2 KwabaseThesalonika 2

1 Siyalincenga-ke, bazalwane, mayelana lokufika kweNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, lokubuthana kwethu kuyo,

And we ask you, brothers, in regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering together to Him,

2 ukuthi lingaphangisi liqhuqhiswe engqondweni, kumbe lethuswe, loba ngumoya, loba yilizwi, loba yincwadi ngokungathi ivela kithi, ngokungathi usuku lukaKristu selufikile.

that you are not quickly shaken in mind, nor be troubled, neither through spirit, neither through word, neither through letters as through us, as that the Day of the LORD has arrived;

3 Kakungabi lamuntu olikhohlisayo langayiphi indlela; ngoba aluyikufika ngaphandle kokuthi ukuhlubuka kufike kuqala, lomuntu wesono embulwe, indodana yokubhujiswa,

do not let anyone deceive you in any way, because if the departure may not come first, the man of lawlessness may [not] be revealed—the son of destruction,

4 omelana azikhukhumeze phezu kwakho konke okuthiwa nguNkulunkulu loba yinto ekhonzwayo, aze ahlale ethempelini likaNkulunkulu njengoNkulunkulu, ezitshaya uNkulunkulu.

who is opposing and is raising himself up above all called god or worshiped, so as for him to have sat down in the temple of God, proclaiming that he is God.

5 Kalikhumbuli yini ukuthi ngiseselani ngalitshela lezizinto?

Do you not remember that, yet being with you, I said these things to you?

6 Selikwazi khathesi okuvimbelayo, ukuze embulwe ngesakhe isikhathi.

And now, you have known what is restraining, for his being revealed in his own time,

7 Ngoba imfihlo yokungabi lomthetho isasebenza; kuphela kukhona ovimbelayo okwalesisikhathi, aze asuswe phakathi,

for the secret of lawlessness already works, only the [One] now restraining [will do so] until He may come out of [the] midst,

8 khona-ke ezakwembulwa oNgelamthetho, iNkosi ezamqeda ngokuphefumula komlomo wayo, izambhubhisa ngokubonakala kokufika kwayo;

and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the LORD will consume with the Spirit of His mouth, and will nullify at the appearance of His coming,

9 lowo okufika kwakhe kunjengokusebenza kukaSathane emandleni wonke lezibonakalisweni lezimangalisweni zamanga,

whose coming is according to the working of Satan, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders,

10 lenkohlisweni yonke yokungalungi kulabo ababhubhayo, ngoba kabemukelanga uthando lweqiniso ukuze basindiswe.

and in all deceitfulness of the unrighteousness in those perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth for their being saved,

11 Ngenxa yalokhu-ke uNkulunkulu uzabathumezela amandla enkohliso, ukuze bakholwe amanga;

and because of this God will send to them a working of delusion, for their believing the lie,

12 ukuze balahlwe bonke abangakholwanga iqiniso, kodwa bathokoza kukho ukungalungi.

that they may be judged—all who did not believe the truth, but were well pleased in the unrighteousness.

13 Kodwa thina simele ukubonga uNkulunkulu njalonjalo ngani, bazalwane abathandwa beNkosi, ukuthi uNkulunkulu walikhethela usindiso kusukela ekuqaleni, ekungcwelisweni koMoya, lokholo lweqiniso;

And we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brothers, beloved by the LORD, that God chose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth,

14 owalibizela kulokhu ngevangeli lethu, ekuzuzeni inkazimulo yeNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu.

to which He called you through our good news, to the acquiring of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ;

15 Ngakho-ke, bazalwane, manini liqine, libambelele ezimfundisweni elazifundiswayo, loba ngelizwi, kumbe ngencwadi yethu.

so, then, brothers, stand fast, and hold the traditions that you were taught, whether through word, whether through our letter;

16 Kakuthi-ke iNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu uqobo, loNkulunkulu, ngitsho uBaba wethu owasithandayo, lowasinika induduzo elaphakade lethemba elihle ngomusa, (aiōnios g166)

and may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who loved us, and gave continuous comfort, and good hope in grace, (aiōnios g166)

17 aduduze inhliziyo zenu, aliqinise emazwini lemisebenzini yonke emihle.

comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.