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. Ibaruwa ya Ignatius
yandikiye Philadelphiya
UMUTWE WA 1
1 Ignatius, nanone witwa Theophorus, ku rusengero rw'Imana Data,
n'Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo, uri i Philadelphiya muri Aziya;
cyabonye imbabazi, gishyirwa mu bwumvikane bw'Imana, kandi
tunezezwa iteka n'ishyaka ry'Umwami wacu, kandi kigasohozwa
n'imbabazi zose binyuze mu izuka rye: Nanjye ndasuhuza mu maraso
ya Yesu Kristo, ariryo rihoraho kandi ridahumanye. umunezero;
cyane cyane niba bunze ubumwe na musenyeri, na presbyiteri bari
kumwe na we, n'abadiyakoni bashyizweho bakurikije ibitekerezo bya
Yesu Kristo; uwo yatuye akurikije ubushake bwe, ashikamye ku
bw'Umwuka Wera we:
2 Ninde musenyeri nzi wabonye uwo murimo ukomeye muri mwe,
atari we wenyine, haba ku bantu, cyangwa ku bw'icyubahiro cy'ubusa;
ariko kubw'urukundo rw'Imana Data, n'Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo.
3 Nishimiye gushyira mu gaciro; ninde guceceka kwe abasha gukora
ibirenze abandi nibiganiro byabo byubusa. Kuberako yahujwe
namategeko, nkinanga kumirya yayo.
4 Ni yo mpamvu umutima wanjye wubaha ibitekerezo bye ku Mana
yishimye cyane, uzi ko byera imbuto nziza, kandi bitunganye;
byuzuye guhoraho, bitarangwamo ishyaka, kandi ukurikije uburyo
bwose Imana nzima.
5 Kubwibyo rero, nkuko abana bahinduka umucyo n'ukuri; guhunga
amacakubiri n'inyigisho z'ibinyoma; ariko aho umwungeri wawe ari,
niho mukurikira nk'intama.
6 Kuberako hariho impyisi nyinshi zisa nkizikwiye kwizera hamwe
numunezero wibinyoma ziyobora imbohe abiruka munzira yImana;
ariko mubwumvikane ntibazabona umwanya.
7 Irinde rero ibyatsi bibi Yesu atambara; kuberako bene abo atari
igihingwa cya Data. Ntabwo nabonye amacakubiri hagati yawe,
ahubwo ni uburyo bwose bwo kwezwa.
8 Kuko abantu bose ari abo ku Mana, na Yesu Kristo, bari kumwe na
musenyeri wabo. Kandi abantu bose hamwe no kwihana bazasubira
mu bumwe bw'itorero, ndetse n'abo bazaba abakozi b'Imana, kugira
ngo babeho nk'uko Yesu abibona.
9 Ntimukishuke, bavandimwe; nihagira umukurikira ukora
amacakubiri mu itorero, ntazaragwa ubwami bw'Imana. Niba hari
umuntu ugenda akurikira ikindi gitekerezo, ntiyemeranya n'ishyaka
rya Kristo.
10 Kubwibyo rero, reka kuba umwete wo gusangira Ukaristiya yera
yose.
11 Kuko hariho umubiri umwe gusa w'Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo;
n'igikombe kimwe mubumwe bwamaraso ye; igicaniro kimwe;
12 Nkuko hariho umwepiskopi umwe, hamwe na presbyteri ye,
hamwe n'abadiyakoni bagenzi banjye dukorana: kugira ngo ibyo
mukora byose, mubikore mubushake bw'Imana.
UMUTWE WA 2
1 Bavandimwe, urukundo ngukunda rutuma ndushaho kuba munini;
kandi nkagira umunezero mwinshi muri wewe, ndihatira kukurinda
akaga; cyangwa si njye, ahubwo ni Yesu Kristo; muri abo mbohewe
ndarushijeho gutinya, nkaho nkiri munzira yububabare.
2 Ariko isengesho ryawe ku Mana rizantunganya, kugira ngo ngere
kuri uwo mugabane, ku bw'imbabazi z'Imana nahawe: Guhungira
Ubutumwa bwiza ku mubiri wa Kristo; no ku Ntumwa kubijyanye no
kuyobora itorero.
3 Reka kandi dukunde abahanuzi, kuko nabo batugejeje ku Ivanjili,
no kwiringira Kristo, no kumutegereza.
4 Muri bo kandi bizera ko bakijijwe mu bumwe bwa Yesu Kristo;
kuba abantu bera, bakwiriye gukundwa, kandi bafite igitangaza;
5 Abahawe ubuhamya na Yesu Kristo, kandi babaruwe mu Ivanjili
y'ibyiringiro byacu rusange.
6 Ariko nihagira ubabwira amategeko y'Abayahudi, ntimwumve.
erega nibyiza kwakira inyigisho za Kristo kubakebwa, kuruta idini
rya kiyahudi kubatayifite.
7 Ariko niba umwe, cyangwa undi, atavuze ibya Kristo Yesu, kuri
njye mbona ari nk'inzibutso n'imva z'abapfuye, byanditseho amazina
y'abantu gusa.
Hunga rero ibibi n'imitego y'umutware w'iyi si; kugira ngo igihe icyo
ari cyo cyose ukandamizwa n'amayeri ye ntuzakonja mu buntu
bwawe. Ariko mwese hamwe duhuze ahantu hamwe n'umutima
utagabanijwe.
9 Kandi mpaye Imana yanjye ko mfite umutimanama utamucira
urubanza, kandi ko nta muntu n'umwe muri mwe ufite wo kwirata ku
mugaragaro cyangwa mu mwiherero, ko namubereye umutwaro muri
byinshi cyangwa bike.
10 Kandi nifurije abo twaganiriye bose, kugira ngo itazaba
umuhamya ubashinja.
11 Kuberako nubwo bamwe baba baranshutse nkurikije umubiri,
nyamara umwuka, ukomoka ku Mana, ntabwo ushukwa; kuko izi aho
ituruka n'aho igana, ikanahana amabanga yumutima.
12 Ndarira igihe nari muri mwebwe; Navuze n'ijwi rirenga: witabe
musenyeri, na presbyteri, n'abadiyakoni.
13 Noneho bamwe bibwiraga ko ibyo nabivuze nkiteganya
amacakubiri agomba kuza muri mwe.
14 Ariko ni we muhamya wanjye kubera ko ndi mu ngoyi, nta kintu
na kimwe nari nzi ku muntu. Ariko umwuka aravuga, abwira
abanyabwenge ati: Ntugire icyo ukora udafite musenyeri:
Komeza imibiri yawe nk'insengero z'Imana: Kunda ubumwe; Hunga
amacakubiri; Ba abayoboke ba Kristo, nk'uko yari kuri Se.
16 Nakoze rero nkanjye, nkumuntu wahuzaga ubumwe. Kuberako
ahari amacakubiri n'uburakari, Imana ntiba.
17 Ariko Uwiteka ababarira abihannye bose, nibasubira mu bumwe
bw'Imana, no mu nama ya musenyeri.
18 Kuko nizeye ubuntu bwa Yesu Kristo ko azabakura mu ngoyi
zose.
19 Nubwo bimeze bityo ariko, ndabasaba ko ntacyo mukora mu
makimbirane, ahubwo mukurikije amabwiriza ya Kristo.
20 Kuberako numvise bamwe bavuga; keretse nsanze byanditswe
mwumwimerere, ntabwo nzemera ko byanditswe mubutumwa bwiza.
Igihe navuze nti: Byanditswe; basubije ibyari imbere yabo muri kopi
zabo zangiritse.
21 Ariko kuri njye Yesu Kristo ni mu mwanya w’inzibutso zose
zitarangiritse ku isi; hamwe n'izo nzibutso zidahumanye, umusaraba
we, n'urupfu, n'izuka rye, hamwe no kwizera kumwe na we; ibyo
nifuza, binyuze mumasengesho yawe, gutsindishirizwa.
22 Abatambyi ni beza rwose; ariko icyiza cyane ni Umutambyi
Mukuru weguriwe Ahera cyane; kandi ninde wenyine wahawe
amabanga y'Imana.
23 Ni umuryango wa Data; aho Aburahamu, Isaka, Yakobo
n'abahanuzi bose binjiramo. kimwe n'Intumwa, n'itorero.
24 Kandi ibyo byose bikunda ubumwe buva ku Mana. Nubwo
Ubutumwa Bwiza bufite bimwe. niki kirimo kirimo hejuru yizindi
zose zitangwa; aribyo, isura y'Umukiza wacu, Umwami Yesu Kristo,
ishyaka rye n'izuka rye.
25 Kuko abahanuzi bakundwa bamuvuzeho; ariko ubutumwa bwiza
ni ugutungana kwa ruswa. Twese hamwe rero nibyiza, niba wemera
nubuntu.
UMUTWE WA 3
1 Noneho ku byerekeye itorero rya Antiyokiya riri muri Siriya, kuko
mbwirwa ko binyuze mu masengesho yawe n'amara ufite kuri Yesu
Kristo, ari mu mahoro; bizakubera, nk'itorero ry'Imana, gushyiraho
umudiyakoni kugira ngo ubasangeyo nka ambasaderi w'Imana;
kugira ngo yishimane nabo igihe bahuye, kandi bahimbaze izina
ry'Imana.
Hahirwa uwo muntu muri Yesu Kristo, uzasanga akwiriye umurimo
nk'uwo; namwe ubwanyu muzahimbazwa.
3 Noneho niba ubishaka, ntibishoboka ko ubikora kubwubuntu
bw'Imana; kimwe n'andi matorero aturanye yohereje, abasenyeri
bamwe, abapadiri n'abadiyakoni.
4 Naho kuri Philo umudiyakoni wa Silisiya, umuntu ukwiye cyane,
aracyankorera mu ijambo ry'Imana: hamwe na Rheus wa
Agathopolis, umuntu mwiza udasanzwe, wankurikiranye ndetse no
muri Siriya, ntabwo yerekeranye n'ubuzima bwe: Aba Nubuhamya.
5 Nanjye ubwanjye ndashimira Imana kubwo kubakira nkuko
Uwiteka azakwakira. Ariko kubabasuzuguye, bababarirwe kubuntu
bwa Yesu Kristo.
6 Abagiraneza b'abavandimwe bari i Troas barabasuhuje: Kuva aho
na none nanditse na Burrhus, woherejwe hamwe nanjye n'abo muri
Efeso na Smyrna, kugira ngo mbubahe.
7 Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo abubahe; uwo bizeye, haba mu mubiri,
no mu bugingo, no mu mwuka; mu kwizera, mu rukundo, mu bumwe.
Gusezera muri Kristo Yesu ibyiringiro byacu rusange.