Incwadika-Ignatiuseya kuPolycarp
ISAHLUKO1
1UIgnatius,othiwafuthiuTheophorus,kuPolycarp,umbhishobhi webandlaeliseSmirna;umbonisiwabo,kodwakunalokhoyena uqoboudeliwenguNkulunkuluuBaba,neNkosiuJesuKristu: injabuloyonke
2ukwaziukuthiingqondoyakhokuNkulunkuluimisiwekungathi iphezukwedwalaelinganyakaziyo;Ngibongakakhulu,ukuthingiye ngacatshangwaukuthingifaneleukubonaubusobakhoobubusisiwe, engingajabulangabonjalokuNkulunkulu
3NgakhongiyakuncengangomusakaNkulunkuluowembethewona, ukuthiuqhubekelephambiliendleleniyakho,futhiukhuthazebonke abanyeukuzebasindiswe
4Gcinaindawoyakhongakhokonkeukukhathalelakwenyama nokomoya:Kwenzeumzamowakhoukugcinaubunye,okungekho luthoolungconokunaboubekezeleleabantubonke,njengalokhu iNkosiikuwe
5Basekelenibonkengothando,njengalokhunaninenza.Thandaza ngokungaphezi:celaukuqondaokwengeziwekunalokhoosuvele unakhoLinda,ubenomoyawakhouphaphemenjalo
6KhulumanikulowolalowonjengobauNkulunkuluazakunika amandlathwalaubuthakathakababobonke,njengomlwiopheleleyo; laphoumshikashikaomkhulukhona,inzuzoiyanda
7Nangabeutsandzabafundzilabalungile,ubongwayini?Kodwa kunalokhoubathobengaphansikwakhoababi,ngobumnene.
8Wonkeamanxebaawapholingodakalunye;umaizilondazesifo zilukhuni,zilungiseningamakhambiathambileyo;hlakaniphani ezintwenizonkenjengenyoka,kodwanibemsulwanjengejuba.
9Ngalokhowenawakhiweinyamanomoya;ukuzeuguquleizinto ezibonakalaebuswenibakho
10Kephalaboabangabonakali,khulekakuNkulunkuluukuba akwambulelelokho,ukuzeungaswelilutho,kodwauvamekuzo zonkeizipho
11Izikhathiziyakufuna,njengabashayelibezindiza;futhiojikijelwa yisiphepho,ichwebalaphoebeyobakhona;ukuzeufinyelele kuNkulunkulu
12ZithibeninjengeqhawelikaNkulunkulu;naweukholwengakho ngokugcwelengizakubayisibambisosakhoezintwenizonke, lezibophozamiothandileyo
13Kabangakukhathazilaboababonakalabefaneleukudunyiswa, kodwaabafundiseezinyeizimfundisoYimauqinefuthiunganyakazi, njenge-auvillaphoishaywa.
14Kuyingxenyeyeqhaweelinesibindiukubaalinyazwe,kodwa anqotshweKodwaikakhulukazithinakufanelesikhuthazelezonke izintongenxakaNkulunkulu,ukuzeasibekezelele
15Imihlayonkeyibangconokunezinye;futhinilindeleyena, ongaphezukwezikhathizonke,ophakade,ongabonakali,nakuba ebonakaliswengenxayethu,ongabetheki,nongenakudlulelwa,nokho ngenxayethusehliselweezinhluphekweni;ekhuthazelelazonke izindlelaukuzesisindiswe
ISAHLUKO2
1Abafelokazikabanganakwa;landelauNkulunkuluongumlondolozi wabo
2Makungenziwaluthongaphandlekokwazinokuvumakwakho; futhiungenziluthongaphandlekwentandokaNkulunkulu;njengoba wenzanjalo,ngakhokonkeukubekezela
3Imihlanganoyenumayigcwalekakhulu;buzanikubobonke ngamagama
4Unganakiamadodanezincekukazi;futhimabangazikhukhumezi, kodwakunalokhomabathobelekakhuluinkazimulokaNkulunkulu, ukuzebatholekuyeinkululekoengcono
5Kabangafisiukukhululwangenzuzoyomphakathi,ukuzebangabi yizigqilizenkanukozabo
6Balekelaniubucikobobubi;nomakunalokho,ungakhulumingazo.
7TshelaniodadewethuukuthibayayithandaiNkosi;futhibaneliseke ngamadodaabo,kokubilienyameninasemoyeni 8Ngokunjalo,khuthazaniabafowethu,egamenilikaJesuKristu, ukuthibathandeomkabo,njengobanjeneNkosiiBandla 9Umaumuntuengahlalaemsulwa,kubeudumolwenyamakaKristu, makahlaleengazigabisi;kephaumaezibonga,uyachithwa.Futhiuma efisaukunakwangaphezukombhishobhiwonakele
10Kodwabonkeabashadileyokufanelebahlangane, kungakhathalisekiukuthiabesilisanomaabesifazanebahlangana ngemvumeyombhishobhi,ukuzeumshadowaboubengokumesaba uNkulunkulu,hhayingenkanuko 11KonkemakwenziwekubeudumokuNkulunkulu 12Lalelaniumbhishobhi,ukuzenoNkulunkuluanizwe Umphefumulowamimawubeyisivikelokulaboabazithoba kumbhishobhiwabo,nabaphathibabonamadikoniFuthisengathi isabelosamisibekanyenesabokuNkulunkulu.
13Sebenzaomunyekomunye;phikisana,gijimanikanyekanye, hluphekanikanyekanye;lalakanyekanye,uvukekanyekanye; njengabaphathi,nababonisi,nezikhonzizikaNkulunkulu.
14Mthokozisenilowoelilwangaphansikwakhe,lemukelakuye umvuzowenuMakungabikhonoyedwakiniofunyanwa engoyisihambi;kodwaubhapathizolwenumaluhlale,njengezingalo zenu;ukhololwakhonjengesigqokosokuzivikela;uthandolwakho lunjengomkhontowakho;ukubekezelakwenu,kubeyizikhalizenu zonke
15Imisebenziyenumayibeyimfaneloyenu,ukuzenizuzeumvuzo ofaneleNgakhobekezelanangobumnene,njengobanjeuNkulunkulu ekini
16Mangijabulenganiezintwenizonke
ISAHLUKO3
1Njengalokhuibandlalase-AntiyokiyalaseSiriya,njengalokhu ngitshelwangemikhulekoyenu;Namingiyengaduduzekakakhulu, anginandabanoNkulunkulu;umakunjalongokuhlupheka, ngiyofinyelelakuNkulunkulu;ukuzengemikhulekoyenu ngifunyanwengingumfundikaKristu
2Kuyofanelekakakhulu,OuPolycarpofanelekakakhulu,ukubiza umkhandluokhethiwe,futhiukhethelowoenimthandakakhulu,futhi obekezelayoemsebenzini;ukuzeabeyisithunywasikaNkulunkulu; ukuzebayeeSiriya,bakhazimuliseuthandolwenuolungapheziyo, kubeudumolukaKristu
3UmKristuakanawoamandlaakhe,kodwakumelweahlale eziphumuleleenkonzwenikaNkulunkuluManjelomsebenzi ungokaNkulunkulunowenu:laphoseniwufezile
4NgobangiyethembangomusakaNkulunkuluukuthililungele wonkeumsebenziomuhleelifaneleeNkosini
5Ngakho-ke,njengobangikwaziukushisekelakwenuiqiniso, nginikhuthazangalezizincwadiezifushane
6Kodwanjengobangingelakhoukubhalelaamabandlawonke,ngoba kwakumelengihlengihambengomkhumbingisukaeTrowasingiye eNeyapholi;ngokubaunjaloumyalowalaboengizithobakubo; nilobelaamabandlaaseduzenaninifundiswengentando kaNkulunkulu,ukuzenawoenzekanjalo
7Abanamandlamabathumeleizithunywa;abanyemabathumele izincwadizabongabazothunywayinina,ukuzenikhazinyuliswekuze kubephakadeenibafaneleyo
8Ngiyababingelelabonkengamagama,ikakhuluumka-Epitropu, nendluyakheyonkenabantwanabakheNgibingelelau-Attalus isithandwasami
9NgiyambingelelalowoothiufaneleukuthunyelwayinieSiriya Umusamawubekuyenjalo,kanyenoPolycarpomthumayo
10NginifiselainjabulononkekuNkulunkuluwethu,uJesuKristu; oqhubekakuye,ebunyeninasekuvikelwenikukaNkulunkulu.
11Ngiyakhonzau-AlceisithandwasamiNivaleliseeNkosini