39 lines
951 B
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39 lines
951 B
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## Now ##
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marks a new topic.
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## we command...from us ##
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"we" and "us" refers to Paul, Silas and Timothy. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]]).
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## command you...you avoid ##
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"you" refers to the Thessalonian believers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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## we command you ##
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"we charge you" or "we order you"
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## our Lord ##
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"our" includes the Thessalonians believers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-inclusive]]).
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## live idly ##
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"is lazy and refuses to work" (UDB)
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## to imitate us ##
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"to act like us"
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## in labor and toil we worked ##
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The words "labor" and "toil" mean basically the same thing. Paul uses them to emphasize how hard they worked. AT: "we worked very hard" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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## night and day ##
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"during the night and during the day"
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## It is not that we do not have authority ##
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"We have authority" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives]]) |