Incwadika-Ignatiuseya kwabasePhiladelphia
ISAHLUKO1
1UIgnatiusothiwafuthiuTheophorusebandlenilikaNkulunkuluuBaba neleNkosiyethuuJesuKristueliseFiladelfiyae-Asiya;elihawukelwe, liqinisweekuvumelanenikukaNkulunkulu,lithokozakuzekubephakade osizinilweNkosiyethu,ligcwaliswengomusawonkengokuvukakwayo, engilibingelelayofuthingegazilikaJesuKristu,elingunaphakade nelingangcolileinjabulo;ikakhulukaziumabemunyenombhishobhi, namalungaakanyenaye,namadiyakoniamisiwengokomqondokaJesu Kristu;ammisilengokwentandoyakheekuqiniswenikonkengoMoya wakheoNgcwele;
2Umbhishobhiengimaziyoukuthiwatholaleyonkonzoenkuluphakathi kwenu,kungengowakhe,nomangabantu,nomangenkazimuloeyize; kodwangothandolukaNkulunkuluuBaba,leNkosiyethuuJesuKristu 3Ukulinganiselakwakhengiyakuncoma;othingokuthulakwakheenze okungaphezukwabanyengakhokonkeukukhulumakwabookuyize Ngokubauhambisananemiyalonjengehabhuezintambozalo 4Ngalokho-keumphefumulowamiuyawazisaumqondowakhe kuNkulunkuluujabulekakhulu,waziukuthiuthelakubobonkeubuhle, futhiuphelele;egcweleukubekezela,engelankanuko,lanjengokunaka konkekukaNkulunkuluophilayo
5Ngakhonjengobakufaneleabantwanabokukhanyakanyeleqiniso; balekelaukuhlukananezimfundisozamanga;kodwalaphoumalusiwenu ekhona,nilandelalaphonjengezimvu
6Ngokubakunezimpisieziningiezibonakalazifaneleukukholwa ngenjabuloyamangazithumbaabagijimaendlelenikaNkulunkulu; kodwaekuvumelanenikabayikutholaindawo.
7NgakhodedaniimifinoemibiuJesuangayigqokiyo;ngobaabanjalo akusiboinsimukaBabaAkusikhoukuthingifumeneukwahlukana phakathikwenu,kodwakunalokhokonkeukuhlanzeka
8NgokubabonkeabangabakaNkulunkulu,nabakaJesuKristu,bakanye nombhishobhiwaboFuthibonkeabayobuyelangokuphendukaebunyeni bebandla,ngishonalababayobayizincekuzikaNkulunkulu,ukuze baphilengokukaJesu
9Ningadukiswa,bazalwane;umaumuntuemlandelaowenza ukwahlukanaebandleni,akayikulidlaifalombusokaNkulunkuluUma umuntuelandelaomunyeumbono,akahambisaninenkanukokaKristu 10Ngakho-kemakubeumzamowakhoukuhlanganyelasonke esithelweniesifanayoesingcwele
11NgokubayinyeinyamayeNkosiyethuuJesuKristu;nendebeeyodwa ebunyenibegazilakhe;i-altareelilodwa; 12Njengalokhukukhonaumbhishobhioyedwakanyenebandlalakhe, namadiyakoniayizincekukanyenami,ukuzenomayinieniyenzayo niyenzengokwentandokaNkulunkulu
ISAHLUKO2
1Bazalwanebami,uthandoenginalonganiluyangikhulisa;futhi nginentokozoenkulukini,ngizamaukunivikelaengozini;nomahhayi mina,kodwauJesuKristu;engiboshiwekuyengesabakakhulu,kungathi ngisesendlelenieyaekuhluphekeni
2KephaukukhulekakwenukuNkulunkulukuyakungenzangiphelele, ukuzengifinyeleleisabeloengabelwengobubelebukaNkulunkulu: UkubalekelaiVangelingokwenyamakaKristu;nakubaphostolimayelana namalungaebandla
3Masithandefuthiabaprofethi,njengobanabobasiholeleeVangelini, futhisithembelekuKristu,futhisimlindele
4abakholwakuyefuthibasindiswaebunyenibukaJesuKristu; bengabantuabangcwele,abafaneleukuthandwa,bemangele; 5abamukelaubufakazibukaJesuKristu,babalwaevangelinilethemba lethuesihlanganyelanalo
6KodwaumaumuntuenishumayezaumthethowamaJuda,ningamlaleli; ngobakungconoukwamukelaisifundisosikaKristukulowoosokileyo, kulobuJudakulowoongasokanga
7KodwaumaeyodwanomaenyeingakhulumingoKristuJesu,kimi kungathibayisikhumbuzonamathunaabafileyo,okulotshwekuwo amagamaabantukuphela
8Ngakho-kebalekelaniubuqilinezihibezombusiwalelizwe;funa nicindezelwengobuqilibakhenipholeothandwenilwenuKodwa hlangananinonkeendawenieyodwangenhliziyoengahlukani
9FuthingiyambongauNkulunkuluwamingokubanginesazelaesihle ngani,futhikungabikhomuntuphakathikwenuozincomaobalanoma ngasesengokuthingimthwelekanzimakokukhulunomakokuncane
10Futhingifisakubobonkeengixoxilephakathikwabo,ukuzekungabi ngufakazingokumelenenabo
11Ngobalanxaabanyebebefunaukungikhohlisangokwenyama,kodwa umoyauvelakuNkulunkulukawuduki;ngobaliyazilapholivelakhona lalapholiyakhona,lisolaizimfihlozenhliziyo
12Ngakhalangiphakathikwenu;Ngakhulumangezwielikhulu:lalela umbhishobhi,nebandla,namadikoni
13Kephaabanyebabethingikhulumelokhunjengokubangibone kusengaphambiliukwahlukanaokuzaphakathikwenu
14Kodwaungufakaziwamiengibotshwengenxayakheukuthi bengingaziluthokumuntuKephauMoyawakhuluma,wathi:"Ningenzi luthongaphandlekombhishobhi;
15GcinaniimizimbayenunjengamathempelikaNkulunkulu:thandani ubunye;Balekaniukuhlukana;YibaniabalandelibakaKristu,njengoba nayeayenguYise
16Ngakhongenzanjengobakufanelekimi,njengomuntuobunjwe ebunyeni.Ngokubalaphokukhonaukwahlukananolaka,akahlali uNkulunkulu.
17KodwaiNkosiiyabathethelelabonkeabaphendukayo,umabebuyela ebunyenibukaNkulunkulu,nasemkhandlwiniwombhishobhi
18NgobangiyethembaemusenikaJesuKristuukuthiuzalikhululakuzo zonkeizibopho
19Nokhongiyanincengaukubaningenziluthongombango,kodwa ngokwesiyalosikaKristu
20Ngobangizwilengabanyeabathi;ngaphandleumangiyitholaibhaliwe kweyokuqala,ngekengikholweukuthiibhaliweeVangeliniFuthilapho ngithi:Kulotshiwe;baphendulalokhookwakuphambikwabo kumakhophiaboawonakele
21KodwakimiuJesuKristuungowazozonkeizikhumbuzo ezingabhubhiyoemhlabeni;kanyenalawomatsheesikhumbuzo angenabala,isiphambanosakhe,nokufa,nokuvuka,nokholoolukhona ngaye;engifisangakho,ngemikhulekoyenuukuthingilungisiswe
22Abapristibahleimpela;kodwaungconokakhuluumPristioMkhulu obekwekuyeiNgcwelengcwele;futhiokunguyenayedwaophathiswe izimfihlozikaNkulunkulu
23YenauyisangolikaBaba;angenangalouAbrahama,loIsaka,loJakobe, labaprofethibonke;kanyenabaPhostoli,nebandla
24FuthizonkelezizintozibhekiseebunyeniobuvelakuNkulunkulu NokhoiVangelilinakhoyiniekuyongaphezukwazozonkeezinye izimiso;okungukuthi,ukubonakalakoMsindisiwethu,iNkosiuJesu Kristu,ukuhluphekanokuvukakwakhe
25Ngobaabaprofethiabathandekayobabebhekiselekuye;kodwa ivangeliliwukuphelelakokungonakaliNgakhokonkekuhlendawonye, umanikholwangothando
ISAHLUKO3
1Kephamayelananebandlalase-AntiyokiyaeliseSiriya,lokhu ngitsheliweukuthingemikhulekoyenunangenhliziyoejulileeninayo ngakulokuKristuJesulinokuthula;kuyobanguwe,njengebandla likaNkulunkulu,ukugcobaidikonielithileukuyakubolaphonjengenxusa likaNkulunkulu;ukuzeajabulekanyenabolaphobebuthene, akhazimuliseigamalikaNkulunkulu
2UbusisiwelowomuntuokuKristuJesuozafunyanwaewufanelekele umsebenzionjalo;futhinaningokwenunizakhazinyuliswa
3Kephaumanivuma,akwenzekilokhungenxayomusakaNkulunkulu; njengobanamanyeamabandlaangomakhelwaneebathumele,abanye ababhishobhi,abanyeabapristinamadikoni
4UFiloidikonilaseKhilikhiya,indodaefanelekekakhulu,usangikhonza ngezwilikaNkulunkulu,kanyenoRhewuwase-Agathopholi,umuntu olungileyooyedwa,owangilandelakwazekwabaseSiriya,engakhathaleli ukuphilakwakhefuthingifakazekini
5FuthiminangokwamingibongauNkulunkulunganiukuthinibemukele njengobaiNkosiizonamukelaKodwalaboabangabahloniphiyo, kwangathibangathethelelwangomusakaJesuKristu
6UthandolwabazalwaneabaseTrowaluyakhonzakini; 7KwangathiiNkosiyethuuJesuKristuibahloniphe;abathembelakuye kokubilienyameni,umphefumulo,nomoya;ekukholweni,othandweni, ebunyeniUkuvalelisakuKristuJesuithembalethusonke