3a Behold, you have not understood; you have supposed that I would give it unto you, when you took no thought, save it was to ask me;
3b but, behold, I say unto you, that you must study it out in your mind;
3c then you must ask me if it be right, and if it is right, I will cause that your bosom shall burn within you; therefore, you shall feel that it is right;
3d but if it be not right, you shall have no such feelings, but you shall have a stupor of thought, that shall cause you to forget the thing which is wrong;
3e therefore, you can not write that which is sacred, save it be given you from me.
4a Now, if you had known this, you could have translated; nevertheless, it is not expedient that you should translate now. Behold, it was expedient when you commenced, but you feared, and the time is past, and it is not expedient now;
4b for, do you not behold that I have given unto my servant Joseph sufficient strength, whereby it is made up, and neither of you have I condemned?
5a Do this thing which I have commanded you, and you shall prosper. Be faithful, and yield to no temptation.
5b Stand fast in the work wherewith I have called you, and a hair of your head shall not be lost, and you shall be lifted up at the last day. Amen.
DC 10 Intro: SECTION 10
Revelation given through Joseph Smith, Jr., to his brother, Hyrum Smith, May 1829, at Harmony, Pennsylvania. The first four paragraphs contain the same assurances and counsel as had been given to Oliver Cowdery during the preceding months (D. and C. 6).
1a A great and marvelous work is about to come forth among the children of men.
