2 Tesalonika 3
1 Selanjutnya, Saudara-saudari, tolong doakanlah kami supaya ajaran tentang Tuhan Yesus bisa menyebar dengan cepat. Doakan agar orang-orang mau menerima ajaran itu dan menghargainya seperti yang sudah terjadi di antara kalian.
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 Berdoalah juga supaya Allah melepaskan kami dari para pengacau dan orang-orang jahat, karena tidak semua orang mau percaya pada ajaran kami.
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 Tetapi Tuhan Yesus selalu setia. Dia akan menguatkan keyakinanmu dan melindungimu dari si iblis.
[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 Kami juga yakin bahwa kamu selalu melakukan apa yang kami ajarkan dan akan terus melakukannya, karena kamu semua sudah bersatu dengan Tuhan.
[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 Kami berdoa supaya Tuhan Yesus menolongmu untuk semakin yakin bahwa Allah sangat mengasihimu, dan supaya kamu tetap kuat bertahan, sama seperti Kristus terus bertahan waktu Dia menderita.
[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 Saudara-saudari, sebagai utusan Tuhan kita Kristus Yesus, kami menegaskan sungguh-sungguh: Jangan bergaul dengan saudara atau saudari seiman yang hidup bermalas-malasan dan tidak mau melakukan ajaran yang sudah kalian terima dari kami.
[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 Ikutilah teladan kami. Waktu kita bersama, kalian sendiri tahu bahwa kami tidak pernah malas bekerja.
[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 Ingatlah bahwa kami tidak pernah minta diberi nafkah. Kami bekerja keras siang malam supaya tidak menjadi beban bagi siapa pun di antara kalian.
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 Sebenarnya, sebagai pelayan Tuhan, kami berhak menerima nafkah dari kalian. Tetapi kami bekerja sendiri untuk mencukupi keperluan kami agar menjadi teladan bagi kalian,
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 karena waktu kita masih bersama, kami sudah mengajarkan, “Orang yang tidak mau bekerja tidak boleh makan.”
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 Kami mengingatkan hal ini karena mendengar bahwa ada beberapa di antara kalian yang bermalas-malasan. Mereka sama sekali tidak bekerja, tetapi hanya sibuk mencampuri urusan orang lain.
[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 Sebagai pelayan Tuhan kita Kristus Yesus, dengan tegas kami menasihatkan mereka supaya hidup teratur dan harus bekerja untuk mencukupi kebutuhan mereka sendiri.
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 Sedangkan kepada kalian semua, Saudara-saudari, kami menasihatkan: Jangan pernah lelah berbuat baik.
Fellow believers! Do not ever get tired of doing what is right!
14 Kalau ada orang yang tidak mengikuti hal-hal yang kami ajarkan dalam surat ini, perhatikanlah siapa mereka dan jangan bergaul dengan orang-orang itu. Dengan demikian mereka menyadari kesalahannya dan malu.
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 Tetapi janganlah menganggap mereka musuh. Teruslah menasihati mereka sebagai saudara-saudari seiman.
Do not think of him as though he was [your] enemy; instead, warn him as [you would warn your other] fellow believers.
16 Akhir kata, kami berdoa agar Tuhan Yesus sumber damai selalu memberikan ketenangan kepadamu dan senantiasa menyertaimu.
[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 Saya, Paulus, menulis salam terakhir ini dengan tangan saya sendiri: Salam! Inilah tanda yang selalu saya pakai dalam tiap surat sebagai bukti bahwa surat ini benar-benar dari saya.
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 Kiranya Tuhan kita Kristus Yesus selalu menyatakan kebaikan-Nya kepada kalian semua. Amin.
I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will continue to act kindly to you all.
