21 September 1859 transcription: 1981 LDS Edition Book of Mormon: With differences in red (ignoring small capitals, the testimony of eight witnesses and hyphenation for word wrapping). to the book of mormon, THE TESTIMONY OF EIGHT WITNESSES be it known unto all nations, kindreds, Be it known unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, tongues, and people, unto whom this work shall and people, unto whom this work shall come : come, that joseph smith, junior, the trAnslator of That Joseph Smith, Jun. , the tr anslator of this this work, has shown unto us the plates of which work, has shown unto us the plates of which hath been spoken, which have the appearance of hath been spoken, which have the appearance of gold; and as many of the leaves as the said smith gold; and as many of the leaves as the said has translated, we did handle with our hands: Smith has translated we did handle with our and we also saw the engravings thereon, all of hands ; and we also saw the engravings thereon, which has the appearance of ancient work, and all of which has the appearance of ancient work, of curious workmanship. and this we bear record and of curious workmanship. And this we bear with words of soberness, that the said smith has record with words of soberness, that the said shown unto us, for we hAve seen and hefted, Smith has shown unto us, for we h ave seen and and know of a surety that the said smith has got hefted, and know of a surety that the said Smith the plates of which we have spoken. and we give has got the plates of which we have spoken. And our names unto the world to witness unto the we give our names unto the world , to witness world that which we have seen; and we lie not, unto the world that which we have seen . And we god bearing witness of it. lie not, God bearing witness of it. christian whitmer, jacob whitmer, Christian Whitmer Hiram Page peter whitmer, jr., Jacob Whitmer Joseph Smith, Sen john whitmer, Peter Whitmer, Jun Hyrum Smith hiram page, John Whitmer Samuel H. Smith joseph smith, sen., hyrum smith, samuel h. smith. .