፩ እናም አሁን እንዲህ ሆነ ሞሮኒ ለጦርነት መዘጋጀቱንም ሆነ ህዝቡን ከላማናውያን መከላከሉን አላቆመም፤ በመሣፍንቱ ሀያኛ ዓመት የንግስና ዘመን መጀመሪያ ወታደሮቹ እንዲጀምሩ በማድረጉ፣ በኔፋውያን የተያዙትን ምድር ሁሉ የተቆለለውን አፈር በከተማው ዙሪያ መቆፈር እንዲጀምሩ አደረገ።
1 AND now it came to pass that Moroni did not stop making preparations for war, or to defend his people against the Lamanites; for he caused that his armies should commence in the commencement of the twentieth year of the reign of the judges, that they should commence in digging up heaps of earth round about all the cities, throughout all the land which was possessed by the Nephites.