Wednesday 20 March 2013

Pater Noster

Here is the Lord's Prayer in Latin.  As I already know it in English, it is a very useful short text to memorise to help improve my Latin.
 
Pater Noster
qui es in caelis,
sanctificetur nomen tuum.
Adveniat regnum tuum.
Fiat voluntas tua,
sicut in caelo et in terra.
Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie,
et dimitte nobis debita nostra,
sicut et nos
dimittimus debitoribus nostris.
Et ne nos inducas in tentationem:
sed libera nos a malo.

 
The adverb sicut has a number of translations, but for present purposes "as" or" like" in the context of a comparison will do.

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