2 Thessalonians 3
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].
Το λοιπόν προσεύχεσθε, αδελφοί, περί ημών, διά να τρέχη ο λόγος του Κυρίου και να δοξάζηται, καθώς και εις εσάς,
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].
και διά να ελευθερωθώμεν από των παραλόγων και πονηρών ανθρώπων· διότι η πίστις δεν υπάρχει εις πάντας.
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).
Πιστός όμως είναι ο Κύριος, όστις θέλει σας στηρίξει και φυλάξει από του πονηρού.
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].
Έχομεν δε πεποίθησιν διά του Κυρίου εφ' υμάς ότι εκείνα, τα οποία σας παραγγέλλομεν, και πράττετε και θέλετε πράττει.
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]).
Ο δε Κύριος είθε να κατευθύνη τας καρδίας σας εις την αγάπην του Θεού και εις την προσδοκίαν του Χριστού.
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.
Σας παραγγέλλομεν δε, αδελφοί, εν ονόματι του Κυρίου ημών Ιησού Χριστού, να απομακρύνησθε από παντός αδελφού ατάκτως περιπατούντος και ουχί κατά την παράδοσιν, την οποίαν παρέλαβε παρ' ημών.
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.
Επειδή σεις εξεύρετε πως πρέπει να μιμήσθε ημάς, διότι δεν εφέρθημεν ατάκτως μεταξύ σας,
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].
ουδέ εφάγομεν δωρεάν άρτον παρά τινός, αλλά μετά κόπου και μόχθου, νύκτα και ημέραν εργαζόμενοι, διά να μη επιβαρύνωμεν μηδένα υμών·
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.
ουχί διότι δεν έχομεν εξουσίαν, αλλά διά να σας δώσωμεν εαυτούς τύπον εις το να μιμήσθε ημάς.
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.
Διότι και ότε ήμεθα παρ' υμίν, τούτο σας παρηγγέλλομεν, ότι εάν τις δεν θέλη να εργάζηται, μηδέ ας τρώγη.
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]!
Επειδή ακούομέν τινάς ότι περιπατούσι μεταξύ σας ατάκτως, μη εργαζόμενοι μηδέν, αλλά περιεργαζόμενοι·
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).
παραγγέλλομεν δε εις τους τοιούτους και προτρέπομεν διά του Κυρίου ημών Ιησού Χριστού, να τρώγωσι τον άρτον αυτών εργαζόμενοι μετά ησυχίας.
13 Fellow believers! Do not ever get tired of doing what is right!
Σεις δε, αδελφοί, μη αποκάμητε πράττοντες το καλόν.
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.
Και εάν τις δεν υπακούη εις τον λόγον ημών τον διά της επιστολής, τούτον σημειόνετε και μη συναναστρέφεσθε μετ' αυτού, διά να εντραπή·
15 Do not think of him as though he was [your] enemy; instead, warn him as [you would warn your other] fellow believers.
πλην μη θεωρείτε αυτόν ως εχθρόν, αλλά νουθετείτε ως αδελφόν.
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.
Αυτός δε ο Κύριος της ειρήνης είθε να σας δώση την ειρήνην διαπαντός εν παντί τρόπω. Ο Κύριος είη μετά πάντων υμών.
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.
Ο ασπασμός εγράφη με την χείρα εμού του Παύλου, το οποίον είναι σημείον εν πάση επιστολή· ούτω γράφω.
18 I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will continue to act kindly to you all.
Η χάρις του Κυρίου ημών Ιησού Χριστού είη μετά πάντων υμών· αμήν.
