The Book of Mormon

Now I Mormon will make a record of what I’ve both seen and heard, calling it the Book of Mormon. Around the time Ammaron concealed the records under the Lord’s care, he came to talk to me. I was about 10 years old and had by then begun to be somewhat educated in the way my people were taught. Ammaron said to me: I can see you’re a dependable and mindful child. Therefore when...

In the 363rd year, the Nephites attacked the Lamanites with their armed forces from the land of Desolation. But the Nephite forces were pushed back to the land of Desolation. While they were exhausted, a fresh Lamanite army attacked them. They had a fierce battle, resulting in the Lamanites taking the city of Desolation and killing many Nephites, and taking many prisoners. The survivors fled and...

Now I’ll finish my record about the destruction of my people the Nephites. We marched out to confront the Lamanites. I wrote a letter to the Lamanite king, asking him to permit us to gather our people to the land of Cumorah by a hill called Cumorah, where we would engage them in battle. And the Lamanite king granted my request. We marched to the land of Cumorah and pitched our tents around the...

Now I Moroni will finish my father Mormon’s record. I only have a few things to write, things I was commanded to write by my father. After the great and awful battle at Cumorah, any Nephites who escaped to the south were hunted by the Lamanites and all killed. They killed my father also. As a result, I’m the only one who remains to write the sad tale of my people’s destruction. They’re gone, and...