2 Tessalonicesi 1

1 PAOLO, e Silvano, e Timoteo, alla chiesa de' Tessalonicesi, [che è] in Dio, nostro Padre; e nel Signor Gesù Cristo.

[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 Grazia a voi, e pace, da Dio nostro Padre, e dal Signor Gesù Cristo.

[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 NOI siamo obbligati di render sempre grazie di voi a Dio, fratelli, come egli è ben convenevole; perciocchè la vostra fede cresce sommamente, e la carità di ciascun di tutti voi abbonda fra voi scambievolmente.

[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 Talchè noi stessi ci gloriamo di voi, nelle chiese di Dio, per la vostra sofferenza, e fede, in tutte le vostre persecuzioni, ed afflizioni, che voi sostenete.

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 [Il che è] una dimostrazione del giusto giudizio di Dio, acciocchè siate reputati degni del regno di Dio, per lo quale ancora patite.

[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 Poichè è cosa giusta dinnanzi a Dio, di rendere afflizione a coloro che vi affliggono;

[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 ed a voi, che siete afflitti, requie con noi, quando il Signor Gesù Cristo apparirà dal cielo, con gli angeli della sua potenza;

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 con fuoco fiammeggiante, prendendo vendetta di coloro che non conoscono Iddio, e di coloro che non ubbidiscono all'evangelo del Signor nostro Gesù Cristo.

[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 I quali porteranno la pena, la perdizione eterna, dalla faccia del Signore, e dalla gloria della sua possanza; (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 quando egli sarà venuto per esser glorificato ne' suoi santi, e reso maraviglioso in tutti i credenti (poichè alla nostra testimonianza presso voi è stata prestata fede), in quel giorno.

[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 Per la qual cosa ancora noi preghiamo del continuo per voi, che l'Iddio nostro vi faccia degni di questa vocazione, e compia tutto il beneplacito della [sua] bontà, e l'opera della fede, con potenza.

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 Acciocchè sia glorificato il nome del Signor nostro Gesù Cristo in voi, e voi in lui; secondo la grazia dell'Iddio nostro e del Signor Gesù Cristo.

[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.