The Reader’s Guide says that after Joseph lost the 116 pages, he continued translating through the end of Moroni, and then picked back up again to add what was lost by translating from the Small Plates. Very interesting. The more I read about the timeline, and manner the translating was done, the stronger my testimony becomes.

Nephi is a middle aged man writing about the things he did as a teenager/ young adult. His words need to be read in this context.