Helaman 15:11
1830 Edition
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;
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Simple English
Even if they stop believing, the Lord will let them live longer. This will last until the time our fathers spoke about. The prophet Zenos spoke about it. Many other prophets did too. They told about our Lamanite brothers coming back to know the truth.
Paraphrase
Even if they drift away from faith, the Lord will preserve them until the time our ancestors spoke about—the time the prophet Zenos and many others prophesied about—when the Lamanites will be restored to knowledge of the truth.
Notes
The phrase, "dwindled in unbelief" can be found in 2 Nephi 26:15; Helaman 15:11, Ether 4:3, D&C 3:18.
Other common phrases include "expedient that" (2 Nephi 9:15; Alma 34:9; Mosiah 13:27; D&C 9:3), "it must needs be" (1 Nephi 15:33; Alma 32:28; 3 Nephi 5:1; D&C 48:3), "save it were" (Helaman 3:23; 4 Nephi 1:5; D&C 18:35), "sufficeth me" (2 Nephi 11:1; Jarom 1:2; Ether 3:17), "would that ye should" (Alma 38:5; Mosiah 1:3; Omni 1:2; D7C 46:7).
"After noticing that the same phrases of two or more words appear time after time throughout Joseph Smith's scriptures, we did a computer search to identify these groups of words and feel that they provide evidence that the Book of Mormon, the Inspired Version of the Bible, the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price were all the product of one mind.... When we find a number of different Book of Mormon writers-e.g., Nephi, Jacob, Enos, Moroni and Mormon-all using many of the same unusual word combinations, we begin to suspect that all these books were actually written by one person."-Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Joseph Smith's Plagiarism of the Bible in the Book of Mormon, p. 39.