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An account of the Nephites. Their wars and contentions, and their dissensions. And also the prophecies of many holy prophets, before the coming of Christ, according to the records of Helaman, who was the son of Helaman, and also according to the records of his sons, even down to the coming of Christ. And also many of the Lamanites are converted. An account of their conversion. An account of the righteousness of the Lamanites, and the wickedness and abominations of the Nephites, according to the record of Helaman and his sons, even down to the coming of Christ, which is called the book of Helaman.

Helaman 1 Chapter 1

Helaman 1:1

1 And now behold, it came to pass in the commencement of the

fortieth year of the reign of the judges over the people of

Nephi, there began to be a serious difficulty among the people of

the Nephites.

Helaman 1:2

2 For behold, Pahoran had died, and gone the way of all the

earth; therefore there began to be a serious contention

concerning who should have the judgment-seat among the brethren,

who were the sons of Pahoran.

Helaman 1:3

3 Now these are their names who did contend for the

judgment-seat, who did also cause the people to contend: Pahoran,

Paanchi, and Pacumeni.

Helaman 1:4

4 Now these are not all the sons of Pahoran, (for he had many)

but these are they who did contend for the judgment-seat;

therefore, they did cause three divisions among the people.

Helaman 1:5

5 Nevertheless, it came to pass that Pahoran was appointed by

the voice of the people to be chief judge and a governor over the

people of Nephi.

Helaman 1:6

6 And it came to pass that Pacumeni, when he saw that he could

not obtain the judgment-seat, he did unite with the voice of the

people.

Helaman 1:7

7 But behold, Paanchi, and that part of the people that were

desirous that he should be their governor, was exceedingly wroth;

therefore, he was about to flatter away those people to rise up

in rebellion against their brethren.

Helaman 1:8

8 And it came to pass as he was about to do this, behold, he was

taken, and was tried according to the voice of the people, and

condemned unto death; for he had raised up in rebellion and

sought to destroy the liberty of the people.

Helaman 1:9

9 Now when those people who were desirous that he should be

their governor saw that he was condemned unto death, therefore

they were angry, and behold, they sent forth one Kishkumen, even

to the judgment-seat of Pahoran, and murdered Pahoran as he sat

upon the judgment-seat.

Helaman 1:10

10 And he was pursued by the servants of Pahoran; but behold, so

speedy was the flight of Kishkumen that no man could overtake

him.

Helaman 1:11

11 And he went unto those that sent him, and they all entered

into a covenant, yea, swearing by their everlasting Maker, that

they would tell no man that Kishkumen had murdered Pahoran.

Helaman 1:12

12 Therefore, Kishkumen was not known among the people of Nephi,

for he was in disguise at the time that he murdered Pahoran. And

Kishkumen and his band, who had covenanted with him, did mingle

themselves among the people, in a manner that they all could not

be found; but as many as were found were condemned unto death.

Helaman 1:13

13 And now behold, Pacumeni was appointed, according to the

voice of the people, to be a chief judge and a governor over the

people, to reign in the stead of his brother Pahoran; and it was

according to his right. And all this was done in the fortieth

year of the reign of the judges; and it had an end.

Helaman 1:14

14 And it came to pass in the forty and first year of the reign

of the judges, that the Lamanites had gathered together an

innumerable army of men, and armed them with swords, and with

cimeters and with bows, and with arrows, and with head-plates,

and with breastplates, and with all manner of shields of every

kind.

Helaman 1:15

15 And they came down again that they might pitch battle against

the Nephites. And they were led by a man whose name was

Coriantumr; and he was a descendant of Zarahemla; and he was a

dissenter from among the Nephites; and he was a large and a

mighty man.

Helaman 1:16

16 Therefore, the king of the Lamanites, whose name was

Tubaloth, who was the son of Ammoron, supposing that Coriantumr,

being a mighty man, could stand against the Nephites, with his

strength and also with his great wisdom, insomuch that by sending

him forth he should gain power over the Nephites—

Helaman 1:17

17 Therefore he did stir them up to anger, and he did gather

together his armies, and he did appoint Coriantumr to be their

leader, and did cause that they should march down to the land of

Zarahemla to battle against the Nephites.

Helaman 1:18

18 And it came to pass that because of so much contention and so

much difficulty in the government, that they had not kept

sufficient guards in the land of Zarahemla; for they had supposed

that the Lamanites durst not come into the heart of their lands

to attack that great city Zarahemla.

Helaman 1:19

19 But it came to pass that Coriantumr did march forth at the

head of his numerous host, and came upon the inhabitants of the

city, and their march was with such exceedingly great speed that

there was no time for the Nephites to gather together their

armies.

Helaman 1:20

20 Therefore Coriantumr did cut down the watch by the entrance

of the city, and did march forth with his whole army into the

city, and they did slay every one who did oppose them, insomuch

that they did take possession of the whole city.

Helaman 1:21

21 And it came to pass that Pacumeni, who was the chief judge,

did flee before Coriantumr, even to the walls of the city. And

it came to pass that Coriantumr did smite him against the wall,

insomuch that he died. And thus ended the days of Pacumeni.

Helaman 1:22

22 And now when Coriantumr saw that he was in possession of the

city of Zarahemla, and saw that the Nephites had fled before

them, and were slain, and were taken, and were cast into prison,

and that he had obtained the possession of the strongest hold in

all the land, his heart took courage insomuch that he was about

to go forth against all the land.

Helaman 1:23

23 And now he did not tarry in the land of Zarahemla, but he did

march forth with a large army, even towards the city of

Bountiful; for it was his determination to go forth and cut his

way through with the sword, that he might obtain the north parts

of the land.

Helaman 1:24

24 And, supposing that their greatest strength was in the center

of the land, therefore he did march forth, giving them no time to

assemble themselves together save it were in small bodies; and in

this manner they did fall upon them and cut them down to the

earth.

Helaman 1:25

25 But behold, this march of Coriantumr through the center of

the land gave Moronihah great advantage over them,

notwithstanding the greatness of the number of the Nephites who

were slain.

Helaman 1:26

26 For behold, Moronihah had supposed that the Lamanites durst

not come into the center of the land, but that they would attack

the cities round about in the borders as they had hitherto done;

therefore Moronihah had caused that their strong armies should

maintain those parts round about by the borders.

Helaman 1:27

27 But behold, the Lamanites were not frightened according to

his desire, but they had come into the center of the land, and

had taken the capital city which was the city of Zarahemla, and

were marching through the most capital parts of the land, slaying

the people with a great slaughter, both men, women, and children,

taking possession of many cities and of many strongholds.

Helaman 1:28

28 But when Moronihah had discovered this, he immediately sent

forth Lehi with an army round about to head them before they

should come to the land Bountiful.

Helaman 1:29

29 And thus he did; and he did head them before they came to the

land Bountiful, and gave unto them battle, insomuch that they

began to retreat back towards the land of Zarahemla.

Helaman 1:30

30 And it came to pass that Moronihah did head them in their

retreat, and did give unto them battle, insomuch that it became

an exceedingly bloody battle; yea, many were slain, and among the

number who were slain Coriantumr was also found.

Helaman 1:31

31 And now, behold, the Lamanites could not retreat either way,

neither on the north, nor on the south, nor on the east, nor on

the west, for they were surrounded on every hand by the Nephites.

Helaman 1:32

32 And thus had Coriantumr plunged the Lamanites into the midst

of the Nephites, insomuch that they were in the power of the

Nephites, and he himself was slain, and the Lamanites did yield

themselves into the hands of the Nephites.

Helaman 1:33

33 And it came to pass that Moronihah took possession of the

city of Zarahemla again, and caused that the Lamanites who had

been taken prisoners should depart out of the land in peace.

Helaman 1:34

34 And thus ended the forty and first year of the reign of the

judges.

Helaman 2 Chapter 2

Helaman 2:1

1 And it came to pass in the forty and second year of the reign

of the judges, after Moronihah had established again peace

between the Nephites and the Lamanites, behold there was no one

to fill the judgment-seat; therefore there began to be a

contention again among the people concerning who should fill the

judgment-seat.

Helaman 2:2

2 And it came to pass that Helaman, who was the son of Helaman,

was appointed to fill the judgment-seat, by the voice of the

people.

Helaman 2:3

3 But behold, Kishkumen, who had murdered Pahoran, did lay wait

to destroy Helaman also; and he was upheld by his band, who had

entered into a covenant that no one should know his wickedness.

Helaman 2:4

4 For there was one Gadianton, who was exceedingly expert in

many words, and also in his craft, to carry on the secret work of

murder and of robbery; therefore he became the leader of the band

of Kishkumen.

Helaman 2:5

5 Therefore he did flatter them, and also Kishkumen, that if

they would place him in the judgment-seat he would grant unto

those who belonged to his band that they should be placed in

power and authority among the people; therefore Kishkumen sought

to destroy Helaman.

Helaman 2:6

6 And it came to pass as he went forth towards the judgment-seat

to destroy Helaman, behold one of the servants of Helaman, having

been out by night, and having obtained, through disguise, a

knowledge of those plans which had been laid by this band to

destroy Helaman—

Helaman 2:7

7 And it came to pass that he met Kishkumen, and he gave unto

him a sign; therefore Kishkumen made known unto him the object of

his desire, desiring that he would conduct him to the

judgment-seat that he might murder Helaman.

Helaman 2:8

8 And when the servant of Helaman had known all the heart of

Kishkumen, and how that it was his object to murder, and also

that it was the object of all those who belonged to his band to

murder, and to rob, and to gain power, (and this was their secret

plan, and their combination) the servant of Helaman said unto

Kishkumen: Let us go forth unto the judgment-seat.

Helaman 2:9

9 Now this did please Kishkumen exceedingly, for he did suppose

that he should accomplish his design; but behold, the servant of

Helaman, as they were going forth unto the judgment-seat, did

stab Kishkumen even to the heart, that he fell dead without a

groan. And he ran and told Helaman all the things which he had

seen, and heard, and done.

Helaman 2:10

10 And it came to pass that Helaman did send forth to take this

band of robbers and secret murderers, that they might be executed

according to the law.

Helaman 2:11

11 But behold, when Gadianton had found that Kishkumen did not

return he feared lest that he should be destroyed; therefore he

caused that his band should follow him. And they took their

flight out of the land, by a secret way, into the wilderness; and

thus when Helaman sent forth to take them they could nowhere be

found.

Helaman 2:12

12 And more of this Gadianton shall be spoken hereafter. And

thus ended the forty and second year of the reign of the judges

over the people of Nephi.

Helaman 2:13

13 And behold, in the end of this book ye shall see that this

Gadianton did prove the overthrow, yea, almost the entire

destruction of the people of Nephi.

Helaman 2:14

14 Behold I do not mean the end of the book of Helaman, but I

mean the end of the book of Nephi, from which I have taken all

the account which I have written.

Helaman 3 Chapter 3

Helaman 3:1

1 And now it came to pass in the forty and third year of the

reign of the judges, there was no contention among the people of

Nephi save it were a little pride which was in the church, which

did cause some little dissensions among the people, which affairs

were settled in the ending of the forty and third year.

Helaman 3:2

2 And there was no contention among the people in the forty and

fourth year; neither was there much contention in the forty and

fifth year.

Helaman 3:3

3 And it came to pass in the forty and sixth, yea, there was

much contention and many dissensions; in the which there were an

exceedingly great many who departed out of the land of Zarahemla,

and went forth unto the land northward to inherit the land.

Helaman 3:4

4 And they did travel to an exceedingly great distance, insomuch

that they came to large bodies of water and many rivers.

Helaman 3:5

5 Yea, and even they did spread forth into all parts of the

land, into whatever parts it had not been rendered desolate and

without timber, because of the many inhabitants who had before

inherited the land.

Helaman 3:6

6 And now no part of the land was desolate, save it were for

timber; but because of the greatness of the destruction of the

people who had before inhabited the land it was called desolate.

Helaman 3:7

7 And there being but little timber upon the face of the land,

nevertheless the people who went forth became exceedingly expert

in the working of cement; therefore they did build houses of

cement, in the which they did dwell.

Helaman 3:8

8 And it came to pass that they did multiply and spread, and did

go forth from the land southward to the land northward, and did

spread insomuch that they began to cover the face of the whole

earth, from the sea south to the sea north, from the sea west to

the sea east.

Helaman 3:9

9 And the people who were in the land northward did dwell in

tents, and in houses of cement, and they did suffer whatsoever

tree should spring up upon the face of the land that it should

grow up, that in time they might have timber to build their

houses, yea, their cities, and their temples, and their

synagogues, and their sanctuaries, and all manner of their

buildings.

Helaman 3:10

10 And it came to pass as timber was exceedingly scarce in the

land northward, they did send forth much by the way of shipping.

Helaman 3:11

11 And thus they did enable the people in the land northward

that they might build many cities, both of wood and of cement.

Helaman 3:12

12 And it came to pass that there were many of the people of

Ammon, who were Lamanites by birth, did also go forth into this

land.

Helaman 3:13

13 And now there are many records kept of the proceedings of

this people, by many of this people, which are particular and

very large, concerning them.

Helaman 3:14

14 But behold, a hundredth part of the proceedings of this

people, yea, the account of the Lamanites and of the Nephites,

and their wars, and contentions, and dissensions, and their

preaching, and their prophecies, and their shipping and their

building of ships, and their building of temples, and of

synagogues and their sanctuaries, and their righteousness, and

their wickedness, and their murders, and their robbings, and

their plundering, and all manner of abominations and whoredoms,

cannot be contained in this work.

Helaman 3:15

15 But behold, there are many books and many records of every

kind, and they have been kept chiefly by the Nephites.

Helaman 3:16

16 And they have been handed down from one generation to another

by the Nephites, even until they have fallen into transgression

and have been murdered, plundered, and hunted, and driven forth,

and slain, and scattered upon the face of the earth, and mixed

with the Lamanites until they are no more called the Nephites,

becoming wicked, and wild, and ferocious, yea, even becoming

Lamanites.

Helaman 3:17

17 And now I return again to mine account; therefore, what I

have spoken had passed after there had been great contentions,

and disturbances, and wars, and dissensions, among the people of

Nephi.

Helaman 3:18

18 The forty and sixth year of the reign of the judges ended;

Helaman 3:19

19 And it came to pass that there was still great contention in

the land, yea, even in the forty and seventh year, and also in

the forty and eighth year.

Helaman 3:20

20 Nevertheless Helaman did fill the judgment-seat with justice

and equity; yea, he did observe to keep the statutes, and the

judgments, and the commandments of God; and he did do that which

was right in the sight of God continually; and he did walk after

the ways of his father, insomuch that he did prosper in the land.

Helaman 3:21

21 And it came to pass that he had two sons. He gave unto the

eldest the name of Nephi, and unto the youngest, the name of

Lehi. And they began to grow up unto the Lord.

Helaman 3:22

22 And it came to pass that the wars and contentions began to

cease, in a small degree, among the people of the Nephites, in

the latter end of the forty and eighth year of the reign of the

judges over the people of Nephi.

Helaman 3:23

23 And it came to pass in the forty and ninth year of the reign

of the judges, there was continual peace established in the land,

all save it were the secret combinations which Gadianton the

robber had established in the more settled parts of the land,

which at that time were not known unto those who were at the head

of government; therefore they were not destroyed out of the land.

Helaman 3:24

24 And it came to pass that in this same year there was

exceedingly great prosperity in the church, insomuch that there

were thousands who did join themselves unto the church and were

baptized unto repentance.

Helaman 3:25

25 And so great was the prosperity of the church, and so many

the blessings which were poured out upon the people, that even

the high priests and the teachers were themselves astonished

beyond measure.

Helaman 3:26

26 And it came to pass that the work of the Lord did prosper

unto the baptizing and uniting to the church of God, many souls,

yea, even tens of thousands.

Helaman 3:27

27 Thus we may see that the Lord is merciful unto all who will,

in the sincerity of their hearts, call upon his holy name.

Helaman 3:28

28 Yea, thus we see that the gate of heaven is open unto all,

even to those who will believe on the name of Jesus Christ, who

is the Son of God.

Helaman 3:29

29 Yea, we see that whosoever will may lay hold upon the word of

God, which is quick and powerful, which shall divide asunder all

the cunning and the snares and the wiles of the devil, and lead

the man of Christ in a strait and narrow course across that

everlasting gulf of misery which is prepared to engulf the

wicked—

Helaman 3:30

30 And land their souls, yea, their immortal souls, at the right

hand of God in the kingdom of heaven, to sit down with Abraham,

and Isaac, and with Jacob, and with all our holy fathers, to go

no more out.

Helaman 3:31

31 And in this year there was continual rejoicing in the land of

Zarahemla, and in all the regions round about, even in all the

land which was possessed by the Nephites.

Helaman 3:32

32 And it came to pass that there was peace and exceedingly

great joy in the remainder of the forty and ninth year; yea, and

also there was continual peace and great joy in the fiftieth year

of the reign of the judges.

Helaman 3:33

33 And in the fifty and first year of the reign of the judges

there was peace also, save it were the pride which began to enter

into the church—not into the church of God, but into the hearts

of the people who professed to belong to the church of God—

Helaman 3:34

34 And they were lifted up in pride, even to the persecution of

many of their brethren. Now this was a great evil, which did

cause the more humble part of the people to suffer great

persecutions, and to wade through much affliction.

Helaman 3:35

35 Nevertheless they did fast and pray oft, and did wax stronger

and stronger in their humility, and firmer and firmer in the

faith of Christ, unto the filling their souls with joy and

consolation, yea, even to the purifying and the sanctification of

their hearts, which sanctification cometh because of their

yielding their hearts unto God.

Helaman 3:36

36 And it came to pass that the fifty and second year ended in

peace also, save it were the exceedingly great pride which had

gotten into the hearts of the people; and it was because of their

exceedingly great riches and their prosperity in the land; and it

did grow upon them from day to day.

Helaman 3:37

37 And it came to pass in the fifty and third year of the reign

of the judges, Helaman died, and his eldest son Nephi began to

reign in his stead. And it came to pass that he did fill the

judgment-seat with justice and equity; yea, he did keep the

commandments of God, and did walk in the ways of his father.

Helaman 4 Chapter 4

Helaman 4:1

1 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.

Helaman 4:2

2 And the rebellious part were slain and driven out of the land,

and they did go unto the king of the Lamanites.

Helaman 4:3

3 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.

Helaman 4:4

4 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.

Helaman 4:5

5 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.

Helaman 4:6

6 And the Nephites and the armies of Moronihah were driven even

into the land of Bountiful;

Helaman 4:7

7 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.

Helaman 4:8

8 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.

Helaman 4:9

9 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.

Helaman 4:10

10 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.

Helaman 4:11

11 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.

Helaman 4:12

12 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—

Helaman 4:13

13 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.

Helaman 4:14

14 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.

Helaman 4:15

15 And it came to pass that they did repent, and inasmuch as

they did repent they did begin to prosper.

Helaman 4:16

16 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.

Helaman 4:17

17 And thus ended the sixty and first year of the reign of the

judges.

Helaman 4:18

18 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.

Helaman 4:19

19 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.

Helaman 4:20

20 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.

Helaman 4:21

21 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.

Helaman 4:22

22 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.

Helaman 4:23

23 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.

Helaman 4:24

24 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—

Helaman 4:25

25 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.

Helaman 4:26

26 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.

Helaman 5 Chapter 5

Helaman 5:1

1 And it came to pass that in this same year, behold, Nephi

delivered up the judgment-seat to a man whose name was Cezoram.

Helaman 5:2

2 For as their laws and their governments were established by

the voice of the people, and they who chose evil were more

numerous than they who chose good, therefore they were ripening

for destruction, for the laws had become corrupted.

Helaman 5:3

3 Yea, and this was not all; they were a stiffnecked people,

insomuch that they could not be governed by the law nor justice,

save it were to their destruction.

Helaman 5:4

4 And it came to pass that Nephi had become weary because of

their iniquity; and he yielded up the judgment-seat, and took it

upon him to preach the word of God all the remainder of his days,

and his brother Lehi also, all the remainder of his days;

Helaman 5:5

5 For they remembered the words which their father Helaman spake

unto them. And these are the words which he spake:

Helaman 5:6

6 Behold, my sons, I desire that ye should remember to keep the

commandments of God; and I would that ye should declare unto the

people these words. Behold, I have given unto you the names of

our first parents who came out of the land of Jerusalem; and this

I have done that when you remember your names ye may remember

them; and when ye remember them ye may remember their works; and

when ye remember their works ye may know how that it is said, and

also written, that they were good.

Helaman 5:7

7 Therefore, my sons, I would that ye should do that which is

good, that it may be said of you, and also written, even as it

has been said and written of them.

Helaman 5:8

8 And now my sons, behold I have somewhat more to desire of you,

which desire is, that ye may not do these things that ye may

boast, but that ye may do these things to lay up for yourselves a

treasure in heaven, yea, which is eternal, and which fadeth not

away; yea, that ye may have that precious gift of eternal life,

which we have reason to suppose hath been given to our fathers.

Helaman 5:9

9 O remember, remember, my sons, the words which king Benjamin

spake unto his people; yea, remember that there is no other way

nor means whereby man can be saved, only through the atoning

blood of Jesus Christ, who shall come, yea, remember that he

cometh to redeem the world.

Helaman 5:10

10 And remember also the words which Amulek spake unto Zeezrom,

in the city of Ammonihah; for he said unto him that the Lord

surely should come to redeem his people, but that he should not

come to redeem them in their sins, but to redeem them from their

sins.

Helaman 5:11

11 And he hath power given unto him from the Father to redeem

them from their sins because of repentance; therefore he hath

sent his angels to declare the tidings of the conditions of

repentance, which bringeth unto the power of the Redeemer, unto

the salvation of their souls.

Helaman 5:12

12 And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock

of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must

build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his

mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his

hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no

power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless

wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure

foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.

Helaman 5:13

13 And it came to pass that these were the words which Helaman

taught to his sons; yea, he did teach them many things which are

not written, and also many things which are written.

Helaman 5:14

14 And they did remember his words; and therefore they went

forth, keeping the commandments of God, to teach the word of God

among all the people of Nephi, beginning at the city Bountiful;

Helaman 5:15

15 And from thenceforth to the city of Gid; and from the city of

Gid to the city of Mulek;

Helaman 5:16

16 And even from one city to another, until they had gone forth

among all the people of Nephi who were in the land southward; and

from thence into the land of Zarahemla, among the Lamanites.

Helaman 5:17

17 And it came to pass that they did preach with great power,

insomuch that they did confound many of those dissenters who had

gone over from the Nephites, insomuch that they came forth and

did confess their sins and were baptized unto repentance, and

immediately returned to the Nephites to endeavor to repair unto

them the wrongs which they had done.

Helaman 5:18

18 And it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi did preach unto the

Lamanites with such great power and authority, for they had power

and authority, given unto them that they might speak, and they

also had what they should speak given unto them—

Helaman 5:19

19 Therefore they did speak unto the great astonishment of the

Lamanites, to the convincing them, insomuch that there were eight

thousand of the Lamanites who were in the land of Zarahemla and

round about baptized unto repentance, and were convinced of the

wickedness of the traditions of their fathers.

Helaman 5:20

20 And it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi did proceed from

thence to go to the land of Nephi.

Helaman 5:21

21 And it came to pass that they were taken by an army of the

Lamanites and cast into prison; yea, even in that same prison in

which Ammon and his brethren were cast by the servants of Limhi.

Helaman 5:22

22 And after they had been cast into prison many days without

food, behold, they went forth into the prison to take them that

they might slay them.

Helaman 5:23

23 And it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi were encircled about

as if by fire, even insomuch that they durst not lay their hands

upon them for fear lest they should be burned. Nevertheless,

Nephi and Lehi were not burned; and they were as standing in the

midst of fire and were not burned.

Helaman 5:24

24 And when they saw that they were encircled about with a

pillar of fire, and that it burned them not, their hearts did

take courage.

Helaman 5:25

25 For they saw that the Lamanites durst not lay their hands

upon them; neither durst they come near unto them, but stood as

if they were struck dumb with amazement.

Helaman 5:26

26 And it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi did stand forth and

began to speak unto them, saying: Fear not, for behold, it is God

that has shown unto you this marvelous thing, in the which is

shown unto you that ye cannot lay your hands on us to slay us.

Helaman 5:27

27 And behold, when they had said these words, the earth shook

exceedingly, and the walls of the prison did shake as if they

were about to tumble to the earth; but behold, they did not fall.

And behold, they that were in the prison were Lamanites and

Nephites who were dissenters.

Helaman 5:28

28 And it came to pass that they were overshadowed with a cloud

of darkness, and an awful solemn fear came upon them.

Helaman 5:29

29 And it came to pass that there came a voice as if it were

above the cloud of darkness, saying: Repent ye, repent ye, and

seek no more to destroy my servants whom I have sent unto you to

declare good tidings.

Helaman 5:30

30 And it came to pass when they heard this voice, and beheld

that it was not a voice of thunder, neither was it a voice of a

great tumultuous noise, but behold, it was a still voice of

perfect mildness, as if it had been a whisper, and it did pierce

even to the very soul—

Helaman 5:31

31 And notwithstanding the mildness of the voice, behold the

earth shook exceedingly, and the walls of the prison trembled

again, as if it were about to tumble to the earth; and behold the

cloud of darkness, which had overshadowed them, did not

disperse—

Helaman 5:32

32 And behold the voice came again, saying: Repent ye, repent

ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand; and seek no more to

destroy my servants. And it came to pass that the earth shook

again, and the walls trembled.

Helaman 5:33

33 And also again the third time the voice came, and did speak

unto them marvelous words which cannot be uttered by man; and the

walls did tremble again, and the earth shook as if it were about

to divide asunder.

Helaman 5:34

34 And it came to pass that the Lamanites could not flee because

of the cloud of darkness which did overshadow them; yea, and also

they were immovable because of the fear which did come upon them.

Helaman 5:35

35 Now there was one among them who was a Nephite by birth, who

had once belonged to the church of God but had dissented from

them.

Helaman 5:36

36 And it came to pass that he turned him about, and behold, he

saw through the cloud of darkness the faces of Nephi and Lehi;

and behold, they did shine exceedingly, even as the faces of

angels. And he beheld that they did lift their eyes to heaven;

and they were in the attitude as if talking or lifting their

voices to some being whom they beheld.

Helaman 5:37

37 And it came to pass that this man did cry unto the multitude,

that they might turn and look. And behold, there was power given

unto them that they did turn and look; and they did behold the

faces of Nephi and Lehi.

Helaman 5:38

38 And they said unto the man: Behold, what do all these things

mean, and who is it with whom these men do converse?

Helaman 5:39

39 Now the man's name was Aminadab. And Aminadab said unto

them: They do converse with the angels of God.

Helaman 5:40

40 And it came to pass that the Lamanites said unto him: What

shall we do, that this cloud of darkness may be removed from

overshadowing us?

Helaman 5:41

41 And Aminadab said unto them: You must repent, and cry unto

the voice, even until ye shall have faith in Christ, who was

taught unto you by Alma, and Amulek, and Zeezrom; and when ye

shall do this, the cloud of darkness shall be removed from

overshadowing you.

Helaman 5:42

42 And it came to pass that they all did begin to cry unto the

voice of him who had shaken the earth; yea, they did cry even

until the cloud of darkness was dispersed.

Helaman 5:43

43 And it came to pass that when they cast their eyes about, and

saw that the cloud of darkness was dispersed from overshadowing

them, behold, they saw that they were encircled about, yea every

soul, by a pillar of fire.

Helaman 5:44

44 And Nephi and Lehi were in the midst of them; yea, they were

encircled about; yea, they were as if in the midst of a flaming

fire, yet it did harm them not, neither did it take hold upon the

walls of the prison; and they were filled with that joy which is

unspeakable and full of glory.

Helaman 5:45

45 And behold, the Holy Spirit of God did come down from heaven,

and did enter into their hearts, and they were filled as if with

fire, and they could speak forth marvelous words.

Helaman 5:46

46 And it came to pass that there came a voice unto them, yea, a

pleasant voice, as if it were a whisper, saying:

Helaman 5:47

47 Peace, peace be unto you, because of your faith in my Well

Beloved, who was from the foundation of the world.

Helaman 5:48

48 And now, when they heard this they cast up their eyes as if

to behold from whence the voice came; and behold, they saw the

heavens open; and angels came down out of heaven and ministered

unto them.

Helaman 5:49

49 And there were about three hundred souls who saw and heard

these things; and they were bidden to go forth and marvel not,

neither should they doubt.

Helaman 5:50

50 And it came to pass that they did go forth, and did minister

unto the people, declaring throughout all the regions round about

all the things which they had heard and seen, insomuch that the

more part of the Lamanites were convinced of them, because of the

greatness of the evidences which they had received.

Helaman 5:51

51 And as many as were convinced did lay down their weapons of

war, and also their hatred and the tradition of their fathers.

Helaman 5:52

52 And it came to pass that they did yield up unto the Nephites

the lands of their possession.

Helaman 6 Chapter 6

Helaman 6:1

1 And it came to pass that when the sixty and second year of the

reign of the judges had ended, all these things had happened and

the Lamanites had become, the more part of them, a righteous

people, insomuch that their righteousness did exceed that of the

Nephites because of their firmness and their steadiness in the

faith.

Helaman 6:2

2 For behold, there were many of the Nephites who had become

hardened and impenitent and grossly wicked, insomuch that they

did reject the word of God and all the preaching and prophesying

which did come among them.

Helaman 6:3

3 Nevertheless, the people of the church did have great joy

because of the conversion of the Lamanites, yea, because of the

church of God, which had been established among them. And they

did fellowship one with another and did rejoice one with another,

and did have great joy.

Helaman 6:4

4 And it came to pass that many of the Lamanites did come down

into the land of Zarahemla, and did declare unto the people of

the Nephites the manner of their conversion, and did exhort them

to faith and repentance.

Helaman 6:5

5 Yea, and many did preach with exceedingly great power and

authority, unto the bringing down many of them into the depths of

humility, to be the humble followers of God and the Lamb.

Helaman 6:6

6 And it came to pass that many of the Lamanites did go into the

land northward; and also Nephi and Lehi went into the land

northward, to preach unto the people. And thus ended the sixty

and third year.

Helaman 6:7

7 And behold, there was peace in all the land, insomuch that the

Nephites did go into whatsoever part of the land they would,

whether among the Nephites or the Lamanites.

Helaman 6:8

8 And it came to pass that the Lamanites did also go

whithersoever they would, whether it were among the Lamanites or

among the Nephites; and thus they did have free intercourse one

with another, to buy and to sell, and to get gain, according to

their desire.

Helaman 6:9

9 And it came to pass that they became exceedingly rich, both

the Lamanites and the Nephites; and they did have an exceeding

plenty of gold, and of silver, and of all manner of precious

metals, both in the land south and in the land north.

Helaman 6:10

10 Now the land south was called Lehi and the land north was

called Mulek, which was after the son of Zedekiah; for the Lord

did bring Mulek into the land north, and Lehi into the land

south.

Helaman 6:11

11 And behold, there was all manner of gold in both these lands,

and of silver, and of precious ore of every kind; and there were

also curious workmen, who did work all kinds of ore and did

refine it; and thus they did become rich.

Helaman 6:12

12 They did raise grain in abundance, both in the north and in

the south; and they did flourish exceedingly, both in the north

and in the south. And they did multiply and wax exceedingly

strong in the land. And they did raise many flocks and herds,

yea, many fatlings.

Helaman 6:13

13 Behold their women did toil and spin, and did make all manner

of cloth, of fine-twined linen and cloth of every kind, to clothe

their nakedness. And thus the sixty and fourth year did pass

away in peace.

Helaman 6:14

14 And in the sixty and fifth year they did also have great joy

and peace, yea, much preaching and many prophecies concerning

that which was to come. And thus passed away the sixty and fifth

year.

Helaman 6:15

15 And it came to pass that in the sixty and sixth year of the

reign of the judges, behold, Cezoram was murdered by an unknown

hand as he sat upon the judgment-seat. And it came to pass that

in the same year, that his son, who had been appointed by the

people in his stead, was also murdered. And thus ended the sixty

and sixth year.

Helaman 6:16

16 And in the commencement of the sixty and seventh year the

people began to grow exceedingly wicked again.

Helaman 6:17

17 For behold, the Lord had blessed them so long with the riches

of the world that they had not been stirred up to anger, to wars,

nor to bloodshed; therefore they began to set their hearts upon

their riches; yea, they began to seek to get gain that they might

be lifted up one above another; therefore they began to commit

secret murders, and to rob and to plunder, that they might get

gain.

Helaman 6:18

18 And now behold, those murderers and plunderers were a band

who had been formed by Kishkumen and Gadianton. And now it had

come to pass that there were many, even among the Nephites, of

Gadianton's band. But behold, they were more numerous among the

more wicked part of the Lamanites. And they were called

Gadianton's robbers and murderers.

Helaman 6:19

19 And it was they who did murder the chief judge Cezoram, and

his son, while in the judgment-seat; and behold, they were not

found.

Helaman 6:20

20 And now it came to pass that when the Lamanites found that

there were robbers among them they were exceedingly sorrowful;

and they did use every means in their power to destroy them off

the face of the earth.

Helaman 6:21

21 But behold, Satan did stir up the hearts of the more part of

the Nephites, insomuch that they did unite with those bands of

robbers, and did enter into their covenants and their oaths, that

they would protect and preserve one another in whatsoever

difficult circumstances they should be placed, that they should

not suffer for their murders, and their plunderings, and their

stealings.

Helaman 6:22

22 And it came to pass that they did have their signs, yea,

their secret signs, and their secret words; and this that they

might distinguish a brother who had entered into the covenant,

that whatsoever wickedness his brother should do he should not be

injured by his brother, nor by those who did belong to his band,

who had taken this covenant.

Helaman 6:23

23 And thus they might murder, and plunder, and steal, and

commit whoredoms and all manner of wickedness, contrary to the

laws of their country and also the laws of their God.

Helaman 6:24

24 And whosoever of those who belonged to their band should

reveal unto the world of their wickedness and their abominations,

should be tried, not according to the laws of their country, but

according to the laws of their wickedness, which had been given

by Gadianton and Kishkumen.

Helaman 6:25

25 Now behold, it is these secret oaths and covenants which Alma

commanded his son should not go forth unto the world, lest they

should be a means of bringing down the people unto destruction.

Helaman 6:26

26 Now behold, those secret oaths and covenants did not come

forth unto Gadianton from the records which were delivered unto

Helaman; but behold, they were put into the heart of Gadianton by

that same being who did entice our first parents to partake of

the forbidden fruit—

Helaman 6:27

27 Yea, that same being who did plot with Cain, that if he would

murder his brother Abel it should not be known unto the world.

And he did plot with Cain and his followers from that time forth.

Helaman 6:28

28 And also it is that same being who put it into the hearts of

the people to build a tower sufficiently high that they might get

to heaven. And it was that same being who led on the people who

came from that tower into this land; who spread the works of

darkness and abominations over all the face of the land, until he

dragged the people down to an entire destruction, and to an

everlasting hell.

Helaman 6:29

29 Yea, it is that same being who put it into the heart of

Gadianton to still carry on the work of darkness, and of secret

murder; and he has brought it forth from the beginning of man

even down to this time.

Helaman 6:30

30 And behold, it is he who is the author of all sin. And

behold, he doth carry on his works of darkness and secret murder,

and doth hand down their plots, and their oaths, and their

covenants, and their plans of awful wickedness, from generation

to generation according as he can get hold upon the hearts of the

children of men.

Helaman 6:31

31 And now behold, he had got great hold upon the hearts of the

Nephites; yea, insomuch that they had become exceedingly wicked;

yea, the more part of them had turned out of the way of

righteousness, and did trample under their feet the commandments

of God, and did turn unto their own ways, and did build up unto

themselves idols of their gold and their silver.

Helaman 6:32

32 And it came to pass that all these iniquities did come unto

them in the space of not many years, insomuch that a more part of

it had come unto them in the sixty and seventh year of the reign

of the judges over the people of Nephi.

Helaman 6:33

33 And they did grow in their iniquities in the sixty and eighth

year also.

Helaman 6:34

34 And thus we see that the Nephites did begin to dwindle in

unbelief, and grow in wickedness and abominations, while the

Lamanites began to grow exceedingly in the knowledge of their

God; yea, they did begin to keep his statutes and commandments,

and to walk in truth and uprightness before him.

Helaman 6:35

35 And thus we see that the Spirit of the Lord began to withdraw

from the Nephites, because of the wickedness and the hardness of

their hearts.

Helaman 6:36

36 And thus we see that the Lord began to pour out his Spirit

upon the Lamanites, because of their easiness and willingness to

believe in his words.

Helaman 6:37

37 And it came to pass that the Lamanites did hunt the band of

robbers of Gadianton; and they did preach the word of God among

the more wicked part of them, insomuch that this band of robbers

was utterly destroyed from among the Lamanites.

Helaman 6:38

38 And it came to pass on the other hand, that the Nephites did

build them up and support them, beginning at the more wicked part

of them, until they had overspread all the land of the Nephites,

and had seduced the more part of the righteous until they had

come down to believe in their works and partake of their spoils,

and to join with them in their secret murders and combinations.

Helaman 6:39

39 And thus they did obtain the sole management of the

government, insomuch that they did trample under their feet and

smite and rend and turn their backs upon the poor and the meek,

and the humble followers of God.

Helaman 6:40

40 And thus we see that they were in an awful state, and

ripening for an everlasting destruction.

Helaman 6:41

41 And it came to pass that thus ended the sixty and eighth year

of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.

Helaman 7 Chapter 7

Helaman 7:1

1 Behold, now it came to pass in the sixty and ninth year of the

reign of the judges over the people of the Nephites, that Nephi,

the son of Helaman, returned to the land of Zarahemla from the

land northward.

Helaman 7:2

2 For he had been forth among the people who were in the land

northward, and did preach the word of God unto them, and did

prophesy many things unto them;

Helaman 7:3

3 And they did reject all his words, insomuch that he could not

stay among them, but returned again unto the land of his

nativity.

Helaman 7:4

4 And seeing the people in a state of such awful wickedness, and

those Gadianton robbers filling the judgment-seats—having

usurped the power and authority of the land; laying aside the

commandments of God, and not in the least aright before him;

doing no justice unto the children of men;

Helaman 7:5

5 Condemning the righteous because of their righteousness;

letting the guilty and the wicked go unpunished because of their

money; and moreover to be held in office at the head of

government, to rule and do according to their wills, that they

might get gain and glory of the world, and, moreover, that they

might the more easily commit adultery, and steal, and kill, and

do according to their own wills—

Helaman 7:6

6 Now this great iniquity had come upon the Nephites, in the

space of not many years; and when Nephi saw it, his heart was

swollen with sorrow within his breast; and he did exclaim in the

agony of his soul:

Helaman 7:7

7 Oh, that I could have had my days in the days when my father

Nephi first came out of the land of Jerusalem, that I could have

joyed with him in the promised land; then were his people easy to

be entreated, firm to keep the commandments of God, and slow to

be led to do iniquity; and they were quick to hearken unto the

words of the Lord—

Helaman 7:8

8 Yea, if my days could have been in those days, then would my

soul have had joy in the righteousness of my brethren.

Helaman 7:9

9 But behold, I am consigned that these are my days, and that my

soul shall be filled with sorrow because of this the wickedness

of my brethren.

Helaman 7:10

10 And behold, now it came to pass that it was upon a tower,

which was in the garden of Nephi, which was by the highway which

led to the chief market, which was in the city of Zarahemla;

therefore, Nephi had bowed himself upon the tower which was in

his garden, which tower was also near unto the garden gate by

which led the highway.

Helaman 7:11

11 And it came to pass that there were certain men passing by

and saw Nephi as he was pouring out his soul unto God upon the

tower; and they ran and told the people what they had seen, and

the people came together in multitudes that they might know the

cause of so great mourning for the wickedness of the people.

Helaman 7:12

12 And now, when Nephi arose he beheld the multitudes of people

who had gathered together.

Helaman 7:13

13 And it came to pass that he opened his mouth and said unto

them: Behold, why have ye gathered yourselves together? That I

may tell you of your iniquities?

Helaman 7:14

14 Yea, because I have got upon my tower that I might pour out

my soul unto my God, because of the exceeding sorrow of my heart,

which is because of your iniquities!

Helaman 7:15

15 And because of my mourning and lamentation ye have gathered

yourselves together, and do marvel; yea, and ye have great need

to marvel; yea, ye ought to marvel because ye are given away that

the devil has got so great hold upon your hearts.

Helaman 7:16

16 Yea, how could you have given way to the enticing of him who

is seeking to hurl away your souls down to everlasting misery and

endless wo?

Helaman 7:17

17 O repent ye, repent ye! Why will ye die? Turn ye, turn ye

unto the Lord your God. Why has he forsaken you?

Helaman 7:18

18 It is because you have hardened your hearts; yea, ye will not

hearken unto the voice of the good shepherd; yea, ye have

provoked him to anger against you.

Helaman 7:19

19 And behold, instead of gathering you, except ye will repent,

behold, he shall scatter you forth that ye shall become meat for

dogs and wild beasts.

Helaman 7:20

20 O, how could you have forgotten your God in the very day that

he has delivered you?

Helaman 7:21

21 But behold, it is to get gain, to be praised of men, yea, and

that ye might get gold and silver. And ye have set your hearts

upon the riches and the vain things of this world, for the which

ye do murder, and plunder, and steal, and bear false witness

against your neighbor, and do all manner of iniquity.

Helaman 7:22

22 And for this cause wo shall come unto you except ye shall

repent. For if ye will not repent, behold, this great city, and

also all those great cities which are round about, which are in

the land of our possession, shall be taken away that ye shall

have no place in them; for behold, the Lord will not grant unto

you strength, as he has hitherto done, to withstand against your

enemies.

Helaman 7:23

23 For behold, thus saith the Lord: I will not show unto the

wicked of my strength, to one more than the other, save it be

unto those that repent of their sins, and hearken unto my words.

Now therefore, I would that ye should behold, my brethren, that

it shall be better for the Lamanites than for you except ye shall

repent.

Helaman 7:24

24 For behold, they are more righteous than you, for they have

not sinned against that great knowledge which ye have received;

therefore the Lord will be merciful unto them; yea, he will

lengthen out their days and increase their seed, even when thou

shalt be utterly destroyed except thou shalt repent.

Helaman 7:25

25 Yea, wo be unto you because of that great abomination which

has come among you; and ye have united yourselves unto it, yea,

to that secret band which was established by Gadianton!

Helaman 7:26

26 Yea, wo shall come unto you because of that pride which ye

have suffered to enter your hearts, which has lifted you up

beyond that which is good because of your exceedingly great

riches!

Helaman 7:27

27 Yea, wo be unto you because of your wickedness and

abominations!

Helaman 7:28

28 And except ye repent ye shall perish; yea, even your lands

shall be taken from you, and ye shall be destroyed from off the

face of the earth.

Helaman 7:29

29 Behold now, I do not say that these things shall be, of

myself, because it is not of myself that I know these things; but

behold, I know that these things are true because the Lord God

has made them known unto me, therefore I testify that they shall

be.

Helaman 8 Chapter 8

Helaman 8:1

1 And now it came to pass that when Nephi had said these words,

behold, there were men who were judges, who also belonged to the

secret band of Gadianton, and they were angry, and they cried out

against him, saying unto the people: Why do ye not seize upon

this man and bring him forth, that he may be condemned according

to the crime which he has done?

Helaman 8:2

2 Why seest thou this man, and hearest him revile against this

people and against our law?

Helaman 8:3

3 For behold, Nephi had spoken unto them concerning the

corruptness of their law; yea, many things did Nephi speak which

cannot be written; and nothing did he speak which was contrary to

the commandments of God.

Helaman 8:4

4 And those judges were angry with him because he spake plainly

unto them concerning their secret works of darkness;

nevertheless, they durst not lay their own hands upon him, for

they feared the people lest they should cry out against them.

Helaman 8:5

5 Therefore they did cry unto the people, saying: Why do you

suffer this man to revile against us? For behold he doth condemn

all this people, even unto destruction; yea, and also that these

our great cities shall be taken from us, that we shall have no

place in them.

Helaman 8:6

6 And now we know that this is impossible, for behold, we are

powerful, and our cities great, therefore our enemies can have no

power over us.

Helaman 8:7

7 And it came to pass that thus they did stir up the people to

anger against Nephi, and raised contentions among them; for there

were some who did cry out: Let this man alone, for he is a good

man, and those things which he saith will surely come to pass

except we repent;

Helaman 8:8

8 Yea, behold, all the judgments will come upon us which he has

testified unto us; for we know that he has testified aright unto

us concerning our iniquities. And behold they are many, and he

knoweth as well all things which shall befall us as he knoweth of

our iniquities;

Helaman 8:9

9 Yea, and behold, if he had not been a prophet he could not

have testified concerning those things.

Helaman 8:10

10 And it came to pass that those people who sought to destroy

Nephi were compelled because of their fear, that they did not lay

their hands on him; therefore he began again to speak unto them,

seeing that he had gained favor in the eyes of some, insomuch

that the remainder of them did fear.

Helaman 8:11

11 Therefore he was constrained to speak more unto them saying:

Behold, my brethren, have ye not read that God gave power unto

one man, even Moses, to smite upon the waters of the Red Sea, and

they parted hither and thither, insomuch that the Israelites, who

were our fathers, came through upon dry ground, and the waters

closed upon the armies of the Egyptians and swallowed them up?

Helaman 8:12

12 And now behold, if God gave unto this man such power, then

why should ye dispute among yourselves, and say that he hath

given unto me no power whereby I may know concerning the

judgments that shall come upon you except ye repent?

Helaman 8:13

13 But, behold, ye not only deny my words, but ye also deny all

the words which have been spoken by our fathers, and also the

words which were spoken by this man, Moses, who had such great

power given unto him, yea, the words which he hath spoken

concerning the coming of the Messiah.

Helaman 8:14

14 Yea, did he not bear record that the Son of God should come?

And as he lifted up the brazen serpent in the wilderness, even so

shall he be lifted up who should come.

Helaman 8:15

15 And as many as should look upon that serpent should live,

even so as many as should look upon the Son of God with faith,

having a contrite spirit, might live, even unto that life which

is eternal.

Helaman 8:16

16 And now behold, Moses did not only testify of these things,

but also all the holy prophets, from his days even to the days of

Abraham.

Helaman 8:17

17 Yea, and behold, Abraham saw of his coming, and was filled

with gladness and did rejoice.

Helaman 8:18

18 Yea, and behold I say unto you, that Abraham not only knew of

these things, but there were many before the days of Abraham who

were called by the order of God; yea, even after the order of his

Son; and this that it should be shown unto the people, a great

many thousand years before his coming, that even redemption

should come unto them.

Helaman 8:19

19 And now I would that ye should know, that even since the days

of Abraham there have been many prophets that have testified

these things; yea, behold, the prophet Zenos did testify boldly;

for the which he was slain.

Helaman 8:20

20 And behold, also Zenock, and also Ezias, and also Isaiah, and

Jeremiah, (Jeremiah being that same prophet who testified of the

destruction of Jerusalem) and now we know that Jerusalem was

destroyed according to the words of Jeremiah. O then why not the

Son of God come, according to his prophecy?

Helaman 8:21

21 And now will you dispute that Jerusalem was destroyed? Will

ye say that the sons of Zedekiah were not slain, all except it

were Mulek? Yea, and do ye not behold that the seed of Zedekiah

are with us, and they were driven out of the land of Jerusalem?

But behold, this is not all—

Helaman 8:22

22 Our father Lehi was driven out of Jerusalem because he

testified of these things. Nephi also testified of these things,

and also almost all of our fathers, even down to this time; yea,

they have testified of the coming of Christ, and have looked

forward, and have rejoiced in his day which is to come.

Helaman 8:23

23 And behold, he is God, and he is with them, and he did

manifest himself unto them, that they were redeemed by him; and

they gave unto him glory, because of that which is to come.

Helaman 8:24

24 And now, seeing ye know these things and cannot deny them

except ye shall lie, therefore in this ye have sinned, for ye

have rejected all these things, notwithstanding so many evidences

which ye have received; yea, even ye have received all things,

both things in heaven, and all things which are in the earth, as

a witness that they are true.

Helaman 8:25

25 But behold, ye have rejected the truth, and rebelled against

your holy God; and even at this time, instead of laying up for

yourselves treasures in heaven, where nothing doth corrupt, and

where nothing can come which is unclean, ye are heaping up for

yourselves wrath against the day of judgment.

Helaman 8:26

26 Yea, even at this time ye are ripening, because of your

murders and your fornication and wickedness, for everlasting

destruction; yea, and except ye repent it will come unto you

soon.

Helaman 8:27

27 Yea, behold it is now even at your doors; yea, go ye in unto

the judgment-seat, and search; and behold, your judge is

murdered, and he lieth in his blood; and he hath been murdered by

his brother, who seeketh to sit in the judgment-seat.

Helaman 8:28

28 And behold, they both belong to your secret band, whose

author is Gadianton and the evil one who seeketh to destroy the

souls of men.

Helaman 9 Chapter 9

Helaman 9:1

1 Behold, now it came to pass that when Nephi had spoken these

words, certain men who were among them ran to the judgment-seat;

yea, even there were five who went, and they said among

themselves, as they went:

Helaman 9:2

2 Behold, now we will know of a surety whether this man be a

prophet and God hath commanded him to prophesy such marvelous

things unto us. Behold, we do not believe that he hath; yea, we

do not believe that he is a prophet; nevertheless, if this thing

which he has said concerning the chief judge be true, that he be

dead, then will we believe that the other words which he has

spoken are true.

Helaman 9:3

3 And it came to pass that they ran in their might, and came in

unto the judgment-seat; and behold, the chief judge had fallen to

the earth, and did lie in his blood.

Helaman 9:4

4 And now behold, when they saw this they were astonished

exceedingly, insomuch that they fell to the earth; for they had

not believed the words which Nephi had spoken concerning the

chief judge.

Helaman 9:5

5 But now, when they saw they believed, and fear came upon them

lest all the judgments which Nephi had spoken should come upon

the people; therefore they did quake, and had fallen to the

earth.

Helaman 9:6

6 Now, immediately when the judge had been murdered—he being

stabbed by his brother by a garb of secrecy, and he fled, and the

servants ran and told the people, raising the cry of murder among

them;

Helaman 9:7

7 And behold the people did gather themselves together unto the

place of the judgment-seat—and behold, to their astonishment

they saw those five men who had fallen to the earth.

Helaman 9:8

8 And now behold, the people knew nothing concerning the

multitude who had gathered together at the garden of Nephi;

therefore they said among themselves: These men are they who have

murdered the judge, and God has smitten them that they could not

flee from us.

Helaman 9:9

9 And it came to pass that they laid hold on them, and bound

them and cast them into prison. And there was a proclamation

sent abroad that the judge was slain, and that the murderers had

been taken and were cast into prison.

Helaman 9:10

10 And it came to pass that on the morrow the people did

assemble themselves together to mourn and to fast, at the burial

of the great chief judge who had been slain.

Helaman 9:11

11 And thus also those judges who were at the garden of Nephi,

and heard his words, were also gathered together at the burial.

Helaman 9:12

12 And it came to pass that they inquired among the people,

saying: Where are the five who were sent to inquire concerning

the chief judge whether he was dead? And they answered and said:

Concerning this five whom ye say ye have sent, we know not; but

there are five who are the murderers, whom we have cast into

prison.

Helaman 9:13

13 And it came to pass that the judges desired that they should

be brought; and they were brought, and behold they were the five

who were sent; and behold the judges inquired of them to know,

concerning the matter, and they told them all that they had done,

saying:

Helaman 9:14

14 We ran and came to the place of the judgment-seat, and when

we saw all things even as Nephi had testified, we were astonished

insomuch that we fell to the earth; and when we were recovered

from our astonishment, behold they cast us into prison.

Helaman 9:15

15 Now, as for the murder of this man, we know not who has done

it; and only this much we know, we ran and came according as ye

desired, and behold he was dead, according to the words of Nephi.

Helaman 9:16

16 And now it came to pass that the judges did expound the

matter unto the people, and did cry out against Nephi, saying:

Behold, we know that this Nephi must have agreed with some one to

slay the judge, and then he might declare it unto us, that he

might convert us unto his faith, that he might raise himself to

be a great man, chosen of God, and a prophet.

Helaman 9:17

17 And now behold, we will detect this man, and he shall confess

his fault and make known unto us the true murderer of this judge.

Helaman 9:18

18 And it came to pass that the five were liberated on the day

of the burial. Nevertheless, they did rebuke the judges in the

words which they had spoken against Nephi, and did contend with

them one by one, insomuch that they did confound them.

Helaman 9:19

19 Nevertheless, they caused that Nephi should be taken and

bound and brought before the multitude, and they began to

question him in divers ways that they might cross him, that they

might accuse him to death—

Helaman 9:20

20 Saying unto him: Thou art confederate; who is this man that

hath done this murder? Now tell us, and acknowledge thy fault;

saying, Behold here is money; and also we will grant unto thee

thy life if thou wilt tell us, and acknowledge the agreement

which thou hast made with him.

Helaman 9:21

21 But Nephi said unto them: O ye fools, ye uncircumcised of

heart, ye blind, and ye stiffnecked people, do ye know how long

the Lord your God will suffer you that ye shall go on in this

your way of sin?

Helaman 9:22

22 O ye ought to begin to howl and mourn, because of the great

destruction which at this time doth await you, except ye shall

repent.

Helaman 9:23

23 Behold ye say that I have agreed with a man that he should

murder Seezoram, our chief judge. But behold, I say unto you,

that this is because I have testified unto you that ye might know

concerning this thing; yea, even for a witness unto you, that I

did know of the wickedness and abominations which are among you.

Helaman 9:24

24 And because I have done this, ye say that I have agreed with

a man that he should do this thing; yea, because I showed unto

you this sign ye are angry with me, and seek to destroy my life.

Helaman 9:25

25 And now behold, I will show unto you another sign, and see if

ye will in this thing seek to destroy me.

Helaman 9:26

26 Behold I say unto you: Go to the house of Seantum, who is the

brother of Seezoram, and say unto him—

Helaman 9:27

27 Has Nephi, the pretended prophet, who doth prophesy so much

evil concerning this people, agreed with thee, in the which ye

have murdered Seezoram, who is your brother?

Helaman 9:28

28 And behold, he shall say unto you, Nay.

Helaman 9:29

29 And ye shall say unto him: Have ye murdered your brother?

Helaman 9:30

30 And he shall stand with fear, and wist not what to say. And

behold, he shall deny unto you; and he shall make as if he were

astonished; nevertheless, he shall declare unto you that he is

innocent.

Helaman 9:31

31 But behold, ye shall examine him, and ye shall find blood

upon the skirts of his cloak.

Helaman 9:32

32 And when ye have seen this, ye shall say: From whence cometh

this blood? Do we not know that it is the blood of your brother?

Helaman 9:33

33 And then shall he tremble, and shall look pale, even as if

death had come upon him.

Helaman 9:34

34 And then shall ye say: Because of this fear and this paleness

which has come upon your face, behold, we know that thou art

guilty.

Helaman 9:35

35 And then shall greater fear come upon him; and then shall he

confess unto you, and deny no more that he has done this murder.

Helaman 9:36

36 And then shall he say unto you, that I, Nephi, know nothing

concerning the matter save it were given unto me by the power of

God. And then shall ye know that I am an honest man, and that I

am sent unto you from God.

Helaman 9:37

37 And it came to pass that they went and did, even according as

Nephi had said unto them. And behold, the words which he had

said were true; for according to the words he did deny; and also

according to the words he did confess.

Helaman 9:38

38 And he was brought to prove that he himself was the very

murderer, insomuch that the five were set at liberty, and also

was Nephi.

Helaman 9:39

39 And there were some of the Nephites who believed on the words

of Nephi; and there were some also, who believed because of the

testimony of the five, for they had been converted while they

were in prison.

Helaman 9:40

40 And now there were some among the people, who said that Nephi

was a prophet.

Helaman 9:41

41 And there were others who said: Behold, he is a god, for

except he was a god he could not know of all things. For behold,

he has told us the thoughts of our hearts, and also has told us

things; and even he has brought unto our knowledge the true

murderer of our chief judge.

Helaman 10 Chapter 10

Helaman 10:1

1 And it came to pass that there arose a division among the

people, insomuch that they divided hither and thither and went

their ways, leaving Nephi alone, as he was standing in the midst

of them.

Helaman 10:2

2 And it came to pass that Nephi went his way towards his own

house, pondering upon the things which the Lord had shown unto

him.

Helaman 10:3

3 And it came to pass as he was thus pondering—being much cast

down because of the wickedness of the people of the Nephites,

their secret works of darkness, and their murderings, and their

plunderings, and all manner of iniquities—and it came to pass as

he was thus pondering in his heart, behold, a voice came unto him

saying:

Helaman 10:4

4 Blessed art thou, Nephi, for those things which thou hast

done; for I have beheld how thou hast with unwearyingness

declared the word, which I have given unto thee, unto this

people. And thou hast not feared them, and hast not sought thine

own life, but hast sought my will, and to keep my commandments.

Helaman 10:5

5 And now, because thou hast done this with such unwearyingness,

behold, I will bless thee forever; and I will make thee mighty in

word and in deed, in faith and in works; yea, even that all

things shall be done unto thee according to thy word, for thou

shalt not ask that which is contrary to my will.

Helaman 10:6

6 Behold, thou art Nephi, and I am God. Behold, I declare it

unto thee in the presence of mine angels, that ye shall have

power over this people, and shall smite the earth with famine,

and with pestilence, and destruction, according to the wickedness

of this people.

Helaman 10:7

7 Behold, I give unto you power, that whatsoever ye shall seal

on earth shall be sealed in heaven; and whatsoever ye shall loose

on earth shall be loosed in heaven; and thus shall ye have power

among this people.

Helaman 10:8

8 And thus, if ye shall say unto this temple it shall be rent in

twain, it shall be done.

Helaman 10:9

9 And if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou cast down and

become smooth, it shall be done.

Helaman 10:10

10 And behold, if ye shall say that God shall smite this people,

it shall come to pass.

Helaman 10:11

11 And now behold, I command you, that ye shall go and declare

unto this people, that thus saith the Lord God, who is the

Almighty: Except ye repent ye shall be smitten, even unto

destruction.

Helaman 10:12

12 And behold, now it came to pass that when the Lord had spoken

these words unto Nephi, he did stop and did not go unto his own

house, but did return unto the multitudes who were scattered

about upon the face of the land, and began to declare unto them

the word of the Lord which had been spoken unto him, concerning

their destruction if they did not repent.

Helaman 10:13

13 Now behold, notwithstanding that great miracle which Nephi

had done in telling them concerning the death of the chief judge,

they did harden their hearts and did not hearken unto the words

of the Lord.

Helaman 10:14

14 Therefore Nephi did declare unto them the word of the Lord,

saying: Except ye repent, thus saith the Lord, ye shall be

smitten even unto destruction.

Helaman 10:15

15 And it came to pass that when Nephi had declared unto them

the word, behold, they did still harden their hearts and would

not hearken unto his words; therefore they did revile against

him, and did seek to lay their hands upon him that they might

cast him into prison.

Helaman 10:16

16 But behold, the power of God was with him, and they could not

take him to cast him into prison, for he was taken by the Spirit

and conveyed away out of the midst of them.

Helaman 10:17

17 And it came to pass that thus he did go forth in the Spirit,

from multitude to multitude, declaring the word of God, even

until he had declared it unto them all, or sent it forth among

all the people.

Helaman 10:18

18 And it came to pass that they would not hearken unto his

words; and there began to be contentions, insomuch that they were

divided against themselves and began to slay one another with the

sword.

Helaman 10:19

19 And thus ended the seventy and first year of the reign of the

judges over the people of Nephi.

Helaman 11 Chapter 11

Helaman 11:1

1 And now it came to pass in the seventy and second year of the

reign of the judges that the contentions did increase, insomuch

that there were wars throughout all the land among all the people

of Nephi.

Helaman 11:2

2 And it was this secret band of robbers who did carry on this

work of destruction and wickedness. And this war did last all

that year; and in the seventy and third year it did also last.

Helaman 11:3

3 And it came to pass that in this year Nephi did cry unto the

Lord, saying:

Helaman 11:4

4 O Lord, do not suffer that this people shall be destroyed by

the sword; but O Lord, rather let there be a famine in the land,

to stir them up in remembrance of the Lord their God, and perhaps

they will repent and turn unto thee.

Helaman 11:5

5 And so it was done, according to the words of Nephi. And

there was a great famine upon the land, among all the people of

Nephi. And thus in the seventy and fourth year the famine did

continue, and the work of destruction did cease by the sword but

became sore by famine.

Helaman 11:6

6 And this work of destruction did also continue in the seventy

and fifth year. For the earth was smitten that it was dry, and

did not yield forth grain in the season of grain; and the whole

earth was smitten, even among the Lamanites as well as among the

Nephites, so that they were smitten that they did perish by

thousands in the more wicked parts of the land.

Helaman 11:7

7 And it came to pass that the people saw that they were about

to perish by famine, and they began to remember the Lord their

God; and they began to remember the words of Nephi.

Helaman 11:8

8 And the people began to plead with their chief judges and

their leaders, that they would say unto Nephi: Behold, we know

that thou art a man of God, and therefore cry unto the Lord our

God that he turn away from us this famine, lest all the words

which thou hast spoken concerning our destruction be fulfilled.

Helaman 11:9

9 And it came to pass that the judges did say unto Nephi,

according to the words which had been desired. And it came to

pass that when Nephi saw that the people had repented and did

humble themselves in sackcloth, he cried again unto the Lord,

saying:

Helaman 11:10

10 O Lord, behold this people repenteth; and they have swept

away the band of Gadianton from amongst them insomuch that they

have become extinct, and they have concealed their secret plans

in the earth.

Helaman 11:11

11 Now, O Lord, because of this their humility wilt thou turn

away thine anger, and let thine anger be appeased in the

destruction of those wicked men whom thou hast already destroyed.

Helaman 11:12

12 O Lord, wilt thou turn away thine anger, yea, thy fierce

anger, and cause that this famine may cease in this land.

Helaman 11:13

13 O Lord, wilt thou hearken unto me, and cause that it may be

done according to my words, and send forth rain upon the face of

the earth, that she may bring forth her fruit, and her grain in

the season of grain.

Helaman 11:14

14 O Lord, thou didst hearken unto my words when I said, Let

there be a famine, that the pestilence of the sword might cease;

and I know that thou wilt, even at this time, hearken unto my

words, for thou saidst that: If this people repent I will spare

them.

Helaman 11:15

15 Yea, O Lord, and thou seest that they have repented, because

of the famine and the pestilence and destruction which has come

unto them.

Helaman 11:16

16 And now, O Lord, wilt thou turn away thine anger, and try

again if they will serve thee? And if so, O Lord, thou canst

bless them according to thy words which thou hast said.

Helaman 11:17

17 And it came to pass that in the seventy and sixth year the

Lord did turn away his anger from the people, and caused that

rain should fall upon the earth, insomuch that it did bring forth

her fruit in the season of her fruit. And it came to pass that

it did bring forth her grain in the season of her grain.

Helaman 11:18

18 And behold, the people did rejoice and glorify God, and the

whole face of the land was filled with rejoicing; and they did no

more seek to destroy Nephi, but they did esteem him as a great

prophet, and a man of God, having great power and authority given

unto him from God.

Helaman 11:19

19 And behold, Lehi, his brother, was not a whit behind him as

to things pertaining to righteousness.

Helaman 11:20

20 And thus it did come to pass that the people of Nephi began

to prosper again in the land, and began to build up their waste

places, and began to multiply and spread, even until they did

cover the whole face of the land, both on the northward and on

the southward, from the sea west to the sea east.

Helaman 11:21

21 And it came to pass that the seventy and sixth year did end

in peace. And the seventy and seventh year began in peace; and

the church did spread throughout the face of all the land; and

the more part of the people, both the Nephites and the Lamanites,

did belong to the church; and they did have exceedingly great

peace in the land; and thus ended the seventy and seventh year.

Helaman 11:22

22 And also they had peace in the seventy and eighth year, save

it were a few contentions concerning the points of doctrine which

had been laid down by the prophets.

Helaman 11:23

23 And in the seventy and ninth year there began to be much

strife. But it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi, and many of

their brethren who knew concerning the true points of doctrine,

having many revelations daily, therefore they did preach unto the

people, insomuch that they did put an end to their strife in that

same year.

Helaman 11:24

24 And it came to pass that in the eightieth year of the reign

of the judges over the people of Nephi, there were a certain

number of the dissenters from the people of Nephi, who had some

years before gone over unto the Lamanites, and taken upon

themselves the name of Lamanites, and also a certain number who

were real descendants of the Lamanites, being stirred up to anger

by them, or by those dissenters, therefore they commenced a war

with their brethren.

Helaman 11:25

25 And they did commit murder and plunder; and then they would

retreat back into the mountains, and into the wilderness and

secret places, hiding themselves that they could not be

discovered, receiving daily an addition to their numbers,

inasmuch as there were dissenters that went forth unto them.

Helaman 11:26

26 And thus in time, yea, even in the space of not many years,

they became an exceedingly great band of robbers; and they did

search out all the secret plans of Gadianton; and thus they

became robbers of Gadianton.

Helaman 11:27

27 Now behold, these robbers did make great havoc, yea, even

great destruction among the people of Nephi, and also among the

people of the Lamanites.

Helaman 11:28

28 And it came to pass that it was expedient that there should

be a stop put to this work of destruction; therefore they sent an

army of strong men into the wilderness and upon the mountains to

search out this band of robbers, and to destroy them.

Helaman 11:29

29 But behold, it came to pass that in that same year they were

driven back even into their own lands. And thus ended the

eightieth year of the reign of the judges over the people of

Nephi.

Helaman 11:30

30 And it came to pass in the commencement of the eighty and

first year they did go forth again against this band of robbers,

and did destroy many; and they were also visited with much

destruction.

Helaman 11:31

31 And they were again obliged to return out of the wilderness

and out of the mountains unto their own lands, because of the

exceeding greatness of the numbers of those robbers who infested

the mountains and the wilderness.

Helaman 11:32

32 And it came to pass that thus ended this year. And the

robbers did still increase and wax strong, insomuch that they did

defy the whole armies of the Nephites, and also of the Lamanites;

and they did cause great fear to come unto the people upon all

the face of the land.

Helaman 11:33

33 Yea, for they did visit many parts of the land, and did do

great destruction unto them; yea, did kill many, and did carry

away others captive into the wilderness, yea, and more especially

their women and their children.

Helaman 11:34

34 Now this great evil, which came unto the people because of

their iniquity, did stir them up again in remembrance of the Lord

their God.

Helaman 11:35

35 And thus ended the eighty and first year of the reign of the

judges.

Helaman 11:36

36 And in the eighty and second year they began again to forget

the Lord their God. And in the eighty and third year they began

to wax strong in iniquity. And in the eighty and fourth year

they did not mend their ways.

Helaman 11:37

37 And it came to pass in the eighty and fifth year they did wax

stronger and stronger in their pride, and in their wickedness;

and thus they were ripening again for destruction.

Helaman 11:38

38 And thus ended the eighty and fifth year.

Helaman 12 Chapter 12

Helaman 12:1

1 And thus we can behold how false, and also the unsteadiness of

the hearts of the children of men; yea, we can see that the Lord

in his great infinite goodness doth bless and prosper those who

put their trust in him.

Helaman 12:2

2 Yea, and we may see at the very time when he doth prosper his

people, yea, in the increase of their fields, their flocks and

their herds, and in gold, and in silver, and in all manner of

precious things of every kind and art; sparing their lives, and

delivering them out of the hands of their enemies; softening the

hearts of their enemies that they should not declare wars against

them; yea, and in fine, doing all things for the welfare and

happiness of his people; yea, then is the time that they do

harden their hearts, and do forget the Lord their God, and do

trample under their feet the Holy One—yea, and this because of

their ease, and their exceedingly great prosperity.

Helaman 12:3

3 And thus we see that except the Lord doth chasten his people

with many afflictions, yea, except he doth visit them with death

and with terror, and with famine and with all manner of

pestilence, they will not remember him.

Helaman 12:4

4 O how foolish, and how vain, and how evil, and devilish, and

how quick to do iniquity, and how slow to do good, are the

children of men; yea, how quick to hearken unto the words of the

evil one, and to set their hearts upon the vain things of the

world!

Helaman 12:5

5 Yea, how quick to be lifted up in pride; yea, how quick to

boast, and do all manner of that which is iniquity; and how slow

are they to remember the Lord their God, and to give ear unto his

counsels, yea, how slow to walk in wisdom's paths!

Helaman 12:6

6 Behold, they do not desire that the Lord their God, who hath

created them, should rule and reign over them; notwithstanding

his great goodness and his mercy towards them, they do set at

naught his counsels, and they will not that he should be their

guide.

Helaman 12:7

7 O how great is the nothingness of the children of men; yea,

even they are less than the dust of the earth.

Helaman 12:8

8 For behold, the dust of the earth moveth hither and thither,

to the dividing asunder, at the command of our great and

everlasting God.

Helaman 12:9

9 Yea, behold at his voice do the hills and the mountains

tremble and quake.

Helaman 12:10

10 And by the power of his voice they are broken up, and become

smooth, yea, even like unto a valley.

Helaman 12:11

11 Yea, by the power of his voice doth the whole earth shake;

Helaman 12:12

12 Yea, by the power of his voice, do the foundations rock, even

to the very center.

Helaman 12:13

13 Yea, and if he say unto the earth—Move—it is moved.

Helaman 12:14

14 Yea, if he say unto the earth—Thou shalt go back, that it

lengthen out the day for many hours—it is done;

Helaman 12:15

15 And thus, according to his word the earth goeth back, and it

appeareth unto man that the sun standeth still; yea, and behold,

this is so; for surely it is the earth that moveth and not the

sun.

Helaman 12:16

16 And behold, also, if he say unto the waters of the great

deep—Be thou dried up—it is done.

Helaman 12:17

17 Behold, if he say unto this mountain—Be thou raised up, and

come over and fall upon that city, that it be buried up—behold

it is done.

Helaman 12:18

18 And behold, if a man hide up a treasure in the earth, and the

Lord shall say—Let it be accursed, because of the iniquity of

him who hath hid it up—behold, it shall be accursed.

Helaman 12:19

19 And if the Lord shall say—Be thou accursed, that no man

shall find thee from this time henceforth and forever—behold, no

man getteth it henceforth and forever.

Helaman 12:20

20 And behold, if the Lord shall say unto a man—Because of

thine iniquities, thou shalt be accursed forever—it shall be

done.

Helaman 12:21

21 And if the Lord shall say—Because of thine iniquities thou

shalt be cut off from my presence—he will cause that it shall be

so.

Helaman 12:22

22 And wo unto him to whom he shall say this, for it shall be

unto him that will do iniquity, and he cannot be saved;

therefore, for this cause, that men might be saved, hath

repentance been declared.

Helaman 12:23

23 Therefore, blessed are they who will repent and hearken unto

the voice of the Lord their God; for these are they that shall be

saved.

Helaman 12:24

24 And may God grant, in his great fulness, that men might be

brought unto repentance and good works, that they might be

restored unto grace for grace, according to their works.

Helaman 12:25

25 And I would that all men might be saved. But we read that in

the great and last day there are some who shall be cast out, yea,

who shall be cast off from the presence of the Lord;

Helaman 12:26

26 Yea, who shall be consigned to a state of endless misery,

fulfilling the words which say: They that have done good shall

have everlasting life; and they that have done evil shall have

everlasting damnation. And thus it is. Amen.

Helaman 13 Chapter 13

Helaman 13:1

1 And now it came to pass in the eighty and sixth year, the

Nephites did still remain in wickedness, yea in great wickedness,

while the Lamanites did observe strictly to keep the commandments

of God, according to the law of Moses.

Helaman 13:2

2 And it came to pass that in this year there was one Samuel, a

Lamanite, came into the land of Zarahemla, and began to preach

unto the people. And it came to pass that he did preach, many

days, repentance unto the people, and they did cast him out, and

he was about to return to his own land.

Helaman 13:3

3 But behold, the voice of the Lord came unto him, that he

should return again, and prophesy unto the people whatsoever

things should come into his heart.

Helaman 13:4

4 And it came to pass that they would not suffer that he should

enter into the city; therefore he went and got upon the wall

thereof, and stretched forth his hand and cried with a loud

voice, and prophesied unto the people whatsoever things the Lord

put into his heart.

Helaman 13:5

5 And he said unto them: Behold, I, Samuel, a Lamanite, do speak

the words of the Lord which he doth put into my heart; and behold

he hath put it into my heart to say unto this people that the

sword of justice hangeth over this people; and four hundred years

pass not away save the sword of justice falleth upon this people.

Helaman 13:6

6 Yea, heavy destruction awaiteth this people, and it surely

cometh unto this people, and nothing can save this people save it

be repentance and faith on the Lord Jesus Christ, who surely

shall come into the world, and shall suffer many things and shall

be slain for his people.

Helaman 13:7

7 And behold, an angel of the Lord hath declared it unto me, and

he did bring glad tidings to my soul. And behold, I was sent

unto you to declare it unto you also, that ye might have glad

tidings; but behold ye would not receive me.

Helaman 13:8

8 Therefore, thus saith the Lord: Because of the hardness of the

hearts of the people of the Nephites, except they repent I will

take away my word from them, and I will withdraw my Spirit from

them, and I will suffer them no longer, and I will turn the

hearts of their brethren against them.

Helaman 13:9

9 And four hundred years shall not pass away before I will cause

that they shall be smitten; yea, I will visit them with the sword

and with famine and with pestilence.

Helaman 13:10

10 Yea, I will visit them in my fierce anger, and there shall be

those of the fourth generation who shall live, of your enemies,

to behold your utter destruction; and this shall surely come

except ye repent, saith the Lord; and those of the fourth

generation shall visit your destruction.

Helaman 13:11

11 But if ye will repent and return unto the Lord your God I

will turn away mine anger, saith the Lord; yea, thus saith the

Lord, blessed are they who will repent and turn unto me, but wo

unto him that repenteth not.

Helaman 13:12

12 Yea, wo unto this great city of Zarahemla; for behold, it is

because of those who are righteous that it is saved; yea, wo unto

this great city, for I perceive, saith the Lord, that there are

many, yea, even the more part of this great city, that will

harden their hearts against me, saith the Lord.

Helaman 13:13

13 But blessed are they who will repent, for them will I spare.

But behold, if it were not for the righteous who are in this

great city, behold, I would cause that fire should come down out

of heaven and destroy it.

Helaman 13:14

14 But behold, it is for the righteous' sake that it is spared.

But behold, the time cometh, saith the Lord, that when ye shall

cast out the righteous from among you, then shall ye be ripe for

destruction; yea, wo be unto this great city, because of the

wickedness and abominations which are in her.

Helaman 13:15

15 Yea, and wo be unto the city of Gideon, for the wickedness

and abominations which are in her.

Helaman 13:16

16 Yea, and wo be unto all the cities which are in the land

round about, which are possessed by the Nephites, because of the

wickedness and abominations which are in them.

Helaman 13:17

17 And behold, a curse shall come upon the land, saith the Lord

of Hosts, because of the people's sake who are upon the land,

yea, because of their wickedness and their abominations.

Helaman 13:18

18 And it shall come to pass, saith the Lord of Hosts, yea, our

great and true God, that whoso shall hide up treasures in the

earth shall find them again no more, because of the great curse

of the land, save he be a righteous man and shall hide it up unto

the Lord.

Helaman 13:19

19 For I will, saith the Lord, that they shall hide up their

treasures unto me; and cursed be they who hide not up their

treasures unto me; for none hideth up their treasures unto me

save it be the righteous; and he that hideth not up his treasures

unto me, cursed is he, and also the treasure, and none shall

redeem it because of the curse of the land.

Helaman 13:20

20 And the day shall come that they shall hide up their

treasures, because they have set their hearts upon riches; and

because they have set their hearts upon their riches, and will

hide up their treasures when they shall flee before their

enemies; because they will not hide them up unto me, cursed be

they and also their treasures; and in that day shall they be

smitten, saith the Lord.

Helaman 13:21

21 Behold ye, the people of this great city, and hearken unto my

words; yea, hearken unto the words which the Lord saith; for

behold, he saith that ye are cursed because of your riches, and

also are your riches cursed because ye have set your hearts upon

them, and have not hearkened unto the words of him who gave them

unto you.

Helaman 13:22

22 Ye do not remember the Lord your God in the things with which

he hath blessed you, but ye do always remember your riches, not

to thank the Lord your God for them; yea, your hearts are not

drawn out unto the Lord, but they do swell with great pride, unto

boasting, and unto great swelling, envyings, strifes, malice,

persecutions and murders, and all manner of iniquities.

Helaman 13:23

23 For this cause hath the Lord God caused that a curse should

come upon the land, and also upon your riches, and this because

of your iniquities.

Helaman 13:24

24 Yea, wo unto this people, because of this time which has

arrived, that ye do cast out the prophets, and do mock them, and

cast stones at them, and do slay them, and do all manner of

iniquity unto them, even as they did of old time.

Helaman 13:25

25 And now when ye talk, ye say: If our days had been in the

days of our fathers of old, we would not have slain the prophets;

we would not have stoned them, and cast them out.

Helaman 13:26

26 Behold ye are worse than they; for as the Lord liveth, if a

prophet come among you and declareth unto you the word of the

Lord, which testifieth of your sins and iniquities, ye are angry

with him, and cast him out and seek all manner of ways to destroy

him; yea, you will say that he is a false prophet, and that he is

a sinner, and of the devil, because he testifieth that your deeds

are evil.

Helaman 13:27

27 But behold, if a man shall come among you and shall say: Do

this, and there is no iniquity; do that and ye shall not suffer;

yea, he will say: Walk after the pride of your own hearts; yea,

walk after the pride of your eyes, and do whatsoever your heart

desireth—and if a man shall come among you and say this, ye will

receive him, and say that he is a prophet.

Helaman 13:28

28 Yea, ye will lift him up, and ye will give unto him of your

substance; ye will give unto him of your gold, and of your

silver, and ye will clothe him with costly apparel; and because

he speaketh flattering words unto you, and he saith that all is

well, then ye will not find fault with him.

Helaman 13:29

29 O ye wicked and ye perverse generation; ye hardened and ye

stiffnecked people, how long will ye suppose that the Lord will

suffer you? Yea, how long will ye suffer yourselves to be led by

foolish and blind guides? Yea, how long will ye choose darkness

rather than light?

Helaman 13:30

30 Yea, behold, the anger of the Lord is already kindled against

you; behold, he hath cursed the land because of your iniquity.

Helaman 13:31

31 And behold, the time cometh that he curseth your riches, that

they become slippery, that ye cannot hold them; and in the days

of your poverty ye cannot retain them.

Helaman 13:32

32 And in the days of your poverty ye shall cry unto the Lord;

and in vain shall ye cry, for your desolation is already come

upon you, and your destruction is made sure; and then shall ye

weep and howl in that day, saith the Lord of Hosts. And then

shall ye lament, and say:

Helaman 13:33

33 O that I had repented, and had not killed the prophets, and

stoned them, and cast them out. Yea, in that day ye shall say: O

that we had remembered the Lord our God in the day that he gave

us our riches, and then they would not have become slippery that

we should lose them; for behold, our riches are gone from us.

Helaman 13:34

34 Behold, we lay a tool here and on the morrow it is gone; and

behold, our swords are taken from us in the day we have sought

them for battle.

Helaman 13:35

35 Yea, we have hid up our treasures and they have slipped away

from us, because of the curse of the land.

Helaman 13:36

36 O that we had repented in the day that the word of the Lord

came unto us; for behold the land is cursed, and all things are

become slippery, and we cannot hold them.

Helaman 13:37

37 Behold, we are surrounded by demons, yea, we are encircled

about by the angels of him who hath sought to destroy our souls.

Behold, our iniquities are great. O Lord, canst thou not turn

away thine anger from us? And this shall be your language in

those days.

Helaman 13:38

38 But behold, your days of probation are past; ye have

procrastinated the day of your salvation until it is

everlastingly too late, and your destruction is made sure; yea,

for ye have sought all the days of your lives for that which ye

could not obtain; and ye have sought for happiness in doing

iniquity, which thing is contrary to the nature of that

righteousness which is in our great and Eternal Head.

Helaman 13:39

39 O ye people of the land, that ye would hear my words! And I

pray that the anger of the Lord be turned away from you, and that

ye would repent and be saved.

Helaman 14 Chapter 14

Helaman 14:1

1 And now it came to pass that Samuel, the Lamanite, did

prophesy a great many more things which cannot be written.

Helaman 14:2

2 And behold, he said unto them: Behold, I give unto you a sign;

for five years more cometh, and behold, then cometh the Son of

God to redeem all those who shall believe on his name.

Helaman 14:3

3 And behold, this will I give unto you for a sign at the time

of his coming; for behold, there shall be great lights in heaven,

insomuch that in the night before he cometh there shall be no

darkness, insomuch that it shall appear unto man as if it was

day.

Helaman 14:4

4 Therefore, there shall be one day and a night and a day, as if

it were one day and there were no night; and this shall be unto

you for a sign; for ye shall know of the rising of the sun and

also of its setting; therefore they shall know of a surety that

there shall be two days and a night; nevertheless the night shall

not be darkened; and it shall be the night before he is born.

Helaman 14:5

5 And behold, there shall a new star arise, such an one as ye

never have beheld; and this also shall be a sign unto you.

Helaman 14:6

6 And behold this is not all, there shall be many signs and

wonders in heaven.

Helaman 14:7

7 And it shall come to pass that ye shall all be amazed, and

wonder, insomuch that ye shall fall to the earth.

Helaman 14:8

8 And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall believe on the

Son of God, the same shall have everlasting life.

Helaman 14:9

9 And behold, thus hath the Lord commanded me, by his angel,

that I should come and tell this thing unto you; yea, he hath

commanded that I should prophesy these things unto you; yea, he

hath said unto me: Cry unto this people, repent and prepare the

way of the Lord.

Helaman 14:10

10 And now, because I am a Lamanite, and have spoken unto you

the words which the Lord hath commanded me, and because it was

hard against you, ye are angry with me and do seek to destroy me,

and have cast me out from among you.

Helaman 14:11

11 And ye shall hear my words, for, for this intent have I come

up upon the walls of this city, that ye might hear and know of

the judgments of God which do await you because of your

iniquities, and also that ye might know the conditions of

repentance;

Helaman 14:12

12 And also that ye might know of the coming of Jesus Christ,

the Son of God, the Father of heaven and of earth, the Creator of

all things from the beginning; and that ye might know of the

signs of his coming, to the intent that ye might believe on his

name.

Helaman 14:13

13 And if ye believe on his name ye will repent of all your

sins, that thereby ye may have a remission of them through his

merits.

Helaman 14:14

14 And behold, again, another sign I give unto you, yea, a sign

of his death.

Helaman 14:15

15 For behold, he surely must die that salvation may come; yea,

it behooveth him and becometh expedient that he dieth, to bring

to pass the resurrection of the dead, that thereby men may be

brought into the presence of the Lord.

Helaman 14:16

16 Yea, behold, this death bringeth to pass the resurrection,

and redeemeth all mankind from the first death—that spiritual

death; for all mankind, by the fall of Adam being cut off from

the presence of the Lord, are considered as dead, both as to

things temporal and to things spiritual.

Helaman 14:17

17 But behold, the resurrection of Christ redeemeth mankind,

yea, even all mankind, and bringeth them back into the presence

of the Lord.

Helaman 14:18

18 Yea, and it bringeth to pass the condition of repentance,

that whosoever repenteth the same is not hewn down and cast into

the fire; but whosoever repenteth not is hewn down and cast into

the fire; and there cometh upon them again a spiritual death,

yea, a second death, for they are cut off again as to things

pertaining to righteousness.

Helaman 14:19

19 Therefore repent ye, repent ye, lest by knowing these things

and not doing them ye shall suffer yourselves to come under

condemnation, and ye are brought down unto this second death.

Helaman 14:20

20 But behold, as I said unto you concerning another sign, a

sign of his death, behold, in that day that he shall suffer death

the sun shall be darkened and refuse to give his light unto you;

and also the moon and the stars; and there shall be no light upon

the face of this land, even from the time that he shall suffer

death, for the space of three days, to the time that he shall

rise again from the dead.

Helaman 14:21

21 Yea, at the time that he shall yield up the ghost there shall

be thunderings and lightnings for the space of many hours, and

the earth shall shake and tremble; and the rocks which are upon

the face of this earth, which are both above the earth and

beneath, which ye know at this time are solid, or the more part

of it is one solid mass, shall be broken up;

Helaman 14:22

22 Yea, they shall be rent in twain, and shall ever after be

found in seams and in cracks, and in broken fragments upon the

face of the whole earth, yea, both above the earth and beneath.

Helaman 14:23

23 And behold, there shall be great tempests, and there shall be

many mountains laid low, like unto a valley, and there shall be

many places which are now called valleys which shall become

mountains, whose height is great.

Helaman 14:24

24 And many highways shall be broken up, and many cities shall

become desolate.

Helaman 14:25

25 And many graves shall be opened, and shall yield up many of

their dead; and many saints shall appear unto many.

Helaman 14:26

26 And behold, thus hath the angel spoken unto me; for he said

unto me that there should be thunderings and lightnings for the

space of many hours.

Helaman 14:27

27 And he said unto me that while the thunder and the lightning

lasted, and the tempest, that these things should be, and that

darkness should cover the face of the whole earth for the space

of three days.

Helaman 14:28

28 And the angel said unto me that many shall see greater things

than these, to the intent that they might believe that these

signs and these wonders should come to pass upon all the face of

this land, to the intent that there should be no cause for

unbelief among the children of men—

Helaman 14:29

29 And this to the intent that whosoever will believe might be

saved, and that whosoever will not believe, a righteous judgment

might come upon them; and also if they are condemned they bring

upon themselves their own condemnation.

Helaman 14:30

30 And now remember, remember, my brethren, that whosoever

perisheth, perisheth unto himself; and whosoever doeth iniquity,

doeth it unto himself; for behold, ye are free; ye are permitted

to act for yourselves; for behold, God hath given unto you a

knowledge and he hath made you free.

Helaman 14:31

31 He hath given unto you that ye might know good from evil, and

he hath given unto you that ye might choose life or death; and ye

can do good and be restored unto that which is good, or have that

which is good restored unto you; or ye can do evil, and have that

which is evil restored unto you.

Helaman 15 Chapter 15

Helaman 15:1

1 And now, my beloved brethren, behold, I declare unto you that

except ye shall repent your houses shall be left unto you

desolate.

Helaman 15:2

2 Yea, except ye repent, your women shall have great cause to

mourn in the day that they shall give suck; for ye shall attempt

to flee and there shall be no place for refuge; yea, and wo unto

them which are with child, for they shall be heavy and cannot

flee; therefore, they shall be trodden down and shall be left to

perish.

Helaman 15:3

3 Yea, wo unto this people who are called the people of Nephi

except they shall repent, when they shall see all these signs and

wonders which shall be showed unto them; for behold, they have

been a chosen people of the Lord; yea, the people of Nephi hath

he loved, and also hath he chastened them; yea, in the days of

their iniquities hath he chastened them because he loveth them.

Helaman 15:4

4 But behold my brethren, the Lamanites hath he hated because

their deeds have been evil continually, and this because of the

iniquity of the tradition of their fathers. But behold,

salvation hath come unto them through the preaching of the

Nephites; and for this intent hath the Lord prolonged their days.

Helaman 15:5

5 And I would that ye should behold that the more part of them

are in the path of their duty, and they do walk circumspectly

before God, and they do observe to keep his commandments and his

statutes and his judgments according to the law of Moses.

Helaman 15:6

6 Yea, I say unto you, that the more part of them are doing

this, and they are striving with unwearied diligence that they

may bring the remainder of their brethren to the knowledge of the

truth; therefore there are many who do add to their numbers

daily.

Helaman 15:7

7 And behold, ye do know of yourselves, for ye have witnessed

it, that as many of them as are brought to the knowledge of the

truth, and to know of the wicked and abominable traditions of

their fathers, and are led to believe the holy scriptures, yea,

the prophecies of the holy prophets, which are written, which

leadeth them to faith on the Lord, and unto repentance, which

faith and repentance bringeth a change of heart unto them—

Helaman 15:8

8 Therefore, as many as have come to this, ye know of yourselves

are firm and steadfast in the faith, and in the thing wherewith

they have been made free.

Helaman 15:9

9 And ye know also that they have buried their weapons of war,

and they fear to take them up lest by any means they should sin;

yea, ye can see that they fear to sin—for behold they will

suffer themselves that they be trodden down and slain by their

enemies, and will not lift their swords against them, and this

because of their faith in Christ.

Helaman 15:10

10 And now, because of their steadfastness when they do believe

in that thing which they do believe, for because of their

firmness when they are once enlightened, behold, the Lord shall

bless them and prolong their days, notwithstanding their

iniquity—

Helaman 15:11

11 Yea, even if they should dwindle in unbelief the Lord shall

prolong their days, until the time shall come which hath been

spoken of by our fathers, and also by the prophet Zenos, and many

other prophets, concerning the restoration of our brethren, the

Lamanites, again to the knowledge of the truth—

Helaman 15:12

12 Yea, I say unto you, that in the latter times the promises of

the Lord have been extended to our brethren, the Lamanites; and

notwithstanding the many afflictions which they shall have, and

notwithstanding they shall be driven to and fro upon the face of

the earth, and be hunted, and shall be smitten and scattered

abroad, having no place for refuge, the Lord shall be merciful

unto them.

Helaman 15:13

13 And this is according to the prophecy, that they shall again

be brought to the true knowledge, which is knowledge of their

Redeemer, and their great and true shepherd, and be numbered

among his sheep.

Helaman 15:14

14 Therefore I say unto you, it shall be better for them than

for you except ye repent.

Helaman 15:15

15 For behold, had the mighty works been shown unto them which

have been shown unto you, yea, unto them who have dwindled in

unbelief because of the traditions of their fathers, ye can see

of yourselves that they never would again have dwindled in

unbelief.

Helaman 15:16

16 Therefore, saith the Lord: I will not utterly destroy them,

but I will cause that in the day of my wisdom they shall return

again unto me, saith the Lord.

Helaman 15:17

17 And now behold, saith the Lord, concerning the people of the

Nephites: If they will not repent, and observe to do my will, I

will utterly destroy them, saith the Lord, because of their

unbelief notwithstanding the many mighty works which I have done

among them; and as surely as the Lord liveth shall these things

be, saith the Lord.

Helaman 16 Chapter 16

Helaman 16:1

1 And now, it came to pass that there were many who heard the

words of Samuel, the Lamanite, which he spake upon the walls of

the city. And as many as believed on his word went forth and

sought for Nephi; and when they had come forth and found him they

confessed unto him their sins and denied not, desiring that they

might be baptized unto the Lord.

Helaman 16:2

2 But as many as there were who did not believe in the words of

Samuel were angry with him; and they cast stones at him upon the

wall, and also many shot arrows at him as he stood upon the wall;

but the Spirit of the Lord was with him, insomuch that they could

not hit him with their stones neither with their arrows.

Helaman 16:3

3 Now when they saw that they could not hit him, there were many

more who did believe on his words, insomuch that they went away

unto Nephi to be baptized.

Helaman 16:4

4 For behold, Nephi was baptizing, and prophesying, and

preaching, crying repentance unto the people, showing signs and

wonders, working miracles among the people, that they might know

that the Christ must shortly come—

Helaman 16:5

5 Telling them of things which must shortly come, that they

might know and remember at the time of their coming that they had

been made known unto them beforehand, to the intent that they

might believe; therefore as many as believed on the words of

Samuel went forth unto him to be baptized, for they came

repenting and confessing their sins.

Helaman 16:6

6 But the more part of them did not believe in the words of

Samuel; therefore when they saw that they could not hit him with

their stones and their arrows, they cried unto their captains,

saying: Take this fellow and bind him, for behold he hath a

devil; and because of the power of the devil which is in him we

cannot hit him with our stones and our arrows; therefore take him

and bind him, and away with him.

Helaman 16:7

7 And as they went forth to lay their hands on him, behold, he

did cast himself down from the wall, and did flee out of their

lands, yea, even unto his own country, and began to preach and to

prophesy among his own people.

Helaman 16:8

8 And behold, he was never heard of more among the Nephites; and

thus were the affairs of the people.

Helaman 16:9

9 And thus ended the eighty and sixth year of the reign of the

judges over the people of Nephi.

Helaman 16:10

10 And thus ended also the eighty and seventh year of the reign

of the judges, the more part of the people remaining in their

pride and wickedness, and the lesser part walking more

circumspectly before God.

Helaman 16:11

11 And these were the conditions also, in the eighty and eighth

year of the reign of the judges.

Helaman 16:12

12 And there was but little alteration in the affairs of the

people, save it were the people began to be more hardened in

iniquity, and do more and more of that which was contrary to the

commandments of God, in the eighty and ninth year of the reign of

the judges.

Helaman 16:13

13 But it came to pass in the ninetieth year of the reign of the

judges, there were great signs given unto the people, and

wonders; and the words of the prophets began to be fulfilled.

Helaman 16:14

14 And angels did appear unto men, wise men, and did declare

unto them glad tidings of great joy; thus in this year the

scriptures began to be fulfilled.

Helaman 16:15

15 Nevertheless, the people began to harden their hearts, all

save it were the most believing part of them, both of the

Nephites and also of the Lamanites, and began to depend upon

their own strength and upon their own wisdom, saying:

Helaman 16:16

16 Some things they may have guessed right, among so many; but

behold, we know that all these great and marvelous works cannot

come to pass, of which has been spoken.

Helaman 16:17

17 And they began to reason and to contend among themselves,

saying:

Helaman 16:18

18 That it is not reasonable that such a being as a Christ shall

come; if so, and he be the Son of God, the Father of heaven and

of earth, as it has been spoken, why will he not show himself

unto us as well as unto them who shall be at Jerusalem?

Helaman 16:19

19 Yea, why will he not show himself in this land as well as in

the land of Jerusalem?

Helaman 16:20

20 But behold, we know that this is a wicked tradition, which

has been handed down unto us by our fathers, to cause us that we

should believe in some great and marvelous thing which should

come to pass, but not among us, but in a land which is far

distant, a land which we know not; therefore they can keep us in

ignorance, for we cannot witness with our own eyes that they are

true.

Helaman 16:21

21 And they will, by the cunning and the mysterious arts of the

evil one, work some great mystery which we cannot understand,

which will keep us down to be servants to their words, and also

servants unto them, for we depend upon them to teach us the word;

and thus will they keep us in ignorance if we will yield

ourselves unto them, all the days of our lives.

Helaman 16:22

22 And many more things did the people imagine up in their

hearts, which were foolish and vain; and they were much

disturbed, for Satan did stir them up to do iniquity continually;

yea, he did go about spreading rumors and contentions upon all

the face of the land, that he might harden the hearts of the

people against that which was good and against that which should

come.

Helaman 16:23

23 And notwithstanding the signs and the wonders which were

wrought among the people of the Lord, and the many miracles which

they did, Satan did get great hold upon the hearts of the people

upon all the face of the land.

Helaman 16:24

24 And thus ended the ninetieth year of the reign of the judges

over the people of Nephi.

Helaman 16:25

25 And thus ended the book of Helaman, according to the record

of Helaman and his sons.