데살로니가후서(2 Thessalonians) 개요 - 동영상 및 한글/영어 자막(Bible Project)

데살로니가후서는 데살로니가전서 이후 수개월 뒤에 기록된 서신으로 그리스도의 재림과 종말에 대한 가르침이 주 목적이지만, 데살로니가전서가 권면이 주요 내용이었다면 후서는 주님의 재림을 준비하는 성도의 바른 생활에 집중적으로 초점을 맞추고 있습니다.

아래는 바이블 프로젝트에 소개된 데살로니가후서의 한글 및 영문 동영상 개요와, 공부를 위해 정리한 스크립트입니다. 스크립트는 영문동영상에서 추출하여 정리했습니다.

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Paul's second letter to the Thessalonians. 
So not long after Paul wrote 1 Thessalonians,
he got a report about the Christians in Thessalonica,
and the problems he had addressed in that letter 
not only had continued, but had gotten worse.
The persecutions had intensified 
and the Thessalonian Christians had become confused and scared about the return of Jesus. 

데살로니가 성도들에게 보낸 바울의 두 번째 편지
바울이 데살로니가전서를 쓰고 난 후 오래 지나지 않아
그는 데살로니가 성도들에 관한 소식을 들었습니다
그리고 그가 그 편지에서 언급했던 문제들이
계속될 뿐 아니라 더 악화되었다는 보고를 받습니다
박해는 극심해졌으며
데살로니가 성도들은 예수님의 재림에 대해 혼란스러워하고 두려워하게 되었습니다

So Paul sent off this short letter 
which is designed to have three sections that address the three problems in this church.

그래서 바울은 이 짧은 편지를 보냈고
이 편지는 데살로니가 교회 안에 있는 세 가지 문제들을 다루는 세 가지 섹션으로 구성되어 있습니다

Paul first offers hope in the midst of their continued persecution
and then he offers clarity about the coming day of the Lord
and then finally he brings a really specific challenge to the idle, 
people who were refusing to work normal jobs.
and the end of each of these sections is clearly marked by a short closing prayer. 

첫 번째 섹션에서 바울은 계속된 박해 가운데에서 소망을 불어넣으며
다음 섹션에서는 주님의 날이 도래하는 것에 대한 확신을 명확하게 보여줍니다
그리고 마지막 섹션에서 그는 일반적인 직업으로 일하길 거절하는 게으른 자들에 대한 아주 구체적인 경고를 합니다
각 섹션마다 끝부분에는 짧은 마무리 기도가 분명하게 배치되어 있습니다

Paul opens with a thanksgiving prayer 
for the Thessalonians' continued faithfulness and love, 
and specifically for their endurance. 
He's learned that their Greek and Roman, and perhaps even Jewish neighbors
have intensified their persecution of these Christians. 
There are religious minorities facing violent oppression 
and Paul's worried that they might give up on Jesus if it gets worse. 

바울은 데살로니가 성도들의 계속된 믿음과 사랑, 그리고 특히 그들의 인내에 대한 감사 기도로 편지를 엽니다 (살후 1:1-3)
바울은 그리스인, 로마인 심지어 동족인 유대인들마저 그리스도인들에 대한 박해를 가중시켰다는 걸 알게 되었습니다
폭력적 억압에 직면한 소수의 교회 공동체가 있었고 바울은 상황이 악화될 경우 그들이 예수님을 포기하게 될 것을 염려했습니다

So Paul reminds them like he did in the first letter
that they're suffering of being associated with Jesus, 
It's a way of participating in God's kingdom. 
Jesus was inaugurated as king by His suffering on the cross 
and so his followers will show their victory over the world
by imitating Jesus' non-violence and patient endurance. 

그래서 바울은 데살로니가전서에서 썼듯이,
그들의 고난은 예수님과 연결되어있기 때문이며, 이것이 하나님 나라에 참여하는 방법임을 다시 한번 상기시킵니다 (살후 1:4-12)
예수님은 십자가 위에서 받으신 고난으로 왕위에 올랐습니다
또한 그의 제자들도 예수님의 비폭력과 오래 참는 인내를 본받아 세상에 그들의 승리를 보여줄 것입니다

Paul also reminds them that this won't last forever.
When Jesus returns, He will bring His justice to bear
on those that have oppressed them and shed the blood of the innocent.
Specifically, he says that their punishment is
to be banished away from the face of the Lord and from the glory of His power.
Paul does not speculate here on the fate of those who reject Jesus,
except to say that, through their lives, they wanted nothing to do with Jesus
and in the end, they get what that want: 
Relational distance from their creator and their King, 
and for Paul, this is the ultimate tragedy. 
To choose separation from Jesus who is the source of all life and love 
is to embrace one's own undoing.
He closes this thought by praying
that God would use their suffering to bring about deep character change inside of them
so that their lives would bring honor to the name of Jesus. 

바울은 그들을 향한 박해가 영원히 지속되지 않는다고 다시 한번 말합니다
예수님이 다시 돌아오실 때, 예수님은 박해를 한 자들과 무고한 사람들의 피를 흘린 자들에게 공의를 행할 것입니다
구체적으로 바울은 그들의 형벌은 주님의 얼굴과 그의 힘의 영광으로부터 추방되는 것이라고 말합니다 (살후 1:9)
바울은 여기에서 예수님을 거절하는 사람들의 운명에 대해 추측하는 것이 아닙니다
이를 제외하고 그들의 삶을 통틀어서, 그들은 예수님과 관계 맺기를 원치 않았습니다
결국, 그들의 창조자이자 그들의 왕으로부터 관계적인 거리에서 그들은 자신들이 원했던 걸 얻습니다
바울에게, 이것은 궁극적인 비극입니다
모든 생명과 사랑의 원천이신 예수님으로부터의 분리를 선택하는 것은 자기 자신을 파멸의(영적으로 죽은 상태) 상태로 돌아가기를 선택하는 겁니다
그는 기도로 이 생각을 마무리합니다.
하나님이 그들의 고통을 사용하여 그들의 내면에 깊은 인격의 변화를 일으켜주시고
그래서 그들의 삶이 예수님의 이름에 영광을 높여드리길 간구합니다 (살후 1:11-12)

Paul then moves on to address a specific issue
related to the return of Jesus and the day of the Lord.
So somebody in the Thessalonian church community 
had been spreading wrong information in Paul's name
saying that God's final act of justice on human evil, the day of the Lord 
it was upon them, it has come
and these people had likely been predicting dates about the end of all things
and they were frightening other Christians 
and you can see why.
Due to the intense persecution, 
they were vulnerable to somebody claiming that Jesus had already returned like a thief in the night,
they've been left behind! 
Maybe He abandoned the Thessalonians to their suffering.
This kind of talk really ticks Paul off. 
It's misrepresenting his teaching. 
The return of Jesus should never inspire fear 
but rather hope and confidence. 

그 다음으로 바울은 주의 날 그리고 예수님의 재림과 관련된 구체적인 문제를 다룹니다
데살로니가 교회 공동체 안의 어떤 자들이 바울의 이름을 사칭해 잘못된 정보를 퍼뜨렸습니다
이들은 인간의 악에 대하여 주님의 날, 하나님의 최후의 심판이 그들에게 놓였고
그날이 이미 임했다고 말했으며
이러한 자들은 종말에 대한 날짜를 예견했었을 것입니다
그래서 이들은 다른 그리스도인들을 두렵게 만들었습니다
여러분도 왜 그랬는지 알 수 있을 것입니다.
격렬한 박해 때문에
데살로니가인들은 예수님이 밤에 오는 도둑처럼 이미 오셨다고 주장하는 사람들의 말에 흔들렸습니다 (살전 5:2)
"데살로니가 성도들은 남겨지고 말았다"
"아마도 예수님께서 아마도 데살로니가 성도들을 고통 가운데 버리셨을 것이다" 등등
이런 종류의 말에 바울은 정말로 화가 났습니다
그것은 바울의 가르침을 잘못 전한 것입니다
예수님의 재림은 결코 두려움을 불어넣기 위한 것이 아니라 오히려 소망과 확신을 주기 위한 것이었습니다

Paul reminds them of everything he taught them about Jesus' return back when he was in town.
and he gives a short summary here, it's actually too short.
this paragraph has lots of puzzles and problems of interpretation,
but what's clear is that he cites the well-known theme from the prophets Isaiah and Daniel
that the kingdoms of this world will continue to produce rulers who rebel against God
like Nebuchadnezzar or the King of the North did in the past. 
These leaders had exulted themselves to divine authority

바울은 그가 도시에 있을 때 예수님의 재림에 관해 그들에게 가르쳤던 모든 것을 상기시킵니다
그리고 그는 여기에 짧게 요약을 했습니다 이 문장은 아주 많이 짧습니다
이 문단은 해석하는데 있어 많은 혼란과 문제들을 갖고 있습니다
그러나 분명한 것은 그가 이사야와 다니엘 선지자로부터 잘 알려진 주제를 인용했고
이 세상의 왕국은 느부갓네살 왕 (이사야 13-14장)이나 과거 북방의 왕이 한 것 (다니엘 7-12장)처럼 하나님을 반역하는 통치자들이 계속 나올 것입니다
이 통치자들은 신이 주신 권위로 자기 스스로를 높였습니다

and for Paul, these ancient kings and prophecies; they give us images, they set out a pattern
that he saw fulfilled in his own day in the Roman emperors, Caligula and Nero, 
and he expected that it would be repeated again, 
that history would culminate with such a rebellious rule, empowered by evil itself
someone who will wreak havoc and violence in God's world, but not forever. 
When Jesus returns, He will confront the rebel and all who penetrate evil, and He will deliver His people. 

그리고 바울에게, 이런 고대의 왕들과 예언들은 우리에게 어떤 이미지를 보여주며 패턴을 만들어주는데
그는 로마의 통치자들인 칼리굴라와 네로 황제 시대에 그런 패턴과 이미지가 자신의 인생 가운데 성취되는 것을 보았으며
바울은 그런 일이 다시 반복될 것이라고 예상했습니다
또한 인간의 역사는 악에 의해 권한을 부여받고 하나님께 반항하는 통치로 막을 내릴 것입니다
하나님께서 만드신 세상에 누군가 대혼란과 폭력을 입히겠지만, 영원하지는 않을 것입니다
예수님이 다시 돌아오실 때, 그는 반역자들, 악행을 저지르는 모든 사람들과 대적하실 것이며 그의 백성을 구원하실 것입니다

So Paul's point here is not to give later readers fuel for apocalyptic speculation. 
Rather, he's confronting the Thessalonians. He's recalling the teaching of Jesus from Mark 13
who said that the events leading up to His return would be very public and obvious, 
and so they don't need to be scared or worried that they've been left behind, 
rather they need to stay faithful until Jesus returns to deliver them. 

여기에서 바울의 요점은 나중에 이 편지를 읽을 독자들에게 종말론적 추론을 할 여지를 주고자 하는게 아닙니다
그보다 바울은 데살로니가 성도들을 위로하고 있습니다
그는 마가복음 13장에 나온 예수님의 가르침을 회상하며
예수님은 그분의 재림을 이끄는 사건들이 매우 공개적이고 분명할 것이라고 말했습니다
그래서 데살로니가 성도들은 남겨졌다고 염려하거나 두려워할 필요가 없습니다
오히려 그들은 예수님이 그들을 구원하러 돌아오실 때까지 믿음을 지켜야 합니다

And so in his closing prayer, 
he asks Jesus and the Father to comfort and strengthen the Thessalonians to stay faithful to the way of Jesus, 
which brings Paul to the final topic. 

그리고 바울은 마무리 기도에서,
예수님과 하나님 아버지께, 데살로니가 성도들이 예수님의 길을 신실하게 걸을 수 있도록 강건하게 해주시고 위로해주실 것을 구합니다 (살후 2:16-17)
그리고 바울은 마지막 주제로 갑니다

It's a challenge for those who were idle, which doesn't just mean lazy,
but this refers to people who were irresponsible and who refused to work and provide
for themselves resulting in chaotic personal lives. 
So Paul had actually addressed this problem in his first letter, and it seems like it's gotten worse. 

이번 주제는 게으른 자들에 대한 도전이지만 그것이 게으름을 의미하는 것은 아닙니다
여기서 게으른 자들은 무책임하고 스스로 일하기를 거절하고 무질서한 생활을 하는 사람들을 말합니다
바울은 그의 첫번째 편지(데살로니가전서)에서 이 문제를 실제로 다뤘습니다 (살전 4:10-12, 5:14)
그러나 상황은 더 나빠진 것 같아 보입니다

Now we don't know for certain why some people in this church were refusing to work, 
It's possible that this problem's connected to the previous one. 
Maybe some people thought Jesus would return very soon
and so they quit their jobs and dropped out of normal life. 

우리는 데살로니가 교회에 속해 있던 몇몇 이들이 어떤 이유로 일하기를 거절했는지 확실히 알 수 없습니다
이 문제는 조금 전에 다뤘던 문제와 관련이 있을 수도 있습니다
어쩌면 몇몇 사람들은 예수님이 곧 오실 것이라고 생각해서 그들의 직업을 그만두고, 일상적인 생활에서 손을 떼야겠다고 생각했을지도 모릅니다

But it's more likely that Paul's addressing a problem related to a practice in Roman culture called 'patronage'
So you'd have poor people living in cities and they would become clients, 
kind of like personal assistants to wealthy people, and they would live off of their occasional generosity. 
But there were lots of strings attached. 
This sometimes involved the clients and their patrons' morally corrupt way of life,
not to mention it was unpredictable income. 

그러나 바울이 다루고 있는 이 문제는 '후원'라고 부르는 로마의 문화적인 관행과 관련된 것으로 보는 것이 더 개연성 있어 보입니다
도시에 사는 가난한 사람들은 '클라이언트'가 되어 부자들의 하수인이나 개인 비서와 같은 일을 합니다
그들은 부자들이 가끔 베푸는 (팁과 같은) 관대함에 기대어 살았을 것입니다
하지만 거기엔 많은 조건이 붙어 있었습니다
때때로 클라이언트들은 그들의 후원자들의 도덕적으로 부패한 삶의 방식에 연루되었으며, 입막음의 용도로 뜻하지 않게 소득을 얻었습니다

So this is what Paul seems to refer to when he says these people lead a disordered life.
They're not working, and they're meddling in the business of others.
So Paul reminds them of the example he gave when he was with them; he didn't ask for their money. 
So Paul reminds them of the example he gave when he was with them; he didn't ask for their money,
he worked a manual labor so he could provide for himself and so he could serve the Thessalonians free of charge.

바로 이들이 바울이 언급한 무질서한 삶을 산다고 한 사람들인 것으로 보입니다
이들은 일하지도 않으면서 다른 사람들의 일에 참견했습니다 (살후 3:11)
바울은 그들과 함께 있을 때 그가 그들에게 주었던 예를 다시 말합니다 그는 그들에게 돈을 요구하지 않았습니다
바울은 육체노동을 해서 자급자족했습니다 그래서 그는 어떤 비용도 받지 않고 데살로니가 성도들을 섬길 수 있었습니다 

He says this is the ideal: a follower of Jesus should imitate Jesus's self-giving love
by working hard so they can provide for themselves and so their lives can be a benefit to other people. 
He concludes this with a final prayer, that in the midst of all their confusion and suffering
that God would grant them peace through the Lord Jesus the Messiah. 

바울은 이것이 이상적이라고 말합니다
예수님의 제자들은 일을 열심히 함으로 예수님이 우리를 위하여 자신을 내어주신 그 사랑을 본받아야 합니다
그래서 그들은 열심히 일해서 자급자족하고 그들의 삶은 다른 사람들을 이롭게 할 수 있습니다
바울은 마지막 기도로 이렇게 결론을 맺습니다 그들은 혼란과 고난 가운데에 있지만, (살후3:16-18)
하나님께서 주 예수 그리스도를 통하여 그들에게 평안을 주실 것을 구합니다

This short letter to the Thessalonians, it helps us see that the early Christian belief in Jesus' return and the hope of final judgement.
These ideas were not meant for generating speculations about apocalytic timelines. 
Rather, these beliefs brought hope; they inspired faithfulness and devotion to Jesus,
especially for persecuted Christians facing violent opposition.
And so for later generations of Christians, whether they undergo persecution or not,
this letter reminds us that what you hope for shapes what you live for,
and that's what 2 Thessalonians is all about.

데살로니가 성도들에게 보낸 이 짧은 편지는 초대 그리스도인들이 가진 예수님의 다시 오심에 대한 믿음과 마지막 심판에 대한 소망을 우리가 보도록 돕습니다
이러한 생각은 종말의 시간연대를 추측하려고 의도한 것이 아니었습니다
오히려, 이러한 신념은 그들에게 소망을 가져다주었고
특히 이러한 신념들은 폭력적인 반대에 직면해 박해받는 그리스도인들에게 신실함과 예수님에 대한 헌신에 영감을 주었습니다
또한 그들이 핍박을 겪든지 아니든지 간에, 이후 세대들에게도 동일한 영감을 주었습니다
이 편지는 우리가 바라는 모습대로 우리가 살아가게 된다는 것을 상기시켜줍니다
이것이 데살로니가후서의 모든 내용입니다

 

Overview: 2 Thessalonians (동영상 소스: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbPBDKOn1cc )

 

바이블 프로젝트 데살로니가후서 한글개요 (동영상 소스: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSvUcBhd4hQ)

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
바이블 프로젝트 영문동영상: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbPBDKOn1cc
바이블 프로젝트 한글동영상: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSvUcBhd4hQs  
스크립트는 Bible Project 영문 동영상에서 추출하여 정리하였습니다.