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O Yee Ooilley Niartal,
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O God Almighty,
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Ta shin guee Ort jeh Dty vieys wooar,
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We beseech thee from your great goodness
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Dy myghinagh dy chlashtyn nyn badjeryn.
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To mercifull)y hear our prayers
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Ta shin jannoo gys Dty Ardooashley flaunysagh,
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That we make to Your heavenly Highness,
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Ass lheih yn reeriaght, as yn ashoon ain.
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On behalf of our kingdom and nation,
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Ta shin goaill rish, Oh Hiarn,
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We accept O Lord,
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Ayns yn traa dy hee as fooar,
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In the time of peace and favour
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Lesh T’ou er vannaghey yn ashoon ain.
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With which You have blessed our nation
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Cha vel shin er churt Dhyt yn booise
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That we have not given You the thanks
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As yn ooashley va cairagh dhyt,
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And the worship that was rightfully yours,
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Dy gheddyn veih nyn laueyn.
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To receive from our hands
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Dy myghynagh leih dooin nyn beccaghyn
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To mercifully forgive us our sins
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Liooroo ta shin er hoilçhin kerraghey.
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By which we have deserved punishment
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As cur dooin dy vod mayd gynsagh
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And give give us that we may learn
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Cairys veih Dty vriwnysyn, Ta foddey voïn
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Justice from your jedgements, that are far from us
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Cur chreenagh da ooilley,
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Give wisdom to all
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Ta ayns reiltys ayns Keeil ny stayd.
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That are in government, in Church or State,
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Ghow ersooyl veih ny mastey ain
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Take away from amongst us
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ooilley yn voyrn as creoghys cree
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All the pride and hardness of heart
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As ny lhig dooin soieagh beg
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And do not let us despise
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Jeh Dty ghoo as dy annaghyn.
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Your word and your commands.
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Cur dooin yn spyrryd dy chraueeagh
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Give us the spirit of religion
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As ooashley as cairys,
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And worship and justice,
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As sheeltys myr ta cooie dooinyn
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And great sobriety that is proper for us
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Ta ghoaill rish dy ve chreesteeyn
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That admit to be christians
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Dy vod ny bannaghtyn ta er ve ain
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That the blessings we have had
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Ayns soylley son tra liauyr.
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In possession for a long time
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Chammah spyrrydoil as dhoogysagh.
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Both spiritual and natural
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Dy vod ad trooid Dty Ard-chaaralys ve cummyt magh
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That they may through Your visitation be perservering
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Dooinyn as da nyn ghloan ny lurg ain.
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For us and for our children after us
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Erskyn ooilley, ayns obbraghyn Dty laue,
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Above all, in the works of your hand
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Keid echey ve son foays ny skielley,
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Whether it be for benefit or harm,
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ynsee shin eck dy chooilley chra.
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Instruct us at all times
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Dy hroggal seose nyn greeaghyn
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To raise up our hearts
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Erskyn yn seihll shoh wass,
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Above the world down here
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Gys Dty reeriaght flaunysagh,
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To Your heavenly kingdom,
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Raad nagh bee pian ny scaaghyn,
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Where there will not be pain or shadows
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Caggey, ny eulys, ny smoo.
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Fighting, or fury, any more.
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As mor T’ou er choyrt currym doin
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And as You have given us a duty
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Dy ve graihagh er nyn noidyn,
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To love our enemies
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As dy phrayal son ocsyn,
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And to pray for those
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Ta dy ghoanlyssagh jannoo tranlaase orrin.
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That blindly oppress us.
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Ta shin guee ort dy leeideil shin
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We beseech Thee to lead us,
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Dy yeaghyn lheid yn chymmey shen,
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To show compassion like that
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Da nyn noidyn Ayns yn caggey shoh.
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To our enemies in this war.
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As lheid yn ghraih shen er cairys,
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And such a love as that for justice,
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As myghin, myr t’eh cooie dauesyn
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And mercy as is proper for those
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Aa prayal dy jeanagh Oo, O, Hiarn.
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That pray earnestly to You, O, Lord.
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Goll magh marish nyn sheshaght caggee,
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Going out with our army,
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Clash rooin ayns ny padjeryn shoh.
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Hear us in these prayers,
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Er graih yn fer ta eddyr ain.
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Foe the love of the one who is between us
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Nyn fer kionniee Yeesey Chreest nyn Chiarn.
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Our Redeemer Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Scrieut yn chied laa as feed jeh yn chied vee jeh’n geurey ayns yn vlein nee cheead yeig
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Written on the twenty-first of november in the year nineteen hundred.
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Liorish E Farquhar
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By E. Farquahr
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