Pater Noster in Latvian
Tews
mûs
kut
tu
esch
in
debbes.
Our Father, who art in heaven
Sweérti
to
tau
waêrtsch.
hallowed be thy name
Inaēkas
moms
tau
walstieb.
thy kingdom come
Tau
spraets
noteék
in
debbes
kavērssu
semes.
thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven
Mûs
schjodēnysch
to
maisyd
do
tû
moms
schjodeên.
Give us this day our daily bread
Pomettêes
mus
parradûs
kamés
pommêtêm
sau
paradnēkem.
and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us
Néwét
moms
eck
schjan.
and lead us not into temptation
Láune
kaedēnāeschjēn.
but deliver us from evil.
Ais
to
tés
tau
walstybē,
tau
speax,
tau
gôetsch,
tau
musiga
besgat.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.
Omen.
Amen
Attested In
- Brand p. 74 (Churländisch)
- Chamberlayne p. 84 (Curlandice) – ex Brandtii itinerario per illas regiones hausi
- Hervas p. 164 n. 123 (Curlandese)
- Pantographia p. 314 (Courlandic) – Orat. Dom. Amst. p. 84
Bibliography
- The Latvian Lord’s Prayer, Two Folk Songs and Some Phrases by Johann Arnold Brand from 1673 Revised by Ernesta Kazakėnaitė, Felix Thies (2023). In: Baltu Filologija Vol. 32 No. 1/2