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And it came to pass in the fifty and fourth year there were many dissensions in the church, and there was also a contention among the people, insomuch that there was much bloodshed.

And the rebellious part were slain and driven out of the land, and they did go unto the king of the Lamanites.

And it came to pass that they did endeavor to stir up the Lamanites to war against the Nephites; but behold, the Lamanites were exceedingly afraid, insomuch that they would not hearken to the words of those dissenters.

But it came to pass in the fifty and sixth year of the reign of the judges, there were dissenters who went up from the Nephites unto the Lamanites; and they succeeded with those others in stirring them up to anger against the Nephites; and they were all that year preparing for war.

And in the fifty and seventh year they did come down against the Nephites to battle, and they did commence the work of death; yea, insomuch that in the fifty and eighth year of the reign of the judges they succeeded in obtaining possession of the land of Zarahemla; yea, and also all the lands, even unto the land which was near the land Bountiful.

And the Nephites and the armies of Moronihah were driven even into the land of Bountiful;

And there they did fortify against the Lamanites, from the west sea, even unto the east; it being a day’s journey for a Nephite, on the line which they had fortified and stationed their armies to defend their north country.

And thus those dissenters of the Nephites, with the help of a numerous army of the Lamanites, had obtained all the possession of the Nephites which was in the land southward. And all this was done in the fifty and eighth and ninth years of the reign of the judges.

And it came to pass in the sixtieth year of the reign of the judges, Moronihah did succeed with his armies in obtaining many parts of the land; yea, they regained many cities which had fallen into the hands of the Lamanites.

And it came to pass in the sixty and first year of the reign of the judges they succeeded in regaining even the half of all their possessions.

Now this great loss of the Nephites, and the great slaughter which was among them, would not have happened had it not been for their wickedness and their abomination which was among them; yea, and it was among those also who professed to belong to the church of God.

And it was because of the pride of their hearts, because of their exceeding riches, yea, it was because of their oppression to the poor, withholding their food from the hungry, withholding their clothing from the naked, and smiting their humble brethren upon the cheek, making a mock of that which was sacred, denying the spirit of prophecy and of revelation, murdering, plundering, lying, stealing, committing adultery, rising up in great contentions, and deserting away into the land of Nephi, among the Lamanites—

And because of this their great wickedness, and their boastings in their own strength, they were left in their own strength; therefore they did not prosper, but were afflicted and smitten, and driven before the Lamanites, until they had lost possession of almost all their lands.

But behold, Moronihah did preach many things unto the people because of their iniquity, and also Nephi and Lehi, who were the sons of Helaman, did preach many things unto the people, yea, and did prophesy many things unto them concerning their iniquities, and what should come unto them if they did not repent of their sins.

And it came to pass that they did repent, and inasmuch as they did repent they did begin to prosper.

For when Moronihah saw that they did repent he did venture to lead them forth from place to place, and from city to city, even until they had regained the one-half of their property and the one-half of all their lands.

And thus ended the sixty and first year of the reign of the judges.

And it came to pass in the sixty and second year of the reign of the judges, that Moronihah could obtain no more possessions over the Lamanites.

Therefore they did abandon their design to obtain the remainder of their lands, for so numerous were the Lamanites that it became impossible for the Nephites to obtain more power over them; therefore Moronihah did employ all his armies in maintaining those parts which he had taken.

And it came to pass, because of the greatness of the number of the Lamanites the Nephites were in great fear, lest they should be overpowered, and trodden down, and slain, and destroyed.

Yea, they began to remember the prophecies of Alma, and also the words of Mosiah; and they saw that they had been a stiffnecked people, and that they had set at naught the commandments of God.

And that they had altered and trampled under their feet the laws of Mosiah, or that which the Lord commanded him to give unto the people; and they saw that their laws had become corrupted, and that they had become a wicked people, insomuch that they were wicked even like unto the Lamanites.

And because of their iniquity the church had begun to dwindle; and they began to disbelieve in the spirit of prophecy and in the spirit of revelation; and the judgments of God did stare them in the face.

And they saw that they had become weak, like unto their brethren, the Lamanites, and that the Spirit of the Lord did no more preserve them; yea, it had withdrawn from them because the Spirit of the Lord doth not dwell in unholy temples—

Therefore the Lord did cease to preserve them by his miraculous and matchless power, for they had fallen into a state of unbelief and awful wickedness; and they saw that the Lamanites were exceedingly more numerous than they, and except they should cleave unto the Lord their God, they must unavoidably perish.

For behold, they saw that the strength of the Lamanites was as great as their strength, even man for man. And thus had they fallen into this great transgression; yea, thus had they become weak, because of their transgression, in the space of not many years.

In the fifty-fourth year, there were many divisions in the church, and there was so much conflict among the people that much blood was shed. The rebellious among them were killed and driven out of the land, and they went to the king of the Lamanites. They tried to stir up the Lamanites to make war on the Nephites, but the Lamanites were so afraid that they wouldn't listen to these dissenters.

But in the fifty-sixth year of the reign of the judges, there were dissenters who left the Nephites and went over to the Lamanites, and together with the earlier ones they succeeded in riling them up against the Nephites. They spent that whole year preparing for war. In the fifty-seventh year, they came down to fight the Nephites and began the work of death. They were so successful that, in the fifty-eighth year of the reign of the judges, they took possession of the land of Zarahemla and all the lands out to the land near Bountiful.

The Nephites and Moronihah's armies were driven back into the land of Bountiful, and there they built fortifications against the Lamanites, from the west sea all the way to the east. The line they fortified was a day's journey for a Nephite, and they stationed their armies along it to defend their land to the north. So the Nephite dissenters, with the help of a huge Lamanite army, had taken everything the Nephites owned in the land southward. All of this happened in the fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth years of the reign of the judges.

In the sixtieth year of the reign of the judges, Moronihah and his armies succeeded in taking back many parts of the land. They regained many cities that had fallen into Lamanite hands. In the sixty-first year of the reign of the judges, they managed to regain half of all their possessions.

Now, this heavy loss to the Nephites and the massive slaughter among them would never have happened if it hadn't been for their wickedness and the abominations among them. And this was true even of those who claimed to belong to the church of God. It was because of their pride, their enormous wealth, and their oppression of the poor. They kept food from the hungry and clothing from the naked, slapped their humble brothers in the face, mocked what was sacred, and denied the spirit of prophecy and revelation. They murdered, plundered, lied, stole, committed adultery, broke out in fierce quarrels, and deserted to the land of Nephi to live among the Lamanites. Because of this great wickedness of theirs and their boasting in their own strength, they were left to their own strength. So they didn't prosper. Instead they were afflicted, struck down, and driven before the Lamanites, until they had lost almost all their lands.

But Moronihah preached a great deal to the people because of their wickedness, and so did Nephi and Lehi, the sons of Helaman. Nephi and Lehi also prophesied to them about their sins and about what would happen to them if they didn't repent. They repented, and to the extent that they repented, they began prospering. When Moronihah saw that they were repenting, he ventured to lead them out from place to place and from city to city, until they had regained half of their property and half of all their lands. And so the sixty-first year of the reign of the judges ended.

In the sixty-second year of the reign of the judges, Moronihah couldn't take any more territory from the Lamanites. So they gave up their plan to take back the rest of their lands. The Lamanites were so numerous that it became impossible for the Nephites to gain any more ground against them, so Moronihah used all his armies to hold the parts he had already taken. Because there were so many Lamanites, the Nephites were terrified that they would be overpowered, trampled down, killed, and destroyed.

They began remembering the prophecies of Alma and the words of Mosiah, and they saw that they had been a stubborn people and had treated the commandments of God as nothing. They had changed the laws of Mosiah and trampled them underfoot, the laws the Lord himself had commanded him to give the people. And they saw that their laws had become corrupt and that they had become a wicked people, as wicked as the Lamanites. Because of their wickedness, the church had started to decline, and they began disbelieving in the spirit of prophecy and revelation. The judgments of God stared them in the face.

They saw that they had become weak, like their brothers the Lamanites, and that the Spirit of the Lord no longer protected them. It had withdrawn from them because the Spirit of the Lord doesn't dwell in unholy temples. So the Lord stopped preserving them by his miraculous and matchless power, because they had fallen into a state of unbelief and terrible wickedness. And they saw that the Lamanites far outnumbered them, and that unless they held fast to the Lord their God, they would inevitably be destroyed. They saw that the Lamanites were as strong as they were, man for man. This is how they had fallen into such great sin; this is how they had become weak because of it, over just a few years.

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And it came to pass in the fifty and fourth year there were many dissensions in the church, and there was also a contention among the people, insomuch that there was much bloodshed.

In the fifty-fourth year, there were many divisions in the church, and there was so much conflict among the people that much blood was shed.

And the rebellious part were slain and driven out of the land, and they did go unto the king of the Lamanites.

The rebellious among them were killed and driven out of the land, and they went to the king of the Lamanites.

And it came to pass that they did endeavor to stir up the Lamanites to war against the Nephites; but behold, the Lamanites were exceedingly afraid, insomuch that they would not hearken to the words of those dissenters.

They tried to stir up the Lamanites to make war on the Nephites, but the Lamanites were so afraid that they wouldn't listen to these dissenters.

But it came to pass in the fifty and sixth year of the reign of the judges, there were dissenters who went up from the Nephites unto the Lamanites; and they succeeded with those others in stirring them up to anger against the Nephites; and they were all that year preparing for war.

But in the fifty-sixth year of the reign of the judges, there were dissenters who left the Nephites and went over to the Lamanites, and together with the earlier ones they succeeded in riling them up against the Nephites. They spent that whole year preparing for war.

And in the fifty and seventh year they did come down against the Nephites to battle, and they did commence the work of death; yea, insomuch that in the fifty and eighth year of the reign of the judges they succeeded in obtaining possession of the land of Zarahemla; yea, and also all the lands, even unto the land which was near the land Bountiful.

In the fifty-seventh year, they came down to fight the Nephites and began the work of death. They were so successful that, in the fifty-eighth year of the reign of the judges, they took possession of the land of Zarahemla and all the lands out to the land near Bountiful.

And the Nephites and the armies of Moronihah were driven even into the land of Bountiful;

The Nephites and Moronihah's armies were driven back into the land of Bountiful,

And there they did fortify against the Lamanites, from the west sea, even unto the east; it being a day’s journey for a Nephite, on the line which they had fortified and stationed their armies to defend their north country.

and there they built fortifications against the Lamanites, from the west sea all the way to the east. The line they fortified was a day's journey for a Nephite, and they stationed their armies along it to defend their land to the north.

And thus those dissenters of the Nephites, with the help of a numerous army of the Lamanites, had obtained all the possession of the Nephites which was in the land southward. And all this was done in the fifty and eighth and ninth years of the reign of the judges.

So the Nephite dissenters, with the help of a huge Lamanite army, had taken everything the Nephites owned in the land southward. All of this happened in the fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth years of the reign of the judges.

And it came to pass in the sixtieth year of the reign of the judges, Moronihah did succeed with his armies in obtaining many parts of the land; yea, they regained many cities which had fallen into the hands of the Lamanites.

In the sixtieth year of the reign of the judges, Moronihah and his armies succeeded in taking back many parts of the land. They regained many cities that had fallen into Lamanite hands.

And it came to pass in the sixty and first year of the reign of the judges they succeeded in regaining even the half of all their possessions.

In the sixty-first year of the reign of the judges, they managed to regain half of all their possessions.

Now this great loss of the Nephites, and the great slaughter which was among them, would not have happened had it not been for their wickedness and their abomination which was among them; yea, and it was among those also who professed to belong to the church of God.

Now, this heavy loss to the Nephites and the massive slaughter among them would never have happened if it hadn't been for their wickedness and the abominations among them. And this was true even of those who claimed to belong to the church of God.

And it was because of the pride of their hearts, because of their exceeding riches, yea, it was because of their oppression to the poor, withholding their food from the hungry, withholding their clothing from the naked, and smiting their humble brethren upon the cheek, making a mock of that which was sacred, denying the spirit of prophecy and of revelation, murdering, plundering, lying, stealing, committing adultery, rising up in great contentions, and deserting away into the land of Nephi, among the Lamanites—

It was because of their pride, their enormous wealth, and their oppression of the poor. They kept food from the hungry and clothing from the naked, slapped their humble brothers in the face, mocked what was sacred, and denied the spirit of prophecy and revelation. They murdered, plundered, lied, stole, committed adultery, broke out in fierce quarrels, and deserted to the land of Nephi to live among the Lamanites.

And because of this their great wickedness, and their boastings in their own strength, they were left in their own strength; therefore they did not prosper, but were afflicted and smitten, and driven before the Lamanites, until they had lost possession of almost all their lands.

Because of this great wickedness of theirs and their boasting in their own strength, they were left to their own strength. So they didn't prosper. Instead they were afflicted, struck down, and driven before the Lamanites, until they had lost almost all their lands.

But behold, Moronihah did preach many things unto the people because of their iniquity, and also Nephi and Lehi, who were the sons of Helaman, did preach many things unto the people, yea, and did prophesy many things unto them concerning their iniquities, and what should come unto them if they did not repent of their sins.

But Moronihah preached a great deal to the people because of their wickedness, and so did Nephi and Lehi, the sons of Helaman. Nephi and Lehi also prophesied to them about their sins and about what would happen to them if they didn't repent.

And it came to pass that they did repent, and inasmuch as they did repent they did begin to prosper.

They repented, and to the extent that they repented, they began prospering.

For when Moronihah saw that they did repent he did venture to lead them forth from place to place, and from city to city, even until they had regained the one-half of their property and the one-half of all their lands.

When Moronihah saw that they were repenting, he ventured to lead them out from place to place and from city to city, until they had regained half of their property and half of all their lands.

And thus ended the sixty and first year of the reign of the judges.

And so the sixty-first year of the reign of the judges ended.

And it came to pass in the sixty and second year of the reign of the judges, that Moronihah could obtain no more possessions over the Lamanites.

In the sixty-second year of the reign of the judges, Moronihah couldn't take any more territory from the Lamanites.

Therefore they did abandon their design to obtain the remainder of their lands, for so numerous were the Lamanites that it became impossible for the Nephites to obtain more power over them; therefore Moronihah did employ all his armies in maintaining those parts which he had taken.

So they gave up their plan to take back the rest of their lands. The Lamanites were so numerous that it became impossible for the Nephites to gain any more ground against them, so Moronihah used all his armies to hold the parts he had already taken.

And it came to pass, because of the greatness of the number of the Lamanites the Nephites were in great fear, lest they should be overpowered, and trodden down, and slain, and destroyed.

Because there were so many Lamanites, the Nephites were terrified that they would be overpowered, trampled down, killed, and destroyed.

Yea, they began to remember the prophecies of Alma, and also the words of Mosiah; and they saw that they had been a stiffnecked people, and that they had set at naught the commandments of God.

They began remembering the prophecies of Alma and the words of Mosiah, and they saw that they had been a stubborn people and had treated the commandments of God as nothing.

And that they had altered and trampled under their feet the laws of Mosiah, or that which the Lord commanded him to give unto the people; and they saw that their laws had become corrupted, and that they had become a wicked people, insomuch that they were wicked even like unto the Lamanites.

They had changed the laws of Mosiah and trampled them underfoot, the laws the Lord himself had commanded him to give the people. And they saw that their laws had become corrupt and that they had become a wicked people, as wicked as the Lamanites.

And because of their iniquity the church had begun to dwindle; and they began to disbelieve in the spirit of prophecy and in the spirit of revelation; and the judgments of God did stare them in the face.

Because of their wickedness, the church had started to decline, and they began disbelieving in the spirit of prophecy and revelation. The judgments of God stared them in the face.

And they saw that they had become weak, like unto their brethren, the Lamanites, and that the Spirit of the Lord did no more preserve them; yea, it had withdrawn from them because the Spirit of the Lord doth not dwell in unholy temples—

They saw that they had become weak, like their brothers the Lamanites, and that the Spirit of the Lord no longer protected them. It had withdrawn from them because the Spirit of the Lord doesn't dwell in unholy temples.

Therefore the Lord did cease to preserve them by his miraculous and matchless power, for they had fallen into a state of unbelief and awful wickedness; and they saw that the Lamanites were exceedingly more numerous than they, and except they should cleave unto the Lord their God, they must unavoidably perish.

So the Lord stopped preserving them by his miraculous and matchless power, because they had fallen into a state of unbelief and terrible wickedness. And they saw that the Lamanites far outnumbered them, and that unless they held fast to the Lord their God, they would inevitably be destroyed.

For behold, they saw that the strength of the Lamanites was as great as their strength, even man for man. And thus had they fallen into this great transgression; yea, thus had they become weak, because of their transgression, in the space of not many years.

They saw that the Lamanites were as strong as they were, man for man. This is how they had fallen into such great sin; this is how they had become weak because of it, over just a few years.

OriginalModern English
And it came to pass in the fifty and fourth year there were many dissensions in the church, and there was also a contention among the people, insomuch that there was much bloodshed. And the rebellious part were slain and driven out of the land, and they did go unto the king of the Lamanites. And it came to pass that they did endeavor to stir up the Lamanites to war against the Nephites; but behold, the Lamanites were exceedingly afraid, insomuch that they would not hearken to the words of those dissenters.
In the fifty-fourth year, there were many divisions in the church, and there was so much conflict among the people that much blood was shed. The rebellious among them were killed and driven out of the land, and they went to the king of the Lamanites. They tried to stir up the Lamanites to make war on the Nephites, but the Lamanites were so afraid that they wouldn't listen to these dissenters.
But it came to pass in the fifty and sixth year of the reign of the judges, there were dissenters who went up from the Nephites unto the Lamanites; and they succeeded with those others in stirring them up to anger against the Nephites; and they were all that year preparing for war. And in the fifty and seventh year they did come down against the Nephites to battle, and they did commence the work of death; yea, insomuch that in the fifty and eighth year of the reign of the judges they succeeded in obtaining possession of the land of Zarahemla; yea, and also all the lands, even unto the land which was near the land Bountiful.
But in the fifty-sixth year of the reign of the judges, there were dissenters who left the Nephites and went over to the Lamanites, and together with the earlier ones they succeeded in riling them up against the Nephites. They spent that whole year preparing for war. In the fifty-seventh year, they came down to fight the Nephites and began the work of death. They were so successful that, in the fifty-eighth year of the reign of the judges, they took possession of the land of Zarahemla and all the lands out to the land near Bountiful.
And the Nephites and the armies of Moronihah were driven even into the land of Bountiful; And there they did fortify against the Lamanites, from the west sea, even unto the east; it being a day’s journey for a Nephite, on the line which they had fortified and stationed their armies to defend their north country. And thus those dissenters of the Nephites, with the help of a numerous army of the Lamanites, had obtained all the possession of the Nephites which was in the land southward. And all this was done in the fifty and eighth and ninth years of the reign of the judges.
The Nephites and Moronihah's armies were driven back into the land of Bountiful, and there they built fortifications against the Lamanites, from the west sea all the way to the east. The line they fortified was a day's journey for a Nephite, and they stationed their armies along it to defend their land to the north. So the Nephite dissenters, with the help of a huge Lamanite army, had taken everything the Nephites owned in the land southward. All of this happened in the fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth years of the reign of the judges.
And it came to pass in the sixtieth year of the reign of the judges, Moronihah did succeed with his armies in obtaining many parts of the land; yea, they regained many cities which had fallen into the hands of the Lamanites. And it came to pass in the sixty and first year of the reign of the judges they succeeded in regaining even the half of all their possessions.
In the sixtieth year of the reign of the judges, Moronihah and his armies succeeded in taking back many parts of the land. They regained many cities that had fallen into Lamanite hands. In the sixty-first year of the reign of the judges, they managed to regain half of all their possessions.
Now this great loss of the Nephites, and the great slaughter which was among them, would not have happened had it not been for their wickedness and their abomination which was among them; yea, and it was among those also who professed to belong to the church of God. And it was because of the pride of their hearts, because of their exceeding riches, yea, it was because of their oppression to the poor, withholding their food from the hungry, withholding their clothing from the naked, and smiting their humble brethren upon the cheek, making a mock of that which was sacred, denying the spirit of prophecy and of revelation, murdering, plundering, lying, stealing, committing adultery, rising up in great contentions, and deserting away into the land of Nephi, among the Lamanites— And because of this their great wickedness, and their boastings in their own strength, they were left in their own strength; therefore they did not prosper, but were afflicted and smitten, and driven before the Lamanites, until they had lost possession of almost all their lands.
Now, this heavy loss to the Nephites and the massive slaughter among them would never have happened if it hadn't been for their wickedness and the abominations among them. And this was true even of those who claimed to belong to the church of God. It was because of their pride, their enormous wealth, and their oppression of the poor. They kept food from the hungry and clothing from the naked, slapped their humble brothers in the face, mocked what was sacred, and denied the spirit of prophecy and revelation. They murdered, plundered, lied, stole, committed adultery, broke out in fierce quarrels, and deserted to the land of Nephi to live among the Lamanites. Because of this great wickedness of theirs and their boasting in their own strength, they were left to their own strength. So they didn't prosper. Instead they were afflicted, struck down, and driven before the Lamanites, until they had lost almost all their lands.
But behold, Moronihah did preach many things unto the people because of their iniquity, and also Nephi and Lehi, who were the sons of Helaman, did preach many things unto the people, yea, and did prophesy many things unto them concerning their iniquities, and what should come unto them if they did not repent of their sins. And it came to pass that they did repent, and inasmuch as they did repent they did begin to prosper. For when Moronihah saw that they did repent he did venture to lead them forth from place to place, and from city to city, even until they had regained the one-half of their property and the one-half of all their lands. And thus ended the sixty and first year of the reign of the judges.
But Moronihah preached a great deal to the people because of their wickedness, and so did Nephi and Lehi, the sons of Helaman. Nephi and Lehi also prophesied to them about their sins and about what would happen to them if they didn't repent. They repented, and to the extent that they repented, they began prospering. When Moronihah saw that they were repenting, he ventured to lead them out from place to place and from city to city, until they had regained half of their property and half of all their lands. And so the sixty-first year of the reign of the judges ended.
And it came to pass in the sixty and second year of the reign of the judges, that Moronihah could obtain no more possessions over the Lamanites. Therefore they did abandon their design to obtain the remainder of their lands, for so numerous were the Lamanites that it became impossible for the Nephites to obtain more power over them; therefore Moronihah did employ all his armies in maintaining those parts which he had taken. And it came to pass, because of the greatness of the number of the Lamanites the Nephites were in great fear, lest they should be overpowered, and trodden down, and slain, and destroyed.
In the sixty-second year of the reign of the judges, Moronihah couldn't take any more territory from the Lamanites. So they gave up their plan to take back the rest of their lands. The Lamanites were so numerous that it became impossible for the Nephites to gain any more ground against them, so Moronihah used all his armies to hold the parts he had already taken. Because there were so many Lamanites, the Nephites were terrified that they would be overpowered, trampled down, killed, and destroyed.
Yea, they began to remember the prophecies of Alma, and also the words of Mosiah; and they saw that they had been a stiffnecked people, and that they had set at naught the commandments of God. And that they had altered and trampled under their feet the laws of Mosiah, or that which the Lord commanded him to give unto the people; and they saw that their laws had become corrupted, and that they had become a wicked people, insomuch that they were wicked even like unto the Lamanites. And because of their iniquity the church had begun to dwindle; and they began to disbelieve in the spirit of prophecy and in the spirit of revelation; and the judgments of God did stare them in the face.
They began remembering the prophecies of Alma and the words of Mosiah, and they saw that they had been a stubborn people and had treated the commandments of God as nothing. They had changed the laws of Mosiah and trampled them underfoot, the laws the Lord himself had commanded him to give the people. And they saw that their laws had become corrupt and that they had become a wicked people, as wicked as the Lamanites. Because of their wickedness, the church had started to decline, and they began disbelieving in the spirit of prophecy and revelation. The judgments of God stared them in the face.
And they saw that they had become weak, like unto their brethren, the Lamanites, and that the Spirit of the Lord did no more preserve them; yea, it had withdrawn from them because the Spirit of the Lord doth not dwell in unholy temples— Therefore the Lord did cease to preserve them by his miraculous and matchless power, for they had fallen into a state of unbelief and awful wickedness; and they saw that the Lamanites were exceedingly more numerous than they, and except they should cleave unto the Lord their God, they must unavoidably perish. For behold, they saw that the strength of the Lamanites was as great as their strength, even man for man. And thus had they fallen into this great transgression; yea, thus had they become weak, because of their transgression, in the space of not many years.
They saw that they had become weak, like their brothers the Lamanites, and that the Spirit of the Lord no longer protected them. It had withdrawn from them because the Spirit of the Lord doesn't dwell in unholy temples. So the Lord stopped preserving them by his miraculous and matchless power, because they had fallen into a state of unbelief and terrible wickedness. And they saw that the Lamanites far outnumbered them, and that unless they held fast to the Lord their God, they would inevitably be destroyed. They saw that the Lamanites were as strong as they were, man for man. This is how they had fallen into such great sin; this is how they had become weak because of it, over just a few years.

And it came to pass in the fifty and fourth year there were many dissensions in the church, and there was also a contention among the people, insomuch that there was much bloodshed.

In the fifty-fourth year, there were many divisions in the church, and there was so much conflict among the people that much blood was shed.

And the rebellious part were slain and driven out of the land, and they did go unto the king of the Lamanites.

The rebellious among them were killed and driven out of the land, and they went to the king of the Lamanites.

And it came to pass that they did endeavor to stir up the Lamanites to war against the Nephites; but behold, the Lamanites were exceedingly afraid, insomuch that they would not hearken to the words of those dissenters.

They tried to stir up the Lamanites to make war on the Nephites, but the Lamanites were so afraid that they wouldn't listen to these dissenters.

But it came to pass in the fifty and sixth year of the reign of the judges, there were dissenters who went up from the Nephites unto the Lamanites; and they succeeded with those others in stirring them up to anger against the Nephites; and they were all that year preparing for war.

But in the fifty-sixth year of the reign of the judges, there were dissenters who left the Nephites and went over to the Lamanites, and together with the earlier ones they succeeded in riling them up against the Nephites. They spent that whole year preparing for war.

And in the fifty and seventh year they did come down against the Nephites to battle, and they did commence the work of death; yea, insomuch that in the fifty and eighth year of the reign of the judges they succeeded in obtaining possession of the land of Zarahemla; yea, and also all the lands, even unto the land which was near the land Bountiful.

In the fifty-seventh year, they came down to fight the Nephites and began the work of death. They were so successful that, in the fifty-eighth year of the reign of the judges, they took possession of the land of Zarahemla and all the lands out to the land near Bountiful.

And the Nephites and the armies of Moronihah were driven even into the land of Bountiful;

The Nephites and Moronihah's armies were driven back into the land of Bountiful,

And there they did fortify against the Lamanites, from the west sea, even unto the east; it being a day’s journey for a Nephite, on the line which they had fortified and stationed their armies to defend their north country.

and there they built fortifications against the Lamanites, from the west sea all the way to the east. The line they fortified was a day's journey for a Nephite, and they stationed their armies along it to defend their land to the north.

And thus those dissenters of the Nephites, with the help of a numerous army of the Lamanites, had obtained all the possession of the Nephites which was in the land southward. And all this was done in the fifty and eighth and ninth years of the reign of the judges.

So the Nephite dissenters, with the help of a huge Lamanite army, had taken everything the Nephites owned in the land southward. All of this happened in the fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth years of the reign of the judges.

And it came to pass in the sixtieth year of the reign of the judges, Moronihah did succeed with his armies in obtaining many parts of the land; yea, they regained many cities which had fallen into the hands of the Lamanites.

In the sixtieth year of the reign of the judges, Moronihah and his armies succeeded in taking back many parts of the land. They regained many cities that had fallen into Lamanite hands.

And it came to pass in the sixty and first year of the reign of the judges they succeeded in regaining even the half of all their possessions.

In the sixty-first year of the reign of the judges, they managed to regain half of all their possessions.

Now this great loss of the Nephites, and the great slaughter which was among them, would not have happened had it not been for their wickedness and their abomination which was among them; yea, and it was among those also who professed to belong to the church of God.

Now, this heavy loss to the Nephites and the massive slaughter among them would never have happened if it hadn't been for their wickedness and the abominations among them. And this was true even of those who claimed to belong to the church of God.

And it was because of the pride of their hearts, because of their exceeding riches, yea, it was because of their oppression to the poor, withholding their food from the hungry, withholding their clothing from the naked, and smiting their humble brethren upon the cheek, making a mock of that which was sacred, denying the spirit of prophecy and of revelation, murdering, plundering, lying, stealing, committing adultery, rising up in great contentions, and deserting away into the land of Nephi, among the Lamanites—

It was because of their pride, their enormous wealth, and their oppression of the poor. They kept food from the hungry and clothing from the naked, slapped their humble brothers in the face, mocked what was sacred, and denied the spirit of prophecy and revelation. They murdered, plundered, lied, stole, committed adultery, broke out in fierce quarrels, and deserted to the land of Nephi to live among the Lamanites.

And because of this their great wickedness, and their boastings in their own strength, they were left in their own strength; therefore they did not prosper, but were afflicted and smitten, and driven before the Lamanites, until they had lost possession of almost all their lands.

Because of this great wickedness of theirs and their boasting in their own strength, they were left to their own strength. So they didn't prosper. Instead they were afflicted, struck down, and driven before the Lamanites, until they had lost almost all their lands.

But behold, Moronihah did preach many things unto the people because of their iniquity, and also Nephi and Lehi, who were the sons of Helaman, did preach many things unto the people, yea, and did prophesy many things unto them concerning their iniquities, and what should come unto them if they did not repent of their sins.

But Moronihah preached a great deal to the people because of their wickedness, and so did Nephi and Lehi, the sons of Helaman. Nephi and Lehi also prophesied to them about their sins and about what would happen to them if they didn't repent.

And it came to pass that they did repent, and inasmuch as they did repent they did begin to prosper.

They repented, and to the extent that they repented, they began prospering.

For when Moronihah saw that they did repent he did venture to lead them forth from place to place, and from city to city, even until they had regained the one-half of their property and the one-half of all their lands.

When Moronihah saw that they were repenting, he ventured to lead them out from place to place and from city to city, until they had regained half of their property and half of all their lands.

And thus ended the sixty and first year of the reign of the judges.

And so the sixty-first year of the reign of the judges ended.

And it came to pass in the sixty and second year of the reign of the judges, that Moronihah could obtain no more possessions over the Lamanites.

In the sixty-second year of the reign of the judges, Moronihah couldn't take any more territory from the Lamanites.

Therefore they did abandon their design to obtain the remainder of their lands, for so numerous were the Lamanites that it became impossible for the Nephites to obtain more power over them; therefore Moronihah did employ all his armies in maintaining those parts which he had taken.

So they gave up their plan to take back the rest of their lands. The Lamanites were so numerous that it became impossible for the Nephites to gain any more ground against them, so Moronihah used all his armies to hold the parts he had already taken.

And it came to pass, because of the greatness of the number of the Lamanites the Nephites were in great fear, lest they should be overpowered, and trodden down, and slain, and destroyed.

Because there were so many Lamanites, the Nephites were terrified that they would be overpowered, trampled down, killed, and destroyed.

Yea, they began to remember the prophecies of Alma, and also the words of Mosiah; and they saw that they had been a stiffnecked people, and that they had set at naught the commandments of God.

They began remembering the prophecies of Alma and the words of Mosiah, and they saw that they had been a stubborn people and had treated the commandments of God as nothing.

And that they had altered and trampled under their feet the laws of Mosiah, or that which the Lord commanded him to give unto the people; and they saw that their laws had become corrupted, and that they had become a wicked people, insomuch that they were wicked even like unto the Lamanites.

They had changed the laws of Mosiah and trampled them underfoot, the laws the Lord himself had commanded him to give the people. And they saw that their laws had become corrupt and that they had become a wicked people, as wicked as the Lamanites.

And because of their iniquity the church had begun to dwindle; and they began to disbelieve in the spirit of prophecy and in the spirit of revelation; and the judgments of God did stare them in the face.

Because of their wickedness, the church had started to decline, and they began disbelieving in the spirit of prophecy and revelation. The judgments of God stared them in the face.

And they saw that they had become weak, like unto their brethren, the Lamanites, and that the Spirit of the Lord did no more preserve them; yea, it had withdrawn from them because the Spirit of the Lord doth not dwell in unholy temples—

They saw that they had become weak, like their brothers the Lamanites, and that the Spirit of the Lord no longer protected them. It had withdrawn from them because the Spirit of the Lord doesn't dwell in unholy temples.

Therefore the Lord did cease to preserve them by his miraculous and matchless power, for they had fallen into a state of unbelief and awful wickedness; and they saw that the Lamanites were exceedingly more numerous than they, and except they should cleave unto the Lord their God, they must unavoidably perish.

So the Lord stopped preserving them by his miraculous and matchless power, because they had fallen into a state of unbelief and terrible wickedness. And they saw that the Lamanites far outnumbered them, and that unless they held fast to the Lord their God, they would inevitably be destroyed.

For behold, they saw that the strength of the Lamanites was as great as their strength, even man for man. And thus had they fallen into this great transgression; yea, thus had they become weak, because of their transgression, in the space of not many years.

They saw that the Lamanites were as strong as they were, man for man. This is how they had fallen into such great sin; this is how they had become weak because of it, over just a few years.