Xhosa - The Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians

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IncwadikaIgnatiuseya kumaMagnesians

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1UIgnatiusokwabizwangokubanguTheophorus; kuloibandlaelisikelelweyongobabalolukaThixo uYise,elikuKristuYesu,uMsindisiwethu. EndilibulisangayoibandlaeliseMagnesiya, ngaseMaander.ndinqwenelelauvuyolonke kuThixouYise,nakuKristuYesu.

2Kekaloku,ndithe,ndakubandivile ngolungelelwanolwenuuthando,nothandolwenu olukuThixo,ndichulumancile,ndanqwenela kakhuluukuthethakuningokukholwakuYesu Kristu.

3Kubandibalelwaekuthinindifaneleukufumana igamaelibekekileyo,emixokelelwaneni endiyatyhaswangayo,ndiwabulisakuwo amabandlasinqwenelelaumanyanolomzimba nowomoyakaYesuKristu,ubomibethu obungenasiphelo,kwanjengokholonothando, olungacekiswanganto;ngokukodwakeobukaYesu uYise,ekuthikuye,sisehlelwabububibonke bomphathiyelihlabathilithunyelwe kwangaphambili,kwayeukuphuncuka,siya kunandiphauThixo

4ngenxanjeyokubakuthiwendifaneleukunibona kuDamasumveleliwenuobalaseleyo;nangawoke abongamelibenu,uBhasonoApoloniyo;kunye nomkhonzikunyenamuSotiyo,umdikoni; 5endivuyayongayengenxaenokubaethobekile kumveleliwakhe,ngokobabalolukaThixo, naphambikwamadodaamakhulu,ngokomthetho kaYesuKristu;ndizimiseleukunibhalela

6Ngakookokuyakubanjalokuweukuba ungasebenzisiubhishophuwakhongokuqhelene kakhulunengxeloyobutshabakhe;kodwakumnika konkeukoyikangokwamandlakaThixouYise; njengokubandibonaukubabenzangakoabaphathi benuabangcwele;mabathiabobanengqiqokuThixo, bemlulamela,mhlawumbibengamlulameli,kuYise weNkosiyethuuYesuKristu,umveleliwethusonke 7Kengokoniyakunifanelangakokonke ukunyaniseka,ukumthobelaubhishophuwenu; mbekanikengokokukholekileyokuye,ukuba nenjenjalo.

8Kubalowoungenjenjalo,akamenziumveleli ambonayo,umenzaintoengenakubonwalowo ungabonakaliyoKubayonkeintoeloluhlobo yenzekayoayibhekiselimntwini,ikuThixoozaziyo iimfihlelozentliziyoyethu.

9Kufanelekilekengokoukubasinganelikubizwa ngokubangamaKristu,kodwasibenjalo.

10Njengokubaabanyebembizanjaloirhuluneli, ngubhishophu;ukantizonkeizintouyazenza ngaphandlekwakhe

11Kemnaandinakuzendicingeukubabanesazela esilungileyoabanjalo,ekubenibengahlanganisene ndawonyengokomthethokaThixo

ISAHLUKO2

1Ekubeningokozonkeizintozinesiphelo,keezi zintozombinizibekwephambikwethu,ukufa nobomi,ukuyaelowoendaweniyakhe.

2Kuba,kwanjengokubakukhoiintloboezimbini zeengqekembe,olunyengolukaThixo,olunye luphumaehlabathini;yayenganyekweziinombhalo wayookroliweyokuyo;kukwanjalonalapha

3Abangakholwayongabalihlabathi;kebona abathembekileyo,ngalouthando,banesimo sikaThixouYisengoYesuKristu

4Ngokoke,njengokondinibonileyonjephambi kobuso,ndinibonenonkengokholonothando; Ndiyanibongozaukubanikhuthaleleukuzenza zonkeizintongokuvisisananobuthixo.

5Ubhishophuwenuowongamelaendaweni kaThixo;abaphathibenuendaweniyebhunga labapostile;nabalungiselelibenuabaziintandakum, baphathisweulungiselelolukaYesuKristu;owaba nguYisekwangaphambikwazozonkeizizukulwana, wabonakalakuthiekugqibeleni

6Ngokokemayelanekhondoelingcwele, qinisekaniukubanihlonelananonke,yaye makungabikhomntuukhangelaummelwane ngokwenyama;kodwathandananinonkenina nikuKristuYesu

7Makungabikhonalinyeicalakuni;kodwa manyaniswenobhishophuwenu,nabobanongamela phezukwenu,babengumzekelowenu nomkhombandlelaendlelenieyakubomi obungenakufa

8NjengokubangokoiNkosiayenzanganto ngaphandlekoYise,imanyanenaye;nokuba kungenguyengokwakhe,nokubangabapostile bakhe,aniyikwenzantongaphandlekomveleli wenunabavelelibenu;

9Kanjalomusaniukuvumelanantoninaibonakale inengqondokuningokwenu;

10Kenina,nakubanihlanganiselwendawonye ndaweni-nye,yibaninomthandazomnye; isibongozoesinye;ingqondoenye;linyeithemba; omnyeeluthandweni,eluvuyweni olungadyobhekileyo.

11InyeiNkosi,uYesuKristu,ekungekhonto ilungileyongaphezukwayo;Kungokondithi,

Hlanganisananinonke,njengakwitempileenye kaThixo;njengakwisibingeleloesinye,ngathi sikuKristuYesu;owaphumakuBawomnye,ube emnye,kwayeubuyelakwakumnye.

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1Musaniukulahlekiswangeemfundisonezingezizo; kwaneentsomiezindala,ezingancediyo.Kubaxa sihambangokomthethowamaYuda,siyavuma ukubaasilwamkelangaubabaloKubakwanabona baprofetibangcwelebabephilangokukaKristuYesu.

2Kwayengenxayesisizathubatshutshiswa, beqhutywalubabalolwakhe,ukuzeboyisekele abangakholwayo,nabangevayo,ukubamnye uThixo,wazibonakalalisangokwakhengoYesu KristuuNyanawakhe;lowoulilizwilakhe elingunaphakade,lingaphumiekuzoleni, owakholiswayokukokonkeowamthumayo.

3Ngokoke,ukubaabobabekhuliselwekule mithethoyakudalabezanokokutshakwethemba, bangabisazigcinaiisabatha,kodwabegcinaumhla weNkosi,aphoubomibethubaphuphumangayo ngaye,nangokufakwakhe,lowokeabasuke abathilebamkhanyela.:

4(esathingayosikholwe,salindakengoko,ukuba singabafundibakaYesuKristu,iNkosiyethu ekuphelakwamzeleyo;)

5Singathininaukuphilangokwahlukileyokulowo batheabafundibakhe,kwabonaabaprofeti, babemlindelengoMoyaukubaabeyinkosiyabo?

6Uthengokoefikilelowobabemlindile,wabavusa kwabafileyo

7Masingabingabafekethi,ngenxayobubelebakhe; ngokubaebesenzekuthingokwemisebenziyethu, ngesingabangakho

8Ngokokesibengabafundibakhenje,masifunde ukuphilangokwemigaqoyobuKristu;kubaothe wabizwangelinyeigamaelingelilo,akangokaThixo;

9Libekenibucalaigweleelidala,elimuncu,nelibi. niguqukenibenegweleelitsha,elinguYesuKristu

10Yibaninetyuwakuye,ukuzekungabikhobani kuniukonakala;kubangokwevumbalenuniya kugwetywa

11AkukhongqiqweniukubizauYesuKristu,kunye nobuYudaKubainkoloyobuKristuayizange ithabatheamaJuda,kodwayamkelaumYuda umKristu;ukuzezonkeiilwimiezikholwayo, zihlanganiselwendawonyekuyeuThixo

12Ndinibhalelaezizinto,zintanda;Kungekuba ndiyaziukubanabaninaphakathikwenuulele phantsikwesisono;Ndithandaukunilumkisa, njengokubandingoyenamncinanephakathikwenu, ukuzeningaweliemigibeniyemfundisoyobuxoki

13kodwaukubaniqeqeshwengokupheleleyo ekuzalweninasekubandezelekeni,nasekuvukeni kukaYesuKristu,ithembalethu;eyafezwayo ngexeshalolawulolukaPontiyoPilato, ekwayinyaniso,nangokuqinisekileyo,ekungathanga uThixoangàthigubucalakuyo.

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1Ndiyavuyangokongani,ezintwenizonke,ukuba ndiyakufanelaokoKubanakubandikhonkxiwe, andifanelekulinganiswanomnyewenunakuba nikhululekile;

2Ndiyaziukubaanikhukhumali;kubaninoKristu Yesuezintliziywenizenu.

3Ngokukodwaxandinincomayo,ndiyaziukuba nineentloni,njengokokubhaliwekwathiwa, Ilungisaliyazigweba

4Phumelaningoko,ukubaniqinisweemfundisweni yeNkosiyethu,neyabapostilebayo;ukuzekonke enisukubanikwenza,nibenokunempumelelo emzimbeninasemoyeni,elukholweni naseluthandweni,nakuNyana,nakuyeuYise, nakuMoyaoyiNgcwele;

5kunyenomveleliwenuonifaneleyo,nesithsaba somoyaesenziwekakuhlesebandlalenu, nabalungiselelibenungokukaThixo.

6Thobelaniumveleliwenu,omnyekomnye, njengokubauYesuKristukuyeuYise ngokwenyama,nabaPostilekuKristu,nakuYise, nakuMoyaoyiNgcwele;umzimbanomoya

7ndisazinjeukubanizelenguThixo,ndisukanje ndiniyalangokufutshane

8Nindikhumbulekeemithandazweniyenu,ukuze ndifikelelekuyeuThixo,nakwibandlaeliseSiriya, endingafanelekubizwakulo

9KubandisweleukukhungakwenukuThixo, nobabalolwenu,ukuzeibandlaeliseSiriya licingelweukubalifanelwekukondliwalibandla lenu.

10Bayanibulisaabase-Efese,baseSmirna,apho ndinibhalelakhona,ndimiapha,ndiseluzuko lukaThixo,kwangokunjalonani,otheezintweni zonkewandomeleza,ndawonyenoPolycarp, ubhishophuwebandla.amaSmirna.

11AyanibulisanamanyeamabandlakaThixo, abekeimbekokuYesuKristu.

12Vuyanike,nizomelezwakubudlelanebukaThixo, niyoliswakuMoyawakheongahlulwa-hluliweyo, onguYesuKristu.

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