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The Lord's Prayer in Spanish (El Padre Nuestro)

El Padre Nuestro is the prayer Jesus taught, as Spanish-speaking Christians have prayed it for centuries. This is the Scripture text itself, Matthew 6:9-13 in the Reina-Valera, line by line with the King James English.

Pray it slowly, one line in Spanish and the same line in English, until the Spanish alone carries the prayer. A real voice reads every line below, with a slow version for learning.

Matthew 6:9 · Mateo 6:9

Padre nuestro que estás en los cielos, santificado sea tu nombre.

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Word by word

Padre nuestro
Our Father
que estás en los cielos
which art in heaven (literally "who are in the heavens")
santificado sea
hallowed be ("santificado," made holy)
tu nombre
thy name

Matthew 6:10 · Mateo 6:10

Venga tu reino. Sea hecha tu voluntad, como en el cielo, así también en la tierra.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

Word by word

Venga tu reino
Thy kingdom come (literally "may your kingdom come")
Sea hecha tu voluntad
Thy will be done
como en el cielo
as it is in heaven
así también en la tierra
in earth (literally "so also on the earth")

Matthew 6:11 · Mateo 6:11

Danos hoy nuestro pan cotidiano.

Give us this day our daily bread.

Word by word

Danos hoy
Give us this day
nuestro pan cotidiano
our daily bread ("cotidiano," of every day)

Matthew 6:12 · Mateo 6:12

Y perdónanos nuestras deudas, como también nosotros perdonamos a nuestros deudores.

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

Word by word

Y perdónanos
And forgive us
nuestras deudas
our debts
como también nosotros perdonamos
as we forgive (literally "as we also forgive")
a nuestros deudores
our debtors

Matthew 6:13 · Mateo 6:13

Y no nos metas en tentación, mas líbranos del mal: porque tuyo es el reino, y el poder, y la gloria, por todos los siglos. Amén.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Word by word

Y no nos metas en tentación
And lead us not into temptation (literally "do not put us into temptation")
mas líbranos del mal
but deliver us from evil
porque tuyo es el reino
For thine is the kingdom
y el poder, y la gloria
and the power, and the glory
por todos los siglos
for ever (literally "for all the ages")
Amén
Amen

How to pronounce it

  • Padre nuestro: PAH-dreh NWEHS-troh. "Our Father", the two words every Spanish prayer begins with.
  • santificado: sahn-tee-fee-KAH-doh. "Hallowed." Five even syllables; Spanish gives each one its full value.
  • deudas: DEH-oo-dahs. "Debts", as the King James has it.

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Common questions

How does the Lord's Prayer start in Spanish?+

"Padre nuestro que estás en los cielos, santificado sea tu nombre": Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. This is Matthew 6:9 in the Reina-Valera.

Is this the Catholic or Protestant version?+

This is the Bible text itself, Matthew 6:9-13 from the Reina-Valera, the translation used across Spanish-speaking Protestant churches. The traditional liturgical Padre Nuestro differs slightly in wording, the way the spoken Lord's Prayer differs slightly from the King James text in English.

More verses in Spanish

  • Psalm 23 in Spanish (Salmo 23)
  • Matthew 11:28 in Spanish (Mateo 11:28)
  • Psalm 46:10 in Spanish (Salmo 46:10)
  • All Bible verses in Spanish

Spanish: Reina-Valera, lightly modernized spelling. English: King James Version.

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