፴ እንግዲህ ሞሮኒም ከእንግዲህ ላማናውያን ከዚህ የበለጠ ብርታት ሊኖራቸው አይገባም ብሎ አሰበ፤ ስለዚህ የአምሊኪውያን ሰዎችን ለማቋረጥ፣ ወይም እነርሱን ለመውሰድና፣ ለመመለስ፣ እናም አማሊቅያን ለመግደል አሰበ፤ አዎን፣ ላማናውያንን በቁጣ በእነርሱ ላይ እንደሚያነሳሳና ከእነርሱ ጋር ለውጊያ እንዲመጡ እንደሚያደርግ አውቋልና፤ እናም አማሊቅያ አላማውን ለማግኘት እንዲህ እንደሚያደርግ ያውቅ ነበር።
30 Now Moroni thought it was not expedient that the Lamanites should have any more strength; therefore he thought to cut off the people of Amalickiah, or to take them and bring them back, and put Amalickiah to death; yea, for he knew that he would stir up the Lamanites to anger against them, and cause them to come to battle against them; and this he knew that Amalickiah would do that he might obtain his purposes.