2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# The one who is unwilling to work must not eat
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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This can be stated in positive form. AT: "If a person wants to eat, he must work" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives]])
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# some walk idly
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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Here "walk" stands for behavior in life. AT: "some live idle lives" or "some are lazy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# but are instead meddlers
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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Meddlers are people who interfere in the affairs of others without being asked to help.
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# with quietness
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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"in a quiet, peaceful, and mild manner." Paul exhorts the meddlers to stop getting involved in other people's affairs.
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