2 Tessalonisense 1

1 Ek, Paulus, saam met tSilvanus en Timoteus, skryf hierdie brief vir julle, julle wat die gemeente in Tessalonika is en wat behoort aan God ons Vader en aan die Here Jesus Christus.

2 Ons groet julle. Ons bid dat God ons Vader en die Here Jesus Christus tgenadig sal wees vir julle en dat Hy vrede vir julle sal gee.

God sal ons oordeel wanneer Christus weer kom

4 Daarom sê ons mooi dinge oor julle in die ander gemeentes van God. Ons vertel vir hulle dat julle aanhou om lief te wees vir God en dat julle aanhou om vas te glo, ook wanneer julle baie swaar kry omdat mense baie slegte dinge aan julle doen en julle verdruk.
5 Julle kry swaar, en dit wys dat God reg toordeel oor mense. Julle kry nou swaar omdat julle behoort aan God wat Koning is, maar so maak God julle gereed vir die tyd wanneer Hy Koning sal wees oor almal. 6 God doen reg, want Hy sal die mense wat vir julle verdruk, ook laat swaarkry. 7 Julle kry nou swaar, maar God sal julle help sodat julle en ook ons nie meer sal swaarkry nie. Hy sal dit doen wanneer Hy uit die hemel die Here Jesus vir al die mense sal wys sodat hulle Hom sal sien. Dit sal gebeur wanneer Jesus van die hemel af kom saam met sy sterk tengele. 8 Dit sal wees soos ’n vuur wat brand. Hy sal almal straf wat nie vir God ken nie, dit is almal wat nie wou luister nie toe ons die goeie boodskap van ons Here Jesus gebring het. 9 Hierdie mense se straf sal wees dat dit vir altyd baie sleg sal gaan met hulle, want die Here sal nie by hulle wees nie. Hulle sal nie kan sien dat Hy ’n Koning is wat alles kan doen nie.

10 Daardie dag wanneer Jesus kom, sal al die tgelowiges vir Hom sê hulle is bly dat Hy kom en dat Hy hulle Koning is. Almal wat in Hom glo, sal Hom prys. Julle sal dit ook doen omdat julle geglo het wat ons vir julle vertel het.
11 Ons bid altyd vir julle dat ons God julle gereed sal maak om te lewe soos Hy wil hê. Hy het julle gekies om aan Hom te behoort. Ons bid dat God die goeie dinge sal klaarmaak wat julle begin doen het, die dinge wat julle doen omdat julle in Hom glo. Want God het die krag, Hy kan dit doen. 12 Ons bid dat God dit sal doen sodat julle ons Here Jesus se Naam kan prys en sodat Hy vir julle ook kan prys. Al hierdie dinge kan net gebeur omdat ons God en die Here Jesus Christus goed is vir julle.

2 Thessalonians 1

1 I, Paul, am writing this letter. Silas and Timothy join me in writing.
We are sending this letter to you, the members of the church in Thessalonica. You belong to God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 May God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.

Paul Prays and Gives Thanks

3 Brothers and sisters, we should always thank God for you. That is only right, because your faith is growing more and more. The love you all have for each other is increasing.4 So among God's churches we brag about the fact that you don't give up easily. We brag about your faith in all the suffering and testing you are going through.
5 All of this proves that when God judges, he is fair. So you will be considered worthy to enter God's kingdom. You are suffering for his kingdom.
6 God is fair. He will pay back trouble to those who give you trouble.7 He will help you who are troubled. And he will also help us.
All of those things will happen when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come in blazing fire. He will come with the angels who are given the power to do what God wants.8 He will punish those who don't know God. He will punish those who don't obey the good news about our Lord Jesus.9 They will be destroyed forever. They will be shut out of heaven. They will never see the glory of the Lord's power.
10 All of those things will happen when he comes. On that day his glory will be seen in his holy people. Everyone who has believed will be amazed when they see him. That includes you, because you believed the witness we gave you.
11 Keeping this in mind, we never stop praying for you. Our God has chosen you. We pray that he will consider you worthy of his choice. We pray that by his power he will make every good thing you have planned come true. We pray that he will make perfect all that you have done by faith.12 We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus will receive glory through what you have done. We also pray that you will receive glory through what he has done. We pray all these things in keeping with the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.