Nneɛma A Edi Kristo Ba Anim
1Nea ɛfa yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo ba a ɔrebɛba ne boa a wɔbɛboaboa yɛn ano akɔka ne ho no ho no, mesrɛ mo anuanom, 2mommma mo adwene mu nnyɛ mo nnaa sɛ da a Awurade reba no adu. Ebia na obi rehyɛ saa nkɔm no anaa obi foforo nso gyina so reka asɛm. Anaasɛ nso wɔka se yɛn nhoma a yɛkyerɛwee no bi mu na saa asɛm no wɔ. 3Mommma obiara nnaadaa mo saa wɔ ɔkwan yi so. Saa da no remma da, gye sɛ atuatew a etwa to no aba ama wɔada ɔbɔnefo no a ɔbɛkɔ daa ɔsɛe mu no adi. 4Ɔbɛsɔre atia biribiara a nnipa som na wobu no kronkron no; na ɔbɛkorɔn ne ho wɔ ne nyinaa so na wakɔtena Onyankopɔn asɔredan mu na waka se ɔno ne Onyankopɔn.
5Monkae sɛ bere a me ne mo wɔ hɔ no, na metaa ka eyinom nyinaa kyerɛ mo. 6Na mprempren munim nea abɔ ne ba no asɛn no sɛnea wɔbɛda no adi akyerɛ mo wɔ bere pa mu. 7Ɔbɔnefo no di ne dwuma dedaw na nea ɛbɛba no remma da, gye sɛ wɔayi nea okura ne mu no afi hɔ ansa. 8Ɛno ansa na ɔbɔnefo no bɛba, na Awurade Yesu nam nʼanom home so betu no agu, na ɔde ne ba a ɔbɛba no mu anuonyam asɛe no. 9Ɔbɔnefo no nam ɔbonsam tumi so na ɛbɛba na wabɛyɛ anwonwade ne nsɛnkyerɛnne, 10na ɔnam bɔne so adaadaa wɔn a wɔbɛyera no. Wɔbɛyera, efisɛ wɔannye nokware no anto mu, annɔ nokware no amma wɔannya nkwa. 11Eyi nti, Onyankopɔn resoma nnaadaa tumi ma akɔhyɛ wɔn mu ama wɔagye nsɛm a ɛnyɛ nokware no adi. 12Awiei no ara ne sɛ wobebu wɔn a wonnye nokware no nni na wɔn ani gye bɔne ho no atɛn.
13Anuanom, ɛsɛ sɛ bere biara yɛda Onyankopɔn ase ma mo a Awurade dɔ mo no. Efisɛ ɛnam Honhom no tumi so na Onyankopɔn yii mo sɛ nnipa a mudi kan a wobegye mo nkwa na wɔayɛ mo Onyankopɔn nkurɔfo kronkron wɔ mo gyidi a mowɔ wɔ nokware mu no mu. 14Onyankopɔn nam Asɛmpa no so frɛɛ mo sɛnea mo ne Awurade Yesu Kristo bɛtena nʼanuonyam no mu.
15Enti anuanom, munnyina pintinn na monka mo ho mmata nokware a yɛkyerɛɛ mo wɔ asɛnka ne yɛn nhoma no mu no ho.
16Yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo no ankasa ne yɛn Agya Onyankopɔn a ɔdɔ yɛn na ɔnam nʼadom mu ahyɛ yɛn daa nkuran ne anidaso pa no, 17nkyekye mo werɛ, na ɔnhyɛ mo den wɔ asɛm ne adwuma pa nyinaa mu.
The Man of Sin
1Brothers and sisters, we want to ask you something. It has to do with the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. It concerns the time when we will go to be with him. 2What if you receive a message that is supposed to have come from us? What if it says that the day of the Lord has already come? If it does, we ask you not to become easily upset or alarmed. Don’t be upset whether that message is spoken or written or prophesied. 3Don’t let anyone trick you in any way. That day will not come until people rise up against God. It will not come until the man of sin appears. He is a marked man. He is headed for ruin. 4He will oppose everything that is called God. He will oppose everything that is worshiped. He will give himself power over everything. He will set himself up in God’s temple. He will announce that he himself is God.
5Don’t you remember? When I was with you, I used to tell you these things. 6Now you know what is holding back the man of sin. He is held back so that he can make his appearance at the right time. 7The secret power of sin is already at work. But the one who now holds back that power will keep doing it until he is taken out of the way. 8Then the man of sin will appear. The Lord Jesus will overthrow him with the breath of his mouth. The glorious brightness of Jesus’ coming will destroy the man of sin. 9The coming of the man of sin will fit how Satan works. The man of sin will show his power through all kinds of signs and wonders. These signs and wonders will lead people astray. 10So people who are dying will be fooled by this evil. These people are dying because they refuse to love the truth. The truth would save them. 11So God will fool them completely. Then they will believe the lie. 12Many will not believe the truth. They will take pleasure in evil. They will be judged.
Remain Strong in the Faith
13Brothers and sisters, we should always thank God for you. The Lord loves you. That’s because God chose you as the first to be saved. Salvation comes through the Holy Spirit’s work. He makes people holy. It also comes through believing the truth. 14He chose you to be saved by accepting the good news that we preach. And you will share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15Brothers and sisters, remain strong in the faith. Hold on to what we taught you. We passed our teachings on to you by what we preached and wrote.
16Our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father loved us. By his grace God gave us comfort that will last forever. The hope he gave us is good. May our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father 17comfort your hearts. May they make you strong in every good thing you do and say.
