The Book of Mormon

Alma 50:30

1830 Edition

And behold, they would have carried this plan into an effect, (which would have been a cause to have been lamented,) but behold, Morianton, being a man of much passion, therefore he was angry with one of his maidservants, and he fell upon her, and beat her much.

Changes

And behold, they would have carried this plan into an effect, (which would have been a cause to have been lamented,) but behold, Morianton, being a man of much passion, therefore he was angry with one of his maid servants, and he fell upon her, and beat her much.

Simple English

They would have done this plan. It would have been very bad. But Morianton got angry a lot. He got angry with one of his servant girls. He beat her badly.

Paraphrase

They would have succeeded—which would have been a disaster—but Morianton had a violent temper. He got angry at one of his servant girls and beat her badly.