Our Father or The Lord's Prayer

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 7 November 2001.

Explanation of the glossing system

OUR HEAVENLY-FATHER, YOURSELF LIVE HEAVEN, YOUR-rt NAME HOLY. YOUR-rt KINGDOM COME, YOUR-rt WILL HAPPEN, HERE EARTH (2h)SAME-AS-Heaven HEAVEN. GIFT-TO-us TODAY OUR DAILY BREAD, AND FORGIVE US OUR SIN, LIKE WE FORGIVE THOSE-rt SIN AGAINST US. LEAD US, NOT TEMPTED. SAVE US, NO EVIL. KINGDOM, POWER, GLORY, YOURS-rt FOREVER-AND-EVER. AMEN.


Notes: HEAVENLY-FATHER - (2h)[A], FOs up, DH - held against forehead, NDH close to head but lower, both hands open to (2h)[5] while moving upwards.

HOLY - H-CLEAN. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Holy - 1.

KINGDOM - KING + [5], PO down, FO away, circles horizontally. For an animated gif of this sign, see Valley Bible Church - ASL dictionary: Kingdom.

WILL - WANT but shaken back and forth to show intensity.

(2h)SAME-AS-Heaven - (2h)[Y], POs ><, FOs up, shuttle between signer and the upper DS space for God.

GIFT-TO-us - (2h)[X], POs ><, FOs up, hands tip back towards signer to show that something is given as a gift.

SIN - (2h)[X] touch their respective sides of the mouth, descend to neutral space and circle antisymmetrically parallel to the chest. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Sin.

TEMPTED - FT of [X] taps elbow. For an animated gif of this sign, see Valley Bible Church - ASL dictionary: Temptation.

SAVE - S-FREE.

EVIL - (2h)[3], wg while moving repeatedly > forehead. For an animated gif of this sign, see Valley Bible Church - ASL dictionary: Satan.

KINGDOM - KING + [5], PO down, FO away, circles horizontally. For an animated gif of this sign, see Valley Bible Church - ASL dictionary: Kingdom.

GLORY - (2h)[5], POs><, FOs away from signer, DH which is on top wiggles fingers while ascending. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Glory.

FOREVER-AND-EVER - ALWAYS + DH [Y], PO > signer, FO up, swings outwards with PO turning away. With DH still held in its final position, NDH [Y], PO > signer, FO up, swings outwards with PO turning away.

AMEN - (2h)[B], FOs up, are pressed together and brought down in a long, deliberate motion. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Amen.

Text:

Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy knigdom 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 traspass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

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