2 Tesalonica 3
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version
Kahilingang Panalangin
3 Bilang pangwakas, mga kapatid, ipanalangin ninyo kami upang ang salita ng Panginoon ay mabilis na lumaganap at pahalagahan ng lahat, tulad ng nangyari sa inyo. 2 Idalangin din ninyong mailigtas kami mula sa mga taong masasama at makasalanan. Hindi naman lahat ay sumasampalataya. 3 Ngunit tapat ang Panginoon; siya ang magpapalakas sa inyo at magbabantay sa inyo laban sa Masama. 4 Nagtitiwala kami sa Panginoon na ginagawa ninyo at patuloy na sinusunod ang mga iniutos namin. 5 Gabayan nawa ng Panginoon ang inyong kalooban tungo sa pag-ibig ng Diyos at pagpupunyagi ni Cristo.
Babala Laban sa Katamaran
6 Mga kapatid, inuutusan namin kayo sa ngalan ng Panginoong Jesu-Cristo na umiwas sa sinumang kapatid na tamad at hindi namumuhay ayon sa itinuro namin sa inyo. 7 Alam naman ninyong dapat ninyo kaming tularan. Hindi kami naging tamad nang kami'y kasama ninyo. 8 Hindi kami kumain ng tinapay ng sinuman nang hindi nagbabayad. Nagtrabaho kami gabi't araw upang hindi kami makabigat kaninuman sa inyo. 9 Ginawa namin ito hindi dahil sa wala kaming karapatan sa inyong tulong, kundi upang bigyan kayo ng halimbawang dapat ninyong sundan. 10 Noon pa mang kasama ninyo kami'y ganito na ang iniutos namin sa inyo: Huwag ninyong pakainin ang sinumang ayaw magtrabaho. 11 Binanggit namin ito dahil nabalitaan namin na ang ilan sa inyo'y tamad at ayaw magtrabaho. Wala silang inaatupag kundi ang makialam sa buhay ng may buhay. 12 Alang-alang sa Panginoon, inuutusan namin ang mga ganoong tao na magtrabaho nang maayos para sa sarili nilang ikabubuhay. 13 Para sa inyo, mga kapatid, huwag kayong mapapagod sa paggawa ng mabuti. 14 Tandaan ninyo ang sinuman na ayaw sumunod sa tagubilin namin sa sulat na ito. Iwasan ninyo siya upang siya'y mapahiya. 15 Ngunit huwag naman ninyo siyang ituring na kaaway; sa halip ay paalalahanan ninyo siya bilang kapatid.
Pagpapala
16 Ang Panginoon na bukal ng kapayapaan ang siya nawang magkaloob sa inyo ng kapayapaan sa lahat ng paraan at pagkakataon. Sumainyong lahat ang Panginoon.
17 Ako mismong si Pablo ang sumulat ng pagbating ito. Ito ang tanda sa lahat ng aking mga liham. Ganito akong sumulat. 18 Ang kagandahang-loob ng Panginoong Jesu-Cristo ang sumainyong lahat.
2 Thessalonians 3
Common English Bible
Prayer request
3 Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us so that the Lord’s message will spread quickly and be honored, just like it happened with you. 2 Pray too that we will be rescued from inappropriate and evil people since everyone that we meet won’t respond with faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful and will give you strength and protect you from the evil one. 4 We are confident about you in the Lord—that you are doing and will keep doing what we tell you to do. 5 May the Lord lead your hearts to express God’s love and Christ’s endurance.
Discipline for the undisciplined
6 Brothers and sisters, we command you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to stay away from every brother or sister who lives an undisciplined life that is not in line with the traditions that you received from us. 7 You yourselves know how you need to imitate us because we were not undisciplined when we were with you. 8 We didn’t eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, we worked night and day with effort and hard work so that we would not impose on you. 9 We did this to give you an example to imitate, not because we didn’t have a right to insist on financial support. 10 Even when we were with you we were giving you this command: “If anyone doesn’t want to work, they shouldn’t eat.” 11 We hear that some of you are living an undisciplined life. They aren’t working, but they are meddling in other people’s business. 12 By the Lord Jesus Christ, we command and encourage such people to work quietly and put their own food on the table. 13 Brothers and sisters, don’t get discouraged in doing what is right. 14 Take note of anyone who doesn’t obey what we have said in this letter. Don’t associate with them so they will be ashamed of themselves. 15 Don’t treat them like enemies, but warn them like you would do for a brother or sister.
Final greeting
16 May the Lord of peace himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with all of you. 17 I, Paul, am writing this greeting with my own hand. This verifies that the letter is from me, as in every letter of mine. This is how I write. 18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you.
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