15. For we have assistance from heaven, and we have been delivered, and our enemies have been humbled.
16. And so, we have chosen Numenius, the son of Antiochus, and Antipater, the son of Jason, and we have sent them to the Romans, to renew the former peace treaty and alliance with them.
17. And so, we have commanded them to also come to you, and to greet you, and to deliver our letters to you, about the renewal of our brotherhood.
18. And now, you would do well to respond to us about these things."
19. And this is a copy of the letters that he sent to Onias:
20. "Arius, king of the Spartans, to Onias, the great priest: greetings.