1Ignatius, who is also Theophorus, unto her that is beloved by Elohim (God) the Father of Yahusha HaMashiach (Jesus Christ); to the holy church which is in Tralles of Asia, elect and worthy of Elohim (God), having peace in flesh and spirit through the passion of Yahusha HaMashiach (Jesus Christ), who is our hope through our resurrection unto Him; which church also I salute in the Divine plenitude after the apostolic fashion, and I wish her abundant greeting. I have learned that ye have a mind unblameable and stedfast in patience, not from habit, but by nature, according as Polybius your bishop informed me, who by the will of Elohim (God) and of Yahusha HaMashiach (Jesus Christ) visited me in Smyrna; and so greatly did he rejoice with me in my bonds in HaMashiach Yahusha (Christ Jesus), that in him I beheld the whole multitude of you. Having therefore received your godly benevolence at his hands, I gave glory, forasmuch as I had found you to be imitators of Elohim (God), even as I had learned.
2For when ye are obedient to the bishop as to Yahusha HaMashiach (Jesus Christ), it is evident to me that ye are living not after men but after Yahusha HaMashiach (Jesus Christ), who died for us, that believing on His death ye might escape death. It is therefore necessary, even as your wont is, that ye should do nothing without the bishop; but be ye obedient also to the presbytery, as to the Apostles of Yahusha HaMashiach (Jesus Christ) our hope; for if we live in Him, we shall also be found in Him. And those likewise who are deacons of the mysteries of Yahusha HaMashiach (Jesus Christ) must please all men in all ways. For they are not deacons of meats and drinks but servants of the Church of Elohim (God). It is right therefore that they should beware of blame as of fire.