uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δὲ

and

The word translated Now marks a change in topic. You can use a natural way in your language to show that this is a new section with a different topic than the previous section.

Note 2 topic: translate-blessing

αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Κύριος ἡμῶν, Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς, καὶ ὁ Θεὸς ὁ Πατὴρ ἡμῶν

himself and the Lord ˱of˲_us Jesus Christ and ¬the God the Father ˱of˲_us

Connecting Statement:

Paul ends this section with a blessing. Use a form that people would recognize as a blessing in your language. Alternate translation: “Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father” or “We pray that our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

ἡμῶν & ἡμῶν & ἡμᾶς

˱of˲_us & ˱of˲_us & us

The words our and us refer to all believers including the writers. If you have exclusive and inclusive first-person plural pronouns in your language, these should be inclusive pronouns.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns

αὐτὸς & Κύριος ἡμῶν, Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς

himself & Lord ˱of˲_us Jesus Christ

Here, himself gives additional emphasis to the phrase Lord Jesus Christ. Use a way that is natural in your language to indicate this emphasis. Alternate translation: “our Lord Jesus Christ, the very one”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

δοὺς παράκλησιν αἰωνίαν, καὶ ἐλπίδα ἀγαθὴν

/having/_given comfort eternal and hope good

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of comfort and hope, you can express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “always comforts us and has given us good things to hope for”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐν χάριτι

by grace

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of grace, you can express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “because of how gracious he is to us”