2 Thessalonicher 3
1 Im übrigen betet für uns, ihr Brüder, daß das Wort des Herrn laufe und verherrlicht werde, 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 errettet werden von den widrigen und bösen Menschen; denn nicht alle haben den Glauben.
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 Aber der Herr ist treu, der wird euch stärken und bewahren vor dem Argen.
[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 trauen euch aber zu im Herrn, daß ihr tut und tun werdet, was wir euch gebieten.
[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 zu der Liebe Gottes und zu der Geduld 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, ihr Brüder, im Namen unsres Herrn Jesus Christus, daß ihr euch von jedem Bruder zurückziehet, der unordentlich wandelt und nicht nach der Überlieferung, 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 Denn ihr wisset selbst, wie ihr uns nachahmen sollt; denn wir lebten nicht unordentlich unter euch,
[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 wir haben auch nicht umsonst bei jemand Brot gegessen, sondern mit Mühe und Anstrengung Tag und Nacht gearbeitet, um niemand 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 daß wir kein Recht dazu hätten, sondern um euch an uns ein Beispiel zu geben, damit ihr uns nachahmen möchtet.
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 als wir bei euch waren, geboten wir euch dies: wenn jemand nicht arbeiten will, 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 Wir hören nämlich, daß etliche von euch unordentlich wandeln und nicht arbeiten, sondern unnütze Dinge treiben.
[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 gebieten wir und ermahnen sie durch unsren Herrn Jesus Christus, daß sie mit stiller Arbeit ihr eigenes Brot verdienen.
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 aber, Brüder, werdet nicht müde, Gutes zu tun!
Fellow believers! Do not ever get tired of doing what is right!
14 Wenn aber jemand unsrem brieflichen Wort nicht gehorcht, den kennzeichnet dadurch, daß ihr nicht mit ihm umgehet, damit er sich schämen muß;
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 haltet ihn nicht für einen Feind, sondern weiset ihn zurecht als einen Bruder.
Do not think of him as though he was [your] enemy; instead, warn him as [you would warn your other] fellow believers.
16 Er aber, der Herr des Friedens, gebe euch den Frieden immerdar und 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 Der Gruß mit meiner, des Paulus, Hand; dies ist das Zeichen in jedem 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 unsres Herrn Jesus Christus sei mit euch allen! Amen.
I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will continue to act kindly to you all.
