Food for Thought: Some Quotes From the Lucid-Elusion Translation [LET]

I'm currently in a feverish frenzy (more figuratively & hyperbolically than really) researching the concept & executive structure of prayer—i.e. "What is prayer and how does it work?" It's really quite an exciting adventure: I've unearthed a couple of things that are nothing short of fascinating, and this all from just looking in the Bible! Will I tell you what those findings are? Well... maybe some day. I'm still in the process of tying together a unified theory on "prayer mechanics" (hooray for pretentiousness!!) which I hope actually to test out in the near(ish) future. So, if you're interested in being a guinea pig for a research study on prayer, let me know!

Okay. The preamble's over & done with. Why this entry? Well, I just finished translating the Lord's Prayers found in both Matthew 6 & Luke 11, and I thought that it would be interesting to post my results for you, oh world, to mull over. Let me know what you think. Note the subtle differences between the passages, as they do (for once, since most translators choose merely to gloss them over) actually make a difference:

Luke 11

²[Jesus] Speaking to them, “Whenever you yourself pray, speak thusly: Father, I revere your name. Let your kingdom fully come. ³Give to us each day the bread we need. ⁴And remove from us our failures & shortcomings, being that we are removing all debts owed to us. And do not carry us into trials or temptations.”

(paraphrased: ⁴Forgive us our "sins" (aka, failures or shortcomings) as we forgive the all the wrongs that we hold against others.)

Matt 6

⁹Therefore, pray in this manner: “Our Father in the heavens, I revere your name. ¹⁰Let your kingdom fully come. Make your intentions as they are in heaven, so on earth. ¹¹Our bread for the coming time, you have given to us this day. ¹²And remove from us our failures & shortcomings, as so we removed the debts owed to us. ¹³And do not carry us into trials or temptations, but rescue us from the evil one.”

If you're interested, yes, these translations are made directly from the Nestle-Aland Greek texts and not mere paraphrasing from other English translations.
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