Friday, January 1, 2016

Triune Creator Dwell Among Us

(a litany for worship by Rev Roy E Bundy)


You-Who-Create-Us-By-Your-Thoughts [1], Three-In-One, please make your lodge among your people
Great and Almighty Spirit [2], present in all directions, you are welcome here
In the Mountains, were the Munsee dwell
Dwell among us, You who are three in one
In the north where the people of the stony country have made their lodges
Dwell among us, You who are three in one
To where the river runs, where the Unami dwell
Dwell among us, You who are three in one
Where the people down river have made their lodges
Dwell among us, You who are three in one
In the south, where the Unalachtigo dwell
Dwell among us, You who are three in one
To the place where the people who lived near the ocean have made their lodges
Dwell among us, You who are three in one
One people, One great Nation of Your creation
The people you placed upon this land, the Lenape
One God, blessed Trinity, three in one
Father, Son and Holy Spirit, three in one (all)
Please make your lodge among your people, always
Na ne lekech [3] (Amen)

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[1] In the Unami Dialect of Lenape, “Kishelemienk(w)” when speak to God, “Kishelemukonk(w)” when speaking about God

[2]  “Ketanetuwit” in the Unami Dialect of Lenape

[3]  “Na ne lekech” means “let it be so” or “Amen” in the Unami Dialect of Lenape