Sự suy giảm và sụp đổ của Nê Phi

Hai Thế Kỷ Utopia của Si Ôn

4 Nephi 1

Thời gian trôi qua, và tất cả những ai ăn năn, được rửa tội và nhận được Chúa Thánh Thần đều được chào đón trong hội thánh do các môn đệ của Chúa Giê-su sáng lập.

And it came to pass that the thirty and fourth year passed away, and also the thirty and fifth, and behold the disciples of Jesus had formed a church of Christ in all the lands round about. And as many as did come unto them, and did truly repent of their sins, were baptized in the name of Jesus; and they did also receive the Holy Ghost.

4 Nephi 2

Không lâu sau đó, tất cả mọi người đều được hoán cải, và tất cả sống chung với nhau một cách bình yên.

And it came to pass in the thirty and sixth year, the people were all converted unto the Lord, upon all the face of the land, both Nephites and Lamanites, and there were no contentions and disputations among them, and every man did deal justly one with another.

4 Nephi 3

Mọi người sống trong tự do và bình đẳng.

And they had all things common among them; therefore there were not rich and poor, bond and free, but they were all made free, and partakers of the heavenly gift.

4 Nephi 4–5

Bình an tràn ngập khi các môn đệ của Jesus thực hiện vô số phép lạ trong tên của Ngài.

And it came to pass that the thirty and seventh year passed away also, and there still continued to be peace in the land. And there were great and marvelous works wrought by the disciples of Jesus, insomuch that they did heal the sick, and raise the dead, and cause the lame to walk, and the blind to receive their sight, and the deaf to hear; and all manner of miracles did they work among the children of men; and in nothing did they work miracles save it were in the name of Jesus.

4 Nephi 6–9

Nhiều năm tháng trôi qua trong thịnh vượng, và người dân đã tái kiến thiết Gia Ra Hêm La cùng với nhiều thành phố khác.

And thus did the thirty and eighth year pass away, and also the thirty and ninth, and forty and first, and the forty and second, yea, even until forty and nine years had passed away, and also the fifty and first, and the fifty and second; yea, and even until fifty and nine years had passed away.

And the Lord did prosper them exceedingly in the land; yea, insomuch that they did build cities again where there had been cities burned. Yea, even that great city Zarahemla did they cause to be built again. But there were many cities which had been sunk, and waters came up in the stead thereof; therefore these cities could not be renewed.

4 Nephi 10–12

Dân Nê Phi sinh sôi, nhận được phúc lành của Chúa, và chấp nhận luật lệ cao quý mới của Chúa Kitô thay vì luật lệ cũ của Môi Se.

And now, behold, it came to pass that the people of Nephi did wax strong, and did multiply exceedingly fast, and became an exceedingly fair and delightsome people.

And they were married, and given in marriage, and were blessed according to the multitude of the promises which the Lord had made unto them.

And they did not walk any more after the performances and ordinances of the law of Moses; but they did walk after the commandments which they had received from their Lord and their God, continuing in fasting and prayer, and in meeting together oft both to pray and to hear the word of the Lord.

4 Nephi 13

Không có tranh cãi giữa mọi người, chỉ có phép lạ.

And it came to pass that there was no contention among all the people, in all the land; but there were mighty miracles wrought among the disciples of Jesus.

4 Nephi 14

Một trăm năm trôi qua kể từ khi Chúa Giêsu ghé thăm; tất cả các môn đệ gốc đã qua đời và được thay thế và đa số thế hệ đầu tiên đã chứng kiến chính mắt sự ghé thăm của Chúa Giêsu cũng đã qua đời.

And it came to pass that the seventy and first year passed away, and also the seventy and second year, yea, and in fine, till the seventy and ninth year had passed away; yea, even an hundred years had passed away, and the disciples of Jesus, whom he had chosen, had all gone to the paradise of God, save it were the three who should tarry; and there were other disciples ordained in their stead; and also many of that generation had passed away.

4 Nephi 15–17

Mọi người tiếp tục sống trong hòa bình và hòa thuận—không còn sự phân biệt giữa Dân Nê Phi hay Dân La Man, nhưng tất cả họ đều được coi là con cái của Chúa Giê-su.

And it came to pass that there was no contention in the land, because of the love of God which did dwell in the hearts of the people. And there were no envyings, nor strifes, nor tumults, nor whoredoms, nor lyings, nor murders, nor any manner of lasciviousness; and surely there could not be a happier people among all the people who had been created by the hand of God. There were no robbers, nor murderers, neither were there Lamanites, nor any manner of –ites; but they were in one, the children of Christ, and heirs to the kingdom of God.

4 Nephi 18

Mười năm sau, thế hệ đầu tiên đã qua đời hết và Chúa tiếp tục ban phước lành cho mọi người trong mọi việc.

And how blessed were they! For the Lord did bless them in all their doings; yea, even they were blessed and prospered until an hundred and ten years had passed away; and the first generation from Christ had passed away, and there was no contention in all the land.

4 Nephi 19–20

Trong suốt thời gian đó, Nê Phi đã giữ gìn bản ghi chép của Dân Nê Phi, và ông đã trao nó lại cho con trai mình là A Mốt, người đã ghi chép rằng một số ít người đã rời bỏ cộng đồng Dân Nê Phi và đã tự nhận mình là Dân La Man.

And it came to pass that Nephi, he that kept this last record, (and he kept it upon the plates of Nephi) died, and his son Amos kept it in his stead; and he kept it upon the plates of Nephi also. And he kept it eighty and four years, and there was still peace in the land, save it were a small part of the people who had revolted from the church and taken upon them the name of Lamanites; therefore there began to be Lamanites again in the land.

4 Nephi 21

A Mốt tạo ra bản ghi của mình, và chuyển nó cho con trai mình, cũng tên là A Mốt.

And it came to pass that Amos died also, (and it was an hundred and ninety and four years from the coming of Christ) and his son Amos kept the record in his stead; and he also kept it upon the plates of Nephi; and it was also written in the book of Nephi, which is this book.