Decadencia y caída nefita

Los preparativos para la batalla final

Mormon 6:1–3

Mormón escribe una carta al rey lamanita sugiriendo que los dos ejércitos se encuentren en batalla cerca del Cerro Cumorah—el rey lamanita acepta.

And now I finish my record concerning the destruction of my people, the Nephites. And it came to pass that we did march forth before the Lamanites. And I, Mormon, wrote an epistle unto the king of the Lamanites, and desired of him that he would grant unto us that we might gather together our people unto the land of Cumorah, by a hill which was called Cumorah, and there we could give them battle. And it came to pass that the king of the Lamanites did grant unto me the thing which I desired.

Mormon 6:4–5

Mormón, ahora de 74 años, reúne a todo su pueblo en la tierra de Cumorah, donde espera poder obtener una ventaja sobre los Lamanitas.

And it came to pass that we did march forth to the land of Cumorah, and we did pitch our tents around about the hill Cumorah; and it was in a land of many waters, rivers, and fountains; and here we had hope to gain advantage over the Lamanites. And when three hundred and eighty and four years had passed away, we had gathered in all the remainder of our people unto the land of Cumorah.

Mormon 6:6

Habiendo hecho esto, él entierra todos los registros antiguos Nefitas en el Cerro Cumorah, pero mantiene sus propias planchas de oro para darlas a su hijo Moroni.

…I made this record out of the plates of Nephi, and hid up in the hill Cumorah all the records which had been entrusted to me by the hand of the Lord, save it were these few plates which I gave unto my son Moroni.