Jeffersonian Book of Alma the Younger

The Book of Alma the Younger

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Traditionally composing of Alma 1

The account of Alma the Younger, who was the son of Alma the Elder Alma the Younger was the first and chief judge over the Nephites, and also a great teacher to his people. An account of the reign of the judges, and the wars and contentions among the people. Also an account of a war between the Nephites and the Lamanites, according to Alma the Younger.

1 In the 1st year of the reign of the judges over the Nephites King Mosiah the 2nd had passed away. He worked hard his whole life and lead a moral one. He had no one to pass the kingdom on to.

2 He established this new system of judges which the people accepted as their form of government.

3 During the 1st year of Alma the Younger's reign in the judgment seat, a man named Nehor was brought to him to be judged. He was a known for being very large and strong.

4 Nehor taught immorality, but taught that it was morality.

5 He taught that teachers of morality should not have to work, but be supported by those they taught.

6 He taught that everyone was moral and there was no such thing as immorality.

7 Many people believed him and gave him money to support him.

8 Nehor became very prideful, wore expensive clothes, and established his own community of teachers that taught what he believed.

9 As he was teaching, Nehor met Gideon, who helped King Limhi escape Lamanite rule.

10 Gideon was now a teacher of morality.

11 Nehor debated Gideon, and Nehor did so with anger.

12 Nehor was greedy and desperate for more people to support him.

13 Gideon spoke to him plainly and refuted all of Nehor's arguments.

14 Nehor became so enraged with Gideon that he drew his sword and killed him.

15 Those who lived moral lives took Nehor and brought him to Alma the Younger to be punished for his crime.

16 Nehor begged Alma the Younger for his life.

17 Alma the Younger spoke, saying:

	18 "This is the first time that a teacher has demanded he be supported for his teachings since the days of King Noah.

	19 You have sought to enforce your beliefs and will through violence.

	19 You have killed an honored and moral man.

	20 If we were to turn a blind eye at this, we would be just as guilty as you.

	21 In our society, the punishment for murder is death.

	22 This law was established by King Mosiah the 2nd and upheld by our citizens.

	23 We must obey this call for justice."

24 Nehor was taken to the top of the hill Manti.

25 Nehor's last words were an admission that what he had taught was immoral, and that his punishment was just.

26 Regardless, the community he had started continued to grow.

27 Those that loved things and notoriety more than people continued to teach what Nehor had taught.

28 They also knew that what they did was immoral, but they did so anyway.

29 Conning people was illegal, and so they said that they genuinely believed the things they taught.

30 Genuine beliefs could not be punished by the law.

31 They dared not steal, rob, or murder, because all were illegal and they would be punished by the law if they did.

32 So many people joined the People of Nehor, who called themselves Nehorites, that they began to persecute the people of Alma, who called themselves Almakites, who taught lessons of morality.

33 They spread hurtful lies about them.

34 The Almakites were a moral people and taught morality without expectation or acceptance of reward.

35 The Almakites agreed that they would not belittle those that were not Almakites.

36 However, because of the things that the Nehorites did, many of them ignored this community rule.

37 Many Almakites fought and killed the Nehorites over these things.

38 This happened in the 2nd year of the reign of Alma the Younger.

39 The Almakites were split on how they should conduct themselves.

40 Many had become stubborn.

41 Many people no longer wanted to be an Almakite.

42 This was a very difficult time.

43 Many people remained committed to a life of morality, and were patient with the things that the Nehorites said and did.

44 Among the Almakites, when their teachers taught their lessons, everyone took a break from work.

45 When the teachers finished teaching, everyone returned to work.

46 The teachers did not consider themselves better than those he taught.

47 All were equal and worked as hard as they could.

48 They all helped the poor, needy, and sick as much as they were able to.

49 Their clothes were nice, but not extravagant and expensive.

50 The Almakites had peace because of these things, despite the actions of the Nehorites.

51 Because they all cared for each other, they began to prosper and become rich.

52 They had everything they needed.

53 They had many flocks, herds, crops, gold, silver, silks, and linen.

54 The Almakites used their riches to clothe the naked, feed the hungry, and heal the sick.

55 They did not care about having riches for themselves. They wanted to help one another.

56 They gave liberally to both the young and old, male and female, and to all people.

57 Those that were not an Almakite became lazy and wasted their money, time, and effort.

58 They were a prideful and immoral people who loved to wear expensive clothes, persecute, lie, steal, and murder.

59 The law was used to the best of the Republic's ability, and it worked well.

60 Those that were punished were successfully deterred from continuing living this lifestyle.

61 By the 5th year of the reign of the judges, the Nephites again saw peace.

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Traditionally composing of Alma 2

1 At the beginning of the 5th year of the reign of judges, there began to be fights among the People of Nehor.

2 Many of them wanted an immoral and cunning man named Amlici to be their king.

3 This was alarming to the Almakites, many Nehorites, and many other people.

4 They knew that their current form of government gave the people a voice of governance.

5 If Amlici became king, he would take away the rights and privileges of everyone, especially the Almakites.

6 Everyone in the Republic of Zarahemla decided if they wanted to stay a republic with judges reigning over them, or return to a kingdom with Amlici ruling over them.

7 Everyone voted, and the judges were given the ballots to count.

8 The people had decided that Amlici would not be their king.

9 That that were in favor of a republic were very happy, but those that were in favor of Amlici being made king were very angry.

10 They decided to secede and make Amlici their king.

11 Amlici's first order as king was to go to war against the Republic of Zarahemla to enforce their independence.

12 The People of Amlici began to call themselves Amalekites, who were also Nephites.

13 The Nephites knew what the intent of the Amlicites was, and prepared for war to defend themselves.

14 They armed themselves with swords, scimitar, bows and arrows, stones and slings, and every kind of weapon of war.

15 They appointed lieutenants, captains, colonels, and generals.

15 The Nephites were prepared to defend themselves from the Kingdom of the Amlicites.

16 The Amlicites also armed themselves and appointed officers.

17 The war between the Kingdom of the Amlicites and the Republic of Zarahemla began on the Hill of Amnihu, which was east of the river Sidon which ran near Zarahemla.

18 Alma the Younger was the chief judge of the Nephites, and so he went to battle with his soldiers.

19 It was a great battle that took place, and many Nephites died.

20 However, the Nephites overpowered the Amlicites, who ran away from the battlegrounds.

21 The Nephites chased after the Amlicites the whole day to finish the battle.

22 12,532 Amlicites were killed, and 6,562 Nephites were killed.

23 When Alma was tired of chasing the Amlicites, he had his soldiers set up camp for the night in the Valley of Gideon.

24 The Valley of Gideon is where Gideon was killed by Nehor.

25 Alma sent scouts to follow and spy on the Amlicites, so that he could know what they were planning so that he could defend the Nephites better.

26 These scouts were named Zeram, Amnor, Manti, and Limher.

27 In the morning they returned to the Nephite camp in a hurry, and with fear in their eyes said:

	28 "We followed the Amlicites to the Land of Minon.

	29 Near the border of the Land of Zarahemla and the Land of Nephi we saw many Lamanites.

	30 The Amlicites have allied themselves with them.

	31 They are attacking our citizens in the Land of Minon.

	32 They are stealing their flocks and kidnapping the women and children.

	33 If we don't move quickly, they will do the same to the City of Zarahemla and our wives and children will also face a terrible fate."

34 The Nephites broke down camp and left the Valley of Gideon and rushed towards the City of Zarahemla.

35 As they were crossing the river Sidon, many Amlicites and Lamanites came upon them to battle. They were as numerous as sand in the sea.

36 The Nephites knew they had to prevail to save their families, and they fought admirably and survived.

37 Alma the Younger and King Amlici fought face-to-cafe with swords.

38 Alma the Younger fought not only for his family, but also so that he could continue to protect and lead the Nephites.

39 Because of this, Alma the Younger defeated King Amlici.

40 Alma the Younger also fought the King of the Lamanites, but this king fled and sent other soldiers to fight Alma the Younger.

41 Alma the Younger and his soldiers were able to defeat the Lamanite king's soldiers.

42 Alma the Younger had the bodies of fallen Lamanite soldiers thrown into the river so that they had enough room to move the army across it.

43 After the Nephites had crossed the river, the Amlicites and Lamanites were frightened and ran away from the Nephites, despite the fact they had more soldiers.

44 They fled to the wilderness to the north-east.

45 The Nephites chased them and battled with them when they could.

46 The Amlicites and Lamanites were driven into the Wilderness of Hermounts, which was infested by wild and dangerous animals.

47 Many of the Amlicites and Lamanites died in the Wilderness of Hermounts and were eaten by animals, including vultures.

48 Their bones were laid together.

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Traditionally composing of Alma 3

1 The surviving Nephite soldiers buried their dead. There were too many to count.

2 Many of the fallen Amalekite and Lamanite soldiers were thrown into the river which lead to the sea.

3 The Amlicites were distinguished from other Nephites by a red handprint that they painted on their foreheads, as the Lamanites also had.

4 The Lamanites were distinguished between the Amlicites by their shaved heads, only wearing a loincloth, and how their weapons were made.

5 The surviving Nephite soldiers then returned home to their families in their lands.

6 Many civilians had been killed, flocks and herds stolen, and crops trampled by the Amlicite and Lamanite armies.

7 Another Lamanite army came upon the Nephites at the Hill of Amnihu.

8 A Nephite army was sent to drive them back to the Lamanite Kingdom.

9 Alma the Younger had been wounded in the previous battles, and so he had his commanding officers go in his stead.

10 The Nephites defeated many Lamanites and drove them out of the Republic of Zarahemla.

11 When the Nephite soldiers returned, there was peace in the land.

12 These battles took place in the 5th year of the reign of the judges.

13 Tens of thousands of soldiers had been killed in the wars of the year.

14 Those that were moral were remembered for being moral.

15 Those that were immoral were remembered for being immoral.

16 Everyone reaps what they sow.

17 And this ended the 5th year of the reign of the judges.

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Traditionally composing of Alma 4

1 There were no wars in the Republic of Zarahemla during the 6th year of the reign of the judges.

2 The republic mourned the loss of their fallen soldiers, killed families, lost flocks and herds, and trampled crops.

3 Many found comfort in the lessons of morality and their ancestors.

4 Many choose to become Almakites after Alma the Younger taught them these lessons.

5 In the 7th year of the reign of the judges, 3,500 people committed to living moral lives.

6 This ended the 7th year of the reign of the judges, and it was a peaceful year.

7 In the 8th year the Almakites began to be prideful because of their flocks, herds, crops, gold, silver, silks, linens, and the industrious things they crafted.

8 This troubled Alma and many other teachers of morality.

9 They were sad that their people had begun to live immoral lives.

10 Their people were more concerned about how they were perceived than helping others.

11 They began to be scornful and persecute the moral Almakites.

12 The 8th year was a contentious one among the Almakites.

13 The Almakites were full of envy, bitterness, malice, and pride, and were the most immoral people in the Republic of Zarahemla.

14 The 8th year of the reign of the judges ended with Almakite immorality and difficulties.

15 At the beginning of the 9th year, Alma the Younger saw the immorality among the Almakites and how the reputation of Almakite morality was deceiving some people into leading immoral lives.

16 He saw that there was inequality among his people.

17 The Almakites were prideful, hated others, turned their backs to the needy, naked, hungry, and sick.

18 This made those that chose to live moral lives sad.

19 The moral Almakites continued to help the needy, naked, hungry, and sick because it was the right thing to do.

20 Alma the Younger was sad that many of his people that he taught were living immoral lives.

21 Alma the Younger stepped down as chief judge so that he could spend his time teaching lessons of morality.

22 A wise, moral Almakite named Nephihah was voted by the citizens of the Republic of Zarahemla to be their chief judge.

23 Alma the Younger went among the Almakites to remind them of their promise to live moral lives and what that entailed.

24 He wanted to take down their pride, craftiness, and contentions among his people.

25 This ended the 9th year of the reign of the judges.

--------------------Chapter 5--------------------

Traditionally composing of Alma 5

The lessons that Alma the Younger, the lead teacher of the Almakites, taught in all the cities and villages in the Republic of Zarahemla.

1 Alma began to teach lessons of morality to everyone, but started in the City of Zarahemla.

2 He taught them this:

	3 "I, Alma, was made the lead teacher over his people, the Almakites.

	4 My father started his community of people in the Lamanite Kingdom.

	5 He founded a land he called Mormon, and many committed to living a moral life at Lake Mormon.

	6 There was no government there, only moral peace.

	6 They ran from the tyrant King Noah because of they wanted to live a moral life.

	7 They were then enslaved by the Lamanites, but their desire for morality caused them to leave these chains behind them.

	8 They came to the Kingdom of Zarahemla and lived as a people here.

	9 You that are one of these Almakites: Do you not remember this history?

	10 Have you forgotten what they stood for?

	11 They committed to being a good, honorable, and moral community.

	12 Even when they were in total darkness, their morality was a light to one another.

	13 When death was knocking at their door, did they die?

	14 No, they did not.

	15 Why did they survive these hardships?

	16 My father, Alma the Elder understood the lessons taught by the moral teacher Abinadi.

	17 My father's life was changed, and no longer lived an immoral life, but a life of morality.

	18 He taught all of your mothers and fathers these lessons of morality, many of which were taught by our ancestors throughout generations.

	19 Our parents' lives were changed as well. They committed to living moral lives.

	20 You were raised to live moral lives.

	21 You know the difference between right and wrong.

	22 Can you say that you are living good, honorable, and moral lives today?

	23 I know many of you are immoral, and some of you are even murderers.

	24 We must live moral lives as our ancestors have!

	25 Unless you do this, you will not live a happy life.

	26 Live a moral life, as you know you should.

	27 If you were to die today, what would your legacy be?

	28 Will you be remembered for being prideful or humble?

	29 Will you be remembered for being envious or friendly?

	30 Will you be remembered for mocking or being genuine?

	31 Will you be remembered as being immoral or moral?

	31 Our lives are very short and could end at any time.

	32 That is why we must all live moral lives here and now.

	33 Our ancestor Lehi encouraged us to eat from the Tree of Life.

	34 We should freely give our brothers and sisters food and water.

	35 Those, like the Nehorites, that say they teach morality but teach immorality might as well have no teachers at all.

	36 You should listen to teachers that only teach moral lessons.

	37 If you do not follow these moral lessons then you do not live a moral life.

	38 Are you moral or immoral? Which way do you live your life?

	39 If you do not strive to live a moral life then you live an immoral life.

	40 Whatever helps others is moral, and whatever hurts others is immoral.

	41 We all reap what we sow, and if you sow immorality, you will reap immorality.

	42 I have spoken very plainly to you so that you won’t misunderstand me.

	43 This is what I am supposed to do as a teacher of morality.

	44 I teach lessons of morality that I have learned and were taught by our ancestors.

	45 I have seen how these lessons have benefitted myself and many others in their lives.

	46 I have seen the benefits because I have implemented them into my own life.

	47 I have seen how they have benefitted our ancestors.

	48 I want everyone to experience the benefits of living a moral life, which is why I teach these lessons to my brothers and sisters, the Almakites, and to everyone that lives in the Republic of Zarahemla.

	49 I teach to children, teenagers, adults, the middle aged, and the elderly, so that I can help them live moral lives.

	50 Our lives are short, but it’s not too late to live a moral life.

	51 If we don't live moral lives, what will our legacy be?

	52 Will you continue to be prideful and love your flocks, herds, crops, gold, silver, silks, linens, industrious things, and expensive clothes more than helping those that need help?

	53 Will you continue to believe that you are more valuable than everyone else?

	54 Will you continue to persecute the humble and the moral Almakites?

	55 Will you continue to ignore the naked, hungry, and sick?

	56 To all those that continue these things, you will reap what you sow and gain an unfavorable legacy.

	57 All those that forsake their immoral lifestyles and live moral ones instead will leave favorable legacies.

	58 Those that live immoral lifestyles are not Almakites.

	59 What do you have to say for yourselves?

	60 It doesn't matter what you have to say, it matters how you live.

	61 Moral teachers are like shepherds that watch over their sheep for wolves looking for a meal.

	62 If the wolf is to enter the flock, doesn't the Shepard chase it away?

	63 I, Alma the Younger, beg you to listen and understand what I have taught you.

	64 I speak to you as the lead teacher of morality of the Almakites.

	65 To those of you who are not Almakites, come and be one with us. Eat from the Tree of life and be grafted into our olive tree."

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Traditionally composing of Alma 6

1 After Alma the Younger had taught these things to the Almakites in the City of Zarahemla, he made many more people teachers over the Almakites.

2 Many people wanted to commit to living moral lives and become Almakites.

3 Many Almakites realized their immoral ways and forsook them.

4 Those who continued to live immoral lives were not considered Almakites anymore.

5 No one was deprived of the lessons of morality. They were taught to all liberally.

6 Alma the Younger taught that the Almakites should gather together often and teach each other moral lessons.

7 After Alma the Younger had taught these things, he crossed the river Sidon and went into the Valley of Gideon, where a city named Gideon had been built.

8 Alma the Younger taught lessons of morality and the lessons of their ancestors in Gideon.

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Traditionally composing of Alma 7

1 The lessons of Alma the Younger that he taught to the people in Gideon. In full he taught:

	2 "My beloved brothers and sisters, I have come here today to teach to you.

	3 This is the first time I have taught in this city. I would have liked to earlier, but I was very busy as chief judge.

	4 The only reason I am able to teach here now is because I resigned as chief judge.

	5 I hope that you have lived moral lives, unlike so many who live in the City of Zarahemla.

	6 I am happy that many of the immoral people there have recommitted to a moral life.

	7 I hope that I will be happy because of you as well.

	8 However, I hope that I don't have to experience so much hardship and sadness with you to arrive at happiness as I did with the City of Zarahemla.

	9 I doubt you are as immoral as they were though.

	10 I doubt you are so prideful that you care more about your riches and reputation than your brothers and sisters.

	11 I doubt you live a falsely moral life.

	12 If you do, I beg you to forsake these behaviors.

	13 Our lives are short, but it’s not too late to live a moral life.

	14 If you do not live a moral life, you will be remembered for the immoral life that you lived.

	15 I ask you all to commit to living a moral life.

	16 Don't be afraid of doing this.

	17 Give up the immoral things that tie you down.

	18 Live a moral life.

	19 Those that do this will be remembered for the moral life they lived.

	20 My beloved brothers and sisters, will you do this?

	21 I know that you know what I say is good and true.

	22 I'm happy that you know this.

	23 I can see that you already are trying to live moral lives and leave behind a good legacy.

	24 You are like the people who our ancestor Lehi spoke of who walk a straight and narrow path towards the Tree of Life.

	25 You meditate and teach in the temples, not commit immoral deeds.

	26 A time will come when everyone reaps what they sow.

	27 I have said these things to you so that you can live a moral life so that you will be remembered fondly by your descendants.

	28 You should be humble, gentle, helpful, patient, have a temperate mood, have hope, are charitable, do good deeds, and work hard at living a moral life.

	29 Ask those you trust for help when you need it.

	30	I hope you live a moral life as our ancestors have implored you to do.

	31 I am happy to have taught you the things I have, and I'm happy you have listened and understood my lessons.

	32 May you, your family, your land, your flocks and herds, and everything you own live in peace."

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Traditionally composing of Alma 8

1 Alma the Younger taught many more things while in Gideon, but that is the most important parts.

2 He established an Almakite community in Gideon, and then returned home in the City of Zarahemla to rest.

3 This concluded the 9th year of the reign of the judges.

4 At the beginning of the 10th year, Alma the Younger traveled to the Land of Melek, which was to the west of the river Sidon and west of the wilderness.

5 He taught lessons of morality in the Land of Melek to many people.

6 People came from across the land to hear his lessons.

7 Many committed to living moral lives, and so Alma the Younger traveled on.

8 He traveled 3 days north and came to a city called Ammonihah.

9 The name of this city was Ammonihah because of the Nephite tradition of calling their lands, cities, and villages after those who founded them.

10 When Alma the Younger had taught there for a short while, he found that the people here were very immoral, and they would not listen to Alma the Younger.

11 Regardless, Alma the Younger did his best to teach morality in the city.

12 The residents of the city said to Alma the Younger:

	13 "We know you are Alma the younger, the Almakite teacher.

	14 We are not one of your people and we do not believe your lessons.

	15 You have no power over us since you are no longer the chief judge."

16 The people here hated him, spat on him, tried to kill him, and finally ran him out of the city.

17 Alma the Younger sadly traveled towards a city called Aaron after being exiled from Ammonihah.

18 Alma the Younger knew that he was doing a moral thing by teaching the lessons he had learned and the lessons of their ancestors.

19 He felt as though he should return to Ammonihah and tell them that which Lehi had promised:

20 If you strive to do that which is moral and serve your fellow man, you shall prosper in this land, if you will not, you shall be dragged into misery and destroy yourselves.

21 He heard rumors of destroying the liberty that the Republic of Zarahemla enjoyed, which was against the law.

22 He decided to return to the City of Ammonihah, and entered it through the south.

23 When he arrived there, he asked a man he met named Amulek:

	24 "I am but a humble teacher, do you have some spare food for me to eat?"

24 Amulek said to him:

	25 "I am a Nephite and I know that you are a teacher of morality.

	26 It would be my honor if you would come with me to my home so that I can feed you."

27 Amulek brought Alma the Younger to his house and gave him bread and meat.

28 Alma the Younger ate the meal and thanked Amulek.

29 After they had eaten, Alma the Younger said to Amulek:

	30 "I am Alma the Younger, the lead teacher of morality of the Almakites.

	31 I have come to give lessons in morality to your people, but they would not listen to me and exiled me.

	32 I have returned because of the importance of my lessons.

	33 I am very thankful for the meal you have provided me, because I had not eaten in many days while I was traveling and have become ill."

34 Alma the Younger rested at Amulek’s house for many days regaining his strength before he began to teach again.

35 The people of the City of Ammonihah in the meantime became even more immoral.

36 Alma the Younger knew the importance of these lessons, but was nervous about going alone.

37 He asked Amulek to go with him to tell the people they were close to destroying themselves, just as The Great City once did.

38 Amulek agreed, and they both taught these lessons together.

39 They were both thrown in prison for the things that they taught.

40 However, they were able to escape prison and teach these lessons of morality once again.

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Traditionally composing of Alma 9

The lessons of Alma and Amulek which were taught to the people who were in the land of Ammonihah. They are thrown into prison and escape.

1 Again, I, Alma the Younger, believed that I should take Amulek and go and teach to the people of the city of Ammonihah

2 As I began to teach to them, they debated with me and said:

	3 "Who are you?

	4 Why should we believe your lessons?

	5 Why should we believe that even the Earth is impermanent?

	6 We will not believe your lessons.

	7 We will not believe that our great city will destroy itself one day."

8 They did not understand the lessons that were taught to them.

9 They did not recognize the impermanence of even the Earth.

10 They were an immoral and stubborn people.

11 They wanted to kill me because of the things we had taught, but they did not.

12 I boldly declared to them, saying:

	13 "You immoral generation! How have you forgotten the lessons of your ancestors? You quickly forgot the moral lessons you have learned.

	14 Don't you remember that our ancestor Lehi saved he and his family because he was moral and fled from immorality?

	15 Don't you remember that he led his family in the wilderness because of his morals didn't line up with where he lived?

	16 Don't you remember how often Nephi saved his family, even from his own brothers?

	17 If it weren't for Lehi living a moral life, we would still be in The Great City.

	18 If you want to leave a moral legacy like them, you must live a moral life.

	19 If you do not, you will destroy yourselves.

	20 Didn't Lehi tell us that if we live moral lives that we will prosper?

	21 Didn't Lehi tell us that if we live immoral lives that we will perish?

	22 The Lamanites have lived immoral lives, and have struggled. We have all seen this.

	23 They don't know how to live a moral life - They were never taught and raised with lessons of morality that we were.

	24 You were raised with these lessons and histories. You know better.

	25 I hope that one day the Lamanites will willingly learn and live by the lessons of morality.

	26 You do not need to learn these lessons for the first time, because you already know them.

	27 If you don't live moral lives, you will destroy yourselves.

	28 The Lamanites would be able to destroy the Nephites if we were all to live immoral lives.

	29 We have known the lessons of morality, and if we were to forget and ignore them we would both destroy ourselves and be destroyed by other nations.

	30 We were brought out of the forsaken city, The Great City, because we lived moral lives.

	31 We were saved from famine and sickness because of this.

	32 If we, after knowing how to live moral lives, decided to live immoral lives, then the Lamanites would leave behind a better legacy.

	33 I have come to warn you of these things.

	34 Commit to living moral lives!

	35 If you do, you will reap the morality that you sow.

	36 My beloved brothers and sisters, I beg you to listen to me and understand the lessons I have taught you.

	37 You have been a very stubborn people who have lost their way to the Tree of Life."

38 When I, Alma the Younger, had taught these things the immoral and stubborn people of Ammonihah, they were angry with me.

39 They were angry that I said they were a lost people, and wanted to arrest me and throw me in prison.

40 We were able to evade their arrest.

41 Amulek also went and taught to the people.

42 Not everything that Amulek taught will be written here, only the most important lessons.

--------------------Chapter 10--------------------

Traditionally composing of Alma 10

1 This is what Amulek taught to the Land of Ammonihah:

	2 “I am Amulek, the son of Giddonah, who was the son of Ishmael, who was a descendant of Aminadi, who was a descendant of Nephi, who was the son of Lehi.

	3 This is the same Aminadi that taught us lessons of morality in our rameumptom.

	4 You all know who I am.

	5 I have many friends and family here.

	6 I have earned many riches because of my business here.

	7 Despite these things, I did not live a moral life.

	8 I thought there was no need to live a moral life, but I was wrong. I see the need for it among my people.

	9 I was encouraged to live a moral life many times, but I refused.

	10 I continued living an immoral life until the 10th year of the reign of the judges in the 7th month, and on the 4th day.

	11 As I was going to see close family, I realized I needed to go back to my house for something.

	12 When I arrived I saw Alma the Younger.

	13 He had had nothing to eat or drink for many days because no one would help him.

	14 I had compassion for him, and wanted to help him.

	15 I took him in and gave him some food and water, and told him he could stay as long as he needed.

	16 As I got to know him, I realized that he was a very moral man. He taught me how to live a moral life through his example of love towards me.

	17 He has also brightened to lives of wives, children, my parents, and my other family."

18 When the people of the Land of Ammonihah heard Amulek say these things, they were surprised.

19 They were surprised to hear someone teach the same things as Alma the Younger and that it was someone as prominent as Amulek.

20 There were some that wanted to catch both of them in a lie so that people wouldn't listen to them.

21 If they were found guilty of this type of lying, they would put in prison for disturbing the peace.

22 Those people who wanted them in jail were lawyers. At this time, they were appointed to make cases before the judges concerning if someone broke the law or not.

23 These lawyers were able to twist the perceptions of morality to make it seem like immorality.

24 The lawyers questioned Amulek so that they could catch him in a lie.

25 Amulek knew what they were trying to do, but the lawyers didn't know that he knew.

26 Amulek said to them:

	27 "You immoral lawyers and hypocrites!

	28 You are trying to lay traps to catch moral people in a lie.

	29 You are perverting our moral laws, which will destroy our people!"

	30 Mosiah the 2nd, our last king, taught us that if we do not live moral lives and care for one another, we would destroy ourselves.

	31 I am telling you here and now: what you are doing is immoral and you need to stop this behavior.

	32 If you do not, we will destroy ourselves.

	33 We won't be able to work together to survive times of famine or attacks from the Lamanites.

	34 The legacy that our destroyed people will leave behind is one of immorality."

35 This made the people of the Land of Ammonihah even angrier with Amulek, who yelled:

	36 "This man hates our just laws! He hates our wise and moral lawyers!"

37 Amulek stretched out his hand and said:

	38 "You immoral people! Why have you turned away from morality?

	39 Why do you not see the truth?

	40 Have I said anything negative about our law?

	41 I have not! I have spoken in favor of our law, but have used it to condemn you.

	42 If our people fall, it will be because of the immorality of the lawyers and judges."

43 The people responded to Amulek by saying:

	44 "You are an immoral man because you have lied to us! You have said you hate our laws!

	45 Now you are saying you love the laws!

	46 You hate our lawyers and judges!"

47 The lawyers helped the Land of Ammonihah believe these immoral lies.

48 There was an expert lawyer named Zeezrom who was well known for accusing Alma the Younger and Amulek.

49 He and all the lawyers spread these immoral lies so they could benefit for themselves and be hired by more people.

--------------------Chapter 11--------------------

Traditionally composing of Alma 11

1 The law that King Mosiah the 2nd put forth said that those who were judges should be compensated for their government work.

2 If someone was indebted to another in some form, and they would not close their debt, they were brought to the judge.

3 The judge would issue an arrest warrant for this person.

4 If the judge found that the debtor was indeed indebted to another, the judge would compel them to pay what was owed or be exiled as a thief.

5 The judge's pay was a senine of gold or a senum of silver for a day's work.

6 These were the units of measurement created by the Nephites.

7 Other units included a senine of gold, a seon of gold, a shum of gold, a limnah of gold, a senum of silver, an amnor of silver, an ezrom of silver, and an onti of silver.

8 The base unit of gold was a senine, which was worth 1.665 gallons (a seah measure) of barley or any other grain and was $1.

9 A seon was 2x the worth of a senine, which was worth 3.33 gallons of grain and was $2.

10 A shum was 2x the worth of a seon, which was worth 6.66 gallons of grain and was $4.

11 A Limnah was the combined worth of a shum, seon, and a senine, which was worth 11.655 gallons of grain or $7.

12 The base unit of silver was a senum, which was also worth 1.665 gallons (a seah measure) of barley or any other grain or $1.

13  An amnor was 2x the worth of a senum, which was worth 3.33 gallons of grain or $2.

14 An ezrom was 4x the worth of a senum, which was worth 6.66 gallons of grain or $4.

15 An onti was the combined worth of a amnor, ezrom, and an onti, which was worth 11.655 gallons of grain or $7.

16 There were other coins that didn't fit in with the base currency.

17 The smallest unit of silver was a leah, which was 1/8 of a senum, 0.208 gallons of grain, or 12.5¢.

18 A shiblum was 2x the worth of a leah, 0.416 gallons of grain, or 25¢.

19 A shiblon was 6x the worth of a shiblum, 0.833 gallons of grain, or $1.50.

20 An antion of gold was 3x the worth of a shiblon of silver, 2.5 gallons of grain, or $4.50.

21 It was the sole purpose of the lawyers to get as much of this currency as possible because of how they were hired.

22 They subtly caused fights among the people so they would have more work and money.

23 They turned the people against Alma the Younger and Amulek with this method.

24 Zeezrom, the prominent and immoral lawyer who sought to suppress morality, questioned Amulek by saying:

	25 "Will you answer a few of my questions?"

26 Amulek responded by saying:

	27 "I will only speak the truth."

28 Zeezrom then said to him:

	29 "I have 6 onties (equal to 70 gallons of grain) that I will give you if you lie"

30 Amulek responded by saying:

	31 "Oh, you child of immorality, why do you tempt me?

	32 Don't you know that moral people do not give in to immoral temptations such as these?

	33 Don't you believe in truth?

	34 I know you believe in truth, but you value your riches more than honesty.

	35 I knew that even if I lied you would not follow through with your bribe.

	36 You only wanted to catch me lying.

	37 One day you will reap what you sow. You have sown immorality, and you will reap destruction.

38 Zeezrom said:

	39 "You say there is truth and morality?"

40 Amulek told him there is, and Zeezrom asked:

	41 "How do you know this?"

42 Amulek said to him:

	43 "I have seen it with my own eyes in my own life. I have learned the lessons of our ancestors and have learned lessons from Alma the Younger."

44 Zeezrom asked:

	45 "Will these teachings save our people?"

46 Amulek said:

	47 "No, it is only by living a moral life that we will not destroy ourselves."

48 Zeezrom said to the people of the Land of Ammonihah:

	49 "Remember what he just said: the things he teaches will not save our people."

50 Amulek said to him:

	51 "You're misrepresenting what I have said!

	52 It is not by knowing these lessons that you are moral, it is by living by them.

	53 A day will come when you will reap what you sow.

	54 Immoral people will destroy themselves or be conquered by others because of their inability to help one another.

	55 Immoral people will be remembered for their immorality after their death, and moral people will be remembered for their morality after their death.

	56 This is true for everyone."

57 When Amulek had said this, the people of the Land of Ammonihah were surprised. Zeezrom was as well.

58 These are the lessons Amulek taught.

--------------------Chapter 12--------------------

Traditionally composing of Alma 12 & 13

1 After Alma the Younger had heard the words that silenced Zeezrom with surprise, he further explained the lessons Amulek taught by saying to Zeezrom and the many people of the Land of Ammonihah:

	2 "Zeezrom, you have been caught trying to deceive the people of the Land of Ammonihah.

	3 We know what you are trying to do.

	4 Your plan was very carefully laid to deceive these people and convince them to hate and exile us.

	5 Listen to me Zeezrom! Listen to me people of the Land of Ammonihah!

	6 This was an immoral plan to convince you to willingly chain your minds into slavery!"

7 When alma had said this, Zeezrom was even more surprised.

8 Zeezrom knew that Alma the Younger and Amulek knew his intentions, and was more and more convinced that they were truly moral men.

9 Zeezrom asked

	10 "What did Amulek mean when he said immoral people will be remembered for their immorality after their death, and moral people will be remembered for their morality after their death?"

11 Alma answered:

	12 "This is a very simple lesson.

	13 You only understand this lesson if you are willing and able to hear it.

	14 The stubborn and immoral are not able to truly grasp this simple lesson.

	15 Amulek has learned this lesson because he gave up being stubborn and immoral. Follow his example.

	16 Our thoughts, words, and actions rather condemn or praise us.

	17 One day your thoughts, words, and actions will end, and there will be nothing more but the legacy that you left behind with what you did with these while you were here.

	18 Immoral people are remembered unfavorably, moral people are remembered favorably.

	19 When you have died, you can no longer make an effort to changing this."

20 When Alma the Younger had finished saying this, everyone who heard him was dumbstruck.

21 However, the judge of the Land of Ammonihah, Antionah, said to Alma the younger:

	22 "What do you mean when you say immoral people will be remembered for their immorality after their death, and moral people will be remembered for their morality after their death?"

	23 What did our ancestors mean when they taught that those who are immoral cannot live in a place of peace?"

24 Alma the Younger responded by saying:

	25 "I was just about to talk about this.

	26 Those who reject morality are a lost people.

	27 We know morality is morality because it isn't immorality.

	28 We choose whether we want to live a blissful and peaceful life in morality or a hard and unfair life in immorality.

	29 We choose how we want to be remembered.

	30 There are those who want to help others live a peaceful, blissful, and moral life, and they teach others how they do this.

	31 People are able to have a clear picture of what is moral and what is immoral, and make an educated decision about how they want to live.

	32 I am here to tell you as one of those teachers that if you do not live a moral life you will be unhappy, struggle in life, and not leave a good legacy behind when you die.

	33 Live a moral life!

	34 I ask you again, my brothers and sisters, to think ahead.

	35 Remember that there are teachers of morality that are ready and waiting to help you live a good, honorable, peaceful, blissful, and moral life and so you can leave a good legacy behind.

	36 These teachers taught us even in the time of our ancient ancestors.

	37 They decided to be teachers because they chose morality over immorality.

	38 They are no better or worse than anyone else. They are just like us. They are not to be worshipped.

	39 These many teachers were ordained by others teachers, all the way back to the first person who started this method of teaching.

	40 They seek to teach morality and help others live by these lessons.

	41 As one of these teachers, I beg you to be humble and live by the lessons of morality of our ancestors!

	42 Be humble like the people of the teacher Melchizedek's day.

	43 He was a teacher that even our most honored ancestors honored.

	44 Melchizedek was a king over the Land of Salem when his people began to live immoral lives.

	45 Melchizedek, however, was a good and honorable man, and taught morality to his people.

	46 Melchizedek's people turned away from immorality and they lived in peace.

	47 Melchizedek's accomplishment was so great he was called the Prince of Peace.

	48 There were many before and after him, but none were greater, and he deserves special mention.

	49 The history of our ancestors, such as Melchizedek's, are important!

	50 Those who don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it."

51 Alma the Younger stretched out his hand and continued:

	52 "The time to turn to morality is now!

	53 The plain voice of our ancestors warns of living an immoral life!

	54 Those who live moral lives are happy.

	55 We have prospered in our land because our ancestors have worked together and lived moral lives.

	56 We have seen the benefits of living a moral life first hand.

	57 We all reap what we sow.

	58 Teachers of morality show us how to sow morality.

	59 My brothers and sisters, I speak from the innermost part of my heart.

	60 I am very worried about you. I am worried that you will not learn and live by these lessons of morality.

	61 I am worried you will live an immoral life all your days.

	62 I am worried you will refuse to be humble, meek, submissive, patient, full of love, and all long-suffering, live a moral life, and hope for a wonderful legacy.

	63 Turn away from immorality and live in morality!"

64 Alma spoke many more things, but they are not written in this book.

--------------------Chapter 13--------------------

Traditionally composing of Alma 14

1 After Alma the Younger had finished saying all of this, many believed him and turned away from their immoral lives and began to learn the lessons of their ancestors.

2 However, most wanted to kill Alma the Younger and Amulek because of how harshly they had spoken to Zeezrom.

3 They also still believed that Amulek had lied and hated their laws, lawyers, and judges.

4 They were angry because of how plainly Alma the Younger and Amulek had spoken.

5 They wanted to kill them without their murders being known.

6 Instead, they tied them up and took him to the chief judge of the Land of Ammonihah.

7 Many testified that they had lied and hated the people of the Land of Ammonihah and their laws, lawyers, and judges.

8 Zeezrom, the lawyer who had once persecuted Alma the Younger and Amulek, was shocked by what they were saying to the chief judge.

9 He knew that their minds were blinded because of the lies he had told.

10 Zeezrom felt an awful guilt, which was the consequence of the immoral life that he had been living.

11 He cried to the people and chief judge of the Land of Ammonihah and said:

	12 "I am guilty of lying! These men are innocent!"

13 The people began to hate Zeezrom as well and said he had also been deceived.

14 They spit on him and exiled him. They did this with all the known moral people who had begun to live moral lives. As they left rocks were thrown at them.

15 They took the spouses and children of all these known moral people, and threw them into a fire.

16 They brought the history of their ancestors and threw them into the fire as well.

17 They burned and destroyed all connection to the morality they had among them.

18 They brought Alma the Younger and Amulek to watch these innocent women and children be burned alive.

19 Amulek, who's wives and children were among those thrown in the fire, was overwhelmed with pain.

20 Amulek said to Alma:

	21 "How can we watch this horror! We need to do something and save these innocent moral people from the flames!"

22 Alma the Younger said to Amulek, with a heavy heart:

	23 "We are restrained and can do nothing.

	24 These moral people will die for their morality.

	25 The blood of the innocent will stand as a witness of the immorality of these people till the end of time."

26 Amulek, concerned, said to Alma the Younger

	27 "Perhaps they will burn us also.”

28 Alma the Younger said to him:

	29 "They may try, but we have not finished teaching morality to these people."

30 After the moral people had been burned alive along with the history of their ancestors, the chief judge of the Land of Ammonihah came to Alma the Younger and Amulek, who were tied up.

31 He slapped them on their cheeks and said to them:

	32 "After what you have seen, will you teach your 'morality' to these people again?"

	33 "You have no power to save those who were thrown into the fire."

34 The chief judge of the Land of Ammonihah slapped the silent men again after no response, and asked:

	35 "What do you have to say for yourselves!"

36 This judge was a Nehorite, which was a community of people founded by the teachings of Nehor, who killed Gideon, who was King Limhi's commander.

37 Alma the Younger and Amulek said nothing, so the judge slapped them again and sent them to prison.

38 After 3 days of imprisonment, many Nehorite lawyers, judges, and teachers came to them and ask them questions.

39 Neither Alma the Younger or Amulek spoke a word.

40 The chief judge of the Land of Ammonihah spoke to them, saying:

	41 "Why do you not answer the questions of these people?

	42 Don't you know that I have the power to burn you alive?

	43 I command you to speak!"

44 They answered nothing.

45 The Nehorites left and came again in the morning when the chief judge of the Land of Ammonihah again slapped them on the cheek.

46 Many more people came and beat and spit on them as well, and sneeringly asked

	47 "Why don't you condemn me, my people, and our laws again?

	38 We do not look liked the ones who are damned!"

48 They were tortured for many days and were starved and had no water.

49 The Nehorites also took their clothes to humiliate them as they were tied up in prison.

50 They endured this for many, many days.

51 On the 12th day, in the 10th month, in the 10th year of the reign of the judges, the chief judge over the land of Ammonihah, and many of his Nehorite teachers and lawyers, went in to Alma the Younger and Amulek's prison.

52 The chief judge in front of them and slapped them on their cheek again, and said to them:

	53 “If you are truly moral, why has no one saved you?

	54 No one wants to risk their own lives to save yours."

55 Alma the Younger and Amulek were tortured and mocked again.

56 Alma the Younger and Amulek rose to their feet, and Alma the Younger declared:

	57 "We will no longer suffer these hardships! We will defend ourselves or die!"

58 Alma the Younger and Amulek had managed to untie their restraints.

59 When the immoral Nehorites saw this, they ran away and feared for their lives.

60 They were so scared, that many fell to the ground as they scrambled away from the moral men.

61 Suddenly, the earth shook in an earthquake.

62 There was a lot of destruction caused by this earthquake.

63 Much of the Land of Ammonihah was leveled and many of the Nehorites died, including those that tortured the

64 The prison walls fell and Alma and Amulek were able to escape unharmed.

65 Alma the Younger and Amulek ran from the Land of Ammonihah.

66 Many of the people of the Land of Ammonihah ran to check on their chief judge when they found Alma the Younger and Amulek fleeing.

67 They were frightened by Alma the Younger and Amulek, who had now gained a reputation of being powerful and wise men, having withstood the judge's torture.

68 They ran away from them like how a goat flees with her young from two lions.

--------------------Chapter 14--------------------

Traditionally composing of Alma 15

1 Alma the Younger and Amulek fled from the Land of Ammonihah into the Land of Sidom.

2 There they found all the moral people who were exiled from the land of Ammonihah because of their morality.

3 With a heavy heart, Alma the Younger and Amulek told the fate of their moral spouses and children.

4 Zeezrom, the immoral lawyer that had a change of heart, laid sick with a burning fever in Sidom.

5 The fever warped his mind and amplified the guilt he felt because of his immorality.

6 He believed that Alma the Younger and Amulek had died by the hand of the chief judge of the Land of Ammonihah because of him.

7 Zeezrom felt an overwhelming painful guilt because of his immorality.

8 When he heard that Alma the Younger and Amulek were alive and in the Land of Sidom, the begged for them to come to him.

9 They came to him immediately after they received his message.

10 When they came to Zeezrom, he was bed ridden and very sick from his fever.

11 The pain he was feeling because of his guilt was obvious to see on his face.

12 He asked if they could help him.

13 Alma the Younger, who took Zeezrom by the hand, asked him:

	14 "Do you believe moral people would help even you to be healthy again?"

15 Zeezrom answered by saying:

	16 "Yes, I believe what you have taught. Moral people help one another."

17 Alma the Younger sent for a doctor that he knew of to come quickly.

18 After Zeezrom was seen by the doctor, he began to regain his strength, and eventually was able to stand and walk again.

19 The moral example that Alma the Younger gave resonated with all the Land of Sidom.

20 Zeezrom promised Alma the Younger to live a moral life.

21 Zeezrom also wanted to become a teacher of morality.

22 Alma established an Almakite community in the Land of Sidom and made people teachers of morality.

23 Many people came and promised to live moral lives.

24 The people in the Land of Ammonihah remained a stubborn and immoral people.

25 They refused to live a life of morality that Alma the Younger and Amulek taught them to live.

26 They believed every word that Nehor had taught, despite Nehor renouncing his own beliefs.

27 Amulek had forsaken all his gold, silver, and valuable possessions, which were in the Land of Ammonihah.

28 He was rejected by the people who he ones called friends and family.

29 After Alma had established the Almakite community in the Land of Sidom and saw that the people there were living moral lives and meditate in their temple, he took Amulek to the Land of Zarahemla.

30 Alma the Younger took him to his own house and gave Amulek whatever he needed, just as Amulek had done for him.

31 This ended the 10th year of the reign of the judges.

--------------------Chapter 15--------------------

Traditionally composing of Alma 16

1 In the 11th year of the reign of the judges, on the 5th day of the 2nd month there was a cry of war heard throughout the land.

2 Before this there was peace in the Land of Zarahemla for many years.

3 The Lamanite armies were in the Wilderness of Hermounts near the Land of Ammonihah and had begun to destroy the City of Ammonihah.

4 Before the Nephites could raise a sufficient army to drive them out of the land, the Lamanites had massacred the people in the city of Ammonihah and also some around the borders of Noah.

5 They took some survivors as slaves.

6 The Nephites wanted to save those who had been taken as slaves and gain justice for the massacred.

7 A chief captain of the Nephite armies was appointed by the chief judge of the Republic of Zarahemla.

8 The chief captain's name was Zoram, who had 2 sons named Lehi and Aha.

9 Zoram and his sons were Almakites that respected Alma the Younger as both a teacher of morality and a leader of people.

10 They wanted to hear Alma the Younger's opinion on how they should rescue their captured from the Lamanites in the wilderness.

11 Alma the Younger meditated on what he believed to be the best course of action.

12 Alma the Younger returned to them and said:

	13 "I believe the Lamanites will cross the river Sidon into the narrow strip of wilderness to the south and outside the borders of the Land of Manti.

	14 You will likely meet them in battle east of the river Sidon."

15 Zoram and his sons crossed over the river Sidon with their armies and marched outside the borders of the Land of Manti into the south wilderness, which was on the east side of the river Sidon.

16 When they met the Lamanites where Alma the Younger predicted, they battled.

17 The Lamanites were defeated and scrambled into the wilderness.

18 Zoram's army was able to rescue the kidnapped Nephites, and not a single one had been killed.

19 The captives returned to their homes.

20 21 Everyone that was not captured in Ammonihah had been killed.

21 Because of the death and destruction that was there, no one went to Ammonihah for many, many years.

22 This massacre was called "The Desolation of Nehors".

23 This ended the 11th year of the judges. The Lamanites having been driven out of the land and the people of Ammonihah being destroyed.

24 The Lamanites did not start another war until the 14th year of the judges, and the Nephites lived in peace during that time.

25 Alma the Younger and Amulek went around teaching morality in any temple they could find.

26 They would teach their lessons of morality to anyone who would listen.

27 Many more teachers of morality did the same thing.

28 Many people liked the teachings they had to give, and many promised to live by them. Many chose to become Almakites.

29 There was no inequality among the Almakites because they all loved and helped each other.

30 They knew that they succeeded when they work together.

31 They were full of joy, and even the new Almakites were treated no differently than those who had lived their whole lives as Almakites.

32 These people taught against lying, deceiving, envying, fighting, enmity, hating, stealing, murdering, cheating on your spouse, and living an excessively luxurious life.

33 They taught that working together lead to a happy life, and fighting with each other lead to an unhappy life.

34 Most every Nephite had committed to living a moral life.

35 This ended the 14th year of the reign of the judges.