IncwadikaIgnatiuseya kwabaseSmirna
ISAHLUKO1
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
ISAHLUKO2
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
ISAHLUKO3
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