2 Thessalonika 1

1 Paul, Silvanas neh Timothy loh Thessalonika kah hlangboel te a pa Pathen neh Boeipa Jesuh Khrih ah kan yaak sakuh.

[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 A pa Pathen neh Boeipa Jesuh Khrih lamkah lungvatnah neh ngaimongnah nangmih taengah om saeh.

[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 Manuca rhoek nangmih ham Pathen te uem yoeyah ham ka kuek uh. Te tla a om tueng pai. Nangmih kah tangnah te rhoeng khunghak tih nangmih boeih pakhat rhip lungnah tah pakhat taengla pungtai.

[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 Nangmih kah uehnah neh nangmih taengkah hnaemtaeknah, phacip phabaem boeih khaw tangnah neh na yaknaem uh. Te dongah kaimih khaw Pathen kah hlangboel rhoek lakliah nangmih ham ka pomsang uh.

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 Pathen kah aka dueng laitloeknah te a mingphanah ni. Pathen ram neh na tiing uh ham dongah te ham te na patang uh van.

[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 Hmaitak khuiah amah kah thaomnah puencawn rhoek neh vaan lamkah Boeipa Jesuh kah a pumphoenah dongah,

[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 phacip phabaem neh nangmih aka lawn rhoek khaw, hlang aka lawn nangmih khaw, kaimih taengkah hilhoemnah neh sah ham he Pathen hmaiah dueng ngawn.

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 Pathen aka ming pawt rhoek neh mamih Boeipa Jesuh kah olthangthen aka ngai pawt rhoek te kutthungnah a paek.

[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 Te rhoek tah Boeipa mikhmuh lamkah neh a thadueng kah thangpomnah lamloh kumhal rhawpnah te dantatnah la a paek ni. (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 Ha pawk vaengah a hlangcim rhoek neh thangpom uh vetih aka tangnah rhoek boeih khuiah a ngaihmang uh ni. Tekah khohnin ah nangmih taengah kaimih kah laipai te a tangnah uh coeng.

[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 Te dongah nangmih ham khaw ka thangthui uh taitu. Te daengah ni mamih kah Pathen loh n'khuenah neh na tingtawk uh vetih boethennah kah kolonah neh saithainah loh tangnah bibi boeih a soep sak eh.

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 Te daengah ni nangmih ah mamih Boeipa Jesuh ming te a thangpom vetih mamih kah Pathen neh Boeipa Jesuh Khrih kah lungvatnah bangla amah ah nangmih khaw n'thangpom eh.

[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.