٢ تسالونيكي 3
| أَخِيرًا أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ صَلُّوا لِأَجْلِنَا، لِكَيْ تَجْرِيَ كَلِمَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ وَتَتَمَجَّدَ، كَمَا عِنْدَكُمْ أَيْضًا، | ١ 1 |
As for the other matters, [our] fellow believers, pray for us that more and more [people will] hear [PRS] our message [about our] Lord [Jesus]. Pray that they will believe this message, as you [have done].
| وَلِكَيْ نُنْقَذَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ٱلْأَرْدِيَاءِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ. لِأَنَّ ٱلْإِيمَانَ لَيْسَ لِلْجَمِيعِ. | ٢ 2 |
Pray also for us that we will be rescued {that God will rescue us} from those very perverse/evil people [here] who [cause us to suffer. Pray like that] because [they and many others] refuse to believe [LIT] [this message].
| أَمِينٌ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلَّذِي سَيُثَبِّتُكُمْ وَيَحْفَظُكُمْ مِنَ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ. | ٣ 3 |
[Remember that our] Lord [Jesus] is trustworthy! [So we are sure that] he will cause you to continue to be steadfast. [We are also sure that] he will protect you from [Satan], the evil one (OR, from evil).
| وَنَثِقُ بِٱلرَّبِّ مِنْ جِهَتِكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تَفْعَلُونَ مَا نُوصِيكُمْ بِهِ وَسَتَفْعَلُونَ أَيْضًا. | ٤ 4 |
[Because of your close relationship with our] Lord [Jesus], we are confident that you are obeying what we have commanded you, and we are confident that you will obey what we are commanding [you in this letter].
| وَٱلرَّبُّ يَهْدِي قُلُوبَكُمْ إِلَى مَحَبَّةِ ٱللهِ، وَإِلَى صَبْرِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ. | ٥ 5 |
[We pray that our] Lord [Jesus] would enable you to continue [knowing] that God loves you. [We pray] also that Christ will cause you to continue [being] steadfast (OR, being steadfast as he [was steadfast]).
| ثُمَّ نُوصِيكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ، بِٱسْمِ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، أَنْ تَتَجَنَّبُوا كُلَّ أَخٍ يَسْلُكُ بِلَا تَرْتِيبٍ، وَلَيْسَ حَسَبَ ٱلتَّعْلِيمِ ٱلَّذِي أَخَذَهُ مِنَّا. | ٦ 6 |
[Our] fellow believers, we command you, with the authority [MTY] that our Lord Jesus Christ [has given to us], that you stop associating with every fellow believer who is lazy and refuses to work. That is, you must stay away from those who are not [conducting their lives] in the manner that we taught you.
| إِذْ أَنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ كَيْفَ يَجِبُ أَنْ يُتَمَثَّلَ بِنَا، لِأَنَّنَا لَمْ نَسْلُكْ بِلَا تَرْتِيبٍ بَيْنَكُمْ، | ٧ 7 |
[We tell you this] because you yourselves know that you should [behave] like we [behaved]. We (did not just sit [around] without working/were never lazy) [while we were living] among you.
| وَلَا أَكَلْنَا خُبْزًا مَجَّانًا مِنْ أَحَدٍ، بَلْ كُنَّا نَشْتَغِلُ بِتَعَبٍ وَكَدٍّ لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا، لِكَيْ لَا نُثَقِّلَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ. | ٨ 8 |
Specifically, we did not eat anyone’s food if we did not pay [that person] for it. Instead, we worked very hard ([to support ourselves/to earn the money to buy what we needed]). We worked hard [DOU] during the day and during the night, in order that we would not have to depend on any of you [to supply what we needed].
| لَيْسَ أَنْ لَا سُلْطَانَ لَنَا، بَلْ لِكَيْ نُعْطِيَكُمْ أَنْفُسَنَا قُدْوَةً حَتَّى تَتَمَثَّلُوا بِنَا. | ٩ 9 |
We have always had the right [to depend on you for money, but instead we worked hard in order to make ourselves] examples for you, in order that you should behave like we behave.
| فَإِنَّنَا أَيْضًا حِينَ كُنَّا عِنْدَكُمْ، أَوْصَيْنَاكُمْ بِهَذَا: «أَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ لَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَشْتَغِلَ فَلَا يَأْكُلْ أَيْضًا». | ١٠ 10 |
Remember that when we were [there] with you, we kept commanding you that if any [fellow believer] refuses to work, [you should not give] him food to eat.
| لِأَنَّنَا نَسْمَعُ أَنَّ قَوْمًا يَسْلُكُونَ بَيْنَكُمْ بِلَا تَرْتِيبٍ، لَا يَشْتَغِلُونَ شَيْئًا بَلْ هُمْ فُضُولِيُّونَ. | ١١ 11 |
[We are commanding the same thing] again now, because someone has told us that some of you are lazy and not working at all, just interfering [with what other people are doing]!
| فَمِثْلُ هَؤُلَاءِ نُوصِيهِمْ وَنَعِظُهُمْ بِرَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ أَنْ يَشْتَغِلُوا بِهُدُوءٍ، وَيَأْكُلُوا خُبْزَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ. | ١٢ 12 |
We command those fellow believers who are not working, and urge [them] by the authority [MTY] of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they settle down and (support themselves by working/work to earn money to buy what they need).
| أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ فَلَا تَفْشَلُوا فِي عَمَلِ ٱلْخَيْرِ. | ١٣ 13 |
Fellow believers! Do not ever get tired of doing what is right!
| وَإِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ لَا يُطِيعُ كَلَامَنَا بِٱلرِّسَالَةِ، فَسِمُوا هَذَا وَلَا تُخَالِطُوهُ لِكَيْ يَخْجَلَ، | ١٤ 14 |
If any [fellow believer refuses to work] and does not obey what I have written in this letter, ([publicly] identify that person/tell the congregation what that person is doing). Then do not associate with him, in order that he may become ashamed.
| وَلَكِنْ لَا تَحْسِبُوهُ كَعَدُوٍّ، بَلْ أَنْذِرُوهُ كَأَخٍ. | ١٥ 15 |
Do not think of him as though he was [your] enemy; instead, warn him as [you would warn your other] fellow believers.
| وَرَبُّ ٱلسَّلَامِ نَفْسُهُ يُعْطِيكُمُ ٱلسَّلَامَ دَائِمًا مِنْ كُلِّ وَجْهٍ. ٱلرَّبُّ مَعَ جَمِيعِكُمْ. | ١٦ 16 |
[I pray that our] Lord [Jesus] himself, who [gives inner] peace [to his people], will give [inner] peace to you always (and in every situation/whatever happens). 2 Thessalonians 3:16b-18 I [pray that our] Lord [Jesus will continue to] help you all.
| اَلسَّلَامُ بِيَدِي أَنَا بُولُسَ، ٱلَّذِي هُوَ عَلَامَةٌ فِي كُلِّ رِسَالَةٍ. هَكَذَا أَنَا أَكْتُبُ. | ١٧ 17 |
Now, having taken the pen from my scribe, I, Paul, am sending this greeting to you as I write this myself [SYN]. I do this in all my letters in order that you may know that it is truly I who have sent this letter. This is how I always end my letters.
| نِعْمَةُ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ مَعَ جَمِيعِكُمْ. آمِينَ. | ١٨ 18 |
I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will continue to act kindly to you all.
