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 och Silvanus och Timoteus hälsa tessalonikernas församling i Gud, vår Fader, och Herren Jesus Kristus.
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.
Nåd vare med eder och frid ifrån Gud, Fadern, och Herren Jesus Kristus.
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.
Vi äro pliktiga att alltid tacka Gud för eder, käre bröder, såsom tillbörligt är, därför att eder tro så mäktigt tillväxer, och den kärlek I haven till varandra mer och mer förökas hos eder alla och hos envar av eder.
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.
Därför kunna vi själva i Guds församlingar berömma oss av eder, i fråga om eder ståndaktighet och eder tro under alla edra förföljelser, och under de lidanden I måsten uthärda.
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.
Sådant är ett vittnesbörd om att Guds dom bliver rättvis. Så skolen I aktas värdiga Guds rike; för dess skull är det ock som I liden.
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.
Guds rättfärdighet kräver ju att de som vålla eder lidande få lidande till vedergällning,
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.
men att I som utstån lidanden fån hugnad tillsammans med oss, när Herren Jesus uppenbarar sig från himmelen med sin makts änglar,
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.
"i lågande eld", och låter straffet drabba dem som icke känna Gud, och dem som icke äro vår Herre Jesu evangelium lydiga.
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)
Dessa skola då bliva straffade med evigt fördärv, bort undan Herrens ansikte och hans överväldigande härlighet, (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.
när han kommer för att förhärligas i sina heliga och visa sig underbar i alla dem som hava kommit till att tro; ty det vittnesbörd vi hava framburit till eder haven I trott. Så skall ske på den dagen.
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].
Fördenskull bedja vi ock alltid för eder, att vår Gud må akta eder värdiga sin kallelse, och att han må med kraft fullborda i eder allt vad en god vilja kan åstunda, och vad tro kan verka,
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.
så att vår Herre Jesu namn bliver förhärligat i eder, och I i honom, efter vår Guds och Herrens, Jesu Kristi, nåd.
