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Lenape Talking Dictionary

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Wëlamhìtai Ni

Believe in Me (John 14:1-6) . . . While not exactly a prayer this translation is placed in this story section of prayers. In 1969 linguist Bruce Pearson asked Nora Dean to translate this Bible verse for him. He handed Nora a printout of the verse and she translated it from that.
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English:
Let not your heart be troubled:
Lenape:
Matàch lelìntàmuwën kte sàkwixën:
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English:
Believe in God and believe in me.
Lenape:
Wëlamhìtao Kishelëmùkònk òk wëlamhìtai ni
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English:
Inside where my father lives
Lenape:
Lamunkwe nux wikit
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English:
there are many mansions.
Lenape:
xaheli ahkanshikaona hate.
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English:
If it were not so I would have told you.
Lenape:
Mata në lèke ktëlën a.
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English:
I am leaving to go and prepare where you will stay, and
Lenape:
Ntalëmska may wëlixtulën èpia, òk
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if I leave to prepare it for you
Lenape:
ntalëmskanèch ènta wëlixtulën ki èpia,
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I will come again, and I fix for you where I am.
Lenape:
làpìch mpa, òk nëwëlixtul ki ènta àhpia.
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You know the way and you know the road.
Lenape:
Kuwatun eyan òk kuwatun tëmakàn.
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Thomas said, "We do not know
Lenape:
Thomas tëlao, “Mata nuwatuwënèn
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where you go so how can we know because you are gone."
Lenape:
èli eyàn ònhika kàski nuwatuwënèn èli eyàn."
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Jesus said, "I am the way
Lenape:
Jesus tëlao, “Ni lih eyaan
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the truth, and the life.
Lenape:
wëlamhìtamëwakàn, òk lehëlexeyëwakàn.
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No person shall come into the presence of my father unless through me.”
Lenape:
Matàch awèn pèxus’hìkao nux kënch ni lih.”