The Book of Mormon

Mosiah 9:3

1830 Edition

And yet, I being over zealous to inherit the land of our fathers, collected as many as were desirous to go up to possess the land, and started again on our journey into the wilderness, to go up to the land; but we were smitten with famine and sore afflictions: for we were slow to remember the Lord our God.

Changes

And yet, I being over -zealous to inherit the land of our fathers, collected as many as were desirous to go up to possess the land, and started again on our journey into the wilderness, to go up to the land; but we were smitten with famine and sore afflictions:; for we were slow to remember the Lord our God.

Simple English

But I really wanted to live in the land of our fathers. I gathered everyone who wanted to go back to that land. We started our trip through the wilderness again. But we got very hungry and had many troubles. We were slow to remember the Lord our God.

Paraphrase

Still, I was obsessed with reclaiming our ancestral land. I gathered everyone willing to go back and possess it, and we set out again into the wilderness. We suffered through famine and terrible hardships because we were slow to remember the Lord our God.