The way that the Catholic church manage its business to elect a new pope and respond to scandals, has recently been analyzed in articles such as those written by Marcus Fisher for Fast Company, by bloggers Shumpeter to The Economist magazine, the journal of the Wharton EUniversity - Leadership and Change, etc. as seen in Lessons to be learned from oldest multinational company in the world - The Catholic Church
If you are studding International Business and/or idioms, I strongly suggest that you go for records of this ancient institution, a multibillion-dollar empire, with annual revenues of US $ 182 Bi, with 1.200 billion customers.
It is especially good if you study linguistics, more than 1 million employees scattered in offices in 179 countries worldwide would provide you with the more accurate material on idioms and culture.
I consider the Lord's Prayer to be the best existing tool for learning languages, for several reasons:
1- If you are the son of Catholics, and your mother taught you to pray from a young age, your brain received the first correct reference of an idiom, with perfect syntax, notions of pronunciation and intonation of voice;
2- If you learn a new language beggining by the Lord's Prayer, you will be repeating an old learning in a new language, making it familiar;
3- Repeating it over and over, you will be training muscles of your mouth, which you do not use in daily bases, speaking your native language.... among other reasons.
First the original version
It is difficult to know which words Jesus used, since he did not leave his gospel written on his own hand, however the evangelists Matthew (6:9-13) and Luke (11:2-4) left reports of what words Jesus may have used:
In both Gospels, the text makes it clear that Jesus is teaching a model of prayer so that his disciples could have a pattern for their daily devotions, whether individual or collective.
The first versions of these texts came to us in Greek:
Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς·
Pater hêmôn ho en toes ouranoes;
ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου·
hagiasthêtô to onoma sou;
ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου·
hagiasthêtô to onoma sou;
γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου,
hagiasthêtô to onoma sou;
ὡς ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς·
hôs en ouranô, kae epi tês gês.
τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον·
ton arton hêmôn ton epiousion dos hêmin sêmeron;
καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν,
kae aphes hêmin ta opheilêmata hêmôn,
ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀφίεμεν τοῖς ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν·
hôs kae hêmeis aphiemen toes opheiletaes hêmôn;
καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν,
kae mê eisenenkês hêmas eis peirasmon,
ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ.
alla rhysae hêmas apo tou ponerou.
[Ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.
ἀμήν.]
hoti sou estin hê basileia kae hê dynamis kae hê doxa eis tous aeônas;
amên.
which soon afterwards was translated into Latin
PATER noster,
qui es in caelis,
sanctificetur nomen tuum.
Adveniat regnum tuum.
Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra.
Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie,
et dimitte nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris.
Et ne nos inducas in tentationem,
sed libera nos a malo.
Amen.
Scholars try to rescue the Aramaic language, spoken at the time of Christ, as well as the alphabet used in Galilee until the year 100 AD
In Aramaic
Standard edition of Syriac text of Peshitta[b]
1. ܐܒ݂ܘܢ ܕ̇ܒ݂ܫܡܝܐ
(ʾăḇūn d-ḇa-šmayyā)
2. ܢܬ݂ܩܕ݁ܫ ܫܡܟ݂
(neṯqaddaš šmāḵ)
3. ܬ݁ܐܬ݂ܐ ܡܠܟ݁ܘܬ݂ܟ݂
(têṯē malkūṯāḵ)
4. ܢܗܘܐ ܨܒ݂ܝܢܟ݂ ܐܝܟ݁ܢܐ ܕ݂ܒ݂ܫܡܝܐ ܐܦ݂ ܒ݁ܐܪܥܐ
(nēhwē ṣeḇyānāḵ ʾaykannā ḏ-ḇa-šmayyā ʾāp̄ b-ʾarʿā)
5. ܗܒ݂ ܠܢ ܠܚܡܐ ܕ݂ܣܘܢܩܢܢ ܝܘܡܢܐ
(haḇ lan laḥmā ḏ-sūnqānan yawmānā)
6. ܘܫܒ݂ܘܩ ܠܢ ܚܘ̈ܒ݁ܝܢ ܐܝܟܢܐ ܕ݂ܐܦ݂ ܚܢܢ ܫܒ݂ܩܢ ܠܚܝ̈ܒ݂ܝܢ
(wa-šḇoq lan ḥawbayn ʾaykannā ḏ-ʾāp̄ ḥnan šḇaqn l-ḥayyāḇayn)
7. ܘܠܐ ܬ݂ܥܠܢ ܠܢܣܝܘܢܐ ܐܠܐ ܦ݂ܨܢ ܡܢ ܒ݁ܝܫܐ
(w-lā ṯaʿlan l-nesyōnā ʾellā p̄aṣṣān men bīšā)
Abwûn d’bwaschmâya
Nethkâdasch schmuuch
Têtê— malkuthach
Nehwê tzevjânach
Aikâna d’bwaschmâya’f b’arha
Hawvlân lachma d’sûnkanân yao-mâna
Wasbokân chaubên
wachtahên aikâna daf chnân schvoqan l’chaijabên
Weyla tachlân l’nesjuna ela patzân min bischa
Metul dilachie malkutha wahaila
wateschbuchta l’ahlâm almîn.
Amên
In Hebrew
אבינו שבשמים יתקדש שמך
Avinu shebashamayim, yitkadesh shimkha,
תבוא מלכותך יעשה רצונך
Tavo malkhutkha, ye'aseh rtsonkha
כאשר בשמים: גם בארץ
kvashamayim ken ba'arets.
את לחם חוקנו: תן לנו היום
Et lekhem khukeynu ten lanu hayom,
ומחל לנו על: חובותינו כאשר מחלנו גם אנחנו לחיבנו
uslakh lanu al khateynu kfi shesolkhim gam anakhnu lakhotim lanu.
ואל תביאנו לידי נסיון
V'al tvi'eynu lidey nisayon
כי אם תחלצנו מן הרע
ki im khaltseynu min hara.
כי לך הממלכה והגבורה: אמן:
Ke lakha, hamamlakha, vehageverah, veha tiferet l’olemei ‘olamim. Amein.
So, here is “The Lord’s Prayer” in some different languages – enjoy it:
In English
Our Father, who art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Thy kingdom come
thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever
Amen
Japanese
天におられるわたしたちの父よ、
Ten ni orareru watashitachi no chichi yo
み名が聖とされますように。
Mina ga sei to saremasu you ni
み国が来ますように。
Mikuni ga kimasu youni
みこころが天に行われるとおり
Mikokoro ga ten ni okonawareru toori
地にも行われますように。
chi nimo okonawaremasu youni
わたしたちの日ごとの糧を
Watashitachi no higoto no kate wo
今日も お与えください。
kyou mo oatae kudasai
わたしたちの罪をおゆるしください。
Watashitachi no tsumi wo yurushi kudasai
わたしたちも人をゆるします。
Watashitachi mo hito wo yurushi masu
わたしたちを誘惑におちいらせず、
Watashitachi wo yuuwaku ni ochiirasezu
悪からお救いください。
Aku kara osukui kudasai
Portuguese
Pai nosso que estais nos céus,
Santificado seja o Vosso nome.
Venha a nós o Vosso Reino.
Seja feita a Vossa vontade,
Assim na Terra como no Céu.
O pão nosso de cada dia nos dai hoje.
Perdoai as nossas dívidas,
Assim como nós perdoamos os nossos devedores.
E não nos deixeis cair em tentação,
Mas livrai-nos do mal.
Amém.
Russian
Отче наш , сущий на небесах
Otche nash , sushchiy na nebesakh
Да святится имя Твое ;
Da svyatitsya imya Tvoye
Да придет Царствие Твое
Da pridet Tsarstviye Tvoye
да будет воля Твоя и на земле как на небе ;
da budet volya Tvoya i na zemle kak na nebe
Хлеб наш насущный дай нам на сей день ;
Khleb nash nasushchnyy day nam na sey den'
И прости нам долги наши Как и мы прощаем должникам нашим ,
I prosti nam dolgi nashi Kak i my proshchayem dolzhnikam nashim
не введи нас в искушение , Но избавь нас от лукавого .
ne vvedi nas v iskusheniye , No izbav' nas ot lukavogo
Ибо Твое есть Царство и сила и слава во веки . Аминь .
Ibo Tvoye yest' Tsarstvo i sila i slava vo veki . Amin'
French
Notre Père qui es aux cieux
Que ton Nom soit sanctifié
Que ton règne vienne,
Que ta volonté soit faite sur la terre comme au ciel.
Donne-nous aujourd’hui notre pain de ce jour;
Pardonne-nous nos offenses,
Comme nous pardonnons aussi à ceux qui nous ont offensés;
Et ne nous soumets pas à la tentation,
Mais délivre-nous du Mal.
Car c’est à toi qu’appartiennent, le règne, la puissance et la gloire, pour les siècles des siècles.
Amen.
German
Vater Unser im Himmel,
Geheiligt werde Dein Name,
Dein Reich komme,
Dein Wille geschehe,
wie im Himmel so auf Erden.
Unser tägliches Brot gib uns heute.
Und vergib uns unsere Schuld,
wie auch wir vergeben
unseren Schuldigern.
Und führe uns nicht in Versuchung,
sondern erlöse uns von dem Bösen.
Denn Dein ist das Reich und die Kraft
und die Herrlichkeit in Ewigkeit.
Amen.
