IncwadikaIgnatiuseya kwabaseFiladelfiya
ISAHLUKO1
1UIgnatiyo,okwabizwangokubanguTiyophoro,ubhalelaibandla likaThixouYise,neNkosiyethuuYesuKristu,eliseFiladelfi, kwelaseAsiya;esenzelwainceba,simingemvisiswanokaThixo,sigcoba ngamaxeshaonkeembandezeloyeNkosiyethu,sizalisekangayoyonke incebangokuvukakwayo;endilibulisayomnangegazilikaYesuKristu, ongowethuongunaphakade,ongadyobhekangauvuyo;ingakumbiukuba bamanyenenobhishophu,nabadalaabakunyenaye,namadikoniamiselwe ngokwengqondokaYesuKristu;awammisayongokokuthandakwakhe, ekuqinisenikonkengoMoyawakheoyiNgcwele; 2Ubhishophulowondaziyoukubawabuzuzaobobulungiselelibukhulu phakathikwenu,kungekukookuphumakuye,kungengabantu,nakuzuko olulambathayo;kodwangothandolukaThixouYise,neNkosiyethu uYesuKristu
3Ndincomaukuthozamakwakhe;othiekuthicwakakwakheabenako ukwenzangaphezukwabanyengakokonkeukuthethakwabo okulambathayoKubaufanelekileemithethweni,njengohadiemithonjeni yalo
4NgakookoumphefumlowamuyixabisaingqondoyakhengakuThixo inoyolongakumbi,ndisaziukubainesiqhamokubobonkeubulungisa, nokugqibelela;ezeleyinzondelelo,engenakuthandabuza,enokumomelela konkekoThixoophilayo
5Ngokoke,njengokubakwabafaneleyoabantwanaabokukhanya nabenyaniso;zibalekeniiimbambanisoneemfundisozobuxoki;kodwa aphoakhoyoumalusiwenu,landelaninina,njengezimvu
6Kubazininziiingcukaezibonakalazikufanelekeleukukholwa, ngokuthandaubuxoki,zithimbeabobabalekayoumendokaThixo;kodwa ekuvumelaneniabasayikufumanandawo
7Khumkaningokokwimifunoengendawo,anganayouYesu;ngokuba abanjaloisityalosikaBawo.Andifumanangakwahlukanaphakathikwenu, kodwakendifumenelonkeuhlobolobunyulu
8KubabonkeabangabakaThixo,nabakuYesuKristu,bakunye nobhishophuwabongokunjaloKwayekangangobuninzibaboabaya kuthingenguqukobabuyelekumanyanolwebandla,nkquababayakuba ngabakhonzibakaThixo,ukuzebabenokuphilangokukaYesu 9Musaniukulahlekiswa,bazalwana;Ukubaubaniuthewalandelaumntu owahlulelanaebandleni,akayikubudlailifaubukumkanibukaThixo Ukubaubaniulandelaimbonoethile,akahambisaninenkanukokaKrestu 10Kungokondithi,kukhuthaleleniukubanenxaxhebakulolonke umthendelekoongcwele
11KubainyeinyamayeNkosiyethuuYesuKristu;nendebeibenye egazinilakhe;isibingeleloesinye; 12njengokubakekukhoubhishophuomnye,ndawonyenebandlalakhe, nabakhonzakunyenam;ukuzekonkeenisukubanikwenza,nikwenze ngokokuthandakukaThixo
ISAHLUKO2
1Bazalwanabam,uthandoendinalonganilundondlangakumbi;Kwaye ndinovuyoolukhulukuni,ndizamaukunikhuselaemngciphekweni; okanyeingendim,ibenguYesuKristu;endithi,ndikhonkxiwekuye, ndoyikangakumbi,ndisesendlelenieyaebunzimeni
2KekalokuukuthandazakwenukuyeuThixokuyakundenza ndigqibelele,ukuzendisifikeleleisabeloeso,endabelwangakongenceba kaThixo:ndisabelakuzoiindabaezilungileyo,ngathindisenyameni kaKristu;nakubapostile,nakumadodaamakhuluebandla
3Masibathandekanjaloabaprofeti,njengokonabobasikhokelelayo kwiindabaezilungileyo,nokuthembelakuKristu,nokubasimlindele 4abathekanjalo,bakholwakuye,basindiswakubunyebukaYesuKristu; singabantuabangcwele,befaneleukuthandwa,bemangalisiwe; 5ninabamkelaubungqinabukaYesuKristu,ababalelwakuzoiindaba ezilungileyozethembalethuesidlelanangalo
6UkubakeubaniuthewanishumayezaumthethowamaYuda,musani ukumphulaphula;Kubaeyonantoilungileyokuthi,ukuyamkele imfundisongoKristu,ivelakowalukileyo,ngaphezukobuYuda kowalukileyo
7UkubakeabathethintoezingoKristuYesu,zibonakalangathi zingamangcwabaabafileyo,ebhalwekuwoamagamaabantuodwa 8Kengoko,balekelaniububi,nemigibeyaloumphathiwelihlabathi; hlezenithi,nicukucezwabubuqhetsebabakhe,nipholeeluthandweni lwenuKodwayizaninonkendaweni-nyengentliziyoepheleleyo 9KananjalondiyambongauThixowam,ngokubandinesazela esilungileyongakuni,nokubakekungabikhobanikuniunoqhayisela,
nokubangokuphandle,nokubangokuphandle,ngokubandibe ndinomthwalokuye,nokubakokuncinanenokubakokuncinane 10Kwayendinqwenelakubobonkeendithethephakathikwabo,ukuze kungabibubungqinakubo
11Kubanangonainxenyeyandilukuhlangokwenyama,uMoyayena uphumakuThixo,akalukuhlwa;kubayenauyawaziaphoavelakhona, nalaphosukubaesiyakhona;
12Ndakhalandiphakathikwenu;Ndathethangezwielikhulu,ndisithi, nyamekelaubhishophu,nababingeleli,namadikoni
13Kekalokuabathile,bendibandithetheokundisibonangenxa engaphambiliimbambanoeyakubakhophakathikwenu.
14ulingqinalamke,endikhonkxiwengenxayakhe,ukubandingazinto mntwini;WathethakeuMoya,esithi,Ningenzintongaphandle kobhishophu;
15ImizimbayenuyigcineninjengetempilekaThixo;thandaniumanyano; Zibalekeniizahlulo;YibaningabalandelibakaKristu,njengokubanaye wayekaYise
16Ndenjenjalokendenzanjengokondifaneleyo,njengendodaebunjwa ubunyeKubaaphokukhoimbambanonengqumbo,akahlaliuThixo
17KodwaiNkosiiyabaxolelabonkeabobaguqukayo,ukubababuyela kubunyebukaThixo,nakwiqumrhulikabhishophu
18KubandithembelengobabalolukaYesuKristu,ukubauyakunikhulula kuzozonkeiintambo
19Ndiyanivuselelake,ukubaningenzinanyeintongokweyelenqe; 20Kubandivekuthethwangabanyebesithi;ngaphandlekokuba ndiyifumeneibhaliwekweyantlandlolo,andiyikukholelwaukuba ibhaliwekwiVangeliNdathike,Kubhaliwekwathiwa;baphendulaoko kwakuphambikwabokwiikopizaboezonakeleyo
21KekumuYesuKristuungowawoonkeamatyeangenakonakala asehlabathini;kunyenaloomatyeezikhumbuzoangenakonakala, nomnqamlezowakhe,nokufa,nokuvukakwakhe,nokholoolungaye; endithandangakoukuthingenxayemithandazoyenundigwetyelwe
22Ababingelelibalungile;kodwaulungengakumbiuMbingeleli oMkhulu,lowoiNgcwelekaNgcweleyanikelwekuye;onguyeyedwa ophathisweiimfihlelozikaThixo
23YenaulisangolikaYise;atheuAbraham,noIsake,noYakobi,nabo bonkeabaprofeti,bangenangakongokunjalonabaPostile,nebandla 24ZonkekeezozintozisingisakubunyebukaThixoNangonakunjalo iVangeliinezinyeyintoniekuyoekudekunawoonkeamanyeamaxesha; okokukuthi,ukubonakalakoMsindisiwethu,iNkosiuYesuKristu, intlungunokuvukakwakhe
25Kubaabaprofetiabaziintandababebhekiselekuye;kezonaiindaba ezilungileyozigqibeleleekungonakaliniNgokokezonkeizintozilungile, ukubanithenakholwangothando
ISAHLUKO3
1Kekaloku,ngaloibandlalakwa-AntiyokweekwelaseSiriya,ndixelelwa ukubalinoxolongenxayemithandazoyenunangentliziyoyenu, ekuKristuYesu;kuyakubakuni,njengebandlalikaThixo,ukumisela umdikoniothileukuyakubonjengonozakuzakukaThixo;ukuzeavuye nabo,ekuhlanganisenikwabondawonye,alizukiseigamalikaThixo 2MakabongweloomntuwakuKristuYesu,oyakufunyanwa ewufanelekeleulungiseleloolunjalo;naningokwenuniyakuzukiswa 3Ke,ukubaniyavuma,aninakoukwenzaokongenxayobabalo lukaThixo;njengokubabathunywenakwamanyeamabandla angabamelwane,inxenyeyabangoobhishophu,inxenyeyababingeleli namadikoni
4KeyenauFilo,umdikoniwaseKiliki,oyindodaechulumachileyo, usandilungiselelangelizwilikaThixo,ndawonyenoRheuswaseAgatopoli, indodaelungileyoemnye,owandilandelayokwelaseSiriya,engabugqali ubomibakhendiyangqinanani
5KwayemnangokwamndiyambulelauThixongenxayenuukuba nibamkelenjengokoiNkosiiyakunamkelaKeabobangabahloniphiyo, mabaxolelwengobabalolukaYesuKristu
6UyanibulisauthandolwabazalwanaabaseTrowa;aphokendibhalela khonangoBharrhu,owathunywakunyenamngabase-EfesenaseSmirna, ngenxayozuko
7YangaiNkosiyethuuYesuKristuiwabekephezukwabo;abathembele kuyeenyameni,nangomphefumlo,nangomoya;elukholweni, eluthandweni,ngobunyeSalanikakuhlekuKristuYesu,ithembalethu sonke