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this and endure to the end,
ye will in no wise be cast out. --
Behold,
I speak unto you as though I
spake
from the dead:
for I know that ye shall hear my words.
Condemn
me not because of mine
imperfection;
neither my father because of his
imperfection;
neither them which have written before him,
but rather give
thanks
unto God that he hath made manifest unto you our
imperfections,
that ye may learn to be more wise than that which we have been.
And now behold,
we have written this record according to our knowledge in the characters,
which are called among us the
reformed
Egyptian
being handed down and altered by us,
according to our manner of speech.
And if our
plates
had been sufficiently large,
we should have written in
Hebrew;
but the
Hebrew
hath been altered by us also;
and if we could have written in the
Hebrew,
behold,
ye would have had none
imperfection
in our record.
But the Lord
knoweth
the things which we have written,
and also that none other people
knoweth
our language;
and because that none other people
knoweth
our language,
therefore he hath prepared means for the
interpretation
thereof.
And these things are written,
that we may rid our garments of the blood of our
brethren
which have
dwindled
in unbelief.
And behold,
these things which we have desired
concerning
our
brethren,
yea,
even their restoration to the knowledge of Christ,
is according to the prayers of all the
saints
which have
dwelt
in the land.
And may the Lord Jesus Christ grant that their prayers may be answered according to their faith;
and may God the Father remember the covenant which he hath made with the house of
Israel;
and may he bless them forever,
through faith on the name of Jesus Christ.
Amen.
BOOK OF ETHER.
CHAPTER I.
And now I,
Moroni,
proceed to give an account of those ancient inhabitants which were destroyed by the hand of the Lord upon the face of this north country.
And I take mine account from the twenty and four
plates
which were found by the people of
Limhi,
which is called the
Book
of
Ether.
And as I suppose that the first part of this record,
which
speaketh
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concerning
the creation of the world,
and also of
Adam,
an account from that time even to the great tower,
and
whatsoever
things transpired among the children of men until that time,
is had among the
Jews,
therefore I do not write those things which transpired from the days of
Adam
until that time;
but they are had upon the
plates;
and
whoso
findeth
them,
the same will have power that he may get the full account.
But behold,
I give not the full account,
but a part of the account I give from the tower down until they were destroyed.
And on this wise do I give the account.
He that wrote this record was
Ether,
and he was a descendant of
Coriantor;
Coriantor
was the son of
Moron;
and
Moron
was the son of
Ethem;
and
Ethem
was the son of
Ahah;
and
Ahah
was the son of
Seth;
and
Seth
was the son of
Shiblon;
and
Shiblon
was the son of
Com;
and
Com
was the son of
Coriantum;
and
Coriantum
was the son of
Amnigaddah;
and
Amnigaddah
was the son of
Aaron;
and
Aaron
was a descendant of
Heth,
was the son of
Hearthom;
and
Hearthom
was the son of
Lib;
and
Lib
was the son of
Kish;
and
Kish
was the son of
Corom;
and
Corom
was
was the son of
Levi;
and
Levi
was the son of
Kim;
and
Kim
was the son of
Morianton;
and
Morianton
was a descendant of
Riplakish;
and
Riplakish
was the son of
Shez;
and
Shez
was the son of
Heth;
And
Heth
was the son of
Com;
and
Com
was the son of
Coriantum;
and
Coriantum
was the son of
Emer;
and
Emer
was the son of
Omer;
and
Omer
was the son of
Shule;
and
Shule
was the son of
Kib;
and
Kib
was the son of
Orihah,
which was the son of
Jared;
which
Jared
came forth with his brother and their families,
with some others and their families,
from the great tower,
at the time the Lord
confounded
the language of the people,
and swear in his
wrath
that they should be scattered upon all the face of the earth;
and according to the word of the Lord the people were scattered.
And the brother of
Jared,
being a large and a mighty man,
and being a man highly favored of the Lord;
for
Jared
his brother said unto him,
Cry unto the Lord,
that he will not
confound
us that we may not understand our words.
And it came to pass that the brother of
Jared
did cry unto the Lord,
and the Lord had compassion upon
Jared;
therefore he did not
confound
the language of
Jared;
and
Jared
and his brother were not
confounded.
Then
Jared
said unto his brother,
Cry again unto the Lord,
and it may be that he will turn away his anger from them which are our friends,
that he
confound
not
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their language.
And it came to pass that the brother of
Jared
did cry unto the Lord,
and the Lord had compassion upon their friends,
and their families also that they were not
confounded.
And it came to pass that
Jared
spake
again unto his brother,
saying,
go and inquire of the Lord whether he will drive us out of the land;
and if he will drive us out of the land,
cry unto him whither we shall go.
And who
knoweth
but the Lord will carry us forth into a land which is
choice
above all the earth.
And if it so be,
let us be faithful unto the Lord,
that we may receive it for our
inheritance.
And it came to pass that the brother of
Jared
did cry unto the Lord according to that which had been spoken by the mouth of
Jared.
And it came to pass that the Lord did hear the brother of
Jared,
and had compassion upon him,
and said unto him,
go to and
gather
together thy flocks,
both male and female,
of every kind;
and also of the seed of the earth of every kind,
and thy families;
and also
Jared
thy brother and his family;
and also thy friends and their families,
and the friend of
Jared
and their families.
And when thou hast done this,
thou shalt go at the head of them down into the
valley,
which is
northward.
And there will I meet thee,
and I will go before thee into a land which is
choice
above all the land of the earth.
And there will I bless thee and thy seed,
and raise up unto me of thy seed,
and the seed of thy brother,
and they which shall go with thee,
a great nation.
And there shall be none greater than the nation which I will raise up unto me of thy seed,
upon all the face of the earth.
And thus I will do unto thee because of this long time which ye have cried unto me.
And it came to pass that
Jared
and his brother,
and their families,
and also the friends of
Jared
and his brother,
and their families,
went down into the
valley
which was
northward,
(and the name of the
valley
was
Nimrod,
being called after the mighty
hunter,)
with their flocks which they had
gathered
together,
male and female,
of every kind.
And they did also lay snares and catch the
fowls
of the air;
and they did also prepare a vessel,
in the which they did carry with them the fish of the waters;
and they did also carry with them
deseret,
which by
interpretation,
is a
honey bee;
and thus they did carry with them
swarms
of
bees,
and all manner of that which was upon the face of the land,
seeds of every kind.
And it came to pass that when they did come down into the
valley
of
Nimrod,
the Lord came down and
talked
with the brother of
Jared;
and
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he was in a clo[u]d,
and the brother of
Jared
saw him not.
And it came to pass that the Lord commanded them that they should go forth into the wilderness,
yea,
into that
quarter
where there never had man been.
And it came to pass that the Lord did go before them and did
talk
with them as he stood in a cloud,
and gave directions,
whither they should travel. --
And it came to pass that they did travel in the wilderness,
and did build
barges,
in the which they did cross many waters being directed,
continually
by the hand of the Lord.
And the Lord would not suffer that they should stop beyond the sea in the wilderness,
but he would that they should come forth even unto the land of promise,
which was
choice
above all other lands,
which the Lord God had preserved for a righteous people;
and he had sworn in his
wrath
unto the brother of
Jared,
that
whoso
possess this land of promise,
from that time
henceforth
and forever,
should serve him,
the true and only God,
they should be
swept
off when the
fulness
of his
wrath
should come upon them.
And now we can behold the decrees of God
concerning
this land,
that is a land of promise,
and
whatsoever
nation shall possess it,
shall serve God,
or they shall be
swept
off when the
fulness
of his
wrath
shall come upon them.
And the
fulness
of his
wrath
cometh
upon them when they are
ripened
in
iniquity:
for behold,
this is a land which is
choice
above all other lands;
wherefore
he that
doth
possess it shall serve God,
or shall be
swept
off;
for it is the
everlasting
decrees of God.
And it is not until the
fulness
of
iniquity
among the children of the land,
that they are
swept
off.
And this
cometh
unto you,
O ye
Gentiles,
that ye may know the decrees of God,
that ye may
repent,
and not continue in your
iniquities
until the
fulness
be come,
that ye may not bring down the
fulness
of the
wrath
of God upon you,
as the inhabitants of the land
hitherto
done.
Behold,
this is a
choice
land,
and
whatsoever
nation shall possess it,
shall be
free
from
bondage,
and
captivity,
and from all other nations under the Heaven,
if they will but serve the God of the land,
which is Jesus Christ,
which hath been manifested by the things which we have written.
And now I proceed with my record:
for behold it came to pass that the Lord
did bring
Jared
and his
brethren
forth even to that great sea which
divideth
the lands.
And as they came to the sea,
they
pitched
their tents;
and they called the name of the place
Moriancumer;
and they
dwelt
in tents;
and
dwelt
in tents
upon the
seashore
for the space of four years.
And it came to pass
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at the end of the four years,
that the Lord came again unto the brother of
Jared,
and stood in a cloud and
talked
to him.
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.
And the brother of
Jared repented
him of upon the evil which he had done,
and did call upon the name of the Lord for his
breth[ren]
which were with him.
And the Lord said unto him,
I will forgive thee and thy
brethren
of their sins;
but thou shalt not sin any more,
for ye shall remember that my spirit will not always strive with man;
wherefore
if ye will sin until ye are
fully
ripe,
ye shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord.
And this is my thoughts upon the land which I shall give you for your
inheritance;
for it shall be a land
choice
above all other lands.
And the Lord said,
go to work and build,
after the manner of
barges
which ye have
hitherto
built.
And it came to pass that the brother of
Jared
did go to work,
and also his
brethren,
and built
barges
after the manner which they had built,
according to the instructions of the Lord.
And they were small,
and they were light upon the water;
and they were built after a manner that they were exceeding tight;
even that they would hold water like unto a dish;
and the bottom
thereof
was tight like unto a dish;
and the sides
thereof
was tight like unto a dish;
and the ends
thereof
were
peaked;
and the top
thereof
was tight like unto a dish;
and the length
thereof
was the length of a tree;
and the door
thereof,
when it was shut,
was tight like unto a dish.
And it came to pass that the brother of
Jared
cried unto the Lord,
saying:
O Lord,
I have performed the work which thou hast commanded me,
and I have made the
barges
according as thou hast directed me.
And behold,
O Lord,
in them there is no light,
whither shall we
steer. --
and also we shall perish,
for in them
we cannot
breathe,
save it is the air which is in them;
therefore
we shall perish.
And the Lord said unto the brother of
Jared,
Behold,
thou shalt make a hole in the top
thereof,
and also in the bottom
thereof;
and when thou shalt suffer for air,
thou shalt
unstop
the hole
thereof,
and receive air.
And if it so be that the water come in upon thee,
behold,
ye shall stop the hole
thereof,
that ye may not perish in the flood.
And it came to pass that the brother of
Jared
did so,
according as the Lord commanded.
And he cried again unto the Lord,
saying,
O Lord,
behold I have done even as thou hast commanded me;
and I have prepared
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the vessels for my people,
and behold,
there is no light in them.
Behold,
O Lord,
wilt
thou suffer that we shall cross this great water in darkness?
And the Lord said unto the brother of
Jared,
what will ye that I should do that ye may have light in your vessels?
For behold,
ye cannot have
windows,
for they will be
dashed
in pieces;
neither shall ye take fire with you,
for ye shall not go by the light of the fire:
for behold,
ye shall be as a
whale
in the midst of the sea;
for the mountain
waves
shall
dash
upon you.
Nevertheless,
I will bring you up again out of the
depths
of the sea:
for the winds have gone out of my mouth,
and also the
rains
and the floods have I sent forth.
And behold,
I prepare you against these things:
for
howbeit,
ye cannot cross this great deep,
save I prepare you against the
waves
of the sea,
and the winds which have gone forth,
and the floods which shall come. --
Therefore
what will ye that I should prepare for you,
that ye may have light when ye are
swallowed
up in the
depths
of the sea?
And it came to pass that the brother of
Jared,
(now the number of the vessels which had been prepared,
was eight,)
went forth unto the
mount,
which they called the
mount
Shelem,
because of its exceeding height,
and did
moulten
out of a rock sixteen small stones;
and they were light and clear,
even as transparent
glass;
and he did carry them in his hands upon the top of the
mount,
and cried again unto the Lord,
saying,
O Lord,
thou hast said that we must be
encompassed
about by the floods.
Now behold,
O Lord,
and do not be
angry
with thy servant because of his weakness before thee:
for we know that thou art holy,
and
dwellest
in the heavens,
and that we are
unworthy
before thee:
because of the fall,
our natures have become evil
continually;
nevertheless,
O Lord,
thou hast given us a commandment that we must call upon thee,
that from thee we may receive according to our desires.
Behold,
O Lord,
thou hast
smitten
us because of our
iniquity,
and hath driven us forth,
and for this many years we have been in the wilderness;
nevertheless,
thou hast been merciful unto us.
O Lord,
look upon me in
pity,
and turn away
thine
anger from this thy people,
and suffer it not that they shall go forth across this raging deep in darkness,
but behold these things which I have
moulten
out of the rock. --
And I know,
O Lord,
that thou hast all power,
and can do
whatsoever
thou
wilt
for the benefit of man;
therefore touch these stones,
O Lord,
with thy
finger,
and prepare them that
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they may shine forth in darkness;
and they shall shine forth unto us in the vessels which we prepared,
that we may have light while we cross the sea.
Behold,
O Lord,
thou
canst
do this.
We know that thou art able to shew forth great power,
which
looks
small unto the understanding of men.
And it came to pass that when the brother of
Jared
had said those words,
behold,
the Lord
stretched
forth his hand and
touched
the stones,
one by one,
with his
finger;
and the veil was taken from off the eyes of the brother of
Jared,
and he saw the
finger
of the Lord;
and it was as the
finger
of a man,
like unto flesh and blood;
and the brother of
Jared
fell down before the Lord,
for he was struck with fear.
And the Lord saw that the brother of
Jared
had fallen to the earth;
and the Lord said unto him,
Arise,
Why hast thou fallen down?
And he saith unto the Lord,
I saw the
finger
of the Lord,
and I feared lest he should
smite
me:
for I knew not that the Lord had flesh and blood.
And the Lord said unto him,
because of thy faith thou hast seen that I shall take upon me flesh and blood,
and never has man come before me with such exceeding faith as thou hast:
for were it... so,
ye could not have seen my
finger.
Sawest
thou more than this?
And he answered,
Nay,
Lord,
shew thyself
unto me.
And the Lord said unto him,
Believest
thou the words which I shall speak?
And he answered,
yea,
Lord,
I know that thou
speakest
the truth,
for thou art a God of truth,
and
canst
not
lie.
And when he had said these words,
behold,
the Lord
shewed
himself unto him,
and said,
because thou
knowest
these things,
ye are
redeemed
from the fall;
therefore ye are brought back into my presence;
therefore I shew myself unto you.
Behold,
I am he which was prepared from the foundation of the world,
to
redeem
my people.
Behold,
I am Jesus Christ.
I am the Father and the Son.
In me shall all mankind have light,
and that eternally,
even they which shall believe on my name;
and they shall become my sons and daughters.
And never hath I
shewed
myself unto man whom I have
created,
for never hath man believed in me as thou hast.
Seest
thou that y are
created
after mine own image?
yea,
even all men were
created,
in the beginning,
after mine own image.
Behold,
this body,
which ye now behold,
is the body of my spirit;
and man have I
created
after the body of my spirit;
and even as I appear unto thee to be in the spirit,
will I appear unto my people in the flesh.
And now,
as I
Moroni,
said I could not make a full account
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of these things which are written,
therefore it
sufficeth
me to say,
that Jesus
shewed
himself unto this man in the spirit,
even after the manner and in the likeness of the same body,
even as he
shewed
himself unto the
Nephites;
and he
ministered
unto him,
even as he
ministered
unto the
Nephites:
and all this that this man knew that he was God,
because of the many great works which the Lord had
shewed
unto him.
And because of the knowledge of this man,
he could not be kept from beholding within the veil:
and he saw the
finger
of Jesus,
which when he saw,
he fell with fear:
for he knew that it was the
finger
of the Lord;
and he had faith no longer,
for he knew,
nothing
doubting;
wherefore,
having this perfect knowledge of God,
he could not be kept from within the veil;
therefore he saw Jesus,
and he did minister unto him.
And it came to pass that the Lord said unto the brother of
Jared,
Behold,
thou shalt not suffer these things which ye have seen and heard,
to go forth unto the world,
until the time
cometh
that I shall
glorify
my name in the flesh;
wherefore,
ye shall treasure up the things which ye have seen and heard,
and shew it to no man.
And behold,
when ye shall come unto me,
ye shall write them and shall
seal
them up,
that no one can
interpret
them:
for ye shall write them in a language that they cannot read.
And behold,
these two stones will I give unto thee,
and ye shall
seal
them up also with the things which ye shall write.
For behold,
the language which ye shall write,
I have
confounded;
wherefore
I will cause in mine own
due
time that these stones shall
magnify
to the eyes of men,
these things which ye shall write.
And when the Lord had said these words,
the Lord
shewed
unto the brother of
Jared
all the inhabitants of the earth which had been,
and also all that would be;
and the Lord
withheld
them not from his sight,
even unto the ends of the earth:
for the Lord had said unto him in times before,
that if he would believe in him,
that he could shew unto him all things --
it should be shewn unto him;
therefore the Lord could not withhold any thing from him:
for he knew that the Lord could shew him all things.
And the Lord said unto him,
write these things and
seal
them up,
and I will shew them in mine own
due
time unto the children of men.
And it came to pass that the Lord commanded him that he should
seal
up the two stones which he had received,
and shew them not,
until the Lord should shew them unto the children of men.
And the Lord commanded the brother of
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Jared
to go down out of the
mount
from the presence of the Lord,
and write the things which he had seen:
and they were
forbidden
to come unto the children of men,
until after that he should be
lifted
up upon the
cross:
and for this cause did king
Benjamin
keep them that they should not come unto the world until after Christ
shew himself unto his people.
And after that Christ truly had
shewed
himself unto his people,
he commanded that they should be made manifest.
And now,
after that,
they have all
dwindled
in unbelief,
and there is none,
save it be the
Lamanites,
and they have
rejected
the
Gospel
of Christ;
therefore I am commanded that I should
hide
them up again in the earth.
Behold,
I have written upon these
plates
the very things which the brother of
Jared
saw;
and there never was greater things made manifest,
than that which was made manifest unto the brother of
Jared;
wherefore,
the Lord hath commanded me to write them;
and I have wrote them.
And he commanded me that I should
seal
them up;
and he also hath commanded that I should
seal
up the
interpretation
thereof;
wherefore
I have
sealed
up the interpreters,
according to the commandments of the Lord.
For the Lord saith unto me,
they shall not go forth unto the
Gentiles
until the day that they shall
repent
of their
iniquity,
and become clean before the Lord;
and in that day that they shall exercise faith in me,
saith the Lord,
even as the brother of
Jared
did that they may become
sanctified
in me,
then will I manifest unto them the things which the brother of
Jared
saw,
even to the
unfolding
unto them all my revelations,
saith Jesus Christ,
the son of God,
the Father of the heavens and of the earth,
and all things that in them is.
And he that will contend against the word of the Lord,
let him be
accursed;
and he that shall
deny
these things,
saith Jesus Christ,
for I am he which
speaketh;
and at my command the heavens are opened and are shut;
and at my word,
the earth shall
shake;
and at my command the inhabitants
thereof
shall pass away,
even so as by fire;
and he that
believeth
not my words,
believeth
not my
disciples;
and if it so be that I do not speak,
judge ye:
for ye shall know that it is I that
speaketh,
at the last day.
But he that
believeth
these things which I have spoken,
him will I visit with the
manifestations
of my spirit,
and he shall know and bear record.
For because of my spirit,
he shall know that these things are true:
for it
persuadeth
men to do good;
and
whatsoever
thing
persuadeth
men to do
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good,
is of me:
for good
cometh
of none,
save it be of me.
I am the same that
leadeth
men to all good:
he that will not believe my words,
will not believe me,
that I am;
and he that will not believe me,
will not believe the Father which sent me.
For behold,
I am the Father,
I am the light,
and the life,
and the truth of the world.
Come unto me,
O ye
Gentiles,
and I will shew unto you the greater things,
the knowledge which is hid up because of unbelief.
Come unto me,
O ye house of
Israel,
and it shall be made manifest unto you how great things the Father hath laid up for you,
from the foundation of the world;
and it hath not come unto you,
because of the unbelief.
Behold,
when ye shall
rend
that veil of unbelief which
doth
cause you to remain in your awful state of wickedness,
and
hardness
of heart,
and
blindness
of mind,
then shall the great and
marvellous
things which have been hid up from the foundation of the world from you;
yea,
when ye shall call upon the Father in my name,
with a broken heart and a
contrite
spirit,
then shall ye know that the Father hath
remembered
the covenant which he made unto your fathers,
O house of
Israel;
and then shall my revelations which I have caused to be written by my servant
John,
be
unfolded
in the eyes of all the people.
Remember,
when ye see these things,
ye shall know that the time is at hand that they shall be made manifest in very
deed;
therefore,
when ye shall receive this record,
ye may know that the work of the Father has commenced upon all the face of the land.
Therefore,
repent
all ye ends of the earth,
and come unto me,
and believe in my
Gospel,
and be
baptized
in my name:
for he that
believeth,
and is
baptized,
shall be
saved;
but he that
believeth
not,
shall be
damned:
and signs shall follow them that believe in my name.
And blessed is he that is found faithful unto my name,
at the last day:
for they shall be
lifted
up to dwell in the kingdom prepared for them from the foundation of the world.
And behold it is I that hath spoken it.
Amen.
========
CHAPTER II.
And now I,
Moroni,
have written the words which was commanded me,
according to my memory;
and I have told you the things which I have
sealed
up;
therefore touch them not,
in order that ye may
translate:
for that thing is
forbidden
you,
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except by and by it shall be wisdom in God.
And behold,
ye may be
privileged
that ye may shew the
plates
unto those who shall assist to bring forth this work;
and unto three shall they be shewn by the power of God;
wherefore,
they shall know of a
surety
that these things are true.
And in the mouth of three
witnesses
shall these things be established;
and the testimony of three,
and this work,
in which shall be shewn forth the power of God,
and also his word,
of which the Father,
and the Son,
and the Holy
Ghost
beareth
record;
and all this shall stand as a testimony against the world,
at the last day.
And if it so be that they
repent
and come unto the Father in the name of Jesus,
they shall be received into the kingdom of God.
And now,
if I have no authority for these things,
judge ye,
for ye shall know that I have authority when ye shall see me,
and we shall stand before God at the last day.
Amen.
========
CHAPTER III.
And now I,
Moroni,
proceed to give the record of
Jared
and his brother.
For it came to pass after that the Lord had prepared the stones which the brother of
Jared
had carried up into the
mount,
the brother of
Jared
came down out of the
mount,
and he did put forth the stones into the vessels which were prepared,
one in each end
thereof;
and behold,
they did give light unto the vessels
thereof.
And thus the Lord caused the stones to shine in darkness,
to give light unto men,
women and children,
that they might not cross the great waters in darkness.
And it came to pass that when they had prepared all manner of food,
that
thereby
they might
subsist
upon the water,
and also food for their flocks and
herds,
and
whatsoever
beast,
or animal,
or
fowl
that they should carry with them:
And it came to pass that when they had done all these things,
they got
aboard
of their vessels or
barges,
and set forth into the sea,
commending
themselves unto the Lord their God.
And it came to pass that the Lord caused that there should a
furious wind blow upon the face of the waters,
towards the promised land;
and thus they were tossed upon the
waves
of the sea before the wind.
And it came to pass that they were many times buried in the
depths
of the sea,
because of the mountain
waves
which broke upon them,
and also the great
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and terrible
tempests
which were caused by the
fierceness
of the wind.
And it came to pass that when they were buried in the deep,
there was no water that could hurt them,
their vessels being tight like unto a dish,
and also they were tight like unto the
ark
of
Noah;
therefore when they were
encompassed
about by many waters,
they did cry unto the Lord,
and he did bring them forth again upon the top of the waters.
And it came to pass that the wind did never cease to blow towards the promised land,
while they were upon the waters;
and thus they were driven forth before the wind;
and they did sing praises unto the Lord;
yea,
the brother of
Jared
did sing praises unto the Lord,
and he did
thank
and praise the Lord all the day long;
and when the night came they did not cease to praise the Lord.
And thus they were driven forth;
and no monster of the sea,
could break them,
neither
whale
that could
mar
them:
and they did have light
continually,
whether it was above the water or under the water.
And thus they were driven forth,
three hundred and forty and four days upon the water;
and they did land upon the shore of the promised land.
And when they had set their feet upon the shores of the promised land,
they bowed themselves down upon the face of the land,
and did humble themselves before the Lord,
and did shed tears of joy before the Lord,
because of the multitude of his tender mercies over them.
And it came to pass that they went forth upon the face of the land,
and began to
till
the earth.
And
Jared
had four sons;
and they were called
Jacom,
and
Gilgah,
and
Mahah,
and
Orihah.
And the brother of
Jared
also
begat
sons and daughters.
And the friend of
Jared
and his brother,
were in number about twenty and two souls;
and they also
begat
sons and daughters,
before they came to the promised land;
and therefore they began to be many.
And they were taught to walk humbly before the Lord;
and they were also taught from on high.
And it came to pass that they began to spread upon the face of the land,
and to
multiply
and to
till
the earth;
and they did
wax
strong in the land.
And the brother of
Jared
began to be old,
and saw that he must soon go down to the grave;
wherefore
he saith unto
Jared,
Let us
gather
together our people,
that we may number them,
that we may know of them what they will desire of us before we go down to our graves.
And
accordingly
the people were
gathered
together.
Now the
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number of the sons and daughters of the brother of
Jared
were twenty and two souls;
and the number of the sons and daughters of
Jared
were twelve,
he having four sons.
And it came to pass that they did number all their people;
and after that they had numbered them,
they did desire of them the things which they would that they should do before they went down to their graves.
And it came to pass that the people desired of them that they should
anoint
one of their sons to be a king over them.
And now behold,
this was
grievous
unto them. --
But the brother of
Jared
said unto them,
Surely,
this thing
leadeth
into
captivity.
But
Jared
said unto his brother,
Suffer them that they may have a king;
and therefore he said unto them,
Choose ye out from among our sons a king,
even whom ye will.
And it came to pass that they chose even the first born of the brother of
Jared;
and his name was
Pagag.
And it came to pass that he refused and would not be their king.
And the people would that his father should
constrain
him;
but his father would not;
and he commanded them that they should
constrain
no man to be their king.
And it came to pass that they chose all the brothers of
Pagag,
and they would not. --
And it came to pass that
neither would the sons of
Jared,
even all,
save it were one;
and
Orihah,
he was
anointed
to be king over the people.
And he began to reign,
and the people began to prosper;
and they became exceeding rich.
And it came to pass that
Jared
died,
and his brother also.
And it came to pass that
Orihah
did walk humbly before the Lord,
and did remember how great things the Lord had done for his father,
and also taught his people how great things the Lord had done for their fathers.
And it came to pass that
Orihah
did execute
judgment
upon the land in
righteousness
all his days,
whose days were exceeding many.
And he
begat
sons and daughters;
yea,
he
begat
thirty and one,
among whom were twenty and three sons.
And it came to pass that he also
begat
Kib
in his old age.
And it came to pass that
Kib
reigned in his
stead;
and
Kib
begat
Corihor.
And when
Corihor
was thirty and two years old,
he
rebelled
against his father,
and went over and
dwelt
in the land of
Nehor;
and he
begat
sons and daughters;
and they became exceeding fair;
wherefore
Corihor
drew
away many people after him.
And when he had
gathered
together an army,
he came up unto the land of
Moron
where the king
dwelt,
and took him
captive,
which brought to pass the saying
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of the brother of
Jared,
that they would be brought into
captivity.
Now the land of
Moron
where the king
dwelt,
was near the land which is called
Desolation
by the
Nephites. --
And it came to pass that
Kib
dwelt
in
captivity,
and his people,
under
Corihor
his son,
until he became exceeding old;
nevertheless
Kib
begat
Shule
in his old age,
while he was yet in
captivity.
And it came to pass that
Shule
was
angry
with his brother;
and
Shule
waxed strong,
and became mighty,
as to the strength of a man;
and he was also mighty in
judgment.
wherefore
he came to the hill
Ephraim,
and he did
moulten
out of the hill,
and made swords out of steel for those which he had
drew
away with him;
and after he had armed them with swords,
he returned to the city
Nehor,
and gave battle unto his brother
Corihor,
by which means he obtained the kingdom,
and restored it unto his father
Kib.
And now because of the thing which
Shule
had done,
his father bestowed upon him the kingdom;
therefore he began to reign in the
stead
of his father.
And it came to pass that he did execute
judgment
in
righteousness;
and he did spread his kingdom upon all the face of the land,
for the people had become exceeding numerous. --
And it came to pass that
Shule
also
begat
many sons and daughters.
And
Corihor
repented
of the many evils which he had done;
wherefore
Shule
gave him power in his kingdom.
And it came to pass that
Corihor
had many sons and daughters. --
And among the sons of
Corihor,
there was one whose name was
Noah.
And it came to pass that
Noah rebelled
against
Shule,
the king,
and also his father
Corihor,
and
drew
away
Cohor
his brother,
and also his
brethren
and many of the people. --
And he gave battle unto
Shule,
the king in the which he did obtain the land of their first
inheritance;
and he became a king over that part of the land.
And it came to pass that he gave battle again unto
Shule
the king;
and he took
Shule
the king,
and carried him away
captive
into
Moron.
And it came to pass as he was about to put him to death,
the sons of
Shule crept
into the house of
Noah
by night and
slew
him,
and broke down the door of the
prison
and brought out their father,
and placed him upon his throne in his own kingdom;
wherefore
the son of
Noah
did build up his kingdom in his
stead;
nevertheless
they did not gain power any more over
Shule
the king;
and the people which were under the reign of
Shule
the king,
did prosper
exceedingly
and
wax
great.
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country was
divided;
and there was two kingdoms,
the kingdom of
Shule,
and the kingdom of
Cohor,
the son of
Noah.
And
Cohor,
the son of
Noah,
caused that his people should give battle unto
Shule,
in the which
Shule
did beat them,
and did slay
Cohor.
And now
Cohor
had a son which was called
Nimrod;
and
Nimrod
gave up the kingdom of
Cohor
unto
Shule,
and he did gain favor in the eyes of
Shule;
wherefore
Shule
did bestow great favor upon him,
in the which he did do in the kingdom of
Shule
according to his desires;
and also in the reign of
Shule
there came prophets among the people,
which were sent from the Lord,
prophesying
that the wickedness and idolatry of the people was bringing a curse upon the land,
in the which they should be destroyed,
if they did not
repent.
And it came to pass that the people did
revile
against the prophets,
and did mock them.
And it came to pass that king
Shule
did execute
judgment
against all those who did
revile
against the prophets;
and he did execute a law throughout all the land,
which gave power unto the prophets that they should go
whithersoever
they would;
and by this cause the people were brought unto
repentance.
And because the people did
repent
of their
iniquities
and idolatries,
the Lord did spare them,
and they began to prosper again in the land.
And it came to pass that
Shule
begat
sons and daughters in his old age.
And there was no more wars in the days of
Shule;
and he
remembered
the great things that the Lord
had done for his fathers in bringing them across the great deep into the promised land;
wherefore
he did execute
judgment
in
righteousness
all his days.
And it came to pass that he
begat
Omer,
and
Omer
reigned in his
stead.
And
Omer
begat
Jared;
and
Jared
begat
sons and daughters.
And
Jared
rebelled
against his father,
and came and
dwelt
in the land of
Heth.
And it came to pass that he did
flatter
much people,
because of his cunning words until he had gained the half of the kingdom.
And when he had gained the half of the kingdom,
he gave battle unto his father,
and he did carry away his father into
captivity,
and did make him serve in
captivity.
And now in the days of the reign of
Omer,
he was in
captivity
the half of his days.
And it came to pass that he
begat
sons and daughters,
among whom were
Esrom
and
Coriantumr;
and they were exceeding
angry
because of the
doings
of
Jared
their brother,
insomuch
that they did raise an army,
and gave battle unto
Jared.
And it
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came to pass that they did give battle unto him by night. --
And it came to pass that when they had
slew
the army of
Jared,
they were about to slay him also;
and he
plead
with them that they would not slay him,
and he would give up the kingdom unto his father.
And it came to pass that they did grant unto him his life.
And now
Jared
became exceeding sorrowful because of the loss of the kingdom,
for he had set his heart upon the kingdom,
and upon the glory of the world.
Now the daughter of
Jared
being exceeding expert,
and seeing the sorrows of her father thought,
to
devise
a plan
whereby
she could
redeem
the kingdom unto her father.
Now the daughter of
Jared
was exceeding fair.
And it came to pass that she did
talk
with her father,
and saith unto him,
Whereby
hath my father so much sorrow?
Hath he not read the record which our fathers brought across the great deep?
Behold,
is there not an account
concerning
them of old,
that they by their
secret
plans did obtain kingdoms and great glory?
And now therefore,
let my father send for
Akish,
the son of
Kimmer;
and behold,
I am fair,
and I will dance before him,
and I will please him,
that he will desire me to wife;
wherefore
if he shall desire of thee that ye shall give unto him me to wife,
then shall ye say,
I will give her if ye will bring unto me the head of my father,
the king.
And now
Omer
was a friend to
Akish,
wherefore
when
Jared
had sent for
Akish,
the daughter of
Jared
danced
before him,
that she pleased him,
insomuch
that he desired her to wife.
And it came to pass that he said unto
Jared,
Give her unto me to wife.
And
Jared
said unto him,
I will give her unto you,
if ye will bring unto me the head of my father,
the king.
And it came to pass that
Akish
gathered
in unto the house of
Jared
all his
kinsfolks,
and saith unto them,
will ye swear unto me that ye will be faithful unto me in the thing which I shall desire of you?
And it came to pass that they all
sware
unto him,
by the God of Heaven,
and also by the Heavens,
and also by the earth,
and by their heads,
that
whoso
should
vary
from the assistance which
Akish
desired,
should lose his head;
and
whoso
should
divulge
whatsoever
thing
Akish
made known unto them,
the same should lose his life.
And it came to pass that thus they did agree with
Akish.
And
Akish
did
administer
unto them the oaths which was given by them of old,
who also sought power,
which had been handed down even from
Cain,
who was a murderer from the beginning.
And they were kept up by the power of the devil to
administer
these oaths unto the
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people,
to keep them in darkness,
to help such as sought power,
to gain power,
and to murder,
and to plunder,
and to
lie,
and to commit all manner of wickedness and
whoredoms. --
And it was the daughter of
Jared
which put it into his heart to search up these things of old;
and
Jared
put it into the heart of
Akish;
wherefore
Akish
administered
it unto his
kindreds
and friends,
leading
them away by fair promises to do
whatsoever
thing he desired.
And it came to pass that they formed a
secret
combination,
even as they of old;
which
combination
is most
abominable
and wicked above all,
in the sight of God:
for the Lord
worketh
not in
secret
combinations,
neither
doth
he will that man should shed blood,
but in all things hath
forbidden
it from the beginning of man.
And now I,
Moroni,
do not write the manner of their oaths and
combinations,
for it hath been made known unto me that they are had among all people,
and they are had among the
Lamanites,
and they have caused the destruction of this people of which I am now speaking,
and also the destruction of the people of
Nephi;
and
whatsoever
nation shall
uphold
such
secret
combinations,
to get power and gain,
until they shall spread over the nation,
behold,
they shall be destroyed,
for the Lord will not suffer that the blood of his
saints,
which shall be shed by them,
shall always cry unto him from the ground for vengeance upon them,
and yet he
avengeth
them not;
wherefore,
O ye
Gentiles,
it is wisdom in God that these things should be shewn unto you,
that
thereby
ye may
repent
of your sins,
and suffer not that these
murderous combinations
shall get above you,
which are built up to get power and gain,
and the work,
yea,
even the work of destruction come upon you;
yea,
even the sword of justice of the eternal God,
shall fall upon you,
to your overthrow and destruction,
if ye shall suffer these things to be;
wherefore
the Lord
commandeth
you,
when ye shall see these things come among you,
that ye shall
awake
to a sense of your awful situation,
because of this
secret
combination
which shall be among you,
or wo be unto it,
because of the blood of them which have been slain:
for they cry from the dust for vengeance upon it,
and also upon those who build it up.
For it
cometh
to pass that
whoso
buildeth
it up,
seeketh
to overthrow the freedom of all lands,
nations and countries;
and it
bringeth
to pass the destruction of all people:
for it is built up by the devil,
which is the father of all
lies;
even that same
liar
which
beguiled
our first parents;
yea,
even the same
liar
which hath caused man to commit murder
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from the beginning;
which hath
hardened
the hearts of men,
that they have murdered the prophets,
and
stoned
them,
and cast them out from the beginning.
Wherefore
I,
Moroni,
am commanded to write these things,
that evil may be done away,
and that the time may come that
Satan
may have no power upon the hearts of the children of men,
that they may be
persuaded
to do good
continually,
that they may come unto the fountain of all
righteousness
and be
saved.
==========
CHAPTER IV.
And now I,
Moroni,
proceed with my record.
Therefore behold,
it came to pass that because of the
secret
combinations
of
Akish
and his friends,
behold they did overthrow the kingdom of
Omer;
nevertheless,
the Lord was merciful unto
Omer,
and also his sons and daughters,
which were not,
or which did not seek his destruction.
And the Lord
warned Omer
in a
dream,
that he should depart out of the land;
wherefore
Omer
departed
out of the land with his family,
and travelled many days,
and came over and passed by the hill of
Shim,
and came over by the place where the
Nephites
were destroyed,
and from
thence
eastward,
and came to a place which was called
Ablom,
by the
seashore,
and there he
pitched
his tent,
and also his sons and his daughters,
and all his
household,
save it were
Jared
and his family.
And it came to pass that
Jared
was
anointed
king over the people,
by the hand of wickedness;
and he gave unto
Akish
his daughter to wife.
And it came to pass that
Akish
sought the life of his father-in-law;
and he
applied
unto those whom he had sworn by the oath of the ancients,
and they obtained the head of his father-in-law,
as he sat upon his throne,
giving
audience
to his people:
for so great had been the spreading of this wicked and
secret
society,
that it had corrupted the hearts of all the people;
therefore
Jared
was murdered upon his throne,
and
Akish
reigned in his
stead.
And it came to pass that
Akish
began to be jealous of his son,
therefore he shut him up in
prison,
and kept him upon a little or no food,
until he had suffered death.
And now the brother of him that suffered death,
(and his name was
Nimrah,)
was
angry
with his father,
because of that which his father had done unto his brother.
And it came to pass that
Nimrah
gathered
together a
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small number of men,
and fled out of the land,
and came over and
dwelt
with
Omer.
And it came to pass that
Akish
begat
other sons,
and they
won
the hearts of the people,
notwithstanding they had sworn unto him to do all manner of
iniquity,
according to that which he desired.
Now the people of
Akish
were desirous for gain,
even as
Akish
was desirous of power;
wherefore
the sons of
Akish
did offer them money,
by the which means they
drew
away the more part of the people after them;
and there began to be a war between the sons of
Akish
and
Akish,
which lasted for the space of many years;
yea,
unto the destruction of nearly all the people of the kingdom;
yea,
even all,
save it were thirty souls,
and they which fled with the house of
Omer;
wherefore
Omer
was restored again to the land of his
inheritance.
And it came to pass that
Omer
began to be old;
nevertheless,
in his old age he
begat Emer;
and he
anointed
Emer
to be king to reign in his
stead.
And after that he
anointed
Emer
to be king,
he saw peace in the land for the space of two years,
and he
died,
having seen exceeding many days,
which were full of sorrow.
And it came to pass that
Emer
did reign in his
stead,
and did fill the steps of his father.
And the Lord began again to take the curse from
off the land,
and the house of
Emer
did prosper
exceedingly
under the reign of
Emer;
and in the space of sixty and two years,
they had become exceeding strong,
insomuch
that they became exceeding rich,
having all manner of fruit,
and of grain,
and of
silks,
and of fine
linen,
and of gold,
and of silver,
and of precious things,
and also all manner of
cattle,
of
oxen,
and cows,
and of sheep,
and of
swine,
and of
goats,
and also many other kind of animals,
which were useful for the food of man;
and they also had horses,
and
asses,
and there were elephants,
and
cureloms,
and
cumoms;
all of which were useful unto man,
and more especially the elephants,
and
cureloms,
and
cumoms.
And thus the Lord did pour out his blessings upon this land,
which was
choice
above all other lands;
and he commanded that
whoso
should possess the land,
should possess it unto the Lord,
or they should be destroyed when they were
ripened
in
iniquity:
for upon such,
saith the Lord,
I will pour out the
fulness
of my
wrath.
And
Emer
did execute
judgment
in
righteousness,
all his days;
and he
begat
many sons and daughters;
and he
begat Coriantum;
and he
anointed Coriantum
to reign in his
stead.
And after he
anointed Coriantum
to reign in his
stead,
he lived four years,
and he saw peace in the land;
yea,
and he
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even saw the son of
righteousness,
and did rejoice
and glory in his days;
and he
died
in peace.
And it came to pass that
Coriantum
did walk in the steps of his father,
and did build many mighty cities,
and did
administer
that which is good unto his people,
in all his days.
And it came to pass that he had no children,
even until he was exceeding old.
And it came to pass that his wife
died,
being an hundred and two years old.
And it came to pass that
Coriantum
took to wife,
in his old age,
a young maid,
and
begat
sons and daughters;
wherefore
he lived until he was an hundred and forty and two years old.
And it came to pass that he
begat Com,
and
Com
reigned in his
stead;
and he reigned forty and
nine
years,
and he
begat
Heth,
and he also
begat
other sons and daughters.
And the people had spread again over all the face of the land,
and there began to be an exceeding great wickedness upon the face of the land,
and
Heth
began to embrace the
secret
plans again of old,
to destroy his father.
And it came to pass that he did
dethrone
his father:
for he
slew
him with his own sword;
and he did reign in his
stead.
And there came prophets in the land again,
crying
repentance
unto them;
that they must prepare the way of the Lord,
or there should come a curse upon the face of the land;
yea,
even there should be a great famine,
in the which they should be destroyed,
if they did not
repent.
But the people believed not the words of the prophets,
but they cast them out;
and some of them they cast into
pits,
and left them to perish.
And it came to pass that they done all these things according to the commandment of the king
Heth.
And it came to pass that there began to be a great
dearth
upon the land,
and the inhabitants began to be destroyed exceeding fast,
because of the
dearth:
for there was no
rain
upon the face of the earth;
and there came forth
poisonous
serpents also upon the face of the land,
and did poison many people.
And it came to pass that their flocks began to flee before the
poisonous
serpents,
towards the land
southward,
which was called by the
Nephites,
Zarahemla.
And it came to pass that there were many of them which did perish by the way;
nevertheless,
there were some which fled into the land
southward.
And it came to pass that the Lord did cause the serpents that they should pursue them no more,
but that they should
hedge
up the way,
that the people could not pass;
that
whoso
should attempt to pass,
might fall by the
poisonous
serpents.
And it came to pass that the people did follow the course of the beasts,
and did
devour
the
carcasses
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of them which fell by the way,
until they had devoured them all.
Now when the people saw that they must perish,
they began to
repent
of their
iniquities,
and cry unto the Lord.
And it came to pass that when they humbled themselves sufficiently before the Lord,
the Lord did send
rain
upon the face of the earth,
and the people began to
revive
again,
and there began to be fruits in the north countries,
and in all the countries round about.
And the Lord did shew forth his power unto them,
in preserving them from famine.
And it came to pass that
Shez,
which was a descendant of
Heth,
for
Heth
had
perished
by the famine,
and all his
household,
save it were
Shez:
wherefore
Shez
began to build up again a broken people.
And it came to pass that
Shez
did remember the destruction of his fathers,
and he did build up a righteous kingdom,
for he
remembered
what the Lord had done in bringing
Jared
and his brother across the deep;
and he did walk in the ways of the Lord,
and he
begat
sons and daughters.
And his eldest son,
whose name was
Shez,
did
rebel
against him;
nevertheless,
Shez
was
smitten
by the hand of a robber,
because of his exceeding riches,
which brought peace again unto his father.
And it came to pass that his father did build up many cities
upon the face of the land,
and the people began again to spread over all the face of the land.
And
Shez
did live to an exceeding old age;
and he
begat
Riplakish,
and he
died.
And
Riplakish
reigned in his
stead.
And it came to pass that
Riplakish
did not do that which was right in the sight of the Lord,
for he did have many wives and
concubines,
and did lay that upon men's shoulders which was
grievous
to be borne;
yea,
he did tax them with
heavy
taxes;
and with the taxes he did build many spacious buildings.
And he did erect him an exceeding beautiful throne,
and he did build many
prisons,
and
whoso
were not able to pay taxes he did cast into
prison;
and he did cause that they should labor
continually
for their support;
and
whoso
refused to labor,
he did cause to be put to death;
wherefore
he did obtain all his fine work;
yea,
even his fine gold he did cause to be refined in
prison,
and all manner of fine
workmanship
he did cause to be
wrought
in
prison.
And it came to pass that he did
afflict
the people with his
whoredoms
and
abominations;
and when he had reigned for the space of forty and two years the people did raise up in
rebellion
against him,
and there began to be
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war again in the land,
insomuch
that
Riplakish
was killed and his descendants were driven out of the land.
And it came to pass after a space of many years,
Morianton,
(he being a descendant of
Riplakish,)
gathered
together an army of
outcasts,
and went forth and gave battle unto the people;
and he gained power over many cities;
and the war became exceeding
sore,
and did last for the space of many years,
and he did gain power over all the land,
and did establish himself king over all the land.
And after that he established himself king,
he did ease the burden of the people,
in the which he did gain favor in the eyes of the people,
and they did
anoint
him to be their king.
And he did do justice unto the people,
but not unto himself,
because of his many
whoredoms;
wherefore
he was cut off from the presence of the Lord.
And it came to pass that
Morianton
built up many cities,
and the people became exceeding rich under his reign,
both in buildings,
and in gold,
and in silver,
and in raising grain,
and in flocks,
and
herds,
and such things which had been restored unto them.
And
Morianton
did live to an exceeding great age,
and then he
begat
Kim;
and
Kim
did reign in the
stead
of his father;
and he did reign eight years,
and his father
died.
And it came to pass that
Kim
did not reign in
righteousness,
wherefore
he was not favored of the Lord.
And his brother did raise up in
rebellion
against him,
in the which he did bring him into
captivity;
and he did remain in
captivity
all his days;
and he
begat
sons and daughters in
captivity;
and in his old age he
begat
Levi,
and he
died.
And it came to pass that
Levi
did serve in
captivity
after the death of his father,
for the space of forty and two years.
And he did make war against the king of the land,
in the which he did obtain unto himself the kingdom.
And after that he had obtained unto himself the kingdom,
he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord;
and the people did prosper in the land,
and he did live to a good old age,
and
begat
sons and daughters;
and he also
begat
Corom,
whom he
anointed
in his
stead.
And it came to pass that
Corom
did that which was good in the sight of the Lord,
all his days;
and he
begat
many sons and daughters;
and after that he had seen many days,
he did pass away,
even like unto the rest of the earth;
and
Kish
reigned in his
stead.
And it came to pass that
Kish
passed away also,
and
Lib
reigned in his
stead.
And it came to pass that
Lib
also did that which was good in the sight of the Lord.
And in the
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days of
Lib
the
poisonous
serpents were destroyed;
wherefore
they did go into the land
southward,
to
hunt
food for the people of the land;
for the land was covered with animals of the
forest.
And
Lib
also became a great
hunter. --
And they built a great city by the narrow neck of land,
by the place where the sea divides the land.
And they did preserve the land
southward
for a wilderness,
to get game.
And the whole face of the land
northward
was covered with inhabitants;
and they were exceeding industrious,
and they did
buy
and sell,
and
traffic
one with another,
that they might get gain.
And they did work in all manner of
ore,
and they did make
gold,
and
silver,
and iron,
and brass,
and all manner of
metals;
and they did
dig
it out of the earth;
wherefore
they did cast up mighty heaps of earth for to get
ore,
of
gold,
and of
silver,
and of iron,
and of copper.
And they did work all manner of fine work.
And they did have
silks,
and fine
twined linen;
and they did work all manner of cloth,
that they might
clothe
themselves from their
nakedness.
And they did make all manner of
tools
to
till
the earth,
both to
plough
and to
sow,
to
reap
and to
hoe,
and also to
thrash.
And they did make all manner of
tools
in the which they did work their beasts.
And they did make all manner of weapons of war.
And they did work all manner of work of exceeding curious
workmanship.
And never could be a people more blessed than were they,
and more prospered by the hand of the Lord.
And they were in a land that was
choice
above all lands,
for the Lord had spoken it.
And it came to pass that
Lib
did live many years,
and
begat
sons and daughters;
and he also
begat
Hearthom.
And it came to pass that
Hearthom
reigned in the
stead
of his father.
And when
Hearthom
had reigned twenty and four years,
behold the kingdom was taken away from him.
And he served many years in
captivity;
yea,
even all the remainder of his days.
And he
begat Heth,
and
Heth
lived in
captivity
all his days.
And
Heth
begat Aaron,
and
Aaron
dwelt
in
captivity
all his days;
and he
begat Amnigaddah,
and
Amnigaddah
also
dwelt
in
captivity
in all his days;
and he
begat Coriantum,
and
Coriantum
dwelt
in
captivity
all his days;
and he
begat Com.
And it came to pass that
Com
drew
away the half of the kingdom.
And he reigned over the half of the kingdom forty and two years;
and he went to battle against the king
Amgid,
and they fought for the space of many years,
in the which
Com
gained power over
Amgid
and obtained power over the remainder of the kingdom.
And in
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the days of
Com
there began to be robbers in the land;
and they adopted the old plans,
and
administered
oaths after the manner of the ancients,
and sought to destroy the kingdom.
Now
Com
did fight against them much;
nevertheless,
he did not
prevail
against them.
And there came also in the days of
Com
many prophets,
and
prophesied
of the destruction of that great people,
except they should
repent
and turn unto the Lord,
and forsake their murders and wickedness.
And it came to pass that the prophets were
rejected
by the people,
and they fled unto
Com
for protection,
for the people sought to destroy them;
and they
prophesied
unto
Com
many things:
and he was blessed in all the remainder of his days.
And he lived to a good old age,
and
begat Shiblom;
and
Shiblom
reigned in his
stead.
And the brother of
Shiblom
rebelled
against him;
and there began to be an exceeding great war in all the land.
And it came to pass that the brother of
Shiblom
did cause that all the prophets which
prophesied
of the destruction of the people,
should be put to death;
and there was great calamity in all the land:
for they had
testified
that a great curse should come upon the land,
and also upon the people,
and that there should be a great destruction among them,
such an one as never had been upon the face of the earth;
and their bones should become as heaps of earth upon the face of the land,
except they should
repent
of their wickedness.
And they
hearkened
not unto the voice of the Lord,
because of their wicked
combinations;
wherefore
there began to be wars and contentions in all the land,
and also many famines and pestilences,
insomuch
that there was a great destruction,
such an one as never had been known upon the face of the earth:
and all this came to pass in the days of
Shiblom.
And the people began to
repent
of their
iniquity;
inasmuch
as they did,
the Lord did have mercy on them.
And it came to pass that
Shiblom
was slain,
and
Seth
was brought into
captivity;
and he did dwell in
captivity
all his days.
And it came to pass that
Ahah,
his son,
did obtain the kingdom;
and he did reign over the people all his days.
And he did do all manner of
iniquity
in his days,
in the which he did cause the shedding of much blood;
and few were his days.
And
Ethem,
being a descendant of
Ahah,
did obtain the kingdom;
and he also did do that which was wicked in his days.
And it came to pass in the days of
Ethem,
there came many prophets and
prophesied
again unto the people;
yea,
they did
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prophesy that the Lord would
utterly
destroy them from off the face of the earth,
except they
repented
of their
iniquities.
And it came to pass that the people
hardened
their hearts,
and would not
hearken
unto their words;
and the prophets
mourned
and
withdrew
from among the people.
And it came to pass that
Ethem
did execute
judgment
in wickedness all his days;
and he
begat Moron.
And it came to pass that
Moron
did reign in his
stead;
and
Moron
did do that which was wicked before the Lord.
And it came to pass that there arose a
rebellion
among the people,
because of that
secret
combination
which was built up to get power and gain;
and there arose a mighty man among them in
iniquity,
and gave battle unto
Moron,
in the which he did overthrow the half of the kingdom;
and he did maintain the half of the kingdom for many years.
And it came to pass that
Moron
did overthrow him,
and did obtain the kingdom again.
And it came to pass that there arose another mighty man;
and he was a descendant of the brother of
Jared.
And it came to pass that he did overthrow
Moron
and obtain the kingdom;
wherefore
Moron
dwelt
in
captivity
all the remainder of his days;
and he
begat
Coriantor.
And it came to pass that
Coriantor
dwelt
in
captivity
all his days.
And in the days of
Coriantor
there also came many prophets,
and
prophesied
of great and
marvellous
things,
and cried
repentance
unto the people,
and except they should
repent,
the Lord God would execute
judgment
against them to their utter destruction;
and that the Lord God would send people or bring forth another people to possess the land,
by his power,
after the manner which he brought their fathers.
And they did reject all the words of the prophets,
because of their
secret
society and wicked
abominations.
And it came to pass that
Coriantor
begat
Ether,
and he
died,
having
dwelt
in
captivity
all his days.
========
CHAPTER V.
And it came to pass that the days of
Ether
was in the days of
Coriantumr;
and
Coriantumr
was king over all the land. --
And
Ether
was a prophet of the Lord;
wherefore
Ether
came forth in the days of
Coriantumr,
and began to prophesy unto the people,
for he could not be
constrained
because of the
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spirit of the Lord which was in him:
for he did cry from the morning,
even until the
going
down of the sun,
exhorting
the people to believe in God unto
repentance,
lest they should be destroyed saying unto them,
that by faith all things are fulfilled;
wherefore,
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;
which make them sure and
steadfast,
always
abounding
in good works,
being led to
glorify
God.
And it came to pass that
Ether
did prophesy great and
marvellous
things unto the people,
which they did not believe,
because they saw them not.
And now I,
Moroni,
would speak
somewhat
concerning
these things:
I would shew unto the world that faith is things which are
hoped
for and not seen;
wherefore,
dispute
not because ye see not,
for ye receive no
witness
until after the
trial
of your faith:
for it was by faith that Christ
shewed
himself unto our fathers,
after that he had
risen
from the dead;
and he
shewed
not himself unto them,
until after they had faith in him,
for he
shewed
himself not unto the world.
But because of the faith of men,
he has shewn himself unto the world,
and
glorified
the name of the Father,
and prepared a way that
thereby
others might be
partakers
of the heavenly gift,
that they might hope for those things which they have
not seen;
wherefore
ye may also have hope,
and be
partakers
of the gift,
if ye will have faith.
Behold,
it was by faith that they of old were called after the holy order of God;
wherefore
by faith was the law of
Moses
given.
But in the gift of his Son,
hath God prepared a more excellent way;
and it is by faith that it hath been fulfilled:
for if there be no faith among the children of men,
God can do no
miracle
among them;
wherefore
he
shewed
not himself until after their faith.
Behold,
it was the faith of
Alma
and
Amulek
that caused the
prison
to
tumble
to the earth.
Behold,
it was the faith of
Nephi
and
Lehi,
that
wrought
the
change
upon the
Lamanites,
that they were
baptized
with fire and with the Holy
Ghost.
Behold it was the faith of
Ammon
and his
brethren
which
wrought
so great a
miracle
among the
Lamanites;
yea,
and even all they which
wrought miracles,
wrought
them by faith,
even those which were before Christ,
and also them which were after.
And it was by faith that the three
disciples
obtained a promise that they should not taste of death;
and they obtained not the promise until after their faith.
And
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neither at any time hath any
wrought miracles
until after their faith;
wherefore
they first believed in the son of God.
And there were many whose faith was so exceeding strong even before Christ came,
which could not be kept from within the veil,
but truly saw with their eyes the things which they had beheld with an eye of faith,
and they were glad.
And behold,
we have seen in this record,
that one of these was the brother of
Jared:
for so great was his faith in God,
that when God put forth his
finger,
he could not
hide
it from the sight of the brother of
Jared,
because of his word which he had spoken unto him,
which word he had obtained by faith.
And after that the brother of
Jared
had beheld the
finger
of the Lord,
because of the promise which the brother of
Jared
had obtained by faith,
the Lord could not withhold any thing from his sight;
wherefore
he
shewed
him all things,
for he no longer could be kept without the veil.
And it is by faith that my fathers have obtained the promise that these things should come unto their
brethren
through the
Gentiles;
therefore the Lord hath commanded me,
yea,
even Jesus Christ.
And I said unto him,
Lord,
the
Gentiles
will mock at these things because of our weakness in writing:
for Lord,
thou hast made us mighty in word by faith,
whereunto
thou hast not made us mighty in writing:
for thou hast made all this people that they could speak much,
because of the Holy
Ghost
which thou hast given them;
and thou hast made us that we could write but little,
because of the
awkwardness
of our hands.
Behold,
thou hast not made us mighty in writing like unto the brother of
Jared,
for thou
madest
him that the things which he wrote,
were mighty even as thou art,
unto the
overpowering
of man to read them.
Thou hast also made our words powerful and great,
even that we cannot write them;
wherefore,
when we write,
we behold our weakness,
and
stumble
because of the placing of our words;
and I fear lest the
Gentiles
shall mock at our words.
And when I had said this the Lord
spake
unto me,
saying,
Fools
mock,
but they shall
mourn;
and my grace is sufficient for the
meek,
that they shall take no advantage of your weakness:
and if men come unto me,
I will shew unto them their weakness.
I give unto men weakness,
that they may be humble.
And my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me:
for if they humble themselves before me,
and have faith in me,
then will I make weak things become strong unto them.
Behold,
I will shew unto the
Gentiles
their weakness,
and I will shew unto them that
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faith,
hope,
and charity,
bringeth
unto me the fountain of all
righteousness.
And I,
Moroni,
having heard these words,
was
comforted,
and said,
O Lord,
thy righteous will be done,
for I know that thou
workest
unto the children of men according to their faith:
for the brother of
Jared
said unto the mountain
Zerin,
Remove,
and it was removed.
And if he had not faith,
it would not have moved;
wherefore
thou
workest
after that men have faith:
for thus did thou manifest thyself
unto thy
disciples.
For after that they had faith,
and did speak in thy name,
thou
didst
shew thyself
unto them in great power;
and I also
rememberest
that thou hast said that thou hast prepared a house for man;
yea,
even among the
mansions
of thy father,
in the which man might have a more excellent hope;
wherefore
man must hope,
or he cannot receive an
inheritance
in the place which thou hast prepared.
And again I remember that thou hast said that thou
loved
the world,
even unto the laying down of thy life for the world,
that thou
mightest
take it again to prepare a place for the children of men.
And now I know that this love which thou hast had for the children of men,
is charity;
wherefore,
except men shall have charity,
they cannot
inherit
that place which thou hast prepared in the
mansions
of thy father.
Wherefore,
I know by this thing which thou hast said,
that if the
Gentiles
have not charity because of our weakness,
that thou
wilt
prove them,
and take away their talent,
yea,
even that which they have received,
and give unto them which shall have more
abundantly.
And it came to pass that I
prayed
unto the Lord that he would give unto the
Gentiles
grace,
that they might have charity.
And it came to pass that the Lord
said unto me,
if they have not charity,
it
mattereth
not unto thee,
thou hast been faithful;
wherefore
thy garments shall be made clean.
And because thou hast seen thy weakness,
thou shalt be made strong,
even unto the sitting down in the place which I have prepared in the
mansions
of my father.
And now I,
Moroni,
bid farewell unto the
Gentiles,
yea,
and also unto my
brethren
whom I love,
until we shall meet before the
judgment
seat of Christ,
where all men shall know that my garments are not
spotted
with your blood;
and then shall ye know that I have seen Jesus,
and that he hath
talked
with me face to face,
and that he told me in plain
humility,
even as a man
telleth
another in mine own language,
concerning
these things;
and only a few have I written,
because of my weakness in writing.
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And now I would
commend
you to seek this Jesus of whom the prophets and
Apostles
have written,
that the Grace of God the Father,
and also the Lord Jesus Christ,
and the Holy
Ghost,
which
beareth
record of them,
may be,
and abide in you forever.
Amen.
========
CHAPTER VI.
And now I,
Moroni,
proceed to finish my record
concerning
the destruction of the people of which I have been writing. --
For behold,
they
rejected
all the words of
Ether:
for he truly told them of all things,
from the beginning of man;
and how that after the waters had
receded
from off the face of this land,
it became a
choice
land above all other lands,
a chosen land of the Lord;
wherefore
the Lord would have that all men should serve him,
which
dwelleth
upon the face
thereof;
and that it was the place of the New
Jerusalem,
which should come down out of Heaven,
and the Holy
Sanctuary
of the Lord.
Behold,
Ether
saw the days of Christ,
and he
spake
concerning
a New
Jerusalem
upon this land;
and he
spake
also
concerning
the house of
Israel,
and the
Jerusalem
from
whence
Lehi
should come;
after that it should be destroyed,
it should be built up again a holy city unto the Lord;
wherefore
it could not be a New
Jerusalem,
for it had been in a time of old,
but it should be built up again,
and become a holy city of the Lord;
and it should be built up unto the house of
Israel;
and that a New
Jerusalem
should be built up upon this land,
unto the
remnant
of the seed of
Joseph,
for the which things there has been a
type:
for as
Joseph
brought his father down into the land of Egypt,
even so he
died
there;
wherefore
the Lord brought a
remnant
of the seed of
Joseph
out of the land of
Jerusalem,
that he might be merciful unto the seed of
Joseph,
that they should perish not,
even as he was merciful unto the father of
Joseph,
that he should perish not;
wherefore
the
remnant
of the house of
Joseph
shall be built upon this land;
and it shall be a land of their
inheritance;
and they shall build up a holy city unto the Lord,
like unto the
Jerusalem
of old;
and they shall no more be
confounded,
until the end come,
when the earth shall pass away.
And there shall be a new heaven and a new earth;
and they shall be like unto the old,
save the old have passed away,
and all things have
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become new.
And then
cometh
the New
Jerusalem;
and blessed are they which dwell
therein,
for it is they whose garment are white through the blood of the
Lamb;
and they are they which are numbered among the
remnant
of the seed of
Joseph,
which were of the house of
Israel.
And then also
cometh
the
Jerusalem
of old;
and the inhabitants
thereof,
blessed are they,
for they have been
washed
in the blood of the
Lamb;
and they are they which were scattered and
gathered
in from the four
quarters
of the earth,
and from the north countries,
and are
partakers
of the
fulfilling
of the covenant which God made with their father
Abraham.
And when these things come,
bringeth
to pass the
Scripture
which saith,
there are they which were first,
which shall be last;
and there are they which were last,
which shall be first.
And I was about to write more,
but I am
forbidden;
but great and
marvellous
were the prophecies of
Ether,
but they esteemed him as nought,
and cast him out,
and he hid himself in the cavity of a rock by day,
and by night he went forth viewing the things which should come upon the people.
And as he
dwelt
in the cavity of a rock,
he made the remainder of this record,
viewing the destructions which came upon the people by night.
And it came to pass that in that same year
which he was cast out from among the people,
there began to be a great war among the people,
for there were many which rose up who were mighty men,
and sought to destroy
Coriantumr
by their
secret
plans of wickedness,
of which hath been spoken.
And now
Coriantumr,
having studied himself in all the arts of war,
and all the cunning of the world,
wherefore
he gave battle unto them which sought to destroy him;
but he
repented
not,
neither his fair sons nor daughters;
neither the fair sons and daughters of
Cohor;
neither the fair sons and daughters of
Corihor;
and in fine,
there was none of the fair sons and daughters upon the face of the whole earth,
which
repented
of their sins;
wher[e]fore
it came to pass that in the first year that
Ether
dwelt
in the cavity of a rock,
there was many people which was slain by the sword of those
secret
combinations
fighting against
Coriantumr,
that they might obtain the kingdom.
And it came to pass that the sons of
Coriantumr
fought much,
and
bled
much.
And in the second year,
the word of the Lord came to
Ether,
that he should go and prophesy unto
Coriantumr,
that if he would
repent,
and all his
household,
the Lord would give unto him his kingdom,
and spare the people,
otherwise they should be destroyed,
and all
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his
household,
save it were himself,
and he should only live to see the
fulfilling
of the prophecies which had been spoken
concerning
another people receiving the land for their
inheritance;
and
Coriantumr
should receive a
burial
by them;
and every soul should be destroyed
save it were
Coriantumr.
And it came to pass that
Coriantumr
repented
not,
neither his
household,
neither the people;
and the wars did cease not;
and they sought to kill
Ether,
but he fled from before them,
and hid again in the cavity of the rock.
And it came to pass that there arose up
Shared,
and he also gave battle unto
Coriantumr;
and he did beat him,
insomuch
that in the third year he did bring him into
captivity.
And the sons of
Coriantumr,
in the fourth year,
did beat
Shared,
and did obtain the kingdom again unto their father.
Now there began to be a war upon all the face of the land,
every man with his band fighting for that which he desired.
And there was robbers,
and in fine,
all manner of wickedness upon all the face of the land.
And it came to pass that
Coriantumr
was exceeding
angry
with
Shared,
and he went against him with his armies,
to battle;
and they did meet in great anger;
and they did meet in the
valley
of
Gilgal;
and the battle became exceeding
sore. --
And it came to pass that
Shared
fought against him for the space of three days.
And it came to pass that
Coriantumr
beat him,
and did pursue him until he came to the plains of
Heshlon.
And it came to pass that
Shared
gave him battle again upon the plains;
and behold,
he did beat
Coriantumr,
and drove him back again to the
valley
of
Gilgal.
And
Coriantumr
gave
Shared
battle again in the
valley
of
Gilgal,
in the which he beat
Shared,
and
slew
him.
And
Shared
wounded
Coriantumr,
in his thigh,
that he did not go to battle again for the space of two years,
in the which time all the people upon all the face of the land were a shedding blood,
and there was none to
constrain
them.
And now there began to be a great curse upon the land,
because of the
iniquity
of the people,
in the which,
if a man should lay his
tool
or his sword upon the
shelf,
or upon the place whither he would keep it,
and behold,
upon the
morrow,
he could not find it,
so great was the curse upon the land.
Wherefore
every man did
cleave
unto that which was his own,
with his hands,
and would not
borrow,
neither would he
lend;
and every man kept the
hilt
of his sword
thereof,
in his right hand,
in the defence of his property and his own life,
and they of his wives and children.
And now after the space of two years,
and after the death of
Shared,
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behold,
there arose the brother of
Shared,
and he gave battle unto
Coriantumr,
in the which
Coriantumr
did beat him,
and did pursue him to the wilderness of
Akish.
And it came to pass that the brother of
Shared
did give battle unto him in the wilderness of
Akish;
and the battle became exceeding
sore,
and many thousands fell by the sword.
And it came to pass that
Coriantumr
did lay
siege
to the wilderness,
and the brother of
Shared
did march forth out of the wilderness by night,
and
slew
a part of the army of
Coriantumr,
as they were
drunken.
And he came forth to the land of
Moron,
and placed himself upon the throne of
Coriantumr.
And it came to pass that
Coriantumr
dwelt
with his army in the wilderness,
for the space of two years,
in the which he did receive great strength to his army.
Now the brother of
Shared,
whose name was
Gilead,
also received great strength to his army,
because of
secret
combinations.
And it came to pass that his High Priest murdered him as he sat upon his throne.
And it came to pass that one of the
secret
combinations
murdered him in the
secret
pass,
and obtained unto himself the kingdom;
and his name was
Lib;
and
Lib
was a man of great stature,
more than any other man among all the people.
And it came to pass that in the first year of
Lib,
Coriantumr
came up unto the land of
Moron,
and gave battle with
Lib,
in the which
Lib
did
smite
upon his arm,
that he was wounded;
nevertheless,
the army of
Coriantumr
did
press
forward upon
Lib,
that he fled to the borders upon the
seashore.
And it came to pass that
Coriantumr
pursued him;
and
Lib
gave battle unto him upon the
seashore.
And it came to pass that
Lib
did
smite
the army of
Coriantumr,
that they fled again to the wilderness of
Akish.
And it came to pass that
Lib
did pursue him until he came to the plains of
Agosh.
And
Coriantumr
had taken all the people with him,
as he fled before
Lib,
in that
quarter
of the land whither he fled.
And when he had come to the plains of
Agosh,
he gave battle unto
Lib,
and he smote upon him until he
died;
nevertheless,
the brother of
Lib
did come against
Coriantumr
in the
stead
thereof,
and the battle became exceeding
sore,
in the which
Coriantumr
fled again before the army of the brother of
Lib.
Now the name of the brother of
Lib
was called
Shiz.
And it came to pass that
Shiz
pursued after
Coriantumr,
and he did overthrow many cities,
and he did slay both women and children,
and he did burn the cities
thereof;
and there went a fear of
Shiz
throughout all the
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land;
yea,
a cry went forth throughout the land:
Who can stand before the army of
Shiz?
Behold,
he
sweepeth
the earth before him!
And it came to pass that the people began to flock together in armies,
throughout all the face of the land.
And they were
divided,
and a part of them fled to the army of
Shiz,
and a part of them fled to the army of
Coriantumr. --
And so great and
lasting
had been the war,
and so long had been the scene of
bloodshed
and carnage,
that the whole face of the land was covered with the bodies of the dead;
and so swift and
speedy
was the war,
that there was none left to bury the dead,
but they did march forth from the shedding of blood,
to the shedding of blood,
leaving the bodies of both men,
women and children,
strewed upon the face of the land,
to become a prey to the
worms
of the flesh;
and the
scent thereof
went forth upon the face of the land,
even upon all the face of the land;
wherefore
the people became troubled by day and by night,
because of the
scent thereof;
nevertheless,
Shiz
did not cease to pursue
Coriantumr,
for he had sworn to avenge himself upon
Coriantumr
of the blood of his brother,
which had been slain,
and the word of the Lord which came to
Ether,
that
Coriantumr
should not fall by the sword.
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.
And it came to pass that
Shiz
did pursue
Coriantumr
eastward,
even to the borders by the
seashore,
and there he gave battle unto
Shiz
for the space of three days;
and so terrible was the destruction among the armies of
Shiz,
that the people began to be
frightened,
and began to flee before the armies of
Coriantumr;
and they fled to the land of
Corihor,
and
swept
off the inhabitants before them,
all they that would not join them;
and they
pitched
their tents in the
valley
of
Corihor.
And
Coriantumr
pitched
his tents in the
valley
of
Shurr.
Now the
valley
of
Shurr
was near the hill
Comnor;
wherefore
Coriantumr
did
gather
his armies together,
upon the hill of
Comnor,
and did sound a trumpet unto the armies of
Shiz,
to
invite
them forth to battle.
And it came to pass that they came forth,
but were driven back again;
and they came a second time;
and they were driven again a second time.
And it came to pass that they came again the third time,
and the battle became exceeding
sore.
And it came to pass that
Shiz
smote upon
Coriantumr,
that he gave him him many deep wounds.
And
Coriantumr
having lost his blood,
fainted,
and was carried away as though he
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were dead.
Now the loss of men,
women and children,
on both sides,
were so great that
Shiz
commanded his people that they should not pursue the armies of
Coriantumr;
wherefore
they returned to their camp.
And it came to pass that when
Coriantumr
had recovered of his wounds,
he began to remember the words which
Ether
had spoken unto him:
He saw that there had been slain by the sword already nearly two millions of his people,
and he began to sorrow in his heart;
yea,
there had been slain two millions of mighty men,
and also their wives and their children.
He began to
repent
of the evil which he had done;
he began to remember the words which had been spoken by the mouth of all the prophets,
and he saw them that they were fulfilled,
thus far,
every
whit;
and his soul
mourned,
and refused to be
comforted.
And it came to pass that he wrote an
epistle
unto
Shiz,
desiring
him that he would spare the people,
and he would give up the kingdom for the sake of the lives of the people.
And it came to pass that when
Shiz
had received his
epistle,
he wrote an
epistle
unto
Coriantumr,
that if he would give himself up,
that he might slay him with his own sword,
that he would spare the lives of the people.
And it came to pass that the people
repented
not of their
iniquity;
and the people of
Coriantumr
were
stirred
up to anger against the people of
Shiz;
and the people of
Shiz
were
stirred
up to anger
against the people of
Coriantumr;
wherefore
the people of
Shiz
did battle unto the people of
Coriantumr. --
And when
Coriantumr
saw that he was about to fall,
he fled again before the people of
Shiz.
And it came to pass that he came to the waters of
Ripliancum,
which,
by
interpretation,
is large,
or to exceed all;
wherefore,
when they came to these waters,
they
pitched
their tents;
and
Shiz
also
pitched
his tents,
near unto them;
and therefore,
on the
morrow,
they did come to battle.
And it came to pass that they fought an exceeding
sore
battle,
in the which
Coriantumr
was wounded again,
and he
fainted
with the loss of blood.
And it came to pass that the armies of
Coriantumr
did
press
upon the armies of
Shiz,
that they beat them,
that they caused them to flee before them;
and they did flee
southward,
and did
pitch
their tents in a place which was called
Ogath.
And it came to pass that the army of
Coriantumr
did
pitch
their tents by the hill
Ramah;
and it was the same hill where my father
Mormon
did
hide
up the records unto the Lord,
which were sacred. --
And it came to pass that they did
gather
together all the people,
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upon all in the face of the land,
which had not been slain,
save it were
Ether.
And it came to pass that
Ether
did behold all the
doings
of the people;
and he beheld that the people which were for
Coriantumr,
were
gathered
together to the army of
Coriantumr;
and the people which were for
Shiz,
were
gathered
together to the army of
Shiz;
wherefore
they were for the space of four years,
gathering
together the people,
that they might get all which were upon the face of the land,
and that they might receive all the strength which it were possible that they could receive.
And it came to pass that when they were all
gathered
together,
every one to the army which he would,
with their wives,
and their children;
both men,
women and children being armed with weapons of war,
having
shields,
and breast-plates,
and head-plates,
and being clothed after the manner of war,
they did march forth one against another,
to battle;
and they fought all that day,
and
conquered
not.
And it came to pass that when it was night they were
weary,
and retired to their camps;
and after that they had retired to their camps,
they took up a howling and a lamentation for the loss of the slain people;
and so great were their cries,
their howlings and lamentations,
that it did
rend
the air
exceedingly.
And it came to pass that on the
morrow
they did go again to battle,
and great and terrible was that day;
nevertheless
they
conquered
not,
and when the night came again,
they did
rend
the air with their cries,
and their howlings,
and their mournings,
for the loss of the slain of their people.
And it came to pass that
Coriantumr
wrote again an
epistle
unto
Shiz,
desiring
that he would not come again to battle but that he would take the kingdom,
and spare the lives of the people.
But behold,
the spirit of the Lord had
ceased striving
with them,
and
Satan
had full power over the hearts of the people,
for they were given up unto the
hardness
of their hearts,
and the
blindness
of their minds,
that they might be destroyed;
wherefore
they went again to battle.
And it came to pass that they fought all that day,
and when the night came they slept upon their swords;
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 which is
drunken
with wine and they slept again upon their swords;
and on the
morrow
they fought again;
and when the night came they had all fallen by the sword,
save it were fifty and two of the people of
Coriantumr,
and sixty and
nine
of the people of
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Shiz.
And it came to pass that they slept upon their swords that night,
and on the
morrow
they fought again,
and they contended in their mights with their swords,
and with their
shields,
all that day;
and when the night came there was thirty and two of the people of
Shiz,
and twenty and seven of the people of
Coriantumr.
And it came to pass that they
ate
and slept,
and prepared for death on the
morrow.
And they were large and mighty men,
as to the strength of men.
And it came to pass they fought for the space of three hours,
and they
fainted
with the loss of blood.
And it came to pass that when the men of
Coriantumr
had received sufficient strength,
that they could walk,
they were about to flee for their lives,
but behold,
Shiz
arose,
and also his men,
and he
swore
in his
wrath
that he would slay
Coriantumr,
or he would perish by the sword;
wherefore
he did pursue them;
and they fought again with the sword.
And it came to pass that when they had all fallen by the sword,
save it were
Coriantumr
and
Shiz,
behold,
Shiz
had
fainted
with loss of blood.
And it came to pass that when
Coriantumr
had
leaned
upon his sword,
that he rested a little,
he smote off the head of
Shiz.
And it came to pass that after he had smote off the head of
Shiz,
that
Shiz
raised upon his hands and fell;
and after that he had
struggled
for breath,
he
died.
And it came to pass that
Coriantumr
fell to the earth,
and became as if he had no life.
And the Lord
spake
unto
Ether,
and said unto him,
go forth.
And he went forth,
and beheld that the words of the Lord had all been fulfilled;
and he finished his record;
(and the
hundredth
part I have not written,)
and he hid them in a manner that the people of
Limhi
did find them.
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.