1 Tessalonicesi 2
1 PERCIOCCHÈ voi stessi sapete, fratelli, che la nostra entrata fra voi non è stata vana.
My fellow believers, you know that our time with you was very worthwhile/effective [LIT].
2 Anzi, benchè prima avessimo, come sapete, patito, e fossimo stati ingiuriati in Filippi, pur ci siamo francamente inanimati nell'Iddio nostro, da annunziarvi l'evangelo di Dio, con molto combattimento.
Although [people] in Philippi [city] previously mistreated us [(exc)] and insulted us, as you know, our God caused us to be courageous. As a result, we told you the good message [that originates/comes from] God, even though some [people in your city] also strongly (opposed [us/tried to prevent us from telling God’s message]).
3 Poichè la nostra esortazione non [procede] da inganno, nè da impurità; e non [è] con frode.
When we exhorted/urged (OR, tried to convince) [you to obey God’s message], we did not tell you an untrue message. Instead, we told you a true message. We do not [want to get something for ourselves] by immoral means. We do not try to deceive [you or other people].
4 Anzi, come siamo stati approvati da Dio, per fidarci l'Evangelo; così parliamo, non come per piacere agli uomini, ma a Dio che prova i nostri cuori.
On the contrary, we tell God’s message because he trusted us to do that, because he examined us and considered us [to be acceptable to tell people] the message about Christ. As we teach people, we do not say what they like to hear. Instead, [we say what] God [wants us to say, because] he examines everything that we think and what we desire.
5 Perciocchè ancora noi non abbiamo giammai usato parlar lusinghevole, come voi sapete, nè occasione d'avarizia; Iddio [ne è] testimonio.
We never (flattered you/said nice things about you insincerely), as you know. We were never greedy, so we never needed to use words to (hide greediness [from you/cause you to think that we were not greedy]). God knows that this is true!
6 Nè [abbiamo] cercato gloria dagli uomini, nè da voi, nè da altri, benchè potessimo usar gravità, come apostoli di Cristo.
We never tried to get people [to honor us],
7 Ma siamo stati mansueti fra voi, come una balia, che alleva teneramente i suoi propri figliuoli.
although we could have demanded [that you should honor/respect us], because we are apostles [who represent] (OR, [speak for]) Christ. On the contrary, we were gentle when we were among you, as a mother [gently] takes care of her own children [SIM].
8 In questa maniera, avendovi sommamente cari, eravamo mossi di buona volontà a comunicarvi, non sol l'evangelo di Dio, ma ancora le nostre proprie anime; perchè ci eravate diletti.
So, because we love you, we were delighted to personally tell you the good message that God [gave us]. But also we were delighted to lovingly do all that we could do to help you [SYN] because (you had become very dear to us/we had begun to love you very much).
9 Perciocchè, fratelli, voi vi ricordate della nostra fatica, e travaglio; poichè, lavorando giorno e notte, per non gravare alcun di voi, abbiam predicato in mezzo a voi l'Evangelo di Dio.
My fellow believers, you remember that we worked very hard [DOU] [in order to] ([support ourselves/earn money to buy what we needed]) [while we were with you]. We worked [during the] day and [also at] night in order that we would not have to ask any one of you to give us what we needed, [while] we proclaimed to you the good message that God [gave us].
10 Voi [siete] testimoni, e Dio ancora, come ci siam portati santamente, e giustamente, e senza biasimo, inverso voi che credete.
You know that it is true, and God knows that it is true, that we conducted our lives in a very pure, right, and faultless [DOU] manner toward you believers.
11 Siccome voi sapete che, come un padre i suoi figliuoli, noi abbiamo esortato, e consolato ciascun di voi;
You know also that [we lovingly behaved/acted toward] each one of you, just like a father [lovingly behaves/acts toward] his own children [SIM].
12 e protestato che camminiate condegnamente a Dio, che vi chiama al suo regno e gloria.
[Specifically, we] kept strongly exhorting/urging and encouraging you that you conduct your lives in the way that God’s people should, [because] he has invited you to become his people over whom he will rule in a wonderful way [HEN].
13 Perciò ancora, noi non restiamo di render grazie a Dio, di ciò che, avendo ricevuta da noi la parola della predicazione di Dio, voi l'avete raccolta, non [come] parola d'uomini; ma, siccome è veramente, [come] parola di Dio, la quale ancora opera efficacemente in voi che credete.
We also continually thank God because when you heard the message [that] we told to you, you accepted it as the true message, the good message that God [gave to us]. We did not invent it. [We also thank God] that he is changing your lives because you trust this message [PRS].
14 Poichè voi, fratelli, siete divenuti imitatori delle chiese di Dio, che son nella Giudea, in Cristo Gesù; perciocchè ancora voi avete sofferte da quei della vostra nazione le medesime cose ch'essi da' Giudei.
My fellow believers, we [know that you sincerely believed the message from God], because the manner in which you acted was just like the manner in which [the congregations] in Judea acted. They also [worship] God, [and they] ([have a close relationship with/are united to]) Christ Jesus. Specifically, you endured it [when] your own countrymen [mistreated you because you believe the message from God], in the same manner that those [Jewish believers in Judea] endured it [when] the Jews [who do not believe in Christ mistreated them].
15 I quali ed hanno ucciso il Signor Gesù, e i lor propri profeti; e ci hanno scacciati, e non piacciono a Dio, e [son] contrari a tutti gli uomini;
[Unbelieving Jews are] the ones whom God considers guilty [for] killing the Lord Jesus, as well as [for killing] many prophets. Other unbelieving Jews forced us to leave [many towns]. They really make God angry; and [they are] opposed to [what is best for] all human beings!
16 divietandoci di parlare a' Gentili, acciocchè sieno salvati; affin di colmar sempre [la misura de] 'lor peccati; or l'ira è venuta sopra loro fino all'estremo.
[Specifically], when we tell [the good message] to non-Jewish people in order that they can be saved {[that God] will save them} [spiritually], these [unbelieving Jews] try to stop/prevent us from doing that. Because they continually sin more and more, they are almost reaching the limit that has been [set by God] [MET]! [God] will soon punish them [MTY], at last, for all their sins!
17 OR noi, fratelli, orbati di voi per un momento di tempo, di faccia, e non di cuore, ci siam vie più studiati di veder la vostra faccia, con molto desiderio.
My fellow believers, when for a short time [IDM] [those people forced us to be separated] from you, [we felt like parents] (who had lost all their children/whose children had died) [MET]. [Although] we were far away from you, [we were still] emotionally [concerned about you], and we strongly desired to be present with you.
18 Perciò, siam voluti, io Paolo almeno, una e due volte, venire a voi; ma Satana ci ha impediti.
[You can know that] we wanted to return to you. Indeed I, Paul, [tried to return] twice [IDM]. But [we did not return because] each time Satan [prevented us from returning].
19 Perciocchè, quale [è] la nostra speranza, o allegrezza, o corona di gloria? non [siete dessa] ancora voi, nel cospetto del Signor nostro Gesù Cristo, nel suo avvenimento?
[We were strongly desiring to be with you], because truly you [RHQ] [are the ones about whom we are proud and joyful]! It is because we are confident that you [will] ([remain faithful/continue believing in God]) that we [will be] joyful! You are the ones who we confidently expect [will keep strongly trusting in God!] It is because you [will] ([remain faithful/continue believing in God]) that we [will] be proud [of the work that we have done] [MET, RHQ] [when] our Lord Jesus [examines what we all have done, at the time] when he comes back [to earth]!
20 Poichè voi siete la nostra gloria ed allegrezza.
Indeed, it is because of you that [even now we] are pleased and joyful!
