The First Book of Nephi
HIS RULE AND MINISTRY
سِفْر نافِي الأوَّل
حُكْمُه وخِدمَتُه
An account of Lehi, his wife Sariah, and his four sons, named beginning with the oldest Laman, Lemuel, Sam, and Nephi. The Lord warns Lehi to leave the land of Jerusalem because he prophesies to the people about their iniquity and they attempt to kill him.He journeys for three days into the wilderness with his family.Nephi takes his brothers and returns to Jerusalem to get the record of the Jews. The account of their hardships.They marry Ishmael’s daughters.They take their families and depart into the wilderness.Their suffering and troubles in the wilderness. The path of their travels. They come to the ocean. Nephi’s brothers rebel against him. He proves them wrong and builds a ship. They name the place Bountiful. They cross the ocean to the promised land, etc. This is according to Nephi’s account — that is, I Nephi engraved this record.
Chapter 1
الإصحاح الأوَّل
1I Nephi was born to excellent parents. As a consequence, my father taught me from all his knowledge. I’ve experienced many hardships during my life, while at the same time I’ve been greatly blessed by the Lord. I gained great understanding of God’s goodness and mysteries. Therefore I’m making a record of the important events in my life. 2I’m writing in my father’s language, which consists of Jewish knowledge written using Egyptian script. 3I know the record I’m making is true, written in my own hand, and based on what I know and experienced.
4He departed into the wilderness. He left his house, the land he had inherited, and his gold, silver, and valuables, and didn’t take anything with him except his family, provisions, and tents, and left into the wilderness. 5He came down by the mountains near the Red Sea shore, journeying through the wilderness until reaching the Borders of the Red Sea. He traveled with his family, consisting of my mother Sariah, and older brothers, who were Laman, Lemuel, and Sam. 6After he traveled for three days across the wilderness, he pitched his tent in a valley by a river.
1Then I returned from speaking with the Lord to my father’s tent.2And he said to me: I’ve had a dream where the Lord commanded you and your brothers to return to Jerusalem. 3The assignment is to go to Laban who has the record of the Jews and my forefathers’ genealogy engraved on brass plates. 4The Lord has commanded for you and your brothers to go to Laban’s house, retrieve the records, and bring them down here in the wilderness. 5Your brothers are complaining, saying it’s a difficult thing I’ve asked them to do. But I haven’t asked them to do it. To the contrary, it’s a commandment from the Lord. 6So go, my son, and you’ll be blessed by the Lord because you haven’t complained. 7Then I told my father: I’ll go and do what the Lord has commanded because I know the Lord doesn’t give people any commandments without preparing a way for them to accomplish what He commands to be done. 8When my father heard this, he was very pleased since he could tell my understanding came from the Lord.