The Original Lord's Prayer in Aramaic

Laura Tyree turned us in the direction of Neil Douglas Klotz and his translation of the Lord’s Prayer back into the original Aramaic Language of Jesus.

I shared this last night in Yin Yoga and Lisa asked me to post it.

THE ARAMAIC PRAYER OF JESUS

as translated from Aramaic

by Saadi Neil Douglas-Klotz of the Sufi Order of the West

O, Birther of the Cosmos, focus your light within us -- make it useful
Create your reign of unity now
Your one desire then acts with ours,
As in all light,
So in all forms,
Grant us what we need each day in bread and insight:
Loose the cords of mistakes binding us,
As we release the strands we hold of other's guilt.
Don't let surface things delude us,
But free us from what holds us back.
From you is born all ruling will,
The power and the life to do,
The song that beautifies all,
From age to age it renews.
I affirm this with my whole being.

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The more familiar Lord’s Prayer usually reads like this:

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
And Forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory.
Forever and ever.
Amen.