Incwadika-Ignatiuseya kwabaseRoma
ISAHLUKO1
1UIgnatius,obuyeabizwengokuthiuTheophorus,ebandlenielithole umusaebukhosinibukaBabaoPhezukonke,neNdodanayakheezelwe yodwauJesuKristu;sithandwa,sikhanyiswangentandoyalowoothanda konkeokungokothandolukaJesuKristuuNkulunkuluwethuowengamele esikhundlenisesifundasamaRoma;futhiengiyikhonzayoegameni likaJesuKristunjengobasihlanganiswekokubilienyameninasemoyeni kuyoyonkeimiyaloyakhe,futhisigcwaliswengomusakaNkulunkulu; injabuloyonkekuJesuKristuuNkulunkuluwethu 2njengalokhungasengizuzangokukhulekakwamikuNkulunkulu ukubangiboneubusobenu,ebengifisakakhuluukukwenza;Ngiboshiwe kuKristuJesu,ngiyethembakadeukunibingelela,umakuyintando kaNkulunkuluukubaangiphengifinyeleleekupheleni engikulangazelelayo
3Ngokubakukuhleekuqaleni,umangibanomusa,ngaphandle kwesithiyo,ukwamukelalokhoengikumiselweyo
4Kodwangiyalwesabauthandolwakho,hlezilungenzeokubiNgokuba kululakuweukwenzalokhookuthandayo;kodwakuzakubanzimakimi ukuthingifinyelelekuNkulunkulu,ubalingiyekele 5Kodwaangithandiukubanithokoziseabantu,kodwauNkulunkulu enimthokozisayofuthiNgokubafuthiangisayikubanaloithubaelinjalo lokuyakuNkulunkulukusukelamanje;futhingeke,umamanjenithula, nibenelungelolomsebenziongconoNgokubaumauthulangenxayami, ngiyakwenziwaumhlanganyelikaNkulunkulu
6Kodwaumanithandaumzimbawami,ngiyobuyengibenenkambo yamiyokugijima.Ngakhoaningenzeliumusaomkhulukunokuba ningivumeleukubangihlatshelweuNkulunkulu,njengobai-altare selilungisiwe
7ukuzenxalibuthanaothandweni,libongeuBabangoKristuJesu;ukuthi uqinisekisileukulethakiniumbhishobhiwaseSiriya,ebizwe empumalangakuyeentshonalanga
8Ngokubakuhlekimiukuthingisukeemhlabeni,ngiyekuNkulunkulu; ukuzengibuyengivukekuye
9Anikazenimonengomuntu;nifundiseabanyeNgakho-kengithanda ukuthimanjenizenzelezozintoninangokwenu,enizinqumeleabanye ngemiyaloyenu
10Kuphelaningikhulekeleni,ukubauNkulunkuluangipheamandla angaphakathinangaphandle,ukuzengingashokuphela,kodwafuthi;futhi ungabizwangokuthiungumKristukuphela,kodwautholakalemunye
11NgokubaumangitholwangingumKristu,khona-kengingabizwa ngokufaneleyo;futhiucatshangelweukwethembeka,laphongingeke ngisabonakalaemhlabeni
12Akukhookuhle,okubonwayo
13NgobaloNkulunkuluwethu,uJesuKristu,esekuBaba,ubonakala kakhulukakhulu
14UmKristuakawonaumsebenziwombono;kodwangobukhulu bengqondo,ikakhulukazilaphoezondwayizwe
ISAHLUKO2
1Ngilobelaamabandla,ngibatshengisabonkeabazimiseleukufela uNkulunkulu,ngaphandlekokuthibangivimbe
2Ngiyalincengaukuthilingangitsheliokuhleokungapheliyo Ngivumeleningibengukudlakwezilozasendle;engizakufinyelelangaye kuNkulunkulu
3NgokubaminangingukolwenikaNkulunkulu;futhingizogaywa ngamazinyoezilwanezasendle,ukuzengitholakaleisinkwaesimsulwa sikaKristu
4Kunalokhokhuthazaizilwane,ukuzezibeithunalami;futhi ngingashiyiluthoemzimbeniwami;ukuthinjengobangifileangikaze ngibeyinkingakunomaubani.
5Khona-kengiyobangumfundikaJesuKristungeqiniso,laphoizwe lingekelibonengishonomzimbawami,Ngakho-keningikhulekele kuKristu,ukuzengalezizinsimbinginziweumhlatshelokaNkulunkulu. 6MinakangilayalinjengoPetroloPawuli.BabengabaPhostoli,mina ngingumuntuolahliwe;babekhululekile,kephaminangiseyisigqilakuze kubenamuhla;
7Kodwaumangihlupheka,ngizobangokhululekileyokuJesuKristu, futhingiyovukangikhululekeManjenjengobangiboshiwengafunda ukungafisilutho
8KusukelaeSiriyakuzekufikeeRoma,ngilwaleziloolwandle lasemhlabeni;ubusukunemini:beboshelweezingweeziyishumi, okungukuthiiviyolamasosha;abathinomabephathwangazozonke izinhlobozomusa,babikakhulukukho
9Kodwaminangifundiswakakhuluukulimalakwabo;nokho angilungisiswangalokho 10Kwangathingingajabulelaizilozasendleezilungiselelwemina; engifisafuthiukuthibangisebenzisebonkeulakalwabo 11lalokhongizabakhuthaza,ukuzebangidle,bangikhonze,njengalokhu benzileabanye,abangabathintangangokwesabaKodwa,futhiuma bengekebakwenzengokuzithandela,ngizobacasulakukho 12Ngithethelelenikulendaba;ngiyaziokungisizayo;Manjesengiqala ukubangumfundiFuthiakuyikunginyakazisaokubonakalayonoma okungabonakali,ukuzengifinyelelekuKristuJesu
13Vumelaumlilo,nesiphambano;mabayekeamaqembuezilo; ukuphulwakwamathambonokuklebhulwakwamalungu;ukuphahlazeka komzimbawonke,nazozonkeizinhluphoezimbizikadevelizizephezu kwami;kuphelangivumelengijabuleleuJesuKristu
14Zonkeimikhawuloyezwenemibusoyaloayiyikungisizangalutho: kungconongifeleuJesuKristukunokubaabusekuzekube semikhawulweniyomhlabaLowoengimfunayoowasifela;yena engimfisayo,owabuyewavukangenxayethuLokhukuyinzuzo engibekelweyona
15Ngixoleleni,bazalwanebami,aniyikungivimbelaukubangiphile futhingibonangifisaukuyakuNkulunkulu,sengathiungangehlukanisa naye,ngenxayalelizwe;futhiunganginciphisingezifisozakho Ngivumeleningingeneekukhanyeniokumsulwa:Laphongifikakhona, ngiyobayincekukaNkulunkulungempela
16NgivumelengilingiseukutshisekakukaNkulunkuluwamiUma umuntuenayephakathikwakhe,makaqapheleengikuthandayo;futhi makangihawukele,sengathiuyaziukuthingiqondiswakanjani
ISAHLUKO3
1Umbusiwalumhlabauyakungithwala,onakaliseinjongoyami kuNkulunkuluwamiNgakhomakungabikhonoyedwakiniomsizayo; 2UngakhulumiloJesuKristu,kodwaufiseumhlabaMakungahlalinawe nomayimuphiumhawu;Kungenjalonakubaminangokwamilapho ngifikakininginincenga,nokhoningangilaleli;kodwakunalokho kholwanilokhoenginilobelakhonamanje
3Ngokubanomangiphila,kulotshiwelokhu,nokhoisifisosami siwukufaUthandolwamilubethelweesiphambanweni;nomlilo ophakathikwamiawufisinamanzi;kodwaephila,ehlumaphakathi kwami,uthi:WozanikuBaba
4Angithokozingokudlakokonakalanezinjabulozalokhukuphila 5NgifisaisinkwasikaNkulunkuluesiyinyamakaJesuKristu,inzalo kaDavide;futhiisiphuzoengisilangazelelayosiyigazilakhe, okuwuthandoolungenakonakala
6Angisakuthandiukuphilangendlelayabantu,futhingeke,umauvuma. Ngakho-kevumaniukubananingokwenunithandekekuNkulunkulu. Ngiyanikhuthazangamazwiambalwa;Ngiyakhulekaukuthiungikholwe 7UJesuKhristuuzalitshengisaukuthingikhulumaiqinisoUmlomo wamiawunankohliso,futhiuBabaukhulumilengawo.Ngakho-ke ngikhulekeleni,ukuzengifezeengikufisayo.
8Kangilibhalelangangokwenyama,kodwangokwentandokaNkulunkulu Umangihlupheka,niyangithanda;kephaumangilahlwa,niyangizonda 9KhumbulaniemikhulekweniyenuibandlalaseSiriya,eselikhonza uNkulunkulungenxayomalusiwaloesikhundlenisami:Makaliphathe nguJesuKristukuphela,nothandolwenu
10Kodwanginamahloniukuthingibenjengomunyewabo,ngokuba angifanelekinokubangimncinyanekubonanjengozelwekungakabi yisikhathiKodwangomusangizuzeukubaumuntu,umangiza kuNkulunkulu
11Umoyawamiuyalibingelela;kanyenothandolwamabandla angamukeleegamenilikaJesuKristu;hhayinjengomgibeliNgobalabo ababengaseduzelamiendlelenibangilandeleukuyaemziniolandelayo ukungihlangabeza
12LezizintonginilobelazonangiseSmirna,ebandlenielifanelekakhulu lase-Efesu
13Manjekukhonanami,kanyenabanyeabaningi,uKrocus,othandwa kakhulukimiNgokuqondenenabavelaeSiriya,bangindulelaukuya eRoma,ukuzekudunyisweuNkulunkulu,ngithininaaningabazi
14Ngakholinalizabatshengisaukuthingiyasondela,ngobabonke bafaneleuNkulunkululani;
15Lokhunginilobelekhona,ngosukuolwandulelausuku lwesishiyagalolunyelwenyangakaSeptembaQinanikuzekube sekupheleni,ekubekezelenikukaJesuKristu