Yet we hear that some of you are living idle lives, refusing to work and meddling in other people’s business.

因我们听说，在你们中间有人不按规矩而行，什么工都不做，反倒专管闲事。

因为我们听说，在你们中间有人懒散，什么工都不做，反倒专管闲事。

因为我们听说，在你们中间有人懒散，什么工都不做，反倒专管闲事。

我们听说在你们当中有些人游手好闲，无所事事，却专管闲事。

因为我们听说，你们中间有人游手好闲，什么工也不作，反倒专管闲事。

因为我们听说你们中间有些人生活懒散，什么工都不做，却好管闲事。

因我們聽說，在你們中間有人不按規矩而行，甚麼工都不做，反倒專管閒事。

因為我們聽說，在你們中間有人懶散，甚麼工都不做，反倒專管閒事。

因為我們聽說，在你們中間有人懶散，甚麼工都不做，反倒專管閒事。

我們聽說在你們當中有些人遊手好閒，無所事事，卻專管閒事。

因為我們聽說，你們中間有人游手好閒，甚麼工也不作，反倒專管閒事。

現在我們聽說你們中間有人游手好閒地流蕩，一事不作，反而好管閒事。

因為我們聽說你們中間有些人生活懶散，什麼工都不做，卻好管閒事。

我聞爾中有妄行者、無所操作、專務外事、

我聞爾中、有人無度、不務其業、舍己耘人、

我聞爾中有人妄為、全不操作、但務間事、

今聞爾中有行無紀律、不務正業、舍己耘人者；

We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies.

We hear that some people among you don’t want to work and are making trouble. They aren’t really busy. Instead, they are bothering others.

For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies.

For we hear that there are some among you who are idle. They are not busy but busybodies.

For we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like busybodies.

For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies.

For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.

For we hear that there are some among you who walk irresponsibly, not working at all, but interfering with the work of others.

For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.

For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies.

And if they are on the list, they will learn to be lazy and will spend their time gossiping from house to house, meddling in other people’s business and talking about things they shouldn’t.

If you suffer, however, it must not be for murder, stealing, making trouble, or prying into other people’s affairs.

And now, dear brothers and sisters, we give you this command in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ: Stay away from all believers who live idle lives and don’t follow the tradition they received from us.

Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before.