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

¹Prosimo pa vas, bratje, zaradi prihoda Gospoda našega Jezusa Kristusa in shoda našega ž njim,

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.

²da se ne daste hitro premekniti od zdravega uma in se ne ustrašite ne po duhu, ne po besedi, ne po listu, kakor da je od nas, da je že nastopil dan Gospodov.

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;

³Naj vas nikakor nihče ne preslepi: kajti tega dneva ne bo, če prej ne pride odpad in se ne razodene ‚človek greha‘, ‚pogube sin‘,

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.

⁴ki se upira in povzdiguje zoper vse, kar se zove Bog ali kar se po božje časti, tako da samega sebe posadi v svetišče Božje in kaže sebe, da je Bog.

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

⁵Ali se ne spominjate, da sem vam, ko sem bil še pri vas, rekel to?

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

⁶In sedaj veste, kaj ga zadržuje, da bi bil razodet ob svojem času.

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

⁷Kajti skrivnost krivice je že delavna; treba samo, da bo odpravljen, ki ga zadržuje sedaj.

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:

⁸In tedaj se razodene Krivičnik, ki ga Gospod Jezus uniči z dihom svojih ust in pokonča s prikaznijo prihoda svojega:

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

⁹njega, ki pride po delovanju satanovem z vso močjo in z znamenji in čudeži lažnivimi

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

¹⁰in s sleherno prevaro krivice za te, ki gredo v pogubo, zato ker niso sprejeli ljubezni resnice, da bi se rešili.

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

¹¹In zato jim pošilja Bog močno delovanje zmote, da verujejo laži;

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

¹²da bodo sojeni vsi, ki niso verovali resnici, ampak jim je ugajala krivica.

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:

¹³Mi pa smo dolžni zahvaljevati Boga vedno za vas, bratje ljubljeni od Gospoda, da vas je Bog izvolil od začetka za zveličanje v posvečenju Duha in v veri v resnico;

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

¹⁴za kar vas je poklical po evangeliju našem, da dosežete slavo Gospoda našega Jezusa Kristusa.

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

¹⁵Zatorej stojte trdno, bratje, in hranite izročila, ki ste se jih naučili bodisi po besedi ali po listu našem.

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,

¹⁶Sam pa Gospod naš Jezus Kristus in Bog Oče naš, ki nas je ljubil in nam dal večno tolažbo in dobro upanje po milosti,naj potolaži srca vaša in vas utrdi v slehernem dobrem delu in govoru.

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

¹⁷naj potolaži srca vaša in vas utrdi v slehernem dobrem delu in govoru.