¹Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to him, we ask you

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።

²not to be quickly shaken in your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by letter as from us, saying that the day of Christ had come.

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

³Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,

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።

⁴he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.

⁵ገና ከእናንተ ጋር ሳለሁ፥ ይህን እንዳልኋችሁ ትዝ አይላችሁምን?

⁵Don’t you remember that, when I was still with you, I told you these things?

⁶በገዛ ራሱ ጊዜም ይገለጥ ዘንድ፥ የሚከለክለውን አሁን ታውቃላችሁ።

⁶Now you know what is restraining him, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.

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

⁷For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way.

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

⁸Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;

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

⁹even he whose coming is according to 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 deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive 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፤

¹¹Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie;

¹⁴ለዚህም የጌታችንን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ክብር ለማግኘት በወንጌላችን ጠራችሁ።

¹²that they all might be judged who didn’t believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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

¹³But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;

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

¹⁴to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵So then, brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word, or by letter.

¹⁶Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

¹⁷comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.