The Book of Mormon

Helaman 15:2

1830 Edition

yea, except ye repent, your women shall have great cause to mourn in the day that they shall give suck; for ye shall attempt to flee, and there shall be no place for refuge; yea, and wo unto them which are with child, for they shall be heavy, and cannot flee; therefore they shall be trodden down, and shall be left to perish;

Influences

Matthew 24:19 (KJV)
And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

Changes

yYea, except ye repent, your women shall have great cause to mourn in the day that they shall give suck; for ye shall attempt to flee, and there shall be no place for refuge; yea, and wo unto them which are with child, for they shall be heavy, and cannot flee; therefore, they shall be trodden down, and shall be left to perish;.

Simple English

Unless you change, your women will cry when they have babies. You will try to run away. There will be no safe place. It will be terrible for pregnant women. They will be too heavy to run. So they will be trampled and left to die.

Paraphrase

Unless you turn back to God, your wives will weep bitterly when they’re nursing their babies. You’ll try to run, but there will be nowhere safe to go. And the pregnant women—they’ll suffer most. Too heavy to flee, they’ll be trampled and left to die.