“Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you–there is no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper;” (D&C 71:9) and perhaps this is might have something to do with why.

The plot thickens in the story of these lead plates. Are they real? Are they fakes? More evidence on both sides of the argument.

This question or a form of it has come to my attention many times. Translation usually involves understanding the source language and rendering the meaning as best as one can in another language.