2 Tesaloničanom 1

1 Pavel in Silván ter Timótej, cerkvi Tesaloníčanov v Bogu, našem Očetu in Gospodu Jezusu Kristusu:

[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 ›Milost vam in mir od Boga, našega Očeta in Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa.‹

[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 Dolžni smo, da se vedno zahvaljujemo Bogu za vas, bratje, kakor se spodobi, zato ker ta vaša vera silno raste in je ljubezen vsakogar izmed vas vseh do drug drugega obilna,

[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 tako, da se mi sami ponašamo z vami po Božjih cerkvah, zaradi vaše potrpežljivosti in vere, v vseh vaših preganjanjih in stiskah, ki jih prenašate;

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 kar je razpoznaven simbol pravične Božje sodbe, da boste lahko šteti vredne Božjega kraljestva, za katerega tudi trpite.

[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 Čeprav je pri Bogu pravična stvar, da poplača stisko tem, ki vas stiskajo;

[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 vam pa, ki ste stiskani, počitek z nami, ko se bo Gospod Jezus, razodet iz nebes, s svojimi mogočnimi angeli,

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 v plamenečem ognju maščeval na teh, ki ne poznajo Boga in ne ubogajo evangelija našega Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa;

[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 ki bodo kaznovani z večnim uničenjem proč od Gospodove prisotnosti in proč od slave njegove moči; (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 ko bo prišel, da bo proslavljen v svojih svetih in da bo občudovan v vseh teh, ki verujejo (ker so verovali našemu pričevanju med vami) na tisti dan.

[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 Zatorej tudi vedno molimo za vas, da vas bo naš Bog imel za vredne te poklicanosti in izpolnite vso dobro voljo njegove dobrote ter delo vere v môči;

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 da bo v vas lahko proslavljeno ime našega Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa in vi v njem, glede na milost našega Boga in Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa.

[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.