The Book of Mormon

Jacob 5:75

1830 Edition

And it came to pass that when the Lord of the vineyard saw that his fruit was good, and that his vineyard was no more corrupt, he calleth up his servants and sayeth unto them, Behold, for this last time have we nourished my vineyard; and thou beholdest that I have done according to my will; and I have preserved the natural fruit, that it is good, even like as it was in the beginning; and blessed art thou. For because that ye have been diligent in laboring with me in my vineyard, and have kept my commandments, and hath brought unto me again the natural fruit, that my vineyard is no more corrupted, and the bad is cast away, behold, ye shall have joy with me, because of the fruit of my vineyard.

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And it came to pass that when the Lord of the vineyard saw that his fruit was good, and that his vineyard was no more corrupt, he callethd up his servants, and sayethid unto them,: Behold, for this last time have we nourished my vineyard; and thou beholdest that I have done according to my will; and I have preserved the natural fruit, that it is good, even like as it was in the beginning;. aAnd blessed art thou.; Ffor because that ye have been diligent in laboring with me in my vineyard, and have kept my commandments, and hathve brought unto me again the natural fruit, that my vineyard is no more corrupted, and the bad is cast away, behold, ye shall have joy with me, because of the fruit of my vineyard.

Simple English

When the Lord saw that his fruit was good and his vineyard wasn’t bad anymore, he called his servants. He said to them: “For this last time we have fed my vineyard. You can see I have done what I wanted. I have saved the natural fruit. It is good, just like it was at the beginning. God blesses you. Because you worked hard with me in my vineyard and kept my commands, you brought me natural fruit again. My vineyard isn’t bad anymore. The bad is thrown away. You will be happy with me because of my vineyard fruit.”

Paraphrase

When the Lord of the vineyard saw that his fruit was good and his vineyard was no longer corrupt, he called his servants and said, ‘This last time we’ve nourished my vineyard together. You’ve seen that I’ve done what I set out to do—I’ve preserved the natural fruit. It’s good, just like it was in the beginning. You are blessed. Because you’ve worked hard with me in my vineyard and followed my commands, you’ve helped me recover the natural fruit. My vineyard is no longer corrupt. The bad has been thrown out. You’ll share my joy in the fruit of my vineyard.’