Incwadika-Ignatiuseya kwabaseSmirna
ISAHLUKO1
1UIgnatius,othiwafuthiTheophorus,ebandleni likaNkulunkuluuBaba,nelikaJesuKristu othandekayo,uNkulunkulualibusisengesihengazo zonkeiziphoezinhle;begcwaliswengokholo nothando,kangangokuthilesisiphoasiyikuntula; elifaneleuNkulunkulu,lithelakwabangcwele, ibandlaeliseSmirnae-Asiya;yonkeintokozo, ngomoyawakheongenasici,nangezwi likaNkulunkulu.
2NgikhazimulisauNkulunkulu,uJesuKristu, oninikeukuhlakaniphaokunjalo.
3Ngokubangibonileukuthiniqinisiwe ekukholweniokungenakunyakaziswa,ngokungathi nibethelweesiphambanweniseNkosiyethuuJesu Kristu,kokubilienyameninasemoyeni;futhi baqiniswaothandweningegazilikaKristu; siqinisekangokugcwelengalezozinto eziphatheleneneNkosiyethu.
4OwayengowohlangalukaDavidengokwenyama, kodwaiNdodanakaNkulunkulungokwentando nangamandlakaNkulunkulu;ngempelaozelwe yiNcasakazi,wabhapathizwanguJohane;ukuze ukulungakonkekugcwalisekekuye.
5Futhingempelawabethelwaesiphambanweni nguPontiyuPilatu,kanyenoHerodeumtetrarki, ebethelwengenxayethuenyameni;ngezithelo esiyikho,ngishonangothandolwakheolubusisekile.
6ukuzeamiseuphawuezizukulwanenizonke ngokuvukakwakhekuzozonkeizincekuzakhe ezingcwelenezithembekileyo,kungakhathaliseki ukuthizingamaJudanomaabeZizwe,emzimbeni owodwawebandlalakhe
7Manjezonkelezizintowahluphekangenxayethu ukuzesisindiswe.Futhiwahluphekangempela, njengobanayeezivusangempela.
8Futhinjengobabekholwakanjalokuyokwenzeka kubo;laphobehlukaniswanomzimbabayoba imimoyanje.
9Kodwangiyaziukuthilangemvakokuvuka kwakhewayesenyameni;futhingakholwaukuthi usenjalo
10KwathiefikakwababeloPetro,wathikubo: Thathani,lingiphathe,liboneukuthikangisuye idimonilenyamaNjalobahlebazizwa,bakholwa; ekholiswakokubiliyinyamanomoyawakhe
11Ngenxayalokhobakweyisaukufa,batholakala bengaphezukwakho.
12Kodwaemvakokuvukakwakhewadlawanatha kanyelabo,njengobawayeyinyama;nakuba ngokuqondenenoMoyawakhewayehlangene noYise.
ISAHLUKO2
1Kephalezizintozinikhumbuza,bathandekayo, ningabuzi,kodwaukubanikholwenaningokwenu ukuthizinjalo.
2Kodwanginihlomisangaphambiliezilwaneni ezithileezinesimosabantueningafanelenje ukukwamukela,kodwaumakungenzeka ningehlanganinazo
3Kuphelakufanelenibakhulekele,ukuzeuma kuyintandokaNkulunkulubaphenduke;okusazoba nzimakakhuluKodwaamandlaeNkosiyethu uJesuKristu,ongukuphilakwethukwangempela.
4Ngokubaumazonkelezizintozenziwa ngokubonakaliswaeNkosiniyethu,namikungathi ngiboshiwekuphela
5Futhikunganingizinikeleekufeni,emlilweni, enkembeni,nasezilwanenizasendle!
6Kodwamanjenjengobangisondelaenkembeni, ngisondelanakakhulukuNkulunkulu;laphongiza phakathikwezilozasendle,ngizozakuNkulunkulu.
7KuphelaegamenilikaJesuKristungibhekana nakhokonkeukuhluphekakanyenaye;owaba yindodaepheleleyoengiqinisa
8Abanyeabangamaziyobayamphika;noma kunalokhosenqatshiwenguye,singabasekeli bokufa,kuneqiniso.2:15abangakholwanga yiziprofetho,nomthethokaMose;nomaiVangeli uqobokuzekubenamuhla,nomaukuhlupheka kwethungamunyewethu.
9Ngobalabobacabangaizintoezifanayongathi. Ngokubaumuntuuyangisizani,umaengidumisa, ehlambalazaiNkosiyami;ungavumiukuthi wenziwaumuntungempela?
10Kephaongakusholokhu,empeleniuyamphika, usekufaKodwangenxayamagamaabenzalokhu, bengabangakholwayo,angithiakufanele ukunibhalela.
11Yebo,uNkulunkulumakubekudenamiukuba ngikhulumeluthongabo,bazebaphenduke ekukholwenikweqinisokosizilukaKristu, oluwukuvukakwethu.
12Makungabikhoozikhohlisayo;okusezulwini, nezingelosizenkazimulo,nezikhulu,ezibonwayo nezingabonakali,umabengakholwaegazini likaKristu,kuyakuba-ngukulahlwakubo.
13Lowookwaziyoukwemukelalokhu, kakwamukele;Makungabikhondawonomaisimo somuntuemhlabeniesimkhukhumezayo:lokho okulufanelelonkeukhololwakhenothandolwakhe, okungafanelekunconyweluthokukho.
14Kodwabhekaniabaphambananathi ngokuqondenenomusakaJesuKristuesifikekuwo, ukuthibaphambenekangakananinecebo likaNkulunkulu.
15Abanandabanothando,abanandabanomfelokazi, nezintandane,nabacindezelweyo;owaboshiweyo nomaokhululekileyo,owabalambileyonoma owomileyo.
16Abazidliisidlo,nasezikhundlenizomphakathi; ngobaabavumiukuthiisidlosiyinyamayoMsindisi wethuuJesuKristu;owahluphekangenxayezono zethu,noYisewokulungakwakhewamvusa kwabafileyo
17Futhingenxayalokhu,bephikisananesipho sikaNkulunkulu,bafelaezingxabanwenizabo; 18Ngakho-kekuyakuba-niukubakudeda kwabanjalo;futhiungakhuluminabongasesenoma obala
19Kodwaukulalelaabaprofethi,ikakhuluiVangeli, laphokokubiliukuhluphekakukaKristu kwabonakaliswakithi,nokuvukakwakhe kwabonakaliswangokugcwele.
20Kodwabalekelaniukwehlukanakonke, njengokuqalakobubi
ISAHLUKO3
1Bonaniukuthinonkenilandelaumbhishobhi wenu,njengoJesuKristu,uBaba;nebandla, njengabaphostoli.Futhinihlonipheabadikoni, njengomyalokaNkulunkulu.
2Makungabikhomuntuowenzautholwebandla ngaphandlekombhishobhi
3Lesosithelomasibukwefuthisiqiniswe, esinikezwaumbhishobhi,nomayilowo umbhishobhiamnikeimvumeyakhe.
4Nomaphilaphoumbhishobhiavelakhona,abantu mababekhona:njengalaphouJesuKristuekhona, kukhonaibandlalamaKhatholika.
5Akuvumelekilengaphandlekombhishobhi,noma ukubhabhadisa,nomaukugubhaiSidloesiNgcwele; kodwalokhoakuthandayo,kuyathandekafuthi kuNkulunkulu;ukuzengakhokonkeokwenziwayo, kuqinisekefuthikwenziwekahle.
6Ngokubaokusele,kunengqondokakhuluukuthi kufanelesiphendukekusenesikhathisokubuyela kuNkulunkulu.
7KuhleukuhloniphauNkulunkulukanye nombonisi;Kodwaowenzanomayiningaphandle kokwazikwakhe,ukhonzaudeveli.
8Ngakho-kezonkeizintomakuvamekini othandweni;njengobalifanele.
9Ningiqabulileezintwenizonke;kanjalonawe uJesuKristu.Niyenangithandakokubililapho nginani,futhilaphongingekhomanje,aniyeki ukwenzakanjalo.
10UNkulunkulumakabengumvuzowenu, eniyofinyelelakuyelaphonibhekananakhokonke 11NenzekahlengokubanamukeleoFilonoRhewu Agathopu,abangilandelayongenxayezwi likaNkulunkulu,njengamadiyakonikaKristu uNkulunkuluwethu
12labolanibongaiNkosingani,ngobalibaqabule ezintwenizonke.Nomayinioyenzilengeke ilahlekekuwe
13Umphefumulowamimawubengeyenu, nezibophozamieningazidelelanga,ongaba namahloningazo.Ngakho-kenoJesuKristu,ukholo lwethuoluphelele,ngekeabenamahloningani
14UmkhulekowenuusufikileebandlenilaseAntiyokiyaeliseSiriyaLaphongisukakhona ngiboshwengamaketangangabanguNkulunkulu, ngikhonzaamabandla;engafaneleukubizwakhona ngokuthiumncinyanekubo
15NokhongentandokaNkulunkulungiye ngacatshangwangikufanelekelaloludumo; kungesikhoukuthingicabangaukuthikungifanele, kodwangomusakaNkulunkulu
16engikufisayomanginikwengokugcweleyo, ukuzengemikhulekoyenungifinyelele kuNkulunkulu.
17Ngakho-keukuzeumsebenziwenuufezwe ngokugcweleemhlabeninasezulwini;kuyafaneleka, futhingenxayodumolukaNkulunkulu,ukuthi ibandlalenulimiseisithunywaesifanelekayo, esesifikileeSiriya,sijabulekanyenaboukuthi basekuthuleni;nokuthibaphindebabuyiselwa esimwenisabosangaphambili,futhibaphinde batholaimizimbayaboefanele.
18Ngakhongibonakufaneleukuthingithume omunyeovelakinilencwadi,ukuzengibabusise kanyelaboukuthulakuNkulunkulu;nokuthi ngemikhulekoyenumanjesebefikileethekwinilabo 19Ngokubanjengalokhuniphelelenina,nifanele ukucabangangezintoezipheleleyo.Ngokubalapho nifisaukwenzaokuhle,uNkulunkuluukulungele ukunenzanikwenzelokho.
20Luyakhonzakiniuthandolwabazalwane abaseTrowa;laphoenginilobelakhonangoBurrhus enamthumakanyenamikanyenabazalwanebenu base-Efesu;futhiongiqabulilekukhokonke.
21FuthingingathandakuNkulunkuluukuthibonke bamlingise,njengesibonelosenkonzo kaNkulunkulu.Kwangathiumusawakhe ungamvuzangokugcwele.
22Ngibingelelaumbhishobhiwenuofaneleka kakhulu,kanyenebandlalenuelihloniphekile; namadikonienu,izincekukanyenami;futhinonke ngokujwayelekile,futhinonkengokukhethekile, egamenilikaJesuKristu,nasenyameninasegazini lakhe;ekushisekeleninasekuvukenikwakhe kokubilingokwenyamanangokomoya;nasebunyeni bukaNkulunkulukanyenani.
23Umusakawubekini,lesihawu,lokuthula, lokubekezelakuzekubenininini.
24Ngiyayibingelelaimindeniyabafowethu, nawomkabonabantwana;nezintombiezithi zingabafelokaziQinangamandlakaMoya oNgcweleUPhilo,okhonanamiuyakhonzakuwe
25NgiyakhonzaendlinikaThaviya,ngikhulekela ukuthiiqinisweekukholweninasesothandweni, okwenyamanomoya
26Ngiyakhonzau-Alkeisithandwasami,kanye noDafinuongenakuqhathaniswa,no-Eutechnus, nabobonkengamagama.
27SalanikuhleemusenikaNkulunkulu