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

1. Ignatius Ignatius Eshika
Polycarp
IKIGABANE CA 1
1 Ignace, umwe yitwa Kandi Tophoru+ kuri Polycarp, umwepiskopi
w'ishengero riri i Masina+; Umucungezi wabo, mugabo ubwiwe
yirengagizwa n'Imana Data wa twese hamwe n'Umukama Yezu
Kristu: umunezero wose.
2 Kuko muzi yuko umuzirikanyi wawe ku Mana+, wahamye nk'uko
wari ku gitandara kidashobora kwihanganirwa+. Ndakengurukira
cane, kuko niyumviriye ko nkwiye kwihweza mu maso hawe
hahezagiwe, ari na co gituma nzokwama nhimbawe n'Imana.
3Ni co gituma ndagusavye ubuntu ata wari abukwiriye bw'Imana
wambaye, kugira ngo ushishikare urugendo rwawe, no kuremesha
abandi bose ngo bakizwe.
4 Mugume mugumane ikibanza cawe mu kwitwararika rwose ibiri
n'umubiri n'impwemu+; mugume muryohesha kuzigama ubumwe+
aho kuba ata kintu ciza kiruta ico+. Mubandanye kwihanganira
abantu bose, nk'uko Umukama ari kumwe nawe.
5 Fasha abantu bose mu rukundo+, nk'uko namwe nyene mubigira+.
Senga udasonzesha: Rondera kumenya vyinshi gusumba ivyo
wahoramwo. Mugume muri maso, igihe cose umutima wawe uzoba
uri maso.
6Muvuge ijambo ryose ry'imana, nk'uko Imana izogufasha.
11.1.1.2.1.2.2.2.2.2.2016 2.2 Aho igikorwa c'ubutame kiri, ni ho
inyungu irushiriza kuba nziza.
7 Nimba ukunda abigishwa beza, ni igiki gikenguruka? Ahubwo
nyabuna, mugamburukire ababagirira nabi+ kandi mu buryo
bubereye+.
8 Igikomere cose ntikiranwa n'ububeyangana+; nimba ugushika
kw'iyo ngwara kwavuye kure, kubihindura mu buryo butoroshe+:
Nube inkerebutsi muri vyose nk'inzoka+, mugabo nta co bumara
nk'inuma+.
9 Kuko ari co gituma mugizwe n'umubiri n'impwemu+. Kugira ngo
uhindure ibintu biboneka mu maso hawe+.
10Kandi abatabonetse, musenge Imana, ibahishurire, kugira ngo
mugume mwipfuza mu kintu na kimwe, ariko iboneke mu ngabire
yose.
11 Ibihe biragusavye+, nk'uko umupilote w'indege arondera
umuyaga+; Uwuri mu kibanza c'umukuru w'igihugu, azoba arohewe;
Kugira ngo ushobore gushikira Imana.
12Mube nk'umugwanyi w'Imana; urugori rwakwakwako ni ukudapfa,
n'ubugingo budashira. Ivyo na vyo nyene ni vyo bikwegakwega
rwose. Muri vyose, nzokwibera icizere cawe muri vyose, n'amabobo
yanje, ivyo wakunze.
13 Ababoneka ko badakwiye gushimirwa+, ahubwo babigishe izindi
nyigisho+, bahungabanye umutima+. Muhagarare mushikamye kandi
mugumye mushikamye nk'uwutazokubitwa.
14 Ni umugwanyi w'intwari wo gukomereka, yamara
ugatsimbatazwa+. Ariko cane cane, dutegerezwa kwihanganira ibintu
vyose ku bw'Imana, kugira ngo ishobore kugendana natwe.
15 Uko bukeye uko bwije, uko bukeye uko bwije, rimbura ivy'ibihe+.
N'ukwizigira, We aganza ibihe vyose, ataboneka, ataboneka, ariko ku
bw'ivyo twiboneshotse, arikw'adashobora kubonekera kandi
adashobora kwishira imbere, ariko aradushikirwa n'imibabaro.
Yihanganira uburyo bwose kugira ngo turonke ubukiriro.
IKIGABANE CA 2
10 Abapfakazi ntiwirengagize+:Nube inyuma y'Imana, umurinzi
wabo+.
2 Ntihagire ikintu na kimwe gikorwe ata bumenyi n'igikorwa cawe+;
Nta kindi mukora atari ukugomba kw'Imana. Nk'uko nawe nyene
uvyifatamwo, n'ubudashima,
3 Amakoraniro yanyu nayuzuze+;Gume mubaze mu mazina yose+.
4 Ntuze wirengagize abagabo n'abasukukazi+; Ntibivyi
5 Kandi ntibagomba kwidegemvya ku bw'inyungu rusange+, ngo
ntibabe abashumba b'ivyipfuzo vyabo bwite+.
6 Nuhunge ingeso mbi; Ahubwo nyabuna, ntihagire ico mubivugako.
7 Mubwire bashiki bacu ko bakunda Umukama+; Kandi munezezwe
n'abagabo babo, baba ab'umubiri n'impwemu.
8 Mu buryo nk'ubwo nyene, ni muremeshe bene wacu+ mw'izina rya
Yezu Kristu+, kugira ngo bakunde abagore babo, nk'uko Nyene
Yehova+ ekleziya ari yo Yehova+.
9 Nimba hari umuntu yoshobora kuguma mu gihugu c'isugi+, ku
bw'icubahiro+ c'umubiri wa Kristu, nagume ata kwirata+. Ariko iyo
agandaye, arahema. Ariko rero, nimba ashaka kurushiriza
kuvyifatamwo neza kuruta uko uwo musenyeri ategerezwa
kuvyifatamwo neza.
10 Ariko rero, bose biraba nk'abagabo canke abagore, baba abagabo
canke abagore, bafatanije n'inama y'umwepiskopi, kugira ngo
umubano wabo ube uwuhimbawe n'ukwihebera Imana, atari mu
kuvyipfuza+.
11 Ibintu vyose bikorwe kugira ngo imana ininahazwe+.
12 Nimwumve musenyeri, kugira ngo namwe mwumve. Umutima
wanje urakwiye kuba maso ku bagamburukira Umwepiskopi wabo
n'abadiyakoni babo. Vyongeye, umugabane wanje uzoba ufitaniye
n'Imana yabo+.
13Korana n'abandi; 1.Gusenyera ku mugozi umwe, musenyera ku
mugozi umwe, Ryama hamwe, uvyure hamwe; Nk'abakozi b'Imana,
abasuku n'abakozi b'Imana.
14 Ndakwinginze, uwo murwana+ kandi uwo muronka impembo
yanyu. Ntihagire n'umwe muri mwebwe abonwa nk'umuragwa+
Ibatisimu yawe nagumeho nk'amaboko yawe. Nk'inkofero yawe,
nk'inkofero yawe; Ubuntu bwawe ni nk'icumu ryawe; Ukwihangana
kwawe ni nk'ibirwanisho vyawe vyose+
15 Ibikorwa vyawe nibibe ivyo+, kugira ngo uronke impembo
ibereye+. Nuko rero, mugiriranire ubwitonzi, nk'uko Imana ibana
namwe.
16 N'umunezero kuri wewe muri vyose.
IKIGABANE CA 3
1Ariko ishengero ry'i Antiyokiya ryo muri Siriya ni nk'uko nabwiwe,
bivuye ku masengesho yanyu. Vyongeye, nararushirije kugira
uruhoza kandi ntarinze kwitwararika Imana. Nimba ari ukwo biri,
nzoshikirwa n'imibabaro, nzoshikirwa n'Imana. Kugira ngo nshobore
kubonwa nk'umwigishwa wa Kristu.
2 Hazoba vyiza cane, wa Mugabo Polycarp+, guhamagara inama
y'abatowe+, no guhitamwo bamwe mubakunda bimwe vy'ukuri,
kandi ari n'uwihangana mu butamana+. N'intumwa y'Imana, Kugira
ngo agende i Siriya, na we azoshobora kuninahaza urukundo rwanyu
ruzira ubwishime, kugira ngo Kristu aninahazwe.
3 Umukirisu ntafise ububasha bwiwe bwite+ mugabo ategerezwa
kwama yisamaza ku bw'igikorwa c'Imana+. Ubu rero iki gikorwa ni
iy'Imana n'iyanyu: ni igihe muzoba mukoze neza.
4 Kuko nizigiye ubuntu ata wari abukwiriye bw'Imana+ yuko
muriteguriye igikorwa ciza cose kibereye mu Mwami wacu.
5 Ku bw'ivyo, kubera ko nzi ko mufitiye ukuri urukundo rwinshi+,
ndabahimiriza biciye kuri ayo makete magufi+.
6Ariko, nk'uko ntashoboye kwandikira amashengero yose, kuko
bukwi na bukwi nogira ubwato bukwi na bukwi, kuva i Tirowa
gushika i Nepoli. Ukwo ni ko n'itegeko ry'abahimbawe bagengwa
n'itegeko ry'abahimbawe. Mbega mwandikiye amashengero ari hafi
yanyu, nk'uko yigishije mu kugomba kw'Imana, kugira ngo na bo
nyene bamere nk'uko wipfuza?
7 Ababishoboye ni batume intumwa+; Abandi na bo barungikire
amakete yabo, babarungikire amakete yabo, kugira ngo muzohabwa
ubuninahazwa budashira, mwebwe mubereye.
8 Ndabaramukije mwese mw'izina+, canecane umugore wa
Epitropyo+, n'inzu yiwe yose n'abana biwe bose+. Ndaramukije
Adolphe n'umutima wanje wose.
9 Ndaramukije uwo wese yiyumviriye ko akwiye kurungika muri
Siriya+. Ubuntu nibube muri we, na Polycarp imutumako.
10 Ndakwipfurije ubuhirwe bwose mu Mana yacu Yezu Kristu+;
Imana ibandanye kunga ubumwe n'ubwiyunge.
11 Vyongeye, ndaramukije+ uwo nkunda+. Farewell in The Lord
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