2 Thessalonians 1 1 2 Thessalonians Encouragement in persecution Arabic Literal Text A short follow-up letter correcting the idea that the day of the Lord had already come, and urging steady, working faith.
1 GLT بُولُسُ وَسِلْوَانُسُ وَتِيمُوثَاوُسُ، إِلَى كَنِيسَةِ ٱلتَّسَالُونِيكِيِّينَ، فِي ٱللهِ أَبِينَا وَٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ: BSB BSB: Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
2 GLT نِعْمَةٌ لَكُمْ وَسَلَامٌ مِنَ ٱللهِ أَبِينَا وَٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ. BSB BSB: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 GLT يَنْبَغِي لَنَا أَنْ نَشْكُرَ ٱللهَ كُلَّ حِينٍ مِنْ جِهَتِكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ كَمَا يَحِقُّ، لِأَنَّ إِيمَانَكُمْ يَنْمُو كَثِيرًا، وَمَحَبَّةُ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ جَمِيعًا بَعْضِكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ تَزْدَادُ، BSB BSB: We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
4 GLT حَتَّى إِنَّنَا نَحْنُ أَنْفُسَنَا نَفْتَخِرُ بِكُمْ فِي كَنَائِسِ ٱللهِ، مِنْ أَجْلِ صَبْرِكُمْ وَإِيمَانِكُمْ فِي جَمِيعِ ٱضْطِهَادَاتِكُمْ وَٱلضِّيقَاتِ ٱلَّتِي تَحْتَمِلُونَهَا، BSB BSB: That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring.
5 GLT بَيِّنَةً عَلَى قَضَاءِ ٱللهِ ٱلْعَادِلِ، أَنَّكُمْ تُؤَهَّلُونَ لِمَلَكُوتِ ٱللهِ ٱلَّذِي لِأَجْلِهِ تَتَأَلَّمُونَ أَيْضًا. BSB BSB: All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.
6 GLT إِذْ هُوَ عَادِلٌ عِنْدَ ٱللهِ أَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُضَايِقُونَكُمْ يُجَازِيهِمْ ضِيقًا، BSB BSB: After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
7 GLT وَإِيَّاكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ تَتَضَايَقُونَ رَاحَةً مَعَنَا، عِنْدَ ٱسْتِعْلَانِ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ مَعَ مَلَائِكَةِ قُوَّتِهِ، BSB BSB: and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels
8 GLT فِي نَارِ لَهِيبٍ، مُعْطِيًا نَقْمَةً لِلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ ٱللهَ، وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُطِيعُونَ إِنْجِيلَ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، BSB BSB: in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
10 GLT مَتَى جَاءَ لِيَتَمَجَّدَ فِي قِدِّيسِيهِ وَيُتَعَجَّبَ مِنْهُ فِي جَمِيعِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ. لِأَنَّ شَهَادَتَنَا عِنْدَكُمْ صُدِّقَتْ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ. BSB BSB: on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who have believed our testimony.
11 GLT ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِي لِأَجْلِهِ نُصَلِّي أَيْضًا كُلَّ حِينٍ مِنْ جِهَتِكُمْ: أَنْ يُؤَهِّلَكُمْ إِلَهُنَا لِلدَّعْوَةِ، وَيُكَمِّلَ كُلَّ مَسَرَّةِ ٱلصَّلَاحِ وَعَمَلَ ٱلْإِيمَانِ بِقُوَّةٍ، BSB BSB: To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill your every good desire and work of faith,
12 GLT لِكَيْ يَتَمَجَّدَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ فِيكُمْ، وَأَنْتُمْ فِيهِ، بِنِعْمَةِ إِلَهِنَا وَٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ. BSB BSB: so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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