Incwadi kaPolycarp eya kwabaseFilipi ISAHLUKO 1 1 UPolycarp nabaphathiswa abakunye naye, babhalela ibandla likaThixo eliseFilipi; kwaneNkosi uYesu Kristu, uMsindisi wethu, yande. 2 Ndavuya kunene kunye nani, eNkosini yethu uYesu Kristu, ukuba nakwamkelayo umfanekiselo wothando lokwenyaniso, nabaphelekelana nabo, njengoko nimelwe kukuzibamba, naba ngabangcwele; abazizithsaba ke zabanyuliweyo nguThixo, neNkosi yethu; 3 Njengokuba ke ingcambu yokholo, yashunyayelwayo kwasephakadeni, ihleli kuni, kwada kwayile mini; uxakatha isiqhamo kwiNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, lowo weva ubunzima bokufa ngenxa yezono zethu. athe uThixo wamvusa, eyikhulule inimba yokufa; enithi ke nikholwa kuye, noko ngoku ningamboniyo, nigcobe ngovuyo olungathethekiyo, oluzukisiweyo. 5 abathi abaninzi banqwenela ukungena kuzo; nisazi nje ukuba nisindiswe ngokubabalwa; kungengamisebenzi, kungokuthanda kukaThixo ngoYesu Kristu. 6 Ngoko, bhinqani izinqe zengqondo yenu; Yikhonzeni iNkosi ngoloyiko nangenyaniso; nikholwa kulowo wayivusayo iNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu kwabafileyo, wamnika uzuko, netrone ngasekunene kwakhe. 7 Ezithotyelwe kuye zonke izinto, ezisemazulwini kwanezisemhlabeni; lowo yonke imiphefumlo ephilileyo iya kumnqula; eya kuza egweba abaphilileyo nabafileyo, abagazi labo uThixo aya kulibiza kwabakholwayo kuye; 8 Kodwa lowo wamvusayo uKristu kwabafileyo, uya kusivusa kanjalo nathi kwangokunjalo, ukuba siyayenza intando yakhe kwaye sihamba ngokwemiyalelo yakhe; nizithande izinto azithandayo; 9 nikhwebuka kuyo yonke intswela-bulungisa; iinkanuko, nokuthanda imali; ekuthetheni kakubi; ingqina lobuxoki; ningabuyekezi ububi ngobubi, nokutshabhisa ngokutshabhisa, nokubetha, nokutshabhisa, nokutshabhisa. 10 Ke nikhumbula oko yasifundisayo iNkosi, isithi, Musani ukugweba, naye ningasayi kugwetywa; Xolelani, noxolelwa; yibani nenceba, niya kwenzelwa inceba; kuba umlinganiselo enilinganisela ngawo, niya kulinganiselwa kwangawo nani. 11 Kananjalo, banoyolo abangamahlwempu, nabatshutshiswayo ngenxa yobulungisa; kuba ubukumkani bukaThixo bubobabo. ISAHLUKO 2 1 Ezi zinto, bazalwana bam, andibanga nagunya lokunibhalela ngokusingisele ebulungiseni; 2 Kuba andinako mna, ndingonjengam nje, ukunyukela ebulumkweni bukaPawulos ongowokubongwa, odumileyo, owathi, ehleli ndawonye nabo babedla ubomi, engako konke ukuchasa, wafundisa ilizwi lenyaniso; wathi wemka kuni, wanibhalela incwadi. 3 enithi ukuba nithe najongisa kuyo, nibe nako ukuzakheka elukholweni olunikelwayo kuni; ongunina wethu sonke;
silandelwa lithemba, siqhutywa luthando olupheleleyo, kuThixo nakuKristu, kwanommelwane wethu. 4 Kuba umntu, ukuba ubani unazo ezo zinto, uwuzalise umthetho wobulungisa; kuba lowo uluthando kukude naso sonke isono. 5 Ukuthanda imali yingcambu yazo zonke iintlobo zobubi. Sisazi ngoko ukuba, njengokuba singangenanga nanto ehlabathini, ngoko ke asinakuphuma nanto; masixhobe ngezikrweqe zobulungisa. 6 Kwaye sizifundise thina kuqala ukuhamba ngokwemiyalelo yeNkosi; nabafazi benu mabahambe ngokunjalo ngokokholo abalunikwayo; ngothando, nangobunyulu; bawathande awabo amadoda ngako konke ukuhanahanisa, bonke abanye ke ngako konke ukuzeyisa. bakhulisele abantwana babo eluqeqeshweni, bamoyike uYehova. 7 Kwangokunjalo abahlolokazi mababe nesidima elukholweni lweNkosi, bethandazela abantu bonke; kukude kuyo yonke intlambuliso, ukunyelisa, ukungqina ubuxoki; nokubawa, nakubo bonke ububi. 8 sisazi nje ukuba zizibingelelo zikaThixo, obona zonke iziphako, akukho nto ifihlakeleyo kuye; oziphengululayo iingcamango neengcinga, neemfihlelo zeentliziyo zethu; 9 Sisazi ngoko ukuba uThixo asingowokuhlekisa, sifanele ukuhamba ngokuwufaneleyo umthetho wakhe, nozuko lwakhe. 10 Kananjalo abalungiseleli bamelwe kukuba ngongenakumangaleleka kuye, njengabalungiseleli bakaThixo kuKristu, bengabi ngababantu. Hayi abatyholi; bangabi nalwimi zimbini; bangabi ngabathandi bemali; ke nibe ziingcathu ezintweni zonke; uvelwano, ngenyameko; behamba enyanisweni yeNkosi, engumkhonzi wabo bonke. 11 sithi, xa sithe samkholisa kweli phakade langoku, siya kuba ngamadlelane kowayeza kuza, njengoko wasithembisayo ngathi, wosivusa kwabafileyo; nokuba sihamba ngokumfaneleyo, solawula kwandawonye naye, ukuba siyakholwa. 12 Ngokukwanjalo abafana bafanele bangabi nakusoleka ezintweni zonke; ngaphezu kweento zonke, balunyamekele ubunyulu babo, bazibambe kubo bonke ububi. Kuba kuhle ukuba nibe nisithi, nibe nina, nibekho phakathi kweminqweno yehlabathi; Ngokuba yonke inkanuko elolo hlobo yenza imfazwe noMoya; kwanabo benza izinto ezibubudenge nabangenangqiqo. 13 Kungoko ke nimelwe kukuthi nikhwebuke kuzo zonke ezo zinto, nibalulamele ababingeleli namadikoni, ngokokuthobela uThixo noKristu. 14 Iintombi ziyayala ukuba zihambe ngesazela esimsulwa, esimsulwa. 15 Kwaye vumelani abadala babe nemfesane nenceba kubo bonke; ebabuyisa ebugwenxeni babo; nifuna abaswele amandla; ndingabalibali abahlolokazi, neenkedama, namahlwempu; usoloko esenza okulungileyo emehlweni kaThixo nawabantu. 16 nikhwebuke kuyo yonke ingqumbo, nokucalula abantu, nesigwebo sokungalungisi, ngokukodwa ke ukubawa. 17 Akulula ukukholwa yiyo nantoni na; angabi lukhuni ekugwebeni; sisazi ukuba sonke singabanetyala lesono. 18 Ukuba ngoko sithandaza eNkosini ukuba isixolele, nathi sifanele ukubaxolela abanye. ngokuba sisonke phambi kweNkosi, noThixo wethu; kwaye bonke bamele ukuma phambi kwesihlalo sokugweba sikaKrestu; yaye elowo uya kuphendula ngokwakhe.