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ISAHLUKO1
IkopiyeletaeyabhalwanguKumkaniuAbgaruskuYesu,yazayathunyelwakuyenguAnaniyas,umkhweliwakhe, eYerusalem,emmemelae-Edessa.
1UAbgarus,ukumkaniwase-Edessa,kuYesuuMsindisiolungileyo,obonakalaeYerusalem,ubulisa
2Ndixelelwengawekunyenokuphiliswakwakho,okwenziwangaphandlekokusebenzisaamayezakunye nemifuno.
3Kubakuxeliweukubaubangelaiimfamazibone,iziqhwalazihambe,uhlambululaabaneqhenqa,kwaye ukhuphaoomoyaabangcolileyoneedemon,kwayeubabuyiselaempilweniabobebegulaixeshaelide,kwaye uvusaabafileyo;
4Konkeendikuvileyo,ndeyisekangomnyewabababini,okokubawenaunguThixongokwakheowehlaevela ezulwini,owenzaezizinto,okanyenguNyanakaThixo
5Ngenxayesisizathundinibhalele,ndinicelaukubanithatheuhambooludenizeniphiliseisifoendikuso.
6KubandiveamaYudaekuhleka,ecebaukwenzaububi.
7Isixekosamsincincingenene,kodwasicocekile,kwayesikhulungokwaneleyokuthisobabini
ISAHLUKO2
ImpendulokaYesunguHananiyaumlindiweenyawoku-Abgarusukumkani,3enqabaukutyelelai-Edessa
1Abgarus,unoyolo,kubaukholiwekum,eningambonanga
2Kubakubhaliwengam,ukubaabobandibonileyomabangakholwakum,ukuzeabobangabonangabakholwe bazebaphile
3Ngokuphatheleleloonxalenyeyeletayakho,enxulumenenokukutyelelakwam,ndimelendikwazise,ukuba ndimelendizalisekisezonkeiinjongozomsebenziwamkwelilizwe,kwayeemvakokondibuyiselwekwakhona kulowoundithumileyo
4Kodwaemvakokunyukakwam,ndiyakuthumelaomnyewabafundibam,oyakuphilisaisifosakho,akuphe ubomi,wenanabobonkeabanawe.