Mommɔ Mpaeɛ Mma Yɛn
1Anuanom, asɛm a ɛtwa toɔ ne sɛ, mommɔ mpaeɛ mma yɛn sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a Awurade asɛm bɛkɔ so atrɛ ntɛm sɛdeɛ ɛyɛɛ wɔ mo mu no. 2Afei, mommɔ mpaeɛ mma yɛn sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a Onyankopɔn bɛyi yɛn afiri abɔnefoɔ ne nsɛmmɔnedifoɔ nsam. Ɛfiri sɛ, ɛnyɛ nnipa nyinaa na wɔgye asɛm no di. 3Nanso, Awurade yɛ ɔnokwafoɔ. Ɔbɛhyɛ mo den na wagye mo afiri ɔbɔnefoɔ no nsam. 4Awurade ama yɛn mo mu anidasoɔ. Yɛwɔ anidasoɔ sɛ moreyɛ na mobɛkɔ so ayɛ biribiara a yɛbɛkyerɛ mo sɛ monyɛ no. 5Awurade nka mo ho na monnya ɔdɔ akoma sɛ Onyankopɔn ne abodwokyɛreɛ sɛ Kristo.
Aniha Ho Kɔkɔbɔ
6Anuanom, yɛhyɛ mo wɔ Awurade Yesu Kristo din mu sɛ, montwe mo ho mfiri anuanom a wɔdi aniha na wɔnni mmara a yɛahyɛ ama wɔn no so no ho. 7Mo ankasa monim pefee sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ moyɛ deɛ yɛyɛeɛ no bi pɛpɛɛpɛ. Ɛberɛ a na yɛwɔ mo nkyɛn no, yɛanyɛ aniha. 8Obi ammoa yɛn a yɛantua onii no ka. Yɛyɛɛ adwuma dendeenden. Awia ne anadwo nyinaa yɛyɛɛ adwuma sɛdeɛ yɛremfa sikasɛm biara nha mo adwene. 9Yei nkyerɛ sɛ na yɛnni ho ɛkwan sɛ yɛbisa mo biribi de boa yɛn asetena. Yɛyɛɛ saa de yɛɛ nhwɛsoɔ maa mo. 10Yɛwɔ mo nkyɛn no, yɛka kyerɛɛ mo sɛ, “Obiara a ɔmpɛ sɛ ɔyɛ adwuma no, ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔma ɔdidi.”
11Yɛka saa asɛm yi, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛte sɛ mo mu bi yɛ anihafoɔ a wɔnyɛ hwee sɛ wɔnenam nkurɔfoɔ nnwuma ase. 12Yɛde Awurade Yesu Kristo din hyɛ wɔn, bɔ wɔn kɔkɔ sɛ, wɔmmɔ bra pa na wɔnyɛ adwuma mfa mmɔ wɔn ho akɔnhoma. 13Anuanom monnnyae papayɛ da.
14Obi wɔ hɔ a ɔrentie nwoma a matwerɛ abrɛ mo yi mu nsɛm. Sɛ mohunu obi saa a, monhwɛ no yie na montwe mo ho mfiri ne ho na nʼanim ngu ase. 15Nanso, mommfa saa onipa no sɛ ɔyɛ ɔtamfoɔ na mmom, mommɔ no kɔkɔ sɛ mo nua.
16Na ɔno asomdwoeɛ Awurade no ara mma mo asomdwoeɛ daa adeɛ nyinaa mu. Awurade ne mo nyinaa ntena.
17Me ara me Paulo, me nsa ano atwerɛ a menam so rekyea mo ni. Saa ɛkwan yi ara so na mefa twerɛ nwoma.
18Yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo adom nka mo nyinaa.
Paul Asks for Prayer
1Now I want to talk about some other matters. Brothers and sisters, pray for us. Pray that the Lord’s message will spread quickly. Pray that others will honor it just as you did. 2And pray that we will be saved from sinful and evil people. Not everyone is a believer. 3But the Lord is faithful. He will strengthen you. He will guard you from the evil one. 4We trust in the Lord. So we are sure that you are doing the things we tell you to do. And we are sure that you will keep on doing them. 5May the Lord fill your hearts with God’s love. May Christ give you the strength to go on.
Paul Warns Those Who Do Not Want to Work
6Brothers and sisters, here is a command we give you. We give it in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Keep away from every believer who doesn’t want to work and makes trouble. Keep away from any believer who doesn’t live up to the teaching you received from us. 7You know how you should follow our example. We worked when we were with you. 8We didn’t eat anyone’s food without paying for it. In fact, it was just the opposite. We worked night and day. We worked very hard so that we wouldn’t cause any expense to any of you. 9We worked, even though we have the right to receive help from you. We did it in order to be a model for you to follow. 10Even when we were with you, we gave you a rule. We said, “Anyone who won’t work shouldn’t be allowed to eat.”
11We hear that some people among you don’t want to work and are making trouble. They aren’t really busy. Instead, they are bothering others. 12We belong to the Lord Jesus Christ. So we strongly command people like that to settle down. They have to earn the food they eat. 13Brothers and sisters, don’t ever get tired of doing what is good.
14Keep an eye on anyone who doesn’t obey the teachings in our letter. Don’t have anything to do with that person. Then they will feel ashamed. 15But don’t think of them as an enemy. Instead, warn them as you would warn another believer.
Final Greetings
16May the Lord who gives peace give you peace at all times and in every way. May the Lord be with all of you.
17I, Paul, write this greeting in my own handwriting. That’s how I prove that I am the author of all my letters. I always do it that way.
18May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
