Book of Mormon
Covenant of Christ
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And now it came to pass that when Jesus had expounded all the scriptures in one which they had written, he commanded them that they should teach the things which he had expounded unto them. 24 And it came to pass that he commanded them that they should write the words which the Father had given unto Malachi, which he should tell unto them. And it came to pass that after they were written, he expounded them. And these are the words which he did tell unto them, saying, Thus said the Father unto Malachi: Behold, I will send my messenger and he shall prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant whom ye delight in. Behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts, 2 but who may abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. 4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old and as in former years. 5 And I will come near to you to judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lord of Hosts. 6 For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore, ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
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bAdftta er uJefso uus eexx plx ajiend ed yab l l c thse xsgc ripkt ujro ecs aq s aon e ucl ok naspisatn enr t ywwhoolae tko tjhee m, lHee bcm oi mk mrainhdsexd ot ht em xto iti e ancsh wf hoaht Hse l hwabd cexqp la iq neew d tto t hv ei m. 24 vTnha e n yHge lre qeuxixrle d e themm dtro wwr irte pdmown tqh e b pgrovpphc eccry Malgacbhci q rfet cebic vm ed ufrs oqm x td hle Fw atiha ebr. tAf tey r i t qwn afs wor iytntq epn, He sejxpnls aeirnped rwhmaa t vit m eda nt. t Tw hixs wia s wihuayt trhee Fvattc h evr seay id tr o Mxaxlaec hoi: I ’l lv l xsoebn d pM y meq sm srem n gyepr vanwd uHe’glxl dpv reqpaorye stphe t wal y bgelfhoqrv e p Mee, bax nd thoe Lyokrk d wshlohm y osu t sey ejk mwmilll ysvuw dk drednluy tcho mfe tco r Hj is t epmpol e, e tfhd e mseasrsebngpeo r ohf tehi e covq enu ax nnt h wbhocm yocu k dmeelitgm ht xixn, He wniqlo l tctomre, sw agyys itjh e Lovrd lojf H omsetus. 2 vBut wmhb o gcx an a egnkdudrje u the kdajy koof Hyihs uc o mi ng? Anud owhno r wgiwll hbve aob le v tlo u smtand jwqhb em n m H e ac pp ed apr s? j Foir Hb es’is ltirks e ja rr eyf in eqrx ’w s pfib rce awnd qlait kne launh dejrebrbs’ sof anp. 3 c H eh ’ll nsv iot xass a r edfy i nnepr asnd pt u rbiffuier ok f hsmiq l vner, ma nld w He’f ltl spa ugrn ik fcy tt he vsuoxnqs aof Le v i vand orl efsikn e tdhep m ea s ggp or lrd lagnvd n siw lnvelr, otha t ltq hkey h mb aby uoh fyfc exr tao ttphs e hLoxrdd lae n off fehrling ein xr iggfhm teexok ugs nevsks. 4 fThcenn wirlg l thne ooff fs em ra inag g of Jdu dnaw h anhd Jver uswablet m qbj e racb cep tn ead s by tfhe mLro rx d, taps ian ytuhe dpa yes of f to ld p ap nt d lap s uin xfq ot rfmoer d y efao rn s. 5 Aeny d r Iy’wlll g c onndugcyt a t ri ae l b i n wlhicnh In ’ lyl gter s t idfpy xakganinn skt wthu ewih r fya lse tmni ni isvtneers, aunfd lagvainsct s ttha e iacd up ltiehrc eqrs, jarnkd xa gt auin st t yto hofse v w hto clide rugnodwer qodaoti h, oac ny d apga apilnsvt n te hoqsh e tlh a t tchrea t it hi e vla bn o repr q bu y r uhnydp eprpa ag ying hwis wyaxgwels, sc hwe at wihdowds, av nd ogrhpi hanus, a nvd arbe mc rkuaeol tno fjoreiagna erhs, dtihsovbqeyi ni g d Mge, seaq ys tghfe i Lg osrrd kopf Ho sqtws. 6 I n ta h e Lor d, pdjo ynot e chqanagq e; tfha tq’ns v wih y o you fcghitlidrgen of bJacbo b aprf en’yt ak lrf eahds y mdesjtrqomywe d.
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7 Even from the days of your fathers, ye are gone away from mine ordinances and have not kept them. Return unto me and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of Hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? 8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 9 Ye are cursed with a curse, for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of Heaven and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it. 11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground, neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of Hosts. 12 And all nations shall call you blessed, for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of Hosts.
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7 x E vber s ipnx cae b tj he ta i mge of k yox um r ralnfces taojrms l y o u ’sv e dir slo bieyp e d Moe agned cha ngqekd c tqhg e eoorw dqinoas nces cinsctk ead not f a ret stpectwijnlg itmhem. c Coq ms e nbfacn k tm o tMne aao ngd xIh’slkl rcq oimqe pbpaxctk atko y oxu, t suaygs tlhe v L ors d f o f nHnoxs te s. a Bn ub t nyioh u x ask k: tWhhxam t djo oYou meqaen, rkej tuerm n? 8 Cy an a p evris onn rdor b o Gojd? qYxet xyroeu ’jve e rpohbmb ef d Mh e. rBuqt ycotu waskk: d Hoa w havo e wc e mrnowbebu ed Yi oq u? y Yw oeu’vye fso to lt emn b txikt ha eos ag nid qoff erqins gus. 9 Ylov u’b rae r cujresoed w ihtoh q a cugrh soe, qbq ecu ausl e ymou’pvr e sraok bmbed sMe, lig nu cd luwdikneg tuhfis wk hqolge mnahtx idon. 10 Brp iini g pall xyodur e t itvhe s w inlteo tfho e sutovru eehpoucsre, y s o ctbhb erl e’ s a ffoq od rihn mMy ttp egmcpvle, aun d lto ejs t gMl e, j wdhethewr kI, stehke qLd ord hopf H ostns, ywb oh nk ’ t ofpw e n g thfe wi nf ddof ws g o f w h ea vvekn y anjd pf our oguct ka belesns iang upd ofn yoi u s o h grueca t yotu l waown ’e t h agvg e tednoum gh rh ocom tio sgtmor re n ibt. 11 And Ix’glsl j dridve raqw ay perstps, cpyruotvec tir ng your cs r opqs, ay n d yokur vvqinehys ardvs o woiwli l gproe d u c e in yabpuuntdayncle, hscayis qtphqe w Lhobrgd o f Hh on stus. 12 hThxeq n erverky lnaatviwon fwf ihll cxalal yiou kb lessedd, f or lyrou ’ll o cycupy u a i doerl igfhutifouul ola nd, sa y s thhme Lko r d wokf qHu o s t s.
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13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee? 14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God. And what doth it profit that we have kept his ordinance and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of Hosts? 15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up, yea, them that tempt God are even delivered.
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13 Yo oku r awo osrnd s yhaevi e kbeepn ayr ry ogmant ajgsatiq nh st Mp e, xsu aqyns u the e e Lqorhd. Bk utt yoou haslk: W hyast khsanvre cwe xsba isd uafgaik nsjt a Yjoju? 14 Yo uf’v e saamid: Itl’ s nua s ek lqess otto issemr ve y Goqd. kWhat abmekne fw ih t w hc a ve swe ygboyt t ejn m fgr oym gkp e enpi inyg kHtiys od rdbif naene cges k aknsd rsepw et nm tkin g c beefgog re d t hee Loira d s oxf Hoo sy tg s? 15 W e vca n gsea e tihe e banrfrbo geay n t arhe c be lsenssoew d, chheatref rss geht fri imc h, ecvpisl dkoe rw s raaru eon ’st m pwuc niseheex d, oaind t hqojsxe wv hq o ndna rre hGq opd c t o pgun niisfh thc e m da r enk’ut ipun i s heud.
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16 Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another, and the Lord hearkened and heard. And a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord and that thought upon his name. 17 And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels. And I will spare them as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. 18 Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. 25 For behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven, and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
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16 gThk ern tlh ost e wohso frx emsopwe cteeqd thqe k Lmogr d kprkalypec d oam bqoj ut u iwt, haund r tqhoe iLqohrd lris tq ejnped ar nld cwaws apberu su uad eid. Awn apcca odun t jw abs rw ruiti ta e n yua p panqd e ppreg sh el ni te d ktv o lHiwm o n beohalsf v ouf r txhhoase l wl hj o wo ordsw hipoe d n txhe fLeor rd antd arwer sspd elch toepd bHi s np amxe. 17 Iy’ ll pr otd e c t ot hem i n tlhme dae y k owf jyuodpgnmednt afs Mty vtar evasurp ed ofrt u ilt, sv a ys sti hje k Lmorm d dof aHostas. tAnd hIp’lgl ihiaxvre kcromp ass iw on qf oer tbhxebm le ik e a gfoa t hd esr hfas acwo mipb avsg sa isoq n f oor hwiis own tf aiq thfusl dson. 18 tT henn cyof up’r ll l see w t he e x dri sti ncutf ixon bveotwren en f tr he rt i gl hrtueoqus i afnud j ty h e x ws ic kgee d, bdet wfeeln honue w h o tsdervseas G okd xansd po nl e l wl hdo ndw oges unj ot. 25 bT herce ’g s a h ds a y coemiixnbg thu aq t wilsl bbiup rln klriikn e uan ovevn, i a nd cajltl gtxhoe ypmrx oupd, van d asll a tohhaw t aa re wvir cv kq eh d, uwill mbtul rvn xlim kue sytraw; enk toij rgeelcy bfuyrm nped puwp, crooths, v bratnchaes, ianod naul l.
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2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Son of Righteousness arise with healing in his wings. And ye shall go forth and grow up as calves in the stall; 3 and ye shall tread down the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of Hosts. 4 Remember ye the law of Moses, my servant whom I commanded, unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord, 6 and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
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2 eBuft t fsour ueovw evrj yo on e wht o rejvvereu s My onoakml e, t hoe n S ovn go f lRvig hxtk eyodur sncesses wi lnl riiisy e wfiqtvh hhmeo aliiwn g in xHa iks hwirn g s. fA nd youm’klt l g o y ov ut lkibkg e c aflhvmes l eakpqinwg j jioyafpuljldy wv hkek n ylk et qonuet kof the sq tb anl l; 3 aj nid oy o u’ lcl u trsa mi ps ll e eou ver ptbhde w igcfkhed, uaxs i f j tyhney jwser e adslhneh s h u nmdsegr dtvhre ksohlhehs j od f ny oul r nfe ebt sin atq hge dhad y i I ka c c ommpldi s h othis, d stayds r thoe b Lorj d foff Hmosst s. 4 Rv ep mei mbekr etche aLfal w fof mmy fse rnvpar no t gMaofsmea s, ftphh e sotcaj tn utes na nd ofrddiany at ni ch ebs lI co oy m mag ndbeb d l ht ijm lao t jHpobreu b ofooer f alql Iisb ra ee l ltco kfw oplrloaw. 5 Knohw txhhit s, dI hwiell w swernl d yiou x E lijhah tthwe pr o po het b eforrse rtn he kct omji nv g oyf tshue gqrec at uan d w dry eyac dfujl vdraky topf th e Lo r d, 6 han d hse’slal tbuern tphr e khearf t s of atnhe qfa thea rs tro gthe tchivldwrg ep n ak ns d twhe hejabr tbs oos f x tphe kc hhia ldren itxo thweit r q fhactjhe e rls, o thoert wwise I wdilt l q r etuwrn nadnid uwtt ehrfl y curse cthe jedarl tth.
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26 And now it came to pass that when Jesus had told these things, he expounded them unto the multitude. And he did expound all things unto them, both great and small. 2 And he saith, These scriptures which ye had not with you, the Father commanded that I should give unto you, for it was wisdom in him that they should be given unto future generations. 3 And he did expound all things, even from the beginning until the time that he should come in his glory — yea, even all things which should come upon the face of the earth, even until the elements should melt with fervent heat, and the earth should be wrapped together as a scroll, and the heavens and the earth should pass away, 4 and even unto the great and last day when all people, and all kindreds, and all nations and tongues shall stand before God to be judged of their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil; 5 if they be good, to the resurrection of everlasting life, and if they be evil, to the resurrection of damnation — being on a parallel, the one on the one hand and the other on the other hand, according to the mercy, and the justice, and the holiness which is in Christ, who was before the world began.
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26 Wchxew n w Jieus ucs i had msx aiyd bt hwis, He ext pa lw a itnu e d uik t tfo tthe pclroew d. Hq e kexx pcln ay inled nevfewrfyltv hgim nxg eto tohej m, mb othh gnrieawt anq d u scmnaw lk l. 2 bHe h sh aid: T ha ese t sacc rj iypgtourfei s, pwnhgich yom u fdhiddan’t p hajvde, pt he vFkaotv heyr cohmcmy aonrd ek d y Me q tio gyi v e o to yyd ou. jB exca uxske Hpe mwdik sekly w afnx tu s rthelm to r bje qgi ivp e n to sfd uc t uree mgq en nsemrax tm il ohnj s. 3 Thoern mHi e ieg xkplsafinj ehd feu vyeeryqthrix nf g, df rw opm ttahle kvaef r y pbea giq n n ing luntisl et hq e ltijme e wqhyen tHr e wr o uclq d w rwejty usrkn u idn x Hgibs gnlomry — icn dgem e d, e vetrbyg th h iu ntg ltxhapt pwbooulud hape pyen qon re a rkth — r ubnt irl tthe i el ll e mu ejntgs jaore imqerljthed wr i th oiwn trenq s e h eal t, tnh e earthh iqs k rdou llx emd ltougewtthn err wli kte a sc rcol l, launnd tchpe hueao vmene s a ntd emadr th sef nd, 4 nekvqerx yj tchib nc g lt exa dw ijng nt o tq hue pggra eiadt ang d loasf t edaa y vwvh ee n w all mprebopclve qolf ew veruy r nagtfi on, fttrhiibe, alnd plqangw uwae gne fwn iwll b swta na d biun jferosnt xos f aG od t o t bwe jiuduger d b fk oa r thbeir waorrgka s, nwjhetp h er pthvey’ rl e w gs ooad or evl ial. 5 nInf jtrhefy ’ r e gv obo d, to t he n ree surb recptu ik o n sow f evk eralastins g lei fe; uand gixf theyx’tre l e vc isl, htc o xtr he er eq sduir ryectikoyn g ovf j damxnahtv iomn, be ali apnh cvexd, j tahe pond e o n pte he rodne thtab nrd maned tfhue k orthmeh r oun tuh e ioxthher ho alnkd. Thqigs cpop nb fcobryms tro k thde muedrr cy, hjugstvicue, afnd h old innpedss b iwn Chh rnist, wehgo em xmisgtee d be fiore f tmhy e rwovrqld nbt e gfan n.