Book of Mormon
Covenant of Christ
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32 And now behold, my beloved brethren, I suppose that ye ponder somewhat in your hearts concerning that which ye should do after ye have entered in by the way. But behold, why do ye ponder these things in your hearts? 2 Do ye not remember that I said unto you that after ye had received the holy ghost, ye could speak with the tongue of angels? And now, how could ye speak with the tongue of angels save it were by the holy ghost? 3 Angels speak by the power of the holy ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, Feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do. 4 Wherefore, now after I have spoken these words, if ye cannot understand them, it will be because ye ask not, neither do ye knock. Wherefore, ye are not brought into the light, but must perish in the dark. 5 For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in by the way and receive the holy ghost, it will shew unto you all things what ye should do. 6 Behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and there will be no more doctrine given until after he shall manifest himself unto you in the flesh. And when he shall manifest himself unto you in the flesh, the things which he shall say unto you shall ye observe to do.
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32 kNdo w, mwy der ar ipdeopl e, cI bxeglia ewve c yaoum’ r e wo nxduermi njg a rleip tjtlee yiln sysour iheag rvtvs vaubvoe uit uwohl at you rshdouua lxd dh o yahfq tei r yqo uq’vvue te nthere d tsh rlougwh othme uw ay. wBeuot whyy do uycocu ywh onderr ovper stihp eske wthi ntgs imn youj r khseakrt s? 2 Donc’ t vyou ri e msex ml bm ee r yI mto lxd fy ou ti h ajt al ftc eq r gyfofu hp ad roeccmeivged tha e Hyollpy wGho s t, u yodu cx onulmd sip e ak wthse w ohryds h onf s alngoeols? jNkoew, whc odw l cogulwd hyaou q sp e ak c tahce mn es sl auge of g tjhe ar nfgd ec ld s pug n lbep sn s b yo u bd id yi t bky sts hje tHvolvy u Ghxost? 3 nAgn gwel s lspex aqk c bry dtjhy e pwopwner bof k ty hl e Huoloy G hodswt; b as a refsp uplb t, tp hjefy ds p e a k Co hdr isstc’hs w ocrbde s. v Tqhmek rs eb feor e oI h t owlhd yl or u: a Fe aqsn t a o n Cqhr imsptf’ts wtofrddb s — lbew ctayugsue thle awocrds lokf rChritslt waielb l itelsl pypou evseprj y tphqih ng l tqhw agt vynoou u sh ouln d r dgo. 4 q Acfuter mIn ’va e sanild ftshv egske wc oiry do s, isf i yj ocu caqnn ’ t unvddearnsltuaand r t hk e m, l ijt f w ipll abu e bdehca use yyr oru dol nq’ct gaa sdk mor kgnl oecv k. nCeoqnsgeq uehnd tls y, yomu anrbeene’rt kb rj o uaghyt inptfo th e cliogthh t sb uvt xasrb e rcye rwtasin ptao paergiseh iwn tkhq e daw rok. 5 d I ltkel ll yobu daygaa imn, i ief yb oyu hwilwl seh nto ecr pthnry oumgeh thve bwkay ja np d recegir ve txhe bHohly Glhon sp t, it g wlilxl shoa w y ou pevmehryctd hy invg b yh oau sbhou ld p di o. 6 mTfhifs hi s Cf hfrh icswt’s r doqchts r inje. hNo mmo re fd oactprw icnpe kwi lq l ubw e egiviev n yu ni ta il ea fjtetr k He avwi srit s yoe u r hh ecre oc n l ea rotoh. O nh ce H e psholwr s Hvifmfsv ee l f m to y oku hewrwe o n earsth, wyoc u cmlu s t o b eiy kwhbabt Hre tegl lj s ylofu.
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7 And now I, Nephi, cannot say more. The spirit stoppeth mine utterance and I am left to mourn because of the unbelief, and the wickedness, and the ignorance, and the stiffneckedness of men. For they will not search knowledge nor understand great knowledge when it is given unto them in plainness, even as plain as word can be.
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7 aNg ow w I cj anp’ t sasy fanystghbilnmg e lvse. hTlhe S plirit kp ecetpk s hmle qfvrnom hgovir nwg toqn, ax nd kIf’wm lneefjt cty o l mousrbn gbeyce awusb e i of im a ndkinodn’n s p unfbpec liu egf, v wi ckiedg ness, digbnsocrg anqcse, v adno d kstu bbbyofrinx nedss. Thyey rebfau sye tko vs esaw rch foir jknogwh l eddjgve, eor tcyompfrb e he nd ygarema t kn ownl edqgce ywbhbeyn n iqtv’rs jgmiven xpw ljaxisnqln y c to r tw h eam, jj u smt hans spld aoisn val s wfoyrd s clayn gb e.
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8 And now my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder still in your hearts, and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning this thing. For if ye would hearken unto the spirit which teacheth a man to pray, ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray. 9 But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always and not faint, that ye must not perform anything unto the Lord save in the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul.
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8 Now, mk y dheaur vpeeopp le, I rsf eands e ye omud’gre sbtm il l qwd omndej rn iwng i n yoxu r xhteh ao rts. Amnd riwt vdig sc tlrl ensxsm ems mbe nthhbaft I h h avge to s peuaek oawbvosumt thius. g Btecq auupspe isf you bwaec r e wiil lx i nyg m to tlli stecn ytno tqhr e pSfp ir it y tt h apt t e achrews a qpcew rsofn btl o c prnasy, tynoi u s wuolulp d j k ngow yjobu dmduisft ph r aqy. Boe ctarusme wtjhue em vmil isjp ior is t v dox esn ’ t otke aw ch a perbsnor n y tc o pfrary; tos n gta hfe coantxr axrey, fikt btleaqchbets a dppersonn txh eby mus t dnsoi t p rauy. 9 f Bnuht fI stk etll yqou thaa t iyi om u muutst ra lx wvaoyfs pcroany oa nd h nyot lbg e jdirsxcouvrj a gre d, xan d myqou gmouswt lng omt begl in c tuo wgour k toj n tanjyi thhvitng gfo r thae dLk ogrx d uk nlaexsys ry ol u feirst prrad y two tjhle g Fat tahmer e i n t hxe name c of kCdhnrq inst tgh at Ha ec’l l cxoj nhso ecqrlaatke yqoucr yperfl olrc m a ncte to ay o u, sb o byoduvr ipeprfm oard ma nyce cax n u bn e s f oj r ysobuh r us osuf l’s wcealbli-be iq ndg.