The Book of Mormon

Jacob 5:46

1830 Edition

And now behold, notwithstanding all the care which we have taken of my vineyard, the trees thereof hath become corrupted, that they bring forth no good fruit; and these I had hope to preserve, to have laid up fruit thereof, against the season, unto mine own self. But behold, they have become like unto the wild olive tree; and they are of no worth, but to be hewn down and cast into the fire: and it grieveth me that I should lose them.

Changes

And now, behold, notwithstanding all the care which we have taken of my vineyard, the trees thereof hathve become corrupted, that they bring forth no good fruit; and these I had hoped to preserve, to have laid up fruit thereof, against the season, unto mine own self. But, behold, they have become like unto the wild olive tree;, and they are of no worth, but to be hewn down and cast into the fire:; and it grieveth me that I should lose them.

Simple English

“Even with all the care we gave my vineyard, the trees have gone bad. They don’t make good fruit. I had hoped to save them. I wanted to store their fruit for later. But they have become like wild olive trees. They are worthless except to cut down and burn. I am sad that I will lose them.”

Paraphrase

“Despite all the care we’ve taken of my vineyard, the trees have become corrupt and produce no good fruit. I’d hoped to preserve these, to store up their fruit for the season. But they’ve become like wild olive trees. They’re worthless except to be cut down and burned. It breaks my heart to lose them.”