IzincwadiZikaJesuKristuNo-AbgarusINkosiYase-Edessa
UmlobiwokuqalaokhulumangezincwadiezadlulaphakathikukaJesuKristuno-Abgarus,ngu-Eusebius, uMbhishobhiwaseKhesariya,ePalestina,owachumaengxenyeniyokuqalayekhululesineNgenxa yobuqothobazo,unxusaamarejistaomphakathikanyenamarekhodieDolobhalase-EdessaeMesopotamia, laphou-Abgarusabusakhona,uqinisekisaukuthiwazitholazibhalwe,ngolimilwesiSiriyaWashicilela inguquloyesiGrekiyazo,encwadiniyakheethiEcclesiasticalHistory.Izweelifundileliyelahlukana kakhulungalendaba;kodwa,naphezukokuthiisaziuGrabe,kanyenoMhumeOmkhulu,uDktParker, kanyenabanyeabangcwele,baphikisenekakhuluukuzezingenisweohlwinilwezincwadizemiBhalo, zibhekwanjengezingengcwele.UMfundisiuJeremiahJonesuphawulaukuthiabantuabavamileeNgilandi banayolencwadiezindlinizabo,ezindawenieziningi,ibekweohlakeni,enesithombesikaKristuphambi kwayo;nokuthingokuvamile,ngokwethembekaokukhulunokuzinikela,bayibhekanjengezwi likaNkulunkulu,kanyeneNcwadiyangempelakaKristu.
ISAHLUKO1
IkhophiyencwadieyabhalwayiNkosiu-AbgaruskuJesu,futhiyathunyelwakuyengu-Ananiya,indunayakhe, eJerusalema,immemaukubaayee-Edessa.
1U-Abgarus,inkosiyase-Edessa,kuJesuuMsindisiomuhle,ovelaeJerusalema,ukubingelela
2Ngitshelwengawekanyenokuphulukiswakwakho,okwenziwangaphandlekokusebenzisaimithi namakhambi
3Ngobakubikwaukuthiwenzaizimpumputhezibone,izinyongazihambe,uhlanzaabanochoko,ukhipha imimoyaengcolilenamademoni,futhiubaphulukisaasebeguleisikhathieside,futhiuvusaabafileyo; 4Konkeengikuzwile,nganeliswangomunyewalabaababili,ukuthiwenaunguNkulunkuluowehlaezulwini, owenzalezizinto,nomaiNdodanakaNkulunkulu.
5Ngakho-kenginibhalelengenhliziyoyonke,ngifisasengathiningathwalauhambooludelapha,nelaphe isifoengibhekenenaso
6NgobangizwaamaJudaekuhlekausulu,futhiehloseukwenzaokubi.
7Idolobhalamilincanengempela,kodwalicocekile,futhilikhulungokwanelekithisobabili
ISAHLUKO2
ImpendulokaJesungu-Ananiyaindunayezinyawoku-Abgarusinkosi,3yenqabaukuvakashelai-Edessa 1Abgaru,ubusisiwe,ngobaukholiwekimi,eningambonanga
2Ngobakulotshiwengamiukuthilaboabangibonileakufanelebakholwekimi,ukuzelaboabangabonanga bakholwefuthibaphile.
3Ngokuphathelenenaleyongxenyeyencwadiyakho,ephathelenenokukuvakashelakwami,kumelwe ngikwazise,ukuthikumelwengifezezonkeizinjongozomsebenziwamikulelizwe,futhingemvakwalokho ngibuyiselwekulowoongithumileyo
4Kodwangemvakokwenyukakwamingizothumelaomunyewabafundibami,ozokwelaphaisifosakho, akunikeimpilowenanabobonkeabanawe.