13:1 And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me, saying: Look!
And I looked and beheld many nations and kingdoms.
13:2 And the angel said unto me: What beholdest thou? And I said: I
behold many nations and kingdoms.
13:3 And he said unto me: These are the nations and kingdoms of the
Gentiles.
13:4 And it came to pass that I saw among the nations of the Gentiles
the formation of a great church.
13:5 And the angel said unto me: Behold the formation of a church which
is most abominable above all other churches, which slayeth the saints
of God, yea, and tortureth them and bindeth them down, and yoketh them
with a yoke of iron, and bringeth them down into captivity.
13:6 And it came to pass that I beheld this great and abominable
church; and I saw the devil that he was the founder of it.
13:7 And I also saw gold, and silver, and silks, and scarlets, and
fine-twined linen, and all manner of precious clothing; and I saw many
harlots.
13:8 And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the gold, and the
silver, and the silks, and the scarlets, and the fine-twined linen, and
the precious clothing, and the harlots, are the desires of this great
and abominable church.
13:9 And also for the praise of the world do they destroy the saints of
God, and bring them down into captivity.
13:10 And it came to pass that I looked and beheld many waters; and
they divided the Gentiles from the seed of my brethren.
13:11 And it came to pass that the angel said unto me: Behold the wrath
of God is upon the seed of thy brethren.
13:12 And I looked and beheld a man among the Gentiles, who was
separated from the seed of my brethren by the many waters; and I beheld
the Spirit of God, that it came down and wrought upon the man; and he
went forth upon the many waters, even unto the seed of my brethren, who
were in the promised land.
13:13 And it came to pass that I beheld the Spirit of God, that it
wrought upon other Gentiles; and they went forth out of captivity, upon
the many waters.
13:14 And it came to pass that I beheld many multitudes of the Gentiles
upon the land of promise; and I beheld the wrath of God, that it was
upon the seed of my brethren; and they were scattered before the
Gentiles and were smitten.
13:15 And I beheld the Spirit of the Lord, that it was upon the
Gentiles, and they did prosper and obtain the land for their
inheritance; and I beheld that they were white, and exceedingly fair
and beautiful, like unto my people before they were slain.
13:16 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld that the Gentiles who
had gone forth out of captivity did humble themselves before the Lord;
and the power of the Lord was with them.
13:17 And I beheld that their mother Gentiles were gathered together
upon the waters, and upon the land also, to battle against them.
13:18 And I beheld that the power of God was with them, and also that
the wrath of God was upon all those that were gathered together against
them to battle.
13:19 And I, Nephi, beheld that the Gentiles that had gone out of
captivity were delivered by the power of God out of the hands of all
other nations.
13:20 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld that they did prosper
in the land; and I beheld a book, and it was carried forth among them.
13:21 And the angel said unto me: Knowest thou the meaning of the book?
13:22 And I said unto him: I know not.
13:23 And he said: Behold it proceedeth out of the mouth of a Jew. And
I, Nephi, beheld it; and he said unto me: The book that thou beholdest
is a record of the Jews, which contains the covenants of the Lord,
which he hath made unto the house of Israel; and it also containeth
many of the prophecies of the holy prophets; and it is a record like
unto the engravings which are upon the plates of brass, save there are
not so many; nevertheless, they contain the covenants of the Lord,
which he hath made unto the house of Israel; wherefore, they are of
great worth unto the Gentiles.
13:24 And the angel of the Lord said unto me: Thou hast beheld that the
book proceeded forth from the mouth of a Jew; and when it proceeded
forth from the mouth of a Jew it contained the fulness of the gospel of
the Lord, of whom the twelve apostles bear record; and they bear record
according to the truth which is in the Lamb of God.
13:25 Wherefore, these things go forth from the Jews in purity unto the
Gentiles, according to the truth which is in God.
13:26 And after they go forth by the hand of the twelve apostles of the
Lamb, from the Jews unto the Gentiles, thou seest the formation of a
great and abominable church, which is most abominable above all other
churches; for behold, they have taken away from the gospel of the Lamb
many parts which are plain and most precious; and also many covenants
of the Lord have they taken away.
13:27 And all this have they done that they might pervert the right
ways of the Lord, that they might blind the eyes and harden the hearts
of the children of men.
13:28 Wherefore, thou seest that after the book hath gone forth through
the hands of the great and abominable church, that there are many plain
and precious things taken away from the book, which is the book of the
Lamb of God.
13:29 And after these plain and precious things were taken away it
goeth forth unto all the nations of the Gentiles; and after it goeth
forth unto all the nations of the Gentiles, yea, even across the many
waters which thou hast seen with the Gentiles which have gone forth out
of captivity, thou seest—because of the many plain and precious things
which have been taken out of the book, which were plain unto the
understanding of the children of men, according to the plainness which
is in the Lamb of God—because of these things which are taken away out
of the gospel of the Lamb, an exceedingly great many do stumble, yea,
insomuch that Satan hath great power over them.
13:30 Nevertheless, thou beholdest that the Gentiles who have gone
forth out of captivity, and have been lifted up by the power of God
above all other nations, upon the face of the land which is choice
above all other lands, which is the land that the Lord God hath
covenanted with thy father that his seed should have for the land of
their inheritance; wherefore, thou seest that the Lord God will not
suffer that the Gentiles will utterly destroy the mixture of thy seed,
which are among thy brethren.
13:31 Neither will he suffer that the Gentiles shall destroy the seed
of thy brethren.
13:32 Neither will the Lord God suffer that the Gentiles shall forever
remain in that awful state of blindness, which thou beholdest they are
in, because of the plain and most precious parts of the gospel of the
Lamb which have been kept back by that abominable church, whose
formation thou hast seen.
13:33 Wherefore saith the Lamb of God: I will be merciful unto the
Gentiles, unto the visiting of the remnant of the house of Israel in
great judgment.
13:34 And it came to pass that the angel of the Lord spake unto me,
saying: Behold, saith the Lamb of God, after I have visited the remnant
of the house of Israel—and this remnant of whom I speak is the seed of
thy father—wherefore, after I have visited them in judgment, and
smitten them by the hand of the Gentiles, and after the Gentiles do
stumble exceedingly, because of the most plain and precious parts of
the gospel of the Lamb which have been kept back by that abominable
church, which is the mother of harlots, saith the Lamb—I will be
merciful unto the Gentiles in that day, insomuch that I will bring
forth unto them, in mine own power, much of my gospel, which shall be
plain and precious, saith the Lamb.
13:35 For, behold, saith the Lamb: I will manifest myself unto thy
seed, that they shall write many things which I shall minister unto
them, which shall be plain and precious; and after thy seed shall be
destroyed, and dwindle in unbelief, and also the seed of thy brethren,
behold, these things shall be hid up, to come forth unto the Gentiles,
by the gift and power of the Lamb.
13:36 And in them shall be written my gospel, saith the Lamb, and my
rock and my salvation.
13:37 And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at
that day, for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost;
and if they endure unto the end they shall be lifted up at the last
day, and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the Lamb; and
whoso shall publish peace, yea, tidings of great joy, how beautiful
upon the mountains shall they be.
13:38 And it came to pass that I beheld the remnant of the seed of my
brethren, and also the book of the Lamb of God, which had proceeded
forth from the mouth of the Jew, that it came forth from the Gentiles
unto the remnant of the seed of my brethren.
13:39 And after it had come forth unto them I beheld other books, which
came forth by the power of the Lamb, from the Gentiles unto them, unto
the convincing of the Gentiles and the remnant of the seed of my
brethren, and also the Jews who were scattered upon all the face of the
earth, that the records of the prophets and of the twelve apostles of
the Lamb are true.
13:40 And the angel spake unto me, saying: These last records, which
thou hast seen among the Gentiles, shall establish the truth of the
first, which are of the twelve apostles of the Lamb, and shall make
known the plain and precious things which have been taken away from
them; and shall make known to all kindreds, tongues, and people, that
the Lamb of God is the Son of the Eternal Father, and the Savior of the
world; and that all men must come unto him, or they cannot be saved.
13:41 And they must come according to the words which shall be
established by the mouth of the Lamb; and the words of the Lamb shall
be made known in the records of thy seed, as well as in the records of
the twelve apostles of the Lamb; wherefore they both shall be
established in one; for there is one God and one Shepherd over all the
earth.
13:42 And the time cometh that he shall manifest himself unto all
nations, both unto the Jews and also unto the Gentiles; and after he
has manifested himself unto the Jews and also unto the Gentiles, then
he shall manifest himself unto the Gentiles and also unto the Jews, and
the last shall be first, and the first shall be last.