Ko e tohi ʻa Ignatius ki Polycarp VAHE 1 1 Ignatius, ʻa ia ʻoku ui foki ko Theophorus, ki Polycarp, ko e pisope ʻo e Siasi ʻoku ʻi Smyrna; honau leʻo, ka naʻe ʻikai ke ne fakatokangaʻi ʻe ia ʻa e ʻOtua ko e Tamai, mo e ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi: ʻa e fiefia kotoa pe. 2 ʻI heʻeku ʻiloʻi ko ia ʻa ho ʻatamaí ki he ʻOtuá, ʻoku tuʻu maʻu ia ʻo hangē ko e nofo ʻi ha maka taʻe-faʻa-ueʻi; ʻOku ou ʻoatu ʻa e fakafetaʻi lahi, ko ia kuo pehē ai ʻoku ou taau ke mamata ki ho fofonga monūʻiá, ʻa ia te u fiefia maʻu ai pē ʻi he ʻOtuá. 3 Ko ia ʻoku ou kole ai kiate koe ʻi he ʻaloʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa ia kuó ke kofu ʻakí, ke ke vivili atu ki muʻa ʻi ho halá, pea naʻinaʻi ki he kakai kehe kotoa pē ke fakamoʻui ʻa kinautolu. 4 Tauhi maʻu ho tuʻungá ʻi he tokanga kotoa pē ki he kakanó mo e laumālié fakatouʻosi: ʻAi ke hoko ia ko hoʻo feinga ke fakatolonga ʻa e uouangatahá, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa ʻe toe lelei ange. Kātakiʻi ʻa e kakai kotoa pē, ʻo hangē pē ko e ʻEikí kiate koé. 5 Poupouʻi ʻa e taha kotoa ʻi he ʻofa, ʻo hange foki ko koe. Lotu taʻetuku: kole ke lahi ange hoʻo mahinó ʻi he meʻa kuó ke ʻosi maʻú. Tokanga, ʻo ʻāʻā maʻu pē ho laumālié. 6 Lea ki he tokotaha kotoa pē ʻo fakatatau mo e meʻa ʻe malava ʻe he ʻOtuá ke ke maʻú. Kātakiʻi ʻa e ngaahi vaivai ʻo e kakai kotoa pē, ko ha sōtia haohaoa; ʻi he feituʻu ʻoku lahi ai e ngaue, ʻoku lahi ange ʻa e koloa. 7 Kapau te ke ʻofa ki he kau ākonga leleí, ko e hā ʻa e fakamālō? Ka ke moʻulaloa kiate koe ʻa kinautolu ʻoku toko uangofulu, ʻi he angamalu. 8 ʻOku ʻikai fakamoʻui ʻa e kafo kotoa pe ʻaki ʻa e sima tatau: Kapau ʻe vehement ʻa e accessions ʻo e mahaki, liliu kinautolu ʻaki ha fulifulihi molu: ke ke ʻi he meʻa kotoa pe ʻo hange ha ngata, ka ʻoku ʻikai fakatuʻutamaki ʻo hange ha lupe. 9 Ko hono ʻuhinga ʻeni ʻoku faʻu ai ʻa e kakanó mo e laumālié; koeʻuhi ke ke liliu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ko ia ʻoku ha ʻi ho ʻao. 10 Pea ko kinautolu ʻoku ʻikai mamata ki aí, lotu ki he ʻOtuá ke ne fakahā ia kiate koe, koeʻuhí ke ʻoua naʻá ke fie maʻu ha meʻa kae lahi ʻi he meʻa-foaki kotoa pē. 11 ʻOku fie maʻu koe ʻe he ngaahi taimi, ʻo hange ko e kau pailate ʻa e matangi; pea ko ia ia ʻoku felīliaki ʻi ha afā, ko e hūfangaʻanga ʻa ia te ne ʻi aí; koeʻuhí ke ke lava ʻo maʻu ʻa e ʻOtuá. 12 Anga-fakamotuʻa ʻo hangē ko e liʻaki ʻa e ʻOtuá: ko e kalauni kuo fokotuʻu kiate koé ko e moʻui taʻe-faʻa-maté, mo e moʻui taʻengatá; ʻa ia ʻoku ke fakalotoʻi kakato foki. Te u fakapapauʻi ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, mo hoku ngaahi haʻi, ʻa ia kuó ke ʻofa aí. 13 ʻOua naʻa uesia koe ʻe kinautolu ʻoku ngali taau mo e lāngilangí, kae akoʻi ʻa e ngaahi tokāteline kehé. Tuʻu maʻu mo taʻeueʻia, ʻo hange ko e anvil ʻi he taimi ʻoku taaʻi ai. 14 Ko e konga ia ʻo ha sōtia loto-toʻa ke kafo, ka ʻoku kei ikunaʻi pē. Kae tautautefito ki heʻetau kātakiʻi ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē koeʻuhí ko e ʻOtuá, koeʻuhí ke ne kātakiʻi kitautolu. 15 ʻAi ke lelei ange ʻa e ʻaho kotoa pē ʻi he meʻa kehé: fakakaukau ki he taimí; pea ʻamanaki mai kiate ia, ʻa ia ʻoku māʻolunga ange ʻi he kuonga kotoa pē, ʻoku taʻengata, ʻoku ʻikai lava ke mamata ki aí, ka koeʻuhí ko kitautolu naʻe hā mai: ʻo taʻe-malava, mo fakaʻatuʻi, ka kuo tau moʻulaloa ki he ngaahi mamahí; katakiʻi ʻa e faʻahinga founga kotoa pe ki hotau fakamoʻui. VAHE 2 1 ʻOua naʻa liʻaki ʻa e kau uitoú: mou muimui ki he ʻOtuá, ko honau tauhi. 2 Tuku ke ʻoua naʻa fai ha meʻa taʻekau ai ʻa hoʻomou ʻiló mo hoʻomou loto ki aí; pea ʻoua foki naʻá ke fai ha meʻa kae fakatatau pē ki he finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá; ʻo hange foki ko thou dost, ʻi he tuʻu maʻu kotoa pe. 3 Tuku ke kakato ange hoʻomou ngaahi fakatahaʻangá: fakaʻekeʻeke ki he kakai kotoa pē ʻi honau hingoá. 4 ʻOua naʻá ke taʻefakatokangaʻi ʻa e kau tangatá mo e kau tamaioʻeikí; pea ʻoua foki naʻa fakafuofuolahi ʻa kinautolu: kae tuku ke nau moʻulaloa lahi ange ki he fakamālō ʻa e ʻOtuá, koeʻuhí ke nau maʻu meiate ia ha tauʻatāina ʻoku lelei angé. 5 ʻOua naʻa tuku ke nau holi ke fakatauʻatāinaʻi ʻa kinautolu ʻi he totongi kakaí, ke ʻoua naʻa nau hoko ko e kau pōpula ki heʻenau ngaahi holi ʻanautolú. 6 Hola mei he ngaahi ʻaati koví; pe ko haʻo lau ki ai.
7 Pehē ki hoku ngaahi tokouá, ʻoku nau ʻofa ki he ʻEikí; pea fiemālie ki honau ngaahi husepāniti ʻonautolú, ʻi he kakanó mo e laumālié fakatouʻosi. 8 ʻI he founga tatau, naʻinaʻi ki hoku ngaahi tokouá, ʻi he huafa ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí, ke nau ʻofa ʻi honau ngaahi uaifí, ʻo hangē foki ko e ʻEiki ko e Siasí. 9 Kapau ʻe lava ʻe ha tangata ʻo nofo ʻi ha tuʻunga tāupoʻou, ki he ngeia ʻo e kakano ʻo Kalaisí, tuku ke ne nofo taʻe ha pōlepole; ka ʻo kapau te ne pōlepole, ʻe taʻofi ia. Pea kapau ʻokú ne fie maʻu ke fakatokangaʻi lahi ange ia ʻi he pīsopé ʻoku kovi ia. 10 Ka ʻoku hoko ʻa e kakai kotoa pē ʻo hangē ko e malí, ʻo tatau ai pē pe ʻe fakataha mai ʻa e tangatá pe fefiné ʻi he loto ki ai ʻa e pīsopé, koeʻuhí ke fakatatau ʻenau malí ki he anga faka-ʻOtuá, kae ʻikai ʻi he holi koví. 11 Tuku ke fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē ki he ngeia ʻo e ʻOtuá. 12 Tokanga ki he pīsopé, koeʻuhí ke tokanga foki ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kimoutolu. ʻOku maluʻi hoku laumalie ʻe kinautolu ʻoku tukulolo ki heʻenau pisope, fakataha mo ʻenau kau tikoni mo e kau tikoni. Pea ʻofa ke fakataha ʻeku tufakanga mo kinautolu ʻi he ʻOtuá. 13 Fetokoniʻaki; fakakikihi fakataha, lele fakataha, faingataʻaʻia fakataha; mohe fakataha, pea tuʻu fakataha; ʻi heʻenau hoko ko e kau tauhi, mo e kau pule, mo e kau faifekau ʻa e ʻOtua. 14 Kātaki muʻa kiate ia ʻoku mou tauʻí, pea mo ia ʻoku mou maʻu mei ai homou vāhengá. Tuku ke ʻoua naʻa ʻilo ha taha ʻiate kimoutolu ko ha tokotaha liʻuaki; kae tuku ke tolonga ʻa ho papitaisó, ʻo hangē ko ho nimá; ʻa hoʻomou tui, ʻo hange ko homou tata; hoʻomou ʻofa fakaKalaisi, ʻo hange ko hoʻomou tao; hoʻomou faʻa kataki, ʻo hange ko hoʻomou mahafu tau kotoa. 15 Tuku ke hoko hoʻomou ngaahi ngāué ko homou fatongia, koeʻuhi ke mou maʻu ha pale feʻungamālie. Ko ia mou kātaki fuoloa ʻiate kimoutolu ʻi he angamalū: ʻo hangē ko e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kimoutolú. 16 Tuku ke u fiefia ʻiate kimoutolu ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē. VAHE 3 1 Ko ʻeni ko e meʻa ki he siasi ʻo ʻAniteoke ʻi Sīliá, ʻoku hangē ko hono fakahā mai kiate au, ʻi hoʻomou ngaahi lotú; Kuo fakafiemālieʻi mo taʻe tokanga lahi ange foki mo au ki he ʻOtuá; kapau te u lava ʻo maʻu ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi heʻeku mamahí; koeʻuhí ke fakafou ʻi hoʻomou ngaahi lotú ʻa hono ʻiloʻi au ko ha ākonga ʻa Kalaisi. 2 ʻE feʻunga ʻaupito, ʻa kimoutolu ʻoku taau taha, ke ui ha fakataha alelea kuo fili, pea fili ha taha ʻoku mou ʻofa lahi ai, pea ʻoku faʻa kataki ʻi he ngaue; koeʻuhí ke ne hoko ko e talafekau ʻa e ʻOtuá; pea koeʻuhi ke ne ʻalu atu ki Silia, te ne fakalangilangiʻi ʻa hoʻomou ʻofa taʻetuku, ki he fakafetaʻi ʻa Kalaisi. 3 ʻOku ʻikai maʻu ʻe ha Kalisitiane ʻa e mālohi ʻoʻoná: ka kuo pau ke ʻataʻatā maʻu pē ki he ngāue ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko ʻeni ko e ngāué ni ʻoku ʻa e ʻOtuá mo hoʻomou ngāué fakatouʻosi: ʻo ka mou ka fakahaohaoaʻi ia. 4 He ʻoku ou falala ʻi he ʻaloʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku mou mateuteu ai ki he ngāue lelei kotoa pē ʻoku feʻunga mo kimoutolu ʻi he ʻEikí. 5 ʻI heʻeku ʻiloʻi ko ia hoʻomou ʻofa fakamātoato ki he moʻoní, kuó u naʻinaʻi atu ai ʻi he fanga kiʻi tohi nounoú ni. 6 Ka ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻikai te u lava ʻo tohi ki he ngaahi siasí kotoa, koeʻuhí he kuo pau ke u folau fakafokifā mei Talosi ki Neapolisi; he ʻoku pehē ʻa e fekau ʻa kinautolu ʻoku ou moʻulaloa ki ai ʻi heʻenau faʻitelihá; ʻoku mou tohi ki he ngaahi siasi ʻoku ofi atu kiate kimoutolú, ʻo hangē ko hono fakahinohinoʻi ʻi he finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá, koeʻuhí ke nau fai pehē foki. 7 Tuku ke fekau atu ʻe kinautolu ʻoku faʻa talafekaú ha kau talafekau; pea tuku ke ʻoatu ʻe hono toé ʻa ʻenau ngaahi tohí ʻe kinautolu ʻe ʻoatu meiate koé: koeʻuhí ke fakanāunauʻiaʻi koe ʻo aʻu ki he taʻengatá kotoa, ʻa ia ʻokú ke taau mo iá. 8 ʻOku ou fakaʻapaʻapa ki he hingoa kotoa pē, tautautefito ki he uaifi ʻo ʻEpitropus, mo hono falé mo e fānaú kotoa. ʻOku ou fakaʻapaʻapa ki Attalus hoku ʻofaʻanga. 9 ʻOku ou fakafetaʻi kiate ia ʻe pehē ʻoku taau ke fekauʻi atu ʻe kimoutolu ki Sīliá. Tuku ke ʻiate ia ʻa e ʻaloʻofa, pea mo Polycarp ʻoku ne fekauʻi mai ia. 10 ʻOku ou fakaʻamu ke mou maʻu ʻa e fiefia kotoa pē ʻi hotau ʻOtua ko Sīsū Kalaisí; ʻa ia ʻoku hokohoko atu, ʻi he uouangataha mo e maluʻi ʻa e ʻOtua. 11 ʻOku ou fakaʻapaʻapa kia ʻAlisa hoku ʻofaʻangá. Nofo ā ʻi he ʻEikí.