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Show wee - “ Aamtad a ed ae Orne ene s See ; 4 > and the statutes. But have no King; hevertheless, Wherefore, God, they be pleased with to take away my life, the word of the . bien ee Sie* mine engravings which are upon these plates. And if my people desire to know the more. par- other plates. And it sufficeth me to say, that forty years bad C¢ away, and we had already had wars passed with our brethren. the time that they Wherefore, of licular_pathert.of history of my people, they iiust search mine he spake concerning them, that I should be their ruler and their teacher: el herefore, I had been their ruler and their teacher, according sought I, Nephi, to be obedient to the commandments the Lord, went and made these plates upon which { have engraven these things. - And I engravened that which is pleasing unto God. And if my people be pleased with the things of And behold, the words of the to the“Commandments of the Lord, until . 0. ern which are good in my sight, for the profit of thy people.— according to Lord had been fiulfilled unto my brethren, which nl: a other plates; and: thou shalt engraven many things upon them ; I did do for them ° And it came to pass that [, Nephi, did consecrate Jacob and: Joseph, that they should be priests and teachers over the land of my people. And it came to pass that we lived after the manner of happiness. And thirty years had passed away from the time we left Jerusalem. And I, Nephi, had kept the records upon my plates, which I had made of my people thus far. And it came to pass that the Lord God said unto me, Make I, Nephi, was desirous that they should that which was in my power. | membrance of me; and inasmuch as they will not remember me, and hearken unto my words, they shall scourge them ever , unto destruction. 5) maa came to pass that I, Nephi, did cause my people that ey should be mdustrious, and that they should labor with their hands, And it came to pass that they would that I should be their King. is derness for beasts of prey. And the Lord God said unto me, they shall be a scourge unto thy seed, to stir them up in re- lest by any means the people which wére now called Lamanites, should come upon us and destroy us: for I knew thei hatred towards-me and” my children, and they) which were called my people. And I.did.teach my people, that they should build buildings ; and that they should work. in all manner of wood, and of iron, and of copper, and of brass, and of steel, and of gold, and of silver, and of precious ores, which Were in great abundance. And I, Nephi, did build a temple; and I did construct it after the manner of the temple of Solo_ mon, savett were not built of so many precious things: for Ki they were not to be found upon the land; wherefore, it could » hot be built like unto Solomon’s temple. But the mantier of 'y the construction was like unto the temple of Solomon; and the workmanship thereof was exceeding fine. See ls A Qk Met 8 ee OR t eeelt, oe Set oF, Regist Value Set RS soft SR aed PRs * ey ae eee | oh and contentiers \ &, + : ae ese eas Se See ; Masel and to multiply in the land. And I, Nephi, did take the sword of Laban, and after the manner of it did make many swords. « ea Pk oF: wt, , ae Pass ae shal ae = a ees M2 SN eeeaCe tales as 5 c ‘ ; aarti Ue . es ee - | And it came to pass that we be gan to prosper exceedingly, me a aes my father, by the hand of the Lord, according to that which is written. a eR CE cn loathsome unto thy people, save they shall repent of their mAnd cursed shall be the seed of him that mixeth with quities. their seed: for they shall be cursed even with the same curAnd because And the Lord spake it, and itwas done. sing. of their cursing which was upon them, they did become an idle people, full of mischief and subtlety, and did seek in the wil- for t o —_ And thus saith the Lord God, I will cause that they shall be plates of was prepared tz aTny a upon the Aan eel engraven where~ unto a flint; ee began to raise flocks, and And I, Nephi, had also and also the ball, or compass, which become like ~ brass; they had fore, as they were white, and exceeding fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people, therefore a Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them: + & brought the records which were that him, ? Page reap again in abundance. And we herds, and animals of eve ry kind. against : *i And we did observe and the commandments of the Lord, in all things. acc ording g to.| the law of Moses.| And the Lord was with us: and we did prosper exceedingly : lor we did sow seed, and we did eee he had caused the cur sing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of For behold, they had hardened their hearts, their iniquity.» he And were cut off from his presence. Sli And all they which were with me. we did call it Nephi. did take it upon them to call themselves the people of Nephi. ie asmuch as they.will not hearken unto thy words, they shall And behold, they be cut off from the presence of the Lord. _tore, to keep the judgments, ae Lord was fulfilled which he spake unto me, saying: ‘That in- And my peopl space of many days, we did pitch our tents. Nephi; where. place the of name the call should we that would eR3 NEPHI, ad OF aes BOOK * nas SECOND And after that we had journied for the Pa 27 . Meret ' oa vs NEPHI,. Reo ae OF ee space of many days. BOOK i sECOND ee a ——— ee ee ty. a ee ties ms . * AS ” - Se , |
