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brothers
Here this means fellow Christians, including both men and women.
became imitators of the churches
The Thessalonian believers endured persecutions similar to the Judean believers. "became like the churches"
from your own countrymen
"from other Thessalonians"
They forbid us to speak
"They try to make us stop speaking"
they always fill up their own sins
Paul speaks as though someone can fill a container with their own sins as with liquid. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
Wrath must come on them in the end
This refers to God finally judging and punishing people for their sins.