I was reading my French copy if the Book of Mormon tonight. I’m in Alma 34, and as soon as I had read verse 19, I stopped for a moment:<\/p>\n
Oui, humiliez-vous et pers\u00e9v\u00e9rez dans la pri\u00e8re vers lui.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I’m not sure why, but that verse touched me. Every once in a while, a verse will jump out at me in French that never had in English. For some reason, this one did for me today.<\/p>\n
Maybe it was the use of pers\u00e9v\u00e9rer<\/em> instead of continuer<\/em>, implying that perhaps Amulek intended something more than what we read in the English version. The French translation seems to indicate that not only should we pray, but we must persevere at it.<\/p>\nWhat makes it more interesting is its pairing with the admonition to be humble, a possible allusion to trials and testing. If that’s the case, then it shows not only that continuing to pray will be difficult, but it will be necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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