The Book of Mormon

Mosiah 8:13

1830 Edition

Now Ammon saith unto him, I can assuredly tell thee, O king, of a man that can translate the records: for he hath wherewith that he can look, and translate all records that are of ancient date; and it is a gift from God. And the things are called interpreters; and no man can look in them, except he be commanded, lest he should look for that he had not ought, and he should perish. And whosoever is commanded to look in them, the same is called seer.

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Now Ammon saithd unto him,: I can assuredly tell thee, O king, of a man that can translate the records:; for he haths wherewith that he can look, and translate all records that are of ancient date; and it is a gift from God. And the things are called interpreters;, and no man can look in them, except he be commanded, lest he should look for that he had not ought, not and he should perish. And whosoever is commanded to look in them, the same is called seer.

Simple English

Ammon said to him: “I can tell you about a man who can translate the records, O king. He has something he can look through to translate all old records. It is a gift from God. These things are called interpreters. No one can look through them unless God tells them to. If someone looks when they shouldn’t, they will die. Anyone who is told to look through them is called a seer.”

Paraphrase

Ammon answered, “I can tell you for certain, O king, about a man who can translate those records. He has something he can look through to translate any ancient record—it’s a gift from God. These things are called interpreters. No one can look through them unless God commands it, or they’ll see things they shouldn’t and die. Whoever is commanded to look through them is called a seer.”