Our Father or The Lord's Prayer

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 7 November 2001.

Explanation of the glossing system

HEAVENLY-FATHER, God-SELF LIVE HEAVEN, WE HONOR-God YOUR NAME. YOUR KINGDOM SET-UP HOW? EVERYTHING YOU WANT, WE OBEY. HERE EARTH SHOULD earth-(2h)SAME-AS-Heaven HEAVEN. EVERYDAY PLEASE HELP-us (2h)alt.GIFT-TO-us. IF YOU FORGIVE US SIN AGAINST YOU, OH-I-SEE, WE LEARN FORGIVE OTHER PEOPLE. WE TEMPTED, HELP-us PUSH-ASIDE. WE TRUST GOD WILL. WHY? YOU IDEA~LIKE KING, (<) AUTHORITY, (>) GLORY, YOURS FOREVER. 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.

SET-UP - (2h)[5:], POs down, FT interlaces, knuckles travel upwards while fingers remain interlaced.

PUSH-ASIDE - (2h)[B], POs > DS, with DH higher, palms are pressed against imaginary wall that is pushed to one side.

IDEA~LIKE - a blending where IDEA has a [Y] instead of an [I] in anticipation of LIKE which - signed smoothly right afterwards.

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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