2 Thessalonicher 3
1 Im übrigen, liebe Brüder, betet für uns, daß das Wort des Herrn laufe und in seiner Herrlichkeit offenbar werden möge, wie bei euch,
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].
2 und daß wir von den verkehrten und bösartigen Menschen errettet werden; denn der Glaube ist nicht jedermanns Sache.
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].
3 Treu aber ist der Herr, der euch stärken und vor dem Bösen behüten wird.
[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).
4 Wir haben aber im Herrn das Vertrauen zu euch, daß ihr unsern Weisungen nachkommt und immer nachkommen werdet.
[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].
5 Der Herr aber lenke eure Herzen zur Liebe Gottes und zum standhaften Ausharren Christi!
[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]).
6 Wir gebieten euch aber, liebe Brüder, im Namen des Herrn Jesus Christus: ziehet euch von jedem Bruder zurück, der einen unordentlichen Lebenswandel führt und nicht nach der Unterweisung, die ihr von uns empfangen habt.
[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.
7 Ihr wißt ja selbst, wie ihr uns zum Vorbild nehmen sollt; denn wir haben unter euch keinen unordentlichen Wandel geführt,
[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.
8 haben auch nicht unentgeltlich jemandes Brot gegessen, sondern haben Tag und Nacht angestrengt und mühselig gearbeitet, um keinem von euch zur Last zu fallen;
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].
9 nicht als ob wir nicht das Recht dazu hätten, nein wir wollten euch an uns ein Vorbild geben, damit ihr uns nachfolgen solltet.
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.
10 Denn schon während unsers Aufenthalts bei euch haben wir euch dieses Gebot gegeben: »Wenn einer nicht arbeiten will, dann soll er auch nicht essen!«
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.
11 Es ist uns nämlich zu Ohren gekommen, daß manche unter euch einen unordentlichen Lebenswandel führen, indem sie, statt zu arbeiten, sich unnütz umhertreiben.
[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]!
12 Solchen Leuten schärfen wir aber nachdrücklich im Herrn Jesus Christus ein, daß sie sich ihr eigenes Brot in stiller Arbeit selbst verdienen sollen.
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).
13 Ihr (anderen) aber, liebe Brüder, werdet nicht müde, das Rechte zu tun.
Fellow believers! Do not ever get tired of doing what is right!
14 Sollte jemand aber dieser unserer brieflichen Weisung nicht nachkommen, so merkt ihn euch und meidet den Verkehr mit ihm, damit er in sich gehe;
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.
15 doch sehet in ihm keinen Feind, sondern weist ihn als einen Bruder zurecht.
Do not think of him as though he was [your] enemy; instead, warn him as [you would warn your other] fellow believers.
16 Er selbst aber, der Herr des Friedens, gebe euch seinen Frieden immerdar auf alle Weise! Der Herr sei mit euch allen!
[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.
17 Hier mein, des Paulus, eigenhändiger Gruß! Dies ist das (beglaubigende) Kennzeichen in jedem meiner Briefe: so schreibe ich!
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.
18 Die Gnade unsers Herrn Jesus Christus sei mit euch allen!
I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will continue to act kindly to you all.
