2 Thessalonians 1:6-9
New English Translation
6 For it is right[a] for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed[b] from heaven with his mighty angels.[c] 8 With flaming fire he will mete out[d] punishment on those who do not know God[e] and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They[f] will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,[g]
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- 2 Thessalonians 1:6 tn Grk “if in fact/since,” as a continuation of the preceding.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:7 tn Grk “at the revelation of the Lord Jesus.”
- 2 Thessalonians 1:7 tn Grk “angels of power,” translated as an attributive genitive.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8 tn Grk “meting out,” as a description of Jesus Christ in v. 7. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 8 in the translation.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8 sn An allusion to Jer 10:25, possibly also to Ps 79:6 and Isa 66:15.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:9 tn Grk “who,” describing the people mentioned in v. 8. A new sentence was started here in the translation by replacing the relative pronoun with a personal pronoun.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:9 tn Or “power,” or “might.” The construction can also be translated as an attributed genitive: “from his glorious strength” (cf. TEV “glorious might”; CEV “glorious strength”; NLT “glorious power”).sn An allusion to Isa 2:10, 19, 21.
Matthew 13:40-43
New English Translation
40 As[a] the poisonous weeds[b] are collected and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers.[c] 42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace,[d] where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.[e] The one who has ears had better listen![f]
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- Matthew 13:40 tn Grk “Therefore as.” Here οὖν (oun) has not been translated.
- Matthew 13:40 tn Or “the darnels.”
- Matthew 13:41 tn Grk “the ones who practice lawlessness.”
- Matthew 13:42 sn A quotation from Dan 3:6.
- Matthew 13:43 sn An allusion to Dan 12:3.
- Matthew 13:43 tn The translation “had better listen!” captures the force of the third person imperative more effectively than the traditional “let him hear,” which sounds more like a permissive than an imperative to the modern English reader. This was Jesus’ common expression to listen and heed carefully (cf. Matt 11:15; 13:9; Mark 4:9, 23; Luke 8:8; 14:35).
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