SESOTHO ( Southern Sotho, Suto, Suthu, Souto, Sisutho )

Spoken by 1,770,000 people in the Kingdom of Lesotho and by 3,105,000 people in the Republic of South Africa.
Linguistic Lineage for Sotho, Southern
Lesotho - South Africa

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Thapelo ea Morena

Ntat'a rona, ea maholimong,
lebitso la Hao le halaletsoe,
'Muso oa Hao a o tle,
Thato ea Hao e etsoe lefatšeng joaloka leholimong.
U re fe kajeno bohobe ba rona,
ba tsatsi le leng le le leng;
u re tšoarele libe tsa rona,
joaloka ha le rona re tšoarela ba re sitetsoeng;
u se ke ua re isa molekong,
u mpe u re ntše bobeng.
Amen.

Contributed by Maurice Chicoine, O.M.I. - E-mail ajamc@aei.ca

Another version

Ntat'a rona ea maholimong,
lebitso la hao le halaletsoe,
'Muso oa hao a o tle,
thato ea hao e etsoe lefatseng joaloka leholimong.
U re fe kajeno bohobe ba rona
ba tsatsi le leng le le leng;
u re tsoarele libe tsa rona,
joalokaha le rona re tsoarela ba re sitetsoeng;
'me o se ke ua re isa molekong,
u mpe u re ntse bobeng. Amen.
[Hobane 'muso le matla le letlotlo ke tsa hao kamehla.]

Contributed by Francois Dufour - E-mail catholic@icon.co.za

Another version

Jwale lona, rapelang jwalo, le re:

Ntata rona ya mahodimong,
lebitso la hao a le ke le kgethehe;
ho tle mmuso wa hao;
thato ya hao e etswe lefatsheng,
jwalokaha e etswa lehodimong;
o re fe kajeno bohobe ba rona ba tsatsi le leng le le leng;
o re tshwarele melato ya rona,
jwalokaha re tshwarela ba nang le melato ho rona;
o se ke wa re isa molekong;
o mpe o re lwele ho e mobe;
(hobane mmuso ke wa hao, le matla, le kganya ka ho se feleng.)
Amen!

Source: "BIBELE. Testamente Ya Kgale Le Testamente E Ntjha."
The Bible in Southern Sotho (standard orthography) (1979)
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl - E-mail WKuhl44238@aol.com

Another version

Ntata rona ya mahodimong,
lebitso la hao a la ke le kgethehe;
ho tle mmuso wa hao; thato ya hao e etswe lefatsheng,
jwalokaha e etswa lehodimong;
o re fe kajeno bohobe ba rona ba tsatsi le leng le le leng;
o re tshwarele melato ya rona,
jwalokaha re tshwarela ba nang le melato ho rona;
o se ke wa re isa molekong;
o mpe o re lwele ho e mobe;
[hobane mmuso ke wa hao, le matla, le kganya ka ho se feleng.
Amen!]

Source: "Bibele - Sesotho" - The Bible in Sesotho
published by the Bible Society of South Africa, 1987.
Contributed by Pat Goltz - E-mail pgoltz@nexiliscom.com

Hail Mary!

Source: "AVE MARIA in 404 lingue"
Ordine Equestro del San Sepolcro di Gerusalemme, Milano (1931).
Contributed by David G. Landsnes, MD - E-mail dgwlmd@superlink.net

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