፲፭ ስለዚህ ህይወታቸውን ማጥፋት ወይንም እስከ ዛራሔምላ ምድር ድረስም በእጃችን ባለው ጎራዴ መጠበቃችን አስፈላጊ ሆነብን፤ እናም ደግሞ ከላማናውያን የወሰድናቸው ቢኖረንም፣ ቀለባችን ለራሳችንም ሰዎች እንኳን የሚሆን በቂ አልነበረም።
15 Therefore it became expedient for us, that we should put an end to their lives, or guard them, sword in hand, down to the land of Zarahemla; and also our provisions were not any more than sufficient for our own people, notwithstanding that which we had taken from the Lamanites.