Ang Pag-unti at Pagbagsak ng Mga Nephita

Ang Dalawang Pagsalakay ng mga Lamanita sa Lupaing Kapanglawan

Mormon 3:4

Ang haring Lamanita ay nagpadala ng isang liham kay Mormon, at ipinaalam sa kaniya na sila ay parating para sa isang digmaan.

And it came to pass that after this tenth year had passed away, making, in the whole, three hundred and sixty years from the coming of Christ, the king of the Lamanites sent an epistle unto me, which gave unto me to know that they were preparing to come again to battle against us.

Mormon 3:5–6

Tinipon ni Mormon ang lahat ng kanyang mga tao ng sama-sama sa Kapanglawan; pinagtibay ng mga Nephita ang kanilang lupain hangga’t maaari.

And it came to pass that I did cause my people that they should gather themselves together at the land Desolation, to a city which was in the borders, by the narrow pass which led into the land southward. And there we did place our armies, that we might stop the armies of the Lamanites, that they might not get possession of any of our lands; therefore we did fortify against them with all our force.

Mormon 3:7

Ang mga Lamanita ay dumating, sumiklab ang isang labanan, ang mga Nephita ay nagwagi—ang mga Lamanita ay umurong at bumalik sa kanilang sariling lupain.

And it came to pass that in the three hundred and sixty and first year the Lamanites did come down to the city of Desolation to battle against us; and it came to pass that in that year we did beat them, insomuch that they did return to their own lands again.

Mormon 3:8

Dalawang taon pagkatapos, ang mga Lamanita ay sumalakay muli, at muling nagapi.

And in the three hundred and sixty and second year they did come down again to battle. And we did beat them again, and did slay a great number of them, and their dead were cast into the sea.

Mormon 3:9–10

Ang mga Nephita, na nagmamalaki sa kanilang mga tagumpay, ay nagsimulang magmalaki sa kanilang sariling lakas, at sumumpa na ipaghihiganti nila ang yaong mga Nephita na namatay sa labanan.

And now, because of this great thing which my people, the Nephites, had done, they began to boast in their own strength, and began to swear before the heavens that they would avenge themselves of the blood of their brethren who had been slain by their enemies. And they did swear by the heavens, and also by the throne of God, that they would go up to battle against their enemies, and would cut them off from the face of the land.