2 Tesalonicenses 3
1 Finalmente, hermanos y hermanas, les rogamos que oren por nosotros, para que el mensaje del Señor pueda esparcirse y ser aceptado en verdad, como lo aceptaron ustedes,
As for the other matters, [our] fellow believers, pray for us that more and more [people will] hear [PRS] our message [about our] Lord [Jesus]. Pray that they will believe this message, as you [have done].
2 y que podamos permanecer a salvo de los hombres inmorales y malvados, pues no todo el mundo cree en Dios.
Pray also for us that we will be rescued {that God will rescue us} from those very perverse/evil people [here] who [cause us to suffer. Pray like that] because [they and many others] refuse to believe [LIT] [this message].
3 Pero el Señor es fiel y los fortalecerá, y también los protegerá del maligno.
[Remember that our] Lord [Jesus] is trustworthy! [So we are sure that] he will cause you to continue to be steadfast. [We are also sure that] he will protect you from [Satan], the evil one (OR, from evil).
4 Tenemos la gran seguridad en el Señor de que ustedes están haciendo y seguirán haciendo lo que les dijimos.
[Because of your close relationship with our] Lord [Jesus], we are confident that you are obeying what we have commanded you, and we are confident that you will obey what we are commanding [you in this letter].
5 Quiera el Señor guiarlos a una comprensión más profunda del amor de Dios por ustedes y de la paciencia de Cristo.
[We pray that our] Lord [Jesus] would enable you to continue [knowing] that God loves you. [We pray] also that Christ will cause you to continue [being] steadfast (OR, being steadfast as he [was steadfast]).
6 Ahora queremos decirles, hermanos, en el nombre de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, que no se asocien con ningún creyente que no quiera trabajar por su sustento, esos que no siguen las enseñanzas que aprendieron de nosotros.
[Our] fellow believers, we command you, with the authority [MTY] that our Lord Jesus Christ [has given to us], that you stop associating with every fellow believer who is lazy and refuses to work. That is, you must stay away from those who are not [conducting their lives] in the manner that we taught you.
7 Sin duda alguna, ustedes saben que deben seguir nuestro ejemplo, porque mientras estuvimos con ustedes no fuimos perezosos,
[We tell you this] because you yourselves know that you should [behave] like we [behaved]. We (did not just sit [around] without working/were never lazy) [while we were living] among you.
8 pues no comimos de la comida de nadie sin pagar por ella. Por el contrario, trabajábamos arduamente día y noche para no ser carga para ninguno de ustedes.
Specifically, we did not eat anyone’s food if we did not pay [that person] for it. Instead, we worked very hard ([to support ourselves/to earn the money to buy what we needed]). We worked hard [DOU] during the day and during the night, in order that we would not have to depend on any of you [to supply what we needed].
9 No porque no tuviéramos el derecho de hacerlo, sino porque queríamos ser un ejemplo para ustedes, a fin de que pudieran imitar lo que nosotros hacíamos.
We have always had the right [to depend on you for money, but instead we worked hard in order to make ourselves] examples for you, in order that you should behave like we behave.
10 Incluso cuando estuvimos con ustedes les dimos instrucciones estrictas de que todo aquél que no trabaje no coma.
Remember that when we were [there] with you, we kept commanding you that if any [fellow believer] refuses to work, [you should not give] him food to eat.
11 Pero ahora hemos oído que hay muchos perezosos entre ustedes que no trabajan en absoluto.
[We are commanding the same thing] again now, because someone has told us that some of you are lazy and not working at all, just interfering [with what other people are doing]!
12 Nosotros les ordenamos a tales personas, exhortándolos en el Señor Jesús, que se dispongan a trabajar para pagar su sustento.
We command those fellow believers who are not working, and urge [them] by the authority [MTY] of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they settle down and (support themselves by working/work to earn money to buy what they need).
13 Hermanos y hermanas, no dejen de hacer el bien.
Fellow believers! Do not ever get tired of doing what is right!
14 Tomen nota de los que no hacen lo que les estamos diciendo en esta carta, y asegúrense de no asociarse con ellos, para que sean avergonzados.
If any [fellow believer refuses to work] and does not obey what I have written in this letter, ([publicly] identify that person/tell the congregation what that person is doing). Then do not associate with him, in order that he may become ashamed.
15 No los consideren como enemigos, sino háganles la advertencia como quien habla con un hermano y hermana.
Do not think of him as though he was [your] enemy; instead, warn him as [you would warn your other] fellow believers.
16 Quiera el mismo Señor de paz darles paz en todas las situaciones y en todas las formas. El Señor esté con todos ustedes.
[I pray that our] Lord [Jesus] himself, who [gives inner] peace [to his people], will give [inner] peace to you always (and in every situation/whatever happens). 2 Thessalonians 3:16b-18 I [pray that our] Lord [Jesus will continue to] help you all.
17 Noten el saludo que les mando, con mi propia letra. Este es mi firma en cada carta que escribo.
Now, having taken the pen from my scribe, I, Paul, am sending this greeting to you as I write this myself [SYN]. I do this in all my letters in order that you may know that it is truly I who have sent this letter. This is how I always end my letters.
18 Que la gracia de nuestro Señor Jesucristo esté con todos ustedes.
I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will continue to act kindly to you all.
