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OET (OET-LV) in_order that not quickly to_be_shaken you_all in the mind, nor to_be_being_alarmed, neither by spirit, nor by message, nor by letter, as_though by us, as that has_presented the day of_the master.
OET (OET-RV) to not be alarmed or have your thinking jolted back-and-forth by any ‘spirit’ or message or letter that seems to come from us that tries to say that the master has already returned.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives
εἰς τὸ μὴ ταχέως σαλευθῆναι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ νοὸς
in_order that not quickly /to_be/_shaken you_all in ¬the mind
The phrase shaken in your mind refers to a person’s thoughts being unsettled. You could also express this positively. Alternate translation: “for you to remain firm in your thinking”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives
μηδὲ θροεῖσθαι
nor /to_be_being/_alarmed
The phrase to be troubled refers to a person’s emotions being unsettled. You could also express this positively. Alternate translation: “and remain peaceful when a message comes” or “and keep calm when you hear something”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
μήτε διὰ πνεύματος, μήτε διὰ λόγου, μήτε δι’ ἐπιστολῆς, ὡς δι’ ἡμῶν
neither by spirit nor by word nor by letter as_though by us
Paul is leaving out some words here that might be necessary in your language. If it is helpful, you could supply these words. Alternate translation: “when you receive a message either by means of a spirit or by means of a spoken word or by means of a written letter that pretends to be coming from us”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
ὡς δι’ ἡμῶν
as_though by us
Paul is leaving out some words here that might be necessary in your language. If it is helpful, you could supply these words. Alternate translation: “that claims to have come from us” or “trying to deceive you that it is from us”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
ὡς ὅτι
as_though as that
Paul is leaving out some words here that might be necessary in your language. If it is helpful, you could supply these words. Alternate translation: “that talks as if” or “that falsely claims that”
ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ Κυρίου
the day ˱of˲_the Lord
Here, the day of the Lord refers to the time when Jesus will come back to the earth for all believers.
2:2 The Thessalonian Christians previously asked Paul when the day of the Lord would come (1 Thes 5:1-11). Now a false teaching that this day had already begun (cp. 2 Tim 2:18) was causing them to waver in faith and become frightened.
• a spiritual vision, a revelation, or a letter: The source of the teaching might have been a false prophecy (cp. 1 Jn 4:1-2), an erroneous sermon, or a letter falsely attributed to Paul.
OET (OET-LV) in_order that not quickly to_be_shaken you_all in the mind, nor to_be_being_alarmed, neither by spirit, nor by message, nor by letter, as_though by us, as that has_presented the day of_the master.
OET (OET-RV) to not be alarmed or have your thinking jolted back-and-forth by any ‘spirit’ or message or letter that seems to come from us that tries to say that the master has already returned.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.