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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

Jesus Eluwèt

The Lord's Prayer . . . Told by Nora Thompson Dean in 1967. A similar version was given by Nora when she was invited to do so by the Delawares on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario at the re-dedication of the Chapel of the Delaware in 1970.
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Our Father who is in heaven,
Lenape:
Wetuxëmienk os'hakame èpit.
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English:
Your name is highly regarded.
Lenape:
Maxinkwelëntasu ktëluwènsëwakàn.
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English:
Your kingdom is coming.
Lenape:
Ksakimëweokàn pètuxweyu.
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What you think will be done
Lenape:
Ki èliteheyàn lèkèch
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on earth as in Heaven.
Lenape:
xkwithakamika alàshi òs'hakame.
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Give us our bread every day
Lenape:
Milinèn ntàponëmëna kwënikishukw.
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And forgive us
Lenape:
òk punelìntàmainèn
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our debts, like we
Lenape:
ntëlekhamakanëna, alàshi kiluna
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we forgive those who are indebted to us.
Lenape:
mpunelìntàmainèn lekhamakanachik,
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And do not lead us into temptation
Lenape:
òk matàch sahkakwëninèn këshëwelìntàmëwakànink
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but take us away from evil;
Lenape:
shëk punelìntàmainèn mèthìk:
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because you possess your kingdom.
Lenape:
èli knihëlatàmën ksakimëwakàn.
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and your great power,
Lenape:
òk kanshilësëwakàn,
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and your glory forever.
Lenape:
òk maxinkwelësëwakàn apchich.
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Let it be so.
Lenape:
Na në lekèch