፳፬ ይሁን እንጂ፣ በአንድ ወቅት ወንድሞቻቸው በነበሩት፣ አዎን፣ እናም ከቤተክርስቲያናቸው ሀበተገነጠሉትና፣ ትተዋቸው በሄዱት፣ እናም ከላማናውያን ጋር በመሆን ሊያጠፋቸው በሄዱት አረመኔ ሰዎች ጭካኔ ለሚስቶቻቸውና፣ ልጆቻቸው እንዲጨፈጨፉና እንዲያጠፏቸው ዘንድ ህይወታቸውን ለመስጠት ለመፍቀድ አልቻሉም።
24 Nevertheless, they could not suffer to lay down their lives, that their wives and their children should be massacred by the barbarous cruelty of those who were once their brethren, yea, and had dissented from their church, and had left them and had gone to destroy them by joining the Lamanites.