2 Nephi 5

1Behold, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cry much unto the Lord

2But behold, their anger did increase against me, insomuch that they

3Yea, they did murmur against me, saying: Our younger brother thinks

4Now I do not write upon these plates all the words which they

5And it came to pass that the Lord did warn me, that I, Nephi,

6Wherefore, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did take my family, and

7And we did take our tents and whatsoever things were possible for

8And my people would that we should call the name of the place

9And all those who were with me did take upon them to call

10And we did observe to keep the judgments, and the statutes, and

11And the Lord was with us; and we did prosper exceedingly; for we

12And I, Nephi, had also brought the records which were engraven

13And it came to pass that we began to prosper exceedingly, and to

14And I, Nephi, did take the sword of Laban, and after the manner of

15And I did teach my people to build buildings, and to work in all

16And I, Nephi, did build a temple; and I did construct it after the

17And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cause my people to be

18And it came to pass that they would that I should be their king.

19And behold, the words of the Lord had been fulfilled unto my

20Wherefore, the word of the Lord was fulfilled which he spake unto

21And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore

22And thus saith the Lord God: I will cause that they shall be

23And cursed shall be the seed of him that mixeth with their seed;

24And because of their cursing which was upon them they did become

25And the Lord God said unto me: They shall be a scourge unto thy

26And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did consecrate Jacob and

27And it came to pass that we lived after the manner of happiness.

28And thirty years had passed away from the time we left Jerusalem.

29And I, Nephi, had kept the records upon my plates, which I had

30And it came to pass that the Lord God said unto me: Make other

31Wherefore, I, Nephi, to be obedient to the commandments of the

32And I engraved that which is pleasing unto God. And if my people

33And if my people desire to know the more particular part of the

34And it sufficeth me to say that forty years had passed away, and