Learn a simple prayer in Cherokee

Many folks want to learn a prayer in Cherokee they can say for their lunch time.
This prayer is not a traditional prayer, but was given to me when I asked about how to say the popular children's prayer "God is Great, God is good, let us thank him for our food" etc.,
The prayer below is NOT word for word for that even but it is (IMHO) acceptable.

The western dialect  would sound very different from this one.

ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎢ

ᎤᎵᏂᎩᏓ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎢ

ᎢᏓᎵᎮᎵᎨᏍᏗ ᎢᎦ[Ꭰ]ᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗ

ᏧᏬᏰᏂ ᎬᏗ ᎢᎨᏦᎰ

ᎯᎪᎢᎦ ᏍᎩᎥᏏ ᎦᏚ

ᎾᏍᎩᏉᏫᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗ

ᎡᎺᏅ



ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎢ
He is gracious / Creator
ᎤᎵᏂᎩᏓ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎢ
he is strong / Creator
ᎢᏓᎵᎮᎵᎨᏍᏗ ᎢᎦ[Ꭰ]ᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗ
(imperative) Everyone give thanks for our food
ᏧᏬᏰᏂ ᎬᏗ ᎢᎨᏦᎰ
your hands /  use / I am fed
ᎯᎪᎢᎦ ᏍᎩᎥᏏ ᎦᏚ
this day /  give [the lump] to me, / bread
ᎾᏍᎩᏉᏫᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗ
let it be that way
ᎡᎺᏅ
borrowed word: Amen

A note about DIALECTS

a NOTE ABOUT DIALECTS: 

The Cherokee Bible was produced in the dialect used in middle Tennessee in the area from Ross' Landing (present day Chattanooga) to the Running water towns (up around Jasper, TN) and over to Snowbird (the Robbinsville, NC area).  

To use the Bible in western dialect of Oklahoma no significant changes need to be accommodated.

However, to use the Bible in the Eastern Dialect of the Big Cove area, you need to know the following:

snowbird and Oklahoma use the top row (as shown below)

but eastern (Big cove) does not.

For the same sounds in western, the Eastern dialect only uses the 2nd row as shown below

Swapping out the syllable from one to the other will not change the meaning of the word except in words that were changed after the Female and male seminaries changed the spelling of some words (see the Levi Gritts original dictionary for those words) but more on that in another post.

Ꮬ

dla

Ꮭ

tla

Ꮮ

tle

Ꮯ

tli

Ꮰ

tlo

Ꮱ

tlu

Ꮲ

tlv

Ꮳ

tsa

Ꮴ

tse

Ꮵ

tsi

Ꮶ

tso

Ꮷ

tsu

Ꮸ

tsv