The Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians is an epistle attributed to Ignatius of Antioch, a second-century bishop of Antioch, and addressed to the church in Philadelphia of Asia Minor. It was written during Ignatius' transport from Antioch to his execution in Rome.

1. Kalata ya Ignatius kwa
a Filadelfia
MUTU 1
1 Ignatiyo, amene amatchedwanso Teophoro, kwa mpingo wa Mulungu
Atate ndi Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu, umene uli ku Filadelfeya ku
Asiya; amene walandira chifundo, wokhazikika m’chigwirizano cha
Mulungu, ndi kukondwera kosatha m’masautso a Ambuye wathu, ndi
kukwaniritsidwa mu chifundo chonse mwa kuuka kwake: chimenenso
ndipereka moni m’mwazi wa Yesu Khristu, amene ali wamuyaya wathu
ndi wosadetsedwa. chisangalalo; makamaka ngati ali mu umodzi ndi
bishopu, ndi akulu amene ali naye, ndi atumiki oikidwa monga mwa
mtima wa Yesu Khristu; amene anamukhazika monga mwa cifuniro cace
mu kulimbika konse mwa Mzimu Woyera wace;
2 bishopu amene ndidziwa adalandira utumiki waukuluwo pakati panu,
osati mwa iyemwini, kapena mwa anthu, kapena chifukwa cha ulemerero
wopanda pake; koma ndi chikondi cha Mulungu Atate ndi Ambuye
wathu Yesu Khristu.
3 Amene ndimasirira kudziletsa kwake; amene mwa kukhala chete
angathe kuchita zambiri kuposa ena ndi mawu awo opanda pake. +
Pakuti iye woyenera malamulo, + ngati zeze ndi zingwe zake.
4 Yango wana momo wa ngai opesaki makanisi ma ye epai ya Nzambe
oyo azali na nzete monene, na koyeba ekozala misala na bomoi bonso,
mpe ya kokoka; wodzala ndi chilimbikitso, wopanda kukhudzika mtima,
ndi monga mwa chifatso chonse cha Mulungu wamoyo.
5 Chifukwa chake monga kuyenera ana a kuwunika ndi choonadi; thawa
magawano ndi ziphunzitso zonyenga; koma kumene kuli mbusa wanu,
mutsatira inu komweko, monga nkhosa.
6 Pakuti pali mimbulu yambiri imene ikuwoneka yoyenera
kukhulupiriridwa ndi zokondweretsa zonama imatsogolera ndende iwo
amene athamanga m’njira ya Mulungu; koma m’chigwirizano sadzapeza
malo.
7 Chifukwa chake pewani zitsamba zoyipa zimene Yesu sadabvala;
chifukwa zotere siziri zobzala za Atate. Si kuti ndapeza magawano pakati
pa inu, komatu chiyeretso chonse.
8 Pakuti onse amene ali a Mulungu, ndi a Yesu Kristu, alinso pamodzi
ndi woyang’anira wawo. Ndipo onse amene adzabwerera ndi kulapa mu
umodzi wa mpingo, ngakhale awa adzakhalanso antchito a Mulungu, kuti
akhale ndi moyo monga mwa Yesu.
9 Musanyengedwe, abale; ngati wina atsata iye wakugawanitsa Mpingo,
sadzalowa Ufumu wa Mulungu. Ngati wina atsata maganizo ena,
sagwirizana ndi chilakolako cha Khristu.
10 Chifukwa chake yesetsani kudya nonse ku ukalisitiya wopatulika
womwewo.
11 Pakuti pali thupi limodzi la Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu; ndi chikho
chimodzi mu umodzi wa mwazi wake; guwa limodzi;
12 Monganso pali woyang’anira m’modzi, pamodzi ndi akulu ake, ndi
atumiki anzanga, + kuti chilichonse chimene mukuchita, muchichite
mogwirizana ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu.
MUTU 2
1 Abale anga, chikondi chimene ndiri nacho pa inu chindikulitsa ine;
ndipo pokhala nacho chimwemwe chachikulu mwa inu, ndiyesera kuti
ndikutetezeni inu koopsa; kapena osati ine, koma Yesu Khristu; mwa iye
womangidwa mwa iye ndichita mantha koposa, monga ngati ndiri
m’njira ya ku zowawa.
2 Koma pemphero lanu kwa Mulungu lidzandipangitsa kukhala
wangwiro, kuti ndikalandire gawo, limene mwa chifundo cha Mulungu
adandipatsa ine: Kuthawira ku Uthenga Wabwino monga mwa thupi la
Khristu; ndi kwa Atumwi monga za akulu a Mpingo.
3 Tiyeni ifenso tikonde aneneri, pakuti iwonso anatitsogolera ife ku
Uthenga Wabwino, ndi kuyembekezera mwa Khristu, ndi
kumuyembekezera iye.
4 Mwa amenenso, pokhulupirira adapulumutsidwa mu umodzi wa Yesu
Khristu; pokhala anthu oyera mtima, oyenera kukondedwa, ndi ozizwa;
5 Amene analandira umboni kwa Yesu Khristu, ndipo anawerengedwa
mu Uthenga Wabwino wa chiyembekezo chathu tonse.
6 Koma ngati wina akulalikirani chilamulo cha Chiyuda, musamumvere
iye; pakuti nkwabwino kulandira chiphunzitso cha Kristu kwa
wodulidwa, koposa Chiyuda kwa iye wosadulidwa.
7 Koma ngati imodzi, kapena ina, sizilankhula za Kristu Yesu, zioneka
kwa ine ngati zipilala ndi manda a akufa, pamenepo palembedwapo
maina a anthu okha.
8 Chifukwa chake thawani zamatsenga ndi misampha ya mkulu wa dziko
lapansi; kuti kapena poponderezedwa ndi kuchenjera kwace, mungazirale
m’cikondi canu. Koma bwerani nonse pamodzi pamalo amodzi ndi
mtima wosagawanika.
9 Ndipo ndilemekeza Mulungu wanga kuti ndili nacho chikumbumtima
chabwino cha kwa inu, ndipo palibe wina wa inu amene
angadzitamandire poyera kapena mseri, kuti ndamulemetsa m’chachikulu
kapena chaching’ono.
10 Ndipo ndikhumba kwa onse amene ndidayankhulana nawo, kuti
chisakhale mboni yowatsutsa.
11 Pakuti angakhale ena akadandinyenga ine monga mwa thupi, koma
mzimu, wochokera kwa Mulungu, sunasokeretsedwa; pakuti chidziwa
kumene chichokera ndi kumene chimuka, ndipo chitsutsa zinsinsi za
mtima.
12 Ndinalira pamene ndinali pakati panu; Ine ndinayankhula ndi liwu
lofuula: samalira kwa bishopu, ndi kwa akulu, ndi kwa madikoni.
13 Koma ena adayesa kuti ndidayankhula izi monga ndidawoneratu
magawano omwe akudza mwa inu.
14 Koma iye ali mboni yanga, amene chifukwa cha iye ndili m’ndende,
kuti sindidadziwa kanthu kwa munthu aliyense. Koma mzimu unanena,
chotero, Musachite kanthu popanda woyang'anira;
15 Sungani matupi anu monga akachisi a Mulungu: kondani umodzi;
Thawani magawano; Khalani otsatira a Kristu, monganso iye anali wa
Atate wake.
16 Chifukwa chake ndinachita monga momwe ndinayenera ine, monga
munthu wophatikizika. Pakuti pamene pali magawano ndi mkwiyo,
Mulungu sakhala.
17 Koma Yehova amakhululukira onse amene alapa, ngati abwerera ku
umodzi wa Mulungu, ndi ku bungwe la bishopu.
18 Pakuti ndikhulupirira mwa chisomo cha Yesu Khristu kuti
adzakumasulani ku nsinga zonse.
19 Koma ndikukudandaulirani kuti musachite kanthu mwa chotetana,
koma motsatira malangizo a Khristu.
20 Chifukwa ndidamva za ena akunena; pokhapokha nditapeza kuti
zinalembedwa m'mawu oyambirira, sindidzakhulupirira kuti
zinalembedwa mu Uthenga Wabwino. Ndipo pamene ndinati,
Kwalembedwa; adayankha zomwe zidali patsogolo pawo m'makope awo
ovunda.
21 Koma kwa ine Yesu Khristu ali m’malo mwa zipilala zonse
zosabvunda za m’dziko lapansi; pamodzi ndi zipilala zosadetsedwa izo,
mtanda wake, ndi imfa, ndi kuwuka, ndi chikhulupiriro chimene chiri
mwa Iye; chimene ndifuna, mwa mapemphero anu, chiyesedwe
wolungama.
22 Ansembe ali abwino ndithu; koma wabwino koposa ndiye Mkulu wa
Ansembe amene wapatulikiridwa Malo Opatulikitsa; ndi amene yekha
wapatsidwa zinsinsi za Mulungu.
23 Iye ndiye khomo la Atate; chimene Abrahamu, ndi Isake, ndi Yakobo,
ndi aneneri onse alowamo; komanso Atumwi ndi mpingo.
24 Ndipo zinthu zonsezi zitsata umodzi wa Mulungu. Komabe Uthenga
Wabwino uli ndi zina. ndi chiyani m'menemo kwambiri kuposa nyengo
zina zonse; ndiko, maonekedwe a Mpulumutsi wathu, Ambuye Yesu
Kristu, kuzunzika kwake ndi kuuka kwake.
25 Pakuti aneneri okondedwa adatchula Iye; koma Uthenga Wabwino uli
ungwiro wa kusabvunda. Chifukwa chake zonse pamodzi zili zabwino,
ngati mukhulupirira ndi chikondi.
MUTU 3
1 Tsopano kunena za mpingo wa ku Antiokeya wa ku Suriya, popeza
ndauzidwa kuti mwa mapemphero anu ndi chifundo chimene muli nacho
mwa Khristu Yesu, muli mu mtendere; kudzakhala inu, monga mpingo
wa Mulungu, kudzoza dikoni wina kupita kwa iwo kumeneko monga
kazembe wa Mulungu; kuti akakondwere nawo pamene adzasonkhana
pamodzi, ndi kulemekeza dzina la Mulungu.
2 Wodala munthu amene mwa Yesu Khristu, amene adzapezeke
woyenera utumiki wotere; ndipo inunso mudzalemekezedwa.
3 Koma ngati mulola, sikutheka kuti muchite ichi chifukwa cha chisomo
cha Mulungu; monganso mipingo ina yoyandikana nayo yatumiza iwo,
mabishopu ena, ansembe ena ndi madikoni.
4 Koma za Filo, dikoni wa ku Kilikiya, munthu woyenera,
akunditumikirabe m’mawu a Mulungu, pamodzi ndi Rheu wa ku
Agatopoli, munthu wabwino m’modzi yekha, amene ananditsata ine
kufikira ku Suriya, osasamalira moyo wake; inunso kuchitira umboni
kwa inu.
5 Ndipo ine ndekha ndiyamika Mulungu chifukwa cha inu, kuti
muwalandira monga Ambuye adzalandira inu. Koma kwa iwo amene
sanawalemekeze, iwo akhululukidwe mwa chisomo cha Yesu Khristu.
6 Chikondano cha abale amene ali ku Trowa chikupatsani moni;
kuchokera kumenekonso ndikulemberani tsopano ndi Burra, amene
adatumidwa ndi ine ndi iwo a ku Efeso ndi Smurna, chifukwa cha ulemu.
7 Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu aziwalemekeza; amene ayembekezera
mwa thupi, ndi moyo, ndi mzimu; m’chikhulupiriro, m’chikondi, mu
umodzi. Titsanzike mwa Khristu Yesu chiyembekezo chathu tonse.