Core Glossary
Core Glossary — 2 Thessalonians
This glossary consolidates every load-bearing theological term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, spanning 2 Thessalonians 1–3, organized by the five curriculum doctrines plus a supporting-vocabulary section. Each entry records the risk tier, the doctrinal grounding, and the specific collision/reasoning behind any non-obvious rendering choice.
1. The Day of the Lord
| Term (EN) | Greek / Transliteration | Nepali Rendering | Status | Risk | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coming / Parousia | παρουσία / parousia | आगमन | [NEW] | Critical | अवतार-style descent phrasing | Must never echo repeatable royal/divine avatar-descent; single, final, personal return of Christ. |
| Appearing | ἐπιφάνεια / epiphaneia | प्रकट हुनु | [NEW] | High | — | Paired with आगमन in 2:8 (“the appearing of his coming”); same avatar-collision caution applies. |
| Day of the Lord | ἡμέρα τοῦ κυρίου / hēmera tou kyriou | प्रभुको दिन | [NEW] | Critical | — | Linear, unrepeatable historical culmination; must not be assimilated to cyclical yuga cosmology or Kalki-era-ending expectation. |
| Gathering together | ἐπισυναγωγή / episynagōgē | सँगै जम्मा हुने कार्य / जमघट | [NEW] | Medium | — | The church’s future gathering to Christ; not a synagogue building, not routine मण्डली meetings. |
| The rebellion / apostasy | ἀποστασία / apostasia | विश्वासबाट विद्रोह (or विश्वासपतन) | [NEW] | Critical | धर्मत्याग | Must precede the man of lawlessness; built on approved विश्वास root, never धर्म-rooted. |
| Restrainer (identity disputed) | τὸ κατέχον / ὁ κατέχων | रोकिराखेको (कुरा/व्यक्ति) | [NEW] | High | — | Preserve grammatical/exegetical ambiguity (neuter → masculine shift, vv.6–7); mandatory theologian review every occurrence. |
| Mystery of lawlessness | μυστήριον τῆς ἀνομίας / mystērion tēs anomias | अव्यवस्थाको रहस्य | [NEW] | High | — | Combine with रहस्य caution (Tantric esoteric-secrecy collision) and अव्यवस्था (see doctrine 2 below). |
2. The Man of Lawlessness
| Term (EN) | Greek / Transliteration | Nepali Rendering | Status | Risk | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawlessness | ἀνομία / anomia | अव्यवस्था | [NEW] | Critical | अधर्म | Direct collision with Hindu Kalki-avatar-destroys-adharma end-times expectation; built on approved व्यवस्था (law) root instead. |
| Man of lawlessness / the lawless one | ἄνθρωπος τῆς ἀνομίας / ὁ ἄνομος | अव्यवस्थाको मानिस / अव्यवस्थित जन | [NEW] | Critical | अधर्मको मानिस | Central curriculum term; consistency mandatory across every occurrence. |
| Son of destruction | υἱὸς τῆς ἀπωλείας / huios tēs apōleias | विनाशको पुत्र | [NEW] | High | — | Hebraic idiom = “one destined for destruction”; footnote required to prevent confusion with परमेश्वरका पुत्र sonship title. |
| The adversary / opposes | ἀντικείμενος / antikeimenos | विरोधी | [NEW] | High | — | Opposes the one true God; not a rival deity among many. |
| Exalts himself | ὑπεραίρομαι / hyperairomai | आफूलाई उच्च पार्ने | [NEW] | Medium | — | Standard pride vocabulary. |
| Object of worship | σέβασμα / sebasma | पूजाको वस्तु | [NEW] | Medium | — | पूजा contextually apt here (names illegitimate/pagan worship); do not sanitize. |
| Temple/sanctuary | ναός / naos | मन्दिर | [NEW] | High | — | Distinct from मण्डली (church); flag god-king-enthroned resonance with Shah-era avatar ideology; teaching notes must clarify this passage condemns, not models, this pattern. |
| Sits (enthrones himself) | καθίζω / kathizō | बस्नु | [NEW] | Medium | आसन ग्रहण गर्नु | Avoid आसन (yogic/ritual-seat connotation); plain “sit” preferred. |
| Proclaims himself | ἀποδείκνυμι / apodeiknymi | आफूलाई घोषणा गर्नु | [NEW] | Low-Medium | — | — |
| Restrains / restrainer | κατέχω / katechō | रोकिराख्नु | [NEW] | High | — | See Day of the Lord table; ambiguity must be preserved. |
| Reveal / revealed | ἀποκαλύπτω / apokalyptō | प्रकट गर्नु | [NEW] | Medium | — | Public, historical unveiling, not private mystical/tantric disclosure. |
| Mystery | μυστήριον / mystērion | रहस्य | [NEW] | High | — | Distinguish from Tantric/Vajrayana esoteric initiatory secrecy; previously-hidden-now-openly-proclaimed divine truth. |
| Working / operation | ἐνέργεια, ἐνεργέω / energeia, energeō | कार्य / कार्यरत हुनु | [NEW] | Medium | ”energy” (vitalist) | Personal, purposive operation, not impersonal force. |
| Satan | Σατανᾶς / Satanas | शैतान | [NEW — but adopt as fixed] | Critical | राक्षस, मार | Must remain the specific, personal biblical adversary; never conflated with Hindu epic demons or the Buddhist tempter-figure Māra. |
| Power (counterfeit) | δύναμις / dynamis | सामर्थ्य (qualified: झूटा चिन्ह र आश्चर्यको सामर्थ्य) | [NEW] | High | शक्ति | Retain सामर्थ्य-family consistency with baseline’s power_of_god entry; शक्ति would import the forbidden Śākta/Tantric association onto Satan. |
| Sign | σημεῖον / sēmeion | चिन्ह | [NEW] | Low | — | Same word used positively in 3:17 (Paul’s authenticating mark) — opposite moral valence, same lexeme. |
| Wonder | τέρας / teras | अचम्मको कार्य (qualified: झूटा) | [NEW] | Medium | bare चमत्कार | चमत्कार alone carries positive, God-honoring connotation in ordinary Nepali usage; must qualify as false. |
| Lie / falsehood | ψεῦδος / pseudos | झूट | [NEW] | Low | — | — |
| Deception | ἀπάτη / apatē | छल / धोका | [NEW] | Low-Medium | — | — |
| Unrighteousness | ἀδικία / adikia | अधार्मिकता | [NEW] | Critical | अधर्म | Built on approved धार्मिकता root; parallel collision risk to ἀνομία/अधर्म above. |
| Unrighteous (person) | ἄδικος / adikos | अधार्मिक | [NEW] | Critical | अधर्मी | Same root discipline as above (ch. 3:2). |
| Delusion / error | πλάνη / planē | भ्रम | [NEW] | High | माया | माया is the Advaita Vedanta term for cosmic illusion veiling ultimate reality; would wrongly imply a metaphysical illusion-doctrine rather than a specific judicial act of God. |
3. Perseverance under Persecution
| Term (EN) | Greek / Transliteration | Nepali Rendering | Status | Risk | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endurance / steadfastness | ὑπομονή / hypomonē | सहनशीलता | [NEW] | High | — | Active, hope-grounded endurance; must not be read as passive karmic resignation to fate/suffering. |
| Persecution | διωγμός / diōgmos | सतावट | [NEW] | High | — | Live contemporary relevance given ongoing social/legal sensitivity around Christian practice in Nepal (cf. baseline’s mission entry). |
| Affliction / tribulation | θλῖψις / thlipsis | कष्ट | [NEW] | Medium | — | Paired with διωγμός as concrete suffering. |
| Endurance of Christ | ὑπομονὴ τοῦ Χριστοῦ / hypomonē tou Christou | ख्रीष्टको सहनशीलता | [NEW] | High | — | Reprised in 3:5, Christ-centered model/goal of believer’s endurance. |
| Rescue / deliver (general) | ῥύομαι / rhyomai | बचाउनु | [NEW] | Medium | उद्धार | Deliberately distinct from soteriological salvation to preserve उद्धार’s exclusive doctrinal weight. |
| Guard / protect | φυλάσσω / phylassō | जोगाउनु | [NEW] | Medium | — | “From the evil one” — flag personal-Satan vs. abstract-evil ambiguity. |
| Faithful (of the Lord) | πιστός / pistos | विश्वासयोग्य | [NEW] | Medium | — | Grounds assurance in God’s character, not unpredictable fate. |
4. God’s Righteous Judgment
| Term (EN) | Greek / Transliteration | Nepali Rendering | Status | Risk | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Just / righteous (of God’s act) | δίκαιον / dikaion | धर्मी | [NEW — adjectival extension of BASELINE धार्मिकता] | Critical | धर्म-based phrasing | God’s judicial justice; never धर्म. |
| Repay | ἀνταποδίδωμι / antapodidōmi | बदला दिनु / प्रतिफल दिनु | [NEW] | High | — | Judicial requital, to both afflicters and afflicted. |
| Vengeance / retribution | ἐκδίκησις / ekdikēsis | बदला | [NEW] | High | — | God’s own righteous judicial act; never personal vendetta license for believers (cf. Romans 12:19 pattern). |
| Eternal destruction | ὄλεθρος αἰώνιος / olethros aiōnios | अनन्त विनाश | [NEW] | Critical | — | Final, unrepeatable; must not be softened into a stage of cyclical rebirth/karma, same collision class as resurrection in baseline. |
| Penalty | δίκη / dikē | दण्ड | [NEW] | High | — | Judicial-forensic, not karmic mechanism. |
| Judge / condemn | κρίνω / krinō | दोषी ठहराइनु / न्याय गर्नु | [NEW] | High | — | Forensic opposite of धर्मी ठहराइने कार्य (justification); parallel construction recommended. |
| Perish / destruction | ἀπόλλυμι, ἀπώλεια / apollymi, apōleia | विनाश हुनु / नष्ट हुनु | [NEW] | High | — | Final, personal loss before a personal God; not impersonal karmic dissolution. |
| Relief / rest | ἄνεσις / anesis | विश्राम / राहत | [NEW] | Medium | — | Relational relief at a specific historical event, not मोक्ष-style release from a cycle. |
| From the presence of the Lord | προσώπου τοῦ κυρίου / prosōpou tou kyriou | प्रभुको उपस्थितिबाट (टाढा) | [NEW] | Medium | — | Relational exclusion, not merely abstract punishment. |
| Take pleasure in (unrighteousness) | εὐδοκέω / eudokeō | रुचाउनु / मन पराउनु | [NEW] | Medium | — | Judgment as response to willed delight in unrighteousness, not impersonal fate. |
5. Standing Firm in the Traditions
| Term (EN) | Greek / Transliteration | Nepali Rendering | Status | Risk | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tradition(s) | παράδοσις / paradosis | परम्परा (mandatory qualifier: हामीले सिकाएका/प्रेरितहरूका परम्परा) | [NEW] | Critical | bare परम्परा | Central doctrinal term; unqualified परम्परा risks being heard as endorsement of retained caste/Hindu customary practice — the direct inverse of Paul’s meaning. Must always anchor explicitly to apostolic teaching. Human theologian review required at every occurrence. |
| Stand firm | στήκω / stēkō | अडिग रहनु | [NEW] | Medium | — | Settled doctrinal conviction. |
| Hold fast | κρατέω / krateō | दृढतासाथ समात्नु | [NEW] | Medium | — | Active retention of taught content. |
| Establish / strengthen | στηρίζω / stērizō | स्थिर पार्नु | [NEW] | Low-Medium | — | — |
| Comfort (hearts) | παρακαλέω / parakaleō (comfort sense) | सान्त्वना दिनु | [NEW — third context-sense alongside BASELINE उत्साहित पार्नु / बिन्ती गर्नु] | Low-Medium | — | Add as a recognized third context sense to the baseline exhort/comfort entry. |
| Pattern / example | τύπος / typos | नमूना / उदाहरण | [NEW] | Low | — | Paul’s conduct as embodied “tradition.” |
| Imitate | μιμέομαι / mimeomai | अनुकरण गर्नु | [NEW] | Medium | — | Light collision caution: clarify imitation of apostolic character/conduct, not guru-style devotional veneration. |
| Idleness / disorderly walk | ἀτάκτως περιπατέω, ἀτακτέω / ataktōs peripateō, atakteō | अनुशासनहीन आचरण | [NEW] | Low-Medium | — | Behavioral discipline tied to eschatological misapplication. |
| Busybody | περιεργάζομαι / periergazomai | अनावश्यक चासो राख्नु | [NEW] | Low | — | — |
| Admonish (as a brother) | νουθετέω / noutheteō | चेतावनी दिनु / उपदेश दिनु | [NEW] | Low-Medium | — | Framed relationally (भाइ), not punitively (शत्रु). |
| Sign (authenticating mark) | σημεῖον / sēmeion | चिन्ह | [NEW] | Low | — | Same lexeme as false “signs” in 2:9 — opposite moral valence; note the contrast. |
6. Supporting Vocabulary (reused from baseline Romans translation memory — reuse exactly)
| Term (EN) | Greek | Nepali (Baseline) | Risk (Baseline) | 2 Thessalonians occurrence(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church | ἐκκλησία | मण्डली | Medium | 1:1 |
| Grace | χάρις | अनुग्रह | High | 1:2, 1:12, 2:16 |
| Peace | εἰρήνη | शान्ति | Medium | 1:2, 3:16 |
| Faith | πίστις | विश्वास | High | 1:3, 1:4, 1:11, 2:13, 3:2 |
| Gospel | εὐαγγέλιον | सुसमाचार | High | 1:8, 2:14 |
| Lord | κύριος | प्रभु | Critical | throughout |
| God | θεός | परमेश्वर | Critical | throughout |
| Holy Spirit | πνεῦμα ἅγιον | पवित्र आत्मा | Critical | 2:13 (note: 2:2’s πνεῦμα is NOT this sense — see analysis) |
| Salvation / save | σωτηρία / σῴζω | उद्धार | Critical | 2:10, 2:13 |
| Saints / holy ones | ἅγιοι | पवित्र जन | High | 1:10 |
| Sanctification | ἁγιασμός | पवित्रीकरण | High | 2:13 |
| Calling / called | κλῆσις / κλητός | बोलावट / बोलाइएका | High | 1:11 |
| Election (choice) | ἐκλογή / αἱρέομαι | परमेश्वरको छनोट | High | 2:13 |
| Glory | δόξα | महिमा | High | 1:9, 1:12, 2:14 |
| Power of God | δύναμις θεοῦ | परमेश्वरको सामर्थ्य | High | 1:7, 1:11 (contrast with counterfeit power in 2:9) |
| Obedience (of the gospel) | ὑπακούω | आज्ञाकारिता (root) | High | 1:8 |
| Exhort / encourage | παρακαλέω | उत्साहित पार्नु (+ new: सान्त्वना दिनु) | Low | 2:17, 3:12 |
| Thanksgiving | εὐχαριστέω | धन्यवाद | Low | 1:3, 2:13 |
| Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | येशू | Critical | throughout |
| Father | πατήρ | पिता | Critical | 1:1, 1:2, 2:16 |
Risk Summary for 2 Thessalonians New-Term Additions
| Risk Tier | Count of New Terms | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 8 (παρουσία/ἐπιφάνεια, ἡμέρα τοῦ κυρίου, ἀποστασία, ἀνομία family, ἀδικία family, ὄλεθρος αἰώνιος, δίκαιον/δίκη family, παράδοσις) | Human theologian review — every occurrence |
| High | 17 | Human theologian review |
| Medium | 15 | Native speaker review |
| Low | 9 | Automated review |
All Critical and High risk terms listed above must be added to translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json and routed through doctrine_risk_registry.json review tiers before Phase 2 segment translation begins, per the enforcement rules in 12_ai_translation_requirements.md.
Critical Risk Terms
Righteousness
Approved rendering: धार्मिकता
Transliteration: dharmikata
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, पुण्य
Inherited from Romans package. NEVER धर्म. In 2 Thessalonians serves as the root for the adjectival δίκαιον (‘it is righteous of God,’ 1:6, rendered धर्मी) and is the base from which अधार्मिकता (‘unrighteousness’) is constructed, rather than the forbidden अधर्म.
Salvation
Approved rendering: उद्धार
Transliteration: uddhar
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति, मोक्ष, निर्वाण
Original: σωτηρία / σῴζω
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. 2:10 ties rejection of salvation directly to rejecting ‘the love of the truth’ (2:13); reinforces उद्धार as personal response to revealed truth offered by a personal God, never an achievement or effort-based liberation. Never मुक्ति, मोक्ष, or निर्वाण.
Messiah
Approved rendering: मसीह
Transliteration: Masih
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Inherited from Romans package. Reserved for contexts where ‘Christ’ functions as messianic title rather than as part of the fixed proper name ‘Lord Jesus Christ’; see christ_proper_name entry below for the name form used throughout this letter.
Jesus
Approved rendering: येशू
Transliteration: Yeshu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Established Nepali Christian standard form; occurs throughout.
Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभु
Transliteration: prabhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: मालिक, ईश्वर
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. ‘The coming of our Lord Jesus Christ’ (2:1) is exclusive and supreme, not one of several returning divine figures.
God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर
Transliteration: Parameshwar
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Rejected alternatives: भगवान
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Never भगवान, given Nepal’s former constitutional identity as the world’s only Hindu Kingdom until 2007.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा
Transliteration: Pavitra Atma
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्म, परमात्मा
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Sanctifying agent in 2:13. Must be kept sharply distinct from the false, unrelated ‘spirit of utterance’ in 2:2; never ब्रह्म or परमात्मा.
Father
Approved rendering: पिता
Transliteration: Pita
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 1:1, 1:2, 2:16.
Christ Proper Name
Approved rendering: ख्रीष्ट
Transliteration: Khrist
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Established Nepali Bible-translation proper-name form (per baseline’s transliteration standards section), used throughout this letter as part of the fixed name ‘Lord Jesus Christ,’ distinct from the mesianic-title use of मसीह.
Day Of The Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभुको दिन
Transliteration: Prabhuko din
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Original: ἡμέρα τοῦ κυρίου
Category: Eschatology
2:1-2, 2:8. CRITICAL: must not be assimilated to Hindu yuga-cycle cosmology, culminating in Vaishnava tradition with the Kalki avatar’s arrival to purge Kali Yuga’s adharma. This is a single, linear, unrepeatable historical culmination, not one turn of a cosmic wheel.
Parousia
Approved rendering: आगमन
Transliteration: aagaman
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Rejected alternatives: अवतार-style descent phrasing
Original: παρουσία
Category: Eschatology
2:1. CRITICAL: must avoid अवतार-style descent phrasing. Nepal’s Shah-dynasty kings were venerated as living Vishnu avatars until the monarchy’s 2008 abolition, and Hindu cosmology anticipates a repeatable Kalki avatar-descent. Always collocate as प्रभुको आगमन; conveys a unique, final, unrepeatable coming.
Apostasia
Approved rendering: विश्वासबाट विद्रोह
Transliteration: vishwasbata vidroh
Doctrine: The Rebellion (Apostasy)
Rejected alternatives: धर्मत्याग, विश्वासपतन (secondary option)
Original: ἀποστασία
Category: Eschatology
2:3. CRITICAL: avoid धर्म-rooted coinage such as धर्मत्याग, which would echo the state-legitimating religious-identity weight धर्म carries in Nepal (former Hindu Kingdom identity, Muluki Ain). Built on the approved विश्वास root; a specific, singular, end-time defection from trust in Christ preceding the man of lawlessness’s revelation.
Anomia
Approved rendering: अव्यवस्था
Transliteration: avyavastha
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Rejected alternatives: अधर्म
Original: ἀνομία
Category: Man of Lawlessness
2:3, 2:7. CRITICAL: the natural calque अधर्म must be permanently rejected — the precise Hindu cosmological term for the moral disorder the god-king avatar Kalki descends to destroy at the close of the Kali Yuga. Render अव्यवस्था, built on the approved व्यवस्था (Mosaic Law) root.
Man Of Lawlessness
Approved rendering: अव्यवस्थाको मानिस
Transliteration: avyavasthako manis
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Rejected alternatives: अधर्मको मानिस
Original: ἄνθρωπος τῆς ἀνομίας / ὁ ἄνομος
Category: Man of Lawlessness
2:3, and as ὁ ἄνομος (‘the lawless one’) in 2:8. CRITICAL, central curriculum term: consistency mandatory across every occurrence. Same अधर्म-collision reasoning as अव्यवस्था applies directly.
Satanas
Approved rendering: शैतान
Transliteration: Shaitan
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Rejected alternatives: राक्षस, मार
Original: Σατανᾶς
Category: Man of Lawlessness
2:9. CRITICAL: never राक्षस (a Hindu epic demon/ogre figure) or मार (the Buddhist tempter-figure who assails the Buddha). Names the specific, personal, fallen, God-opposing being of biblical theology, established across Nepali Christian usage.
Adikia
Approved rendering: अधार्मिकता
Transliteration: adharmikata
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Rejected alternatives: अधर्म
Original: ἀδικία
Category: Man of Lawlessness
2:10, 2:12. CRITICAL: the natural calque अधर्म must be rejected for the same reason as ἀνομία. Must build the negation on the approved धार्मिकता root, never on धर्म.
Adikos
Approved rendering: अधार्मिक
Transliteration: adharmik
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Rejected alternatives: अधर्मी
Original: ἄδικος
Category: Man of Lawlessness
3:2 (‘wicked and evil men’). CRITICAL: same root discipline as adikia; never अधर्मी.
Dikaion
Approved rendering: धर्मी
Transliteration: dharmi
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Rejected alternatives: धर्म-based phrasing
Original: δίκαιον
Category: Judgment
1:6 (‘it is just/righteous of God’). CRITICAL: adjectival cognate of the approved धार्मिकता root; must never shift to धर्म-based phrasing.
Olethros Aionios
Approved rendering: अनन्त विनाश
Transliteration: ananta vinash
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Original: ὄλεθρος αἰώνιος
Category: Judgment
1:9. CRITICAL: same collision class as ‘resurrection’ in the baseline; must not be softened into a stage within an ongoing cycle of rebirth or karmic outworking. Final, unrepeatable outcome.
Paradosis
Approved rendering: परम्परा (mandatory qualifier: हामीले सिकाएका/प्रेरितहरूका परम्परा)
Transliteration: parampara (hamile sikaeka / preritharuka parampara)
Doctrine: Standing Firm in the Traditions
Rejected alternatives: bare परम्परा
Original: παράδοσις
Category: Tradition
2:15, 3:6. CRITICAL: the unmarked Nepali word परम्परा overwhelmingly denotes inherited ethnic, caste, and Hindu ritual custom in ordinary usage. An unqualified ‘hold fast to your traditions’ risks being heard by first-generation converts as counsel to retain pre-conversion customary or caste practice — the exact inverse of Paul’s meaning. παράδοσις is narrowly and exclusively apostolic gospel teaching Paul personally delivered, whether spoken or written, and his own modeled conduct (3:6-10). Every occurrence requires the disambiguating qualifier; mandatory human theologian review at every occurrence.
High Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: सुसमाचार
Transliteration: susamachar
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: खुशखबरी
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. In 2 Thessalonians, obedience to the gospel (1:8) is the dividing line for final judgment, and its unhindered spread (3:1) is the subject of prayer, a request with live sensitivity given Nepal’s legal restrictions on religious conversion. Must not be reduced to generic good news.
Grace
Approved rendering: अनुग्रह
Transliteration: anugraha
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: कृपा, पुण्य, भाग्य
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs in the epistolary greeting (1:2, 1:12) and as the ground of God’s eternal comfort (2:16). Must continue to contradict the karma-merit accounting shared by Nepali Hindu and Buddhist ethical frameworks.
Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वास
Transliteration: vishwas
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: श्रद्धा, भक्ति
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Commended as growing evidence of God’s work (1:3-4, 1:11); paired with belief in the truth (2:13) and Paul’s prayer request for deliverance from those who lack it (3:2). Distinguish from श्रद्धा/भक्ति devotional reverence.
Holy
Approved rendering: पवित्र
Transliteration: pavitra
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध
Inherited from Romans package. Underlies पवित्र जन (saints) and पवित्रीकरण (sanctification) as used in this letter.
Saints
Approved rendering: पवित्र जन
Transliteration: pavitra jan
Doctrine: Sainthood (Called to be Holy)
Rejected alternatives: सन्त, साधु
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Thessalonians 1:10: Christ is ‘glorified in his saints’ at his coming. Never सन्त or साधु.
Sanctification
Approved rendering: पवित्रीकरण
Transliteration: pavitrikaran
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्धीकरण
Original: ἁγιασμός
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. 2:13: the Spirit’s ongoing sanctifying work as the means election is realized; distinct from Hindu ritual purification or Buddhist meditative self-purification.
Calling
Approved rendering: बोलावट
Transliteration: bolawat
Doctrine: Divine Election and Calling
Original: κλῆσις / κλητός
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. 1:11’s ‘worthy of his calling’ and 2:14’s calling ‘to obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.‘
Election
Approved rendering: परमेश्वरको छनोट
Transliteration: Parameshwarko chhanot
Doctrine: Divine Election and Calling
Rejected alternatives: भाग्य, किस्मत
Original: ἐκλογή / αἱρέομαι
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. 2:13’s ‘God chose you’ directly reflects the baseline election doctrine: God’s sovereign, prior choice, never karma-driven merit or fate.
Glory
Approved rendering: महिमा
Transliteration: mahima
Doctrine: Glory and Power of God
Rejected alternatives: तेज
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 1:9, 1:12, 2:14; avoid light-metaphor terms conflating with Hindu/Tantric divine-radiance imagery.
Power Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वरको सामर्थ्य
Transliteration: Parameshwarko samarthya
Doctrine: Glory and Power of God
Rejected alternatives: शक्ति
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 1:7, 1:11. Directly contrasted in this letter with Satan’s counterfeit δύναμις (2:9); a mandatory translator note must distinguish the two. Never शक्ति.
Obedience Of Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वासको आज्ञाकारिता
Transliteration: vishwasko agyakarita
Doctrine: Obedience of Faith
Rejected alternatives: धार्मिक कर्तव्य पालन
Inherited from Romans package. Root pattern reused (with ‘gospel’ substituted for ‘faith’) to construct the new obedience_of_the_gospel term for 1:8; see that entry below.
Law
Approved rendering: व्यवस्था
Transliteration: vyavastha
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, नियम
Inherited from Romans package. In 2 Thessalonians this approved root underlies the constructed term अव्यवस्था (lawlessness) rather than the forbidden धर्म-rooted अधर्म; see anomia entry below.
Spirit Of Utterance
Approved rendering: आत्मिक भनाइ / भविष्यवाणीको दाबी
Transliteration: atmik bhanai / bhavishyavaniko dabi
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Rejected alternatives: पवित्र आत्मा
Original: πνεῦμα
Category: Eschatology
2:2. A claimed prophetic message/spirit-utterance, NOT the Holy Spirit. Must never be rendered पवित्र आत्मा, which is reserved exclusively for the Holy Spirit; doing so would wrongly imply the Holy Spirit authored a possibly-false claim about the Day of the Lord’s timing.
Epiphaneia
Approved rendering: प्रकट हुनु (आगमनको प्रकट हुनु)
Transliteration: prakat hunu (aagamanko prakat hunu)
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Original: ἐπιφάνεια
Category: Eschatology
2:8. Paired with parousia for emphasis (‘the appearing of his coming’). Same avatar-collision caution: in Hellenistic usage this named a ruler’s ceremonial state appearance, which must not echo Shah-era state-avatar ideology.
Katechon
Approved rendering: रोकिराखेको (कुरा/व्यक्ति)
Transliteration: rokirakheko (kura/vyakti)
Doctrine: The Restrainer and the Mystery of Lawlessness
Original: τὸ κατέχον / ὁ κατέχων
Category: Eschatology
2:6-7. Primarily an ambiguity-handling risk: the Greek shifts from neuter (τὸ κατέχον, v.6) to masculine (ὁ κατέχων, v.7). Nepali must preserve this grammatical ambiguity rather than prematurely resolving the restrainer’s disputed identity. Mandatory theologian review at every occurrence.
Mysterion Lawlessness
Approved rendering: अव्यवस्थाको रहस्य
Transliteration: avyavasthako rahasya
Doctrine: The Restrainer and the Mystery of Lawlessness
Original: μυστήριον τῆς ἀνομίας
Category: Eschatology
2:7. The hidden, already-operative principle of rebellion at work in the world, awaiting full unveiling. रहस्य in Nepal’s Newar Tantric and Vajrayana Buddhist traditions denotes esoteric teaching disclosed only to initiates; Paul’s usage is previously-hidden divine truth openly disclosed through apostolic proclamation. Clarifying note required at first occurrence.
Huios Tes Apoleias
Approved rendering: विनाशको पुत्र
Transliteration: vinashko putra
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Original: υἱὸς τῆς ἀπωλείας
Category: Man of Lawlessness
2:3. Hebraic idiom meaning ‘one destined for/characterized by destruction.’ Footnote required at first occurrence clarifying the idiom so readers do not construe पुत्र as any parallel to the reserved title परमेश्वरका पुत्र (Christ’s unique Sonship).
Antikeimenos
Approved rendering: विरोधी
Transliteration: virodhi
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Original: ἀντικείμενος
Category: Man of Lawlessness
2:4. Must be distinguished from a mere rival deity within a pantheon; this figure opposes the one true God, not competes among many gods.
Naos
Approved rendering: मन्दिर
Transliteration: mandir
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Original: ναός
Category: Man of Lawlessness
2:4. Distinct from मण्डली (church, reserved per baseline). The lawless one’s self-enthronement ‘in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God’ resonates with Nepal’s living memory of Shah-era god-kings ritually enthroned as Vishnu avatars; teaching notes must state the text condemns rather than models this pattern.
Counterfeit Power
Approved rendering: सामर्थ्य (qualified: झूटा चिन्ह र आश्चर्यको सामर्थ्य)
Transliteration: samarthya (jhutha chinha ra aashcharyako samarthya)
Doctrine: Satan’s Counterfeit Signs and Power
Rejected alternatives: शक्ति
Original: δύναμις
Category: Man of Lawlessness
2:9. Baseline reserves सामर्थ्य exclusively for परमेश्वरको सामर्थ्य and forbids शक्ति due to the still-practiced Newar Tantric Śākta/Kumari tradition. For consistency, retain सामर्थ्य even for this counterfeit power, always qualified, with a mandatory translator note distinguishing it from परमेश्वरको सामर्थ्य. Switching to शक्ति would import the very Śākta association onto Satan.
Plane
Approved rendering: भ्रम
Transliteration: bhram
Doctrine: Satan’s Counterfeit Signs and Power
Rejected alternatives: माया
Original: πλάνη
Category: Man of Lawlessness
2:11. A judicial delusion sent by God on those who rejected the truth. Must not be rendered माया, the Advaita Vedanta term for the cosmic illusion veiling ultimate reality (Brahman), also carrying a related delusion/attachment sense in Buddhist thought; using माया would wrongly suggest a metaphysical illusion-doctrine rather than a specific, judicial, historically-located act of God.
Antapodidomi
Approved rendering: बदला दिनु / प्रतिफल दिनु
Transliteration: badala dinu / pratifal dinu
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Original: ἀνταποδίδωμι
Category: Judgment
1:6. Judicial requital — to afflicters, affliction; to the afflicted, rest — part of God’s Righteous Judgment doctrine, not human vendetta.
Ekdikesis
Approved rendering: बदला
Transliteration: badala
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Original: ἐκδίκησις
Category: Judgment
1:8. Judicial requital enacted by a rightful authority; must be framed exclusively as God’s own righteous judicial act (cf. Romans 12:19 pattern), never personal revenge-taking sanctioned for believers.
Dike
Approved rendering: दण्ड
Transliteration: danda
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Original: δίκη
Category: Judgment
1:9. A judicial sentence/penalty justly imposed; judicial-forensic vocabulary reinforcing God’s Righteous Judgment as forensic, not karmic.
Krino
Approved rendering: दोषी ठहराइनु / न्याय गर्नु
Transliteration: doshi thahraiinu / nyaya garnu
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Original: κρίνω
Category: Judgment
2:12. Forensic opposite of धर्मी ठहराइने कार्य (justification, per baseline); दोषी ठहराइनु recommended when the forensic-condemnation sense is in view, paralleling the baseline’s justification construction.
Apollymi Apoleia
Approved rendering: विनाश हुनु / नष्ट हुनु
Transliteration: vinash hunu / nashta hunu
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Original: ἀπόλλυμι / ἀπώλεια
Category: Judgment
2:10 (‘those who are perishing’). Must convey final, personal loss before a personal God, not impersonal karmic dissolution or a stage awaiting future rebirth.
Hypomone
Approved rendering: सहनशीलता
Transliteration: sahanashilata
Doctrine: Perseverance under Persecution
Original: ὑπομονή
Category: Perseverance
1:4. Patient, active endurance under pressure. Must not be confused with passive, fatalistic acceptance of suffering as karma; active, hope-fueled endurance grounded in confidence in God’s future righteous judgment.
Diogmos
Approved rendering: सतावट
Transliteration: sataavat
Doctrine: Perseverance under Persecution
Original: διωγμός
Category: Perseverance
1:4. Hostile action against believers for their faith. Carries direct, present-day relevance for Nepali readers given the 2017 Muluki Criminal Code’s continuing restrictions on Christian conversion and practice.
Hypomone Tou Christou
Approved rendering: ख्रीष्टको सहनशीलता
Transliteration: Khristko sahanashilata
Doctrine: Perseverance under Persecution
Original: ὑπομονὴ τοῦ Χριστοῦ
Category: Perseverance
3:5. Reprises ch.1’s सहनशीलता, now Christ-centered: the model and goal of the believer’s endurance under persecution.
Peripoiesis Doxes
Approved rendering: महिमा प्राप्त गर्ने कार्य
Transliteration: mahima prapta garne karya
Doctrine: Glory and Power of God
Original: περιποίησις δόξης
Category: God
2:14. The obtaining of glory — the goal of calling: sharing in Christ’s glory, not a state-honored royal radiance.
Endoxazomai
Approved rendering: महिमित हुनु (पवित्र जनहरूमा)
Transliteration: mahimit hunu (pavitra janharuma)
Doctrine: Glory and Power of God
Original: ἐνδοξάζομαι
Category: God
1:10. To be glorified in/among his people; Christ’s return glorifies him precisely among his gathered people.
Angeloi Dynameos Autou
Approved rendering: उहाँका सामर्थी स्वर्गदूतहरू
Transliteration: uhaanka samarthi swargadutharu
Doctrine: Glory and Power of God
Rejected alternatives: शक्तिशाली स्वर्गदूतहरू
Original: ἄγγελοι δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ
Category: God
1:7. Christ’s powerful angelic host attending his return; keep सामर्थ्य-root adjectival form (सामर्थी) consistent with baseline’s power_of_god convention, avoiding शक्ति even in adjectival form.
Obedience Of The Gospel
Approved rendering: सुसमाचारको आज्ञाकारिता
Transliteration: susamacharko agyakarita
Doctrine: Obedience of the Gospel
Original: ὑπακούω τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ
Category: Faith
1:8 (‘do not obey the gospel’). Submissive response owed to the gospel message; reuses baseline’s आज्ञाकारिता root, not generic religious duty that earns standing.
Medium Risk Terms
Apostle
Approved rendering: प्रेरित
Transliteration: prerit
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: दूत
Inherited from Romans package. Though 2 Thessalonians 1:1 does not use the title explicitly, Paul’s apostolic authority is the implicit basis for the παράδοσις he ‘delivers’ (2:15) and his conduct as a τύπος (3:9); relevant background term for Standing Firm in the Traditions.
Church
Approved rendering: मण्डली
Transliteration: mandali
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: मन्दिर, गुम्बा
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. The Thessalonian congregation addressed in 1:1. Must remain sharply distinct from मन्दिर (temple, used for ναός in 2:4) in this letter especially.
Peace
Approved rendering: शान्ति
Transliteration: shanti
Doctrine: Assurance and Divine Comfort
Rejected alternatives: सुख
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs in the greeting (1:2) and closing benediction (3:16, ‘peace at all times in every way’). Relational, covenantal peace, not meditative equanimity.
Love
Approved rendering: प्रेम
Transliteration: prem
Doctrine: Faith
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Faith
New term. प्रेम is the standard, established Nepali NT term (cf. John 3:16), but Hindu bhakti devotional literature (Radha-Krishna prem-līlā) also uses प्रेम extensively for romantic/devotional divine love. ‘Love of the truth’ (2:10) is a settled moral commitment to embrace revealed truth, not devotional-romantic sentiment; catechetical material must clarify this. Also occurs 1:3 (believers’ growing love for one another).
Shaken
Approved rendering: डगमगाउनु / विचलित हुनु
Transliteration: dagamagaunu / vichalit hunu
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Original: σαλεύω
Category: Perseverance
2:2. Must convey settled doctrinal conviction under threat of destabilization, not mere emotional or meditative calm; avoid overlap with शान्ति as equanimity.
Episynagoge
Approved rendering: सँगै जम्मा हुने कार्य / जमघट
Transliteration: sangai jamma hune karya / jamghat
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Original: ἐπισυναγωγή
Category: Eschatology
2:1. The future gathering of believers to Christ at his parousia. Must not be rendered with a term suggesting a synagogue building or a routine मण्डली social meeting.
Kairos
Approved rendering: तोकिएको समय
Transliteration: tokieko samaya
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Rejected alternatives: भाग्य, किस्मत
Original: καιρός
Category: Eschatology
2:6. God’s appointed/opportune time, distinct from chronological time; must convey sovereign appointed timing, not astrological or karma-determined timing.
Apokalypto
Approved rendering: प्रकट गर्नु
Transliteration: prakat garnu
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Original: ἀποκαλύπτω
Category: Eschatology
2:3, 2:6, 2:8. To publicly, historically unveil what was hidden; distinct from private mystical or tantric initiatory disclosure.
Hyperairomai
Approved rendering: आफूलाई उच्च पार्ने
Transliteration: aafulai uchcha parne
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Original: ὑπεραίρομαι
Category: Man of Lawlessness
2:4. Standard pride/self-exaltation vocabulary; low collision risk.
Sebasma
Approved rendering: पूजाको वस्तु
Transliteration: pujako vastu
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Original: σέβασμα
Category: Man of Lawlessness
2:4. पूजा is contextually appropriate here since this names illegitimate, pagan-style objects of worship the figure usurps and displaces; do not sanitize into a neutral term.
Kathizo
Approved rendering: बस्नु
Transliteration: basnu
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Rejected alternatives: आसन ग्रहण गर्नु
Original: καθίζω
Category: Man of Lawlessness
2:4. Prefer plain बस्नु over आसन ग्रहण गर्नु; आसन carries yogic/ritual-seat connotations that would add unwanted devotional coloring to an act the text presents as blasphemous usurpation.
Energeia Energeo
Approved rendering: कार्य / कार्यरत हुनु
Transliteration: karya / karyarat hunu
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Original: ἐνέργεια / ἐνεργέω
Category: Man of Lawlessness
2:7 (of lawlessness), 2:9 (of Satan). Personal, purposive operative power at work; must be distinguished from generic ‘energy’ with New Age/vitalist overtones.
Teras
Approved rendering: अचम्मको कार्य (qualified: झूटा)
Transliteration: achammko karya (jhutha)
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Rejected alternatives: bare चमत्कार
Original: τέρας
Category: Man of Lawlessness
2:9. Must not be rendered bare चमत्कार, which carries positive, God-honoring connotations in ordinary Nepali usage; always qualify as false (झूटा चिन्ह र आश्चर्यहरू).
Apate
Approved rendering: छल / धोका
Transliteration: chhal / dhoka
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Original: ἀπάτη
Category: Man of Lawlessness
2:10. Deception, deceit; standard term, moderate risk of imprecision only.
Anesis
Approved rendering: विश्राम / राहत
Transliteration: vishram / rahat
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Rejected alternatives: मोक्ष/निर्वाण-adjacent vocabulary
Original: ἄνεσις
Category: Judgment
1:7. Relief promised to the persecuted at Christ’s revelation. Must not be confused with मोक्ष-style final liberation from cyclical existence; relational relief granted by a personal God at a specific historical event.
Prosopou Tou Kyriou
Approved rendering: प्रभुको उपस्थितिबाट (टाढा)
Transliteration: Prabhuko upasthitibata (tadha)
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Original: προσώπου τοῦ κυρίου
Category: Judgment
1:9. Exclusion from God’s own presence, the content of eternal destruction; relational exclusion, not merely abstract punitive-legal exclusion.
Eudokeo
Approved rendering: रुचाउनु / मन पराउनु
Transliteration: ruchaunu / man parainu
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Original: εὐδοκέω
Category: Judgment
2:12. Used ironically of willed delight in अधार्मिकता; underscores judgment as response to willed rejection, not impersonal karmic mechanism.
Thlipsis
Approved rendering: कष्ट
Transliteration: kashta
Doctrine: Perseverance under Persecution
Original: θλῖψις
Category: Perseverance
1:4. Trouble, distress, tribulation; paired with सतावट as concrete suffering in view.
Rhyomai
Approved rendering: बचाउनु
Transliteration: bachaunu
Doctrine: Perseverance under Persecution
Rejected alternatives: उद्धार
Original: ῥύομαι
Category: Perseverance
3:2. General rescue/deliverance from hostile persons or forces. Deliberately distinct from उद्धार, to preserve that term’s exclusive soteriological weight per baseline.
Phylasso
Approved rendering: जोगाउनु / सुरक्षा दिनु
Transliteration: jogaunu / suraksha dinu
Doctrine: Perseverance under Persecution
Original: φυλάσσω
Category: Perseverance
3:3 (‘will guard you from the evil one’). Flag exegetical ambiguity between a personal Satan (शैतान, cf. 2:9) and evil generically for translator note.
Pistos
Approved rendering: विश्वासयोग्य
Transliteration: vishwasyogya
Doctrine: Perseverance under Persecution
Original: πιστός
Category: Perseverance
3:3. ‘The Lord is faithful’ — grounds assurance in God’s own unwavering character, contrasted with unpredictable fate/karma; ties to approved विश्वास root.
Steko
Approved rendering: अडिग रहनु
Transliteration: adig rahanu
Doctrine: Standing Firm in the Traditions
Original: στήκω
Category: Tradition
2:15. Settled doctrinal conviction, paired with the active retention verb κρατέω.
Krateo
Approved rendering: दृढतासाथ समात्नु
Transliteration: dridhatasath samatnu
Doctrine: Standing Firm in the Traditions
Original: κρατέω
Category: Tradition
2:15. Active retention of taught content, paired with στήκω.
Mimeomai
Approved rendering: अनुकरण गर्नु
Transliteration: anukaran garnu
Doctrine: Standing Firm in the Traditions
Original: μιμέομαι
Category: Tradition
3:7, 3:9. To imitate, copy a model. Light collision caution: clarify this is imitation of apostolic character and conduct, not guru-style devotional veneration common in Hindu/Buddhist practice.
Ataktos Peripateo
Approved rendering: अनुशासनहीन आचरण
Transliteration: anushasanahin aacharan
Doctrine: Mutual Edification and Church Discipline
Original: ἀτάκτως περιπατέω / ἀτακτέω
Category: Tradition
3:6, 3:11. Idleness, refusal to work, disruptive conduct within the community, tied to (mis)handling of eschatological expectation.
Noutheteo
Approved rendering: चेतावनी दिनु / उपदेश दिनु
Transliteration: chetavani dinu / updesh dinu
Doctrine: Mutual Edification and Church Discipline
Original: νουθετέω
Category: Tradition
3:15. To admonish, correct with a view to change; framed relationally (as a brother), not punitively (as an enemy) — a model of restorative community discipline.
Axioo
Approved rendering: योग्य ठहराउनु
Transliteration: yogya thahraunu
Doctrine: Divine Election and Calling
Original: ἀξιόω
Category: Salvation
1:11 (‘count you worthy’). Worthiness is God’s own gracious enabling, not self-achieved merit; must not imply a merit-earning parallel to karma/पुण्य accumulation.
Ischys
Approved rendering: बल / सामर्थ्य
Transliteration: bal / samarthya
Doctrine: Glory and Power of God
Rejected alternatives: शक्ति
Original: ἰσχύς
Category: God
1:9 (‘the glory of his might’). Keep सामर्थ्य-family consistency; avoid शक्ति.
Ergon Pisteos Eudokia Agathosynes
Approved rendering: विश्वासको काम / भलाइप्रतिको इच्छा
Transliteration: vishwasko kaam / bhalaaipratiko ichha
Doctrine: Faith
Original: ἔργον πίστεως / εὐδοκία ἀγαθωσύνης
Category: Faith
1:11. Faith-generated action and delight in what is good; must preserve faith-first ordering to avoid a merit-based reading.
Logos Tou Kyriou
Approved rendering: प्रभुको वचन
Transliteration: Prabhuko vachan
Doctrine: Gospel
Original: λόγος τοῦ κυρίου
Category: Church
3:1. The gospel message, personified as advancing and being honored; prayer request for the gospel’s unhindered spread, sensitive given evangelism’s live legal risk in Nepal per baseline’s mission entry.
Low Risk Terms
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: धन्यवाद
Transliteration: dhanyavad
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Original: εὐχαριστέω
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 1:3, 2:13. Standard term; minimal doctrinal risk.
Exhort
Approved rendering: उत्साहित पार्नु
Transliteration: utsahit parnu
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Inherited from Romans package. A third context-sense (console/comfort, सान्त्वना दिनु) is added for this letter’s 2:16-17 usage; see parakaleo_comfort entry below.
Fellowship
Approved rendering: सहभागिता
Transliteration: sahabhagita
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship and Community Life
Rejected alternatives: मित्रता
Inherited from Romans package. Underlies the covenant-community weight of ‘brothers’ address throughout this letter (1:3, 3:6, 3:13).
Truth
Approved rendering: सत्य
Transliteration: satya
Doctrine: Faith
Original: ἀλήθεια
Category: Faith
New term. Standard, established Nepali Bible term (cf. John 14:6); contrasted with ‘the lie’ (2:10-12), a specific, climactic falsehood, not a generic untruth.
Brothers
Approved rendering: भाइहरू
Transliteration: bhaiharu
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship and Community Life
New term (established Nepali Bible usage, not previously in Romans TM). Paul’s pastoral, familial address to the whole congregation (2:1, 1:3, 3:6, 3:13); given Nepal’s recent history of restricted Christian practice, carries the weight of covenant community formed under real historical legal risk.
Word Message
Approved rendering: वचन / भनाइ
Transliteration: vachan / bhanai
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Original: λόγος
Category: Eschatology
2:2. A spoken word/message as distinct from a written letter. Context must disambiguate from the theological ‘word of the Lord’ (λόγος τοῦ κυρίου, 3:1).
Letter
Approved rendering: पत्र
Transliteration: patra
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Original: ἐπιστολή
Category: Eschatology
2:2. Paul distinguishes false claims ‘by letter as though from us’ from his own authenticated writing (3:17).
Alarmed
Approved rendering: त्रसित हुनु / व्याकुल हुनु
Transliteration: trasit hunu / vyakul hunu
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Original: θροέω
Category: Perseverance
2:2. Sudden emotional alarm at ominous news; standard term.
Apodeiknymi
Approved rendering: आफूलाई घोषणा गर्नु
Transliteration: aafulai ghoshana garnu
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Original: ἀποδείκνυμι
Category: Man of Lawlessness
2:4. To show forth, publicly demonstrate or proclaim; standard term.
Semeion
Approved rendering: चिन्ह
Transliteration: chinha
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Original: σημεῖον
Category: Man of Lawlessness
2:9 (false sign, negative valence) and 3:17 (Paul’s authenticating mark, positive valence) — same lexeme, opposite moral valence; context must disambiguate.
Pseudos
Approved rendering: झूट
Transliteration: jhutha
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Original: ψεῦδος
Category: Man of Lawlessness
2:9, 2:11. Falsehood, a lie; standard term.
Sterizo
Approved rendering: स्थिर पार्नु
Transliteration: sthir parnu
Doctrine: Assurance and Divine Comfort
Original: στηρίζω
Category: Tradition
2:17, 3:3. To make firm, establish, strengthen; standard term.
Parakaleo Comfort
Approved rendering: सान्त्वना दिनु
Transliteration: santwana dinu
Doctrine: Assurance and Divine Comfort
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Tradition
2:16-17. A recognized third context-sense alongside baseline’s existing उत्साहित पार्नु (encourage) and बिन्ती गर्नु (entreat) senses for this verb; here used of God’s own comforting action.
Typos
Approved rendering: नमूना / उदाहरण
Transliteration: namuna / udaharan
Doctrine: Standing Firm in the Traditions
Original: τύπος
Category: Tradition
3:9. A pattern or model to be followed; Paul’s own conduct as an embodied form of ‘tradition’ alongside verbal teaching.
Periergazomai
Approved rendering: अनावश्यक चासो राख्नु
Transliteration: anavashyak chaso rakhnu
Doctrine: Mutual Edification and Church Discipline
Original: περιεργάζομαι
Category: Tradition
3:11. To busy oneself about others’ affairs; a specific vice tied to the idleness problem.
Echthros Adelphos
Approved rendering: शत्रु / भाइ
Transliteration: shatru / bhai
Doctrine: Mutual Edification and Church Discipline
Original: ἐχθρός / ἀδελφός
Category: Tradition
3:15. Hostile outsider vs. covenant family member; explicit contrast defining the restorative tone of church discipline.
Ergazomai
Approved rendering: काम गर्नु
Transliteration: kaam garnu
Doctrine: Standing Firm in the Traditions
Original: ἐργάζομαι
Category: Tradition
3:10. Ordinary productive labor; Paul’s own self-supporting labor as the pattern to imitate.
Thaumazomai
Approved rendering: अचम्मित हुनु
Transliteration: achhammit hunu
Doctrine: Glory and Power of God
Original: θαυμάζομαι
Category: God
1:10. Astonished admiration; standard term.
Onoma
Approved rendering: नाम (महिमित हुने)
Transliteration: naam (mahimit hune)
Doctrine: Glory and Power of God
Original: ὄνομα
Category: God
1:12. The Lord’s name honored/glorified in believers; ties personal sanctification to the corporate glorifying of Christ’s name.
Aparche Variant
Approved rendering: (pending base-text decision)
Doctrine: Divine Election and Calling
Original: ἀπαρχή / ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς
Category: Salvation
2:13. Textual variant (ἀπαρχήν ‘firstfruits’ vs. ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς ‘from the beginning’) affecting nuance of God’s election of the Thessalonians. Flag for base-text decision before translation; low translation risk once text is settled, but high exegetical-accuracy importance.
Peitho
Approved rendering: दृढ विश्वास / भरोसा
Transliteration: dridh vishwas / bharosa
Doctrine: Prayer and Intercession
Original: πείθω (perfect πεποίθαμεν)
Category: Church
3:4. Settled confidence/trust, grounded ‘in the Lord,’ not human reliability alone; reuses विश्वास family.
Kateuthyno
Approved rendering: डोर्याउनु / मार्गदर्शन गर्नु
Transliteration: doryaunu / margadarshan garnu
Doctrine: Prayer and Intercession
Original: κατευθύνω
Category: Church
3:5. To make straight, guide, direct a path; standard term.
Ergon Agathon Kai Logos
Approved rendering: असल काम र वचन
Transliteration: asal kaam ra vachan
Doctrine: Standing Firm in the Traditions
Original: ἔργον ἀγαθὸν καὶ λόγος
Category: Tradition
2:17. The comprehensive scope (deed and speech) of the stability God grants; standard term.
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