept healthy and faultless until our Lord Jesus Christ returns. 24 The one who chose you can be trusted, and he will do this.
25 Friends, please pray for us.
26 Give the Lord's followers a warm greeting.
27 In the name of the Lord I beg you to read this letter to all his followers.
28 I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you!
