THE BOOK OF HELAMAN
An account of the Nephites. Their wars and
contentions, and their dissensions. And also the prophecies of many
holy prophets, before the coming of Christ, according to the
records of Helaman, who was the son of Helaman, and also according
to the records of his sons, even down to the coming of Christ. And
also many of the Lamanites are converted. An account of their
conversion. An account of the righteousness of the Lamanites, and
the wickedness and abominations of the Nephites, according to the
record of Helaman and his sons, even down to the coming of Christ,
which is called the book of Helaman.
Chapter 1
Helaman 1:Verse 1
1 AND now behold, it came to pass in the commencement
of the fortieth year of the reign of the judges over the people of
Nephi, there began to be a serious difficulty among the people of
the Nephites.
Helaman 1:Verse 2
2 For behold, Pahoran had died, and gone the way of all
the earth; therefore there began to be a serious contention
concerning who should have the judgment-seat among the brethren,
who were the sons of Pahoran.
Helaman 1:Verse 3
3 Now these are their names who did contend for the
judgment-seat, who did also cause the people to contend: Pahoran,
Paanchi, and Pacumeni.
Helaman 1:Verse 4
4 Now these are not all the sons of Pahoran (for he had
many), but these are they who did contend for the judgment-seat;
therefore, they did cause three divisions among the people.
Helaman 1:Verse 5
5 Nevertheless, it came to pass that Pahoran was
appointed by the voice of the people to be chief judge and a
governor over the people of Nephi.
Helaman 1:Verse 6
6 And it came to pass that Pacumeni, when he saw that
he could not obtain the judgment-seat, he did unite with the voice
of the people.
Helaman 1:Verse 7
7 But behold, Paanchi, and that part of the people that
were desirous that he should be their governor, was exceedingly
wroth; therefore, he was about to flatter away those people to rise
up in rebellion against their brethren.
Helaman 1:Verse 8
8 And it came to pass as he was about to do this,
behold, he was taken, and was tried according to the voice of the
people, and condemned unto death; for he had raised up in rebellion
and sought to destroy the liberty of the people.
Helaman 1:Verse 9
9 Now when those people who were desirous that he
should be their governor saw that he was condemned unto death,
therefore they were angry, and behold, they sent forth one
Kishkumen, even to the judgment-seat of Pahoran, and murdered
Pahoran as he sat upon the judgment-seat.
Helaman 1:Verse 10
10 And he was pursued by the servants of Pahoran; but
behold, so speedy was the flight of Kishkumen that no man could
overtake him.
Helaman 1:Verse 11
11 And he went unto those that sent him, and they all
entered into a covenant, yea, swearing by their everlasting Maker,
that they would tell no man that Kishkumen had murdered
Pahoran.
Helaman 1:Verse 12
12 Therefore, Kishkumen was not known among the people
of Nephi, for he was in disguise at the time that he murdered
Pahoran. And Kishkumen and his band, who had covenanted with him,
did mingle themselves among the people, in a manner that they all
could not be found; but as many as were found were condemned unto
death.
Helaman 1:Verse 13
13 And now behold, Pacumeni was appointed, according to
the voice of the people, to be a chief judge and a governor over
the people, to reign in the stead of his brother Pahoran; and it
was according to his right. And all this was done in the fortieth
year of the reign of the judges; and it had an end.
Helaman 1:Verse 14
14 And it came to pass in the forty and first year of
the reign of the judges, that the Lamanites had gathered together
an innumerable army of men, and armed them with swords, and with
cimeters and with bows, and with arrows, and with head-plates, and
with breastplates, and with all manner of shields of every
kind.
Helaman 1:Verse 15
15 And they came down again that they might pitch
battle against the Nephites. And they were led by a man whose name
was Coriantumr; and he was a descendant of Zarahemla; and he was a
dissenter from among the Nephites; and he was a large and a mighty
man.
Helaman 1:Verse 16
16 Therefore, the king of the Lamanites, whose name was
Tubaloth, who was the son of Ammoron, supposing that Coriantumr,
being a mighty man, could stand against the Nephites, with his
strength and also with his great wisdom, insomuch that by sending
him forth he should gain power over the Nephites--
Helaman 1:Verse 17
17 Therefore he did stir them up to anger, and he did
gather together his armies, and he did appoint Coriantumr to be
their leader, and did cause that they should march down to the land
of Zarahemla to battle against the Nephites.
Helaman 1:Verse 18
18 And it came to pass that because of so much
contention and so much difficulty in the government, that they had
not kept sufficient guards in the land of Zarahemla; for they had
supposed that the Lamanites durst not come into the heart of their
lands to attack that great city Zarahemla.
Helaman 1:Verse 19
19 But it came to pass that Coriantumr did march forth
at the head of his numerous host, and came upon the inhabitants of
the city, and their march was with such exceedingly great speed
that there was no time for the Nephites to gather together their
armies.
Helaman 1:Verse 20
20 Therefore Coriantumr did cut down the watch by the
entrance of the city, and did march forth with his whole army into
the city, and they did slay every one who did oppose them, insomuch
that they did take possession of the whole city.
Helaman 1:Verse 21
21 And it came to pass that Pacumeni, who was the chief
judge, did flee before Coriantumr, even to the walls of the city.
And it came to pass that Coriantumr did smite him against the wall,
insomuch that he died. And thus ended the days of Pacumeni.
Helaman 1:Verse 22
22 And now when Coriantumr saw that he was in
possession of the city of Zarahemla, and saw that the Nephites had
fled before them, and were slain, and were taken, and were cast
into prison, and that he had obtained the possession of the
strongest hold in all the land, his heart took courage insomuch
that he was about to go forth against all the land.
Helaman 1:Verse 23
23 And now he did not tarry in the land of Zarahemla,
but he did march forth with a large army, even towards the city of
Bountiful; for it was his determination to go forth and cut his way
through with the sword, that he might obtain the north parts of the
land.
Helaman 1:Verse 24
24 And, supposing that their greatest strength was in
the center of the land, therefore he did march forth, giving them
no time to assemble themselves together save it were in small
bodies; and in this manner they did fall upon them and cut them
down to the earth.
Helaman 1:Verse 25
25 But behold, this march of Coriantumr through the
center of the land gave Moronihah great advantage over them,
notwithstanding the greatness of the number of the Nephites who
were slain.
Helaman 1:Verse 26
26 For behold, Moronihah had supposed that the
Lamanites durst not come into the center of the land, but that they
would attack the cities round about in the borders as they had
hitherto done; therefore Moronihah had caused that their strong
armies should maintain those parts round about by the
borders.
Helaman 1:Verse 27
27 But behold, the Lamanites were not frightened
according to his desire, but they had come into the center of the
land, and had taken the capital city which was the city of
Zarahemla, and were marching through the most capital parts of the
land, slaying the people with a great slaughter, both men, women,
and children, taking possession of many cities and of many
strongholds.
Helaman 1:Verse 28
28 But when Moronihah had discovered this, he
immediately sent forth Lehi with an army round about to head them
before they should come to the land Bountiful.
Helaman 1:Verse 29
29 And thus he did; and he did head them before they
came to the land Bountiful, and gave unto them battle, insomuch
that they began to retreat back towards the land of
Zarahemla.
Helaman 1:Verse 30
30 And it came to pass that Moronihah did head them in
their retreat, and did give unto them battle, insomuch that it
became an exceedingly bloody battle; yea, many were slain, and
among the number who were slain Coriantumr was also found.
Helaman 1:Verse 31
31 And now, behold, the Lamanites could not retreat
either way, neither on the north, nor on the south, nor on the
east, nor on the west, for they were surrounded on every hand by
the Nephites.
Helaman 1:Verse 32
32 And thus had Coriantumr plunged the Lamanites into
the midst of the Nephites, insomuch that they were in the power of
the Nephites, and he himself was slain, and the Lamanites did yield
themselves into the hands of the Nephites.
Helaman 1:Verse 33
33 And it came to pass that Moronihah took possession
of the city of Zarahemla again, and caused that the Lamanites who
had been taken prisoners should depart out of the land in
peace.
Helaman 1:Verse 34
34 And thus ended the forty and first year of the reign
of the judges.
Chapter 2
Helaman 2:Verse 1
1 AND it came to pass in the forty and second year of
the reign of the judges, after Moronihah had established again
peace between the Nephites and the Lamanites, behold there was no
one to fill the judgment-seat; therefore there began to be a
contention again among the people concerning who should fill the
judgment-seat.
Helaman 2:Verse 2
2 And it came to pass that Helaman, who was the son of
Helaman, was appointed to fill the judgment-seat, by the voice of
the people.
Helaman 2:Verse 3
3 But behold, Kishkumen, who had murdered Pahoran, did
lay wait to destroy Helaman also; and he was upheld by his band,
who had entered into a covenant that no one should know his
wickedness.
Helaman 2:Verse 4
4 For there was one Gadianton, who was exceedingly
expert in many words, and also in his craft, to carry on the secret
work of murder and of robbery; therefore he became the leader of
the band of Kishkumen.
Helaman 2:Verse 5
5 Therefore he did flatter them, and also Kishkumen,
that if they would place him in the judgment-seat he would grant
unto those who belonged to his band that they should be placed in
power and authority among the people; therefore Kishkumen sought to
destroy Helaman.
Helaman 2:Verse 6
6 And it came to pass as he went forth towards the
judgment-seat to destroy Helaman, behold one of the servants of
Helaman, having been out by night, and having obtained, through
disguise, a knowledge of those plans which had been laid by this
band to destroy Helaman--
Helaman 2:Verse 7
7 And it came to pass that he met Kishkumen, and he
gave unto him a sign; therefore Kishkumen made known unto him the
object of his desire, desiring that he would conduct him to the
judgment-seat that he might murder Helaman.
Helaman 2:Verse 8
8 And when the servant of Helaman had known all the
heart of Kishkumen, and how that it was his object to murder, and
also that it was the object of all those who belonged to his band
to murder, and to rob, and to gain power, (and this was their
secret plan, and their combination) the servant of Helaman said
unto Kishkumen: Let us go forth unto the judgment-seat.
Helaman 2:Verse 9
9 Now this did please Kishkumen exceedingly, for he did
suppose that he should accomplish his design; but behold, the
servant of Helaman, as they were going forth unto the
judgment-seat, did stab Kishkumen even to the heart, that he fell
dead without a groan. And he ran and told Helaman all the things
which he had seen, and heard, and done.
Helaman 2:Verse 10
10 And it came to pass that Helaman did send forth to
take this band of robbers and secret murderers, that they might be
executed according to the law.
Helaman 2:Verse 11
11 But behold, when Gadianton had found that Kishkumen
did not return he feared lest that he should be destroyed;
therefore he caused that his band should follow him. And they took
their flight out of the land, by a secret way, into the wilderness;
and thus when Helaman sent forth to take them they could nowhere be
found.
Helaman 2:Verse 12
12 And more of this Gadianton shall be spoken
hereafter. And thus ended the forty and second year of the reign of
the judges over the people of Nephi.
Helaman 2:Verse 13
13 And behold, in the end of this book ye shall see
that this Gadianton did prove the overthrow, yea, almost the entire
destruction of the people of Nephi.
Helaman 2:Verse 14
14 Behold I do not mean the end of the book of Helaman,
but I mean the end of the book of Nephi, from which I have taken
all the account which I have written.
Chapter 3
Helaman 3:Verse 1
1 AND now it came to pass in the forty and third year
of the reign of the judges, there was no contention among the
people of Nephi save it were a little pride which was in the
church, which did cause some little dissensions among the people,
which affairs were settled in the ending of the forty and third
year.
Helaman 3:Verse 2
2 And there was no contention among the people in the
forty and fourth year; neither was there much contention in the
forty and fifth year.
Helaman 3:Verse 3
3 And it came to pass in the forty and sixth, yea,
there was much contention and many dissensions; in the which there
were an exceedingly great many who departed out of the land of
Zarahemla, and went forth unto the land northward to inherit the
land.
Helaman 3:Verse 4
4 And they did travel to an exceedingly great distance,
insomuch that they came to large bodies of water and many
rivers.
Helaman 3:Verse 5
5 Yea, and even they did spread forth into all parts of
the land, into whatever parts it had not been rendered desolate and
without timber, because of the many inhabitants who had before
inherited the land.
Helaman 3:Verse 6
6 And now no part of the land was desolate, save it
were for timber; but because of the greatness of the destruction of
the people who had before inhabited the land it was called
desolate.
Helaman 3:Verse 7
7 And there being but little timber upon the face of
the land, nevertheless the people who went forth became exceedingly
expert in the working of cement; therefore they did build houses of
cement, in the which they did dwell.
Helaman 3:Verse 8
8 And it came to pass that they did multiply and
spread, and did go forth from the land southward to the land
northward, and did spread insomuch that they began to cover the
face of the whole earth, from the sea south to the sea north, from
the sea west to the sea east.
Helaman 3:Verse 9
9 And the people who were in the land northward did
dwell in tents, and in houses of cement, and they did suffer
whatsoever tree should spring up upon the face of the land that it
should grow up, that in time they might have timber to build their
houses, yea, their cities, and their temples, and their synagogues,
and their sanctuaries, and all manner of their buildings.
Helaman 3:Verse 10
10 And it came to pass as timber was exceedingly scarce
in the land northward, they did send forth much by the way of
shipping.
Helaman 3:Verse 11
11 And thus they did enable the people in the land
northward that they might build many cities, both of wood and of
cement.
Helaman 3:Verse 12
12 And it came to pass that there were many of the
people of Ammon, who were Lamanites by birth, did also go forth
into this land.
Helaman 3:Verse 13
13 And now there are many records kept of the
proceedings of this people, by many of this people, which are
particular and very large, concerning them.
Helaman 3:Verse 14
14 But behold, a hundredth part of the proceedings of
this people, yea, the account of the Lamanites and of the Nephites,
and their wars, and contentions, and dissensions, and their
preaching, and their prophecies, and their shipping and their
building of ships, and their building of temples, and of synagogues
and their sanctuaries, and their righteousness, and their
wickedness, and their murders, and their robbings, and their
plundering, and all manner of abominations and whoredoms, cannot be
contained in this work.
Helaman 3:Verse 15
15 But behold, there are many books and many records of
every kind, and they have been kept chiefly by the Nephites.
Helaman 3:Verse 16
16 And they have been handed down from one generation
to another by the Nephites, even until they have fallen into
transgression and have been murdered, plundered, and hunted, and
driven forth, and slain, and scattered upon the face of the earth,
and mixed with the Lamanites until they are no more called the
Nephites, becoming wicked, and wild, and ferocious, yea, even
becoming Lamanites.
Helaman 3:Verse 17
17 And now I return again to mine account; therefore,
what I have spoken had passed after there had been great
contentions, and disturbances, and wars, and dissensions, among the
people of Nephi.
Helaman 3:Verse 18
18 The forty and sixth year of the reign of the judges
ended;
Helaman 3:Verse 19
19 And it came to pass that there was still great
contention in the land, yea, even in the forty and seventh year,
and also in the forty and eighth year.
Helaman 3:Verse 20
20 Nevertheless Helaman did fill the judgment-seat with
justice and equity; yea, he did observe to keep the statutes, and
the judgments, and the commandments of God; and he did do that
which was right in the sight of God continually; and he did walk
after the ways of his father, insomuch that he did prosper in the
land.
Helaman 3:Verse 21
21 And it came to pass that he had two sons. He gave
unto the eldest the name of Nephi, and unto the youngest, the name
of Lehi. And they began to grow up unto the Lord.
Helaman 3:Verse 22
22 And it came to pass that the wars and contentions
began to cease, in a small degree, among the people of the
Nephites, in the latter end of the forty and eighth year of the
reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
Helaman 3:Verse 23
23 And it came to pass in the forty and ninth year of
the reign of the judges, there was continual peace established in
the land, all save it were the secret combinations which Gadianton
the robber had established in the more settled parts of the land,
which at that time were not known unto those who were at the head
of government; therefore they were not destroyed out of the
land.
Helaman 3:Verse 24
24 And it came to pass that in this same year there was
exceedingly great prosperity in the church, insomuch that there
were thousands who did join themselves unto the church and were
baptized unto repentance.
Helaman 3:Verse 25
25 And so great was the prosperity of the church, and
so many the blessings which were poured out upon the people, that
even the high priests and the teachers were themselves astonished
beyond measure.
Helaman 3:Verse 26
26 And it came to pass that the work of the Lord did
prosper unto the baptizing and uniting to the church of God, many
souls, yea, even tens of thousands.
Helaman 3:Verse 27
27 Thus we may see that the Lord is merciful unto all
who will, in the sincerity of their hearts, call upon his holy
name.
Helaman 3:Verse 28
28 Yea, thus we see that the gate of heaven is open
unto all, even to those who will believe on the name of Jesus
Christ, who is the Son of God.
Helaman 3:Verse 29
29 Yea, we see that whosoever will may lay hold upon
the word of God, which is quick and powerful, which shall divide
asunder all the cunning and the snares and the wiles of the devil,
and lead the man of Christ in a strait and narrow course across
that everlasting gulf of misery which is prepared to engulf the
wicked--
Helaman 3:Verse 30
30 And land their souls, yea, their immortal souls, at
the right hand of God in the kingdom of heaven, to sit down with
Abraham, and Isaac, and with Jacob, and with all our holy fathers,
to go no more out.
Helaman 3:Verse 31
31 And in this year there was continual rejoicing in
the land of Zarahemla, and in all the regions round about, even in
all the land which was possessed by the Nephites.
Helaman 3:Verse 32
32 And it came to pass that there was peace and
exceedingly great joy in the remainder of the forty and ninth year;
yea, and also there was continual peace and great joy in the
fiftieth year of the reign of the judges.
Helaman 3:Verse 33
33 And in the fifty and first year of the reign of the
judges there was peace also, save it were the pride which began to
enter into the church--not into the church of God, but into the
hearts of the people who professed to belong to the church of
God--
Helaman 3:Verse 34
34 And they were lifted up in pride, even to the
persecution of many of their brethren. Now this was a great evil,
which did cause the more humble part of the people to suffer great
persecutions, and to wade through much affliction.
Helaman 3:Verse 35
35 Nevertheless they did fast and pray oft, and did wax
stronger and stronger in their humility, and firmer and firmer in
the faith of Christ, unto the filling their souls with joy and
consolation, yea, even to the purifying and the sanctification of
their hearts, which sanctification cometh because of their yielding
their hearts unto God.
Helaman 3:Verse 36
36 And it came to pass that the fifty and second year
ended in peace also, save it were the exceedingly great pride which
had gotten into the hearts of the people; and it was because of
their exceedingly great riches and their prosperity in the land;
and it did grow upon them from day to day.
Helaman 3:Verse 37
37 And it came to pass in the fifty and third year of
the reign of the judges, Helaman died, and his eldest son Nephi
began to reign in his stead. And it came to pass that he did fill
the judgment-seat with justice and equity; yea, he did keep the
commandments of God, and did walk in the ways of his father.
Chapter 4
Helaman 4:Verse 1
1 AND it came to pass in the fifty and fourth year
there were many dissensions in the church, and there was also a
contention among the people, insomuch that there was much
bloodshed.
Helaman 4:Verse 2
2 And the rebellious part were slain and driven out of
the land, and they did go unto the king of the Lamanites.
Helaman 4:Verse 3
3 And it came to pass that they did endeavor to stir up
the Lamanites to war against the Nephites; but behold, the
Lamanites were exceedingly afraid, insomuch that they would not
hearken to the words of those dissenters.
Helaman 4:Verse 4
4 But it came to pass in the fifty and sixth year of
the reign of the judges, there were dissenters who went up from the
Nephites unto the Lamanites; and they succeeded with those others
in stirring them up to anger against the Nephites; and they were
all that year preparing for war.
Helaman 4:Verse 5
5 And in the fifty and seventh year they did come down
against the Nephites to battle, and they did commence the work of
death; yea, insomuch that in the fifty and eighth year of the reign
of the judges they succeeded in obtaining possession of the land of
Zarahemla; yea, and also all the lands, even unto the land which
was near the land Bountiful.
Helaman 4:Verse 6
6 And the Nephites and the armies of Moronihah were
driven even into the land of Bountiful;
Helaman 4:Verse 7
7 And there they did fortify against the Lamanites,
from the west sea, even unto the east; it being a day's journey for
a Nephite, on the line which they had fortified and stationed their
armies to defend their north country.
Helaman 4:Verse 8
8 And thus those dissenters of the Nephites, with the
help of a numerous army of the Lamanites, had obtained all the
possession of the Nephites which was in the land southward. And all
this was done in the fifty and eighth and ninth years of the reign
of the judges.
Helaman 4:Verse 9
9 And it came to pass in the sixtieth year of the reign
of the judges, Moronihah did succeed with his armies in obtaining
many parts of the land; yea, they regained many cities which had
fallen into the hands of the Lamanites.
Helaman 4:Verse 10
10 And it came to pass in the sixty and first year of
the reign of the judges they succeeded in regaining even the half
of all their possessions.
Helaman 4:Verse 11
11 Now this great loss of the Nephites, and the great
slaughter which was among them, would not have happened had it not
been for their wickedness and their abomination which was among
them; yea, and it was among those also who professed to belong to
the church of God.
Helaman 4:Verse 12
12 And it was because of the pride of their hearts,
because of their exceeding riches, yea, it was because of their
oppression to the poor, withholding their food from the hungry,
withholding their clothing from the naked, and smiting their humble
brethren upon the cheek, making a mock of that which was sacred,
denying the spirit of prophecy and of revelation, murdering,
plundering, lying, stealing, committing adultery, rising up in
great contentions, and deserting away into the land of Nephi, among
the Lamanites--
Helaman 4:Verse 13
13 And because of this their great wickedness, and
their boastings in their own strength, they were left in their own
strength; therefore they did not prosper, but were afflicted and
smitten, and driven before the Lamanites, until they had lost
possession of almost all their lands.
Helaman 4:Verse 14
14 But behold, Moronihah did preach many things unto
the people because of their iniquity, and also Nephi and Lehi, who
were the sons of Helaman, did preach many things unto the people,
yea, and did prophesy many things unto them concerning their
iniquities, and what should come unto them if they did not repent
of their sins.
Helaman 4:Verse 15
15 And it came to pass that they did repent, and
inasmuch as they did repent they did begin to prosper.
Helaman 4:Verse 16
16 For when Moronihah saw that they did repent he did
venture to lead them forth from place to place, and from city to
city, even until they had regained the one-half of their property
and the one-half of all their lands.
Helaman 4:Verse 17
17 And thus ended the sixty and first year of the reign
of the judges.
Helaman 4:Verse 18
18 And it came to pass in the sixty and second year of
the reign of the judges, that Moronihah could obtain no more
possessions over the Lamanites.
Helaman 4:Verse 19
19 Therefore they did abandon their design to obtain
the remainder of their lands, for so numerous were the Lamanites
that it became impossible for the Nephites to obtain more power
over them; therefore Moronihah did employ all his armies in
maintaining those parts which he had taken.
Helaman 4:Verse 20
20 And it came to pass, because of the greatness of the
number of the Lamanites the Nephites were in great fear, lest they
should be overpowered, and trodden down, and slain, and
destroyed.
Helaman 4:Verse 21
21 Yea, they began to remember the prophecies of Alma,
and also the words of Mosiah; and they saw that they had been a
stiffnecked people, and that they had set at naught the
commandments of God;
Helaman 4:Verse 22
22 And that they had altered and trampled under their
feet the laws of Mosiah, or that which the Lord commanded him to
give unto the people; and they saw that their laws had become
corrupted, and that they had become a wicked people, insomuch that
they were wicked even like unto the Lamanites.
Helaman 4:Verse 23
23 And because of their iniquity the church had begun
to dwindle; and they began to disbelieve in the spirit of prophecy
and in the spirit of revelation; and the judgments of God did stare
them in the face.
Helaman 4:Verse 24
24 And they saw that they had become weak, like unto
their brethren, the Lamanites, and that the Spirit of the Lord did
no more preserve them; yea, it had withdrawn from them because the
Spirit of the Lord doth not dwell in unholy temples--
Helaman 4:Verse 25
25 Therefore the Lord did cease to preserve them by his
miraculous and matchless power, for they had fallen into a state of
unbelief and awful wickedness; and they saw that the Lamanites were
exceedingly more numerous than they, and except they should cleave
unto the Lord their God they must unavoidably perish.
Helaman 4:Verse 26
26 For behold, they saw that the strength of the
Lamanites was as great as their strength, even man for man. And
thus had they fallen into this great transgression; yea, thus had
they become weak, because of their transgression, in the space of
not many years.
Chapter 5
Helaman 5:Verse 1
1 AND it came to pass that in this same year, behold,
Nephi delivered up the judgment-seat to a man whose name was
Cezoram.
Helaman 5:Verse 2
2 For as their laws and their governments were
established by the voice of the people, and they who chose evil
were more numerous than they who chose good, therefore they were
ripening for destruction, for the laws had become corrupted.
Helaman 5:Verse 3
3 Yea, and this was not all; they were a stiffnecked
people, insomuch that they could not be governed by the law nor
justice, save it were to their destruction.
Helaman 5:Verse 4
4 And it came to pass that Nephi had become weary
because of their iniquity; and he yielded up the judgment-seat, and
took it upon him to preach the word of God all the remainder of his
days, and his brother Lehi also, all the remainder of his
days;
Helaman 5:Verse 5
5 For they remembered the words which their father
Helaman spake unto them. And these are the words which he
spake:
Helaman 5:Verse 6
6 Behold, my sons, I desire that ye should remember to
keep the commandments of God; and I would that ye should declare
unto the people these words. Behold, I have given unto you the
names of our first parents who came out of the land of Jerusalem;
and this I have done that when you remember your names ye may
remember them; and when ye remember them ye may remember their
works; and when ye remember their works ye may know how that it is
said, and also written, that they were good.
Helaman 5:Verse 7
7 Therefore, my sons, I would that ye should do that
which is good, that it may be said of you, and also written, even
as it has been said and written of them.
Helaman 5:Verse 8
8 And now my sons, behold I have somewhat more to
desire of you, which desire is, that ye may not do these things
that ye may boast, but that ye may do these things to lay up for
yourselves a treasure in heaven, yea, which is eternal, and which
fadeth not away; yea, that ye may have that precious gift of
eternal life, which we have reason to suppose hath been given to
our fathers.
Helaman 5:Verse 9
9 O remember, remember, my sons, the words which king
Benjamin spake unto his people; yea, remember that there is no
other way nor means whereby man can be saved, only through the
atoning blood of Jesus Christ, who shall come; yea, remember that
he cometh to redeem the world.
Helaman 5:Verse 10
10 And remember also the words which Amulek spake unto
Zeezrom, in the city of Ammonihah; for he said unto him that the
Lord surely should come to redeem his people, but that he should
not come to redeem them in their sins, but to redeem them from
their sins.
Helaman 5:Verse 11
11 And he hath power given unto him from the Father to
redeem them from their sins because of repentance; therefore he
hath sent his angels to declare the tidings of the conditions of
repentance, which bringeth unto the power of the Redeemer, unto the
salvation of their souls.
Helaman 5:Verse 12
12 And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon
the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye
must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth
his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all
his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no
power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless
wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure
foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot
fall.
Helaman 5:Verse 13
13 And it came to pass that these were the words which
Helaman taught to his sons; yea, he did teach them many things
which are not written, and also many things which are
written.
Helaman 5:Verse 14
14 And they did remember his words; and therefore they
went forth, keeping the commandments of God, to teach the word of
God among all the people of Nephi, beginning at the city
Bountiful;
Helaman 5:Verse 15
15 And from thenceforth to the city of Gid; and from
the city of Gid to the city of Mulek;
Helaman 5:Verse 16
16 And even from one city to another, until they had
gone forth among all the people of Nephi who were in the land
southward; and from thence into the land of Zarahemla, among the
Lamanites.
Helaman 5:Verse 17
17 And it came to pass that they did preach with great
power, insomuch that they did confound many of those dissenters who
had gone over from the Nephites, insomuch that they came forth and
did confess their sins and were baptized unto repentance, and
immediately returned to the Nephites to endeavor to repair unto
them the wrongs which they had done.
Helaman 5:Verse 18
18 And it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi did preach
unto the Lamanites with such great power and authority, for they
had power and authority given unto them that they might speak, and
they also had what they should speak given unto them--
Helaman 5:Verse 19
19 Therefore they did speak unto the great astonishment
of the Lamanites, to the convincing them, insomuch that there were
eight thousand of the Lamanites who were in the land of Zarahemla
and round about baptized unto repentance, and were convinced of the
wickedness of the traditions of their fathers.
Helaman 5:Verse 20
20 And it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi did proceed
from thence to go to the land of Nephi.
Helaman 5:Verse 21
21 And it came to pass that they were taken by an army
of the Lamanites and cast into prison; yea, even in that same
prison in which Ammon and his brethren were cast by the servants of
Limhi.
Helaman 5:Verse 22
22 And after they had been cast into prison many days
without food, behold, they went forth into the prison to take them
that they might slay them.
Helaman 5:Verse 23
23 And it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi were
encircled about as if by fire, even insomuch that they durst not
lay their hands upon them for fear lest they should be burned.
Nevertheless, Nephi and Lehi were not burned; and they were as
standing in the midst of fire and were not burned.
Helaman 5:Verse 24
24 And when they saw that they were encircled about
with a pillar of fire, and that it burned them not, their hearts
did take courage.
Helaman 5:Verse 25
25 For they saw that the Lamanites durst not lay their
hands upon them; neither durst they come near unto them, but stood
as if they were struck dumb with amazement.
Helaman 5:Verse 26
26 And it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi did stand
forth and began to speak unto them, saying: Fear not, for behold,
it is God that has shown unto you this marvelous thing, in the
which is shown unto you that ye cannot lay your hands on us to slay
us.
Helaman 5:Verse 27
27 And behold, when they had said these words, the
earth shook exceedingly, and the walls of the prison did shake as
if they were about to tumble to the earth; but behold, they did not
fall. And behold, they that were in the prison were Lamanites and
Nephites who were dissenters.
Helaman 5:Verse 28
28 And it came to pass that they were overshadowed with
a cloud of darkness, and an awful solemn fear came upon them.
Helaman 5:Verse 29
29 And it came to pass that there came a voice as if it
were above the cloud of darkness, saying: Repent ye, repent ye, and
seek no more to destroy my servants whom I have sent unto you to
declare good tidings.
Helaman 5:Verse 30
30 And it came to pass when they heard this voice, and
beheld that it was not a voice of thunder, neither was it a voice
of a great tumultuous noise, but behold, it was a still voice of
perfect mildness, as if it had been a whisper, and it did pierce
even to the very soul--
Helaman 5:Verse 31
31 And notwithstanding the mildness of the voice,
behold the earth shook exceedingly, and the walls of the prison
trembled again, as if it were about to tumble to the earth; and
behold the cloud of darkness, which had overshadowed them, did not
disperse--
Helaman 5:Verse 32
32 And behold the voice came again, saying: Repent ye,
repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand; and seek no more
to destroy my servants. And it came to pass that the earth shook
again, and the walls trembled.
Helaman 5:Verse 33
33 And also again the third time the voice came, and
did speak unto them marvelous words which cannot be uttered by man;
and the walls did tremble again, and the earth shook as if it were
about to divide asunder.
Helaman 5:Verse 34
34 And it came to pass that the Lamanites could not
flee because of the cloud of darkness which did overshadow them;
yea, and also they were immovable because of the fear which did
come upon them.
Helaman 5:Verse 35
35 Now there was one among them who was a Nephite by
birth, who had once belonged to the church of God but had dissented
from them.
Helaman 5:Verse 36
36 And it came to pass that he turned him about, and
behold, he saw through the cloud of darkness the faces of Nephi and
Lehi; and behold, they did shine exceedingly, even as the faces of
angels. And he beheld that they did lift their eyes to heaven; and
they were in the attitude as if talking or lifting their voices to
some being whom they beheld.
Helaman 5:Verse 37
37 And it came to pass that this man did cry unto the
multitude, that they might turn and look. And behold, there was
power given unto them that they did turn and look; and they did
behold the faces of Nephi and Lehi.
Helaman 5:Verse 38
38 And they said unto the man: Behold, what do all
these things mean, and who is it with whom these men do
converse?
Helaman 5:Verse 39
39 Now the man's name was Aminadab. And Aminadab said
unto them: They do converse with the angels of God.
Helaman 5:Verse 40
40 And it came to pass that the Lamanites said unto
him: What shall we do, that this cloud of darkness may be removed
from overshadowing us?
Helaman 5:Verse 41
41 And Aminadab said unto them: You must repent, and
cry unto the voice, even until ye shall have faith in Christ, who
was taught unto you by Alma, and Amulek, and Zeezrom; and when ye
shall do this, the cloud of darkness shall be removed from
overshadowing you.
Helaman 5:Verse 42
42 And it came to pass that they all did begin to cry
unto the voice of him who had shaken the earth; yea, they did cry
even until the cloud of darkness was dispersed.
Helaman 5:Verse 43
43 And it came to pass that when they cast their eyes
about, and saw that the cloud of darkness was dispersed from
overshadowing them, behold, they saw that they were encircled
about, yea every soul, by a pillar of fire.
Helaman 5:Verse 44
44 And Nephi and Lehi were in the midst of them; yea,
they were encircled about; yea, they were as if in the midst of a
flaming fire, yet it did harm them not, neither did it take hold
upon the walls of the prison; and they were filled with that joy
which is unspeakable and full of glory.
Helaman 5:Verse 45
45 And behold, the Holy Spirit of God did come down
from heaven, and did enter into their hearts, and they were filled
as if with fire, and they could speak forth marvelous words.
Helaman 5:Verse 46
46 And it came to pass that there came a voice unto
them, yea, a pleasant voice, as if it were a whisper, saying:
Helaman 5:Verse 47
47 Peace, peace be unto you, because of your faith in
my Well Beloved, who was from the foundation of the world.
Helaman 5:Verse 48
48 And now, when they heard this they cast up their
eyes as if to behold from whence the voice came; and behold, they
saw the heavens open; and angels came down out of heaven and
ministered unto them.
Helaman 5:Verse 49
49 And there were about three hundred souls who saw and
heard these things; and they were bidden to go forth and marvel
not, neither should they doubt.
Helaman 5:Verse 50
50 And it came to pass that they did go forth, and did
minister unto the people, declaring throughout all the regions
round about all the things which they had heard and seen, insomuch
that the more part of the Lamanites were convinced of them, because
of the greatness of the evidences which they had received.
Helaman 5:Verse 51
51 And as many as were convinced did lay down their
weapons of war, and also their hatred and the tradition of their
fathers.
Helaman 5:Verse 52
52 And it came to pass that they did yield up unto the
Nephites the lands of their possession.
Chapter 6
Helaman 6:Verse 1
1 AND it came to pass that when the sixty and second
year of the reign of the judges had ended, all these things had
happened and the Lamanites had become, the more part of them, a
righteous people, insomuch that their righteousness did exceed that
of the Nephites, because of their firmness and their steadiness in
the faith.
Helaman 6:Verse 2
2 For behold, there were many of the Nephites who had
become hardened and impenitent and grossly wicked, insomuch that
they did reject the word of God and all the preaching and
prophesying which did come among them.
Helaman 6:Verse 3
3 Nevertheless, the people of the church did have great
joy because of the conversion of the Lamanites, yea, because of the
church of God, which had been established among them. And they did
fellowship one with another, and did rejoice one with another, and
did have great joy.
Helaman 6:Verse 4
4 And it came to pass that many of the Lamanites did
come down into the land of Zarahemla, and did declare unto the
people of the Nephites the manner of their conversion, and did
exhort them to faith and repentance.
Helaman 6:Verse 5
5 Yea, and many did preach with exceedingly great power
and authority, unto the bringing down many of them into the depths
of humility, to be the humble followers of God and the Lamb.
Helaman 6:Verse 6
6 And it came to pass that many of the Lamanites did go
into the land northward; and also Nephi and Lehi went into the land
northward, to preach unto the people. And thus ended the sixty and
third year.
Helaman 6:Verse 7
7 And behold, there was peace in all the land, insomuch
that the Nephites did go into whatsoever part of the land they
would, whether among the Nephites or the Lamanites.
Helaman 6:Verse 8
8 And it came to pass that the Lamanites did also go
whithersoever they would, whether it were among the Lamanites or
among the Nephites; and thus they did have free intercourse one
with another, to buy and to sell, and to get gain, according to
their desire.
Helaman 6:Verse 9
9 And it came to pass that they became exceedingly
rich, both the Lamanites and the Nephites; and they did have an
exceeding plenty of gold, and of silver, and of all manner of
precious metals, both in the land south and in the land
north.
Helaman 6:Verse 10
10 Now the land south was called Lehi and the land
north was called Mulek, which was after the son of Zedekiah; for
the Lord did bring Mulek into the land north, and Lehi into the
land south.
Helaman 6:Verse 11
11 And behold, there was all manner of gold in both
these lands, and of silver, and of precious ore of every kind; and
there were also curious workmen, who did work all kinds of ore and
did refine it; and thus they did become rich.
Helaman 6:Verse 12
12 They did raise grain in abundance, both in the north
and in the south; and they did flourish exceedingly, both in the
north and in the south. And they did multiply and wax exceedingly
strong in the land. And they did raise many flocks and herds, yea,
many fatlings.
Helaman 6:Verse 13
13 Behold their women did toil and spin, and did make
all manner of cloth, of fine-twined linen and cloth of every kind,
to clothe their nakedness. And thus the sixty and fourth year did
pass away in peace.
Helaman 6:Verse 14
14 And in the sixty and fifth year they did also have
great joy and peace, yea, much preaching and many prophecies
concerning that which was to come. And thus passed away the sixty
and fifth year.
Helaman 6:Verse 15
15 And it came to pass that in the sixty and sixth year
of the reign of the judges, behold, Cezoram was murdered by an
unknown hand as he sat upon the judgment-seat. And it came to pass
that in the same year, that his son, who had been appointed by the
people in his stead, was also murdered. And thus ended the sixty
and sixth year.
Helaman 6:Verse 16
16 And in the commencement of the sixty and seventh
year the people began to grow exceedingly wicked again.
Helaman 6:Verse 17
17 For behold, the Lord had blessed them so long with
the riches of the world that they had not been stirred up to anger,
to wars, nor to bloodshed; therefore they began to set their hearts
upon their riches; yea, they began to seek to get gain that they
might be lifted up one above another; therefore they began to
commit secret murders, and to rob and to plunder, that they might
get gain.
Helaman 6:Verse 18
18 And now behold, those murderers and plunderers were
a band who had been formed by Kishkumen and Gadianton. And now it
had come to pass that there were many, even among the Nephites, of
Gadianton's band. But behold, they were more numerous among the
more wicked part of the Lamanites. And they were called Gadianton's
robbers and murderers.
Helaman 6:Verse 19
19 And it was they who did murder the chief judge
Cezoram, and his son, while in the judgment-seat; and behold, they
were not found.
Helaman 6:Verse 20
20 And now it came to pass that when the Lamanites
found that there were robbers among them they were exceedingly
sorrowful; and they did use every means in their power to destroy
them off the face of the earth.
Helaman 6:Verse 21
21 But behold, Satan did stir up the hearts of the more
part of the Nephites, insomuch that they did unite with those bands
of robbers, and did enter into their covenants and their oaths,
that they would protect and preserve one another in whatsoever
difficult circumstances they should be placed, that they should not
suffer for their murders, and their plunderings, and their
stealings.
Helaman 6:Verse 22
22 And it came to pass that they did have their signs,
yea, their secret signs, and their secret words; and this that they
might distinguish a brother who had entered into the covenant, that
whatsoever wickedness his brother should do he should not be
injured by his brother, nor by those who did belong to his band,
who had taken this covenant.
Helaman 6:Verse 23
23 And thus they might murder, and plunder, and steal,
and commit whoredoms and all manner of wickedness, contrary to the
laws of their country and also the laws of their God.
Helaman 6:Verse 24
24 And whosoever of those who belonged to their band
should reveal unto the world of their wickedness and their
abominations, should be tried, not according to the laws of their
country, but according to the laws of their wickedness, which had
been given by Gadianton and Kishkumen.
Helaman 6:Verse 25
25 Now behold, it is these secret oaths and covenants
which Alma commanded his son should not go forth unto the world,
lest they should be a means of bringing down the people unto
destruction.
Helaman 6:Verse 26
26 Now behold, those secret oaths and covenants did not
come forth unto Gadianton from the records which were delivered
unto Helaman; but behold, they were put into the heart of Gadianton
by that same being who did entice our first parents to partake of
the forbidden fruit--
Helaman 6:Verse 27
27 Yea, that same being who did plot with Cain, that if
he would murder his brother Abel it should not be known unto the
world. And he did plot with Cain and his followers from that time
forth.
Helaman 6:Verse 28
28 And also it is that same being who put it into the
hearts of the people to build a tower sufficiently high that they
might get to heaven. And it was that same being who led on the
people who came from that tower into this land; who spread the
works of darkness and abominations over all the face of the land,
until he dragged the people down to an entire destruction, and to
an everlasting hell.
Helaman 6:Verse 29
29 Yea, it is that same being who put it into the heart
of Gadianton to still carry on the work of darkness, and of secret
murder; and he has brought it forth from the beginning of man even
down to this time.
Helaman 6:Verse 30
30 And behold, it is he who is the author of all sin.
And behold, he doth carry on his works of darkness and secret
murder, and doth hand down their plots, and their oaths, and their
covenants, and their plans of awful wickedness, from generation to
generation according as he can get hold upon the hearts of the
children of men.
Helaman 6:Verse 31
31 And now behold, he had got great hold upon the
hearts of the Nephites; yea, insomuch that they had become
exceedingly wicked; yea, the more part of them had turned out of
the way of righteousness, and did trample under their feet the
commandments of God, and did turn unto their own ways, and did
build up unto themselves idols of their gold and their
silver.
Helaman 6:Verse 32
32 And it came to pass that all these iniquities did
come unto them in the space of not many years, insomuch that a more
part of it had come unto them in the sixty and seventh year of the
reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
Helaman 6:Verse 33
33 And they did grow in their iniquities in the sixty
and eighth year also, to the great sorrow and lamentation of the
righteous.
Helaman 6:Verse 34
34 And thus we see that the Nephites did begin to
dwindle in unbelief, and grow in wickedness and abominations, while
the Lamanites began to grow exceedingly in the knowledge of their
God; yea, they did begin to keep his statutes and commandments, and
to walk in truth and uprightness before him.
Helaman 6:Verse 35
35 And thus we see that the Spirit of the Lord began to
withdraw from the Nephites, because of the wickedness and the
hardness of their hearts.
Helaman 6:Verse 36
36 And thus we see that the Lord began to pour out his
Spirit upon the Lamanites, because of their easiness and
willingness to believe in his words.
Helaman 6:Verse 37
37 And it came to pass that the Lamanites did hunt the
band of robbers of Gadianton; and they did preach the word of God
among the more wicked part of them, insomuch that this band of
robbers was utterly destroyed from among the Lamanites.
Helaman 6:Verse 38
38 And it came to pass on the other hand, that the
Nephites did build them up and support them, beginning at the more
wicked part of them, until they had overspread all the land of the
Nephites, and had seduced the more part of the righteous until they
had come down to believe in their works and partake of their
spoils, and to join with them in their secret murders and
combinations.
Helaman 6:Verse 39
39 And thus they did obtain the sole management of the
government, insomuch that they did trample under their feet and
smite and rend and turn their backs upon the poor and the meek, and
the humble followers of God.
Helaman 6:Verse 40
40 And thus we see that they were in an awful state,
and ripening for an everlasting destruction.
Helaman 6:Verse 41
41 And it came to pass that thus ended the sixty and
eighth year of the reign of the judges over the people of
Nephi.
Chapter 7
Helaman 7:Verse 1
1 Behold, now it came to pass in the sixty and ninth
year of the reign of the judges over the people of the Nephites,
that Nephi, the son of Helaman, returned to the land of Zarahemla
from the land northward.
Helaman 7:Verse 2
2 For he had been forth among the people who were in
the land northward and did preach the word of God unto them, and
did prophesy many things unto them;
Helaman 7:Verse 3
3 And they did reject all his words, insomuch that he
could not stay among them, but returned again unto the land of his
nativity.
Helaman 7:Verse 4
4 And seeing the people in a state of such awful
wickedness, and those Gadianton robbers filling the
judgment-seats--having usurped the power and authority of the land;
laying aside the commandments of God, and not in the least aright
before him; doing no justice unto the children of men;
Helaman 7:Verse 5
5 Condemning the righteous because of their
righteousness; letting the guilty and the wicked go unpunished
because of their money; and moreover to be held in office at the
head of government, to rule and do according to their wills, that
they might get gain and glory of the world, and, moreover, that
they might the more easily commit adultery, and steal, and kill,
and do according to their own wills--
Helaman 7:Verse 6
6 Now this great iniquity had come upon the Nephites,
in the space of not many years; and when Nephi saw it, his heart
was swollen with sorrow within his breast; and he did exclaim in
the agony of his soul:
Helaman 7:Verse 7
7 Oh, that I could have had my days in the days when my
father Nephi first came out of the land of Jerusalem, that I could
have joyed with him in the promised land; then were his people easy
to be entreated, firm to keep the commandments of God, and slow to
be led to do iniquity; and they were quick to hearken unto the
words of the Lord--
Helaman 7:Verse 8
8 Yea, if my days could have been in those days, then
would my soul have had joy in the righteousness of my
brethren.
Helaman 7:Verse 9
9 But behold, I am consigned that these are my days,
and that my soul shall be filled with sorrow because of this the
wickedness of my brethren.
Helaman 7:Verse 10
10 And behold, now it came to pass that it was upon a
tower, which was in the garden of Nephi, which was by the highway
which led to the chief market, which was in the city of Zarahemla;
therefore, Nephi had bowed himself upon the tower which was in his
garden, which tower was also near unto the garden gate by which led
the highway.
Helaman 7:Verse 11
11 And it came to pass that there were certain men
passing by and saw Nephi as he was pouring out his soul unto God
upon the tower; and they ran and told the people what they had
seen, and the people came together in multitudes that they might
know the cause of so great mourning for the wickedness of the
people.
Helaman 7:Verse 12
12 And now, when Nephi arose he beheld the multitudes
of people who had gathered together.
Helaman 7:Verse 13
13 And it came to pass that he opened his mouth and
said unto them: Behold, why have ye gathered yourselves together?
That I may tell you of your iniquities?
Helaman 7:Verse 14
14 Yea, because I have got upon my tower that I might
pour out my soul unto my God, because of the exceeding sorrow of my
heart, which is because of your iniquities!
Helaman 7:Verse 15
15 And because of my mourning and lamentation ye have
gathered yourselves together, and do marvel; yea, and ye have great
need to marvel; yea, ye ought to marvel because ye are given away
that the devil has got so great hold upon your hearts.
Helaman 7:Verse 16
16 Yea, how could you have given way to the enticing of
him who is seeking to hurl away your souls down to everlasting
misery and endless wo?
Helaman 7:Verse 17
17 O repent ye, repent ye! Why will ye die? Turn ye,
turn ye unto the Lord your God. Why has he forsaken you?
Helaman 7:Verse 18
18 It is because you have hardened your hearts; yea, ye
will not hearken unto the voice of the good shepherd; yea, ye have
provoked him to anger against you.
Helaman 7:Verse 19
19 And behold, instead of gathering you, except ye will
repent, behold, he shall scatter you forth that ye shall become
meat for dogs and wild beasts.
Helaman 7:Verse 20
20 O, how could you have forgotten your God in the very
day that he has delivered you?
Helaman 7:Verse 21
21 But behold, it is to get gain, to be praised of men,
yea, and that ye might get gold and silver. And ye have set your
hearts upon the riches and the vain things of this world, for the
which ye do murder, and plunder, and steal, and bear false witness
against your neighbor, and do all manner of iniquity.
Helaman 7:Verse 22
22 And for this cause wo shall come unto you except ye
shall repent. For if ye will not repent, behold, this great city,
and also all those great cities which are round about, which are in
the land of our possession, shall be taken away that ye shall have
no place in them; for behold, the Lord will not grant unto you
strength, as he has hitherto done, to withstand against your
enemies.
Helaman 7:Verse 23
23 For behold, thus saith the Lord: I will not show
unto the wicked of my strength, to one more than the other, save it
be unto those who repent of their sins, and hearken unto my words.
Now therefore, I would that ye should behold, my brethren, that it
shall be better for the Lamanites than for you except ye shall
repent.
Helaman 7:Verse 24
24 For behold, they are more righteous than you, for
they have not sinned against that great knowledge which ye have
received; therefore the Lord will be merciful unto them; yea, he
will lengthen out their days and increase their seed, even when
thou shalt be utterly destroyed except thou shalt repent.
Helaman 7:Verse 25
25 Yea, wo be unto you because of that great
abomination which has come among you; and ye have united yourselves
unto it, yea, to that secret band which was established by
Gadianton!
Helaman 7:Verse 26
26 Yea, wo shall come unto you because of that pride
which ye have suffered to enter your hearts, which has lifted you
up beyond that which is good because of your exceedingly great
riches!
Helaman 7:Verse 27
27 Yea, wo be unto you because of your wickedness and
abominations!
Helaman 7:Verse 28
28 And except ye repent ye shall perish; yea, even your
lands shall be taken from you, and ye shall be destroyed from off
the face of the earth.
Helaman 7:Verse 29
29 Behold now, I do not say that these things shall be,
of myself, because it is not of myself that I know these things;
but behold, I know that these things are true because the Lord God
has made them known unto me, therefore I testify that they shall
be.
Chapter 8
Helaman 8:Verse 1
1 AND now it came to pass that when Nephi had said
these words, behold, there were men who were judges, who also
belonged to the secret band of Gadianton, and they were angry, and
they cried out against him, saying unto the people: Why do ye not
seize upon this man and bring him forth, that he may be condemned
according to the crime which he has done?
Helaman 8:Verse 2
2 Why seest thou this man, and hearest him revile
against this people and against our law?
Helaman 8:Verse 3
3 For behold, Nephi had spoken unto them concerning the
corruptness of their law; yea, many things did Nephi speak which
cannot be written; and nothing did he speak which was contrary to
the commandments of God.
Helaman 8:Verse 4
4 And those judges were angry with him because he spake
plainly unto them concerning their secret works of darkness;
nevertheless, they durst not lay their own hands upon him, for they
feared the people lest they should cry out against them.
Helaman 8:Verse 5
5 Therefore they did cry unto the people, saying: Why
do you suffer this man to revile against us? For behold he doth
condemn all this people, even unto destruction; yea, and also that
these our great cities shall be taken from us, that we shall have
no place in them.
Helaman 8:Verse 6
6 And now we know that this is impossible, for behold,
we are powerful, and our cities great, therefore our enemies can
have no power over us.
Helaman 8:Verse 7
7 And it came to pass that thus they did stir up the
people to anger against Nephi, and raised contentions among them;
for there were some who did cry out: Let this man alone, for he is
a good man, and those things which he saith will surely come to
pass except we repent;
Helaman 8:Verse 8
8 Yea, behold, all the judgments will come upon us
which he has testified unto us; for we know that he has testified
aright unto us concerning our iniquities. And behold they are many,
and he knoweth as well all things which shall befall us as he
knoweth of our iniquities;
Helaman 8:Verse 9
9 Yea, and behold, if he had not been a prophet he
could not have testified concerning those things.
Helaman 8:Verse 10
10 And it came to pass that those people who sought to
destroy Nephi were compelled because of their fear, that they did
not lay their hands on him; therefore he began again to speak unto
them, seeing that he had gained favor in the eyes of some, insomuch
that the remainder of them did fear.
Helaman 8:Verse 11
11 Therefore he was constrained to speak more unto them
saying: Behold, my brethren, have ye not read that God gave power
unto one man, even Moses, to smite upon the waters of the Red Sea,
and they parted hither and thither, insomuch that the Israelites,
who were our fathers, came through upon dry ground, and the waters
closed upon the armies of the Egyptians and swallowed them
up?
Helaman 8:Verse 12
12 And now behold, if God gave unto this man such
power, then why should ye dispute among yourselves, and say that he
hath given unto me no power whereby I may know concerning the
judgments that shall come upon you except ye repent?
Helaman 8:Verse 13
13 But, behold, ye not only deny my words, but ye also
deny all the words which have been spoken by our fathers, and also
the words which were spoken by this man, Moses, who had such great
power given unto him, yea, the words which he hath spoken
concerning the coming of the Messiah.
Helaman 8:Verse 14
14 Yea, did he not bear record that the Son of God
should come? And as he lifted up the brazen serpent in the
wilderness, even so shall he be lifted up who should come.
Helaman 8:Verse 15
15 And as many as should look upon that serpent should
live, even so as many as should look upon the Son of God with
faith, having a contrite spirit, might live, even unto that life
which is eternal.
Helaman 8:Verse 16
16 And now behold, Moses did not only testify of these
things, but also all the holy prophets, from his days even to the
days of Abraham.
Helaman 8:Verse 17
17 Yea, and behold, Abraham saw of his coming, and was
filled with gladness and did rejoice.
Helaman 8:Verse 18
18 Yea, and behold I say unto you, that Abraham not
only knew of these things, but there were many before the days of
Abraham who were called by the order of God; yea, even after the
order of his Son; and this that it should be shown unto the people,
a great many thousand years before his coming, that even redemption
should come unto them.
Helaman 8:Verse 19
19 And now I would that ye should know, that even since
the days of Abraham there have been many prophets that have
testified these things; yea, behold, the prophet Zenos did testify
boldly; for the which he was slain.
Helaman 8:Verse 20
20 And behold, also Zenock, and also Ezias, and also
Isaiah, and Jeremiah, (Jeremiah being that same prophet who
testified of the destruction of Jerusalem) and now we know that
Jerusalem was destroyed according to the words of Jeremiah. O then
why not the Son of God come, according to his prophecy?
Helaman 8:Verse 21
21 And now will you dispute that Jerusalem was
destroyed? Will ye say that the sons of Zedekiah were not slain,
all except it were Mulek? Yea, and do ye not behold that the seed
of Zedekiah are with us, and they were driven out of the land of
Jerusalem? But behold, this is not all--
Helaman 8:Verse 22
22 Our father Lehi was driven out of Jerusalem because
he testified of these things. Nephi also testified of these things,
and also almost all of our fathers, even down to this time; yea,
they have testified of the coming of Christ, and have looked
forward, and have rejoiced in his day which is to come.
Helaman 8:Verse 23
23 And behold, he is God, and he is with them, and he
did manifest himself unto them, that they were redeemed by him; and
they gave unto him glory, because of that which is to come.
Helaman 8:Verse 24
24 And now, seeing ye know these things and cannot deny
them except ye shall lie, therefore in this ye have sinned, for ye
have rejected all these things, notwithstanding so many evidences
which ye have received; yea, even ye have received all things, both
things in heaven, and all things which are in the earth, as a
witness that they are true.
Helaman 8:Verse 25
25 But behold, ye have rejected the truth, and rebelled
against your holy God; and even at this time, instead of laying up
for yourselves treasures in heaven, where nothing doth corrupt, and
where nothing can come which is unclean, ye are heaping up for
yourselves wrath against the day of judgment.
Helaman 8:Verse 26
26 Yea, even at this time ye are ripening, because of
your murders and your fornication and wickedness, for everlasting
destruction; yea, and except ye repent it will come unto you
soon.
Helaman 8:Verse 27
27 Yea, behold it is now even at your doors; yea, go ye
in unto the judgment-seat, and search; and behold, your judge is
murdered, and he lieth in his blood; and he hath been murdered by
his brother, who seeketh to sit in the judgment-seat.
Helaman 8:Verse 28
28 And behold, they both belong to your secret band,
whose author is Gadianton and the evil one who seeketh to destroy
the souls of men.
Chapter 9
Helaman 9:Verse 1
1 Behold, now it came to pass that when Nephi had
spoken these words, certain men who were among them ran to the
judgment-seat; yea, even there were five who went, and they said
among themselves, as they went:
Helaman 9:Verse 2
2 Behold, now we will know of a surety whether this man
be a prophet and God hath commanded him to prophesy such marvelous
things unto us. Behold, we do not believe that he hath; yea, we do
not believe that he is a prophet; nevertheless, if this thing which
he has said concerning the chief judge be true, that he be dead,
then will we believe that the other words which he has spoken are
true.
Helaman 9:Verse 3
3 And it came to pass that they ran in their might, and
came in unto the judgment-seat; and behold, the chief judge had
fallen to the earth, and did lie in his blood.
Helaman 9:Verse 4
4 And now behold, when they saw this they were
astonished exceedingly, insomuch that they fell to the earth; for
they had not believed the words which Nephi had spoken concerning
the chief judge.
Helaman 9:Verse 5
5 But now, when they saw they believed, and fear came
upon them lest all the judgments which Nephi had spoken should come
upon the people; therefore they did quake, and had fallen to the
earth.
Helaman 9:Verse 6
6 Now, immediately when the judge had been murdered--he
being stabbed by his brother by a garb of secrecy, and he fled, and
the servants ran and told the people, raising the cry of murder
among them;
Helaman 9:Verse 7
7 And behold the people did gather themselves together
unto the place of the judgment-seat--and behold, to their
astonishment they saw those five men who had fallen to the
earth.
Helaman 9:Verse 8
8 And now behold, the people knew nothing concerning
the multitude who had gathered together at the garden of Nephi;
therefore they said among themselves: These men are they who have
murdered the judge, and God has smitten them that they could not
flee from us.
Helaman 9:Verse 9
9 And it came to pass that they laid hold on them, and
bound them and cast them into prison. And there was a proclamation
sent abroad that the judge was slain, and that the murderers had
been taken and were cast into prison.
Helaman 9:Verse 10
10 And it came to pass that on the morrow the people
did assemble themselves together to mourn and to fast, at the
burial of the great chief judge who had been slain.
Helaman 9:Verse 11
11 And thus also those judges who were at the garden of
Nephi, and heard his words, were also gathered together at the
burial.
Helaman 9:Verse 12
12 And it came to pass that they inquired among the
people, saying: Where are the five who were sent to inquire
concerning the chief judge whether he was dead? And they answered
and said: Concerning this five whom ye say ye have sent, we know
not; but there are five who are the murderers, whom we have cast
into prison.
Helaman 9:Verse 13
13 And it came to pass that the judges desired that
they should be brought; and they were brought, and behold they were
the five who were sent; and behold the judges inquired of them to
know concerning the matter, and they told them all that they had
done, saying:
Helaman 9:Verse 14
14 We ran and came to the place of the judgment-seat,
and when we saw all things even as Nephi had testified, we were
astonished insomuch that we fell to the earth; and when we were
recovered from our astonishment, behold they cast us into
prison.
Helaman 9:Verse 15
15 Now, as for the murder of this man, we know not who
has done it; and only this much we know, we ran and came according
as ye desired, and behold he was dead, according to the words of
Nephi.
Helaman 9:Verse 16
16 And now it came to pass that the judges did expound
the matter unto the people, and did cry out against Nephi, saying:
Behold, we know that this Nephi must have agreed with some one to
slay the judge, and then he might declare it unto us, that he might
convert us unto his faith, that he might raise himself to be a
great man, chosen of God, and a prophet.
Helaman 9:Verse 17
17 And now behold, we will detect this man, and he
shall confess his fault and make known unto us the true murderer of
this judge.
Helaman 9:Verse 18
18 And it came to pass that the five were liberated on
the day of the burial. Nevertheless, they did rebuke the judges in
the words which they had spoken against Nephi, and did contend with
them one by one, insomuch that they did confound them.
Helaman 9:Verse 19
19 Nevertheless, they caused that Nephi should be taken
and bound and brought before the multitude, and they began to
question him in divers ways that they might cross him, that they
might accuse him to death--
Helaman 9:Verse 20
20 Saying unto him: Thou art confederate; who is this
man that hath done this murder? Now tell us, and acknowledge thy
fault; saying, Behold here is money; and also we will grant unto
thee thy life if thou wilt tell us, and acknowledge the agreement
which thou hast made with him.
Helaman 9:Verse 21
21 But Nephi said unto them: O ye fools, ye
uncircumcised of heart, ye blind, and ye stiffnecked people, do ye
know how long the Lord your God will suffer you that ye shall go on
in this your way of sin?
Helaman 9:Verse 22
22 O ye ought to begin to howl and mourn, because of
the great destruction which at this time doth await you, except ye
shall repent.
Helaman 9:Verse 23
23 Behold ye say that I have agreed with a man that he
should murder Seezoram, our chief judge. But behold, I say unto
you, that this is because I have testified unto you that ye might
know concerning this thing; yea, even for a witness unto you, that
I did know of the wickedness and abominations which are among
you.
Helaman 9:Verse 24
24 And because I have done this, ye say that I have
agreed with a man that he should do this thing; yea, because I
showed unto you this sign ye are angry with me, and seek to destroy
my life.
Helaman 9:Verse 25
25 And now behold, I will show unto you another sign,
and see if ye will in this thing seek to destroy me.
Helaman 9:Verse 26
26 Behold I say unto you: Go to the house of Seantum,
who is the brother of Seezoram, and say unto him--
Helaman 9:Verse 27
27 Has Nephi, the pretended prophet, who doth prophesy
so much evil concerning this people, agreed with thee, in the which
ye have murdered Seezoram, who is your brother?
Helaman 9:Verse 28
28 And behold, he shall say unto you, Nay.
Helaman 9:Verse 29
29 And ye shall say unto him: Have ye murdered your
brother?
Helaman 9:Verse 30
30 And he shall stand with fear, and wist not what to
say. And behold, he shall deny unto you; and he shall make as if he
were astonished; nevertheless, he shall declare unto you that he is
innocent.
Helaman 9:Verse 31
31 But behold, ye shall examine him, and ye shall find
blood upon the skirts of his cloak.
Helaman 9:Verse 32
32 And when ye have seen this, ye shall say: From
whence cometh this blood? Do we not know that it is the blood of
your brother?
Helaman 9:Verse 33
33 And then shall he tremble, and shall look pale, even
as if death had come upon him.
Helaman 9:Verse 34
34 And then shall ye say: Because of this fear and this
paleness which has come upon your face, behold, we know that thou
art guilty.
Helaman 9:Verse 35
35 And then shall greater fear come upon him; and then
shall he confess unto you, and deny no more that he has done this
murder.
Helaman 9:Verse 36
36 And then shall he say unto you, that I, Nephi, know
nothing concerning the matter save it were given unto me by the
power of God. And then shall ye know that I am an honest man, and
that I am sent unto you from God.
Helaman 9:Verse 37
37 And it came to pass that they went and did, even
according as Nephi had said unto them. And behold, the words which
he had said were true; for according to the words he did deny; and
also according to the words he did confess.
Helaman 9:Verse 38
38 And he was brought to prove that he himself was the
very murderer, insomuch that the five were set at liberty, and also
was Nephi.
Helaman 9:Verse 39
39 And there were some of the Nephites who believed on
the words of Nephi; and there were some also, who believed because
of the testimony of the five, for they had been converted while
they were in prison.
Helaman 9:Verse 40
40 And now there were some among the people, who said
that Nephi was a prophet.
Helaman 9:Verse 41
41 And there were others who said: Behold, he is a god,
for except he was a god he could not know of all things. For
behold, he has told us the thoughts of our hearts, and also has
told us things; and even he has brought unto our knowledge the true
murderer of our chief judge.
Chapter 10
Helaman 10:Verse 1
1 AND it came to pass that there arose a division among
the people, insomuch that they divided hither and thither and went
their ways, leaving Nephi alone, as he was standing in the midst of
them.
Helaman 10:Verse 2
2 And it came to pass that Nephi went his way towards
his own house, pondering upon the things which the Lord had shown
unto him.
Helaman 10:Verse 3
3 And it came to pass as he was thus pondering--being
much cast down because of the wickedness of the people of the
Nephites, their secret works of darkness, and their murderings, and
their plunderings, and all manner of iniquities--and it came to
pass as he was thus pondering in his heart, behold, a voice came
unto him saying:
Helaman 10:Verse 4
4 Blessed art thou, Nephi, for those things which thou
hast done; for I have beheld how thou hast with unwearyingness
declared the word, which I have given unto thee, unto this people.
And thou hast not feared them, and hast not sought thine own life,
but hast sought my will, and to keep my commandments.
Helaman 10:Verse 5
5 And now, because thou hast done this with such
unwearyingness, behold, I will bless thee forever; and I will make
thee mighty in word and in deed, in faith and in works; yea, even
that all things shall be done unto thee according to thy word, for
thou shalt not ask that which is contrary to my will.
Helaman 10:Verse 6
6 Behold, thou art Nephi, and I am God. Behold, I
declare it unto thee in the presence of mine angels, that ye shall
have power over this people, and shall smite the earth with famine,
and with pestilence, and destruction, according to the wickedness
of this people.
Helaman 10:Verse 7
7 Behold, I give unto you power, that whatsoever ye
shall seal on earth shall be sealed in heaven; and whatsoever ye
shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven; and thus shall ye
have power among this people.
Helaman 10:Verse 8
8 And thus, if ye shall say unto this temple it shall
be rent in twain, it shall be done.
Helaman 10:Verse 9
9 And if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou cast
down and become smooth, it shall be done.
Helaman 10:Verse 10
10 And behold, if ye shall say that God shall smite
this people, it shall come to pass.
Helaman 10:Verse 11
11 And now behold, I command you, that ye shall go and
declare unto this people, that thus saith the Lord God, who is the
Almighty: Except ye repent ye shall be smitten, even unto
destruction.
Helaman 10:Verse 12
12 And behold, now it came to pass that when the Lord
had spoken these words unto Nephi, he did stop and did not go unto
his own house, but did return unto the multitudes who were
scattered about upon the face of the land, and began to declare
unto them the word of the Lord which had been spoken unto him,
concerning their destruction if they did not repent.
Helaman 10:Verse 13
13 Now behold, notwithstanding that great miracle which
Nephi had done in telling them concerning the death of the chief
judge, they did harden their hearts and did not hearken unto the
words of the Lord.
Helaman 10:Verse 14
14 Therefore Nephi did declare unto them the word of
the Lord, saying: Except ye repent, thus saith the Lord, ye shall
be smitten even unto destruction.
Helaman 10:Verse 15
15 And it came to pass that when Nephi had declared
unto them the word, behold, they did still harden their hearts and
would not hearken unto his words; therefore they did revile against
him, and did seek to lay their hands upon him that they might cast
him into prison.
Helaman 10:Verse 16
16 But behold, the power of God was with him, and they
could not take him to cast him into prison, for he was taken by the
Spirit and conveyed away out of the midst of them.
Helaman 10:Verse 17
17 And it came to pass that thus he did go forth in the
Spirit, from multitude to multitude, declaring the word of God,
even until he had declared it unto them all, or sent it forth among
all the people.
Helaman 10:Verse 18
18 And it came to pass that they would not hearken unto
his words; and there began to be contentions, insomuch that they
were divided against themselves and began to slay one another with
the sword.
Helaman 10:Verse 19
19 And thus ended the seventy and first year of the
reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
Chapter 11
Helaman 11:Verse 1
1 AND now it came to pass in the seventy and second
year of the reign of the judges that the contentions did increase,
insomuch that there were wars throughout all the land among all the
people of Nephi.
Helaman 11:Verse 2
2 And it was this secret band of robbers who did carry
on this work of destruction and wickedness. And this war did last
all that year; and in the seventy and third year it did also
last.
Helaman 11:Verse 3
3 And it came to pass that in this year Nephi did cry
unto the Lord, saying:
Helaman 11:Verse 4
4 O Lord, do not suffer that this people shall be
destroyed by the sword; but O Lord, rather let there be a famine in
the land, to stir them up in remembrance of the Lord their God, and
perhaps they will repent and turn unto thee.
Helaman 11:Verse 5
5 And so it was done, according to the words of Nephi.
And there was a great famine upon the land, among all the people of
Nephi. And thus in the seventy and fourth year the famine did
continue, and the work of destruction did cease by the sword but
became sore by famine.
Helaman 11:Verse 6
6 And this work of destruction did also continue in the
seventy and fifth year. For the earth was smitten that it was dry,
and did not yield forth grain in the season of grain; and the whole
earth was smitten, even among the Lamanites as well as among the
Nephites, so that they were smitten that they did perish by
thousands in the more wicked parts of the land.
Helaman 11:Verse 7
7 And it came to pass that the people saw that they
were about to perish by famine, and they began to remember the Lord
their God; and they began to remember the words of Nephi.
Helaman 11:Verse 8
8 And the people began to plead with their chief judges
and their leaders, that they would say unto Nephi: Behold, we know
that thou art a man of God, and therefore cry unto the Lord our God
that he turn away from us this famine, lest all the words which
thou hast spoken concerning our destruction be fulfilled.
Helaman 11:Verse 9
9 And it came to pass that the judges did say unto
Nephi, according to the words which had been desired. And it came
to pass that when Nephi saw that the people had repented and did
humble themselves in sackcloth, he cried again unto the Lord,
saying:
Helaman 11:Verse 10
10 O Lord, behold this people repenteth; and they have
swept away the band of Gadianton from amongst them insomuch that
they have become extinct, and they have concealed their secret
plans in the earth.
Helaman 11:Verse 11
11 Now, O Lord, because of this their humility wilt
thou turn away thine anger, and let thine anger be appeased in the
destruction of those wicked men whom thou hast already
destroyed.
Helaman 11:Verse 12
12 O Lord, wilt thou turn away thine anger, yea, thy
fierce anger, and cause that this famine may cease in this
land.
Helaman 11:Verse 13
13 O Lord, wilt thou hearken unto me, and cause that it
may be done according to my words, and send forth rain upon the
face of the earth, that she may bring forth her fruit, and her
grain in the season of grain.
Helaman 11:Verse 14
14 O Lord, thou didst hearken unto my words when I
said, Let there be a famine, that the pestilence of the sword might
cease; and I know that thou wilt, even at this time, hearken unto
my words, for thou saidst that: If this people repent I will spare
them.
Helaman 11:Verse 15
15 Yea, O Lord, and thou seest that they have repented,
because of the famine and the pestilence and destruction which has
come unto them.
Helaman 11:Verse 16
16 And now, O Lord, wilt thou turn away thine anger,
and try again if they will serve thee? And if so, O Lord, thou
canst bless them according to thy words which thou hast said.
Helaman 11:Verse 17
17 And it came to pass that in the seventy and sixth
year the Lord did turn away his anger from the people, and caused
that rain should fall upon the earth, insomuch that it did bring
forth her fruit in the season of her fruit. And it came to pass
that it did bring forth her grain in the season of her grain.
Helaman 11:Verse 18
18 And behold, the people did rejoice and glorify God,
and the whole face of the land was filled with rejoicing; and they
did no more seek to destroy Nephi, but they did esteem him as a
great prophet, and a man of God, having great power and authority
given unto him from God.
Helaman 11:Verse 19
19 And behold, Lehi, his brother, was not a whit behind
him as to things pertaining to righteousness.
Helaman 11:Verse 20
20 And thus it did come to pass that the people of
Nephi began to prosper again in the land, and began to build up
their waste places, and began to multiply and spread, even until
they did cover the whole face of the land, both on the northward
and on the southward, from the sea west to the sea east.
Helaman 11:Verse 21
21 And it came to pass that the seventy and sixth year
did end in peace. And the seventy and seventh year began in peace;
and the church did spread throughout the face of all the land; and
the more part of the people, both the Nephites and the Lamanites,
did belong to the church; and they did have exceedingly great peace
in the land; and thus ended the seventy and seventh year.
Helaman 11:Verse 22
22 And also they had peace in the seventy and eighth
year, save it were a few contentions concerning the points of
doctrine which had been laid down by the prophets.
Helaman 11:Verse 23
23 And in the seventy and ninth year there began to be
much strife. But it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi, and many of
their brethren who knew concerning the true points of doctrine,
having many revelations daily, therefore they did preach unto the
people, insomuch that they did put an end to their strife in that
same year.
Helaman 11:Verse 24
24 And it came to pass that in the eightieth year of
the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, there were a
certain number of the dissenters from the people of Nephi, who had
some years before gone over unto the Lamanites, and taken upon
themselves the name of Lamanites, and also a certain number who
were real descendants of the Lamanites, being stirred up to anger
by them, or by those dissenters, therefore they commenced a war
with their brethren.
Helaman 11:Verse 25
25 And they did commit murder and plunder; and then
they would retreat back into the mountains, and into the wilderness
and secret places, hiding themselves that they could not be
discovered, receiving daily an addition to their numbers, inasmuch
as there were dissenters that went forth unto them.
Helaman 11:Verse 26
26 And thus in time, yea, even in the space of not many
years, they became an exceedingly great band of robbers; and they
did search out all the secret plans of Gadianton; and thus they
became robbers of Gadianton.
Helaman 11:Verse 27
27 Now behold, these robbers did make great havoc, yea,
even great destruction among the people of Nephi, and also among
the people of the Lamanites.
Helaman 11:Verse 28
28 And it came to pass that it was expedient that there
should be a stop put to this work of destruction; therefore they
sent an army of strong men into the wilderness and upon the
mountains to search out this band of robbers, and to destroy
them.
Helaman 11:Verse 29
29 But behold, it came to pass that in that same year
they were driven back even into their own lands. And thus ended the
eightieth year of the reign of the judges over the people of
Nephi.
Helaman 11:Verse 30
30 And it came to pass in the commencement of the
eighty and first year they did go forth again against this band of
robbers, and did destroy many; and they were also visited with much
destruction.
Helaman 11:Verse 31
31 And they were again obliged to return out of the
wilderness and out of the mountains unto their own lands, because
of the exceeding greatness of the numbers of those robbers who
infested the mountains and the wilderness.
Helaman 11:Verse 32
32 And it came to pass that thus ended this year. And
the robbers did still increase and wax strong, insomuch that they
did defy the whole armies of the Nephites, and also of the
Lamanites; and they did cause great fear to come unto the people
upon all the face of the land.
Helaman 11:Verse 33
33 Yea, for they did visit many parts of the land, and
did do great destruction unto them; yea, did kill many, and did
carry away others captive into the wilderness, yea, and more
especially their women and their children.
Helaman 11:Verse 34
34 Now this great evil, which came unto the people
because of their iniquity, did stir them up again in remembrance of
the Lord their God.
Helaman 11:Verse 35
35 And thus ended the eighty and first year of the
reign of the judges.
Helaman 11:Verse 36
36 And in the eighty and second year they began again
to forget the Lord their God. And in the eighty and third year they
began to wax strong in iniquity. And in the eighty and fourth year
they did not mend their ways.
Helaman 11:Verse 37
37 And it came to pass in the eighty and fifth year
they did wax stronger and stronger in their pride, and in their
wickedness; and thus they were ripening again for
destruction.
Helaman 11:Verse 38
38 And thus ended the eighty and fifth year.
Chapter 12
Helaman 12:Verse 1
1 AND thus we can behold how false, and also the
unsteadiness of the hearts of the children of men; yea, we can see
that the Lord in his great infinite goodness doth bless and prosper
those who put their trust in him.
Helaman 12:Verse 2
2 Yea, and we may see at the very time when he doth
prosper his people, yea, in the increase of their fields, their
flocks and their herds, and in gold, and in silver, and in all
manner of precious things of every kind and art; sparing their
lives, and delivering them out of the hands of their enemies;
softening the hearts of their enemies that they should not declare
wars against them; yea, and in fine, doing all things for the
welfare and happiness of his people; yea, then is the time that
they do harden their hearts, and do forget the Lord their God, and
do trample under their feet the Holy One--yea, and this because of
their ease, and their exceedingly great prosperity.
Helaman 12:Verse 3
3 And thus we see that except the Lord doth chasten his
people with many afflictions, yea, except he doth visit them with
death and with terror, and with famine and with all manner of
pestilence, they will not remember him.
Helaman 12:Verse 4
4 O how foolish, and how vain, and how evil, and
devilish, and how quick to do iniquity, and how slow to do good,
are the children of men; yea, how quick to hearken unto the words
of the evil one, and to set their hearts upon the vain things of
the world!
Helaman 12:Verse 5
5 Yea, how quick to be lifted up in pride; yea, how
quick to boast, and do all manner of that which is iniquity; and
how slow are they to remember the Lord their God, and to give ear
unto his counsels, yea, how slow to walk in wisdom's paths!
Helaman 12:Verse 6
6 Behold, they do not desire that the Lord their God,
who hath created them, should rule and reign over them;
notwithstanding his great goodness and his mercy towards them, they
do set at naught his counsels, and they will not that he should be
their guide.
Helaman 12:Verse 7
7 O how great is the nothingness of the children of
men; yea, even they are less than the dust of the earth.
Helaman 12:Verse 8
8 For behold, the dust of the earth moveth hither and
thither, to the dividing asunder, at the command of our great and
everlasting God.
Helaman 12:Verse 9
9 Yea, behold at his voice do the hills and the
mountains tremble and quake.
Helaman 12:Verse 10
10 And by the power of his voice they are broken up,
and become smooth, yea, even like unto a valley.
Helaman 12:Verse 11
11 Yea, by the power of his voice doth the whole earth
shake;
Helaman 12:Verse 12
12 Yea, by the power of his voice, do the foundations
rock, even to the very center.
Helaman 12:Verse 13
13 Yea, and if he say unto the earth--Move--it is
moved.
Helaman 12:Verse 14
14 Yea, if he say unto the earth--Thou shalt go back,
that it lengthen out the day for many hours--it is done;
Helaman 12:Verse 15
15 And thus, according to his word the earth goeth
back, and it appeareth unto man that the sun standeth still; yea,
and behold, this is so; for surely it is the earth that moveth and
not the sun.
Helaman 12:Verse 16
16 And behold, also, if he say unto the waters of the
great deep--Be thou dried up--it is done.
Helaman 12:Verse 17
17 Behold, if he say unto this mountain--Be thou raised
up, and come over and fall upon that city, that it be buried
up--behold it is done.
Helaman 12:Verse 18
18 And behold, if a man hide up a treasure in the
earth, and the Lord shall say--Let it be accursed, because of the
iniquity of him who hath hid it up--behold, it shall be
accursed.
Helaman 12:Verse 19
19 And if the Lord shall say--Be thou accursed, that no
man shall find thee from this time henceforth and forever--behold,
no man getteth it henceforth and forever.
Helaman 12:Verse 20
20 And behold, if the Lord shall say unto a
man--Because of thine iniquities, thou shalt be accursed
forever--it shall be done.
Helaman 12:Verse 21
21 And if the Lord shall say--Because of thine
iniquities thou shalt be cut off from my presence--he will cause
that it shall be so.
Helaman 12:Verse 22
22 And wo unto him to whom he shall say this, for it
shall be unto him that will do iniquity, and he cannot be saved;
therefore, for this cause, that men might be saved, hath repentance
been declared.
Helaman 12:Verse 23
23 Therefore, blessed are they who will repent and
hearken unto the voice of the Lord their God; for these are they
that shall be saved.
Helaman 12:Verse 24
24 And may God grant, in his great fulness, that men
might be brought unto repentance and good works, that they might be
restored unto grace for grace, according to their works.
Helaman 12:Verse 25
25 And I would that all men might be saved. But we read
that in the great and last day there are some who shall be cast
out, yea, who shall be cast off from the presence of the
Lord;
Helaman 12:Verse 26
26 Yea, who shall be consigned to a state of endless
misery, fulfilling the words which say: They that have done good
shall have everlasting life; and they that have done evil shall
have everlasting damnation. And thus it is. Amen.
Chapter 13
Helaman 13:Verse 1
1 AND now it came to pass in the eighty and sixth year,
the Nephites did still remain in wickedness, yea, in great
wickedness, while the Lamanites did observe strictly to keep the
commandments of God, according to the law of Moses.
Helaman 13:Verse 2
2 And it came to pass that in this year there was one
Samuel, a Lamanite, came into the land of Zarahemla, and began to
preach unto the people. And it came to pass that he did preach,
many days, repentance unto the people, and they did cast him out,
and he was about to return to his own land.
Helaman 13:Verse 3
3 But behold, the voice of the Lord came unto him, that
he should return again, and prophesy unto the people whatsoever
things should come into his heart.
Helaman 13:Verse 4
4 And it came to pass that they would not suffer that
he should enter into the city; therefore he went and got upon the
wall thereof, and stretched forth his hand and cried with a loud
voice, and prophesied unto the people whatsoever things the Lord
put into his heart.
Helaman 13:Verse 5
5 And he said unto them: Behold, I, Samuel, a Lamanite,
do speak the words of the Lord which he doth put into my heart; and
behold he hath put it into my heart to say unto this people that
the sword of justice hangeth over this people; and four hundred
years pass not away save the sword of justice falleth upon this
people.
Helaman 13:Verse 6
6 Yea, heavy destruction awaiteth this people, and it
surely cometh unto this people, and nothing can save this people
save it be repentance and faith on the Lord Jesus Christ, who
surely shall come into the world, and shall suffer many things and
shall be slain for his people.
Helaman 13:Verse 7
7 And behold, an angel of the Lord hath declared it
unto me, and he did bring glad tidings to my soul. And behold, I
was sent unto you to declare it unto you also, that ye might have
glad tidings; but behold ye would not receive me.
Helaman 13:Verse 8
8 Therefore, thus saith the Lord: Because of the
hardness of the hearts of the people of the Nephites, except they
repent I will take away my word from them, and I will withdraw my
Spirit from them, and I will suffer them no longer, and I will turn
the hearts of their brethren against them.
Helaman 13:Verse 9
9 And four hundred years shall not pass away before I
will cause that they shall be smitten; yea, I will visit them with
the sword and with famine and with pestilence.
Helaman 13:Verse 10
10 Yea, I will visit them in my fierce anger, and there
shall be those of the fourth generation who shall live, of your
enemies, to behold your utter destruction; and this shall surely
come except ye repent, saith the Lord; and those of the fourth
generation shall visit your destruction.
Helaman 13:Verse 11
11 But if ye will repent and return unto the Lord your
God I will turn away mine anger, saith the Lord; yea, thus saith
the Lord, blessed are they who will repent and turn unto me, but wo
unto him that repenteth not.
Helaman 13:Verse 12
12 Yea, wo unto this great city of Zarahemla; for
behold, it is because of those who are righteous that it is saved;
yea, wo unto this great city, for I perceive, saith the Lord, that
there are many, yea, even the more part of this great city, that
will harden their hearts against me, saith the Lord.
Helaman 13:Verse 13
13 But blessed are they who will repent, for them will
I spare. But behold, if it were not for the righteous who are in
this great city, behold, I would cause that fire should come down
out of heaven and destroy it.
Helaman 13:Verse 14
14 But behold, it is for the righteous' sake that it is
spared. But behold, the time cometh, saith the Lord, that when ye
shall cast out the righteous from among you, then shall ye be ripe
for destruction; yea, wo be unto this great city, because of the
wickedness and abominations which are in her.
Helaman 13:Verse 15
15 Yea, and wo be unto the city of Gideon, for the
wickedness and abominations which are in her.
Helaman 13:Verse 16
16 Yea, and wo be unto all the cities which are in the
land round about, which are possessed by the Nephites, because of
the wickedness and abominations which are in them.
Helaman 13:Verse 17
17 And behold, a curse shall come upon the land, saith
the Lord of Hosts, because of the peoples' sake who are upon the
land, yea, because of their wickedness and their
abominations.
Helaman 13:Verse 18
18 And it shall come to pass, saith the Lord of Hosts,
yea, our great and true God, that whoso shall hide up treasures in
the earth shall find them again no more, because of the great curse
of the land, save he be a righteous man and shall hide it up unto
the Lord.
Helaman 13:Verse 19
19 For I will, saith the Lord, that they shall hide up
their treasures unto me; and cursed be they who hide not up their
treasures unto me; for none hideth up their treasures unto me save
it be the righteous; and he that hideth not up his treasures unto
me, cursed is he, and also the treasure, and none shall redeem it
because of the curse of the land.
Helaman 13:Verse 20
20 And the day shall come that they shall hide up their
treasures, because they have set their hearts upon riches; and
because they have set their hearts upon their riches, and will hide
up their treasures when they shall flee before their enemies;
because they will not hide them up unto me, cursed be they and also
their treasures; and in that day shall they be smitten, saith the
Lord.
Helaman 13:Verse 21
21 Behold ye, the people of this great city, and
hearken unto my words; yea, hearken unto the words which the Lord
saith; for behold, he saith that ye are cursed because of your
riches, and also are your riches cursed because ye have set your
hearts upon them, and have not hearkened unto the words of him who
gave them unto you.
Helaman 13:Verse 22
22 Ye do not remember the Lord your God in the things
with which he hath blessed you, but ye do always remember your
riches, not to thank the Lord your God for them; yea, your hearts
are not drawn out unto the Lord, but they do swell with great
pride, unto boasting, and unto great swelling, envyings, strifes,
malice, persecutions, and murders, and all manner of
iniquities.
Helaman 13:Verse 23
23 For this cause hath the Lord God caused that a curse
should come upon the land, and also upon your riches, and this
because of your iniquities.
Helaman 13:Verse 24
24 Yea, wo unto this people, because of this time which
has arrived, that ye do cast out the prophets, and do mock them,
and cast stones at them, and do slay them, and do all manner of
iniquity unto them, even as they did of old time.
Helaman 13:Verse 25
25 And now when ye talk, ye say: If our days had been
in the days of our fathers of old, we would not have slain the
prophets; we would not have stoned them, and cast them out.
Helaman 13:Verse 26
26 Behold ye are worse than they; for as the Lord
liveth, if a prophet come among you and declareth unto you the word
of the Lord, which testifieth of your sins and iniquities, ye are
angry with him, and cast him out and seek all manner of ways to
destroy him; yea, you will say that he is a false prophet, and that
he is a sinner, and of the devil, because he testifieth that your
deeds are evil.
Helaman 13:Verse 27
27 But behold, if a man shall come among you and shall
say: Do this, and there is no iniquity; do that and ye shall not
suffer; yea, he will say: Walk after the pride of your own hearts;
yea, walk after the pride of your eyes, and do whatsoever your
heart desireth--and if a man shall come among you and say this, ye
will receive him, and say that he is a prophet.
Helaman 13:Verse 28
28 Yea, ye will lift him up, and ye will give unto him
of your substance; ye will give unto him of your gold, and of your
silver, and ye will clothe him with costly apparel; and because he
speaketh flattering words unto you, and he saith that all is well,
then ye will not find fault with him.
Helaman 13:Verse 29
29 O ye wicked and ye perverse generation; ye hardened
and ye stiffnecked people, how long will ye suppose that the Lord
will suffer you? Yea, how long will ye suffer yourselves to be led
by foolish and blind guides? Yea, how long will ye choose darkness
rather than light?
Helaman 13:Verse 30
30 Yea, behold, the anger of the Lord is already
kindled against you; behold, he hath cursed the land because of
your iniquity.
Helaman 13:Verse 31
31 And behold, the time cometh that he curseth your
riches, that they become slippery, that ye cannot hold them; and in
the days of your poverty ye cannot retain them.
Helaman 13:Verse 32
32 And in the days of your poverty ye shall cry unto
the Lord; and in vain shall ye cry, for your desolation is already
come upon you, and your destruction is made sure; and then shall ye
weep and howl in that day, saith the Lord of Hosts. And then shall
ye lament, and say:
Helaman 13:Verse 33
33 O that I had repented, and had not killed the
prophets, and stoned them, and cast them out. Yea, in that day ye
shall say: O that we had remembered the Lord our God in the day
that he gave us our riches, and then they would not have become
slippery that we should lose them; for behold, our riches are gone
from us.
Helaman 13:Verse 34
34 Behold, we lay a tool here and on the morrow it is
gone; and behold, our swords are taken from us in the day we have
sought them for battle.
Helaman 13:Verse 35
35 Yea, we have hid up our treasures and they have
slipped away from us, because of the curse of the land.
Helaman 13:Verse 36
36 O that we had repented in the day that the word of
the Lord came unto us; for behold the land is cursed, and all
things are become slippery, and we cannot hold them.
Helaman 13:Verse 37
37 Behold, we are surrounded by demons, yea, we are
encircled about by the angels of him who hath sought to destroy our
souls. Behold, our iniquities are great. O Lord, canst thou not
turn away thine anger from us? And this shall be your language in
those days.
Helaman 13:Verse 38
38 But behold, your days of probation are past; ye have
procrastinated the day of your salvation until it is everlastingly
too late, and your destruction is made sure; yea, for ye have
sought all the days of your lives for that which ye could not
obtain; and ye have sought for happiness in doing iniquity, which
thing is contrary to the nature of that righteousness which is in
our great and Eternal Head.
Helaman 13:Verse 39
39 O ye people of the land, that ye would hear my
words! And I pray that the anger of the Lord be turned away from
you, and that ye would repent and be saved.
Chapter 14
Helaman 14:Verse 1
1 AND now it came to pass that Samuel, the Lamanite,
did prophesy a great many more things which cannot be
written.
Helaman 14:Verse 2
2 And behold, he said unto them: Behold, I give unto
you a sign; for five years more cometh, and behold, then cometh the
Son of God to redeem all those who shall believe on his name.
Helaman 14:Verse 3
3 And behold, this will I give unto you for a sign at
the time of his coming; for behold, there shall be great lights in
heaven, insomuch that in the night before he cometh there shall be
no darkness, insomuch that it shall appear unto man as if it was
day.
Helaman 14:Verse 4
4 Therefore, there shall be one day and a night and a
day, as if it were one day and there were no night; and this shall
be unto you for a sign; for ye shall know of the rising of the sun
and also of its setting; therefore they shall know of a surety that
there shall be two days and a night; nevertheless the night shall
not be darkened; and it shall be the night before he is born.
Helaman 14:Verse 5
5 And behold, there shall a new star arise, such an one
as ye never have beheld; and this also shall be a sign unto
you.
Helaman 14:Verse 6
6 And behold this is not all, there shall be many signs
and wonders in heaven.
Helaman 14:Verse 7
7 And it shall come to pass that ye shall all be
amazed, and wonder, insomuch that ye shall fall to the earth.
Helaman 14:Verse 8
8 And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall
believe on the Son of God, the same shall have everlasting
life.
Helaman 14:Verse 9
9 And behold, thus hath the Lord commanded me, by his
angel, that I should come and tell this thing unto you; yea, he
hath commanded that I should prophesy these things unto you; yea,
he hath said unto me: Cry unto this people, repent and prepare the
way of the Lord.
Helaman 14:Verse 10
10 And now, because I am a Lamanite, and have spoken
unto you the words which the Lord hath commanded me, and because it
was hard against you, ye are angry with me and do seek to destroy
me, and have cast me out from among you.
Helaman 14:Verse 11
11 And ye shall hear my words, for, for this intent
have I come up upon the walls of this city, that ye might hear and
know of the judgments of God which do await you because of your
iniquities, and also that ye might know the conditions of
repentance;
Helaman 14:Verse 12
12 And also that ye might know of the coming of Jesus
Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and of earth, the
Creator of all things from the beginning; and that ye might know of
the signs of his coming, to the intent that ye might believe on his
name.
Helaman 14:Verse 13
13 And if ye believe on his name ye will repent of all
your sins, that thereby ye may have a remission of them through his
merits.
Helaman 14:Verse 14
14 And behold, again, another sign I give unto you,
yea, a sign of his death.
Helaman 14:Verse 15
15 For behold, he surely must die that salvation may
come; yea, it behooveth him and becometh expedient that he dieth,
to bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, that thereby men may
be brought into the presence of the Lord.
Helaman 14:Verse 16
16 Yea, behold, this death bringeth to pass the
resurrection, and redeemeth all mankind from the first death--that
spiritual death; for all mankind, by the fall of Adam being cut off
from the presence of the Lord, are considered as dead, both as to
things temporal and to things spiritual.
Helaman 14:Verse 17
17 But behold, the resurrection of Christ redeemeth
mankind, yea, even all mankind, and bringeth them back into the
presence of the Lord.
Helaman 14:Verse 18
18 Yea, and it bringeth to pass the condition of
repentance, that whosoever repenteth the same is not hewn down and
cast into the fire; but whosoever repenteth not is hewn down and
cast into the fire; and there cometh upon them again a spiritual
death, yea, a second death, for they are cut off again as to things
pertaining to righteousness.
Helaman 14:Verse 19
19 Therefore repent ye, repent ye, lest by knowing
these things and not doing them ye shall suffer yourselves to come
under condemnation, and ye are brought down unto this second
death.
Helaman 14:Verse 20
20 But behold, as I said unto you concerning another
sign, a sign of his death, behold, in that day that he shall suffer
death the sun shall be darkened and refuse to give his light unto
you; and also the moon and the stars; and there shall be no light
upon the face of this land, even from the time that he shall suffer
death, for the space of three days, to the time that he shall rise
again from the dead.
Helaman 14:Verse 21
21 Yea, at the time that he shall yield up the ghost
there shall be thunderings and lightnings for the space of many
hours, and the earth shall shake and tremble; and the rocks which
are upon the face of this earth, which are both above the earth and
beneath, which ye know at this time are solid, or the more part of
it is one solid mass, shall be broken up;
Helaman 14:Verse 22
22 Yea, they shall be rent in twain, and shall ever
after be found in seams and in cracks, and in broken fragments upon
the face of the whole earth, yea, both above the earth and
beneath.
Helaman 14:Verse 23
23 And behold, there shall be great tempests, and there
shall be many mountains laid low, like unto a valley, and there
shall be many places which are now called valleys which shall
become mountains, whose height is great.
Helaman 14:Verse 24
24 And many highways shall be broken up, and many
cities shall become desolate.
Helaman 14:Verse 25
25 And many graves shall be opened, and shall yield up
many of their dead; and many saints shall appear unto many.
Helaman 14:Verse 26
26 And behold, thus hath the angel spoken unto me; for
he said unto me that there should be thunderings and lightnings for
the space of many hours.
Helaman 14:Verse 27
27 And he said unto me that while the thunder and the
lightning lasted, and the tempest, that these things should be, and
that darkness should cover the face of the whole earth for the
space of three days.
Helaman 14:Verse 28
28 And the angel said unto me that many shall see
greater things than these, to the intent that they might believe
that these signs and these wonders should come to pass upon all the
face of this land, to the intent that there should be no cause for
unbelief among the children of men--
Helaman 14:Verse 29
29 And this to the intent that whosoever will believe
might be saved, and that whosoever will not believe, a righteous
judgment might come upon them; and also if they are condemned they
bring upon themselves their own condemnation.
Helaman 14:Verse 30
30 And now remember, remember, my brethren, that
whosoever perisheth, perisheth unto himself; and whosoever doeth
iniquity, doeth it unto himself; for behold, ye are free; ye are
permitted to act for yourselves; for behold, God hath given unto
you a knowledge and he hath made you free.
Helaman 14:Verse 31
31 He hath given unto you that ye might know good from
evil, and he hath given unto you that ye might choose life or
death; and ye can do good and be restored unto that which is good,
or have that which is good restored unto you; or ye can do evil,
and have that which is evil restored unto you.
Chapter 15
Helaman 15:Verse 1
1 AND now, my beloved brethren, behold, I declare unto
you that except ye shall repent your houses shall be left unto you
desolate.
Helaman 15:Verse 2
2 Yea, except ye repent, your women shall have great
cause to mourn in the day that they shall give suck; for ye shall
attempt to flee and there shall be no place for refuge; yea, and wo
unto them which are with child, for they shall be heavy and cannot
flee; therefore, they shall be trodden down and shall be left to
perish.
Helaman 15:Verse 3
3 Yea, wo unto this people who are called the people of
Nephi except they shall repent, when they shall see all these signs
and wonders which shall be showed unto them; for behold, they have
been a chosen people of the Lord; yea, the people of Nephi hath he
loved, and also hath he chastened them; yea, in the days of their
iniquities hath he chastened them because he loveth them.
Helaman 15:Verse 4
4 But behold my brethren, the Lamanites hath he hated
because their deeds have been evil continually, and this because of
the iniquity of the tradition of their fathers. But behold,
salvation hath come unto them through the preaching of the
Nephites; and for this intent hath the Lord prolonged their
days.
Helaman 15:Verse 5
5 And I would that ye should behold that the more part
of them are in the path of their duty, and they do walk
circumspectly before God, and they do observe to keep his
commandments and his statutes and his judgments according to the
law of Moses.
Helaman 15:Verse 6
6 Yea, I say unto you, that the more part of them are
doing this, and they are striving with unwearied diligence that
they may bring the remainder of their brethren to the knowledge of
the truth; therefore there are many who do add to their numbers
daily.
Helaman 15:Verse 7
7 And behold, ye do know of yourselves, for ye have
witnessed it, that as many of them as are brought to the knowledge
of the truth, and to know of the wicked and abominable traditions
of their fathers, and are led to believe the holy scriptures, yea,
the prophecies of the holy prophets, which are written, which
leadeth them to faith on the Lord, and unto repentance, which faith
and repentance bringeth a change of heart unto them--
Helaman 15:Verse 8
8 Therefore, as many as have come to this, ye know of
yourselves are firm and steadfast in the faith, and in the thing
wherewith they have been made free.
Helaman 15:Verse 9
9 And ye know also that they have buried their weapons
of war, and they fear to take them up lest by any means they should
sin; yea, ye can see that they fear to sin--for behold they will
suffer themselves that they be trodden down and slain by their
enemies, and will not lift their swords against them, and this
because of their faith in Christ.
Helaman 15:Verse 10
10 And now, because of their steadfastness when they do
believe in that thing which they do believe, for because of their
firmness when they are once enlightened, behold, the Lord shall
bless them and prolong their days, notwithstanding their
iniquity--
Helaman 15:Verse 11
11 Yea, even if they should dwindle in unbelief the
Lord shall prolong their days, until the time shall come which hath
been spoken of by our fathers, and also by the prophet Zenos, and
many other prophets, concerning the restoration of our brethren,
the Lamanites, again to the knowledge of the truth--
Helaman 15:Verse 12
12 Yea, I say unto you, that in the latter times the
promises of the Lord have been extended to our brethren, the
Lamanites; and notwithstanding the many afflictions which they
shall have, and notwithstanding they shall be driven to and fro
upon the face of the earth, and be hunted, and shall be smitten and
scattered abroad, having no place for refuge, the Lord shall be
merciful unto them.
Helaman 15:Verse 13
13 And this is according to the prophecy, that they
shall again be brought to the true knowledge, which is the
knowledge of their Redeemer, and their great and true shepherd, and
be numbered among his sheep.
Helaman 15:Verse 14
14 Therefore I say unto you, it shall be better for
them than for you except ye repent.
Helaman 15:Verse 15
15 For behold, had the mighty works been shown unto
them which have been shown unto you, yea, unto them who have
dwindled in unbelief because of the traditions of their fathers, ye
can see of yourselves that they never would again have dwindled in
unbelief.
Helaman 15:Verse 16
16 Therefore, saith the Lord: I will not utterly
destroy them, but I will cause that in the day of my wisdom they
shall return again unto me, saith the Lord.
Helaman 15:Verse 17
17 And now behold, saith the Lord, concerning the
people of the Nephites: If they will not repent, and observe to do
my will, I will utterly destroy them, saith the Lord, because of
their unbelief notwithstanding the many mighty works which I have
done among them; and as surely as the Lord liveth shall these
things be, saith the Lord.
Chapter 16
Helaman 16:Verse 1
1 AND now, it came to pass that there were many who
heard the words of Samuel, the Lamanite, which he spake upon the
walls of the city. And as many as believed on his word went forth
and sought for Nephi; and when they had come forth and found him
they confessed unto him their sins and denied not, desiring that
they might be baptized unto the Lord.
Helaman 16:Verse 2
2 But as many as there were who did not believe in the
words of Samuel were angry with him; and they cast stones at him
upon the wall, and also many shot arrows at him as he stood upon
the wall; but the Spirit of the Lord was with him, insomuch that
they could not hit him with their stones neither with their
arrows.
Helaman 16:Verse 3
3 Now when they saw that they could not hit him, there
were many more who did believe on his words, insomuch that they
went away unto Nephi to be baptized.
Helaman 16:Verse 4
4 For behold, Nephi was baptizing, and prophesying, and
preaching, crying repentance unto the people, showing signs and
wonders, working miracles among the people, that they might know
that the Christ must shortly come--
Helaman 16:Verse 5
5 Telling them of things which must shortly come, that
they might know and remember at the time of their coming that they
had been made known unto them beforehand, to the intent that they
might believe; therefore as many as believed on the words of Samuel
went forth unto him to be baptized, for they came repenting and
confessing their sins.
Helaman 16:Verse 6
6 But the more part of them did not believe in the
words of Samuel; therefore when they saw that they could not hit
him with their stones and their arrows, they cried unto their
captains, saying: Take this fellow and bind him, for behold he hath
a devil; and because of the power of the devil which is in him we
cannot hit him with our stones and our arrows; therefore take him
and bind him, and away with him.
Helaman 16:Verse 7
7 And as they went forth to lay their hands on him,
behold, he did cast himself down from the wall, and did flee out of
their lands, yea, even unto his own country, and began to preach
and to prophesy among his own people.
Helaman 16:Verse 8
8 And behold, he was never heard of more among the
Nephites; and thus were the affairs of the people.
Helaman 16:Verse 9
9 And thus ended the eighty and sixth year of the reign
of the judges over the people of Nephi.
Helaman 16:Verse 10
10 And thus ended also the eighty and seventh year of
the reign of the judges, the more part of the people remaining in
their pride and wickedness, and the lesser part walking more
circumspectly before God.
Helaman 16:Verse 11
11 And these were the conditions also, in the eighty
and eighth year of the reign of the judges.
Helaman 16:Verse 12
12 And there was but little alteration in the affairs
of the people, save it were the people began to be more hardened in
iniquity, and do more and more of that which was contrary to the
commandments of God, in the eighty and ninth year of the reign of
the judges.
Helaman 16:Verse 13
13 But it came to pass in the ninetieth year of the
reign of the judges, there were great signs given unto the people,
and wonders; and the words of the prophets began to be
fulfilled.
Helaman 16:Verse 14
14 And angels did appear unto men, wise men, and did
declare unto them glad tidings of great joy; thus in this year the
scriptures began to be fulfilled.
Helaman 16:Verse 15
15 Nevertheless, the people began to harden their
hearts, all save it were the most believing part of them, both of
the Nephites and also of the Lamanites, and began to depend upon
their own strength and upon their own wisdom, saying:
Helaman 16:Verse 16
16 Some things they may have guessed right, among so
many; but behold, we know that all these great and marvelous works
cannot come to pass, of which has been spoken.
Helaman 16:Verse 17
17 And they began to reason and to contend among
themselves, saying:
Helaman 16:Verse 18
18 That it is not reasonable that such a being as a
Christ shall come; if so, and he be the Son of God, the Father of
heaven and of earth, as it has been spoken, why will he not show
himself unto us as well as unto them who shall be at
Jerusalem?
Helaman 16:Verse 19
19 Yea, why will he not show himself in this land as
well as in the land of Jerusalem?
Helaman 16:Verse 20
20 But behold, we know that this is a wicked tradition,
which has been handed down unto us by our fathers, to cause us that
we should believe in some great and marvelous thing which should
come to pass, but not among us, but in a land which is far distant,
a land which we know not; therefore they can keep us in ignorance,
for we cannot witness with our own eyes that they are true.
Helaman 16:Verse 21
21 And they will, by the cunning and the mysterious
arts of the evil one, work some great mystery which we cannot
understand, which will keep us down to be servants to their words,
and also servants unto them, for we depend upon them to teach us
the word; and thus will they keep us in ignorance if we will yield
ourselves unto them, all the days of our lives.
Helaman 16:Verse 22
22 And many more things did the people imagine up in
their hearts, which were foolish and vain; and they were much
disturbed, for Satan did stir them up to do iniquity continually;
yea, he did go about spreading rumors and contentions upon all the
face of the land, that he might harden the hearts of the people
against that which was good and against that which should
come.
Helaman 16:Verse 23
23 And notwithstanding the signs and the wonders which
were wrought among the people of the Lord, and the many miracles
which they did, Satan did get great hold upon the hearts of the
people upon all the face of the land.
Helaman 16:Verse 24
24 And thus ended the ninetieth year of the reign of
the judges over the people of Nephi.
Helaman 16:Verse 25
25 And thus ended the book of Helaman, according to the
record of Helaman and his sons.