Parallel Verses
- The Message - Don’t you remember the rule we had when we lived with you? “If you don’t work, you don’t eat.” And now we’re getting reports that a bunch of lazy good-for-nothings are taking advantage of you. This must not be tolerated. We command them to get to work immediately—no excuses, no arguments—and earn their own keep. Friends, don’t slack off in doing your duty.
- 新标点和合本 - 我们在你们那里的时候，曾吩咐你们说，若有人不肯做工，就不可吃饭。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我们在你们那里的时候曾吩咐你们，说若有人不肯做工，就不可吃饭。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我们在你们那里的时候曾吩咐你们，说若有人不肯做工，就不可吃饭。
- 当代译本 - 我们在你们那里的时候，曾吩咐过你们：不肯工作的人没有资格吃饭。
- 圣经新译本 - 我们在你们那里的时候，曾经吩咐过你们，如果有人不肯作工，就不可吃饭。
- 中文标准译本 - 事实上，我们还在你们那里的时候，一直吩咐你们这一点：如果有人不肯做工，就不应当吃饭。
- 现代标点和合本 - 我们在你们那里的时候，曾吩咐你们说：若有人不肯做工，就不可吃饭。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 我们在你们那里的时候，曾吩咐你们说，若有人不肯作工，就不可吃饭。
- New International Version - For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”
- New International Reader's Version - Even when we were with you, we gave you a rule. We said, “Anyone who won’t work shouldn’t be allowed to eat.”
- English Standard Version - For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.
- New Living Translation - Even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “Those unwilling to work will not get to eat.”
- Christian Standard Bible - In fact, when we were with you, this is what we commanded you: “If anyone isn’t willing to work, he should not eat.”
- New American Standard Bible - For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.
- New King James Version - For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.
- Amplified Bible - For even while we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.
- American Standard Version - For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.
- King James Version - For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
- New English Translation - For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: “If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”
- World English Bible - For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone is not willing to work, don’t let him eat.”
- 新標點和合本 - 我們在你們那裏的時候，曾吩咐你們說，若有人不肯做工，就不可吃飯。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我們在你們那裏的時候曾吩咐你們，說若有人不肯做工，就不可吃飯。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我們在你們那裏的時候曾吩咐你們，說若有人不肯做工，就不可吃飯。
- 當代譯本 - 我們在你們那裡的時候，曾吩咐過你們：不肯工作的人沒有資格吃飯。
- 聖經新譯本 - 我們在你們那裡的時候，曾經吩咐過你們，如果有人不肯作工，就不可吃飯。
- 呂振中譯本 - 我們在你們那裏的時候、也屢次囑咐你們說：『人若不肯作工，就不該喫飯。』
- 中文標準譯本 - 事實上，我們還在你們那裡的時候，一直吩咐你們這一點：如果有人不肯做工，就不應當吃飯。
- 現代標點和合本 - 我們在你們那裡的時候，曾吩咐你們說：若有人不肯做工，就不可吃飯。
- 文理和合譯本 - 昔偕爾時、即以此命爾云、不願操作者、則食之、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 我昔在爾中命爾云、人不操作、勿予之食、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我在爾中之時、曾命爾云、人不願操作、則不得食、
- 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 故當時吾儕曾予爾以明訓曰：『不勞無食。』
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Porque, incluso cuando estábamos con ustedes, les ordenamos: «El que no quiera trabajar, que tampoco coma».
- 현대인의 성경 - 우리가 여러분과 함께 있을 때에 “일하기 싫은 사람은 먹지도 말라” 고 가르쳤습니다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Когда мы были у вас, то оставили вам правило: «Кто не хочет работать, тот пусть и не ест».
- Восточный перевод - Когда мы были у вас, то оставили вам правило: «Кто не хочет работать, тот пусть и не ест».
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Когда мы были у вас, то оставили вам правило: «Кто не хочет работать, тот пусть и не ест».
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Когда мы были у вас, то оставили вам правило: «Кто не хочет работать, тот пусть и не ест».
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - En effet, lorsque nous étions chez vous, nous vous avons donné cette recommandation : « Que celui qui refuse de travailler renonce aussi à manger » !
- リビングバイブル - そちらにいた時にも、「働かない者は食べる資格がない」と教えたはずです。
- Nestle Aland 28 - καὶ γὰρ ὅτε ἦμεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, τοῦτο παρηγγέλλομεν ὑμῖν, ὅτι εἴ τις οὐ θέλει ἐργάζεσθαι μηδὲ ἐσθιέτω.
- unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - καὶ γὰρ ὅτε ἦμεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, τοῦτο παρηγγέλλομεν ὑμῖν, ὅτι εἴ τις οὐ θέλει ἐργάζεσθαι, μηδὲ ἐσθιέτω.
- Nova Versão Internacional - Quando ainda estávamos com vocês, nós ordenamos isto: Se alguém não quiser trabalhar, também não coma.
- Hoffnung für alle - Schon damals haben wir euch den Grundsatz eingeschärft: Wer nicht arbeiten will, der soll auch nicht essen.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vì khi còn ở với anh chị em, chúng tôi thường nhắc nhở: “Ai không chịu làm việc, cũng đừng nên ăn.”
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะแม้ขณะอยู่กับท่านเราวางกฎไว้ให้ท่านว่า “ถ้าใครไม่ทำงานก็ไม่ต้องกิน”
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แม้เวลาที่เราอยู่กับท่าน เราก็เคยสั่งท่านในเรื่องนี้แล้วว่า หากผู้ใดไม่ยอมทำงานก็อย่าให้เขารับประทานสิ่งใด
Cross Reference
- Luke 24:44 - Then he said, “Everything I told you while I was with you comes to this: All the things written about me in the Law of Moses, in the Prophets, and in the Psalms have to be fulfilled.”
- John 16:4 - “I didn’t tell you this earlier because I was with you every day. But now I am on my way to the One who sent me. Not one of you has asked, ‘Where are you going?’ Instead, the longer I’ve talked, the sadder you’ve become. So let me say it again, this truth: It’s better for you that I leave. If I don’t leave, the Friend won’t come. But if I go, I’ll send him to you.
- Proverbs 21:25 - Lazy people finally die of hunger because they won’t get up and go to work.
- Proverbs 24:30 - One day I walked by the field of an old lazybones, and then passed the vineyard of a slob; They were overgrown with weeds, thick with thistles, all the fences broken down. I took a long look and pondered what I saw; the fields preached me a sermon and I listened: “A nap here, a nap there, a day off here, a day off there, sit back, take it easy—do you know what comes next? Just this: You can look forward to a dirt-poor life, with poverty as your permanent houseguest!”
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Stay calm; mind your own business; do your own job. You’ve heard all this from us before, but a reminder never hurts. We want you living in a way that will command the respect of outsiders, not lying around sponging off your friends.
- Proverbs 13:4 - Indolence wants it all and gets nothing; the energetic have something to show for their lives.
- Proverbs 20:4 - A farmer too lazy to plant in the spring has nothing to harvest in the fall.