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Lesson 2: Comparing texts and translations (a): basic analysis
Pater noster: The Lord's Prayer
Note: 'Boxed' material comes from Unit 1 of the Latin course VVV by Prof. J.G.F. Powell, University of London Royal Holloway, and is used with his permission.
The Lord's Prayer in Latin (with word-for-word interlinear 'translation')
Pater noster, qui es in caelis,
Father our, who are in heavens,
sanctificetur nomen tuum,
may-(it)-be-sanctified name your,
veniat regnum tuum,
may-(it)-be-sanctified name your,may-(it)-come kingdom your,
fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo, et in terra.
may-(it)-be-sanctified name your,may-(it)-be-done will your, just-as in heaven, also in earth.
Panem nostrum cotidianum da nobis hodie,
may-(it)-be-sanctified name your,Bread our daily give to-us today,
et dimitte nobis debita nostra,
may-(it)-be-sanctified name your,and let-off for-us debts our,
sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris.
may-(it)-be-sanctified name your,just-as also we let-off for-debtors our.
Et ne nos inducas in tentationem,
may-(it)-be-sanctified name your,And not us lead-in into temptation,
sed libera nos a malo.
may-(it)-be-sanctified name your, but free us from evil.