Mescalero Apache

Mescalero / Apache

Bikeguidan ne na sha: Bikeguidan nibika’ nshinzti negusií, ashi ni chi itedishdlií binka. Dakugu adishdi, shi shin dzileyaedi. Ndi ni dzileguli, shi te’nsiine, aku ndí yata diyi dike nil shi jash. Na’shi duhan kato bikegu dahindada dandina nikegu dahinda naichudanne. Ha’a duguzhuda a agutegu dandi nikeguinda.

I bear witness, O my God, that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. I testify, at this moment, to my powerlessness and to Thy might, to my poverty and to Thy wealth.

There is none other God but Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.