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Core Glossary: 2 Thessalonians

English → Javanese | Term-by-Term Translation Requirements

This glossary consolidates every load-bearing theological term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, covering all three chapters of 2 Thessalonians. Terms already established in the baseline Romans translation_memory.json are marked REUSED (baseline) and must be applied exactly as recorded there — no re-derivation permitted. Terms newly introduced by this curriculum are marked NEW and are proposed here for adoption into the shared translation memory going forward.

Risk tiers (Critical/High/Medium/Low) follow the baseline’s doctrine_risk_registry.json definitions exactly.


Section A — Core Passage Terms (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12)

#English TermGreek (transliteration)Javanese RenderingStatusRiskDoctrineAlternatives RejectedNotes
1coming (of Christ)παρουσία (parousia)rawuhipun (Gusti Yesus)NEWHighThe Day of the Lordteka (ngoko, too plain)Krama-inggil arrival verb; must always pair with Gusti Yesus.
2being gathered togetherἐπισυναγωγή (episynagōgē)pangimpuning para pitados dhateng GustiNEWMediumThe Day of the Lordngumpul ing pasamuwan (too generic, reads as ordinary church gathering)Eschatological ingathering, distinct from pasamuwan.
3the Day of the Lordἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ κυρίου (hē hēmera tou kyriou)Dinten Rawuhipun Gusti / Dinten GustiNEWCriticalThe Day of the Lordany phrase resembling petungan dina / primbon calendrical reckoningMust never be assimilated into Javanese day-divination (primbon) tradition; mandatory translator note on unknowable divine timing.
4a spirit (false utterance)πνεῦμα (pneuma)roh (lowercase, generic)NEWHighThe Day of the LordRoh Suci (forbidden — reserved for Holy Spirit)Must never be capitalized/conflated with Roh Suci; this is a false or human utterance.
5rebellion / apostasyἀποστασία (apostasia)pambalelo ing pitadosNEWHighThe Man of Lawlessnessmurtad (imports Islamic apostasy-law framework)Corporate, eschatological falling-away from Christian faith specifically.
6the man of lawlessnessὁ ἄνθρωπος τῆς ἀνομίας (ho anthrōpos tēs anomias)Tiyang DurakaNEWCriticalThe Man of Lawlessnesswayang “evil king” archetype; generic “wong ala”Fixed title; anomia ≠ Mosaic nomos/Toret; keep lexically separate from Romans’ angger-anggering Toret.
7is revealed / unveiledἀποκαλύπτω (apokalyphthē)kawiyak / kababarNEWCriticalThe Man of Lawlessnesswahyu (FORBIDDEN — new forbidden-substitution instance)Extends baseline’s existing wahyu prohibition; especially tempting here given ruler-like figure being “revealed.”
8son of destruction / perditionὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἀπωλείας (ho huios tēs apōleias)Putraning KabinasanNEWCriticalThe Man of LawlessnessDeliberate inversion of baseline’s Putrané Gusti Allah; keep kabinasan distinct from karisakan (olethros, 1:9).
9temple (of God)ναός (naos)padaleman suciNEWHighThe Man of Lawlessnesspunden (forbidden — spirit-shrine)God’s exclusive dwelling being usurped; self-deification act.
10object of worshipσέβασμα (sebasma)samubarang ingkang dipun sembahNEWMediumThe Man of Lawlessnesspepundhen (cognate risk with punden)
11that which restrains (neuter)τὸ κατέχον (to katechon)ingkang nahanNEWCriticalThe Man of Lawlessnessany specific identification (Roman state, angelic power stated as fact)Must preserve textual ambiguity; do not resolve interpretively.
12he who restrains (masculine)ὁ κατέχων (ho katechōn)ingkang nahan (flagged dual form)NEWCriticalThe Man of LawlessnessNeuter/masculine shift (2:6 vs 2:7) not morphologically markable in Javanese; requires exegetical translator note.
13mystery of lawlessnessτὸ μυστήριον τῆς ἀνομίας (to mystērion tēs anomias)wewadi kadurakanNEWHighThe Man of LawlessnessRisk of collision with kejawen/kebatinan esoteric secret-teaching tradition; mandatory clarifying note.
14is at work / operativeἐνεργέω (energeitai)sampun makaryaNEWMediumThe Man of LawlessnessSame verb root recurs at 2:11 (energeian planēs); keep consistent.
15the lawless oneὁ ἄνομος (ho anomos)Ingkang DurakaNEWCriticalThe Man of LawlessnessShort form of Tiyang Duraka (#6).
16bring to nothing / abolishκαταργέω (katargēsei)nyirnakakenNEWMediumThe Man of LawlessnessChrist’s effortless victory by word alone; avoid pusaka/keris-potency imagery.
17appearance of his comingἡ ἐπιφάνεια τῆς παρουσίας αὐτοῦpratandhaning rawuhipun / kamulyaning rawuhipunNEWMediumThe Day of the LordCombines #1 with baseline kamulyan.
18Satanὁ Σατανᾶς (ho Satanas)IblisNEWMediumThe Man of Lawlessnessdhemit, lelembut (forbidden folk-spirit categories)Shared vocabulary with Islamic tradition; doctrinally compatible, low syncretism risk here.
19power (counterfeit)δύναμις (dynamis)panguwaos (plain, no honorific) / panguwaos palsuNEWHighThe Man of Lawlessnesspanguwaosipun Gusti Allah (must NOT be used for Satan’s power)Register must clearly subordinate this counterfeit power beneath God’s true power.
20false signs and wondersσημεῖα καὶ τέρατα ψεύδουςtandha-tandha elok ingkang gorohNEWMediumThe Man of LawlessnessDistinguish from sēmeion as authentication mark (3:17).
21wicked deceptionἡ ἀπάτη τῆς ἀδικίας (hē apatē tēs adikias)pangapusan ing kadurakanNEWHighGod’s Righteous Judgmentadikia is direct antonym of baseline kabeneran.
22those who are perishingοἱ ἀπολλύμενοι (hoi apollymenoi)tiyang ingkang nuju risakNEWMediumGod’s Righteous JudgmentOngoing, present-tense trajectory, not yet final.
23love (of the truth)ἀγάπη (agapē)katresnanNEWMedium(general — cross-doctrinal)asmara (romantic love, inappropriate)Established Javanese Christian usage; distinguish from romantic love by context.
24truthἀλήθεια (alētheia)kayektosanNEWHighGod’s Righteous Judgmentkabeneran (reserved for righteousness/forensic standing)Must be kept lexically distinct from kabeneran despite shared moral weight in English.
25to be savedσῴζω (sōthēnai)supados kaslametakenREUSED (baseline)CriticalSalvationReuses kaslametan exactly; mandatory slametan-ritual distinguishing note applies.
26strong delusion / working of errorἡ ἐνέργεια τῆς πλάνης (energeian planēs)kesasaran ingkang dipun paringaken dening Gusti AllahNEWCriticalGod’s Righteous Judgmentpesthi (impersonal fate — forbidden framing)Judicial act of God, not neutral fate; keep distinct from apatē (#21).
27believe the lieπιστεῦσαι τῷ ψεύδει (pisteusai tō pseudei)pracaya marang gorohNEWHighGod’s Righteous Judgmentpitados (register forbidden — reserved for saving faith only)Deliberate register downgrade to ngoko pracaya to avoid dignifying false belief.
28be condemned / judgedκρίνω (krithōsin)supados sami kapatrapan paukumanNEWHighGod’s Righteous JudgmentJudicial-negative counterpart to baseline’s kaanggep bener dening Gusti Allah.
29took pleasure in unrighteousnessεὐδοκέω…τῇ ἀδικίᾳ (eudokēsantes tē adikia)condhong sarta remen dhateng pialaNEWMediumGod’s Righteous JudgmentEmphasizes willful moral culpability.

Section B — Chapter 1 Terms (2 Thessalonians 1:1-12)

#English TermGreek (transliteration)Javanese RenderingStatusRiskDoctrineAlternatives RejectedNotes
30grace / peaceχάρις / εἰρήνηsih-rahmat / katentremanREUSED (baseline)Critical / MediumGrace / Peace with GodApplied exactly as in Romans package.
31faithπίστις (pistis)pitadosREUSED (baseline)MediumFaithApplied exactly.
32loveἀγάπη (agapē)katresnanNEW (see #23)Medium(general)First occurrence in book at 1:3.
33steadfastness / perseveranceὑπομονή (hypomonē)kateguhanNEWCriticalPerseverance under Persecutionnrimo ing pandum (passive fatalism, forbidden); sabar (too passive/generic)Central term for a whole named doctrine; active, hope-fueled endurance, not resignation. Recurs at 3:5.
34afflictionθλῖψις (thlipsis)kasangsaranNEWMediumPerseverance under PersecutionStandard term, low ambiguity.
35God’s righteous judgmentἡ δικαία κρίσις τοῦ θεοῦpangadilanipun Gusti Allah ingkang leres/adilNEWHighGod’s Righteous JudgmentAdil shared positively with Islamic vocabulary of divine justice.
36vengeance / retributionἐκδίκησις (ekdikēsis)piwales ingkang adilNEWHighGod’s Righteous Judgmentsantet/tenung-style human sorcery-revenge (forbidden association)Exclusively God’s judicial act, never a model for human revenge.
37eternal destructionὄλεθρος αἰώνιος (olethros aiōnios)karisakan ingkang langgengNEWCriticalGod’s Righteous Judgmentpesthi (impersonal, reversible fate)Final, everlasting, unrepeatable; kept distinct from kabinasan (#8).
38away from the presence of the Lordἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ κυρίουtinilar saking ngarsanipun GustiNEWMediumGod’s Righteous JudgmentNgarsa (royal-presence honorific) is a positive cultural resonance point.
39glorified inἐνδοξάζομαι (endoxasthēnai)kamulyakakenREUSED (baseline root)Low(general)Reuses kamulyan.
40callingκλῆσις (klēsis)katimbalanipun Gusti AllahREUSED (baseline)HighDivine CallingApplied exactly.
41power (of God, for believers’ good works)δύναμις θεοῦ (dynamis)panguwaosipun Gusti AllahREUSED (baseline)CriticalPower of God for Salvationkasekten (forbidden)Same baseline term applies to empowerment for good works here.
42kingdom of Godβασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦKratoning Gusti AllahREUSED (baseline)MediumKingdom MissionApplied exactly.
43gospelεὐαγγέλιον (euangelion)InjilREUSED (baseline)MediumGospel“Obey the gospel” (1:8) reuses baseline obedience vocabulary.

Section C — Chapter 2 Remainder Terms (2 Thessalonians 2:13-17)

#English TermGreek (transliteration)Javanese RenderingStatusRiskDoctrineAlternatives RejectedNotes
44chose (election)αἱρέομαι (heilato)Gusti Allah sampun milihREUSED (baseline concept)HighEffectual Callingwahyu (forbidden)Reuses pepilihanipun Gusti Allah framework.
45sanctification of the Spiritἁγιασμὸς πνεύματοςpensucen dening Roh SuciREUSED (baseline)HighSanctificationApplied exactly.
46belief in the truthπίστις ἀληθείαςpitados dhateng kayektosanNEW (compound)HighGod’s Righteous Judgmentpitados dhateng goroh (register violation)Positive counterpart to #27; register consistency mandatory.
47obtaining of gloryπεριποίησις δόξηςpikantuking kamulyanNEW (compound)Medium(general)Reuses kamulyan.
48stand firm and hold to the traditionsστήκετε καὶ κρατεῖτε τὰς παραδόσειςngadeg kanthi teguh saha ngesteni piwulang tinampaNEWCriticalStanding Firm in the TraditionsSee full paradosis entry, #52.
49eternal comfortπαράκλησις αἰωνία (paraklēsis)panglipurNEWMedium(general — pastoral encouragement)Grounded in God’s electing love, not mere emotional soothing.
50good hopeἐλπὶς ἀγαθή (elpis)pangajap-ajapNEWHigh(general — assurance)pesthi-adjacent fatalistic hoping (forbidden framing)Confident expectation grounded in God’s promise, not wishful uncertainty.

Section D — Chapter 3 Terms (2 Thessalonians 3:1-18)

#English TermGreek (transliteration)Javanese RenderingStatusRiskDoctrineAlternatives RejectedNotes
51the evil oneὁ πονηρός (ho ponēros)Ingkang Awon / IblisNEWHighThe Man of Lawlessness (spiritual opposition)sing ala (too vague/impersonal)Same referent as ho Satanas (#18); keep personal, singular, adversarial identity.
52tradition(s)παράδοσις (paradosis)piwulang tinampaNEWCriticalStanding Firm in the Traditionstradisi (too generic/loanword-vague); adat (FORBIDDEN — conflates apostolic teaching with ancestral customary/ritual practice)Single most culturally hazardous new term in this curriculum; mandatory translator note every occurrence.
53the Lord is faithfulπιστὸς ὁ κύριος (pistos)Gusti punika setyaNEWMediumStanding Firm in the Traditions / Assurancepitados (reserved for human faith-response)God’s own attribute of faithfulness, distinct from human trust.
54establish and guardστηρίζω καὶ φυλάσσωnetepaken lan njagiNEWMediumPerseverance under PersecutionReinforces God’s active role sustaining kateguhan (#33).
55disorderly / undisciplinedἀτάκτως (ataktōs)tanpa tataNEWMediumStanding Firm in the Traditions (practical discipline)Military “breaking ranks” background image worth teaching.
56busybodiesπεριεργαζομένους (periergazomenous)cawe-cawe ing prakawis tiyang sanesNEWLow-Medium(general — church discipline)Preserves Greek ergazomai/periergazomai wordplay for teaching.
57the Lord of peaceὁ κύριος τῆς εἰρήνηςGustinipun KatentremanREUSED (baseline compound)LowPeace with GodCombines baseline Gusti + katentreman.
58the sign (authentication mark)σημεῖον (sēmeion)tandha tangan / pratandhaNEWLow(general)tandha elok (reserved for miraculous sense, #20)Same Greek word, distinct sense from 2:9; keep separate Javanese terms.
59grace (closing benediction)ἡ χάριςsih-rahmatREUSED (baseline)CriticalGraceApplied exactly.

Section E — Cross-Book Consistency Requirements

The following terms recur across chapters and require identical Javanese rendering at every occurrence throughout Phase 2 translation:

TermAll OccurrencesFixed Javanese Rendering
Perseverance / steadfastness (hypomonē)1:4; 3:5kateguhan
Lawlessness family (anomia)2:3, 7, 8kadurakan / Tiyang Duraka / Ingkang Duraka
Destruction family (kept distinct)olethros (1:9); apōleia (2:3)karisakan (olethros) vs. kabinasan (apōleia)
Truth (alētheia)2:10, 12, 13kayektosan — never kabeneran
Delusion/deception family (kept distinct)apatē (2:10); planē (2:11)pangapusan (apatē) vs. kesasaran (planē)
Tradition (paradosis)2:15; 3:6piwulang tinampa — never adat or bare tradisi
Restrainer (katechon/katechōn)2:6, 7ingkang nahan (flag neuter/masculine ambiguity)
Faith register splitpistis/pitados (true faith) vs. pisteusai tō pseudei (believe the lie)pitados (krama, reserved) vs. pracaya (ngoko, negative use only)

Section F — New Forbidden Substitutions Introduced by This Curriculum

In addition to the baseline’s existing forbidden list, the following are now forbidden for 2 Thessalonians translation and must be added to Phase 2 validation rules:

  1. wahyu — forbidden for apokalyphthē (“is revealed,” 2:3, 2:6, 2:8) in addition to its existing baseline prohibitions (calling, glory, power, election). The temptation is acute here because a ruler-like end-times figure being “revealed” directly overlaps wahyu’s normal cultural domain of a mystical mandate legitimizing a throne-claim.
  2. adat — forbidden for paradosis (“tradition,” 2:15; 3:6). Must never be used, as it would conflate apostolic doctrinal instruction with inherited ancestral customary/ritual practice.
  3. murtad — forbidden for apostasia (“rebellion,” 2:3). Must not import the Islamic legal-social apostasy framework.
  4. pesthi / nrimo ing pandum — forbidden for hypomonē (“perseverance,” 1:4; 3:5) and elpis (“hope,” 2:16), consistent with their existing baseline prohibition for Providence.
  5. panguwaosipun Gusti Allah — forbidden for Satan’s counterfeit dynamis (2:9); this honorific compound is reserved exclusively for God’s own power.

Critical Risk Terms

Grace

Approved rendering: sih-rahmat
Transliteration: sih-rahmat
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: kasekten, wahyu, utang budi

CRITICAL: Never use kasekten, wahyu, or utang budi. Sih-rahmat must be taught as favor given with no debt incurred and nothing to repay. Inherited from Romans package; applies identically at the letter’s opening greeting (2 Thessalonians 1:2) and closing benediction (3:18).


Power Of God

Approved rendering: panguwaosipun Gusti Allah
Transliteration: panguwaosipun Gusti Allah
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: kasekten

CRITICAL: Never use kasekten. Inherited from Romans package. Appears at 2 Thessalonians 1:11 (empowering believers’ good works). NEW FENCING RULE: this exact honorific compound must NEVER be applied to Satan’s counterfeit dynamis (2:9) — see the new term counterfeit_power, which uses plain panguwaos instead.


Jesus

Approved rendering: Gusti Yesus
Transliteration: Gusti Yesus
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Nabi Isa

CRITICAL: Never use Nabi Isa. Inherited from Romans package. Used throughout 2 Thessalonians (1:1, 1:7, 1:12, 2:1, 2:14) and paired mandatorily with the new term parousia (rawuhipun Gusti Yesus).


God

Approved rendering: Gusti Allah
Transliteration: Gusti Allah
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Gusti (alone)

CRITICAL: Never shorten to bare Gusti. Inherited from Romans package. Used throughout 2 Thessalonians; the man of lawlessness’s blasphemy in 2:4 is precisely that he ‘proclaims himself to be’ this exclusive referent.


Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: Roh Suci
Transliteration: Roh Suci
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: dhemit, lelembut

CRITICAL: Never use dhemit or lelembut. Inherited from Romans package. Appears at 2 Thessalonians 2:13 (pensucen dening Roh Suci). NEW FENCING RULE: must be kept sharply, mandatorily distinct from the new term false_spirit (lowercase generic roh, 2:2) — conflating the two would attribute a Satanic deception to the Holy Spirit.


Day Of The Lord

Approved rendering: Dinten Rawuhipun Gusti / Dinten Gusti
Transliteration: Dinten Rawuhipun Gusti
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Rejected alternatives: any phrase resembling petungan dina / primbon calendrical reckoning, a bare ‘Dinten Gusti’ used alone without the fuller compound
Original: ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ κυρίου
Category: Eschatology

CRITICAL NEW TERM. Must never be assimilated into Javanese petungan dina/primbon day-divination tradition. Mandatory translator note at every occurrence: this Day is fixed solely by God’s sovereign timing, unknowable and uncalculatable by any human system — precisely the point Paul corrects in 2 Thessalonians 2:2, where a false claim asserted the Day had already come.


Man Of Lawlessness

Approved rendering: Tiyang Duraka
Transliteration: Tiyang Duraka
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Rejected alternatives: wayang ‘evil king’ archetype, generic ‘wong ala’
Original: ὁ ἄνθρωπος τῆς ἀνομίας
Category: Eschatology

CRITICAL NEW TERM. Fixed title for the eschatological figure of 2 Thessalonians 2:3-9. Duraka (rebel/betrayer of rightful, God-given authority) carries strong native moral weight without importing a folk legend. Anomia here must NEVER be rendered with angger-anggering Toret (Mosaic Law, baseline) since this is a broader moral category, not Torah-transgression. Must not be assimilated into a cyclical wayang villain trope; this is a real, singular, linear historical figure.


Revealed

Approved rendering: kawiyak / kababar
Transliteration: kawiyak
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Rejected alternatives: wahyu (FORBIDDEN — new forbidden-substitution instance for this curriculum, in addition to the baseline’s existing prohibitions for calling, glory, election, power of God)

CRITICAL NEW TERM AND NEW FORBIDDEN SUBSTITUTION. Used for apokalyphthē, the man of lawlessness’s unveiling (2 Thessalonians 2:3, 6, 8). The pull toward wahyu is unusually strong here because a ruler-like figure ‘being revealed’ sits exactly inside wahyu’s normal cultural domain (a mystical mandate-light legitimizing a throne-claim). This must be documented in Phase 2 tooling as a fourth prohibited-domain activation for wahyu.


Son Of Destruction

Approved rendering: Putraning Kabinasan
Transliteration: Putraning Kabinasan
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Original: ὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἀπωλείας
Category: Eschatology

CRITICAL NEW TERM. Deliberately mirrors the syntax of the baseline’s Putrané Gusti Allah (Son of God) to preserve Paul’s rhetorical inversion (2 Thessalonians 2:3). Kabinasan is kept lexically distinct from karisakan (used for olethros, 1:9) so two related-but-distinct Greek destruction-words remain traceable in Javanese.


Restrainer

Approved rendering: ingkang nahan
Transliteration: ingkang nahan
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Rejected alternatives: any specific identification (Roman state, angelic power, guardian spirit) stated as settled fact, kasekten as a restraining potency

CRITICAL NEW TERM covering both to katechon (neuter, 2 Thessalonians 2:6) and ho katechōn (masculine, 2:7). Kept grammatically neutral/impersonal to match the Greek’s own deliberate ambiguity. Must NOT be identified with any specific Javanese unseen-power concept. Javanese cannot morphologically mark the neuter-to-masculine shift; a mandatory translator note must flag both occurrences for exegetical awareness rather than silently resolving the ambiguity.


Lawless One

Approved rendering: Ingkang Duraka
Transliteration: Ingkang Duraka
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness

NEW TERM. Short form of Tiyang Duraka (man_of_lawlessness), used once the figure is unveiled (2 Thessalonians 2:8). Must be kept lexically consistent throughout.


Strong Delusion

Approved rendering: kesasaran ingkang dipun paringaken dening Gusti Allah
Transliteration: kesasaran
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Rejected alternatives: pesthi (FORBIDDEN — impersonal fate), a wandering curse from an offended ancestral spirit

CRITICAL NEW TERM. Hē energeia tēs planēs (2 Thessalonians 2:11). Must be explicitly taught as a deliberate, righteous, judicial act of a personal God against those who first rejected the truth — never neutral fate. Kept lexically distinct from wicked_deception (apatē/pangapusan): apatē is the active deceiving; planē is the resulting delusion God judicially confirms.


Perseverance

Approved rendering: kateguhan
Transliteration: kateguhan
Doctrine: Perseverance under Persecution
Rejected alternatives: nrimo ing pandum (FORBIDDEN — passive fatalistic acceptance, already rejected in the baseline for Providence), sabar (too passive/generic; risks reading as static tolerance rather than active resistance)

CRITICAL NEW TERM, wholly absent from the Romans baseline. Hypomonē (2 Thessalonians 1:4; 3:5). Must be taught as active, hope-fueled endurance sustained by God himself (3:3, 5) and modeled on Christ’s own steadfastness (3:5), never passive resignation to fate. Candidate for intake into any future unified cross-curriculum glossary.


Eternal Destruction

Approved rendering: karisakan ingkang langgeng
Transliteration: karisakan ingkang langgeng
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Rejected alternatives: pesthi (impersonal, reversible fate)

CRITICAL NEW TERM. Olethros aiōnios (2 Thessalonians 1:9), final and unrepeatable, never confused with impersonal fate or cyclical misfortune reversible through ritual means (e.g., a slametan). Kept lexically distinct from Putraning Kabinasan’s kabinasan (apōleia, 2:3) so two related-but-different Greek destruction-terms remain traceable.


Tradition

Approved rendering: piwulang tinampa
Transliteration: piwulang tinampa
Doctrine: Standing Firm in the Traditions
Rejected alternatives: adat (FORBIDDEN — conflates apostolic doctrinal teaching with ancestral customary/ritual practice, including slametan, ancestor veneration, and village ritual calendars), tradisi (too generic/loanword-vague)

CRITICAL NEW TERM. The single most culturally hazardous new term in this curriculum. Paradosis (2 Thessalonians 2:15; 3:6), authoritative apostolic teaching handed down from Paul, oral and written. Piwulang tinampa (received teaching) deliberately avoids both adat and bare tradisi. Mandatory translator note required at every occurrence: these are specific apostolic teachings received from Paul, not inherited village custom or kejawen ethical tradition.


High Risk Terms

Righteousness

Approved rendering: kabeneran
Transliteration: kabeneran
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: kasampurnan

Never use kasampurnan. Kabeneran = right standing before God granted by faith. Inherited from Romans package. NEW FENCING RULE for this curriculum: must be kept lexically distinct from the new term truth (kayektosan, alētheia), introduced at 2 Thessalonians 2:10, 12, 13 — righteousness is forensic standing, truth is a content believed and loved; do not collapse the two.


Holy

Approved rendering: suci
Transliteration: suci
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: kramat

Set apart for God and morally pure; kramat carries sacred-potency-of-a-shrine connotations. Inherited from Romans package. Underlies the compound temple_of_god rendering (padaleman suci, 2 Thessalonians 2:4) and para suci (saints).


Sanctification

Approved rendering: pensucen
Transliteration: pensucen
Doctrine: Sanctification

The Spirit’s ongoing work of making believers holy, distinct from ritual purification. Inherited from Romans package. Combined with Roh Suci at 2 Thessalonians 2:13 as pensucen dening Roh Suci, one of the twin grounds (with belief_in_the_truth) of assurance answering the false Day-of-the-Lord claims.


Sin

Approved rendering: dosa
Transliteration: dosa
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: cemer

Moral transgression against a personal God, not ritual impurity. Inherited from Romans package. NEW DISTINCTION for this curriculum: dosa (ordinary sin) must be kept conceptually distinct from the new term lawlessness/kadurakan family — kadurakan names the specific, climactic end-times embodiment of rebellion in the man of lawlessness, a narrower and more intense category than general dosa.


Glory

Approved rendering: kamulyan
Transliteration: kamulyan
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: wahyu, kasekten

God’s own inherent radiance and honor, never wahyu or kasekten. Inherited from Romans package. Appears at 2 Thessalonians 1:9, 10, 12 and 2:14 (obtaining_of_glory).


Election

Approved rendering: pepilihanipun Gusti Allah
Transliteration: pepilihanipun Gusti Allah
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: wahyu

God’s sovereign personal choice, never wahyu. Inherited from Romans package. Appears at 2 Thessalonians 2:13 (‘God chose you’), directly grounding believers’ assurance against the fear-inducing false claims of 2:1-2.


Calling

Approved rendering: katimbalanipun Gusti Allah
Transliteration: katimbalanipun Gusti Allah
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: wahyu

Personal summons, never the impersonal wahyu. Inherited from Romans package. Appears at 2 Thessalonians 1:11 (‘worthy of his calling’).


Lord

Approved rendering: Gusti
Transliteration: Gusti
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ndara

Every occurrence needs context establishing exclusive, supreme Lordship, not feudal deference language. Inherited from Romans package. Applied throughout 2 Thessalonians to both God the Father and Christ; underlies the titles Dinten Rawuhipun Gusti (Day of the Lord), Gustinipun Katentreman (Lord of peace, 3:16), and ngarsanipun Gusti (the Lord’s presence, 1:9).


Father

Approved rendering: Rama
Transliteration: Rama
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: Leluhur

God as personal, relational Father, never Leluhur (venerated ancestral forebear). Inherited from Romans package. Appears in the greeting ‘God our Father’ (2 Thessalonians 1:1-2).


Obedience Of Faith

Approved rendering: pambangun-turut kang metu saka pitados
Transliteration: pambangun-turut kang metu saka pitados
Doctrine: Obedience of Faith

Obedience flowing from faith, not ritual compliance. Inherited from Romans package. Connects to ‘those who do not obey the gospel’ (2 Thessalonians 1:8) and ‘if anyone does not obey what we say in this letter’ (3:14).


Parousia

Approved rendering: rawuhipun (Gusti Yesus)
Transliteration: rawuhipun
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Rejected alternatives: teka (ngoko, too plain)
Original: παρουσία
Category: Eschatology

NEW TERM. The awaited, visible, official royal arrival of Christ (2 Thessalonians 2:1, 8, 9). Krama-inggil arrival verb chosen to match the honorific register already established for Gusti. Must always be paired explicitly with Gusti Yesus so it is never read as a generic ‘arrival’ or ‘presence.‘


False Spirit

Approved rendering: roh
Transliteration: roh
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Rejected alternatives: Roh Suci (FORBIDDEN in this sense — reserved exclusively for the Holy Spirit)

NEW TERM. A purported false prophetic utterance falsely claiming the Day of the Lord has come (2 Thessalonians 2:2). Must always render lowercase, generic roh, never capitalized or conflated with Roh Suci. Mandatory translator note required every occurrence distinguishing this false/human-originated claim from the Holy Spirit.


Apostasy

Approved rendering: pambalelo ing pitados
Transliteration: pambalelo ing pitados
Doctrine: Apostasy and the Mystery of Lawlessness
Rejected alternatives: murtad (FORBIDDEN — imports the Islamic legal-social apostasy-from-Islam framework)

NEW TERM. A specific, climactic, corporate end-times departure from the Christian faith preceding the man of lawlessness’s unveiling (2 Thessalonians 2:3). Must not import murtad’s severe social-legal consequence from the surrounding Islamic-majority context.


Temple Of God

Approved rendering: padaleman suci
Transliteration: padaleman suci
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Rejected alternatives: punden (FORBIDDEN — spirit-veneration shrine site)

NEW TERM. God’s exclusive dwelling place, blasphemously usurped by the man of lawlessness (2 Thessalonians 2:4). Must not use any mosque-specific or village-shrine vocabulary; preserves the sense of self-deification, not mere trespass.


Mystery Of Lawlessness

Approved rendering: wewadi kadurakan
Transliteration: wewadi kadurakan
Doctrine: Apostasy and the Mystery of Lawlessness

NEW TERM. The hidden, presently-operative principle of end-times rebellion already active (2 Thessalonians 2:7). Wewadi independently carries kebatinan/kejawen esoteric-secret-knowledge resonance; mandatory translator note required clarifying this is God’s own disclosed scriptural category, not initiate-only mystical teaching.


Counterfeit Power

Approved rendering: panguwaos / panguwaos palsu
Transliteration: panguwaos palsu
Doctrine: Satan’s Counterfeit Power and Deceptive Signs
Rejected alternatives: panguwaosipun Gusti Allah (FORBIDDEN — the honorific compound reserved exclusively for God’s own power)

NEW TERM AND NEW FORBIDDEN SUBSTITUTION. Satan’s dynamis (2 Thessalonians 2:9) must never borrow the baseline’s honorific power_of_god compound. Use plain panguwaos or panguwaos palsu, explicitly and consistently subordinated beneath God’s true, incomparably greater power in translator notes.


Wicked Deception

Approved rendering: pangapusan ing kadurakan
Transliteration: pangapusan ing kadurakan
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment

NEW TERM. Hē apatē tēs adikias (2 Thessalonians 2:10). Adikia is the direct antonym of the baseline’s kabeneran (righteousness), a contrast deliberately kept visible. Kept lexically distinct from strong_delusion (kesasaran): apatē is the active deceiving done to the perishing; planē is the resulting judicial delusion God confirms.


Truth

Approved rendering: kayektosan
Transliteration: kayektosan
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Rejected alternatives: kabeneran (FORBIDDEN in this sense — reserved for righteousness/forensic standing)

NEW TERM (not present in Romans baseline). Alētheia (2 Thessalonians 2:10, 12, 13). Must be kept lexically distinct from kabeneran despite both carrying moral weight in English; conflating them would blur forensic righteousness (a legal status) with truth (a content to be believed and loved). Load-bearing new distinction for this curriculum.


Believe The Lie

Approved rendering: pracaya marang goroh
Transliteration: pracaya marang goroh
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Rejected alternatives: pitados marang goroh (FORBIDDEN — register violation; would dignify a damnable falsehood with the register reserved for saving faith)

NEW TERM AND NEW REGISTER RULE. Pisteusai tō pseudei (2 Thessalonians 2:11). Deliberately uses the ngoko register pracaya, never the krama pitados, keeping pitados untouched throughout the whole curriculum as reserved for true, saving faith in Christ. Positive counterpart: belief_in_the_truth (pitados dhateng kayektosan, 2:13).


Condemned

Approved rendering: supados sami kapatrapan paukuman
Transliteration: kapatrapan paukuman
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment

NEW TERM. Krithōsin (2 Thessalonians 2:12), the final eschatological verdict of condemnation. Kept as a clear judicial-negative counterpart to the baseline’s justification language (kaanggep bener dening Gusti Allah), never blurred with a neutral sense of ‘evaluated.‘


Righteous Judgment

Approved rendering: pangadilanipun Gusti Allah ingkang leres/adil
Transliteration: pangadilanipun Gusti Allah
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment

NEW TERM. Hē dikaia krisis tou theou (2 Thessalonians 1:5). Adil is widely shared, positive vocabulary across Javanese Muslim and Christian usage for divine justice. Still High risk because the doctrine requires audiences to understand this justice as certain and future, not already fully visible in present suffering.


Vengeance

Approved rendering: piwales ingkang adil
Transliteration: piwales ingkang adil
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Rejected alternatives: santet/tenung-style human sorcery-revenge logic (FORBIDDEN association)

NEW TERM. Ekdikēsis (2 Thessalonians 1:8), judicial vindication God himself executes, explicitly not a believer’s own prerogative. Mandatory translator note: exclusively God’s judicial action, never validating or resembling folk-magical revenge practices.


Belief In The Truth

Approved rendering: pitados dhateng kayektosan
Transliteration: pitados dhateng kayektosan
Doctrine: Assurance through Election and Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: pitados dhateng goroh (register violation)

NEW COMPOUND TERM. Pistis alētheias (2 Thessalonians 2:13), combining baseline pitados with the new term truth. Deliberate positive counterpart to believe_the_lie (2:11); reviewers must recognize this contrast pair, including the register distinction.


Stand Firm And Hold Fast

Approved rendering: ngadeg kanthi teguh saha ngesteni (piwulang tinampa)
Transliteration: ngadeg kanthi teguh saha ngesteni
Doctrine: Standing Firm in the Traditions

NEW TERM. Stēkete kai krateite (2 Thessalonians 2:15; functionally 3:6). Reuses the kateguhan root established for perseverance, deliberately reinforcing the thematic link between doctrinal firmness and endurance under persecution.


Hope

Approved rendering: pangajap-ajap
Transliteration: pangajap-ajap
Doctrine: Eternal Comfort and Good Hope
Rejected alternatives: pesthi-adjacent fatalistic hoping (FORBIDDEN framing)

NEW TERM (not present in Romans baseline). Elpis agathē (2 Thessalonians 2:16). Must be clearly distinguished from fatalistic ‘hoping against fate,’ touching the same pesthi/nrimo ing pandum collision zone flagged for perseverance; biblical hope is confident expectation grounded in God’s own promise.


Evil One

Approved rendering: Ingkang Awon / Iblis
Transliteration: Ingkang Awon
Doctrine: Satan’s Counterfeit Power and Deceptive Signs
Rejected alternatives: sing ala (too vague/impersonal)

NEW TERM. Ho ponēros (2 Thessalonians 3:3), the same personal figure named ho Satanas (2:9, see satan). Must not be rendered with a vague generic phrase that would strip the passage of its personal, singular adversary.


Medium Risk Terms

Gospel

Approved rendering: Injil
Transliteration: injil
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: kabar kabungahan

Established term shared across Indonesian-archipelago Christian usage. Kabar kabungahan (news of joy) is too generic and loses the specific, unique proclamation of salvation through Christ. Inherited from Romans package; applies identically in 2 Thessalonians 1:8 (‘obey the gospel’) and connects to the mission language of 3:1 (‘the word of the Lord’).


Faith

Approved rendering: pitados
Transliteration: pitados (krama); pracaya (ngoko)
Doctrine: Faith

Object of faith must always be specified as Christ. Use the krama register pitados in devotional and doctrinal contexts. Inherited from Romans package. NEW REGISTER RULE for this curriculum: pitados is reserved EXCLUSIVELY for true saving faith throughout 2 Thessalonians (e.g., 1:3-4, 11; 2:13’s ‘belief in the truth’); the ngoko register pracaya is used only for the negative counterfeit act of ‘believing the lie’ (2:11) — see the new term believe_the_lie. Never let a reviewer ‘correct’ pracaya back to pitados in that verse.


Saints

Approved rendering: para suci
Transliteration: para suci
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: wali

Wali names the venerated Wali Songo, whose graves remain popular pilgrimage sites. Para suci = every believer set apart in Christ. Inherited from Romans package; underlies the letter’s addressees at 2 Thessalonians 1:1 (via pasamuwan) and the general sainthood-of-all-believers assumption throughout.


Peace

Approved rendering: katentreman
Transliteration: katentreman
Doctrine: Peace with God

Relational peace with God, not inner calm from spiritual discipline. Inherited from Romans package. Appears at 2 Thessalonians 1:2 and as the title ‘the Lord of peace’ at 3:16 (Gustinipun Katentreman).


Church

Approved rendering: pasamuwan
Transliteration: pasamuwan
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: punden

The gathered people of God; never punden (spirit-veneration shrine). Inherited from Romans package. The letter is addressed to the pasamuwan (2 Thessalonians 1:1) and church-order instructions occupy chapter 3.


Kingdom Of God

Approved rendering: Kratoning Gusti Allah
Transliteration: Kratoning Gusti Allah
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission

Distinguished from an actual earthly keraton. Inherited from Romans package. Appears at 2 Thessalonians 1:5, the kingdom for which believers are being made worthy through suffering.


Mission

Approved rendering: pekabaran Injil
Transliteration: pekabaran Injil
Doctrine: Mission to the Nations

Proclamation of the gospel. Inherited from Romans package. Connects to 2 Thessalonians 3:1’s prayer request that ‘the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored.‘


Gathered Together

Approved rendering: pangimpuning para pitados dhateng Gusti
Transliteration: pangimpuning para pitados dhateng Gusti
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Rejected alternatives: ngumpul ing pasamuwan (too generic, reads as ordinary church attendance)

NEW TERM. The eschatological ingathering of believers to Christ at his return (2 Thessalonians 2:1). Kept distinct from pasamuwan (ordinary congregation).


Object Of Worship

Approved rendering: samubarang ingkang dipun sembah
Transliteration: samubarang ingkang dipun sembah
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Rejected alternatives: pepundhen (cognate risk with the forbidden punden)

NEW TERM. Sebasma, anything venerated or worshipped, which the man of lawlessness exalts himself above (2 Thessalonians 2:4). Descriptive phrase preferred over any pepundhen-adjacent noun.


At Work

Approved rendering: sampun makarya
Transliteration: sampun makarya
Doctrine: Apostasy and the Mystery of Lawlessness

NEW TERM. Energeō, ‘is already operative/active,’ used of the mystery of lawlessness (2 Thessalonians 2:7) and again of the working of delusion (2:11, strong_delusion). Same Javanese verb family must be kept consistent across both occurrences to preserve the wordplay.


Bring To Nothing

Approved rendering: nyirnakaken
Transliteration: nyirnakaken
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness

NEW TERM. Katargeō, Christ’s effortless annihilation of the lawless one by the breath of his mouth (2 Thessalonians 2:8). Must avoid any resonance with pusaka/keris-potency imagery (empowered heirloom weapons); Christ’s victory is sovereign, effortless divine power by spoken word alone.


Appearing Of His Coming

Approved rendering: pratandhaning rawuhipun / kamulyaning rawuhipun
Transliteration: pratandhaning rawuhipun
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord

NEW TERM. Epiphaneia tēs parousias autou, the glorious manifestation of Christ’s coming (2 Thessalonians 2:8). Combines the new term parousia (rawuhipun) with the baseline’s kamulyan (glory) for lexical consistency.


Satan

Approved rendering: Iblis
Transliteration: Iblis
Doctrine: Satan’s Counterfeit Power and Deceptive Signs
Rejected alternatives: dhemit, lelembut (FORBIDDEN — folk-spirit categories)

NEW TERM. Ho Satanas (2 Thessalonians 2:9), also ho ponēros/‘the evil one’ (3:3, see evil_one). Iblis is widely shared, low-syncretism-risk vocabulary across Javanese Muslim and Christian usage naming a compatible referent (unlike Nabi Isa). Mandatory note: a specific, personal fallen being, never a folk-spirit category.


False Signs And Wonders

Approved rendering: tandha-tandha elok ingkang goroh
Transliteration: tandha-tandha elok ingkang goroh
Doctrine: Satan’s Counterfeit Power and Deceptive Signs

NEW TERM. Sēmeia kai terata pseudous, real but deceptive miraculous displays empowered by Satan (2 Thessalonians 2:9). Must be distinguished from true-miracle language and from sēmeion as an authentication mark (see authentication_mark, 3:17) — distinct Javanese words required for each sense.


Those Who Are Perishing

Approved rendering: tiyang ingkang nuju risak
Transliteration: tiyang ingkang nuju risak
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment

NEW TERM. Hoi apollymenoi (2 Thessalonians 2:10), sharing the root of apōleia (2:3, son_of_destruction). Preserves the ongoing, present-tense trajectory sense, not yet finally sealed.


Love

Approved rendering: katresnan
Transliteration: katresnan
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: asmara (romantic love, never appropriate for theological agapē)

NEW TERM (not present in Romans baseline). Agapē, selfless willed love. Already the standard, established term in published Javanese Scripture and liturgy for divine/selfless love. Context must always specify divine, self-giving love where doctrinally significant (2 Thessalonians 1:3; 2:10; 3:5).


Pleasure In Unrighteousness

Approved rendering: condhong sarta remen dhateng piala
Transliteration: condhong sarta remen dhateng piala
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment

NEW TERM. Eudokēsantes tē adikia (2 Thessalonians 2:12), emphasizing willful moral culpability — active delight in wrongdoing, not mere failure to notice truth. Reuses the adikia-family term piala established at wicked_deception (2:10).


Affliction

Approved rendering: kasangsaran
Transliteration: kasangsaran
Doctrine: Perseverance under Persecution

NEW TERM. Thlipsis (2 Thessalonians 1:4, 6, 7), the real, ongoing persecution suffered by the Thessalonian church. Standard term, low ambiguity.


Away From The Lords Presence

Approved rendering: tinilar saking ngarsanipun Gusti
Transliteration: ngarsanipun Gusti
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment

NEW TERM. Apo prosōpou tou kyriou (2 Thessalonians 1:9). Ngarsa (court-honorific for the presence of a ruler) is a rare case of positive cultural resonance, reinforcing rather than undercutting Christ’s supreme Lordship.


Obtaining Of Glory

Approved rendering: pikantuking kamulyan
Transliteration: pikantuking kamulyan
Doctrine: Assurance through Election and Sanctification

NEW COMPOUND TERM. Peripoiēsin doxēs (2 Thessalonians 2:14), the purpose for which believers were called. Reuses baseline kamulyan (glory).


Comfort

Approved rendering: panglipur
Transliteration: panglipur
Doctrine: Eternal Comfort and Good Hope

NEW TERM (not present in Romans baseline). Paraklēsis aiōnia (2 Thessalonians 2:16). Must be distinguished from mere emotional soothing; grounded in God’s prior electing love and grace (2:13, 16).


Lords Faithfulness

Approved rendering: setya
Transliteration: setya
Doctrine: God’s Faithfulness
Rejected alternatives: pitados (FORBIDDEN in this sense — reserved for the human act of trusting)

NEW TERM (not present in Romans baseline). Pistos ho kyrios (2 Thessalonians 3:3), God’s own attribute of reliability. Must be kept lexically distinct from pitados so God’s own character is never confused with the human response of faith toward him.


Establish And Guard

Approved rendering: netepaken lan njagi
Transliteration: netepaken lan njagi
Doctrine: Perseverance under Persecution

NEW TERM. Stērixei kai phylaxei (2 Thessalonians 3:3), the Lord’s active work establishing and guarding believers from the evil one. Reinforces that perseverance (kateguhan) is God’s own sustaining work, not believers’ willpower alone.


Disorderly

Approved rendering: tanpa tata
Transliteration: tanpa tata
Doctrine: Church Order and Discipline

NEW TERM. Ataktōs (2 Thessalonians 3:6, 7, 11), originally a military ‘breaking ranks’ term. Low intrinsic doctrinal risk; the military background image is worth preserving in teaching notes even where not carried into the translated text.


Low Risk Terms

Thanksgiving

Approved rendering: pamuji sukur
Transliteration: pamuji sukur
Doctrine: Thanksgiving

Standard term; no significant doctrinal risk. Inherited from Romans package. Appears at 2 Thessalonians 1:3.


Busybodies

Approved rendering: cawe-cawe ing prakawis tiyang sanes
Transliteration: cawe-cawe ing prakawis tiyang sanes
Doctrine: Church Order and Discipline

NEW TERM. Periergazomenous (2 Thessalonians 3:11), wordplay with ergazomai (‘to work’). Natural idiomatic Javanese phrase; preserve the Greek working/meddling wordplay for teaching purposes even though the pun itself is not reproducible in Javanese.


Authentication Mark

Approved rendering: tandha tangan / pratandha
Transliteration: tandha tangan
Doctrine: Church Order and Discipline
Rejected alternatives: tandha elok (reserved for the miraculous-sign sense, false_signs_and_wonders)

NEW TERM. Sēmeion (2 Thessalonians 3:17), Paul’s handwriting as an authenticating mark distinguishing genuine letters from forgeries — the same Greek word as the ‘false signs’ of 2:9 but in a wholly non-miraculous sense. Distinct Javanese words required for each sense.

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