¹Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

¹ነገር ግን፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ስለ ጌታችን ስለ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ መምጣትና ወደ እርሱ ስለ መሰብሰባችን፥ በመንፈስ ወይም በቃል ወይም ከእኛ እንደሚመጣ በመልእክት። የጌታ ቀን ደርሶአል ብላችሁ፥ ከአእምሮአችሁ ቶሎ እንዳትናወጡ እንዳትደነግጡም እንለምናችኋለን።

²That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

³ማንም በማናቸውም መንገድ አያስታችሁ፤ ክህደቱ አስቀድሞ ሳይመጣና የዓመፅ ሰው እርሱም የጥፋት ልጅ ሳይገለጥ፥ አይደርስምና።

³Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

⁴እኔ እግዚአብሔር ነኝ ብሎ አዋጅ እየነገረ በእግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ እስኪቀመጥ ድረስ፥ አምላክ ከተባለው ሁሉ፥ ሰዎችም ከሚያመልኩት ሁሉ በላይ ራሱን ከፍ ከፍ የሚያደርገው ተቃዋሚ እርሱ ነው።

⁴Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

⁵ገና ከእናንተ ጋር ሳለሁ፥ ይህን እንዳልኋችሁ ትዝ አይላችሁምን?

⁵Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

⁶በገዛ ራሱ ጊዜም ይገለጥ ዘንድ፥ የሚከለክለውን አሁን ታውቃላችሁ።

⁶And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

⁷የዓመፅ ምሥጢር አሁን ይሠራልና፤ ብቻ ከመንገድ እስኪወገድ ድረስ አሁን የሚከለክል አለ።

⁷For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

⁸በዚያም ጊዜ ጌታ ኢየሱስ በአፉ መንፈስ የሚያጠፋው፥ ሲመጣም በመገለጡ የሚሽረው ዓመፀኛ ይገለጣል፤

⁸And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

⁹ይድኑ ዘንድ የእውነትን ፍቅር ስላልተቀበሉ ለሚጠፉ፥ የእርሱ መምጣት በተአምራት ሁሉና በምልክቶች በሐሰተኞች ድንቆችም በዓመፅም መታለል ሁሉ እንደ ሰይጣን አሠራር ነው።

⁹Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

¹¹ስለዚህም ምክንያት፥ በእውነት ያላመኑ ነገር ግን በዓመፅ ደስ ይላቸው የነበሩ ሁሉ ፍርድን እንዲቀበሉ፥ ሐሰትን ያምኑ ዘንድ እግዚአብሔር የስሕተትን አሠራር ይልክባቸዋል።

¹⁰And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

¹³እኛ ግን፥ በጌታ የተወደዳችሁ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ሁልጊዜ ስለ እናንተ እግዚአብሔርን ልናመሰግን ግድ አለብን፥ እግዚአብሔር በመንፈስ መቀደስ እውነትንም በማመን ለመዳን እንደ በኵራት መርጦአችኋልና፤

¹¹And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

¹⁴ለዚህም የጌታችንን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ክብር ለማግኘት በወንጌላችን ጠራችሁ።

¹²That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

¹⁵እንግዲያስ፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ጸንታችሁ ቁሙ፥ በቃላችንም ቢሆን ወይም በመልእክታችን የተማራችሁትን ወግ ያዙ።

¹³But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

¹⁶ራሱ ጌታችን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስና የወደደን በጸጋም የዘላለምን መጽናናት በጎንም ተስፋ የሰጠን እግዚአብሔር አባታችን ልባችሁን ያጽናኑት በበጎም ሥራና በቃል ሁሉ ያጽኑአችሁ።

¹⁴Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

¹⁶Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

¹⁷Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.