Sigaba 47
Sembulo lesaniketwa ngaJoseph Smith umPhrofethi, eKirtland, e-Ohio, mhlaka 8 iNdlovulenkhulu 1831. John Whitmer, lobesekake wasebenta njengamabhalane wemPhrofethi, wacale wangabata ngesikhatsi acelwa kutsi asebente njengembhalimlandvo kanye nembhali welibandla, esikhundleni sa-Oliver Cowdery. Wabhala loku, “ Angitsandzi kukwenta loku kodvwa ngiyabona kutsi intsandvo yeNkhosi kufanele yenteke, futsi uma ikufuna loku, ngifisa kutsi ikwembule ngaJoseph Smith umBoni.” Emvakwekutsi Joseph Smith sekatfole lesi sembulo, John Whitmer wasemukela wase usebenta kuleso sikhundla labekabekwe kuso.
1–4, John Whitmer ubekwa kutsi agcine umlandvo weliBandla, nekubhalela umPhrofethi.
1 Buka, ngikubona kufanele kutsi inceku yami John ibhale iphindze igcine umlandvo logcinwa njalo, futsi ikusite, nceku yami Joseph, ekubhaleni tonkhe tintfo letiyawuniketwa wena, ite ibitelwe kuleminye imisebenti.
2 Futsi, ngicinisile ngitsi kini ingakhuluma emihlanganweni, noma ngabe kunini uma kuyawube kufanele.
3 Ngetulu kwaloko, ngitsi kuwe iyawukhetfwa kutsi igcine imibhalo yelibandla nemlandvo njalo; ngoba Oliver Cowdery sengimbeke kulomunye umsebenti.
4 Ngaloko-ke, iyawuniketwa, nangabe yetsembekile, nguMdvudvuti, kubhala leti tintfo. Kunjalo nje. Amen.