Language help required

[smallhobbit]

I'm doing the talk (sermon) in church in just over two weeks time, and I wanted to use a slide showing the words for "Our Father" (the beginning of the Lord's Prayer) in different languages, because this is the universal prayer of the Christian church.

I can't find one, so I shall have to create my own, which is okay, but I was hoping that some of my flist would be able to provide the words in languages they speak.  I could simply google, but there's always a risk I'd pick up the wrong thing.

All I want is the two words, or equivalent, which say: Our Father.  Any help would be appreciated!

Comments

[angelofthenorth]

Welsh - Ein Tad
French - Notre Père

[smallhobbit]

Thank you.

[mafief]

I’m asking my group of Christian pastor friends. I’ll see what they say.

[smallhobbit]

That's brilliant - thank you very much.

[mafief]

One friend sent along https://www.marypages.com/the-lords-prayer-in-different-languages.html.
I think the first line is the same for all of them, but it doesn’t separate “our father” from “who art in heaven”.

[smallhobbit]

That's great, thank you :)

[prisca]

German: Vater unser

[smallhobbit]

Thank you.

[auroracloud]

Finnish: Isä meidän

The two dots on top of the ä's are significant; in Finnish, ä is a completely different letter/sound from a. And I'm fairly sure that's the capitalization; Finnish doesn't capitalize non-personal names as much as many other languages do, so I'm pretty sure just the I in the beginning is capitalized.

(Disclaimer: am not a Christian and haven't attended religion classes or Sunday school, but it's kind of easy to pick up these things anyway.)

[smallhobbit]

That's great, thank you. I'm copying and pasting all the versions into a powerpoint slide, so the two dots will be included.

I'm grateful for your reply, especially since you're not a Christian. That's exactly what I was hoping for.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Swahili: Baba yetu

Kinyarwanda: Dawe wa twese

[smallhobbit]

That's brilliant, thank you!

[scfrankles]

The Dutch equivalent is: Onze Vader.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you :)

[mightymads]

Russian: Отче Наш. This is the way it’s used in the prayer and is quite different from the modern spoken Russian.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much. It's the contrast between tradition and daily language - in England a lot of people still use 'Thy' within the prayer whereas it's never used in normal English.

[mightymads]

“наш” has to be with a small letter. I checked it, as I’m not a Christian :)

[smallhobbit]

Thank you - I have adjusted my slide. I appreciate you taking the time and trouble to reply when you're not a Christian.

[luthienberen]

Ojcze nasz - Polish :) "Ojcze" is father and "nasz" our.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much - I was hoping you'd be around.

[luthienberen]

You're welcome! All the very best with the sermon. I pray it goes smoothly x.

Love your butterfly icon -wonderfully colourful!