Lords Prayer in Kiswahilli

Prayer can’t limit itself to one small universe. It’s generous, indiscriminate, compassionate. It knows no bounds.

English: Our Father Who Art In Heaven

Swahili: BABA YETU ULIYE MBINGUNI Phonetics: Bah-Bah Yay-too You-lee-yay mm-been-goo-nee

English: Hallowed BeThy Name

Swahili: JINA LAKO LITU KUZWE

Phonetics: Gee-Nah La-co Lee-too Kooz-way

English: Thy Kingdom Come

Swahili: UFALME WAKO UJE

Phonetics: You-Fahl-may Wah-co You-jay

English: Thy Will Be Done

Swahili: MAPENZI YAKO YATIMIZWE

Phonetics: Mah-pain-zee Yah-co Yah-tee-meez-way

English: On Earth as it is in Heaven

Swahili: HAPA DUNIANI KAMAHUKO MBINIGUNI

Phonetics: Hap-pah Do-nee-ah-nee Kah-mah-who-co M-been-goo-nee

English: Give Us This Day

Swahili: UTUPE LEO RIZIKI YETU

Phonetics: Yoo-too-pay Lee-oh Ree-zee-kee Yay-too

English: Our Daily Bread

Swahili: UTUSAMEHE DENI ZETU

Phonetics: You-too-sah-may-hay Day-nee Zay-too

English: And Forgive Us Our Debts As We Forgive Our Debtors

Swahili: KAMA SISI NASI TUWASAMEHEVYO WADENI YETU

Phonetics: Kah-mah see-see Nah-see (Too-wah-sah-may-hayv-yoh) wah-day-nee ya-too

English: Lead Us Not Into Temptation

Swahili: NA USITUTIE MAJARABUNI

Phonetics: Nah you-see-too-tee-a Mah-jah-rah-bu-nee

English: But Deliver Us From Evil

Swahili: LAKINI UTUOKOE NA YULE MWOVU

Phonetics: Lah-kee-nee You-too-oh-coay Nah-you-lay Mwo-voo

English: For Thine Is The Kingdom

Swahili: KWA KUWA UFALME NI WAKO

Phonetics: Qwah Cu-wah U-fahl-may Nee Wah-co

English: The Power

Swahili: NA NGUVU

Phonetics: Nah N-Goo-Voo

English: The Glory

Swahili: NA UTUKUFU

Phonetics: Nah U-too-koo-foo

English: For Ever and Ever

Swahili: HATA MILELE

Phonetics: Hah-tah Mee-lay-lay

English: Amen

Swahili: AMINA

Phonetics: Ah-Mee-Nah

Tanzania is a multilingual country.

There are many languages spoken in the country, but no one language is spoken natively by a majority or a large plurality of the population. The Bantu Swahili language and English, the latter of which was inherited from colonial rule (see Tanganyika Territory), are widely spoken as

lingua francas. They serve as working languages in the country, with Swahili being the official national language. There are more speakers of Swahili than of English in Tanzania.