Incwadi kaIgnatius eya kwabaseFiladelfiya ISAHLUKO 1 1 UIgnatiyo, okwabizwa ngokuba nguTiyophoro, ubhalela ibandla likaThixo uYise, neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, eliseFiladelfi, kwelaseAsiya; esenzelwa inceba, simi ngemvisiswano kaThixo, sigcoba ngamaxesha onke embandezelo yeNkosi yethu, sizaliseka ngayo yonke inceba ngokuvuka kwayo; endilibulisayo mna ngegazi likaYesu Kristu, ongowethu ongunaphakade, ongadyobhekanga. uvuyo; ingakumbi ukuba bamanyene nobhishophu, nabadala abakunye naye, namadikoni amiselwe ngokwengqondo kaYesu Kristu; awammisayo ngokokuthanda kwakhe, ekuqiniseni konke ngoMoya wakhe oyiNgcwele; 2 Ubhishophu lowo ndaziyo ukuba wabuzuza obo bulungiseleli bukhulu phakathi kwenu, kungekuko okuphuma kuye, kungengabantu, nakuzuko olulambathayo; kodwa ngothando lukaThixo uYise, neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu. 3 Ndincoma ukuthozama kwakhe; othi ekuthi cwaka kwakhe abe nako ukwenza ngaphezu kwabanye ngako konke ukuthetha kwabo okulambathayo. Kuba ufanelekile emithethweni, njengohadi emithonjeni yalo. 4 Ngako oko umphefumlo wam uyixabisa ingqondo yakhe ngakuThixo inoyolo ngakumbi, ndisazi ukuba inesiqhamo kubo bonke ubulungisa, nokugqibelela; ezele yinzondelelo, engenakuthandabuza, enokumomelela konke koThixo ophilayo. 5 Ngoko ke, njengokuba kwabafaneleyo abantwana abokukhanya nabenyaniso; zibalekeni iimbambaniso neemfundiso zobuxoki; kodwa apho akhoyo umalusi wenu, landelani nina, njengezimvu. 6 Kuba zininzi iingcuka ezibonakala zikufanelekele ukukholwa, ngokuthanda ubuxoki, zithimbe abo babalekayo umendo kaThixo; kodwa ekuvumelaneni abasayi kufumana ndawo. 7 Khumkani ngoko kwimifuno engendawo, anganayo uYesu; ngokuba abanjalo isityalo sikaBawo. Andifumananga kwahlukana phakathi kwenu, kodwa ke ndifumene lonke uhlobo lobunyulu. 8 Kuba bonke abangabakaThixo, nabakuYesu Kristu, bakunye nobhishophu wabo ngokunjalo. Kwaye kangangobuninzi babo abaya kuthi ngenguquko babuyele kumanyano lwebandla, nkqu aba baya kuba ngabakhonzi bakaThixo, ukuze babe nokuphila ngokukaYesu. 9 Musani ukulahlekiswa, bazalwana; Ukuba ubani uthe walandela umntu owahlulelana ebandleni, akayi kubudla ilifa ubukumkani bukaThixo. Ukuba ubani ulandela imbono ethile, akahambisani nenkanuko kaKrestu. 10 Kungoko ndithi, kukhuthaleleni ukuba nenxaxheba kulo lonke umthendeleko ongcwele. 11 Kuba inye inyama yeNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu; nendebe ibe nye egazini lakhe; isibingelelo esinye; 12 njengokuba ke kukho ubhishophu omnye, ndawonye nebandla lakhe, nabakhonza kunye nam; ukuze konke enisukuba nikwenza, nikwenze ngokokuthanda kukaThixo. ISAHLUKO 2 1 Bazalwana bam, uthando endinalo ngani lundondla ngakumbi; Kwaye ndinovuyo olukhulu kuni, ndizama ukunikhusela emngciphekweni; okanye ingendim, ibe nguYesu Kristu; endithi, ndikhonkxiwe kuye, ndoyika ngakumbi, ndisesendleleni eya ebunzimeni. 2 Ke kaloku ukuthandaza kwenu kuye uThixo kuya kundenza ndigqibelele, ukuze ndisifikelele isabelo eso, endabelwa ngako ngenceba kaThixo: ndisabela kuzo iindaba ezilungileyo, ngathi ndisenyameni kaKristu; nakubapostile, nakumadoda amakhulu ebandla. 3 Masibathande kanjalo abaprofeti, njengoko nabo basikhokelelayo kwiindaba ezilungileyo, nokuthembela kuKristu, nokuba simlindele. 4 abathe kanjalo, bakholwa kuye, basindiswa kubunye bukaYesu Kristu; singabantu abangcwele, befanele ukuthandwa, bemangalisiwe; 5 nina bamkela ubungqina bukaYesu Kristu, ababalelwa kuzo iindaba ezilungileyo zethemba lethu esidlelana ngalo. 6 Ukuba ke ubani uthe wanishumayeza umthetho wamaYuda, musani ukumphulaphula; Kuba eyona nto ilungileyo kuthi, ukuyamkele imfundiso ngoKristu, ivela kowalukileyo, ngaphezu kobuYuda kowalukileyo. 7 Ukuba ke abathethi nto ezingoKristu Yesu, zibonakala ngathi zingamangcwaba abafileyo, ebhalwe kuwo amagama abantu odwa. 8 Ke ngoko, balekelani ububi, nemigibe yalo umphathi weli hlabathi; hleze nithi, nicukucezwa bubuqhetseba bakhe, niphole eluthandweni lwenu. Kodwa yizani nonke ndaweni-nye ngentliziyo epheleleyo. 9 Kananjalo ndiyambonga uThixo wam, ngokuba ndinesazela esilungileyo ngakuni, nokuba ke kungabikho bani kuni unoqhayisela,
nokuba ngokuphandle, nokuba ngokuphandle, ngokuba ndibe ndinomthwalo kuye, nokuba kokuncinane nokuba kokuncinane. 10 Kwaye ndinqwenela kubo bonke endithethe phakathi kwabo, ukuze kungabi bubungqina kubo. 11 Kuba nangona inxenye yandilukuhla ngokwenyama, uMoya yena uphuma kuThixo, akalukuhlwa; kuba yena uyawazi apho avela khona, nalapho sukuba esiya khona; 12 Ndakhala ndiphakathi kwenu; Ndathetha ngezwi elikhulu, ndisithi, nyamekela ubhishophu, nababingeleli, namadikoni. 13 Ke kaloku abathile, bendiba ndithethe oku ndisibona ngenxa engaphambili imbambano eya kubakho phakathi kwenu. 14 ulingqina lam ke, endikhonkxiwe ngenxa yakhe, ukuba ndingazi nto mntwini; Wathetha ke uMoya, esithi, Ningenzi nto ngaphandle kobhishophu; 15 Imizimba yenu yigcineni njengetempile kaThixo; thandani umanyano; Zibalekeni izahlulo; Yibani ngabalandeli bakaKristu, njengokuba naye wayekaYise. 16 Ndenjenjalo ke ndenza njengoko ndifaneleyo, njengendoda ebunjwa ubunye. Kuba apho kukho imbambano nengqumbo, akahlali uThixo. 17 Kodwa iNkosi iyabaxolela bonke abo baguqukayo, ukuba babuyela kubunye bukaThixo, nakwiqumrhu likabhishophu. 18 Kuba ndithembele ngobabalo lukaYesu Kristu, ukuba uya kunikhulula kuzo zonke iintambo. 19 Ndiyanivuselela ke, ukuba ningenzi nanye into ngokweyelenqe; 20 Kuba ndive kuthethwa ngabanye besithi; ngaphandle kokuba ndiyifumene ibhaliwe kweyantlandlolo, andiyi kukholelwa ukuba ibhaliwe kwiVangeli. Ndathi ke, Kubhaliwe kwathiwa; baphendula oko kwakuphambi kwabo kwiikopi zabo ezonakeleyo. 21 Ke kum uYesu Kristu ungowawo onke amatye angenakonakala asehlabathini; kunye naloo matye ezikhumbuzo angenakonakala, nomnqamlezo wakhe, nokufa, nokuvuka kwakhe, nokholo olungaye; endithanda ngako ukuthi ngenxa yemithandazo yenu ndigwetyelwe. 22 Ababingeleli balungile; kodwa ulunge ngakumbi uMbingeleli oMkhulu, lowo iNgcwele kaNgcwele yanikelwe kuye; onguye yedwa ophathiswe iimfihlelo zikaThixo. 23 Yena ulisango likaYise; athe uAbraham, noIsake, noYakobi, nabo bonke abaprofeti, bangena ngako. ngokunjalo nabaPostile, nebandla. 24 Zonke ke ezo zinto zisingisa kubunye bukaThixo. Nangona kunjalo iVangeli inezinye. yintoni ekuyo ekude kunawo onke amanye amaxesha; oko kukuthi, ukubonakala koMsindisi wethu, iNkosi uYesu Kristu, intlungu nokuvuka kwakhe. 25 Kuba abaprofeti abaziintanda babebhekisele kuye; ke zona iindaba ezilungileyo zigqibelele ekungonakalini. Ngoko ke zonke izinto zilungile, ukuba nithe nakholwa ngothando. ISAHLUKO 3 1 Ke kaloku, ngalo ibandla lakwa-Antiyokwe ekwelaseSiriya, ndixelelwa ukuba linoxolo ngenxa yemithandazo yenu nangentliziyo yenu, ekuKristu Yesu; kuya kuba kuni, njengebandla likaThixo, ukumisela umdikoni othile ukuya kubo njengonozakuzaku kaThixo; ukuze avuye nabo, ekuhlanganiseni kwabo ndawonye, alizukise igama likaThixo. 2 Makabongwe loo mntu wakuKristu Yesu, oya kufunyanwa ewufanelekele ulungiselelo olunjalo; nani ngokwenu niya kuzukiswa. 3 Ke, ukuba niyavuma, aninako ukwenza oko ngenxa yobabalo lukaThixo; njengokuba bathunywe nakwamanye amabandla angabamelwane, inxenye yaba ngoobhishophu, inxenye yababingeleli namadikoni. 4 Ke yena uFilo, umdikoni waseKiliki, oyindoda echulumachileyo, usandilungiselela ngelizwi likaThixo, ndawonye noRheus waseAgatopoli, indoda elungileyo emnye, owandilandelayo kwelaseSiriya, engabugqali ubomi bakhe. ndiyangqina nani. 5 Kwaye mna ngokwam ndiyambulela uThixo ngenxa yenu ukuba nibamkele njengoko iNkosi iya kunamkela. Ke abo bangabahloniphiyo, mabaxolelwe ngobabalo lukaYesu Kristu. 6 Uyanibulisa uthando lwabazalwana abaseTrowa; apho ke ndibhalela khona ngoBharrhu, owathunywa kunye nam ngabase-Efese naseSmirna, ngenxa yozuko. 7 Yanga iNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu iwabeke phezu kwabo; abathembele kuye enyameni, nangomphefumlo, nangomoya; elukholweni, eluthandweni, ngobunye. Salani kakuhle kuKristu Yesu, ithemba lethu sonke.