3 ʻE Tiofilusi lelei, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻeku kumi fakatotolo ki he meʻa kotoa pē talu hano kamataʻanga, ʻoku ou loto ai ke u tohi fakaholo atu ia kiate koe,
4 Koeʻuhi ke ke ʻilo hono moʻoni ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ko ia, ʻaia kuo akonekina ai koe.
5 NAʻE ai ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Helota, ko e tuʻi ʻo Siutea, ʻae taulaʻeiki ʻe taha, ʻi he lakanga ʻo ʻApia, ko Sakalaia hono hingoa: pea ko hono uaifi naʻe mei he ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo ʻElone, pea ko ʻIlisapeti hono hingoa.
6 Pea naʻa na angatonu fakatouʻosi pe he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua, ʻo na ʻalu taʻehala ʻi he ngaahi fekau mo e tuʻutuʻuni kotoa pē ʻae ʻEiki.
7 Pea naʻe ʻikai haʻana tama, koeʻuhi naʻe paʻa ʻa ʻIlisapeti, pea kuo na motuʻa fakatouʻosi pe.
8 Pea pehē, ʻi heʻene fai ki he ngāue fakataulaʻeiki, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua, ʻi he lakanga ʻo hono vahe,
9 Ko hono lakanga, ʻo hangē ko hono anga ʻoe ngāue fakataulaʻeiki, ke tutu ʻae meʻa namu lelei ʻi heʻene hū ki he potu tapu ʻae ʻEiki.
10 Pea naʻe lotu ʻae fuʻu kakai kotoa pē ʻituʻa, ʻi he lolotonga ʻae tutu ʻoe ʻakau namu lelei.
11 Pea naʻe hā mai kiate ia ha ʻāngelo ʻae ʻEiki, ʻoku tuʻu ia ʻi he potu fakatoʻomataʻu ʻoe ʻesifeilaulau ʻoe ʻakau namu lelei.
