Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Catholic Prayers in Hawaiian

Blessed Marianne Cope
Blessed Damien of Molokai

Pictures taken by Joey Gefroh at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace

I noticed typos on the original source for the Lord's Prayer. In searching for a corrected one, I came across a site containing the following Catholic prayers.

THE LORD'S PRAYER IN HAWAIIAN

E ko makou makua i lako o ka lani,
E hoanoia kou inoa
E hiki mai kou aupuni;
E malamaia kou makemake ma ka honua nei,
E like me ia i malamaia ma ka lani la.
E haawi mai ia makou i keia la, i ai na makou no keia la.
E kala mai hoi ia makou, i ka makou lawehala ana,
Me makou e kala nei i ka poe i lawehala i ka makou.
Mai hookuu oe ia makou i ka hoowalewale ia mai
E hoopakele no na e ia makou i ka ino;
No ka mea, nou ke aupuni
A me ka mana, a me ka hoonaniia, a mau loa, aku, Amene

Hail Mary!

Aloha oe, e Maria, uapihaoe ika maikai;
ua noho puka Ha'kume oe;
pomaikai oe iwaena o
na wahine a pau, pomaikai Jesu
ka hua okou opu.

Maria Saneta, makuahine o ke Akua, e pule
aku oe I ka Haku no makou no
ka poe kina nui I keia manawa,
a I ko makou manawa e make ai.
Amen.

Contributed by Father Aquinas Duffy - E-mail sagart@eircom.net

Apostles' Creed

Ke Kumu Mana‘o‘i‘o
Ke mana‘o‘i‘o nei au i ke Akua ka
Makua Mana loa, näna i hana ka lani
ame ka honua, a iä Iesü Kristo, käna
Keiki hiwahiwa ko käkou Haku;

Ua ho ‘ohäpai ‘ia ‘o Maria kona
makuahine ke keikamahine
pu‘upa‘a e ka ‘Uhane Hemolele a
hänau ‘ia mai ‘O ia; ua hö‘eha‘eha ‘
ia ‘O ia e Pontio Pilato;

Kaulia ‘ia ma ke ke‘a a make, iho ‘O
ia i ka lua pö; i ke kolu o ka lä, ala
hou mai ka make mai;

Pi‘i ‘O ia i ka lani a ke noho nei la
ma ka lima ‘äkau o ke Akua ka
Makua Mana loa, mai laila mai ‘O
ia e hele mai ai e ho‘okolokolo i ka
po‘e ola ame ka po’e make.

Ke mana‘o‘i‘o nei au i ka ‘Uhane
Hemolele, ka ‘Ekalesia la‘a o Iesü
Kristo, ka launa pü ‘ana o ka po‘e pono;

ka huikala ‘ia o ka hewa, ke
alahou ‘ana o ke kino, ame ke Ola mau loa.
Amene.

Source: Nä Hïmeni O Ka Ekalesia - Hawaiian Hymn and Prayer Book (1999)
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl - E-mail WKuhl44238@aol.com

4 comments:

catholicandgop said...

This is so cool. :)

EC Gefroh said...

Thanks for commenting. I just spotted a typo :-)

FloridaWife said...

Wow. Written Hawaiian seems so interesting.

EC Gefroh said...

Yes, they have a limited alphabet so some of our letters don't exist. For instance, Fr. Damien is Kamiano. There is no D in Hawaiian.