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.

English:

Our Father who is in heaven,

Lenape:

Wetuxëmienk os'hakame èpit.

English:

Your name is highly regarded.

Lenape:

Maxinkwelëntasu ktëluwènsëwakàn.

English:

Your kingdom is coming.

Lenape:

Ksakimëweokàn pètuxweyu.

English:

What you think will be done

Lenape:

Ki èliteheyàn lèkèch

English:

on earth as in Heaven.

Lenape:

xkwithakamika alàshi òs'hakame.

English:

Give us our bread every day

Lenape:

Milinèn ntàponëmëna kwënikishukw.

English:

And forgive us

Lenape:

òk punelìntàmainèn

English:

our debts, like we

Lenape:

ntëlekhamakanëna, alàshi kiluna

English:

we forgive those who are indebted to us.

Lenape:

mpunelìntàmainèn lekhamakanachik,

English:

And do not lead us into temptation

Lenape:

òk matàch sahkakwëninèn këshëwelìntàmëwakànink

English:

but take us away from evil;

Lenape:

shëk punelìntàmainèn mèthìk:

English:

because you possess your kingdom.

Lenape:

èli knihëlatàmën ksakimëwakàn.

English:

and your great power,

Lenape:

òk kanshilësëwakàn,

English:

and your glory forever.

Lenape:

òk maxinkwelësëwakàn apchich.

English:

Let it be so.

Lenape:

Na në lekèch

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