The Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 16:1

1830 Edition

And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had made an end of speaking to my brethren, behold, they said unto me, Thou hast declared unto us hard things, more than that which we are able to bear.

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And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had made an end of speaking to my brethren, behold, they said unto me,: Thou hast declared unto us hard things, more than that which we are able to bear.

Simple English

After I, Nephi, finished speaking to my brothers, they said to me: “You have told us hard things. They are harder than we can bear.”

Paraphrase

After I finished speaking, my brothers said to me: “What you’ve told us is too hard to accept. We can’t handle it.”