The Book of Mormon

Jacob 5:7

1830 Edition

And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard saw it, and he sayeth unto his servant, It grieveth me that I should lose this tree; wherefore, go and pluck the branches from a wild olive tree, and bring them hither unto me; and we will pluck off those main branches which are beginning to wither away, and we will cast them into the fire, that they may be burned.

Changes

And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard saw it, and he sayethid unto his servant,: It grieveth me that I should lose this tree; wherefore, go and pluck the branches from a wild olive tree, and bring them hither unto me; and we will pluck off those main branches which are beginning to wither away, and we will cast them into the fire, that they may be burned.

Simple English

The master of the vineyard saw it. He said to his servant: “I am sad that I might lose this tree. Go get branches from a wild olive tree. Bring them to me. We will cut off the main branches that are dying. We will burn them in the fire.”

Paraphrase

When the master saw this, he told his servant, ‘It breaks my heart to lose this tree. Go find branches from a wild olive tree and bring them here. We’ll cut off these dying main branches and burn them.’