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| Title Page, 2nd paragraph |
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| if there are faults they are the mistakes of men; wherefore, condemn not the things of God |
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| A Brief Explanation about the Book of Mormon |
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| a translation of Mormon’s abridgment of the Large Plates of Nephi |
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| he departed into the wilderness. And he left his house, and the land of his inheritance, and his gold, and his silver, and his precious things |
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| I did frankly forgive them all that they had done |
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| the love of God, which sheddeth itself abroad in the hearts of the children of men; wherefore, it is the most desirable above all things |
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| the large and spacious building, which thy father saw, is vain imaginations and the pride of the children of men |
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| the guilty taketh the truth to be hard, for it cutteth them to the very center |
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| Behold, these many years we have suffered in the wilderness, which time we might have enjoyed our possessions and the land of our inheritance; yea, and we might have been happy |
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| I, Nephi, did go into the mount oft, and I did pray oft unto the Lord; wherefore the Lord showed unto me great things |
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| the righteous need not fear, for they are those who shall not be confounded |
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| men are free according to the flesh; and all things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are free to choose |
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| do that thing which is great in the sight of God |
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Why am I angry because of mine enemy?
Awake, my soul! No longer droop in sin |
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| we will not have him to be our ruler; for it belongs unto us, who are the elder brethren, to rule over this people |
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Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart I have written my law, fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
I am he; yea, I am he that comforteth you. Behold, who art thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of man, who shall die |
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| feast upon that which perisheth not, neither can be corrupted |
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cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are free to act for yourselves—to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, reconcile yourselves to the will of God, and not to the will of the devil and the flesh |
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| Also I hear the voice of the Lord, saying: Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said: Here am I; send me |
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| Say ye not, A confederacy, to all to whom this people shall say A confederacy |
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| Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? As if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself |
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| pray unto the Father in the name of Christ, that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul |
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| They should have save it were one wife, and concubines they should have none, and there should not be whoredoms committed among them |
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| Offer your whole souls as an offering unto him |
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| for it is better that we be slaves to the Nephites than to pay tribute to the king of the Lamanites |
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| And yet, I being over-zealous to inherit the land of our fathers, collected as many as were desirous to go up to possess the land, and started again on our journey into the wilderness to go up to the land; but we were smitten with famine and sore afflictions; for we were slow to remember the Lord our God |
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thus they have taught their children that they should hate them, and that they should murder them, and that they should rob and plunder them
For this very cause has king Laman, by his cunning, and lying craftiness, and his fair promises, deceived me, that I have brought this my people up into this land, that they may destroy them |
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| he placed his heart upon his riches, and he spent his time in riotous living |
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| flesh becoming subject to the Spirit, or the Son to the Father, being one God, suffereth temptation, and yieldeth not to the temptation, but suffereth himself to be mocked, and scourged, and cast out, and disowned by his people |
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Damnation—
having gone according to their own carnal wills and desires |
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| the priests lifted up their voices against him, and began to accuse him, saying: He has reviled the king. Therefore the king was stirred up in anger against him, and he delivered him up that he might be slain |
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| Ye shall not esteem one flesh above another, or one man shall not think himself above another |
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| as often as my people repent will I forgive them their trespasses against me |
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| born again; yea, born of God, changed from their carnal and fallen state, to a state of righteousness |
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| I desire that this inequality should be no more in this land, especially among this my people; but I desire that this land be a land of liberty, and every man may enjoy his rights and privileges alike |
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| the priest, not esteeming himself above his hearers, for the preacher was no better than the hearer, neither was the teacher any better than the learner; and thus they were all equal |
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| there were envyings, and strife, and malice, and persecutions, and pride, even to exceed the pride of those who did not belong to the church of God |
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| why sayest thou that we preach unto this people to get gain, when thou, of thyself, knowest that we receive no gain? |
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| they do study at this time that they may destroy the liberty of thy people, (for thus saith the Lord) which is contrary to the statutes, and judgments, and commandments which he has given unto his people |
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| because I said unto them that they were a lost and a fallen people they were angry with me, and sought to lay their hands upon me |
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| Behold, the scriptures are before you; if ye will wrest them it shall be to your own destruction |
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Be it according to the will of the Lord. But, behold, our work is not finished; therefore they burn us not...
Know ye not that I have power to deliver you up unto the flames? And he commanded them to speak; but they answered nothing |
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| did preach against all lyings, and deceivings, and envyings, and strifes, and malice, and revilings, and stealing, robbing, plundering, murdering, committing adultery, and all manner of lasciviousness--crying that these things ought not so to be |
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| the light of everlasting life was lit up in his soul, yea, he knew that this had overcome his natural frame |
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| And, as it happened, it was their lot to have fallen into the hands of a more hardened and a more stiffnecked people |
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| And he also declared unto them that they might have the liberty of worshiping the Lord their God according to their desires |
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| I will give away all my sins to know thee |
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| I am a man, and do sin in my wish; for I ought to be content with the things which the Lord hath allotted unto me |
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| Now there was no law against a man’s belief; for it was strictly contrary to the commands of God that there should be a law which should bring men on to unequal grounds |
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| Behold, O my God, their costly apparel, and their ringlets, and their bracelets, and their ornaments of gold, and all their precious things which they are ornamented with; and behold, their hearts are set upon them, and yet they cry unto thee and say—We thank thee, O God, for we are a chosen people unto thee, while others shall perish |
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| do ye suppose that ye cannot worship God save it be in your synagogues only? |
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| for that same spirit which doth possess your bodies at the time that ye go out of this life, that same spirit will have power to possess your body in that eternal world |
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| when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God |
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| See that ye are not lifted up unto pride; yea, see that ye do not boast in your own wisdom, nor of your much strength |
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| Suffer not yourself to be led away by any vain or foolish thing |
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| and only let your sins trouble you, with that trouble which shall bring you down unto repentance |
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| we have not come out to battle against you that we might shed your blood for power; neither do we desire to bring any one to the yoke of bondage. But this is the very cause for which ye have come against us |
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| they grew proud, being lifted up in their hearts, because of their exceedingly great riches; therefore they grew rich in their own eyes, and would not give heed to their words, to walk uprightly before God |
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| it was his intention to gain favor with the armies of the Lamanites, that he might place himself at their head and dethrone the king and take possession of the kingdom |
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| thus Amalickiah, by his fraud, gained the hearts of the people |
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| he knew that Ammoron had a perfect knowledge of his fraud; yea, he knew that Ammoron knew that it was not a just cause that had caused him to wage a war against the people of Nephi |
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| Let us keep of our wine till we go against the Nephites to battle. But this saying only made them more desirous to drink of the wine |
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We would subject ourselves to the yoke of bondage if it were requisite with the justice of God, or if he should command us so to do.
But behold he doth not command us that we shall subject ourselves to our enemies, but that we should put our trust in him, and he will deliver us |
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| the Spirit of God, which is also the spirit of freedom which is in them |
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| he did flatter them, and also Kishkumen, that if they would place him in the judgment-seat he would grant unto those who belonged to his band that they should be placed in power and authority among the people; therefore Kishkumen sought to destroy Helaman |
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| there was peace also, save it were the pride which began to enter |
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Now this was a great evil, which did cause the more humble part of the people to suffer great persecutions, and to wade through much affliction.
Nevertheless they did fast and pray oft, and did wax stronger and stronger in their humility, and firmer and firmer in the faith of Christ, unto the filling their souls with joy and consolation, yea, even to the purifying and the sanctification of their hearts, which sanctification cometh because of their yielding their hearts unto God |
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| And because of this their great wickedness, and their boastings in their own strength, they were left in their own strength |
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| Yea, wo shall come unto you because of that pride which ye have suffered to enter your hearts, which has lifted you up beyond that which is good because of your exceedingly great riches |
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| I will, saith the Lord, that they shall hide up their treasures unto me; and cursed be they who hide not up their treasures unto me; for none hideth up their treasures unto me save it be the righteous |
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| Walk after the pride of your own hearts; yea, walk after the pride of your eyes, and do whatsoever your heart desireth—and if a man shall come among you and say this, ye will receive him, and say that he is a prophet |
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| for behold, God hath given unto you a knowledge and he hath made you free |
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| And many more things did the people imagine up in their hearts, which were foolish and vain |
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| to do the will, both of the Father and of the Son—of the Father because of me, and of the Son because of my flesh |
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| there was nothing in all the land to hinder the people from prospering continually, except they should fall into transgression |
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| Some were lifted up in pride, and others were exceedingly humble; some did return railing for railing, while others would receive railing and persecution and all manner of afflictions, and would not turn and revile again, but were humble and penitent before God |
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| all manner of iniquity, and to the puffing them up with pride, tempting them to seek for power, and authority, and riches, and the vain things of the world |
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| there was not any man who could do a miracle in the name of Jesus save he were cleansed every whit from his iniquity |
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| And again, how oft would I have gathered you as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings |
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| Behold, this is not my doctrine, to stir up the hearts of men with anger, one against another; but this is my doctrine, that such things should be done away |
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| And again I say unto you, ye must repent, and become as a little child, and be baptized in my name, or ye can in nowise receive these things |
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| And whoso shall declare more or less than this, and establish it for my doctrine, the same cometh of evil, and is not built upon my rock |
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| But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother shall be in danger of his judgment |
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| Go thy way unto thy brother, and first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come unto me with full purpose of heart, and I will receive you |
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| But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman, to lust after her, hath committed adultery already |
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swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne
Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool;
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair black or white;
But let your communication be Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever cometh of more than these is evil |
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ye shall not resist evil, but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also;
And if any man will sue thee at the law and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also;
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn thou not away.
And behold it is written also, that thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy;
But behold I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them who despitefully use you and persecute you;
That ye may be the children of your Father who is in heaven; for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good |
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| I would that ye should do alms unto the poor; but take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them |
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| when ye shall do your alms do not sound a trumpet before you |
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| when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret |
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For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
The light of the body is the eye; if, therefore, thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. |
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Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient is the day unto the evil thereof |
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| And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? |
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| Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, which leadeth to destruction |
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| Turn, all ye Gentiles, from your wicked ways; and repent of your evil doings, of your lyings and deceivings, and of your whoredoms, and of your secret abominations, and your idolatries, and of your murders, and your priestcrafts, and your envyings, and your strifes, and from all your wickedness and abominations, and come unto me, and be baptized in my name, that ye may receive a remission of your sins, and be filled with the Holy Ghost |
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| sorrowing of the damned, because the Lord would not always suffer them to take happiness in sin |
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| for it is the wicked that stir up the hearts of the children of men unto bloodshed |
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But behold, ye are gone, and my sorrows cannot bring your return.
O that ye had repented before this great destruction had come upon you. But behold, ye are gone, and the Father, yea, the Eternal Father of heaven, knoweth your state; and he doeth with you according to his justice and mercy |
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| Know ye that ye must lay down your weapons of war, and delight no more in the shedding of blood, and take them not again, save it be that God shall command you |
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| And for the space of three hours did the Lord talk with the brother of Jared, and chastened him because he remembered not to call upon the name of the Lord |
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| suffer not that these murderous combinations shall get above you, which are built up to get power and gain |
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| the people hardened their hearts, and would not hearken unto their words; and the prophets mourned and withdrew from among the people |
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if a man should lay his tool or his sword upon his shelf, or upon the place whither he would keep it, behold, upon the morrow, he could not find it, so great was the curse upon the land...
Shiz did not cease to pursue Coriantumr; for he had sworn to avenge himself upon Coriantumr of the blood of his brother, who had been slain...
And thus we see that the Lord did visit them in the fulness of his wrath, and their wickedness and abominations had prepared a way for their everlasting destruction |
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And on the morrow they fought even until the night came.
And when the night came they were drunken with anger, even as a man who is drunken with wine; and they slept again upon their swords |
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| for I had supposed not to have written any more; but I write a few more things, that perhaps they may be of worth unto my brethren |
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Moroni 6:8
(Ether 11:8)
(Mosiah 26:30) |
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| But as oft as they repented and sought forgiveness, with real intent, they were forgiven |
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| the Spirit of Christ is given to every man |
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| awful is the wickedness to suppose that God saveth one child because of baptism, and the other must perish because he hath no baptism |
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And the Lord will create upon every dwelling-place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for upon all the glory of Zion shall be a defence.
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and a covert from storm and from rain |
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| With joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation |
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| And blessed are all the pure in heart, for they shall see God |
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| no tongue can speak, neither can there be written by any man, neither can the hearts of men conceive so great and marvelous things as we both saw and heard Jesus speak; and no one can conceive of the joy which filled our souls at the time we heard him pray for us unto the Father |
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| And it shall come to pass that all lyings, and deceivings, and envyings, and strifes, and priestcrafts, and whoredoms, shall be done away |
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| the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble |
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| he could not tempt them; and they were sanctified in the flesh, that they were holy, and that the powers of the earth could not hold them |
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| And what is it that ye shall hope for? Behold I say unto you that ye shall have hope through the atonement of Christ and the power of his resurrection, to be raised unto life eternal, and this because of your faith in him according to the promise |
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I know that I am a visionary man; for if I had not seen the things of God in a vision I should not have known the goodness of God, but had tarried at Jerusalem, and had perished with my brethren.
But behold, I have obtained a bland of promise, in the which things I do rejoice; yea, and I know that the Lord will deliver my sons out of the hands of Laban, and bring them down again unto us in the wilderness. |
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| the people of the Lord shall not be ashamed. For the people of the Lord are they who wait for him |
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| Whosoever should believe that Christ should come, the same might receive remission of their sins, and rejoice with exceedingly great joy, even as though he had already come among them |
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| and they never could be prevailed upon to take up arms against their brethren; and they never did look upon death with any degree of terror, for their hope and views of Christ and the resurrection; therefore, death was swallowed up to them by the victory of Christ over it |
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| they rejoice and exult in the hope, and even know, according to the promises of the Lord, that they are raised to dwell at the right hand of God, in a state of never-ending happiness |
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| Nephi went his way towards his own house, pondering upon the things which the Lord had shown unto him |
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| being somewhat of a sober mind, therefore I was visited of the Lord, and tasted and knew of the goodness of Jesus |
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| I utterly refused to go up against mine enemies; and I did even as the Lord had commanded me; and I did stand as an idle witness to manifest unto the world the things which I saw and heard, according to the manifestations of the Spirit which had testified of things to come |
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| whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh of faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men |
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| Now the last words which are written by Ether are these: Whether the Lord will that I be translated, or that I suffer the will of the Lord in the flesh, it mattereth not, if it so be that I am saved in the kingdom of God. Amen. |
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| the peaceable followers of Christ, and that have obtained a sufficient hope by which ye can enter into the rest of the Lord, from this time henceforth until ye shall rest with him in heaven |
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