Pater noster

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Pater noster quī es in caelīs, sanctificētur nōmen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum. Fīat voluntās tua sīcut in caelō et in terrā. Pānem nostrum cotīdiānum dā nōbīs hodiē. Et dīmitte nōbīs dēbita nostra sīcut et nōs dīmittimus dēbitōribus nostrīs. Et nē nōs indūcās in tentātiōnem sed līberā nōs ā malō. Quia tuum est regnum, et potentia, et glōria in saecula saeculōrum. Āmēn.

Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done, on Earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

The Pater noster, also called Lord's Prayer, is the best known Christian prayer. According to the New Testament, Jesus Christ gave it as an answer to the apostles as they asked how to pray. It appears in Luke's and Matthew's Gospels.

The final doxology must be an old addition; it is lacking in many manuscripts of the Bible, and Catholics usually do not use it in their personal prayer.

We have supplemented the text with macrons to mark long vowels.

The translation is a traditional English version from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. Other versions such as the "King James" Bible use "debts" instead of "trespasses" and "our debtors" for "those who trespass against us", and thus are closer to the Latin text.

References

Olteanu, Michael. Convent of Pater Noster: The Lord's Prayer in 1323 languages and dialects. Hosted by: Christus Rex et Redemptor Mundi. URL: http://www.christusrex.org/www1/pater/index.html