15:1 And it came to pass when Coriantumr had recovered of his wounds,
he began to remember the words which Ether had spoken unto him.
15:2 He saw that there had been slain by the sword already nearly two
millions of his people, and he began to sorrow in his heart; yea, there
had been slain two millions of mighty men, and also their wives and
their children.
15:3 He began to repent of the evil which he had done; he began to
remember the words which had been spoken by the mouth of all the
prophets, and he saw them that they were fulfilled thus far, every
whit; and his soul mourned and refused to be comforted.
15:4 And it came to pass that he wrote an epistle unto Shiz, desiring
him that he would spare the people, and he would give up the kingdom
for the sake of the lives of the people.
15:5 And it came to pass that when Shiz had received his epistle he
wrote an epistle unto Coriantumr, that if he would give himself up,
that he might slay him with his own sword, that he would spare the
lives of the people.
15:6 And it came to pass that the people repented not of their
iniquity; and the people of Coriantumr were stirred up to anger against
the people of Shiz; and the people of Shiz were stirred up to anger
against the people of Coriantumr; wherefore, the people of Shiz did
give battle unto the people of Coriantumr.
15:7 And when Coriantumr saw that he was about to fall he fled again
before the people of Shiz.
15:8 And it came to pass that he came to the waters of Ripliancum,
which, by interpretation, is large, or to exceed all; wherefore, when
they came to these waters they pitched their tents; and Shiz also
pitched his tents near unto them; and therefore on the morrow they did
come to battle.
15:9 And it came to pass that they fought an exceedingly sore battle,
in which Coriantumr was wounded again, and he fainted with the loss of
blood.
15:10 And it came to pass that the armies of Coriantumr did press upon
the armies of Shiz that they beat them, that they caused them to flee
before them; and they did flee southward, and did pitch their tents in
a place which was called Ogath.
15:11 And it came to pass that the army of Coriantumr did pitch their
tents by the hill Ramah; and it was that same hill where my father
Mormon did hide up the records unto the Lord, which were sacred.
15:12 And it came to pass that they did gather together all the people
upon all the face of the land, who had not been slain, save it was
Ether.
15:13 And it came to pass that Ether did behold all the doings of the
people; and he beheld that the people who were for Coriantumr were
gathered together to the army of Coriantumr; and the people who were
for Shiz were gathered together to the army of Shiz.
15:14 Wherefore, they were for the space of four years gathering
together the people, that they might get all who were upon the face of
the land, and that they might receive all the strength which it was
possible that they could receive.
15:15 And it came to pass that when they were all gathered together,
every one to the army which he would, with their wives and their
children—both men women and children being armed with weapons of war,
having shields, and breastplates, and head-plates, and being clothed
after the manner of war—they did march forth one against another to
battle; and they fought all that day, and conquered not.
15:16 And it came to pass that when it was night they were weary, and
retired to their camps; and after they had retired to their camps they
took up a howling and a lamentation for the loss of the slain of their
people; and so great were their cries, their howlings and lamentations,
that they did rend the air exceedingly.
15:17 And it came to pass that on the morrow they did go again to
battle, and great and terrible was that day; nevertheless, they
conquered not, and when the night came again they did rend the air with
their cries, and their howlings, and their mournings, for the loss of
the slain of their people.
15:18 And it came to pass that Coriantumr wrote again an epistle unto
Shiz, desiring that he would not come again to battle, but that he
would take the kingdom, and spare the lives of the people.
15:19 And behold, the Spirit of the Lord had ceased striving with them,
and Satan had full power over the hearts of the people; for they were
given up unto the hardness of their hearts, and the blindness of their
minds that they might be destroyed; wherefore they went again to
battle.
15:20 And it came to pass that they fought all that day, and when the
night came they slept upon their swords.
15:21 And on the morrow they fought even until the night came.
15:22 And when the night came they were drunken with anger, even as a
man who is drunken with wine; and they slept again upon their swords.
15:23 And on the morrow they fought again; and when the night came they
had all fallen by the sword save it were fifty and two of the people of
Coriantumr, and sixty and nine of the people of Shiz.
15:24 And it came to pass that they slept upon their swords that night,
and on the morrow they fought again, and they contended in their might
with their swords and with their shields, all that day.
15:25 And when the night came there were thirty and two of the people
of Shiz, and twenty and seven of the people of Coriantumr.
15:26 And it came to pass that they ate and slept, and prepared for
death on the morrow. And they were large and mighty men as to the
strength of men.
15:27 And it came to pass that they fought for the space of three
hours, and they fainted with the loss of blood.
15:28 And it came to pass that when the men of Coriantumr had received
sufficient strength that they could walk, they were about to flee for
their lives; but behold, Shiz arose, and also his men, and he swore in
his wrath that he would slay Coriantumr or he would perish by the
sword.
15:29 Wherefore, he did pursue them, and on the morrow he did overtake
them; and they fought again with the sword. And it came to pass that
when they had all fallen by the sword, save it were Coriantumr and
Shiz, behold Shiz had fainted with the loss of blood.
15:30 And it came to pass that when Coriantumr had leaned upon his
sword, that he rested a little, he smote off the head of Shiz.
15:31 And it came to pass that after he had smitten off the head of
Shiz, that Shiz raised upon his hands and fell; and after that he had
struggled for breath, he died.
15:32 And it came to pass that Coriantumr fell to the earth, and became
as if he had no life.
15:33 And the Lord spake unto Ether, and said unto him: Go forth. And
he went forth, and beheld that the words of the Lord had all been
fulfilled; and he finished his record; (and the hundredth part I have
not written) and he hid them in a manner that the people of Limhi did
find them.
15:34 Now the last words which are written by Ether are these: Whether
the Lord will that I be translated, or that I suffer the will of the
Lord in the flesh, it mattereth not, if it so be that I am saved in the
kingdom of God. Amen.