2 Tessalonikalaisille 1

1 Paavali ja Silvanus ja Timoteus Tessalonikan seurakunnalle Jumalassa, meidän Isässämme, ja Herrassa Jesuksessa Kristuksessa:

[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.

2 Armo olkoon teille ja rauha Jumalalta, meidän Isältämme ja Herralta Jesukselta Kristukselta!

[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.

3 Meidän pitää aina teidän edestänne, rakkaat veljet, Jumalaa kiittämän, niinkuin kohtuullinen on: sillä teidän uskonne kasvaa jalosti ja kaikkein teidän rakkautenne lisääntyy jokaista kohtaan,

[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.

4 Niin että me teistä Jumalan seurakunnissa kerskaamme, teidän kärsivällisyydestänne ja uskostanne kaikessa teidän vainossanne ja vaivassanne, jota te kärsitte:

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.

5 Jotka osoittavat, että Jumala on oikein tuomitseva, ja te Jumalan valtakuntaan soveliaaksi tulette, jonka tähden te myös kärsitte,

[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.

6 Että se on oikein Jumalan edessä niitä taas vaivata, jotka teitä vaivaavat;

[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.

7 Mutta teille, jotka vaivataan, antaa levon meidän kanssamme, kuin Herra Jesus taivaasta ilmaantuu, voimansa enkelien kanssa.

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.

8 Ja tulen leimauksella, joka niille kostaa, jotka ei Jumalaa tunteneet, ja niille, jotka ei meidän Herran Jesuksen Kristuksen evankeliumia tottele,

[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.

9 Jotka vaivaa kärsimän pitää, ijankaikkisen kadotuksen, Herran kasvoista ja hänen kunniansa väkevyydestä: (aiōnios g166)

[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)

10 Kuin hän tuleva on, kirkastettaa pyhäinsä kanssa, ja ihmeelliseksi tulemaan kaikkein uskovaisten kanssa; sillä meidän todistuksemme teidän tykönne siitä päivästä olette te uskoneet.

[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.

11 Ja sentähden me myös aina rukoilemme teidän edestänne, että meidän Jumalamme teitä otolliseksi tekis siihen kutsumiseen, ja täyttäis kaiken hyvyyden suosion ja uskon vaikutuksen, voimassa:

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].

12 Että meidän Herran Jesuksen Kristuksen nimi teissä ylistettäisiin, ja te taas hänessä, meidän Jumalan ja Herran Jesuksen Kristuksen armon kautta.

[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.