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].
Akhirnya saudara-saudari, saya mohon kalian doakan kami, supaya pesan Tuhan dapat disebarkan dengan cepat, dan benar-benar dihargai, seperti yang sudah terjadi di antara kalian —
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].
dan supaya Allah melepaskan kami dari orang-orang pengacau dan jahat, karena tidak semua orang percaya kepada Allah.
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).
Tetapi Tuhan Yesus selalu setia. Dia akan menguatkan keyakinan kalian masing-masing, dan melindungi kalian dari si jahat.
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].
Kami yakin kepada Tuhan bahwa kalian sedang melakukan dan akan terus melakukan apa yang kami ajarkan.
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]).
Semoga Tuhan menuntun kalian ke dalam pemahaman yang lebih dalam tentang kasih Allah bagi kalian dan ketekunan Kristus.
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.
Saudara-saudari, dalam nama Tuhan kita Yesus Kristus, kami ingin memberitahu kalian untuk tidak bergaul dengan saudara-saudara seiman yang terlalu malas untuk bekerja — mereka tidak mau mengikuti ajaran yang mereka terima dari kami.
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.
Kalian sendiri tentu sudah tahu bahwa kalian harus mengikuti cara hidup kami waktu kita bersama dan mengikuti teladan dari kami, karena kami tidak pernah malas bekerja —
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].
kami tidak pernah makan makanan siapa pun tanpa membayarnya. Sebaliknya, kami bekerja keras siang dan malam supaya kami tidak menjadi beban bagi siapa pun di antara kalian.
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.
Bukannya kami tidak berhak melakukannya — tetapi kami ingin menjadi contoh bagi kalian, sehingga kalian dapat meniru apa yang kami lakukan.
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.
Bahkan saat kami bersamamu, kami sudah memberikan perintah, bahwa siapa pun yang tidak mau bekerja, tidak boleh makan.
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]!
Tetapi sekarang kami mendengar bahwa ada beberapa orang di antara kalian yang ingin bekerja sama sekali dan hanya sibuk dengan urusan orang lain.
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).
Kami dengan tegas menasehati mereka di Nama dalam Tuhan Yesus untuk hidup teratur, dan bekerja untuk memenuhi kebutuhan mereka sendiri.
13 Fellow believers! Do not ever get tired of doing what is right!
Saudara-saudari, jangan lelah untuk berbuat baik.
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.
Kalau ada orang yang tidak mengikuti apa yang kami ajarkan dalam surat ini, perhatikanlah siapa mereka dan jangan berhubungan dengan mereka. Dengan begitu, mereka akan sadar dan menjadi malu
15 Do not think of him as though he was [your] enemy; instead, warn him as [you would warn your other] fellow believers.
— jangan anggap mereka sebagai musuh teruslah menasehati mereka sebagai saudara-saudari seiman.
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.
Semoga Tuhan damai sendiri memberi kalian kedamaian dalam setiap situasi dalam segala hal.
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.
Saya, Paulus, yang menulis salam terakhir dengan tangan saya sendiri. Ini adalah tanda tangan saya di setiap surat yang saya tulis.
18 I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will continue to act kindly to you all.
Kiranya kasih karunia Tuhan kita Yesus Kristus menyertai kalian semua.
