1 Manje buka, bekute namunye lophilako emkhatsini wabo bonkhe bantfu bemaNefi lobekawangabata ngisho nakancane emavi abo bonkhe baphrofethi labangcwele labebakhulumile; ngoba bebati kutsi bekufanele kutsi agcwaliseke.

2 Futsi bebati kutsi bekufanele kutsi Khristu sewufikile, ngenca yetibonakaliso letinyenti lebetiniketiwe, ngekwemavi ebaphrofethi; nangenca yetintfo lebesetivele tentekile bebati kutsi bekufanele kutsi tonkhe tigcwaliseke njengobe bekukhulunyiwe

3 Ngako-ke atiyekela tonkhe tono tawo, kanye netinengiso tawo, nebugwadla bawo, bamsebentela Nkulunkulu ngako konkhe kukhutsala imini nebusuku.

4 Manje kwenteka kutsi ngesikhatsi sekatsetse tonkhe letigebengu taba tiboshwa, kangangekutsi kute namunye loweca kulebetingakabulawa, atiphonsa ejele tiboshwa tato, enta kutsi livi laNkulunkulu lishunyayelwe kuto; futsi tonkhe leto letaphendvuka etonweni tato taphindze tangena esivumelwaneni sekutsi betingeke tisaphindze tibulale betikhululwa.

5 Kodvwa tonkhe leto lebetingangeni esivumelwaneni, lebetisachubeka nekuba netimfihlo tekubulala etinhlitiyweni tato, yebo, tonkhe leto lebetitfolakala tisongela bomnakabo betibekwa licala futsi tijeziswe ngekwemtsetfo.

6 Futsi ngaleyo ndlela awacedza onkhe lawo macembu ebubi, layimfihlo kanye nalatinengiso, lobekukhona kuwo bubi lobukhulu kakhulu, kanye nekubulala lokunyenti kakhulu lobekwentiwa.

7 Waphela kanjalo-ke umnyaka wemashumi lababili nakubili, nemnyaka wemashumi lamabili nakutsatfu, nemnyaka wemashumi lamabili nakune, nemnyaka wemashumi lamabili nesihlanu; futsi yendlula kanjalo-ke iminyaka lengemashumi lamabili nesihlanu.

8 Futsi besekukhona tintfo letinyenti lebesetentekile, emehlweni alabanye, letatingaba nguletinkhulu naletimangalisako; noko, angeke tibhalwe tonkhe kulencwadzi; yebo, lencwadzi angeke ikwati kucukatsa ngisho incenye yalokulikhulu yaloko lokwentiwa emkhatsini walabantfu labanyenti kangaka esikhatsini lesingangeminyaka lengemashumi lamabili nesihlanu.

9 Kodvwa buka kukhona imibhalo lecuketse tonkhe tento talabantfu; futsi indzaba lemfisha naleliciniso yaniketwa nguNefi.

10 Ngako-ke ngente umbhalo wami waletintfo ngekwembhalo waNefi, lowawucoshwe kubongcwengcwe labebabitwa ngekutsi bongcwengcwe baNefi.

11 Futsi buka, ngenta lombhalo kubongcwengcwe lengibente ngetami tandla.

12 Futsi buka, ngibitwa ngekutsi nginguMormon, ngibitwa ngelive laMormon, live Alma lasungula kulo libandla emkhatsini webantfu, yebo, libandla lekucala lelasungulwa emkhatsini wabo emvakwesiphambeko sabo.

13 Buka, ngingumfundzi waJesu Khristu, iNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu. Ngibitwe nguye kutsi ngimemetele livi lakhe emkhatsini webantfu bakhe, kute babe nekuphila lokuphakadze.

14 Futsi kudzingekile kutsi mine, ngekwentsandvo yaNkulunkulu, kute imithandazo yalabo lasebendlulile, labebangcwele, igcwaliseke ngekwelukholo lwabo, kumele ngente umbhalo waletintfo lesetentiwe—

15 Yebo, umbhalo lomncane waloko lokwenteka kusukela ngesikhatsi Lehi esuka eJerusalema, kwehle kute kufike kulesikhatsi samanje.

16 Ngako-ke ngenta umbhalo wami ngiwususela etindzabeni letaniketwa ngulabo labebangaphambi kwami, kute kufike ekucaleni kwelilanga lami.

17 Futsi emvakwaloko ngenta nembhalo wetintfo lengitibone ngewami emehlo.

18 Futsi ngiyati umbhalo lengiwentako ngumbhalo locondze ngco futsi loliciniso; noko kukhona tintfo letinyenti, ngekwelulwimi lwetfu, lesingakhoni kutibhala.

19 Manje sengenta siphetfo senkhulumo yami, lokungeyami lucobo, futsi ngichubeka nekunika indzaba yami ngetintfo letenteka ngaphambi kwami.

20 NginguMormon, ngisitukulwane lesimsulwa saLehi. Nginesizatfu sekudvumisa Nkulunkulu wami kanye neMsindzisi wami Jesu Khristu, kutsi wakhipha bokhokho betfu eveni laseJerusalema, (futsi kute namunye lobekati ngaphandle kwakhe kanye nalabo labakhipha kulelo live) nekutsi unike mine nebantfu bakitsi lwati lolunyenti kangaka kute kusindziswe imiphefumulo yetfu.

21 Ngempela uyibusisile indlu yakaJakobe, waba nemusa kuyo intalelwane yaJosefa.

22 Futsi nangabe bantfwana baLehi bayigcinile imiyaleto yakhe ubabusisile waphindze wabaphumelelisa njengekwelivi lakhe.

23 Yebo, nakanjani insali yentalelwane yaJosefa uyawuphindze ayiholele ekuyatini iNkhosi Nkulunkulu wabo.

24 Futsi nakanjani njengobe iNkhosi iphila, itawuyigcogca emagumbini lamane emhlaba yonkhe insali yentalelwane yakaJakobe, lehlakatwe yakhishelwa ngaphandle emhlabeni wonkhe.

25 Futsi njengobe yente sivumelwano nayo yonkhe indlu yakaJakobe, kanjalo nesivumelwano lavumelane ngaso nendlu yakaJakobe siyawugcwaliseka ngesikhatsi sayo lesifanele, kute kubuyiselwe yonkhe indlu yakaJakobe ekwatini ngesivumelwano lavumelene ngaso nabo.

26 Futsi emvakwaloko bayawumati uMhlengi wabo, longuJesu Khristu, iNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu; emvakwaloko bayawugcogcwa kuwo omane emagumbi emhlaba bayiswe emaveni abo, lapho bebahlakatwe kusuka khona; yebo, njengobe iNkhosi iphila kuyawuba njalo. Amen.