፩ እናም እንዲህ ሆነ ሞሮኒ ለሀገሪቱ አስተዳዳሪ፣ ለፓሆራን በድጋሚ ፃፈና፣ የፃፈውም ቃል እንዲህ ይል ነበር፥ እነሆ፣ በዛራሔምላ ከተማ ሀዋና ዳኛና፣ በምድሪቱ አስተዳዳሪ ለሆነው ለፓሆራን፣ እናም ደግሞ የጦር ጉዳያቸውን በተመለከተ እንዲያስተዳድሩና እንዲመሩ ከእነዚህ ሁሉ መካከል በህዝብ ለተመረጡት፣ ደብዳቤዬን አቀርባለሁ።
1 AND it came to pass that he wrote again to the governor of the land, who was Pahoran, and these are the words which he wrote, saying: Behold, I direct mine epistle to Pahoran, in the city of Zarahemla, who is the chief judge and the governor over the land, and also to all those who have been chosen by this people to govern and manage the affairs of this war.