IncwadikaIgnatiuseya kuPolycarp
ISAHLUKO1
1UIgnatius,okwabizwangokubanguTheophorus,kuPolycarp, ubhishophuwebandlaeliseSmirna;umveleliwaboke,esuke ngokukodwauqukumbelangayeuThixouYise,neNkosiyethu uYesuKristu:lonkeulonwabo
2usazinjeukubaingqondoyakhongakuThixoingangathiibekwe phezukolwalwaolungashukumiyo;Ndibulelakakhulu,kuba ndibalelweekuthinindifaneleukububonaubusobakho obusikelelekileyo,endiyakuhlalandivuyangakokuThixo
3KungokondiniyalayongobabalolukaThixo,enimbathisengalo, ukubaniqhubelephambiliniqhubelaphambilinohambolwenu, nibavuselelebonkeabanye,ukuzebasindiswe
4Gcinaniindawoyenungayoyonkeinyamekoyenyama kwanomoya;Yibanobubelekubantubonke,njengokubaiNkosi iphakathikwakho
5Baxhasenibonkengothando,kwanjengokubananinisenjenjalo Thandazangokungapheziyo;celaingqiqongaphezukokounako Lumka,unomoyawakhongamaxeshaonke
6ThethakuyewonkeumntungokokwenzakukaThixothwala ubulwelwebabobonke,njengomphumi-mkhosiogqibeleleyo; aphokubulalekekhonaomkhulu,ingenisoisanda.
7Ukubanithandaabafundiabalungileyo,ninambulelomnina? Wenake,ubalulamelengokuthozamaabobenzaububi, benobulali.
8Onkeamanxebaakanyangekingalutyatyelunye;
9Kungenxayokolentoniyinyamanomoya;ukuzeuguqule izintoezibonakalayophambikwakho.
10Keabobangabonwayo,thandazakuThixo,ukubaakutyhilele, ukuzeungaswelinto,ubeuyaphuphumakusosonkeisipho 11Amaxeshaanzimakuwe,njengoomatiloshebomoya;nalowo ukhukuliswaluqhwithela,echwebeniaphoabeyakubakhona; ukuzeufikelelekuThixo
12Yibaziingcathu,ngokomphumi-mkhosikaThixo;ewenawe uqinisekengokupheleleyongayoNdiyakubayinqabayakho ezintwenizonke,nasezintanjenizamozithandileyo
13Mabangakukhathaziabobafanelweluzuko,befundisaezinye iimfundisoYimangokuqinileyo,ungashukumi,njengesiqhumiso xaubethwe
14Yinxalenyeyomkhosiokhaliphileyoukubaangxwelerheke, kodwaoyisweKodwangokukodwakesifanelesinyamezele izintozonkengenxakaThixo,ukuzeanyamezelenathi
15Imihlayonkemayibelungengaphezukweminye;nimlindele lowoungowaphakade,wasemaphakadeni,nongenakubonwa, nangonaebonakalaliswengenxayethu;lunyamezelazonke iindlelaukuzesisindiswe
ISAHLUKO2
1Abahlolokazimabangazebatyeshelwe;landelauThixoumgcini wabo
2Makungabikhontoyenziweyongaphandlekokwazinemvume yakho;ungenzintoingeyiyoeyokuthandakukaThixo; njengokubanaweusenzangakokonkeukuzingisa
3Makazelengakumbiamabandlaenu;
4Musaukuwashiyaamadodanezicakakazi;Mabangakhukhumali, makubekukhonabalulameleuzukolukaThixo,ukuzebazuze kuyeinkululekoelungengakumbi
5Mabangafuniukukhululwangentlawulelo,ukuzebangabi ngabakhonzibeminqwenoyabo; 6Kubalekeniububi;okanyekanye,ungabakhankanyi.
7Yithikoodadebam,bayayithandaiNkosi;baneliseke ngamadodaabo,enyameninasemoyeni
8Kwangokunjalo,vuselelaniabazalwanabam,egamenilikaYesu Krestu,ukubababathandeabafazibabo,njengokubanayoiNkosi isenzaiBandla.
9Ukubaumntuunakoukuhlalaenyulu,kuzukolwenyama kaKristu,makahlaleengaziqhayisi;keukubauthewaqhayisa, utshitshisile.Kwayeukubaunqwenelaukuthathelwaingqalelo ngakumbikunobhishophuwonakele.
10Kebonkeabazekileyo,nokubangamadoda,nokubangabafazi, mabahlanganengokwemvumekabhishophu,ukuzeumtshato waboubengokokuhlonelauThixo,ungabingenkanuko. 11ZonkeizintomazenzekeekuzukiseniuThixo;
12Mphulaphuleniubhishophu,ukuzenayeuThixoanive. Umphefumlowammawubelunqabisekokwabobazithobayo kubhishophuwabo,kunyenabavelelibabonamadikoni.Kwaye ngamanaisabelosamsingabandawonyenesabokuThixo
13Sebenzaniomnyekomnye;zibambani,balekanikunye, nyamezelani;lalakunye,uvukekunye;njengamagosa,nabahloli, nabalungiselelibakaThixo
14Kholiswanikulowonilwaphantsikwakhe,nizuzakuye umvuzowenuMakungabikhonamnyekuniophambukayo; kodwaubhaptizolwenumaluhlaleluhleli,njengeengalozenu; ukhololwakhonjengesigcina-ntloko;uthandolwakho lunjengomkhontowakho;umondewakho,njengesikrweqesakho sonke
15Mayibeyimfaneloyenuimisebenziyenu,ukuzenizuze umvuzoowufaneleyoNgokokeyibaninokuzekakadeumsindo omnyekomnye,nibenobulali,njengokouThixoanjalokuni 16Ndiyavuyamna,ezintwenizonke;
ISAHLUKO3
1Kekaloku,ekubenikeliloibandlalakwa-Antiyokwe kwelaseSiriya,njengokondixelelwayongemithandazoyenu; Kungokondithuthuzelekileyo,ndingenakuxhalabangayeuThixo; ukubaokunenendiyakufikelelakuThixongeembandezelo;ukuze ngayoimithandazoyenundifumanekendingumfundikaKristu 2Kuyakufanelekakakhulu,Polycarpukufanelekelayokakhulu, ukubizaibhungaelinyuliweyo,uzeukhethelowoumthandayo ngokukodwa,ozekakadeumsindoemsebenzini;ukuzeabe ngumthunywakaThixo;nokuzeayekwelaseSiriya,aluzukise uthandolwenuolungapheziyo,ukuzekudunyisweuKristu 3UmKristuakanawoamandlaakhe,kodwaumeleasoloko ephumleekukhonzeniuThixoLomsebenzingokaThixoke, ngowenu;xanitheniwufeza
4KubandikholosengobabalolukaThixo,ukubaniwulungele wonkeumsebenziolungileyo,owulungeleyoiNkosi.
5Ndikwazingokoukuzondelelakwenuinyaniso, ndaniqononondisangazoezincwadi,ndiniyalangazo.
6Kengenxaenokubabendingenakoukuwabhalelaamabandla onke,ekubenibendimelwekukuthingequbulisondihambe ngomkhombeeTrowa,ndiyeeNeyapoli;kubaunjaloumthetho kwabondisukubandibathobela;wabhaleniamabandlaakufuphi kuni,niyifundiswengokuthandakukaThixo,ukubaenjenjalo nawo
7Abanakomabathumeabathunywa;bathikeabaseleyo bathumeleiincwadingabobayakuthunyelwaninini,ukuze nizukiswekudekuseephakadeni,enifaneleyoukunifanelekela
8Ndibabulisabonkengamagama,ngokukodwaumka-Epitropo, nendluyakheyonke,nabantwanabakheNdimothulelaumnqwazi uAttalusintandayam
9Ndibulisakekulowokekuthiweumelwekukuthunyelwanini kwelaseSiriyaUbabalomaluhlalekuye,kunyenoPolycarp omthumayo
10Ndithikuninonke,ninoyolokuThixowethu,uYesuKristu; ehlelikuye,kubunyenokhuselekolukaThixo
11NdibulisakuAlceintandayamSalanikakuhleeNkosini