Thessalonicenses Ii 2

1 Rogamus autem vos fratres per adventum Domini nostri Iesu Christi, et nostrae congregationis in ipsum:

Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him, we ask you

2 ut non cito moveamini a vestro sensu, neque terreamini, neque per spiritum, neque per sermonem, neque per epistolam tamquam per nos missam, quasi instet dies Domini.

not to be quickly shaken in your mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter as if from us, saying that the day of Christ has already come.

3 Nequis vos seducat ullo modo: quoniam nisi venerit discessio primum, et revelatus fuerit homo peccati, filius perditionis,

Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction.

4 qui adversatur, et extollitur supra omne, quod dicitur Deus, aut quod colitur, ita ut in templo Dei sedeat ostendens se tamquam sit Deus.

He opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.

5 Non retinetis quod cum adhuc essem apud vos, haec dicebam vobis?

Don’t you remember that when I was still with you, I told you these things?

6 Et nunc quid detineat scitis, ut reveletur in suo tempore.

Now you know what is restraining him, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.

7 Nam mysterium iam operatur iniquitatis: tantum ut qui tenet nunc, teneat, donec de medio fiat.

For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way.

8 Et tunc revelabitur ille iniquus, quem Dominus Iesus interficiet spiritu oris sui, et destruet illustratione adventus sui eum:

Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;

9 cuius est adventus secundum operationem satanae in omni virtute, et signis, et prodigiis mendacibus,

even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

10 et in omni seductione iniquitatis iis, qui pereunt: eo quod charitatem veritatis non receperunt ut salvi fierent.

and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11 Ideo mittet illis Deus operationem erroris ut credant mendacio,

Because of this, God sends them a powerful delusion, that they should believe a lie,

12 ut iudicentur omnes, qui non crediderunt veritati, sed consenserunt iniquitati.

that they all might be judged who didn’t believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

13 Nos autem debemus gratias agere Deo semper pro vobis fratres dilecti a Deo, quod elegerit vos Deus primitias in salutem in sanctificatione spiritus, et in fide veritatis:

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,

14 in qua et vocavit vos per Evangelium nostrum in acquisitionem gloriae Domini nostri Iesu Christi.

to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15 Itaque fratres state: et tenete traditiones, quas didicistis, sive per sermonem, sive per epistolam nostram.

So then, brothers, stand firm and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word or by letter.

16 Ipse autem Dominus noster Iesus Christus, et Deus et Pater noster, qui dilexit nos, et dedit consolationem aeternam, et spem bonam in gratia, (aiōnios g166)

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, (aiōnios g166)

17 exhortetur corda vestra, et confirmet in omni opere, et sermone bono.

comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.