፫ እናም እንዲህ ሆነ በኔፊ ህዝብ ላይ በመሣፍንቱ የአስረኛ ዓመት የንግስ ዘመን መጀመሪያ ላይ አልማ ከዚያ ቦታ ሄደና፣ ጉዞውን ሀበሲዶም ወንዝ በስተምዕራብ፣ በምድረበዳው ዳርቻ በምዕራብ በኩል ወደ ሜሌቅ አደረገ።
3 And it came to pass in the commencement of the tenth year of the reign of the Judges over the people of Nephi, that Alma departed from thence, and took his journey over into the land of Melek, on the west of the river Sidon, on the west, by the borders of the wilderness;