1 Thessalonians 2

1 You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain.

1 弟兄姊妹，你们自己知道，我们那次探望你们并没有白费。

2 As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God.

2 你们也知道，我们之前在腓立比遭受了迫害和凌辱，但仍然不顾强烈的反对，靠着我们的上帝放胆向你们传扬祂的福音。

3 For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.

3 我们的劝勉并非出于谬误、不良动机或诡诈。

4 Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.

4 我们得到了上帝的恩准来承担福音的责任，所以才这样传，不是要取悦人，而是要取悦鉴察我们内心的上帝。

5 As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!

5 你们知道，我们没有花言巧语奉承人，也没有心存贪念，上帝可以为我们作证。

6 Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.

6 我们不求得到你们或其他任何人的赞扬，

7 On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.

7 虽然身为基督的使徒，我们理当受到尊重。我们反而像母亲抚育婴儿一样温柔地对待你们。

8 We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.

8 我们深爱你们，对你们有深厚的感情，不仅乐意把上帝的福音传给你们，甚至把生命给你们也在所不惜。

9 Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

9 弟兄姊妹，你们一定记得我们的劳苦和艰难。我们一面向你们传上帝的福音，一面昼夜辛勤工作，免得成为你们任何人的负担。

10 You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.

10 我们怎样以圣洁、公义、纯全的方式对待你们众信徒，你们自己可以作证，上帝也可以作证。

11 For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—

11 你们也知道，我们对待你们就像父亲对待自己的孩子一样。

12 encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

12 我们安慰你们，劝勉你们，督促你们，叫你们行事为人对得起上帝，祂呼召你们进入祂的国度和荣耀。

13 And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is also now at work in you who believe.

13 我们也不住地感谢上帝，因为你们从我们这里听了上帝的道后就接受了，确信这不是人的道理，而是上帝的道。这道正在你们信的人心里发挥作用。

14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,

14 弟兄姊妹，你们的遭遇和犹太地区上帝在基督耶稣里的众教会的遭遇一样。你们受到了自己同胞的迫害，他们也受到了犹太人的迫害。

15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,

15 这些犹太人杀死了主耶稣和众先知，又迫害我们。他们不但冒犯上帝，还与所有的人为敌，

16 hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

16 阻止我们传福音给外族人，唯恐他们得救。这些人恶贯满盈，上帝的烈怒终于临到了他们头上。

17 Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.

17 弟兄姊妹，我们身体暂时与你们分离，心灵却与你们在一起。我们非常渴望见到你们，并想方设法与你们会面。

18 For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.

18 我们想去你们那里，我保罗也一次又一次地想去，只是遭到撒旦的拦阻。

19 After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?

19 我们主耶稣再来的时候，我们在祂面前的盼望、喜乐和可夸耀的冠冕是什么呢？不就是你们吗？

20 You are indeed our glory and our joy.

20 因为你们是我们的荣耀和喜乐。