Pinaikli ni Mormon ang Mga Talaan ng Mga Nephita

Ang mga Puna ni Mormon Hinggil sa mga Talaan ng mga Nephita

Helaman 3:13

Habang pinapaikli ang mga talaan ni Helaman, itinala ni Mormon na sa katunayan ay maraming iba’t ibang talaan ng mga Nephita.

And now there are many records kept of the proceedings of this people, by many of this people, which are particular and very large, concerning them.

Helaman 3:14

Ipinaliwanag ni Mormon na hindi niya magawang isulat ang ika-isandaang bahagi ng alamat ng mga Nephita.

But behold, a hundredth part of the proceedings of this people, yea, the account of the Lamanites and of the Nephites, and their wars, and contentions, and dissensions, and their preaching, and their prophecies, and their shipping and their building of ships, and their building of temples, and of synagogues and their sanctuaries, and their righteousness, and their wickedness, and their murders, and their robbings, and their plundering, and all manner of abominations and whoredoms, cannot be contained in this work.

Helaman 3:15

Si Mormon ay may karapatan sa malaking bilang ng mga talaan, karamihan sa kanila ay mga isinulat ng mga Nephita.

But behold, there are many books and many records of every kind, and they have been kept chiefly by the Nephites.

Helaman 3:16

Ipinasapasa ng mga Nephita ang kanilang mga talaan pababa mula sa isang salinlahi hanggang sa susunod, hanggang sa sila ay mahulog sa kasalanan at pagiging hamak.

And they have been handed down from one generation to another by the Nephites, even until they have fallen into transgression and have been murdered, plundered, and hunted, and driven forth, and slain, and scattered upon the face of the earth, and mixed with the Lamanites until they are no more called the Nephites, becoming wicked, and wild, and ferocious, yea, even becoming Lamanites.

Helaman 3:17

Bumalik si Mormon sa pagpapaikli sa mga talaan ni Helaman.

And now I return again to mine account; therefore, what I have spoken had passed after there had been great contentions, and disturbances, and wars, and dissensions, among the people of Nephi.