Xhosa - The Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans

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IncwadikaIgnatiuseya kwabaseSmirna

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1UIgnatius,okwabizwangokubanguTiyophoro, ubhalelaibandlalikaThixouYise,nelentandathu, uYesuKristu,awathiuThixongencebawasikelela ngazozonkeiziphoezilungileyo;nizelelukholo nothando,ngokokudeingabinantswelonto; UfanelwekukoyikwanguThixo,kwayeinesiqhamo kwabangcwele,ibandlaeliseSmirnakwelaseAsiya; lonkeuvuyo,ngomoyawakheonyulu,nangelizwi likaThixo.

2NdiyamzukisauThixo,uYesuKristu,oninike ubulumkoobunjalo.

3Kubandibonileukubaniqinileelukholweni olungenakushukunyiswa, nibethelelwe emnqamlezweniweNkosiyethuuYesuKristu, enyameninasemoyeni;niqiniselweeluthandweni ngaloigazilikaKristu;seyisekengokupheleleyo kwezozintozinxulumeneneNkosiyethu.

4okunenewayengowembewukaDavide ngokwenyama,kodwaenguNyanakaThixo, ngokokuthandanamandlakaThixo;okunene wazalwayiNtombi,wabhaptizwanguYohane; ukuzebonkeubulungisabuzalisekekuye.

5Kananjalowabethelelwaemnqamlezweni nguPontiyoPilato,noHerodeumphathiwesahlulo sesine,ebethelelwengenxayethuesenyameni; ngeziqhamoesizizo,nangenzondeleloyakheenkulu.

6ukuzeamiseumqondisokuwoonkeamaphakade ngokuvukakwakhe,kubobonkeabakhonzibakhe abangcwele,abathembekileyo,nokuba bangamaYuda,nokubangamaGrike,kumzimba mnyewebandlalakhe.

7Ngokuzonkeezizintowabandezelekangenxa yethuukuzesibenokusindiswaUthekeyena, wakuvaubunzimaokwenyaniso,njengokubanaye ngokwakheeziphakamisile.

8Kwayenjengokobekholwakuyakwenzekanjalo kubo;xabehlulwengumzimbabayakuba yimimoyanje.

9Kodwandiyaziukubanasemvakokuvukakwakhe wayeesenyameni;ndakholwaukubausenjalo 10UthekeakufikakwabobabenoPetros,wathi kubo,Thabathani,nindibambe,niqondeukubamna andinguyeidemon.Bazivakekwaoko,bakholwa; eqinisekilengenyamanangomoyawakhe 11Ngenxayokobabudelaukufa,bafunyanwa bengaphezukwakho.

12Uthekeekuvukenikwakhewadlawaselanabo, njengokoebeyinyama;nangonangokoMoyawakhe wayemanyenenoYise

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1Zikhumbulenikeezozinto,zintanda. ningathandabuzi,kokonikholwenaningokwenu ukubakunjalo

2Kodwandinixhobisangenxaengaphambili nxamnyenamarhamncwaathileanesimosabantu eningamelwekukubaniwamkelenjekuphela, kodwaukubakunokwenzekaningàhlanganinawo 3Kuphelakufunekaubathandazele,ukuzeukuba kubeyintandokaThixobabenokuguquka;okuya kubanzimakakhulu.KambekeamandlaeNkosi yethuuYesuKrestu,obubomibethubuyinyaniso

4Kubazonkeezozintoke,xazithezabakho ekubonakaleningayoiNkosiyethu,mnandingathi ndibotshiwekuphela

5Kwayekuthenindizinikeleekufeni,emlilweni, ekreleni,emarhamncwaasendle?

6Kungokunjendisondeleekreleni,ndisondela ngakumbikuThixo;xandithendangenaphakathi kwamarhamncwa,ndiyakuzakuyeuThixo

7EgamenilikaYesuKristukuphela,endiya kuthwalaubunzimakunyenaye;lowowenziwa wayindodaegqibeleleyo,endomeleza

8Abatheabathileabangamaziyobayamkhanyela; okanyebakhanyelwenguye,bengabaxhasibokufa, kunabenyaniso.10abangabathimbayoziziprofeto, kwanomthethokaMoses;kwananamhlaoku, kwaneembandezelozethusonkengabanye

9Kubanabobacingakwaezozintonangathi.Kuba wobayintoninakumumntu,ukubauthe wangidumisa,wayinyelisaiNkosiyam? ungakuvuminaukubawenziwaumntungenene?

10Lowokeongayithethiyo,okunene uyamkhanyela,usekufeni.Kekaloku,ngenxa yamagamaabobakwenzayooko, bengengakholwayonje,ndabonaakufanelekile ukubandinibhalele.

11Ewe,makubeleekuThixoukuba ndingabakhankanyenakuphinaukukhankanya, badebaguqukeleekukholweniokuyinyaniso kwentlungukaKristu,eluvukolwethu.

12Makungabikhonamnyeuzikhohlisayo;izinto ezisemazulwini,kwanezithunywazezulu zobuqaqawuli,nabaphathi,nokuba ngababonakalayo,nabangenakubonwa,nokuba abakholwangaegazinilikaKristu,kobakumgwebo wabo.

13Lowounakoukukwamkela,makakuthabathe; Indawookanyeubumebomntuehlabathini mabungamkhukhumali:okokufanelwelukholo lwakhelonkenothandolwakhe,ekungekhonto imelwekukukhethwa

14Qwalaselanikeabakwanezimvozenu, ngokusingiselekubabalolukaYesuKristu,olufike kuthi,ukubabasichasaicebolikaThixo.

15Abalukhathaleleuthando,abalukhathalele umhlolokazi,neenkedama,noxinzelelweyo; wekhobokaokanyeokhululekileyo, owabalambileyookanyeonxaniweyo.

16Bakhwebukakwithekoledini,nakwizikhundla zikawonke-wonke;ngenxayokubabengalivumi umthendelekoukubayinyamayoMsindisiwethu uYesuKristu;owavaubunzimangenxayezono zethu,wathiuYisewobubelebakhewamvusa kwabafileyo.

17Ngenxayoko,besilwanesiphosikaThixo,baye bafakwiingxabanozabo;

18Kothingoko,nikhwebukekwabanjalo;yaye angathethinabongaseseokanyeesidlangalaleni 19kodwaukubasiphulaphuleabaprofeti, ngokukodwakekwiindabaezilungileyo,ekwathi kuzokwabonakalaliswakuthiimbandezelo kaKristu,nokuvukakwakhekwacaciswa ngokugqibeleleyo.

20Zibalekenizonkeiiyantlukwano,ngokokuqala kweentlekele

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1Bonaniukubanonkenilandelaubhishophuwenu, njengoYesuKrestu,uBawo;nababingeleli, njengabapostile.nibahloneleabalungiseleli, ngokomthethokaThixo

2Makungabikhonamnyewenzaintoyebandla, eyedwakubhishophu.

3Loomthendelekomayijongwenjengokoizinzile, enikelwamhlawumbingubhishophu,okanyenguye lowoubhishophuanikeimvumeyakhe

4Naphinaaphoasukubaubhishophuebonakala khona,mababekhonanaboabantu;njengokuba aphoakhoyouYesuKristu,likhonaibandla lamaKatolika

5Akukhomthethweningaphandlekukabhishophu, nokubhaptiza,okanyeukubhiyozelauMthendeleko oNgcwele;Keintoasukubaekholeka,yamkelekile kuyeuThixo;ukuzekonkeokwenziwayo kuqiniseke,kwenziwekakuhle.

6Kubaokuseleyo,kusengqiqwenikakhuluukuba siguqukengelixakusekhoixeshalokubuyela kuThixo

7KuhlekeukumhlonelauThixo,kwanomveleli; ombekayoumveleli,uyakuzukiswanguThixo. Kodwalowowenzanantoninaengazi,ulungiselela umtyholi

8Izintozonkengokomaziphuphumekuni eluthandweni;nifanelekelenjenina.

9Nindiphumzileezintwenizonke;uyakwanjalo naweuYesuKristuNindithandileokondikhokuni, naxandingekhoyongokuanipheziukwenzaoko

10WangauThixoabengumvuzowenu,enithi nakuzenzazonkeizintokuye,nizuzekuye.

11NatyaphangokumamkelangoFilo,noRheus Agatopo,bonaabandilandelayongokwelizwi likaThixo,njengabalungiselelibakaKristuuThixo wethu.

12abathikananjalobabulelaeNkosiningenxayenu, nakubaniphumlebonangeendawozonkeAyisayi kulahlekanentoyonkeoyenzileyo;

13Umphefumlowamwobakowenu;Ngokoke noYesuKristu,ukhololwethuolugqibeleleyo,akayi kubanazintloningani.

14UmthandazowakhoufikilekwibandlalakwaAntiyokweeliseSiriya;Aphondisukaapho ndikhonkxiwengemixokelelwaneekubeni ndinguThixo,ndiwabulisakuwoamabandla. engakufanelangaukubizwa,ukubaasuke,angoyena mncinanekubo

15NokokengentandokaThixondabonakalaukuba ndiyifanelelewonga;kungengakubandicinga ukubandinifanelekeleoko,kokondindifanelekele ngenxayobabalolukaThixo

16Endikuthandayoukubandinikwemna,ukuze ngayoimithandazoyenundifikelelekuyeuThixo.

17Kengokoukuzeumsebenziwenuube nokufezekiswangokupheleleyoemhlabeni nasezulwini;Kuyakufaneleka,nangenxayozuko lukaThixo,ukubaibandlalenulinyuleabathunywa abafanelekileyo,abathebafikelelaeSiriya,bavuye kunyenabo,ngokubabeseluxolweni;nokokuba babuyiselwekwakhonakwimoyaboyangaphambili, kwayebawufumenekwakhonaumzimbawabo ofanelekileyo

18Ngokokendingathi,kububulungisa,ukuba ndithumeothilekuni,enencwadinje,evuyisana naboeluxolwenilukaThixo;kwayengemithandazo yakhongokubafikelelekwizibukolabo.

19Kubaekubeninigqibelelengokwenu,nimelwe kukuthininaukucingaizintoezigqibeleleyo.Kuba xasukubanithandaukwenzaokulungileyo,uThixo ukulungeleukubanikwenzeoko.

20Luyanibulisauthandolwabazalwana abaseTrowa.aphondinibhalelakhonangoBurrhus, enindithumelekhonakunyenam,ndawonye nabazalwanabenubase-Efese;owandiphumzayo ngeentozonke

21KwayendingakuThixoukubabonkebabe ngabaxelisayena,njengomzekelowolungiselelo lukaThixo.Ngamanaincebayakheingamvuza ngokupheleleyo

22Ndibulisaubhishophuwenuofanelekekakhulu, nebandlalenuelibekekileyo;namadikonienu, abakhonzikunyenam;nakuninonke,nakubobonke ngabanye,egamenilikaYesuKristu,nasenyameni yakhenasegazinilakhe;ekuvuswenikwakhe enyameninasemoyeni;nakubunyebukaThixo kunyenani.

23Ubabalo,nenceba,noxolo,nomonde,malube naningonaphakade

24Ndiyibulisaemizalwaneniyabazalwanabam, nabafazibabo,nabantwanababo;neentombiezithi zingabahlolokaziYomelelaemandlenioMoya oyiNgcweleUyakubulisauPhilo,olaphakunye nam.

25NdibuliselaindlukaTaviya,kwaye ndithandazelaukubaiqinisweelukholweni naseluthandweni,okwenyamakwanomoya 26NdibulisakuAlkeintandayam,kunye noDaphnus,noYutechno,nabobonkengamagama. 27VuyaningobabalolukaThixo

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