IncwadikaIgnatiuseya kwiiTrallians
ISAHLUKO1
1uIgnatius,okwabizwangokubanguTiyophoro,ubhalelaibandla elingcweleeliseTralleskwelaseAsiya,intandakaThixo,uYise kaYesuKristu,abanyuliweyonabafanelekeleyouThixo,benoxolo ngenyamanegazi,nekhwelelikaYesuKristu,ithembalethu, eluvukweniolungaye:endithikananjalondilukholisekuyoinzaliseko yalo,ndihlelindikwimoyobupostile,ndilunqwenelelauvuyo nolonwabolonke
2Ndiyivileintoenikubekekileyonokuzekakadeumsindo, okukungapheleliyokwintethoyenuyangaphandle;
3NgokukwanjalonjengokouPolybiusubhishophuwenu wandazisayokum,owezakumeSmirnangokuthandakukaThixo noYesuKristu,wazawagcobakunyenamkwiintambozamzikaYesu Kristu,kangangokubandalibonalonkeibandlalakhokuye
4ndamkeleubungqinabokulungakwakhokum,ngenxakaThixo, ngaye;ngathikendiyanifumana,njengokubabendisazinamukuba ningabalandelibakaThixo
5KubaokunenenimthobeleumveleliwenungokouYesuKristu, nibonakalakumukubaningahambingokwabantu,niphila ngokukaYesuKristuowasifelayo,ukuzenithi,nikholwaekufeni kwakhe,niphepheukufa
6Kumelwekengoko,ukubaningenzinto,njengokonisenzayo, ningenzintongaphandlekomveleliwenu;elowoukubasihamba kuye,siyakufunyanwasikuye
7nabalungiseleli,njengabalungiselelibeemfihlelozikaYesuKristu, bamelwekukubanikholisengandlelazonkeKubaabalungiseleli bakudlanakusela;bangabebandlalikaThixoNgakookokufuneka baziphephezonkeizikreqo,njengokobenokwenzaumlilo.
8NgokunjalomasibahloneleabalungiselelinjengoYesuKristu; nobhishophunjengoyise;nabadalanjengeSanhedrinkaThixo, nekholejiyabapostile.
9NgaphandlekwezizintoakukhobandlaNgokuphathelelezonke izinto,ndeyisekileukubanicingekwangokunjalo;kubanam ndamkele,nangokunjendinam,umzekelowothandolwenu kubhishophuwenu
10Inkangelekoyakheiyafundisa;nobulalibakhebunamandla: endiqinisekileyoukuba,kwanaboabangakholelwayokuTixo abanakuyekaukuyihlonela
11Kodwangenxayokubandinithandakakhulu,andisayikuba saphindandinibhalelekabukhalingalombandela,nakubandinako kakhulu;kodwangokundiyenzile;hlezendithi,ndingophantsinje, ndibendinimiselanjengompostile
12NdinokwaziokukhulungoThixo;kodwandiyazibamba,ukuze ndingatshabalaliekuqhayisenikwam.
13Kubangokundimelwekukoyikangakumbi;ndingabaphulaphuli abobandidlayo
14Kubaabathethakumbedumisa,bayandithethisa
15Kubaokunenendifunaukuvaubunzima,kodwaandaziukuba ndikufanelenaukwenjenjalo
16Lomnqwenokeawubonakalikwabanye,kantikemnangokwam undomelekangakumbiNgokoke,kufunekandibengcathu;ayakuthi ngaloumphathiwelihlabathiatshabalale
17Andinakonaukunibhalelakwizintozasemazulwini?Ndiyoyikake, hlezenenzaububikuni,ziseziintsanakuKristu;kufunekaaxutywe nabo
18Kubanamngokwam,nangonandikhonkxiwe,nokoandinako ukuziqondaizintozasemazulwini; 19njengeendawozezithunywazezulu,namaqelaazo,phantsi kwabathethelibabo;izintoezibonakalayonezingabonakaliyo;kodwa kwezindisengumfundi
20Kubazininziizintoezisingelwayo,ukuzesingasilelikuThixo ISAHLUKO2
1Ndiyanivuselelangoko,okanyeingendim,makubeluthando lukaYesuKristuukubaningasebenzisintongaphandlekwesondlo sobuKristu;Ukukhwebukaedlelwenielikolunyeuhlobo,ndithetha uqhekeko
2Kubaabobawexukayo,bayibethengobubibaboimfundisokaYesu Kristu,bebonakalabekufanelekeleukukholwa; 3Njengabobanikelaisithakoesibulalayo,esixutywenewayini enencasa;athilowoukuselayo,enzengobuqhophololoukudla kwakheubomi,aselekamnandiekufenikwakhe
4Ngokobalumkeleniabanjalo;Kwayeuyakuyenzaukuba awukhukhumali;kodwaqhubekaniningohlulwakuYesuKrestu uThixowethu,nakubhishophuwenu,nakwimiyaleloyabaPostile 5Ophakathikwesibingelelouhlambulukile;kodwalowo ungaphandle,okokukuthiwenzaintongaphandlekomveleli, nabaveleli,nabalungiseleli,akahlambulukileesazelenisakhe.
6Kungekukoukubandiyaziukubakukhontoinjephakathikwenu; ndiyanixhobisangenxaengaphambili,njengokonizintandakakhulu kum,ndiyibonangenxaengaphambiliimigibekaMtyholi.
7Ngokokeyambathaniubulali,zihlaziyenininaelukholweni, oluyinyamayeNkosi;naseluthandweni,okokukuthi,igazilikaYesu Kristu.
8Makungabikhonanqalakummelwanewakhe;Musaniukunika ithubaiintlanga;hlezelinyelisweibandlalikaThixongabantu abambalwaabasweleukuqonda.
9Yehakeloomntuunyeliswangamampungeigamalam; 10valaniiindlebezenungoko,xaubaniathethangokuchasene noYesuKristu;owayengowohlangalukaDavide,weNtombienyulu uMariya
11Owazalwangokwenene,wadla,wasela;watshutshiswa ngokwenenephantsikoPontiyoPilato;ngokwenenewabethelelwa emnqamlezweniwazawafa;abasezulwininabasemhlabeni, bengababukelikuwo
12owavuswanokuvuswakwabafileyonguYise,kwangokunjaloaya kusivusanathi,thinabakholwayokuye,ngoKristuYesu;ngaphandle kwakheasinaboubomibenene
13Kodwaukuba,njengabathileabangakholelwayokubukho bukaThixo,okokukuthiabangakholwayo,bazenzangathi ubandezelekilenjekuphela:(bonabonangokwabobabonakalabekho) kuthenikendibotshwanje?Kuthenindinqwenelaukulwa namarhamncwa?Ngokokendifelailize;ngenxayokoandiyi kuthethaubuxokingoYehova
14Zibalekeningokoezihlumelozingendawo,zithwalaisiqhamo esibulalayo;atheubaniuthewayiva,wofakwakanye.
15KubaazizozityalozikaBawoezi;bebonaukubababenjalo,babeya kubonakalabengamasebeomnqamlezo,kwayeisiqhamosawosiya kubasingenakonakala;animemangalongothandolwakhe, ningamalunguakhe
16Kubaintlokoayinakubangaphandlekwamalunguayo,njengoko uThixoethembisengomanyano,ekukuphelakwakheoko
ISAHLUKO3
1NdiyanibulisandivelaeSmirna,kunyenawoamabandlakaThixo akhoyonam;owandiphumzayoezintwenizonke,nasenyameni nasemoyeni.
2Imixokelelwaneyam,endiyithweleyongenxakaKristu,ndiyaniyala, ukubandidendifikelelekuyeuThixo,ukubanihlalenimxhelomnye, nithandazana
3Kubakunifaneleukubanonkengabanye,ngokukodwaabaveleli, bavuseleleumveleli,ukuzeazukisweuYisekaYesuKristu, nabapostile
4Ndiyakhunga,ukubaundiphulaphulengothando;ukuzendingathi, ngezozintondizibhalileyo,ndisukendibelingqinangakuni
5Ndithandazeleninam;abathengencebakaThixobandimela ngokuswelaukukhungakwenu,ukuzendilifaneleisahluloendiza kusizuza,ukuzendingafunyanwandingongendawo
6ZiyanibulisauthandolwabaseSmirnanase-EfeseLikhumbuleni emithandazweniyenuibandlalaseSiriya,endingakufanelanga ukubizwakulo,ndingoyenamncinanekulo
7HlalanikakuhlekuKristuYesu;nithobelaubhishophuwenu ngokomyalelokaThixo;kwangokunjalonakumadodaamakhulu 8Elowoathandeumzalwanawakhengokungahanahanisiyo Umphefumlowammawubelucamagushelokuni,kungabingoku kuphela;kodwaxandithendafikelelakuThixo;kubandisesengozini. 9KeuBawouthembekilekuYesuKristu,ukuzeazalisekokubini esamisicelo;eniyakufunyanwaningenakusolekakuye