The Lord’s Prayer Massachusett Indian Language
From— John Eliot (1669). The Indian Primer; or, The Way of Training up of our Indian Youth in the good knowledge of God, in the knowledge of the Scriptures and in the ability to Reade. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Reprinted Edinburgh, Scotland: Andrew Elliot, 1880. [Courtesy of The John Carter Brown Library at Brown University].
Our Father which art in Heaven Hallowed by thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth, as it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our tresspasses, as we forgive them that tresspass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the Kingdome, the Power, the Glory, for ever. Amen.
N∞shun kesukqut Wunneetupantamunach k∞wesuonk Peyaum∞utch kukkeitass∞tam∞onk. Toh anantaman ne naj okheit, neane kesukqut. Ásekesukokish petukqunnegash assaminnean yeu kesukok Ahquontamaiinnean nummatcheseongash, neane matchenehikqueagig nutahquontamanóunonog. Ahque sagkompagininnean en qutchhuaonganit, webe pohquohwussinnan wutch matchitut; Newutche keitass∞tam∞onk, kutahtauun, menuhkesuonk, sohsúmóonk michéme kah michéme Amen. The symbol ∞ stands for the letters “oo” as in food or moody.