MosiahChapter28

Now it came to pass that after the sons of Mosiah had done all these things, they took a small number with them and returned to their father, the king, and desired of him that he would grant unto them that they might, with these whom they had selected, go up to the land of Nephi that they might preach the things which they had heard, and that they might impart the word of God to their brethren, the Lamanites—

Now, after the sons of Mosiah had done all this, they took a small group with them and returned to their father, the king. They asked him to let them go to the land of Nephi with those they had chosen, so they could preach what they had heard and share the word of God with their brothers, the Lamanites.

That perhaps they might bring them to the knowledge of the Lord their God, and convince them of the iniquity of their fathers; and that perhaps they might cure them of their hatred towards the Nephites, that they might also be brought to rejoice in the Lord their God, that they might become friendly to one another, and that there should be no more contentions in all the land which the Lord their God had given them.

They hoped they might bring them to know the Lord their God and convince them of the wickedness of their fathers. They also hoped they might cure them of their hatred for the Nephites, so that they too might be brought to rejoice in the Lord their God, become friendly with one another, and have no more contention anywhere in the land the Lord their God had given them.

Now they were desirous that salvation should be declared to every creature, for they could not bear that any human soul should perish; yea, even the very thoughts that any soul should endure endless torment did cause them to quake and tremble.

They wanted salvation declared to every creature because they couldn't bear for any human soul to be lost. The very thought that any soul should suffer endless torment made them shake and tremble.

And thus did the Spirit of the Lord work upon them, for they were the very vilest of sinners. And the Lord saw fit in his infinite mercy to spare them; nevertheless they suffered much anguish of soul because of their iniquities, suffering much and fearing that they should be cast off forever.

This is how the Spirit of the Lord worked on them because they had been the very worst of sinners. And in his infinite mercy, the Lord saw fit to spare them. Still, they went through deep anguish of soul because of their sins, suffering greatly and fearing that they would be cast off forever.

And it came to pass that they did plead with their father many days that they might go up to the land of Nephi.

And they pleaded with their father for many days to let them go.

And king Mosiah went and inquired of the Lord if he should let his sons go up among the Lamanites to preach the word.

So King Mosiah went and asked the Lord whether he should let his sons go among the Lamanites to preach the word.

And the Lord said unto Mosiah: Let them go up, for many shall believe on their words, and they shall have eternal life; and I will deliver thy sons out of the hands of the Lamanites.

And the Lord said to Mosiah: "Let them go up, for many will believe their words and will have eternal life. And I will deliver your sons out of the hands of the Lamanites."

And it came to pass that Mosiah granted that they might go and do according to their request.

So Mosiah gave them permission to go and do as they had asked.

And they took their journey into the wilderness to go up to preach the word among the Lamanites; and I shall give an account of their proceedings hereafter.

They set out into the wilderness to preach the word among the Lamanites. I'll give an account of what they did later.

Now king Mosiah had no one to confer the kingdom upon, for there was not any of his sons who would accept of the kingdom.

Now, King Mosiah had no one to give the kingdom to, because none of his sons would accept it.

Therefore he took the records which were engraven on the plates of brass, and also the plates of Nephi, and all the things which he had kept and preserved according to the commandments of God, after having translated and caused to be written the records which were on the plates of gold which had been found by the people of Limhi, which were delivered to him by the hand of Limhi;

So he took the records engraved on the brass plates, the plates of Nephi, and everything else he had kept and preserved according to the commandments of God. By then he had already translated the records on the gold plates, which the people of Limhi had found and which Limhi had delivered to him, and had them written down.

And this he did because of the great anxiety of his people; for they were desirous beyond measure to know concerning those people who had been destroyed.

He did this because his people were deeply anxious. They wanted more than anything to know about those people who had been destroyed.

And now he translated them by the means of those two stones which were fastened into the two rims of a bow.

Now, he translated them by means of the two stones that were fastened into the two rims of a bow.

Now these things were prepared from the beginning, and were handed down from generation to generation, for the purpose of interpreting languages;

These things had been prepared from the beginning and handed down from generation to generation for the purpose of interpreting languages.

And they have been kept and preserved by the hand of the Lord, that he should discover to every creature who should possess the land the iniquities and abominations of his people;

And they have been kept and preserved by the Lord's hand, so that he could make known the sins and abominations of his people to everyone who would possess the land.

And whosoever has these things is called seer, after the manner of old times.

And whoever has them is called a seer, as in ancient times.

Now after Mosiah had finished translating these records, behold, it gave an account of the people who were destroyed, from the time that they were destroyed back to the building of the great tower, at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people and they were scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth, yea, and even from that time back until the creation of Adam.

Now, after Mosiah had finished translating these records, they gave an account of the people who had been destroyed, from the time of their destruction back to the building of the great tower, when the Lord confused the language of the people and they were scattered over the face of the whole earth. The account reached even further back than that, all the way to the creation of Adam.

Now this account did cause the people of Mosiah to mourn exceedingly, yea, they were filled with sorrow; nevertheless it gave them much knowledge, in the which they did rejoice.

This account made the people of Mosiah mourn deeply, and they were filled with sorrow. Even so, it gave them a great deal of knowledge, and in that they rejoiced.

And this account shall be written hereafter; for behold, it is expedient that all people should know the things which are written in this account.

And this account will be written later because it's important that all people know what it contains.

And now, as I said unto you, that after king Mosiah had done these things, he took the plates of brass, and all the things which he had kept, and conferred them upon Alma, who was the son of Alma; yea, all the records, and also the interpreters, and conferred them upon him, and commanded him that he should keep and preserve them, and also keep a record of the people, handing them down from one generation to another, even as they had been handed down from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem.

Now, as I told you, after King Mosiah had done these things, he took the brass plates and everything else he had kept, including all the records and the interpreters, and gave them to Alma, the son of Alma. He commanded him to keep and preserve them and to keep a record of the people as well, handing them down from one generation to the next, just as they had been handed down since the time Lehi left Jerusalem.