2 Tessalonikerne 3
1 For øvrig, brødre, bed for oss at Herrens ord må ha fremgang og bli forherliget likesom hos eder,
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 og at vi må bli fridd fra de vrange og onde mennesker; for troen er ikke alles sak.
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 Men Herren er trofast; han skal styrke eder og bevare eder fra det onde.
[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 Vi har den tillit til eder i Herren at I både gjør og herefter vil gjøre det vi byder eder.
[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 Og Herren styre eders hjerter til å elske Gud og til å vente på Kristus med tålmodighet!
[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 Men vi byder eder, brødre, i vår Herre Jesu Kristi navn at I skal dra eder tilbake fra enhver bror som vandrer utilbørlig og ikke efter den lærdom som de fikk av oss.
[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 I vet jo selv hvorledes I bør efterfølge oss; for vi levde ikke utilbørlig iblandt eder,
[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 heller ikke åt vi brød hos nogen for intet, men med strev og møie arbeidet vi natt og dag, forat vi ikke skulde være nogen av eder til byrde;
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 ikke fordi vi ikke har rett til det, men for å gi eder et forbillede i oss, forat I skulde efterfølge oss;
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 for da vi var hos eder, bød vi eder jo og dette at hvis nogen ikke vil arbeide, skal han heller ikke ete.
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 For vi hører at nogen iblandt eder vandrer utilbørlig og ikke arbeider, men gir sig av med ting som ikke kommer dem ved.
[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 Men sådanne byder og formaner vi i den Herre Jesus Kristus at de skal arbeide i stillhet og ete sitt eget brød.
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 Men I, brødre, bli ikke trette av å gjøre det som rett er!
Fellow believers! Do not ever get tired of doing what is right!
14 Men dersom nogen ikke lyder vårt ord her i brevet, da merk eder ham; ha ingen omgang med ham, forat han må gå i sig selv,
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 og hold ham ikke for en fiende, men forman ham som en bror!
Do not think of him as though he was [your] enemy; instead, warn him as [you would warn your other] fellow believers.
16 Og han, fredens Herre, gi eder fred alltid, i alle måter! Herren være med eder alle!
[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 Hilsen med min, Paulus' hånd; dette er et merke i hvert brev; således skriver jeg:
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 Vår Herre Jesu Kristi nåde være med eder alle!
I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will continue to act kindly to you all.
