Behold, I say unto you, that as my servant ^aMartin Harris has desired a witness at my hand, that you, my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., have got the plates of which you have testified and borne record that you have received of me;

 2 And now, behold, this shall you say unto him—he who spake unto you, said unto you: I, the Lord, am God, and have given these things unto you, my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., and have commanded you that you should stand as a ^awitness of these things;

 3 And I have caused you that you should enter into a ^acovenant with me, that you should not ^bshow them except to those ^cpersons to whom I commanded you; and you have no ^dpower over them except I grant it unto you.

 4 And you have a gift to ^atranslate the plates; and this is the first gift that I bestowed upon you; and I have commanded that you should pretend to no other gift until my purpose is fulfilled in this; for I will grant unto you no other gift until it is finished.

 5 Verily, I say unto you, that ^awoe shall come unto the inhabitants of the earth if they will not ^bhearken unto my words;

 6 For hereafter you shall be ^aordained and go forth and deliver my ^bwords unto the children of men.

 7 Behold, if they will not ^abelieve my words, they would not believe you, my servant Joseph, if it were possible that you should show them all these things which I have committed unto you.

 8 Oh, this ^aunbelieving and ^bstiffnecked generation—mine ^canger is kindled against them.

 9 Behold, verily I say unto you, I have ^areserved those things which I have entrusted unto you, my servant Joseph, for a wise purpose in me, and it shall be made known unto future generations;

 10 But this generation shall have my word ^athrough you;

 11 And in addition to your testimony, the ^atestimony of three of my servants, whom I shall call and ordain, unto whom I will show these things, and they shall go forth with my words that are given through you.

 12 Yea, they shall know of a ^asurety that these things are true, for from heaven will I declare it unto them.

 13 I will give them power that they may behold and view these things as they are;

 14 And to ^anone else will I grant this power, to receive this same testimony among this generation, in this the beginning of the rising up and the coming forth of my ^bchurch out of the wilderness—clear as the ^cmoon, and fair as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners.

 15 And the testimony of three ^awitnesses will I send forth of my word.

 16 And behold, whosoever ^abelieveth on my words, them will I ^bvisit with the ^cmanifestation of my ^dSpirit; and they shall be ^eborn of me, even of water and of the Spirit—

 17 And you must wait yet a little while, for ye are not yet ^aordained—

 18 And their testimony shall also go forth unto the ^acondemnation of this generation if they ^bharden their hearts against them;

 19 For a desolating ^ascourge shall go forth among the inhabitants of the earth, and shall continue to be poured out from time to time, if they ^brepent not, until the earth is ^cempty, and the inhabitants thereof are ^dconsumed away and utterly destroyed by the brightness of my ^ecoming.

 20 Behold, I tell you these things, even as I also ^atold the people of the destruction of Jerusalem; and my ^bword shall be verified at this time as it hath hitherto been verified.

 21 And now I command you, my servant Joseph, to ^arepent and ^bwalk more uprightly before me, and to yield to the ^cpersuasions of men no more;