The Man of Lawlessness
1Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, 2not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come. 3Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness2:3 Some manuscripts sin is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
5Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? 6And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. 9The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, 10and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.
Stand Firm
13But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits2:13 Some manuscripts because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. 14He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings2:15 Or traditions we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.
16May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, 17encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.
Nneɛma A Ɛdi Kristo Mmaeɛ Anim
1Ɛfa yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo mmaeɛ a ɔrebɛba ne boa a wɔbɛboaboa yɛn ano akɔka ne ho no, mesrɛ mo, anuanom, 2mommma mo adwene mu nnyɛ mo nnaa sɛ ɛda a Awurade reba no aduru. Ebia, na obi rehyɛ saa nkɔm no anaa obi foforɔ nso gyina so reka asɛm. Anaasɛ nso wɔka sɛ yɛn nwoma a yɛtwerɛeɛ no bi mu na saa asɛm no wɔ. 3Mommma obiara nnaadaa mo saa ɛkwan yi so. Saa Ɛda no remma da gye sɛ atuateɛ a ɛtwa toɔ no aba ama wɔada ɔbɔnefoɔ no a ɔbɛkɔ daa ɔsɛeɛ mu no adi. 4Biribiara a nnipa som na wɔbu no kronkron no, ɔbɛtia mu. Ɔbɛkorɔn ne ho wɔ ne nyinaa so na wakɔtena Onyankopɔn asɔredan mu na waka sɛ ɔno ne Onyankopɔn.
5Monkae sɛ ɛberɛ a me ne mo wɔ hɔ no, na metaa ka yeinom nyinaa kyerɛ mo. 6Nanso, biribi na atwe no asɛn, na sɛ ɛberɛ no duru a, ɔbɛba. 7Ɔbɔnefoɔ no di ne dwuma dada na deɛ ɛbɛba no remma da gye sɛ wɔayi deɛ ɔkura ne mu no afiri hɔ. 8Ɛno ansa na ɔbɔnefoɔ no bɛba, na Awurade Yesu nam nʼanom home so bɛtu no agu, na ɔde ne ba a ɔbɛba no mu animuonyam asɛe no. 9Ɔbɔnefoɔ no nam ɔbonsam tumi so na ɛbɛba na wabɛyɛ anwanwadeɛ ne nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ, 10na ɔnam bɔne so adaadaa wɔn a wɔbɛyera no. Wɔbɛyera, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔannye nokorɛ no anto mu, annɔ nokorɛ no amma wɔannya nkwa. 11Yei enti, Onyankopɔn resoma nnaadaa tumi ma akɔhyɛ wɔn mu ama wɔagye nsɛm a ɛnyɛ nokorɛ adi. 12Awieeɛ no ara ne sɛ, wɔn a wɔnnye nokorɛ no nni na wɔn ani gye bɔne ho no, wɔbɛbu wɔn atɛn.
13Anuanom, ɛsɛ sɛ ɛberɛ biara yɛda Onyankopɔn ase ma mo a Awurade dɔ mo no. Ɛfiri sɛ, ɛnam Honhom no tumi so na Onyankopɔn yii mo sɛ nnipa a modi ɛkan a wɔbɛgye mo nkwa na wɔayɛ mo Onyankopɔn nkurɔfoɔ kronkron wɔ mo gyidie a mowɔ wɔ nokorɛ mu no mu. 14Onyankopɔn nam Asɛmpa no so frɛɛ mo sɛdeɛ mo ne Awurade Yesu Kristo bɛtena nʼanimuonyam no mu.
15Enti, anuanom, monnyina pintinn na monka mo ho mmata nokorɛ a yɛkyerɛɛ mo wɔ asɛnka ne yɛn nwoma no mu no.
16Yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo no ankasa ne yɛn Agya Onyankopɔn a ɔdɔ yɛn na ɔnam nʼadom mu ahyɛ yɛn daa nkuran ne anidasoɔ pa no, 17nkyekyere mo werɛ, na ɔnhyɛ mo den asɛm ne adwuma pa nyinaa mu.
