2 Tesalonik 1

1 Mwen menm Pòl, ansanm ak Silven ak Timote, m'ap ekri lèt sa a voye bay manm legliz nan lavil Tesalonik k'ap viv ansanm nan Bondye, Papa a, ak Jezikri, Seyè nou an.

[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 Mwen mande pou Bondye, Papa a, ak Jezikri, Seyè nou an, ban nou benediksyon ak kè poze.

[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 Se yon devwa pou mwen pou m' pa janm sispann di Bondye mèsi pou nou, frè m' yo. Wi, se yon devwa pou m' fè l' vre. Paske, konfyans nou gen nan Bondye ap grandi anpil, renmen nou gen yonn pou lòt ap grandi toujou tou.

[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 Se sak fè, sa fè m' plezi pou m' nonmen non nou nan tout legliz Bondye yo, pou jan nou gen pasyans, jan nou kenbe konfyans nou fèm nan Bondye nan mitan tout pèsekisyon ak soufrans k'ap tonbe sou nou.

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 Sa fè moun wè se Bondye ki gen rezon lè l'ap jije. Paske, avèk tou sa n'ap sipòte koulye a, n'ap fin bon nèt pou nou ka antre nan peyi kote Bondye wa a. Se pou peyi sa a menm n'ap soufri konsa.

[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 Paske, Bondye gen pou fè sa ki byen: Bondye va gen rezon lè la fè moun k'ap fè nou soufri yo soufri tou.

[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 Kanta pou nou menm k'ap soufri koulye a, la ban nou repo ansanm avè m' lè Jezi va parèt nan syèl la avèk zanj li yo ki gen pouvwa.

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 La parèt nan mitan gwo flanm dife pou peni tout moun ki pa konn Bondye yo ansanm ak moun ki p'ap mache dapre bon nouvèl ki pale sou Jezi, Seyè nou an.

[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 Chatiman moun sa yo, se disparèt y'ap disparèt yo pou tout tan. Y'ap wete yo devan Seyè a, y'ap voye yo jete byen lwen pou yo pa janm resevwa pa yo nan pouvwa Seyè a ak nan lwanj y'ap fè pou li a. (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 Jou sa a, Seyè a va parèt pou l' resevwa lwanj nan men tout moun pa l' yo. Tout moun ki te mete konfyans yo nan li va kontan wè l'. Nou menm tou n'a wè li, paske nou te kwè nan mesaj mwen te fè nou konnen an.

[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 Se poutèt sa, mwen p'ap janm sispann lapriyè pou nou. M'ap mande Bondye pou l' ede nou pou nou viv yon jan ki dakò ak lavi li mande nou pou nou viv la. M'ap mande l' pou li ban nou pouvwa li, pou nou ka fè tout byen nou vle fè, pou nou fin reyalize nèt travay n'ap fè ak konfyans nan Bondye.

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 Konsa, tout moun va fè lwanj non Jezi a poutèt nou. Nou menm tou, y'a fè lwanj nou poutèt li, gremesi favè Bondye nou an ansanm ak Jezikri, Seyè a, fè nou.

[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.