1 Thessalonians 2
English Standard Version
Paul's Ministry to the Thessalonians
2 For you yourselves know, brothers,[a] that our (A)coming to you (B)was not in vain. 2 But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated (C)at Philippi, as you know, (D)we had boldness in our God (E)to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much (F)conflict. 3 For (G)our appeal does not spring from (H)error or (I)impurity or (J)any attempt to deceive, 4 but just as we have been approved by God (K)to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not (L)to please man, but to please God (M)who tests our hearts. 5 (N)For we never came with words of flattery,[b] as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—(O)God is witness. 6 (P)Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, (Q)though we could have made (R)demands as (S)apostles of Christ. 7 But we were (T)gentle[c] among you, (U)like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. 8 So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God (V)but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.
9 For you remember, brothers, (W)our labor and toil: we (X)worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. 10 You are witnesses, and (Y)God also, (Z)how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers. 11 For you know how, (AA)like a father with his children, 12 we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and (AB)charged (AC)you to walk in a manner worthy of God, (AD)who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
13 And (AE)we also thank God constantly[d] for this, that when you received (AF)the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it (AG)not as the word of men[e] but as what it really is, the word of God, (AH)which is at work in you believers. 14 For you, brothers, (AI)became imitators of (AJ)the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For (AK)you suffered the same things from your own countrymen (AL)as they did from the Jews,[f] 15 (AM)who killed both the Lord Jesus and (AN)the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and (AO)oppose all mankind 16 (AP)by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always (AQ)to fill up the measure of their sins. But (AR)wrath has come upon them at last![g]
Paul's Longing to See Them Again
17 But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, (AS)in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire (AT)to see you face to face, 18 because we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, again and again—but Satan (AU)hindered us. 19 For what is our hope or (AV)joy or crown of boasting (AW)before our Lord Jesus at his (AX)coming? Is it not you? 20 For you are our glory and joy.
Footnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 2:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 9, 14, 17
- 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Or with a flattering speech
- 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Some manuscripts infants
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Or without ceasing
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women
- 1 Thessalonians 2:14 The Greek word Ioudaioi can refer to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, who opposed the Christian faith in that time
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or completely, or forever
1 Tesaloniceni 2
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
Lucrarea lui Pavel în Tesalonic
2 Voi înşivă ştiţi, fraţilor, că venirea noastră la voi n-a fost în zadar. 2 După ce am suferit şi am fost batjocoriţi în Filipi, aşa cum ştiţi, am venit plini de încredere în Dumnezeul nostru să vă vorbim despre Evanghelia Lui, în ciuda unei mari împotriviri. 3 Căci apelul nostru nu vine dintr-o învăţătură greşită, nici din necurăţie, nici din viclenie, 4 ci, aşa cum Dumnezeu ne-a găsit vrednici să ne încredinţeze Evanghelia, tot aşa vorbim şi noi, căutând să fim plăcuţi nu oamenilor, ci lui Dumnezeu, Care ne cercetează inimile. 5 Voi ştiţi că nu ne-am linguşit şi nici nu ne-am prefăcut, ca să ascundem vreo lăcomie, – Dumnezeu ne este martor –, 6 nici n-am căutat să fim onoraţi de oameni – nici de voi, nici de alţii. 7 Ca apostoli ai lui Cristos am fi putut fi o povară pentru voi, dar am fost blânzi cu voi, ca o mamă care-şi îngrijeşte copiii. 8 Astfel, datorită afecţiunii noastre pentru voi, am fost gata să împărtăşim cu voi nu doar Evanghelia lui Dumnezeu, ci şi vieţile noastre, pentru că ne-aţi devenit atât de dragi. 9 Vă amintiţi, fraţilor, de munca şi osteneala noastră, cum, în timp ce v-am predicat Evanghelia lui Dumnezeu, am lucrat zi şi noapte, ca să nu fim o povară pentru nici unul dintre voi. 10 Voi sunteţi martori – şi Dumnezeu de asemenea – că purtarea noastră faţă de voi, cei care credeţi, a fost sfântă, dreaptă şi fără pată. 11 Aşa cum ştiţi, ne-am ocupat de fiecare dintre voi, ca un tată de copiii săi, 12 încurajându-vă, îndemnându-vă şi insistând să trăiţi într-un mod vrednic de Dumnezeu, Care v-a chemat în Împărăţia[a] şi slava Lui.
13 Noi, de asemenea, Îi mulţumim lui Dumnezeu neîncetat pentru că, atunci când aţi primit Cuvântul lui Dumnezeu, pe care l-aţi auzit de la noi, l-aţi primit nu ca pe un cuvânt al oamenilor, ci, aşa cum şi este de fapt, ca pe Cuvântul lui Dumnezeu, care lucrează în voi, cei ce credeţi. 14 Voi, fraţilor, aţi urmat exemplul[b] bisericilor lui Dumnezeu care sunt în Iudeea, şi care sunt în Cristos Isus, pentru că şi voi aţi suferit aceeaşi persecuţie din partea compatrioţilor voştri, pe care au suferit-o şi ele din partea iudeilor, 15 care L-au omorât pe Domnul Isus şi pe profeţi, iar pe noi ne-au persecutat. Iudeii aceştia nu sunt plăcuţi lui Dumnezeu şi sunt potrivnici tuturor oamenilor, 16 căci ne împiedică să le vorbim neamurilor pentru a fi mântuite. Astfel, ei întotdeauna umplu măsura păcatelor lor. Dar, în cele din urmă, i-a ajuns mânia lui Dumnezeu.[c]
Dorinţa lui Pavel de a-i revedea pe tesaloniceni
17 Fraţilor, atunci când, pentru puţin timp, am fost despărţiţi de voi, – în persoană, dar nu cu inima –, am dorit cu şi mai mare ardoare să vă vedem. 18 Am vrut să venim la voi, – cel puţin eu, Pavel, am vrut din nou şi din nou –, dar Satan[d] ne-a împiedicat. 19 Care este nădejdea sau bucuria, sau cununa cu care ne lăudăm înaintea Domnului nostru Isus, la venirea Lui? Oare nu voi? 20 Într-adevăr, voi sunteţi gloria şi bucuria noastră!
Footnotes
- 1 Tesaloniceni 2:12 Împărăţia (lui Dumnezeu) reprezintă domnia lui Dumnezeu, fiind în acelaşi timp o realitate prezentă şi o nădejde în viitor
- 1 Tesaloniceni 2:14 Lit.: aţi devenit imitatori
- 1 Tesaloniceni 2:16 Sau: Dar i-a ajuns pe deplin mânia lui Dumnezeu
- 1 Tesaloniceni 2:18 Cuvânt împrumutat din ebraică, însemnând Vrăjmaş sau Acuzator
1 Thessalonians 2
Lexham English Bible
Paul’s Approach to Ministry in Thessalonica
2 For you yourselves know, brothers, our reception with you, that it was not in vain, 2 but after we had already suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, just as you know, we had the courage in our God to speak to you the gospel of God amid much opposition. 3 For our exhortation is not from error or from impurity or with deceit, 4 but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, thus we speak, not as pleasing people but God, who examines our hearts. 5 For never[a] did we come with a word of flattery, just as you know, nor with a pretext of greediness (God is witness), 6 nor seeking glory from people, neither from you nor from others. 7 Although we could have insisted on our own importance[b][c] as apostles of Christ, yet we became infants in your midst, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children. 8 Longing for you in this way, we determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own souls, because you had become dear to us.
9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and hardship: working by night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. 10 You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and righteously and blamelessly we became to you who believe, 11 just as you know how we treated each one of you, like a father his own children, 12 exhorting and consoling you and insisting that you live in a manner worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory.
The Thessalonians’ Response to Paul’s Message
13 And because of this we also give thanks to God constantly, that when you[d] received God’s word that you heard[e] from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also is at work in you who believe. 14 For you became imitators, brothers, of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because you also suffered the same things at the hands of your own people, just as they themselves did also at the hands of the Jews, 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and who persecuted us, and who are not pleasing to God and are opposed to all people, 16 hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles in order that they may be saved, so that they always fill up their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the end.[f]
Paul’s Desire to Revisit the Thessalonians
17 But when[g] we were made orphans by separation from you, brothers, for a short time[h] (in face, not in heart), we were even more eager with great desire to see your face, 18 because we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, on more than one occasion[i]—and Satan hindered us. 19 For who is our hope or joy or crown of boasting? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at his coming? 20 For you are our glory and joy.
Footnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Literally “for neither ever”
- 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Literally “being able to be with a claim of importance”
- 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Here the participle (“being able”) is understood as concessive
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“received”) which is understood as temporal
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Literally “of hearing”
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or “has come upon them at last”
- 1 Thessalonians 2:17 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were made orphans by separation”) which is understood as temporal
- 1 Thessalonians 2:17 Literally “the time of an hour”
- 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Literally “both once and twice”
帖撒羅尼迦前書 2
Chinese Standard Bible (Traditional)
保羅的服事
2 弟兄們,你們自己知道,我們進到你們那裡並不是空無果效的; 2 相反,正如你們知道,雖然我們以前在腓立比受了苦、受了凌辱,但是靠著我們的神,我們還是放膽直言,在大爭戰中把神的福音傳給了你們。 3 我們的勸勉不是出於迷惑[a],不是出於汙穢,也不是用詭詐; 4 相反,我們怎樣被神考驗而受了福音的委託,我們就照樣傳講;不是要討人的喜悅,而是要討神的喜悅——神是考驗我們內心的。 5 實際上,我們從來沒有用過諂媚的話,這是你們知道的;也沒有懷著貪婪的居心,這是神可以見證的[b]。 6 無論向你們或向其他人,我們也都沒有尋求從人來的榮耀。 7 我們身為基督的使徒,雖然可以加給你們重擔,但是我們在你們當中成了溫柔的[c],就像哺乳的母親顧惜自己的兒女那樣。 8 我們這樣眷愛你們,不僅樂意把神的福音分享給你們,連自己的生命[d]也樂意分享給你們,因為你們成了我們所愛的人。 9 弟兄們,你們記得我們的辛苦和勞碌:我們把神的福音傳給你們的時候,我們日夜做工,免得成為你們任何人的負擔。 10 你們和神可以見證:我們對你們這些信的人是多麼聖潔、公義、無可指責的。 11 正如你們知道我們怎樣待你們每一個人,就像父親待自己的兒女那樣; 12 我們鼓勵你們,安慰你們,忠告你們,為要你們行事為人配得上那召喚你們進入他國度和榮耀的神。
兩種態度
13 我們之所以也不住地感謝神,是因為你們接受了從我們所聽的神的話語,沒有把它看做人的話語,而是把它看做神的話語接受了;這確實是神的話語,而且它也正在你們這些信的人裡面做工。 14 弟兄們,你們效法了猶太地區在基督耶穌裡屬神的各教會,因為你們也受了自己同胞的苦害,就像他們受了猶太人的苦害那樣。 15 這些猶太人不但殺了主耶穌和[e]先知們,也驅逐了我們,並且不討神的喜悅,又與所有的人作對, 16 阻止我們向外邦人傳道使外邦人得救。這樣,他們常常積滿自己的罪孽,而神的[f]震怒在最後臨到了他們身上!
保羅的渴望
17 弟兄們,我們被迫暫時與你們分離——身體分離,心卻沒有;我們非常渴望並且更加努力要見你們的面, 18 所以我們想要到你們那裡去。我保羅確實一再地要去,只是撒旦攔阻了我們。 19 我們主耶穌[g]來臨的時候,在主[h]面前,到底誰是我們的盼望、喜樂和所誇耀的冠冕呢?難道不也是你們嗎? 20 的確,你們就是我們的榮耀和喜樂。
Footnotes
- 帖撒羅尼迦前書 2:3 迷惑——或譯作「錯覺」。
- 帖撒羅尼迦前書 2:5 這是神可以見證的——原文直譯「神就是見證者」。
- 帖撒羅尼迦前書 2:7 溫柔的——有古抄本作「小孩子」。
- 帖撒羅尼迦前書 2:8 生命——原文直譯「靈魂」。
- 帖撒羅尼迦前書 2:15 有古抄本附「他們自己的」。
- 帖撒羅尼迦前書 2:16 神的——輔助詞語。
- 帖撒羅尼迦前書 2:19 耶穌——有古抄本作「耶穌基督」。
- 帖撒羅尼迦前書 2:19 主——原文直譯「他」。
1 Thessalonians 2
New International Version
Paul’s Ministry in Thessalonica
2 You know, brothers and sisters, that our visit to you(A) was not without results.(B) 2 We had previously suffered(C) and been treated outrageously in Philippi,(D) as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of strong opposition.(E) 3 For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives,(F) nor are we trying to trick you.(G) 4 On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel.(H) We are not trying to please people(I) but God, who tests our hearts.(J) 5 You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed(K)—God is our witness.(L) 6 We were not looking for praise from people,(M) not from you or anyone else, even though as apostles(N) of Christ we could have asserted our authority.(O) 7 Instead, we were like young children[a] among you.
Just as a nursing mother cares for her children,(P) 8 so we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God(Q) but our lives as well.(R) 9 Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our toil and hardship; we worked(S) night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone(T) while we preached the gospel of God to you. 10 You are witnesses,(U) and so is God,(V) of how holy,(W) righteous and blameless we were among you who believed. 11 For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children,(X) 12 encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy(Y) of God, who calls(Z) you into his kingdom and glory.
13 And we also thank God continually(AA) because, when you received the word of God,(AB) which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe. 14 For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators(AC) of God’s churches in Judea,(AD) which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people(AE) the same things those churches suffered from the Jews 15 who killed the Lord Jesus(AF) and the prophets(AG) and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone 16 in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles(AH) so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit.(AI) The wrath of God has come upon them at last.[b]
Paul’s Longing to See the Thessalonians
17 But, brothers and sisters, when we were orphaned by being separated from you for a short time (in person, not in thought),(AJ) out of our intense longing we made every effort to see you.(AK) 18 For we wanted to come to you—certainly I, Paul, did, again and again—but Satan(AL) blocked our way.(AM) 19 For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown(AN) in which we will glory(AO) in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes?(AP) Is it not you? 20 Indeed, you are our glory(AQ) and joy.
Footnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Some manuscripts were gentle
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or them fully
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