The Lord's Prayer
Jonathan Slocum and Carol Justus
The Lord's Prayer
Perhaps the best-known Indo-European prayer is the Lord's Prayer, a Christian prayer originally attested in New Testament Greek from a lost Aramaic original.
Matt. 6:9-13
Πάτερ | ἡμῶν | ὁ | ἐν | τοῖς | οὐρανοῖς | ||
Father | of us | who | in | the | heaven | ||
ἁγιασθήτω | τὸ | ὄνομα | σου | ||||
hallowed be | the | name | of you. | ||||
ἐλθέτω | ὴ | βασιλεία | σου | ||||
let come | the | kingdom | of you. | ||||
γενηθήτω | τὸ | θέλημα | σου | ||||
let happen | the | will | of you, | ||||
ὡς | ἐν | οὐρανῷ | καὶ | ἐπὶ | γῆς | ||
as | in | heaven | and | on | earth. | ||
τὸν | ἄρτον | ἡμῶν | τὸν | ἐπιούσιον | δὸς | ἡμῖν | σήμερον |
the | bread | of us | the | daily-dole | give | to us | today. |
καὶ | ἄφες | ἡμῖν | τὰ | ὀφειλήματα | ἡμῶν | ||
and | remit | to us | the | debts | of us, | ||
ὡς | καὶ | ἡμεῖς | ἀφήκαμεν | τοῖς | ὀφειλέταις | ἡμῶν | |
as | also | we | remit | to the | debtors | of us. | |
καὶ | μὴ | εἰσενέγκῃς | ἡμᾶς | εἰς | πειρασμόν | ||
and | not | bring | us | into | trial/temptation, | ||
ἀλλὰ | ῥῦσαι | ἡμᾶς | ἀπὸ | τοῦ | πονηροῦ | ||
but | rescue | us | from | the | evil (one). |