2 Tesalonika 1
1 Kepada jemaat di kota Tesalonika, yaitu kalian yang bersatu dengan Allah Bapa dan Kristus Yesus Penguasa kita. Salam sejahtera dari Paulus, Silas, dan Timotius.
[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 Kiranya kalian semua senantiasa hidup tenang dan menikmati kebaikan dari Allah Bapa dan Kristus Yesus Penguasa kita.
[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 selalu bersyukur kepada Allah karena kalian, Saudara-saudari. Dan memang sudah seharusnya demikian, sebab keyakinanmu kepada Yesus bertumbuh dengan luar biasa, dan kalian juga semakin mengasihi satu sama lain.
[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 Karena itu kami selalu senang menceritakan tentang kalian kepada jemaat-jemaat Allah di tempat lain, yakni betapa kalian teguh bertahan dan berpegang pada keyakinanmu meski dianiaya dan menderita berbagai kesusahan.
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 Keteguhan hatimu itu membuktikan bahwa Allah selalu bertindak adil terhadap manusia. Kalian akan dinyatakan layak untuk masuk ke dalam kerajaan Allah karena sekarang kalian menderita demi kesetiaanmu pada kerajaan-Nya 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 Sedangkan mereka yang sekarang menganiaya kalian kelak akan menerima hukuman berat, sebab Allah itu adil. Demikianlah wujud keadilan Allah.
[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 Dia juga akan memberikan rasa lega kepada kita semua yang saat ini menderita. Semuanya itu akan terjadi pada waktu Tuhan Yesus datang kembali dari surga dan menampakkan diri-Nya kepada seluruh penduduk dunia ini diiringi para malaikat-Nya dengan kuasa yang hebat.
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 Semua orang yang tidak mengenal Allah dan tidak mau taat menerima Kabar Baik tentang Tuhan Yesus akan dihukum-Nya dengan api yang menyala-nyala.
[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 akan dihukum selama-lamanya di tempat yang jauh dari hadapan TUHAN tanpa pernah dapat menikmati kemuliaan dan segala kuasa-Nya. (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 Hukuman itu akan terjadi ketika Tuhan Yesus datang kembali. Pada waktu itu, semua orang yang disucikan-Nya, yaitu semua yang percaya kepada-Nya, akan mengagumi dan memuliakan Dia karena kuasa-Nya. Dan kalian pun tentu akan ikut menyambut kedatangan-Nya itu karena kalian sudah percaya pada kesaksian yang kami sampaikan.
[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 Kami selalu berdoa agar kalian mencapai tujuan akhir yang indah itu. Kami memohon supaya Allah menolong kamu semua untuk hidup dengan cara yang pantas sebagai orang yang sudah dipanggil-Nya. Kami juga berdoa supaya dengan kuasa Allah, kamu semua dimampukan untuk menyelesaikan segala hal baik yang hendak kamu lakukan, khususnya perbuatan yang menunjukkan keyakinanmu pada Yesus.
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 Dengan demikian, nama Tuhan Yesus akan dipermuliakan melalui hidupmu. Dan karena kamu bersatu dengan Dia, kamu juga akan dianugerahi kemuliaan oleh Allah Bapa dan Kristus Yesus, Penguasa kita.
[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.
