Sigaba 17
Sembulo lesaniketwa ngaJoseph Smith umPhrofethi ku-Oliver Cowdery, kuDavid Whitmer, kanye nakuMartin Harris, eFayette, eNew York, ngeNhlaba ngemnyaka we-1829, ngaphambi kwekutsi babone bongcwengcwe labacoshiwe labacuketse umbhalo ngeNcwadzi yaMormon. Joseph nembhali wakhe, Oliver Cowdery, bebatfole lwati ekuhumusheni bongcwengcwe beNcwadzi yaMormon lwekutsi bofakazi labatsatfu labakhetsekile bebatawukhetfwa (buka Etheri 5:2–4; 2 Nefi 11:3; 27:12). Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, naMartin Harris bachutjwa sifiso lesiphefumulelwe kutsi babe ngulabo bofakazi labatsatfu labakhetsekile. UmPhrofethi wabuta iNkhosi, lesembulo sabese siniketwa kuphendvula umbuto nge-Urimu neThumimu.
1–4, Ngelukholo boFakazi labatsatfu batawubabona bongcwengcwe naletinye tintfo letingcwele; 5–9, Khristu ufakaza ngeNcwadzi yaMormon kutsi ingulevela kuNkulunkulu.
1 Bukani, ngitsi kini, kumele netsembele evini lami, leniyawutsi uma nikwenta ngekutinikela lokuphelele, niyawukwati kubona bongcwengcwe, kanye nesivikelo sesifuba, nenkemba yaLabani, ne-Urimu neThumimu, lokwaniketwa umnakaboJaredi etikwentsaba, ngesikhatsi akhuluma neNkhosi buso nebuso, kanye nenkhombandlela lesimangaliso leyaniketwa Lehi ngesikhatsi basehlane, emnceleni weLwandle loluBovu.
2 Futsi kungenca yelukholo lwenu kutsi niyawukwati kutibona, ngisho ngalolo kholo lwebaphrofethi basemandvulo.
3 Emvakwekube senitfole lukholo, senitibonile nangemehlo enu, niyawufakaza ngato, ngemandla aNkulunkulu.
4 Futsi loku niyawukwenta kute inceku yami Joseph Smith, lomNcane, lungashabalaliswa lidvumela lwayo, kute ngifeze tinhloso tami letilungile kubantfwana bebantfu kulomsebenti.
5 Niyawufakaza kutsi nitibonile, njengobe nenceku yami Joseph Smith, lomNcane, atibonile; ngoba kungemandla ami kutsi ukwatile kutibona, futsi kungoba bekanelukholo.
6 Futsi uyihumushile lencwadzi, ngisho naleyo ncenye lengimyalete ngayo, futsi njengobe iNkhosi yenu naNkulunkulu wenu iphila kuliciniso.
7 Ngaloko-ke, niphiwe emandla lafanako, lukholo lolufanako, nesipho lesifanako njengaye;
8 Futsi uma niyigcina lemiyaleto yami yekugcina, lengininike yona, emasango esihogo angeke abuse ngekumelana nani; ngoba umusa wami unenele, futsi niyawuphakanyiswa ngelilanga lekugcina.
9 Futsi mine, Jesu Khristu, iNkhosi yenu naNkulunkulu wenu, ngikukhulumile loku kini, kute ngifeze tinhloso tami letilungile kubantfwana bebantfu. Amen.