IncwadikaIgnatiuseya kwabase-Efese
ISAHLUKO1
1UIgnatiyo,okwabizwangokubanguTiyophoro, ubhalelaibandlaelise-EfesekwelaseAsiya;olona lonwabolufanelekile;besikelelwengobukhulu nenzalisekokaThixouBawo,wazawamiselwangenxa engaphambilingaphambikokubaihlabathiliqale,ukuze lihlalelihlelieluzukwenioluhlalaluhleli nolungenakuguqulwa;nimanywe,ninyulwe ngokokuthandakwakheuYise,noKristuYesuuThixo wethu;lonkeulonwabongoYesuKristu,nangobabalo lwakheolungadyobhekiyo
2Ndilivileigamalakho,ndiyintandakakhulu; enifumenengokusesikweniukuthinikuzuzele ubulungisa,ngokokholonothandoolukuKristuYesu uMsindisiwethu
3Okokubanithe,ningabalandelibakaThixo,nibe nivuswaligazilikaKristu,niwufefengokugqibeleleyo umsebenzienihlalanihlalangako
4Kubandivileukubamnandesukandivela kwelaseSiriya,ndibotshwengenxayegamanethemba eliqhelekileyo,ndikholosangemithandazoyenuukuba ndilwenamarhamncwaeRoma;ukuzendibengumfundi kaYesungokubandezeleka,ndibengumfundiwalowo wazinikelayokuThixo,ndibengumnikelonediningenxa yethu;(ningxameleukundibona).Ndamkelangoko, egamenilikaThixo,isihlwelesakhosonkeku-Onesimo; 5Owethuthina,ngothandoolungenakuchazwa; endiniyalayongoYesuKristu,ukubanimthande;nokuba nizameleukubanjengayenonke.Kwayemakabongwe uThixo,oninikenina,abamfaneleyo,ukonwabela ubhishophuobalaseleyo.
6KubaisiphinaisenzoesimfaneleyouBurrhus, umkhonzikunyenam,oyenaungoyenamlungiseleli ungoyenausikelelweyongezintoezilungekuThixo? Ndiyanivuselelakenina,ukubaahlaleixeshaelidana, ngenxayembekoyenu,neyenukabhishophuwenu
7KanjalonoKrokoufanelwekukumfaneleuThixo wethu,nawe,endamamkelayonjengomzekelowothando lwenu,undiphumzileezintwenizonke,njengokuba noYiseweNkosiyethuuYesuKristueyakumhlaziya; kunyeno-Onesimo,noBurros,noYukulo,noFronto, endinibonisebonangothandolwenunonkeKwaye kwangandingahlalandivuyangenxayenu,ukuba ndiyakufanelekelaoko
8Kufanelekilekengokoukubanimzukisengantozonke uYesuKristu,owanizukisayo,ukuzenithi,ngako ukumvalela,nigqibelele,nigqibelelengqiqweni-nye, nasicamangwenisinye,bathethento-nyebonkebephela; yonkeinto
9Nokuzenithobeleubhishophuwenu,nebandla,nibe nokungcwaliswangokupheleleyonangokucokisekileyo
10Ndiniyalelaezizinto,kungengakubandingumntu wahlukileyo;kubanangonandibotshiweyoegameni
lakhe,andikagqibelelangakuKristuYesu.Kodwangoku ndiqaleukufunda,yayendithethakuninjengabafundi kunyenam
11Kubabendifaneleukubandivuselelweniningokholo, ekululekeni,ngomonde,nasekunyamezeleni;Kekaloku, njengokubauthandolwamlungangivumeliukubandithi cwaka,ndiyekekuqalandayakunivuselela,ukuba nibalekekunyenonkengokokuthandakukaThixo.
12KubankqunoYesuKrestu,ubomibethu obungenakwahlulwa,buthunyelwengentandokaBawo; njengokubaoobhishophu,abanyulwekwesakuzozonke iziphelozomhlaba,kungentandokaYesuKrestu.
13Ngakookokuyakubakuhleukubanibalekekunye ngokokuthandakukabhishophuwenu,njengokuba nisenjenjalo.
14Kubaigosalenuelidumileyo,labafaneleuThixo, lifakwekanyekwanjengomveleli,kwanjengokointambo zisebenzangohadi
15Ngokokeekuvunywenikwenunasekuthandweni kwenu,uYesuKristuwaculwa;kwayewonkeumntu phakathikwenuwenzaingoma:
16ukuzenithi,nakubaninobudlelwanenjebothando, nikuthabathelekuyeingomakaThixo,nithi,nimxhelo mnye,nivumekuYisengoYesuKristu;ukuzeanive, abonengokwasemisebenziniyenu,ukubaningamalungu onyanawakheokunene
17Ngokokekunilungeleukubanihlalenimanyene, ukuzenihlaleninobudlelanenoThixo
ISAHLUKO2
1Kuba,ukubangelixeshalincinanendiyendaqhelana nobhishophuwenu,ndithethakungekhonaowonyama, kodwandithethangokuzananayekokomoya;Ndibeka phinakeukunibaninoyoloninanimanywenoKrestunje, njengokubaibandlalihlelikuYesuKristu,noYesuKristu kuyeuYise;ukuzezonkeizintozibento-nye?
2Makungabikhonamnyeuzikhohlisayo;Ukubaumntu utheakakhoesibingelelweni,uvinjwaisonkasikaThixo Kuba,ukubaumthandazowomntuomnyenokubababini unamandla,njengokosatshoyo;kobekaphinakeukuba namandlaokukabhishophunebandlaliphela?
3Ngokokelowoungahlanganiyondawonyenawo, unekratshi,usezigwebile.Kubakubhaliwekwathiwa, UThixouyabachasaabanekratshi.Masilumkeleke ngoko,ukubasingazichasiubhishophu,ukuzesibe nokuzithobakuThixo.
4Okukhonanabaninaebonaubhishophuwakheethe cwaka,kokukhonamakamhlonelengakumbi.Kubaothe umninindluathewamthumaukubaabephezukweyakhe indlu,nathisifaneleukumamkela,kwanjengoko senjenjalokulowoumthumileyo.Kengoko kuyabonakalaukubakufunekasijongekubhishophu, nanjengokobesiyakwenzaeNkosiningokwayo.
5KananjalouOnesimongokwakheuyanincomakakhulu, ukubaniyalungisaphambikoThixo,ukubanihambe ngokwenyanisononke,nokubakungàmiphakathikwenu. Kubaaniphulaphulibani,ingenguYesuKristuothetha inyanisokuni.
6Kubainxenyeinenkohliso,ibizaigamalikaKristu, isukeisenzaizintoezingamfaneleyouThixo;eniya kuwabasaba,njengokubaningathandaukwenza amarhamncwaamaninzi.Kubabazizinjaeziqwengayo, ezilumangasese;nimelenizilindekuzo,ngokwabantu ngenkankulu.
7Mnyeugqirha,owenyamanowomoya;yenziwekwaye ayenziwanga;UThixoowenziwengumntu;ubomi bokwenyaniekufeni;kokubiniuMariyanoThixo;kuqala kudlule,kwandulekekungabinakuhamba;noYesu KristuiNkosiyethu.
8Makungabikhobaniunilukuhlayo;njengokuba okuneneanilahlekiswanga.singabakhonzibakaThixo ngokupheleleyo.Kubanjengokokungekhombambano okanyezimbambanophakathikwenu,ukunikhathaza, kufunekaniphilengokwentandokaThixo.Umphefumlo wammawubengowakho;Namngokwam ndingumrhumowebandlalenulase-Efese,elidume ehlabathinilonke.
9Abokebenyamaabanakoukuyenzaimisebenzi yomoya;kwanabokebangabomoyabayimisebenzi yenyamaNjengokubalowounokholoengenakuba ngongakholwayo;nalowoungakholwayo,akanalo ukholoKodwaizintoenizenzayongokwasenyameni zezoMoya;kubanizenzaizintozonkekuKristuYesu 10Nokokendivileukubabathile,badlulakuni, benemfundisoejijekileyo;eningamvumelangaukuba amhlwayelephakathikwenu;keiindlebezenu zivingcekile,ukuzeningazamkeliizintoezihlwayelweyo kubo;njengokubaesibangamatyeetempilekaBawo, alungiselweukwakhakwakhe;wazawatsalwaphezulu nguMnqamlezokaKristu,njengenjini 11besebenzisauMoyaoyiNgcwelenjengentambo: ukhololwakhololwakho;nothandolwenuyindlelaesa kuThixo 12Ninangoko,nabobonkeabadlelanananikoluhambo lunye,nizelenguThixo;iitempilezakheezizezoMoya, zizelenguKristu,zizelebubungcwele,zivathiswe ngeentozonkeyimithethokaKristu 13Endivuyakengaye,kukubandithendakufanelekela ukugqithiselalencwadingoku,ndizendivuyekunye nani;ukubangokubhekiselekobunyeubomi, ningathandinanyeinto,ingenguyeuThixoyedwa.
ISAHLUKO3
1Bathandazeleningokungapheziyoabanyeabantu;kuba kukhoithembalenguqukokubo,ukuzebafikelele kuThixo.Bavumeleningokobaqeqeshwengemisebenzi yenu,ukubaabasayikubayiyoenyeindlela.
2Yibaninobulaliekucaphukenikwabo;bathobekile ekuqhayisenikwabo;Imithandazoyenuyibuyiseleni ezinyelisozabo;ekulahlekenikwabo,nasekuqineni kwenuelukholweni;bengazamiukuxelisaiindlelazabo.
3Masibengabazalwanababokubobonkeububele nokuthozama,kodwamasibengabaxelisaiNkosi; ngokubangubaninaowakhawaphathwangobugqwetha?
Ubuhlwempuobungakumbi?Udelelwengakumbi?
4ukuzeningafunyanwanamnyeumfunokaSathanakuni;
5Asifikelekeamaxeshaokugqibela;masibe nokumoyikakengokokakhulu,ukuzekakadeumsindo kukaThixo,ukuzekungabikusiekugwetyweni 6Kubamasiyoyikeingqumboezayo,okanyesiluthande ubabaloesinalongoku;
7Kemakungabikhontoinifaneleyo;endimthwalayo namngezintambo,amatyeanqabileyoomoya, endisukubandithandaukuthandaza,ndisukendesuka ngenxayenukuThixo;
8Endikubongozayoke,ukubaundenzendibelidlelane nayengamaxeshaonke,ukuzendifumanekekwiqashiso lamaKristuase-Efese,abesolokoevumelananabapostile ngamandlakaYesuKristu.
9Ndiyazazinokubandingubanina,kwanendibhalela kubo;Mnandingowokugwetywa,ninanenzelweinceba mna;nina,ningqinelwengokuchasenenengozi.
10NinanisisiphelosabobabulawangenxakaThixo; amaqabanekaPawuloskwiimfihlelozeVangeli; oNgcwele,umfel’ukholo,uPawulosofanelweluvuyo olukhulu;othekuyoyonkeincwadiyakhe, anikhankanyayo,sikuKristuYesu
11Ngokokemakubekukukhuthalelakwenu ukuhlanganangokuzeleyongakumbi,ekuzukiseni nasekuzukiswenikukaThixoKubaxanithenahlangana ndawonyengokupheleleyondaweni-nye,uthiamandla kaMtyholiabhangiswa,nobubibakhebubhanga bubunyebokholo
12Kwayeeneneni,akukhontoilungengakumbi kunoxolo,ekuyakuthingaloyonkeimfazweyokomoya neyomhlabaibhangiswe
13Keakukhontoifihlakeleyokuni,ukubaninokholo oluzalisekileyo,nothando,olukuKristuYesu,oyingqalo nesiphelosobomi
14Kubaingqaloyokholo;isipheloluthandoUkubake ezizintozombini,ziphumakuThixo,zonaziphumakuye zonkeezinyeizintozobungcwele
15Akukhonamnyeuthiunokholoolomeleleyo,akoni; kananjalolowouluthandoakathiyinamnye
16Umthiubonakalaliswangesiqhamosawo;ngokoke abobathibangamaKristubaziwangemisebenziyabo 17KubaubuKristuasingomsebenziwangaphandle; kodwauzibonakalisaemandleniokholo,ukubaumntu ufunyenweethembekilekudekubesekupheleni.
18Kulungileukubaumntuathicwaka,abeyedwa; kunokubaathiungumKristukwayeakafaneleabe.
19Kuhleukufundisa;nokubauyayenzaintoayithethayo.
20Kukhongokoinkosienyeeyathethayo,kwabakhoke; kwayeezoazenzileyoengathethanga,zimfaneleuYise.
21LowounelizwilikaYesuunakongeneneukuva ukuthulakwakhe,ukuzeabenokugqibelela;baze bobabinibenzengokwelizwilakhe;baziwengezozinto athecwakangazo.
22AkukhontoifihlakeleyokuyeuThixo; 23Masizenzeizintozonkengoko,njengokokufaneleyo abobahlelikubouThixo;ukuzesibeziitempilezakhe, yenaabenguThixowethu;njengokubaanjaloyena,uya kuzibonakalalisaphambikobusobethungezinto esimthandangazo.
1Musaniukulahlekiswa,bazalwanabam;abo bonakalisayoizindluezingendawo,abayikubudlailifa ubukumkanibukaThixo.
2Ukubangokoabobenzaokongokwenyama,bayebeva ukufa;wobekaphinakeyenaukufakwakhe, olonakalisayoukhololukaThixongemfundisoyakhe engendawo,awabethelelwayoemnqamlezweniuKristu?
3Lowowenzeinqambingolohlobo,uyakumka emlilweniongacimiyo;uyakwanjalonalowoumvayo.
4NgenxayokoiNkosiyavumelaukubakugalelwe amafuthaentlokweniyakhe;ukuzealiphefumlele ibandlalakheumoyawokungafi.
5Maningathanjiswangokongevumbaelibilemfundiso yomphathiwelihlabathi;
6Yininakeukubasingabizizilumkosonke,njengoko samkeleukwaziuThixo,onguYesuKristu?Yinina ukubasizinyamezelesibhubhengobudenge;Ngaba aniluboninaisiphoesisithumelekuthiiNkosi?
7Mabubekelweubomibamngenxayemfundiso yomnqamlezo;Okunenekusisikhubekiso kwabangakholwayo,kethinalusindiso,nobomi obungunaphakade
8Siphinakeisilumko?Uphiumntuophikisanayo? Luphinauqhayisolwabathiwazizilumko?
9KubauThixowethuuYesuKristuwakhawulwa ngokolungiselelolukaThixo,esibelekwenisikaMariya, wembewukaDavide,ngoMoyaoyiNgcwele;wazalwa wazawabhaptizwa,ukuzengenzondeleloyakheabe nokuhlambululaamanzi,ekuhlanjwenikwesono 10NgokuUbuntombiobunyulubukaMariya,nalowo wazalwanguye,wayegcinweemfihlakalweni kumthetheliwelihlabathi;njengokubakwabanjalo nangokufakweNkosiyethu:iimfihleloezintathuezona zibalaseleyozithethwayokulolonkeihlabathi,ukanti zenziweemfihlekweninguThixo 11WabonakaliswanjanikeuMsindisiwethuehlabathini?
Inkwenkweziyakhazimlaezulwiningaphezukwazo zonkeezinyeiinkwenkwezi,nokukhanyakwayo kwakungenakuchazwa,yayeukuvelakwayookutsha kwabangelauloyikoezingqondwenizabantu.Zonke ezinyeiinkwenkwezi,kunyenelanganenyanga,zaba ngumculowalenkwenkwezi;kodwaeyathumela ukukhanyakwayongokugqithisileyongaphezukwabo bonke.
12Baqalisakeukoyikaabantukukucingaukubale nkwenkweziintshaivelaphinangokungafaniyonezinye zonke.
13Aphelaonkeamandlaomlingo;nawoonke amakhamandelaokungendawoatshatyalaliswa; babhangisaubukumkaniobudala;UThixongokwakhe wabonakalaekwimoyomntu,ukuzeahlaziyekeebomini obungunaphakade.
14ZaqalaaphokeizintouThixoawayezilungiselele. ngokubawayecebeukuphelisaukufa.
15UkubakeuYesuKristuuthewandinikaubabalo ngenxayemithandazoyenu,kwabayintandoyakhe, ndizimiseleukubakwenyeincwadiyesibini,endiya kunibhalelayonangesiquphe,ukubandinibonakalalise
ngokuzeleyongakumbiukulungiselaokukhoyo, endiqalileyoukuthethangakongoku,ukuzendinibhalele. umntuomtsha,uYesuKristu;kokubinielukholweni lwakhe,naseluthandweni;ekubandezelekenikwakhe, nasekuvukenikwakhe.
16ngokukodwaukubaiNkosiyandazisangakumbi, ukubanihlanganenonkengabanyengamagama, nilukholoolunye,nakuKristuYesu;ongowembewu kaDavidengokwenyama;uNyanawomntu,noNyana kaThixo;ukuthobelaubhishophuwenukunyenabadala ngothandoluphela;ukuqhekezaisonkaesinye,esiliyeza lokungafi;iyezalethulokubasingafi,kodwasiphile ngonaphakadesikuKristuYesu.
17Umphefumlowammawubengowenu,nokwabo nibathumeleeluzukwenilukaThixo,eSmirna;apho ndinibhalelakhona;ndibulelaeNkosinikwayendithanda uPolycarpnjengokubandisenzakuni.Ndikhumbule, njengokubauYesuKristuekukhumbula
18LithandazeleniibandlaeliseSiriya,endiphumakulo ndikhonkxiweeRoma;ndingoyenamncinanekubo bonkeabathembekileyoabakhoyo,njengokokuthiwe ndifaneleukufunyaniswaeluzukwenilukaThixo
19HlalanikakuhlekuyeuThixouYise,nakuYesuKristu, iThembalethusonkeAmen