Alma 11

Alma 11

1. Now it was in the law of Mosiah that every man which was a judge of the law, or which was appointed to be judges, should receive his wages according to the time which they labored to judge those which were brought before them to be judged.

2. Now if a man oweth another and he would not pay that which he did owe, he was complained of to the judge; and the judge executed authority and sent forth officers that the man should be brought before him. And he judgeth the man according to the law and the evidences which are brought against him; and thus the man is compelled to pay that which he oweth, or be striped or be cast out from among the people as a thief and a robber.

3. And the judge receiveth for his wages according to his time: a senine of gold for a day, or a senum of silver, which is equal to a senine of gold. And this is according to the law which was given.

4. Now these are the names of the different pieces of their gold and of their silver, according to their value; and the names are given by the Nephites. For they did not reckon after the manner of the Jews which were at Jerusalem, neither did they measure after the manner of the Jews; but they altered their reckoning and their measure according to the minds and the circumstances of the people, in every generation until the reign of the judges--they having been established by king Mosiah.

5. Now the reckoning is thus: a senine of gold, a seon of gold, a shum of gold, and a limnah of gold;

6. a senum of silver, an amnor of silver, an ezrum of silver, and an onti of silver.

7. A senum of silver was equal to a senine of gold, and either for a measure of barley, and also for a measure of every kind of grain.

8. Now the amount of a seon of gold was twice the value of a senine.

9. And a shum of gold was twice the value of a seon.

10. And a limnah of gold was the value of them all.

11. And an amnor of silver was as great as two senums.

12. And an ezrum of silver was as great as four senums.

13. And an onti was as great as them all.

14. Now this is the value of the lesser numbers of their reckoning:

15. a shiblon is half of a senum; therefore a shiblon for a half a measure of barley.

16. And a shilum is a half of a shiblon.

17. And a leah is the half of a shilum.

18. Now an antion of gold is equal to three shiblons.

19. Now this is their number according to their reckoning.

20. Now it was for the sole purpose for to get gain, because they received their wages according to their employ, therefore they did stir up the people to riotings and all manner of disturbances and wickedness, that they might have more employ, that they might get money according to the suits which was brought before them; therefore they did stir up the people against Alma and Amulek.

21. And thus Zeezrom began to question Amulek, saying: Will ye answer me a few questions which I shall ask you? Now Zeezrom was a man which was expert in the devices of the devil, that he might destroy that which was good; therefore he saith unto Amulek: Will ye answer the questions which I shall put unto you?

22. And Amulek saith unto him: Yea, I will if it be according to the Spirit of the Lord which is in me, for I shall say nothing which is contrary to the Spirit of the Lord. And Zeezrom saith unto him: Behold, here is six onties of silver; and all these will I give unto thee if thou wilt deny the existence of a Supreme Being.

23. Now Amulek saith: O thou child of hell, why tempt ye me? Knowest thou that the righteous yieldeth to no such temptations?

24. Believest thou that there is no God? I say unto you: Nay, thou knowest that there is a God; but thou lovest that lucre more than him.

25. And now thou hast lied before God unto me, for thou saidest unto me: Behold, these six onties--which are of great worth--I will give unto thee--when thou had it in thy heart to retain them from me. And it was only thy desires that I should deny the true and living God, that thou mightest have cause to destroy me. And now behold, for this great evil thou shalt have thy reward.

26. And Zeezrom saith unto him: Thou sayest there is a true and a living God?

27. And Amulek saith: Yea, there is a true and a living God.

28. Now Zeezrom saith: Is there more than one God?

29. And he answereth: No.

30. Now Zeezrom saith unto him again: How knowest thou these things?

31. And he saith: An angel hath made them known unto me.

32. And Zeezrom saith again: Who is he that shall come? Is it the Son of God?

33. And he saith unto him: Yea.

34. And Zeezrom saith again: Shall he save his people in their sins? And Amulek answered and said unto him: I say unto you, he shall not--for it is impossible for him to deny his word.

35. Now Zeezrom saith unto the people: See that ye remember these things, for he saith there is but one God, yet he saith that the Son of God shall come but he shall not save his people, as though he had authority to command God.

36. Now Amulek said again unto him: Behold, thou hast lied; for thou sayest that I speak as though I had authority to command God because I said he shall not save his people in their sins.

37. And I say unto you again that he cannot save them in their sins, for I cannot deny his word. And he hath said that no unclean thing can inherit the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, how can ye be saved except ye inherit the kingdom of heaven? Therefore ye cannot be saved in your sins.

38. Now Zeezrom saith again unto him: Is the Son of God the very Eternal Father?

39. And Amulek saith unto him: Yea, he is the very Eternal Father of heaven and earth and all things which in them is. He is the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

40. And he shall come into the world to redeem his people. And he shall take upon him the transgressions of those who believe on his name; and these are they that shall have eternal life, and salvation cometh to none else.

41. Therefore the wicked remain as though there had been no redemption made, except it be the loosing of the bands of death. For behold, the day cometh that all shall rise from the dead and stand before God and be judged according to his works.

42. Now there is a death which is called temporal death. And the death of Christ shall loose the bands of this temporal death, that all shall be raised from this temporal death.

43. The spirit and the body shall be reunited again in its perfect form. Both limb and joint shall be restored to its proper frame, even as we now are at this time; and we shall be brought to stand before God, knowing even as we know now, and have a bright recollection of all our guilt.

44. Now this restoration shall come to all, both old and young, both bond and free, both male and female, both the wicked and the righteous. And even there shall not so much as a hair of their heads be lost; but all things shall be restored to its perfect frame, as it is now, or in the body, and all shall be brought and be raigned before the bar of Christ the Son and God the Father and the Holy Spirit--which is one Eternal God--to be judged according to their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil.

45. Now behold, I have spoken unto you concerning the death of the mortal body, and also concerning the resurrection of the mortal body. I say unto you that this mortal body is raised to an immortal body--that is, from death, even from the first death unto life--that they can die no more, their spirits uniting with their bodies, never to be divided, thus the whole becoming spiritual and immortal, that they can no more see corruption.

46. Now when Amulek had finished these words, the people began again to be astonished; and also Zeezrom began to tremble. And thus ended the words of Amulek, or this is all that I have written.