Hočąk Text — The Lord's Prayer

Hočąk Text — The Lord’s Prayer

from the Stacy-Stucki Bible

King James Bible

Matthew 6:9-13, taken from the King James Bible.

9 Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Old Orthography.

HIANJNIWIRA wangregi shanagre, rash hashinira wakanjank ningigirekjena. Hungma hashinira hiraijikjawina. Woshga hashinira manegi uinekjena wangregi jasge hinankhi shesge manegi hirekjena. Hamb de-e waisgabduj harniwira hunkuwianje. Egi washa woishana warniwira waigit’unawire, washa hingishana warniwira waigit’unawira shesge. Egi inke washa woishana u-wahieja hunutiwinine, eshi wowonkjega eja hingijirawige khishib-wiwine. Hung-mara Ne-hashinigaja egi homashjara Ne-hashinigaja, egi hoish’agra Ne-hashinigaja manegusra, Amen.

Contemporary Orthography.

Hiąjihiwíra wągeregi šanąkere, ráš hašínina wakąčą́k nįgigirekjeną. Hųgmą́ hašínina hiraijikjawina. Wošgą́ hašínina mąnégi ’ųirekjeną, wągeregi jasge hinąk’į, žesge mąnégi hirekjena. Hąp teé waisgabetúč haníwira hok’ųwiąje. Égi wažą́ woíšaną wániwina waįgit’ųnawire, wažą́ higišaną wániwina waįgit’ųnawira žesge. Égi hįké wažą́ woíšaną ’ų-wahieja hųrutiwinire, eši wowąkjega éja hįgijirawige, k’išib-wįwire. Hųgmą́ra ne hašįnį́gają, égi homąšją́ ne hašįnį́gają, égi hoiš’ągera ne hašįnį́gają, mąnégųzera, Amen.

Close Translation

Our Father, thou who siteth above, may thy name be made holy for thee. May thy chiefdom come unto me. May thy affairs on earth be done, how it is made to go above, may it be the same on earth. May our cooked bread come to be given this day. And we must throw aside our sinful things, the same way that we throw aside the things done wrong to us. And do not pull us into the situation where we are caused to do sinful things, but may you break us loose from the evil things there so as to help us. For thine is the chiefdom, thine is the power, thine is the glory, forever, Amen.

HIRUKANARA GIKARAJ HARNIRA

Hirukanara Gikarač Hanína

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Hianjniwira	wangregi	shanagre,	rash	hashinira
Hiąjihiwíra*	wągeregi	šanąkere,	ráš	hašínina
Our Father	up above	you who sits,	name	your

*< hiač-hihiwira.

wakanjank	ningigirekjena.	Hungma	hashinira	hiraijikjawina.
wakąčą́k	nįgigirekjeną.	Hųgmą́*	hašínina	hiraijikjawina.
holy	may it be made for you.	Chief-land	your	may it come to me.

*< hųk-mą́.

Woshga	hashinira	manegi	uinekjena	wangregi
Wošgą́	hašínina	mąnégi	’ųirekjeną,	wągeregi
Affairs	your	on earth	may it be done,	up above

jasge	hinankhi	shesge	manegi	hirekjena.
jasge	hinąk’į,*	žesge	mąnégi	hirekjeną.
how	it is made to go,	the same way	on earth	may they be.

*this should probably be analysed as hiną, "to go," and -k’į (k’i-, the reflexive prefix combined with the causative hi).

Hamb	de-e	waisgabduj	harniwira	hunkuwianje.
Hąp	teé	waisgabetúč*	haníwira	hok’ųwiąje.†
Day	this	cooked bread	our	may it come to be given.

*"bread" is waisgap in Hočąk. The second part of the compound is most likely túč, "cooked."
†Lipkind describes the suffix -ąje as an obsolete delayed imperative: Hąké waruč ’ųnįąje, “Don’t cook (in the future)”. Elsewhere it is also described as a "polite imperative" like "please."

Egi	washa	woishana	warniwira	waigit’unawire,
Égi	wažą́	woíšaną	wániwina	waįgit’ųnawire,
And	things	sin	our	we must throw them aside,

washa	hingishana	warniwira	waigit’unawira	shesge.
wažą́	higišąną́	wániwina	waįgit’ųnawira	žesge.
things	to do wrong	to us	we are throwing them aside	the same way.

Egi	inke	washa	woishana	u-wahieja
Égi	hįké	wažą́	woíšaną	’ų-wahieja*
And	no	things	sin	into temptation

*this is a hapaxlegomenon in relation to the literature, but is also used the same way at Mark 14:38: "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation (u-wahieja)." It is probably just ’ų, "to do"; wa-, "something, someone"; hi, "to cause, make"; eja, "in, at, there, where" — "into causing someone to do."

hunutiwinine,	eshi	wowonkjega	eja	hingijirawige
hųrutiwinire,*	eši	wowąkjega	éja	hįgijirawige,
do not pull us into,	but	the evil	there	so as to help us,

*this can be analysed as follows: hų- is a contraction of ho-hį-. The prefix ho- means, "the time when, the place at, in"; and hį- is the objective first person pronoun. rutí, "to pull something"; -wi indicates the plural; -ni is the negator; and -re is the imperative.

khishib-wiwine.	Hung-mara	Ne-hashinigaja	egi	homashjara
k’išib-wįwire.	Hųgmą́ra	ne hašįnį́gają,	égi	homąšją́ra
may you break us loose.	The chief-land	you own,	and	the power

*wį is a contraction of hį-hi-; hį- is the objective first person pronoun, and hiwi-re means, "may you do it."

Ne-hashinigaja	egi	hoish’agra	Ne-hashinigaja	manegusra,
ne hašįnį́gają,	égi	hoiš’ągera*	ne hašįnį́gają,	mąnégųzera,
you own,	and	the glory	you own,	forever,

*this word is unknown in the literature, but seems to come from š’ąk, "old, ancient." Hoish’ag (hoiš’ąk) is consistently used elsewhere in this Bible to mean "glory."

Amen.


Jakob Stucki	Mission Chapel	John Stacy, Third from the Left

Source:

John Stacy and Jakob Stucki, Bible: Four Gospels, Acts, Genesis, and Exodus (Chs. 19 and 20), translated into the Winnebago Indian Language (New York: American Bible Society, 1907) 483.