< 2 Tesalonika 1 >
1 Dari Paulus, Silwanus dan Timotius, kepada jemaat orang-orang Tesalonika di dalam Allah Bapa kita dan di dalam Tuhan Yesus Kristus.
[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 Kasih karunia dan damai sejahtera dari Allah, Bapa kita, dan dari Tuhan Yesus Kristus menyertai kamu.
[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 Kami wajib selalu mengucap syukur kepada Allah karena kamu, saudara-saudara. Dan memang patutlah demikian, karena imanmu makin bertambah dan kasihmu seorang akan yang lain makin kuat di antara kamu,
[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 sehingga dalam jemaat-jemaat Allah kami sendiri bermegah tentang kamu karena ketabahanmu dan imanmu dalam segala penganiayaan dan penindasan yang kamu derita:
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 suatu bukti tentang adilnya penghakiman Allah, yang menyatakan bahwa kamu layak menjadi warga Kerajaan Allah, kamu yang sekarang menderita karena Kerajaan itu.
[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 Sebab memang adil bagi Allah untuk membalaskan penindasan kepada mereka yang menindas kamu
[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 dan untuk memberikan kelegaan kepada kamu yang ditindas, dan juga kepada kami, pada waktu Tuhan Yesus dari dalam sorga menyatakan diri-Nya bersama-sama dengan malaikat-malaikat-Nya, dalam kuasa-Nya, di dalam api yang bernyala-nyala,
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 dan mengadakan pembalasan terhadap mereka yang tidak mau mengenal Allah dan tidak mentaati Injil Yesus, Tuhan kita.
[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 Mereka ini akan menjalani hukuman kebinasaan selama-lamanya, dijauhkan dari hadirat Tuhan dan dari kemuliaan kekuatan-Nya, (aiōnios )
[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 )
10 apabila Ia datang pada hari itu untuk dimuliakan di antara orang-orang kudus-Nya dan untuk dikagumi oleh semua orang yang percaya, sebab kesaksian yang kami bawa kepadamu telah kamu percayai.
[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 Karena itu kami senantiasa berdoa juga untuk kamu, supaya Allah kita menganggap kamu layak bagi panggilan-Nya dan dengan kekuatan-Nya menyempurnakan kehendakmu untuk berbuat baik dan menyempurnakan segala pekerjaan imanmu,
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 sehingga nama Yesus, Tuhan kita, dimuliakan di dalam kamu dan kamu di dalam Dia, menurut kasih karunia Allah kita dan Tuhan Yesus Kristus.
[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.