Incwadika-Ignatiuseya kwabase-Efesu
ISAHLUKO1
1U-Ignathiyu,obizwanangokuthinguTheyophorosi, ebandlenielise-Efesue-Asiya;ukuthabaokufaneleko; sibusiswengobukhulunokugcwalakwakaZimuuBaba, begodusimiselwengaphambiliningaphambikokuthoma kwephasi,bonalihlalelibeliphazimuloelingapheliko nelingaguqukiko;ahlanganiswebegoduakhethwe ngobuhlungubakhebeqiniso,ngokuyangentando kaBaba,noJesuKrestuuZimuwethu;yokeithabo, ngoJesuKrestu,nomusawakheongascolileko.
2NgizwilengebizolakhoelithandekakokhulukuZimu; Elifumenengokulungilekongomkhubawokulunga, ngokwekholonethandoelikuJesuKrestuuMsindisi wethu.
3NjengobanililingisauZimu,nizivuselelangeengazi zakaKrestu,niwufezilekuhleumsebenziobewenza ngokwemvelo.
4NgobangizweukuthingibuyaeSiriya,ngebanga lebizoelivamilekonethemba,ngithembangemithandazo yenubonangizokulwaneenlwanaeRoma;ukwenzela bonangokutlhagangibemfundikwamambalawaloyo owazinikelakuZimu,umnikelonomhlabelowethu; (naphuthumaukungibona)Ngamukela,ngebizo lakaZimu,isiqubuthusakhosokeku-Onesimu
5Ngothandoolungachazekiko,ungumfundisiwenu ngokwenyama;enginincenga,ngoJesuKrestu,bona umthande;nokuthinokenilweleukubanjengayeNjalo makabongweuZimu,onikelenina,enimfanelwekuye, ukuthabelaumbhishobhiomuhlekangaka
6NgokuphathelenenencekuengikanyenayeuBururusi, nomdikoniwakhoobusisiwekokhulueendabeni eziphathelenenoZimu;Ngiyanincengabonaahlale isikhathieside,kokubiliudumolwenunombhishobhi wenu
7NjalouKrokusofaneleuZimuwethunawe, engammukelenjengesibonelosethandolakho, ungivuselekizozokeizinto,njengombanauYiseweKosi yethuuJesuKrestuazamvuselela;kanyeno-Onesimu, no-Burhusi,no-Euclus,no-Fronto,engikubonakibo, malungananomusawenu,noke.Begodukwangathi ngingahlala,ngithabilengawe,nangabengizokufaneleka 8Ngakho-kekufanelebonangazozokeiindlela niphazimuliseuJesuKrestuonikhazimulisiweko, ukwenzelabonangokulalelaokufanakonihlanganiswe ngokuzeleko,ngomkhumbulomunyenangokwahlulela okufanako;koke.
9Njaloukuzelizithobekumbhishobhiwenu lakubaphathi,libengcwelengokupheleleyo.
10Nginitjelaizintolezi,ingasinjengomuntu ongakajayeleki,ngombanangitjhonanyana ngibotjhelelwengebizolakhe,angikaphelelikuKrestu uJesu.Kodwananjengithomaukufunda,begodu ngikhulumananinjengabafundikanyenami.
11Ngombanabekufanelebonangikhuthazwengikholo, ngesiyeleliso,ngokubekezela,ngokubekezela;kodwana njengombanaithandolingavumelibonangithulekini, ngithatheisibophosamisokunikhuthaza,bonanoke nigijimendawonyengokuyangentandokaZimu.
12NgobauJesuKristu,impiloyethuengahlukaniswa, uthunyelwengentandokaBaba;njengababhishobhi, ababekweemaphethelweniwephasi,ngentandokaJesu Krestu.
13Ngalokho-kekuzakufanelekabonanigijime ndawonyengokuyangentandoyombhishobhiwenu, njengombanananinenzako.
14Ngombanaubufundisibakhoobudumileko, obufanelwenguZimu,bufanelwengqoumbhishobhi, njengeentambozehabhu.
15Ngakho-kengokuzwanakwenunangokuvumelana kwenu,uJesuKrestuuyadunyiswa;begoduwoke umuntuhlanganananiwenzaikhorasi:
16Ukwenzelabonasokenivumelanangethando, nihlabeleleingomakaZimu,nihlabeleleuBabangoJesu Krestu;ukwenzelabonaanizwe,abonengezenzozenu bonanimalungawendodanakhekwamambala
17Ngalokho-kekungconokiniukuphilangobunye obungasozeki,ukwenzelabonanibenobudlelwano noZimungasosokeisikhathi
ISAHLUKO2
1Ngombananangabengesikhatjhanakangakangibe nokuzijamelaokunjalonombhishobhiwakho,angitjho umuntuwenyama,kodwanangokomoya;ngingacabanga bonanithabilekanganganienihlangenenaye, njengombanaibandlalikuJesuKrestu,noJesuKrestu kuYise;ukwenzelabonazokeizintozivumelane ngobunyeobufanako?
2Akukhomuntuozikhohlisa;nangabeumuntuangekho ngaphakathikwe-altare,uphucwaisinkwasakaZimu Ngombananangabeimithandazoyomuntumunye nofanaababiliinamandlakangaka,njengombana sitjelwa;kuzakubanamandlakanganganiloyo wombhishobhinebandlaloke?
3Nje-kenanyanangubaniongahlanganinayo, uyazikhakhazisa,begoduseleazilahlile.Ngoba kulotshiweukuthi:UZimuuyajamelana nabazikhakhazisako.Ngakho-keasiqapheleniukuthi singazibekeliumbhishobhi,ukuzesizithobekuZimu.
4Lokhaumuntunakabonaumbhishobhiwakheathule, kulapho-keakuhloniphekhona.Ngombanananyana ngubaniumnikaziwendluamthumabonaabemphathi wendluyakhe,nathikufuzesimamukelengendlela efanakonjengombanasingamukelaomthumileko. Ngalokho-kekuyakhanyabonakufuzesiqale umbhishobhi,njengombanasingakwenzaeKosini ngokwayo.
5U-Onesimungokwakheuyakuncomakhulu ukuziphathakwenuokuhlekuZimu,ukuthinokeniphile ngokuvumelananeqiniso,nokuthikungabinokuhlubuka phakathikwenu.Ngobakalilaleliomunyeumuntu ngaphandlekokuthiuJesuKhristuukhulumakini ngeqiniso
6NgombanabakhonaabaphathaibizolakaKrestu ngokukhohlisa,kodwanabenzaizintoezingafanelanga uZimu;okufanelenibalekele,njengombananifuna ukwenzaeenlwaneniezinengizeganga.Ngobazizinja ezihlabayo,ezilumangasese,okumeleniziqaphele njengabantuabanzimaukulapheka.
7Kunodorhoderamunye,wenyamanowomoya; kwenziwenokungakenziwa;UZimuosenyameni;ipilo yamambalaekufeni;kokubilikwakaMariyanoZimu; kokuthomakuyadlula,besekungakghoniukudlula; ngitjhonoJesuKrestuiKosiyethu.
8Ngalokho-keakungavumeliumuntuanikhohlise; njengombanananiningakhohliswa.ukubaziinceku zikaZimungokupheleleko.Njengobakungekho ukuphikisanalobaukuxabanaphakathikwenu, ukunikhathaza,kumeleliphilengokwentando kaNkulunkulu.Umphefumulowamiubengowakho; begoduminangokwamingingumnikelo wokuhlawulelawebandlalakhole-Efesu,elidumekhulu ephasiniloke.
9Laboabasenyameniabakwaziukwenzaimisebenzi yomoya;ngitjhonalaboabangamoyaimisebenzi yenyamaNjengobaumuntuonokholoangezewaba mkholwa;namkhaongakholwakoakanakholoKodwana ngitjhonezintoenizenzangokwenyamangezemoya; ngombanawenzakokekuJesuKrestu
10Nanyanakunjalongikengezwangabanyeabadlula eduzekwenu,baneemfundisoeziphambukako; ongavumangabonaahlwanyelehlangananani;kodwana nivaleiindlebezenu,ukwenzelabonaningamukeliizinto ezihlanyelwengizo;njengamatjewethempelilakaYise, alungiselelweukwakhiwakwakhe;begoduidonswe phezulungeSiphambanosakaKrestu,njengenjini
11UkusebenzisauMoyaoCwengilekonjengentambo: ukukholwakwakhokubekwakho;nethandolenulibe yindlelaeyakuZimu
12Ngakho-kenina,nabobokeabanganibenu ekhambwenielilodwa,nizeleuZimu;amathempeli wakheangokomoya,azeleuKrestu,azeleubungcwele: ahlotjiswekizozokeizintongemilayokaKrestu
13Ngayengiyathokozangokuthingencwadile engifunyenwengifaneleukucocanokuthabanani;ukuthi ngokuphathelenenokunyeukuphila,anithandilitho ngaphandlekukaZimukwaphela.
ISAHLUKO3
1Khulekelaninabanyeabantu,ngombanakunethemba lokuphendukakibo,ukwenzelabonabafikekuZimu. Ngalokho-kemabafundwengezenzozakho,nange zingafuniukubangenyeindlela.
2Yibamneneekuthukuthelenikwabo;bazithobe ngokuzikhakhazisakwabo;ukuhlambalazakwabo buyiselaimithandazoyenu:ekuphambekenikwabo, ukuqinakwenuekukholweni:lokhanabanonya,yiba mnene;bangazamiukulingisaiindlelazabo.
3Asibengabafowabongomusawokenangokuzithoba, kodwanaasibebalandelibeKosi;ngombanangubani owakewasetjenziswangokungakafaneli?Ukuhlupheka khulu?Ukudelelwakhulu?
4Ngaleyondlelakungatholakalikiniiintjalo zakaSathana,kodwananihlaleebungcweleniboke nokuzithibakomzimbanangokomoya,kuKrestuuJesu 5Isikhathisokuphelasesifikile,asibenehloniphokhulu begodusikwesabeukubekezelakwakaZimu,ukwenzela bonakungabisilahlelwe.
6Ngombanaasisabeilakaelizako,namkhasithande umusaesiwuthabelakonjenganje,ukwenzelabona ngomunyenofanaomunye,sifunyanwekuKrestuuJesu, ekuphilenikwamambala.
7Ngaphandlekwakhe,makungabinaluthoolukufanele; Ngiyabekezelangabongalezibopho,lawomagugu womoya,engibawakuZimubonangivuke ngemithandazoyenu.
8Ngiyanincengabonaungihlanganyelekikhongaso sokeisikhathi,ukwenzelabonangifumanekeesabelweni samaKrestuwe-Efesu,ebesoloavumelananabaPhostoli, ngamandlakaJesuKrestu
9Ngiyaziukuthingingubani,nokuthingibhalelabani; Mina,umuntuogwetjhweko:nina,enifumeneisihawu: mina,ngibesengozini;wena,uqinisekiswe ngokujamelananobungozi
10NinaniyindlelayalaboababulalelwauZimu; abanganibakaPowulaeemfihlakalwenizeVangeli; Ocwengileko,umfeli-nkolo,uPowulaothokozakhulu: ngingatholakalaeenyawenizakhe,lokhanangifika kuZimu;kizozokeiincwadizakhe,ukhulumangani kuKrestuuJesu
11Nje-kemakubelitjhejolokuthilibuthene ngokuzeleko,kubelidumonephazimulokaZimu Ngombanalokhananihlanganandawonyeendaweni yinye,amandlakaSathanaayatjhatjalaliswa,begodu ubumbibakhebupheliswebunyebokukholwakwabo
12Futhikwamambala,akunantoengconokunokuthula, okuqedwangakhoyokeipiyomoyaneyephasini
13Akukhookufihlekilekokikhokokelokho,nakube ninokukholwaokuphelelekonethandokuKrestuuJesu, okukukuthomanokuphelakwepilo
14Ngobaukuqalakukholo;isiphethosisizaNjalolaba ababiliabahlanganisiweko,bavelakuZimu:kodwana zokeezinyeizintoeziphathelenenepiloecwengileko ziyimiphumelayalokhu.
15Kakhoumuntuovumaukukholwaokuqotho owonako;begoduloyoonomusaakazondinanyana ngubani.
16Umuthiubonakalangeenthelozawo;ngalokholabo abazibizangokuthibangamaKrestubaziwangalokho abakwenzako.
17NgombanaubuKrestuakusiwoumsebenzi wokusebenzakwangaphandle;kodwanakuzibonakalisa ngamandlawokukholwa,nangabeumuntuatholakala athembekilebekubesekugcineni.
18Kungconoukuthiumuntuathule,abe;kunokuthiathi ungumKrestubegoduangabinjalo.
19Kuhleukufundisa;nangabelokhoakutjhokoenza ngokufanako.
20Nje-kekunomfundisioyedwaowakhuluma,kwase kwenzeka;begodungitjhonalezozintoazenza ngaphandlekokukhuluma,zifanelwenguYise.
21LowoomukelailizwilakaJesuangakghonaukuzwa ukuthulakwakhe,ukwenzelabonaabengopheleleko; begodubobabilibenzangokuyangalokhoakutjhoko, begodubaziwengezintoathulengazo.
22AkukhookufihlekilekokuZimu,kodwananeemfihlo zethuziseduzekwakhe.
23Nje-keasenzenikokenjengombanakufanelekilabo abanoZimuohlalakibo;ukuzesibemathempeliwakhe, nayeabenguZimuwethu:njengombananayeanjalo, begoduuzakuzibonakalisaphambikwethu,ngezinto esimthandangazo.
ISAHLUKO4
1Lingakhohliswa,bazalwanebami:labo abakhohlakelekoimindeniabazuzailifalokuphinga, angezebazuzailifalombusokaZimu.
2Ngakho-keubaabenzalokhungokwenyama bahlangabezanenokufa;Uzakufelakanganganiumuntu onakalisaukukholwakukaZimungemfundisoyakhe embi,uKrestuabethelwengakho?
3Lowoongcolilekouzakuyaemlilweniongacimiko, naloyoomlalelakouzakuyaemlilweniongacimiko
4NgebangalalokhoiKosiyavumelabonaithululwe amafuthaekhandalakhe;ukuzeaphefumuleleumoya wokungafiebandlenilakhe
5Ngakho-keningagcotshwangephungaelibi lemfundisoyombusiwephasi;
6Nje-kekubayinisingahlakaniphisoke,ngombana sesamukeleilwazingoZimu,okunguJesuKrestu?
Kubayinisizivumelabonasitjhabalalengobuwula; singacabangiisiphoiKosiesithumelekithikwamambala?
7Ipiloyamimayinikelwengebangalemfundiso yesiphambano;okuyihlazoebantwiniabangakholwako, kodwanakithikusindiswanokuphilaokungapheliko
8Uphiumuntuohlakaniphileko?Uphiumphikisi? Kuphiukuzikhakhazisakwalaboababizwangokuthi bahlakaniphile?
9NgobauZimuwethuuJesuKrestuwakhulelwa ngoMoyaoCwengilekoesibelethwenisakaMariya, owenzalokaDavida;wabelethwabegoduwabhajadiswa, ukwenzelabonangobuhlungubakheahlanzeamanzi, ukugezaisono.
10UbuNtombibukaMariya,naloyoowabelethwanguye, bebufihlekilekumphathiwephasi;njengombana bekunjalonokuhlongakalakweKosiyethu:ezintathu zeemfihlakaloezikhulunywakhuluephasiniloke, kodwanazenziwangokufihlakelekonguZimu.
11PhouMsindisiwethuwabonakalanjaniephasini?
Inkanyeziyakhanyaezulwiningaphezukwazozoke ezinyeiinkwekwezi,begoduukukhanyakwayo bekungakhulumeki,begoduubutjhabayo kwatjhabalalisaiingqondwenizabantu.Zokeezinye iinkwekwezi,kanyenelanganenyanga,beziyikhorasi yenkanyezile;kodwanalokhokwathumelaukukhanya kwakhongaphezukwaboboke.
12Abantubathomaukutshwenyekangokucabangabona inkanyezietjaleivelaphingokungafaninazozoke ezinye.
13Ngalokhowokeamandlawemilingoancibilika; begoduzokeiintambozobumbizabhujiswa:ukungazi kwabantukwasuswa;begoduumbusoomdalawaqedwa; UZimungokwakheabonakalangesimosomuntu, ukuvuselelwakwepiloengapheliko.
14KusukelalaphokwathomalokhouZimuegade akulungiselele:kusukelalaphoizintozaphazamiseka; ngombanagadeahleleukuqedaukufa.
15KodwanaubauJesuKrestuangangiphaumusa ngemithandazoyenu,begodukubeyintoyakhe, ngikhethaencwadiniyesibiliengizonibhalelayona ngokurhabakoukunitjengisangokuzelekoumsebenzi engithomeukukhulumangawonje,umuntuomutjha, okunguJesuKrestu;kokubiliekukholwenikwakhe, nethando;ekuhluphekenikwakhe,nasekuvukenikwakhe.
16KhulukhuluubaiKosiingangitjelabonanoke ngebizonibuthenendawonyeekukholwenimunye, kuJesuKrestumunye;owayengowesizukulwana sakaDavidangokwenyama;iNdodanayomuntu, neNdodanakaZimu;ukulalelaumbhishobhiwakhonepresbyteryngethandoelipheleleko;ukuphulaisinkwa esisodwa,okungumuthiwokungafi;umuthiwethu wokuthisingafi,kodwanasiphilengokungapheliko kuKrestuuJesu
17Umphefumulowamiubengewenu,newabo enibathumeleenkazimulwenikaZimu,e-Smirna; Ngikubhalelaphi;ngibongeiKosibegodungithande uPolycarpnjengombananamingithandawena Ngikhumbule,njengombanauJesuKrestuakukhumbula 18KhulekelaniibandlaeliseSiriya,laphoengithunyelwe khonangiyaeRoma;Njengomuntuomncanikiboboke abathembekilekoabakhona,njengombanangithathwe bonangifaneleukutholwaudumolukaZimu
19NiphilakuhlekuZimuuBaba,nakuJesuKrestu, ithembalethuelifanakoAmen