The Book of Mormon

Enos 1:14

1830 Edition

for at the present, our struggles were vain, in restoring them to the true faith. And they swore in their wrath, that if it were possible, they would destroy our records and us; and, also, all the traditions of our fathers.

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fFor at the present, our struggleings were vain, in restoring them to the true faith. And they swore in their wrath, that, if it were possible, they would destroy our records and us;, and, also, all the traditions of our fathers.

Simple English

Right now our efforts to help them believe the true faith are useless. They swore angrily that if they could, they would destroy our records and us, and also all our fathers’ teachings.

Paraphrase

Right now, all our efforts to bring them back to the true faith are useless. They’ve sworn in their rage that if they could, they’d destroy our records and us—and wipe out everything our ancestors passed down.