The Book of Mormon

Ether 8:13

1830 Edition

And it came to pass that Akish gathered in unto the house of Jared all his kinsfolks, and saith unto them, Will ye swear unto me that ye will be faithful unto me in the thing which I shall desire of you?

Changes

And it came to pass that Akish gathered in unto the house of Jared all his kinsfolks, and saithd unto them,: Will ye swear unto me that ye will be faithful unto me in the thing which I shall desire of you?

Simple English

Akish brought all his relatives to Jared’s house. He said to them: Will you promise to be loyal to me and do what I ask of you?

Paraphrase

Akish gathered all his relatives at Jared’s house and said to them, “Will you swear to be loyal to me in what I’m about to ask of you?”