1 Nephi 3:2
1830 Edition
And it came to pass that he spake unto me, saying: Behold I have dreamed a dream, in the which the Lord hath commanded me that thou and thy brethren shall return to Jerusalem.
Influences
Judges 7:13 (KJV)
And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
Simple English
He spoke to me and said: I had a dream. In the dream, the Lord told me that you and your brothers must go back to Jerusalem.
Paraphrase
'I had a dream,' he told me. 'The Lord wants you and your brothers to go back to Jerusalem.'