2 Tessalonicesi 3

1 NEL rimanente, fratelli, pregate per noi, acciocchè la parola del Signore corra, e sia glorificata, come fra voi.

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 Ed acciocchè noi siam liberati dagli uomini insolenti, e malvagi; perchè la fede non [è] di tutti.

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 Or il Signore è fedele, il quale vi raffermerà, e vi guarderà dal 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 E noi ci confidiam di voi, nel Signore, che voi fate, e farete le cose che vi ordiniamo.

[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 Or il Signore addirizzi i vostri cuori all'amor di Dio, e alla paziente aspettazione di 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 Ora, fratelli, noi vi ordiniamo, nel nome del Signor nostro Gesù Cristo, che vi ritiriate da ogni fratello che cammina disordinatamente, e non secondo l'insegnamento che ha ricevuto da noi.

[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 Perciocchè voi stessi sapete come ci conviene imitare; poichè non ci siam portati disordinatamente fra voi.

[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 E non abbiam mangiato il pane, [ricevutolo] da alcuno in dono; ma con fatica, e travaglio, lavorando notte e giorno, per non gravare alcun di voi.

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 Non già che non [ne] abbiamo la podestà; ma per darvi noi stessi per esempi, acciocchè c'imitiate.

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 Perciocchè ancora, quando eravamo fra voi, vi dinunziavamo questo: che chi non vuol lavorare non mangi.

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 Imperocchè intendiamo che fra voi ve ne sono alcuni che camminano disordinatamente, non facendo opera alcuna, ma occupandosi in cose vane.

[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 Or a tali dinunziamo, e [li] esortiamo per lo Signor nostro Gesù Cristo che lavorando quietamente, mangino il pane loro.

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 Ma, quant'è a voi, fratelli, non vi stancate facendo bene.

Fellow believers! Do not ever get tired of doing what is right!

14 E se alcuno non ubbidisce alla nostra parola, [significata] per questa epistola, notate un tale, e non vi mescolate con lui, acciocchè si vergogni.

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 Ma pur nol tenete per nemico, anzi ammonitelo come fratello.

Do not think of him as though he was [your] enemy; instead, warn him as [you would warn your other] fellow believers.

16 Or il Signore stesso della pace vi dia del continuo la pace in ogni maniera. Il Signore [sia] con tutti voi.

[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 Il saluto di man [propria] di me Paolo, che è un segnale in ogni epistola: così scrivo.

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 La grazia del Signor nostro Gesù Cristo [sia] con tutti voi. Amen.

I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will continue to act kindly to you all.