The Original Lords Prayer

[Adrian]

The modern Bible is the result of a collection of texts and verbal accounts from a time where the languages, in particular The Parables, spoken were in an ancient, now defunct language known as Aramaic, the language of the person who came to be known as "Jesus", and which was a pre-cursor to modern Hebrew. The New Testament, which included The Lords Prayer, was later transliterated from Aramaic to Greek, then Latin - when the Romans invented Christianity in 325 CE - and finally to medieval English. During this transliteration process, much of it the original message was lost or altered in translation, and conceals the meaning, power and often beauty of the original.

One of the most iconic passages in the Christian Bible is the "Lords Prayer". Jesus highly likely spent most of his earlier years with a secretive order of Jewish Mystics known the "Essenes" who prepared him for his forthcoming ministry as depicted in the Bible.

It was with the Essenes that he would have learned the Essene Lords Prayer which he later spoke at the "Sermon on the Mount", and would have spoken in his native language, Aramaic. This original Lords Prayer is both beautiful and Spiritual and I would now like to share it here: Those who are familiar with the modern Biblical Lords prayer will no doubt recognise its similarities.

Oh Thou, from whom the breath of life comes,
Who fills all realms of sound, light and vibration.
May Your light be experienced in my utmost holiest.
Your Heavenly Domain approaches.
Let Your will come true – in the universe just as on earth.
Give us understanding for our daily need,
detach the fetters of faults that bind us,
like we let go the guilt of others.
Let us not be lost in superficial things,
but let us be freed from that what keeps us from our true purpose.
From You comes the all-working will, the lively strength to act,
the song that beautifies all and renews itself from age to age.

Sealed in trust, faith and truth.

I confirm with my whole being.

Below is the original Aramaic version as recited by Jesus, was among a recently discovered cache of Essene texts known as the "Dead Sea Scrolls", and which was later alphabetically transliterated from the Aramaic original:

Avvon d-bish-maiya, nith-qaddash shim-mukh.
Tih-teh mal-chootukh. Nih-weh çiw-yanukh:
ei-chana d'bish-maiya: ap b'ar-ah.
Haw lan lakh-ma d'soonqa-nan yoo-mana.
O'shwooq lan kho-bein:
ei-chana d'ap kh'nan shwiq-qan l'khaya-ween.
Oo'la te-ellan l'niss-yoona:
il-la paç-çan min beesha.
Mid-til de-di-lukh hai mal-choota
oo khai-la oo tush-bookh-ta

l'alam al-mein.

Aa-meen.

[tides2dust]

Thank you Adrian 
That is nice.