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.
Ọkùnrin aláìlófin náà
12.1: 1Tẹ 4.15-17.Ní ti bíbọ̀ Jesu Kristi Olúwa wa, àti ti ìpéjọ wa sọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀, àwa wí fún yín ará, 22.2: 2Tẹ 3.17.kí ọkàn yín má ṣe àìbalẹ̀, tàbí kí ẹ má ṣe jáyà nípa àsọtẹ́lẹ̀, ìròyìn tàbí lẹ́tà tí ó lè fi ara jọ èyí tí ó le wá láti ọ̀dọ̀ wa, tí yóò máa wí pé ọjọ́ Olúwa ti dé ná. 32.3: Ef 5.6-8; Da 7.8,25; 11.36; If 13.5; Jh 17.12.Ẹ má ṣe jẹ́ kí ẹnikẹ́ni kí ó tàn yín jẹ ní ọ̀nàkọnà, nítorí pé ọjọ́ náà kì yóò dé, bí kò ṣe pé ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ bá kọ́ ṣẹlẹ̀, tí a sì fi ẹni ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ hàn, tí í ṣe ọmọ ègbé. 42.4: El 28.2.Òun yóò lòdì sí, yóò sì gbé ara rẹ̀ ga sí gbogbo ohun tí a ń pè ní Ọlọ́run tàbí tí a ń sìn, dé ibi pé yóò gbé ara rẹ̀ jókòó nínú tẹmpili Ọlọ́run, tí yóò sì pe ara rẹ̀ ní Ọlọ́run.
52.5: 1Tẹ 3.4.Ṣé ẹ̀yin kò rántí pé nígbà tí mo wà pẹ̀lú yín, mo ń sọ àwọn nǹkan wọ̀nyí fún un yín. 6Àti pé nísinsin yìí, ẹ̀yin mọ ohun tí ń dá a dúró, kí a bá a lè fi í hàn ní àkókò rẹ̀ gan an. 7Nítorí agbára ìkọ̀kọ̀ ẹni ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ti ń ṣiṣẹ́; ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí ń dènà yóò máa ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ títí a ó fi mú un kúrò ní ọ̀nà. 82.8: Isa 11.4.Nígbà náà ni a ó fi ẹni ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ hàn, ẹni tí Jesu Olúwa yóò fi èémí ẹnu rẹ̀ pa, tí yóò sì fi ọlá ìpadàbọ̀ rẹ̀ parun. 92.9: Mt 24.24; Jh 4.48.Wíwá ẹni ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yóò rí bí iṣẹ́ Satani, gbogbo èyí tí a fihàn gẹ́gẹ́ bí àdàmọ̀dì iṣẹ́ ìyanu, àdàmọ̀dì ààmì àti àdàmọ̀dì idán, 10Ní gbogbo ọ̀nà búburú tí a fi ń tan àwọn tí ń ṣègbé jẹ. Wọ́n ṣègbé nítorí wọ́n kọ̀ láti fẹ́ràn òtítọ́ kí wọn sì di ẹni ìgbàlà. 112.11: Ro 1.28.Nítorí ìdí èyí, Ọlọ́run rán ohun tó ń ṣiṣẹ́ ìṣìnà sí wọn kí wọn lè gba èké gbọ́, 12kí wọn kí ó lè gba ìdálẹ́bi, àní àwọn tí kò gba òtítọ́ gbọ́, ṣùgbọ́n tí wọ́n ní inú dídùn nínú ìwà búburú.
Ẹ dúró ṣinṣin
132.13: 2Tẹ 1.3; Ef 1.4; 1Pt 1.2.Ṣùgbọ́n, ohun tí ó tọ́ fún wa ni láti máa dúpẹ́ lọ́wọ́ Ọlọ́run nígbà gbogbo nítorí yín, ará olùfẹ́ ní ti Olúwa, nítorí láti ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ ni Ọlọ́run ti yàn yín sí ìgbàlà nípa ìsọdimímọ́ ti Ẹ̀mí àti nípa gbígba òtítọ́ gbọ́. 14Òun ti pè yín sí èyí nípa ìhìnrere wa, kí ẹ̀yin kí ó lè pín nínú ògo Jesu Kristi Olúwa wa.
152.15: 1Kọ 16.13; 11.2.Nítorí náà ará, ẹ dúró ṣinṣin, kí ẹ sì di àwọn ẹ̀kọ́ wọ̀n-ọn-nì tí a kọ́ yín mú, yálà nípa ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu tàbí lẹ́tà.
162.16: 1Tẹ 3.11; 1Pt 1.3.Ǹjẹ́ kí Jesu Kristi Olúwa wa tìkálára rẹ̀, àti Ọlọ́run baba wa, ẹni to ti fẹ́ wa, tí ó sì ti fi ìtùnú àìnípẹ̀kun àti ìrètí rere nípa oore-ọ̀fẹ́ fún wa. 17Kí ó mú ọkàn yín le, kí ó sì kún yín pẹ̀lú agbára nínú iṣẹ́ gbogbo àti ọ̀rọ̀ rere gbogbo.
