1 Futsi kwenteka kutsi umnyaka wemashumi layimfica nesihlanu waphela ngaleyondlela nawo, nebantfu bacala kutikhohlwa leto tibonakaliso kanye naleto timangaliso labebativile, bacala kancane kancane kutsi bangabe basamangaliswa sibonakaliso noma simangaliso lebesivela ezulwini, kangangekutsi bacala kutsi babe lukhuni etinhlitiyweni tabo, baba timphumphutse etingcondvweni tabo, futsi bacala kungakukholwa konkhe loko labebakuvile nalabebakubonile—

2 Bacabanga etinhlitiyweni tabo tintfo letitsite letilite, kutsi betentiwe bantfu kanye nangemandla adeveli, kute tidukise tiphindze tikhohlise tinhlitiyo tebantfu; ngaleyondlela Sathane waphindze watitfola tinhlitiyo tebantfu, kangangekutsi wawaphumphutsekisa emehlo abo futsi wabedukisa kutsi bakholwe kutsi imfundziso yaKhristu beyiyintfo lebuwula futsi lelite.

3 Futsi kwenteka kutsi bantfu bacala kutsi bakhule bacine ebubini kanye nasetinengisweni; abatange bakholwe kutsi bekutawuphindze kube khona letinye tibonakaliso noma timangaliso lebetisatawuniketwa; futsi Sathane bekahamba azulazula, adukisa tinhlitiyo tebantfu, abalinga aphindze abenta kutsi bente bubi lobukhulu eveni.

4 Waphela kanjalo-ke umnyaka wemashumi layimfica nesitfupha; kanjalo nemnyaka wemashumi layimfica nesikhombisa; kanjalo nemnyaka wemashumi layimfica nesiphohlongo; kanjalo nemnyaka wemashumi layimfica nemfica;

5 Kanjalo neminyaka lelikhulu bese yendlulile kusukela etinsukwini taMosiya, lobekayiNkhosi kubantfu bemaNefi.

6 Iminyaka lengemakhulu lasitfupha nemfica bese yendlulile kusukela Lehi ashiya eJerusalema.

7 Futsi iminyaka leyimfica bese yendlulile kusukela esikhatsini lebekuniketwe ngaso sibonakaliso, lebekukhulunywe ngaso baphrofethi, sekutsi Khristu bekayawufika emhlabeni.

8 Manje emaNefi acala kubala sikhatsi sawo kusukela ngalesikhatsi lebekuniketwe ngaso sibonakaliso, noma kusukela ngekufika kwaKhristu; ngako-ke, iminyaka leyimfica beseyendlulile.

9 Nefi, lobekanguyise waNefi, lobekagcine lemibhalo, akatange asabuyela eveni laseZarahemla, futsi akatange atfolakale ndzawo kulo lonkhe live.

10 Futsi kwenteka kutsi bantfu bachubeka nekuhlala ebubini, nanoma kushumayela kanye nekuphrofetha kwakukuningi emkhatsini wabo; ngaleyondlela wendlula kanjalo-ke nemnyaka welishumi, kanjalo nemnyaka welishumi nakunye wendlula ngaleyondlela ebubini.

11 Futsi kwenteka kutsi ngemnyaka welishumi nakutsatfu kwacala kwaba khona timphi kanye nemibango kulo lonkhe live; ngoba tigebengu taGadiyanthoni bese titiningi kakhulu, futsi bese tibulele bantfu labaningi kakhulu, tabhubhisa nemadolobha lamaningi kakhulu, tandzisa nekufa lokuningi kakhulu kanye nekubulawa kwebantfu lokuningi kulo lonkhe live, kangangekutsi kwadzingeka kutsi bonkhe bantfu, emaNefi kanye nemaLamani, batsatse tikhali bayawukulwa nato.

12 Ngako-ke, onkhe emaLamani labekaphendvukele eNkhosini ahlangana nabomnakabo, emaNefi, aphoceleleka, kuvikela timphilo tabo kanye nebesifazane babo kanye nebantfwana babo, kutsi atsatse tikhali alwe naleto tigebengu taGadiyanthoni, yebo, futsi kanjalo nekutsi agcine emalungelo abo, netinzuzo telibandla labo nekukhonta kwabo, nemandla abo ekutimela, kanye nenkhululeko yabo.

13 Futsi kwenteka kutsi ngaphambi kwekutsi lomnyaka welishumi nakutsatfu wendlule emaNefi esatjiswa ngekubhujiswa nya ngenca yalemphi, leyaba yimbi kakhulu.

14 Futsi kwenteka kutsi lawo maLamani labekahlangene nemaNefi abalwa kanye nemaNefi;

15 Sicalekiso sawo sasuswa kuwo, futsi sikhumba sawo sabese siba mhlophe njengesemaNefi;

16 Emajaha abo kanye nemadvodzakati abo aba mahle kakhulu, abalwa kanye nemaNefi, abitwa ngekutsi ngemaNefi. Futsi waphela kanjalo-ke umnyaka wemashumi nakutsatfu.

17 Futsi kwenteka ekucaleni kwemnyaka welishumi nakune, imphi emkhatsini wetigebengu kanye nebantfu baNefi yachubeka futsi yaba yimbi kakhulu; noko, bantfu baNefi bake batfola kutehlula letigebengu, kangangekutsi batiphocelela kutsi tibaleke tibuyele emuva batikhipha emaveni abo batiyisa etintsabeni kanye nasetindzaweni tato letifihlekile.

18 Waphela kanjalo-ke umnyaka welishumi nakune. Ngemnyaka welishumi nesihlanu taphuma tatokulwa nebantfu baNefi; futsi ngenca yebubi bebantfu baNefi, kanye nemibango yabo leminingi kanye nekuphikisana, tigebengu taGadiyanthoni takhona kubacinela.

19 Waphela kanjalo-ke umnyaka welishumi nesihlanu, ngaleyondlela bantfu bebasesimeni setinhlupheko letiningi; nenkemba yekubhujiswa beseyilengela etikwabo, kangangekutsi besebatawushaywa ngiyo, futsi loku kungenca yebubi babo.