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 Sylvanus, et Timothée, à l'église 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.
que la grâce et la paix vous soient données par Dieu le Père et par le 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 rendre de constantes actions de grâces à Dieu à votre sujet, frères, comme il est juste, parce que votre foi prend un grand accroissement, et que la charité de chacun de vous tous, les uns pour les autres, s'augmente toujours plus,
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 à propos de vous parmi les églises de Dieu, à cause de votre persévérance et de votre foi au milieu de toutes vos persécutions et des tribulations auxquelles vous êtes en butte,
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.
ce qui est un présage du juste jugement de Dieu qui vous déclarera dignes de Son royaume, pour lequel, vous 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 il est juste, de la part de Dieu, de rétribuer par la persécution ceux qui vous persécutent,
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 par la délivrance vous, qui êtes persécutés, et nous-mêmes aussi, lors de la révélation du Seigneur Jésus, venant 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.
entouré d'une flamme de feu, pour punir ceux qui ne connaissent pas Dieu, et ceux qui n'obéissent pas à l'évangile de notre Seigneur Jésus,
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 comme châtiment une perdition éternelle, loin de la face du seigneur et de 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.
lorsqu'il sera venu pour être, en ce jour-là, glorifié dans ses saints et admiré dans tous ceux qui auront cru, car le témoignage que nous avons porté devant 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 en vue de cela aussi que nous adressons pour vous de constantes prières, afin que notre Dieu vous juge dignes de Son appel, et qu'il accomplisse avec puissance toute disposition de bien faire, et l'œuvre de la foi,
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.
afin que le nom de notre seigneur Jésus soit glorifié en vous, et vous en lui, selon la grâce de notre Dieu et du Seigneur Jésus-Christ.
