tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post4331891037502594477..comments2023-11-02T03:08:07.417-07:00Comments on NephiCode: Finding Lehi’s Isle of Promise – Part XIXDelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08982095508142923740noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post-67078082049965038932016-10-30T10:12:56.819-07:002016-10-30T10:12:56.819-07:00“Therefore he took the records which were engraven...“Therefore he took the records which were engraven on the plates of brass, and also the plates of Nephi, and all the things which he had kept and preserved according to the commandments of God, after having translated and caused to be written the records which were on the plates of gold which had been found by the people of Limhi, which were delivered to him by the hand of Limhi” (Mosiah 28:11); “And now he translated them by the means of those two stones which were fastened into the two rims of a bow.” (Mosiah 28:13); “Now after Mosiah had finished translating these records, behold, it gave an account of the people who were destroyed, from the time that they were destroyed back to the building of the great tower, at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people and they were scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth, yea, and even from that time back until the creation of Adam. Now this account did cause the people of Mosiah to mourn exceedingly, yea, they were filled with sorrow; nevertheless it gave them much knowledge, in the which they did rejoice“ (Mosiah 28:17-1).<br />Later, we find that “Now behold, all those engravings which were in the possession of Helaman were written and sent forth among the children of men throughout all the land, save it were those parts which had been commanded by Alma should not go forth” (Alma 63:12).<br />The question whether Moroni re-translated Ether’s writings or simply abridged the earlier translations of Ether’s writings are unknown to us as far as I know.<br />Delhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08982095508142923740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post-81377917875490004772016-10-28T08:34:49.932-07:002016-10-28T08:34:49.932-07:00I tend to agree with Ludlow that it is unclear if ...I tend to agree with Ludlow that it is unclear if Moroni translated and abridged the book of Ether, or just abridged it from an earlier translation when it was first discovered. --https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Ether#Provenance erichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279217537472159142noreply@blogger.com