66 And again, they have brought swords, the hilts thereof have perished, and the blades thereof were cankered with rust;
67 And there is no one in the land that is able to interpret the language or the engravings that are on the plates.
68 Therefore, I said unto thee, Canst thou translate?
69 And I say unto thee again, Knowest thou of any one that can translate? for I am desirous that these records should be translated into our language.
70 For, perhaps they will give us a knowledge of a remnant of the people who have been destroyed, from whence these records came;
71 Or, perhaps they will give us a knowledge of this very people who have been destroyed; and I am desirous to know the cause of their destruction.
72 Now Ammon said unto him, I can assuredly tell thee, O king, of a man that can translate the records: for he has wherewith that he can look, and translate all records that are of ancient date: and it is a gift from God.
73 And the things are called interpreters; and no man can look in them, except he be commanded, lest he should look for that he ought not, and he should perish.
74 And whosoever is commanded to look in them, the same is called seer.
75 And behold, the king of the people who is in the land of Zarahemla, is the man that is commanded to do these things, and who has this high gift from God.
76 And the king said, that a seer is greater than a prophet.
