2 Thessalonians 1
1 [I], Paul, [am writing this letter]. Silas and Timothy [are with me. We are sending this letter] to [you]. You are the congregation [of God’s people] in Thessalonica [city]. You belong to God our Father, and you belong to Jesus Christ our Lord.
Paulus, en Silvanus, en Timotheus, aan de Gemeente der Thessalonicensen, welke is in God, onzen Vader, en den Heere Jezus Christus:
2 [We pray that] God our Father, and Jesus Christ our Lord, [will continue to] act kindly toward you and [will continue to cause you to have inner] peace.
Genade zij u, en vrede, van God, onzen Vader, en den Heere Jezus Christus.
3 [Our] fellow believers, we thank God very frequently [HYP] for you because we believers ought [to thank God for each other, and] specifically it is appropriate/right [that we should thank God for you. We thank him] that you are trusting in [the Lord Jesus] more and more, and that each one of you is loving [each of] the others more and more.
Wij moeten God te allen tijd danken over u, broeders, gelijk billijk is, omdat uw geloof zeer wast, en dat de liefde eens iegelijken van u allen jegens elkander overvloedig wordt;
4 As a result, we keep proudly telling about you to [other] congregations who [worship] God. [Specifically, we tell them] that you are being steadfast and that you [continue] believing [in the Lord Jesus], even though you are frequently suffering [DOU] as a result of people causing you trouble.
Alzo dat wij zelven van u roemen in de Gemeenten Gods, over uw lijdzaamheid en geloof in al uw vervolgingen en verdrukkingen, die gij verdraagt;
5 [Your being steadfast] (shows/indicates to) [us] clearly that God will judge [all people] justly. [Specifically, he] will publicly declare that you are worthy [as his people to be in] that place where he will rule [forever, because] you also are suffering as a result of [telling others about letting] God rule your lives.
Een bewijs van Gods rechtvaardig oordeel, opdat gij waardig geacht wordt het Koninkrijk Gods, voor hetwelk gij ook lijdt;
6 [God will certainly cause trouble for] those people who are troubling you, because he [considers] that it is just that he should punish such people for doing that to you.
Alzo het recht is bij God verdrukking te vergelden dengenen, die u verdrukken;
7 He also [considers] that it is the right thing to do to reward you who are being troubled, by (giving you relief/causing your suffering to end). He will do that for both you and us when our Lord Jesus will descend from heaven, together with his powerful angels and with blazing fire.
En u, die verdrukt wordt, verkwikking met ons, in de openbaring van den Heere Jezus van den hemel met de engelen Zijner kracht;
8 [Then he will] punish those people who do not [want to] know him and [those] who refuse to heed the message about our Lord Jesus.
Met vlammend vuur wraak doende over degenen, die God niet kennen, en over degenen, die het Evangelie van onzen Heere Jezus Christus niet gehoorzaam zijn.
9 [Our Lord Jesus] will forbid them from ever coming near to him and near to the glory which he has [because he is so] powerful (OR, the glory that is manifested by his power). He will cause those people to suffer forever. (aiōnios g166)
Dewelken zullen tot straf lijden het eeuwig verderf, van het aangezicht des Heeren, en van de heerlijkheid Zijner sterkte, (aiōnios g166)
10 [The Lord Jesus] will do this when he comes [back from heaven] at the time [that God has decided]. As a result, all we who are his people will praise him because of [what he has done for his own] people, and all we believers will marvel at our Lord because of [what he has done. And you will be there, too], because you believed what we testified to you.
Wanneer Hij zal gekomen zijn, om verheerlijkt te worden in Zijn heiligen, en wonderbaar te worden in allen, die geloven (overmits onze getuigenis onder u is geloofd geworden) in dien dag.
11 In order that you might [praise Jesus like this], we are also praying very frequently [HYP] for you. We pray that [you will be able to show] our God that you are worthy [to receive] that which he chose [you to receive]. We pray also that he would powerfully enable you to do good in every way that you desire, and that he would also enable you to do powerfully every [good] thing [that you do because] you believe [in Jesus Christ].
Waarom wij ook altijd bidden voor u, dat onze God u waardig achte der roeping, en vervulle al het welbehagen Zijner goedigheid, en het werk des geloofs met kracht.
12 [We pray this because we want] you to praise our Lord Jesus, and we want him to honor you. This will happen because God, whom we [worship/serve], and our Lord Jesus Christ will keep acting kindly [toward you] in ways that you do not deserve.
Opdat de Naam van onzen Heere Jezus Christus verheerlijkt worde in u, en gij in Hem, naar de genade van onzen God en den Heere Jezus Christus.
