Incwadika-Ignatiuseya ebantwinibe-Smyrnaeans
ISAHLUKO1
1U-Ignatius,obizwanangokuthingu-Theophorus, ebandlenilakaZimuuYisenekaJesuKrestu othandekako,uZimualibusisengomusangazozoke iziphoezihle;sizaliswelikholonethando, kangangobanalokhuakutlhogekiesiphiweni; efanelekakhulukuZimu,nethelakhuluebantwini abacwengileko:ibandlaelise-Smirnae-Asiya;yoke ithabo,ngomoyawakheomsulwa,nelizwilakaZimu. 2NgidumisauZimu,uJesuKrestu,okunike ukuhlakaniphaokunjalo
3Ngombananginanzelelebonanizinzileekukholweni okungasikinyekiko,njengokungathinibethelwe esiphambanweniseKosethuuJesuKrestu,enyameni nangokomoya;begodubaqinisekiswaethandweni ngeengazizakaKrestu;siqinisekangokuzeleko ngezintoeziphatheleneneKosiyethu.
4OwayengowesizukulwanasakaDavida ngokwenyama,kodwanaiNdodanakaZimu ngokwentandonamandlakaZimu;wabelethwa kwamambalayiNtombi,begoduwabhabhadiswa nguJwanisi;ukuzekonkeukulungakugcwaliswe ngaye.
5WabethelwanguPontiyusiPilatu,noHerodiuMbuso weTjhada,wabethelwangezipikilingebangalethu enyameni;ngezitheloesiyizo,ngitjhonangethando lakheelibusisekilekhulu
6Ukuzeabekeisibonakalisoseminyakayoke ngokuvukakwakhe.kizozokeiincekuzakhe ezicwengilekonezithembekileko,kungakhathaliseki bonazingamaJudanamkhabeZizwe,emzimbeni munyewebandlalakhe
7Nje-kezokeiintweziwazihluphekelathina ukwenzelabonasisindisweBegoduwahlupheka kwamambala,njengombananayewazivusa kwamambala:Begoduingasi,njengombanaabanye abangakholwakobathi,bonabekabonakalaahlupheka kwaphela,bonangokwabobebabonakalabahlupheka kwaphela.
8Njengombanabakholwakuzakwenzekakibo;lokha nabakhutjhwaemzimbenibazokubamimoyanje
9Kodwanangiyazibonangitjhonangemvakokuvuka kwakhegadeasenyameni;begodubengikholelwa bonausenjalo.
10KwathinakafikakilaboegadebanoPitrosiwathi kibo:“Thathani,ningiphathe,nibonebona angisidimonielinganamzimba.”Bavelebazizwa begodubakholwaukukholwakokubiliyinyama nomoyawakhe
11Ngenxayalokhobadelelaukufa,batholakala bengaphezukwalo.
12Kodwanaemvakokuvukakwakhewadlawanatha nabo,njengombanabekayinyama;nanyanangoMoya wakhebekahlanganiswenoYise
ISAHLUKO2
1Nje-kelezizinto,bathandekako,nginikhumbuze ngazoingasiukubuzakodwananokuthinani ngokwakhonikholelwabonabanjalo
2Kodwanangiyakuhlomisangaphambilini ukujamelananeenlwanaezithilekoezisebujameni babantuokungakafaneliungazitholikwaphela, kodwananangabekungenzekaungahlanganinazo.
3Kuphelakufanelenibathandazele,ukwenzelabona nangabekuyintandokaZimubaphenduke;okuzakuba budisikhuluKodwanaiKosiyethuuJesuKrestu inamandlakilokhu,okungukuphilakwethu kwamambala.
4Ngombanaubakokelokhukwenziwa ngokubonakalakoyiKosiyethu,khona-kenami ngibonakalangibotjhiwekwaphela
5Njalokunganingizinikeleekufeni,emlilweni, enkembeni,ezilwanenizeganga?
6Kodwananje,njengombanangitjhidelaeduze kwenkemba,ngitjhidelakhulukuZimu:lokha nangifikahlangananeenlwanazeganga,ngizokuza kuZimu.
7KuphelangebizolakaJesuKrestu,ngiyakuhlupheka kanyenaye;yenaowenziweumuntuopheleleko ungiqinisa
8Abanyebangamazi,bayamphika;namkha kunalokhosiphikiwenguye,ngombanababameli bokufa,kunokobanababebamelibeqiniso. Iiphrofetho,namkhaumThethokaMosiakhenge bakholwe;namkhaiVangelingokwalobekube namhlanjesi,namkhaukutlhagakwawowokeumuntu wethu
9Ngombananabobacabangaizintoezifanakongathi Ngombanangisizanganiumuntu,nakangincoma, ahlambalazeiKosiyami;angavumibonawenziwa umuntukwamambala?
10Nanyanangubaniongakutjholokhu,uyamphika begoduusekufeniKodwanamalungananamabizo walaboabenzalokhu,njengombanabebangakholwa, ngibonekungakalungiukunitlolelawona
11Yebo,uZimuangavumibonangikhulumengabo, bekubekulaphobaphendukaekukholweni kwamambalaekuhluphekenikwakaKrestu, okukuvukakwethu.
12Akungabinomuntuozikhohlisako;kokubiliizinto ezisezulwinineengiloziezikhazimulako,neenkhulu, kungakhathalisekibonazibonakalanamkha azibonakali,nangabezingakholwaegazinilakaKrestu, kuzokubakuboukulahlwa.
13Lowoongakwaziukwamukelalokhu, makakwamukele.Akukafanelikubenomuntunamkha ubujamobakheephasiniobumkhukhumezako:lokho okufaneleukukholwakwakhekokenethandolakhe, okungakhethwalitho 14Kodwanatjhejalaboabanombonoohlukilekokithi malungananomusakaJesuKrestuofikekithi,ukuthi baphikisanakanganganinomnqophokaZimu. 15Abanandabanethando,abanakiumfelokazi, iintandane,nabagandelelweko;wesibotjhwanamkha okhululekileko,welambilekonamkhaowomileko. 16Bazithibaemnyanyeni,nemisebenzini yomphakathi;ngombanaabavumibonai-ekharisti iyinyamayoMsindisiwethuuJesuKrestu;
eyahluphekangebangalezonozethu,begoduuBaba womusawakhe,wamvusakwabafileko.
17Ngenxayalokhu,ngokuphikisananesipho sakaZimu,bafelaekuphikisanenikwabo,kodwana kungabangconokhulukiboukusamukela,ukwenzela bonangelinyeilangabavukengaso.
18Ngalokho-kekuzokubakuhlekiniukubalekela abantuabanjalo;begoduungakhuluminabongasese namkhatjhatjhalazi.
19Kodwanaukulalelaabaphorofidi,khulukhulu iVangeli,laphokokubiliukutlhagakwakaKrestu kuvezwakithi,nokuvukakwakhekwamenyezelwa ngokupheleleko
20Kodwanabalekelanikokeukwahlukana, njengokuthomakobumbi.
ISAHLUKO3
1Qaphelaniukuthilonkelilandeleumfundisiwenu, njengoJesuKristu,uYise;kanyene-presbytery, njengabaphostoliNjalonihlonipheamadikoni, njengomlayokaZimu.
2Akungabinomuntuowenzaintoephathelene nebandlangaphandlekombhishobhi.
3Akeumnyanyalowouqalwenjengomuntuoqinileko okunikelwambhishobhi,nofananguloyo umbhishobhiamnikeimvumoyakhe
4Nanyanakukuphilaphoumbhishobhiazokuvela khona,abantumababekhona,njengombanalapho uJesuKrestuakhona,kunebandlalamaKatolika.
5Akukavunyelwangaphandlekombhishobhi, ukubhabhadisa,namkhaukugidingaiSidlo esiCwengileko;kodwanananyanayiniayivumako, lokhokuyamthokozisauZimu;ukwenzelabona nanyanayinieyenziwako,ibeyintoeqinisekileko begoduyenziwekuhle.
6Ngombanalokhookuseleko,kunengqondokhulu bonasiphendukengesikhathisisekhonaisikhathi sokubuyelakuZimu
7KuyintoehleukuhloniphauZimunombhishobhi: loyoohloniphaumbhishobhi,uzakudunyiswa nguZimuKodwanaowenzananyanayiningaphandle kokwazikwakhe,usebenzelauSathana
8Ngalokhozokeizintomazikwandekiningothando; ngombananifanele.
9Lingivuselelekikhokoke;uJesuKrestuuzokwenza njalonaniLingithandilelokhanangiseni,ngitjho nanyanangingasekho,anipheliukwenzanjalo
10KwangathiuZimuangabangumvuzowenu, elizakufinyelelakuyekuyelokhananiqalananakho koke.
11NenzekuhlengokwamukelauFilonoRhewusi Agatophosi,ebegadebangilandelangelizwilakaZimu, njengabadikonibakaKrestuuZimethu
12NabobathokozaiKosingebangalenu,ngombana nibavuselelekikhokokeNanyanayinioyenzileko angezeyalahlekakuwe
13Umphefumulowamiubengewenuneenbopho zamieningadelelwanganamkhanibeneenhloni ngazo.Ngalokho-kenoJesuKrestuukukholwakwethu okupheleleko,angekheabeneenhloningani.
14UmthandazowakhoufikileebandlenileAnthiyokiyaelise-SiriyaKusukelalapho ngithunyelwengibotjhiwengamaketaninginguZimu,
ngibingelelaamabandla;bekangakafaneliukubizwa lapho,njengomncanihlangananabo.
15NanyanakunjalongentandokaZimungithathwe ngifanelwelidumoleli;ingasingombanangicabanga bonangikufanele,kodwanangomusakaZimu
16Ngifisabonanginikwengokuzeleko,ukuze ngemithandazoyenungifinyelelekuZimu.
17Njalo-keukuzeumsebenziwenuufezwe ngokugcweleemhlabenilasezulwini;kuzakubakuhle, begodukubeyidumolakaZimu,bonaibandlalakho likhetheisithunywaesifaneleko,esizokufikae-Syria, sithabendawonyenabongokuthibasekuthuleni; nokuthibabuyiselweebujamenibabo bangaphambilini,begodubaphindebatholaumzimba waboofaneleko.
+begodungemithandazoyakhoselebafikeethekwini labo
19Ngombananjengombananinangokwenuniphelele, kufanelenicabangengezintoeziphelelekoNgombana lokhanawufisaukwenzaokuhle,uZimuukulungele ukukusizabonawenzenjalo
20UthandolwabazalwanebaseTrowaluyanibingelela; laphonginibhalelakhonango-Burrhusenimthume nami,kanyenama-Efesuabafowenu;begodu ongivuselelekikhokoke
21Njalongicelaukuthibonkebamlingisele,abe yisibonelosenkonzokaElohimKwangathiumusa wakheungamvuzangokuzeleko
22Ngiyabingelelaumbhishobhiwakhoofaneleko, nebandlalakhoelihloniphekileko;namadikoniwenu, iincekuzami;naninokejikelele,begoduwoke umuntungokukhethekileko,ngebizolakaJesuKrestu, nangenyamanegazilakhe;ekuhluphekenikwakhe nokuvukakwakhekokubilingokwenyama nangokomoya;begoduebunyenibakaZimunani
23Umusamawubenani,nesihawu,nokuthula nokubekezelakuzekubenininanini.
24Ngibingelelaimindeniyabafowethu,nabafazi nabantwanababo;nezintombiezibizwangokuthi bafelokaziYibanamandlangamandlakaMoya oCwengilekoU-Philo,okhonanamiuyakubingelela 25Ngibingelelaindluka-Tavias,begodu ngiyathandazabonaiqinisweekukholweninethando, kokubilikwenyamanangokomoya.
26Ngibingelelau-Alkeothandekakowami,kanyenoDafnusiongalinganiswako,no-Eutechnus,naboboke ngamabizo
27ValelisaningomusakaZimu