፲፮ ነገር ግን እነሆ፣ እንዲህ ሆነ እነርሱ ከጠላቶቻቸው ለመከላከል የጦር መሳሪያዎቻቸውን ላለማንሳት ወደቃል ኪዳኑ ያልገቡ ብዙ ወንድ ልጆች ነበሯቸው፣ ስለዚህ በዚህ ጊዜ የጦር መሳሪያዎቻቸውን ለማንሳት የሚችሉ ሁሉ እራሳቸውን ሰብስበው፣ እናም እራሳቸውን ኔፋውያን ብለው ጠሩ።
16 But behold, it came to pass they had many sons, who had not entered into a covenant that they would not take their weapons of war to defend themselves against their enemies; therefore they did assemble themselves together at this time, as many as were able to take up arms, and they called themselves Nephites.