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.
Paul, et Silvain, et Timothée, à l’assemblée des Thessaloniciens, en Dieu notre Père et dans le seigneur Jésus Christ:
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.
Grâce et paix à vous, de la part de Dieu notre Père et du seigneur Jésus Christ!
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.
Nous devons toujours rendre grâces à Dieu pour vous, frères, comme il est juste, parce que votre foi augmente beaucoup et que l’amour de chacun de vous tous, l’un pour l’autre, abonde,
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.
en sorte que nous-mêmes nous nous glorifions de vous dans les assemblées de Dieu au sujet de votre patience et de votre foi dans toutes vos persécutions et dans les tribulations que vous supportez,
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.
[lesquelles sont] une démonstration du juste jugement de Dieu, pour que vous soyez estimés dignes du royaume de Dieu pour lequel aussi vous souffrez;
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.
si du moins c’est une chose juste devant Dieu que de rendre la tribulation à ceux qui vous font subir la tribulation,
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.
et [que de vous donner], à vous qui subissez la tribulation, du repos avec nous dans la révélation du seigneur Jésus du ciel avec les anges de sa puissance,
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.
en flammes de feu, exerçant la vengeance contre ceux qui ne connaissent pas Dieu, et contre ceux qui n’obéissent pas à l’évangile de notre seigneur Jésus Christ;
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)
lesquels subiront le châtiment d’une destruction éternelle de devant la présence du Seigneur et de devant la gloire de sa force, (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.
quand il viendra pour être, dans ce jour-là, glorifié dans ses saints et admiré dans tous ceux qui auront cru, car notre témoignage envers vous a été cru.
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].
C’est pour cela que nous prions aussi toujours pour vous, que notre Dieu vous juge dignes de l’appel, et qu’il accomplisse tout le bon plaisir de sa bonté et l’œuvre de la foi en puissance,
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.
en sorte que le nom de notre seigneur Jésus [Christ] soit glorifié en vous, et vous en lui, selon la grâce de notre Dieu et du seigneur Jésus Christ.
