Alma 24:16

1830 Edition

And now my brethren, if our brethren seek to destroy us, behold, we will hide away our swords, yea, even we will bury them deep in the earth, that they may be kept bright, as a testimony that we have never used them, at the last day; and if our brethren destroy us, behold, we shall go to our God, and shall be saved.

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And now, my brethren, if our brethren seek to destroy us, behold, we will hide away our swords, yea, even we will bury them deep in the earth, that they may be kept bright, as a testimony that we have never used them, at the last day; and if our brethren destroy us, behold, we shall go to our God, and shall be saved.

Simple English

My brothers, if our brothers try to destroy us, we will hide away our swords. We will bury them deep in the earth. They will stay bright as proof that we never used them. If our brothers destroy us, we will go to our God and be saved.

Paraphrase

Brothers, if our own people come to destroy us, we’ll hide our swords. We’ll bury them deep in the earth so they stay bright—proof on the last day that we never used them. And if they kill us, we’ll go to God and be saved.“