2006-04-17

Our Father / Pater Noster

We started saying the Pater Noster, i.e. the "Our Father" in Latin in church. Well... its being chanted actually, not just recited. If you want to hear what a chanted Latin prayer sounds like, go here.
The Pater Noster is being projected with the English translation, but I think the Bahasa Malaysia translation is better - mainly because the syntax of BM and Latin are similar, so it's possible to make almost a word-for-word translation. This may help the majority of young Malaysians (who are better in Bahasa than English anyway) to appreciate the Latin better.
I append my humble translation below.

Pater Noster (Our Father)

Pater noster, qui es in caelis,

Bapa kami yang ada di syurga


sanctificetur Nomen tuum.
Kuduslah Nama mu


Adveniat regnum tuum.
Datanglah keRajaan Mu


Fiat voluntas tua,
Jadilah kehendak Mu


sicut in caelo et in terra.
Seperti di syurga dan di bumi


Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie,
Rezeki kami secukupnya berikan kami hari ini,

et dimitte nobis debita nostra
Dan ampuni kami kesalahan kami


sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris.
seperti pun kami mengampuni kesalahan mereka


Et ne nos inducas in tentationem,
Dan janganlah kami dibawa ke percubaan


sed libera nos a malo.

Tapi bebaskan kami dari kejahatan.


Amen

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