IncwadikaIgnatiuseya kwabaseRoma
ISAHLUKO1
1UIgnatius,okwabizwangokubanguTiyophoro,ubhalelaibandla elifumeneincebakubungangamshaboPhezukonke,noNyanawakhe okuphelakwamzeleyouYesuKristu;zintanda,zikhanyiswengentando yalowouthandayoukubazonkeizintoezingokothandolukaYesuKristu uThixowethuophetheyoendaweniyommandlawamaRoma;kwaye endibulisangayoegamenilikaYesuKrestunjengokondimanyenekunye enyameninasemoyenikuyoyonkeimiyaleloyakhe,kwayendizaliswe lubabalolukaThixo;ninovuyolonkekuKristuYesuuThixowethu 2EkubenikengokondikhungelekuThixongokukhungakwam,ukuba ndibuboneubusobenu,endikulangazelelayoukukwenza;Ndibotshelelwe kuKristuYesu,ndilangazelelaukunibulisa,ukubakukuthandakukaThixo ukubaandinikendifikeleleekupheleniendikulangazelelayo
3Kubakekuhleukuqalakakuhle,ukubandingabandibabalweokunene, ngaphandlekwesithintelo,ukwamkelaokondikumiselweyo
4Kemnandiyaloyikauthandolwakho,hlezelundenzekakubiKuba kululakuweukwenzaunothanda;kodwaukubanithenandiconga,koba nzimakumukusondelakuThixo
5Andithandikeukubanikholiseabantu;Kubaandisayikubanathuba linjelakuthindiyekuThixo;kananjaloanisayikuthiukubanithecwaka ngoku,nibenelungelolomsebenziobheteleKubaukubanithenathula ngenxayam,ndobangamadlelanekaThixo
6Ukubakenithenawuthandaumzimbawam,ndobanogqatsolwam kwakhonaNgakookoaninakoukundenzelancebaingaphezukoku, ukubandingadendibelidinielinyukayokuThixo,ngokuisibingelelo seselesilungisiwe;
7ukuzexanithenahlanganiselwandawonyeeluthandweni,nimbulele uYisengoKristuYesu;efungeleukuzisakuniubhishophuwakwa-Aram, evelaempumalangakuyeentshonalanga
8Kubakulungilekumukubandisukeehlabathini,ndisukekuyeuThixo; ukuzendibuyelekuye
9Anizangenimmonelemntu;nafundisaabanyeKengokondingaukuba nizenzengokuezizintoninangokwenu,enithengemiyaleloyenu nayimiselakwabanye
10Kuphelanjendithandazeleni,ukuzeuThixoandipheamandla angaphakathikwanangaphandle;nokubakuthiweungumKristu, makufunyanweukubaungomnye
11Kuba,ukubandifunyenwendingumKristu,ndifaneleukubizwa ngokubandingumKristu;kwayeucingelweukubauthembekile,xa ndingasayikuphindandibonakaleehlabathini
12Akukhontoilungileyoibonwayo
13KubakwanoThixowethu,uYesuKristu,esekuyeuYise,kokukhona ubonakalalisangakumbi
14UmKristuakangomsebenziwezimvo;kodwangobungangamsha bengqondo,ngakumbixaethiyiwelihlabathi
ISAHLUKO2
1Ndibhalelaamabandla,ndibonisakubobonke,ukubandingadendife ngenxakaThixo,ukubaabathangabandithintele 2Ndiyakukhungake,ukubaungenzintongakumibeilungile;Ndiyeke ndibekukudlakwamarhamncwa;endiyangayekuyeuThixo 3KubandiyingqolowakaThixo;kwayendiyakucolwangamazinyo amarhamncwa,ukuzendifumanekeisonkaesisulungekileyosikaKrestu 4Yandenikeamarhamncwa,ukuzeabelingcwabalam;ndingashiyinto enyameniyam;ukubandifilendingazikhathazinakancinci
5NgokondiyakubangumfundiwenenekaYesuKristu,xaihlabathi lingayikuwubonaumzimbawam,NdithandazelenikengokokuKristu, ukuzengezozixhobondenziweidinilikaThixo; 6AndikwenzingokomyalelokaPetrosnoPawulosBabengabapostile, mnandingumntuogwetyiweyo;babekhululekile,kemnandingumkhonzi unanamhla
7Kodwaukubandiyakubandezeleka,ngokondiyakuba ngokhululekileyokaYesuKristu,kwayendiyakuvukandikhululekile. Ngokukendikhonkxiwenje,ndifundaukungafuninto; 8ndithabathelakwa-Aram,ndezisaeRoma,ndilwanamarhamncwa elwandlenasemhlabeni;ubusukunemini,bebotshelelwekwizingwe ezilishumi,okokukuthi,kwibuthoelinjalo;bonabathi,bephathwa ngencebayonke,bagqithisekulo
9Kemnandindoyiswakububibawo;nokokeandigwetyelwe
10Ngamanandingawonwabelaamarhamncwaasendleabelungiselelwe mna;endingakendithandaukubabububekephezukwambonke ubugorhabazo
11endiyakubomelezangenxayesosizathu,ukuzebandiqwenge, bandinqule,njengokobenzengakoabathile,abangabachukumisanga Kodwa,kwayeukubaabathangabenzengokuzithandela,Ndiya kubaxhokonxakuyo
12Ndixolelenikulendawo;ndiyayaziintoendincedayoNgokundiqala ukubangumfundinokubakubonwa,nokubakungenakubonwa,akuyi kundishukumisa,ukuzendifikelelekuKristuYesu
13Vumelaumlilonomnqamlezo;mawayekeamaqelaamarhamncwa; ukwaphulwakwamathambonokukrazulwakwamalungu;ukutyunyuzwa kwamalunguomzimbauphela,nazozonkeiintuthumboezikhohlakeleyo zomtyholimazifikephezukwam;qhandivumelendonwabeleuYesu Kristu.
14Zonkeiziphelozehlabathi,nezikumkanizalo,aziyikundincedanto; kugconoukubandifeleuYesuKristu,kunokubandilawulekudekuse eziphelwenizehlabathi.Lowondimfunayoowasifelayo;ndimnqwenele ukubaabuyeavukengenxayethu.Yiyokeleinzuzoendibekelweyona. 15Ndixoleleni,bazalwanabam,aniyikuthincamukubandidleubomi NamndingathandiukuyakuyeuThixo,uzeundahlulekuye,ngenxayeli hlabathi;ungandinciphisingenkanukoyayoNdivumelendingene ekukhanyeniokunyulu:Aphondifikekhona,ndiyakubangumkhonzi kaThixongenene
16NdenzendixeliseinkanukoyoThixowam;Ukubaubaniunaye ngaphakathikwakhe,makakuqondeokondikuthandayo;makandenzele inceba,ngokungathieyaziindlelaendithengqongayo
ISAHLUKO3
1Umphathiwelihlabathiungathandaukundithwala,Alonakaliseisigqibo samngakuThixowamMakungabikhonamnyekuniumncedisayongoko; 2MusaniukuthethanoYesuKristu,nizondeleleihlabathiMakungahlali nawenalinyeikhwele;Ke,ndakubandizekuni,ndonivuselela,ize ningandiva;kanyeke,kholwanikokondinibhalelakona
3Kubanangonandisidlaubomi,kubhaliwekwathiwa,nokoke ndikunqwenelaukufaUthandolwamlubethelelweemnqamlezweni; umliloongaphakathikwamawufunimanzi;uthike,ehlelinje,ehluma ngaphakathikwam,niyekuBawo
4Andikoliswakukudlakokonakala,naseziyolwenizobubomi; 5NdiyasinqwenelaisonkasikaThixo,esiyinyamakaYesuKristu, sembewukaDavide;nesiseloendisilangazelelayoligazilakhe,uthando olungenakonakala
6Andisakunqweneliukuphilangokwabantu;andisayikubasanqwenela ukuphilangokwabantu;Yibaningokonithandaukubananingokwenu nikholisekekuThixoNdiyaniyalangokufutshane;Ndiyakucelaukuba undikholelwe
7UYesuKristuwonibonisaukubandithethainyaniso;Umlomowam awunankohliso,kwayeuBawouthethengawo.Ndithandazeleningoko, ukuzendikufezeendikuthandayo
8Andinibhalelangangokwenyama;ndinibhalelengokokuthanda kukaThixo.Ukubandiyabuvaubunzima,niyandithanda;kodwaukuba ndithendacekiswa,nindithiyile.
9LikhumbuleniemithandazweniyenuibandlalaseSiriya,elimasekayo ngokuuThixongenxayomalusiwalo,esikhundlenisam;
10Kungokunjendineentlonizokubalelwaekuthinindingomnyewabo; Kodwangencebandifumeneukubanguthile,ukubandingadendiye kuThixo
11Uyanibulisaumoyawam;nothandolwenenelwamabandla andamkeleyoegamenilikaYesuKrestu;hayinjengomkhweliKuba nababebengasondelangakumendleleni,badlulephambikwam,baya kundikhawulelaemziniokufuphi
12NdinibhalelaezizintondiseSmirna,ngoyenaulifaneleyoibandlalaseEfese
13Ngokukunyenam,nabanyeabaninzi,uKrokosioyintandakumKe abobavelakwelaseSiriya,bandunduleleukuyaeRoma,ukuzekuzukiswe uThixo,ndibaaniyaziintoeniyenzayo
14Niyababonisangoko,ukubandisondele;ngokubabonkebephela bafaneleuThixonakuni;enifaneleukubanithuthuzelekeezintwenizonke
15Lentondinibhaleleyona,ngomhlaophambikomhlawesithoba, kwinyangakaSeptembaYomelelanikudekuseekupheleni, ngonyamezelolukaYesuKristu