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# pray — English to Ukrainian

How English *pray* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 6 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [pray in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pray/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: pray (131), prays (7). By style: everyday 34 · biblical 104.

## молитися

Used about 48 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 39). Forms: молитись, молитися, молїть.

- I'll **pray** for Tom.
  Я буду **молитися** за Тома.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3330084](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3330084) [\#6963709](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6963709))

- **Pray** that your flight won’t be in the winter.
  **Молїть** ся ж, щоб не довелось утїкати вам зимою.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 13:18)

- I can't **pray** now.
  Я зараз не можу **молитися**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6873476](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6873476) [\#8718636](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8718636))

- After he had taken leave of them, he went up the mountain to **pray**.
  І, відпустивши їх, пійшов на гору **молитись**.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 6:46)

- I'll **pray** for him.
  Я буду за нього **молитися**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3917344](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3917344) [\#8081650](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8081650))

## ся

Used about 15 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 15).

- Brothers, **pray** for us.
  Браттє, молїте **ся** за нас.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1TH 5:25)

- Therefore let him who speaks in another language **pray** that he may interpret.
  Так, хто говорить (чужою) мовою, нехай молить **ся**, щоб міг вияснювати.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 14:13)

- For if I **pray** in another language, my spirit **prays**, but my understanding is unfruitful.
  Коли бо молюсь (чужою) мовою, дух мій молить **ся**, розуміннє ж моє безʼовочне.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 14:14)

- **Pray** for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.
  Молїте **ся** за нас: уповаємо бо, що добру совість маємо, у всьому хотячи добре жити.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 13:18)

- Then little children were brought to him that he should lay his hands on them and **pray**; and the disciples rebuked them.
  Тодї поприводили до Него дїток, щоб положив руки на них, та помолив **ся**; ученики ж заказували їм.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 19:13)

## моліться

Used about 4 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4).

- **Pray**!
  **Моліться**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6090608](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6090608) [\#6091663](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6091663))

- **Pray**!
  **Моліться**!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6090608](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6090608) [\#6091664](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6091664))

- **Pray**.
  **Моліться**!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6090607](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6090607) [\#6091664](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6091664))

- **Pray**.
  **Моліться**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6090607](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6090607) [\#6091663](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6091663))

## помолімося

Used about 4 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4).

- Let's **pray** for Tom's guilty soul.
  **Помолімося** за грішну душу Тома.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by maaster and Ahha · checked, community translation · [\#9571896](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9571896) [\#9572206](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9572206))

- Let's **pray**.
  **Помолімося**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2187249](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2187249) [\#5752799](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5752799))

- Let us **pray**.
  **Помолімося**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6090609](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6090609) [\#5752799](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5752799))

- Let us **pray** to the gods.
  **Помолімося** богам.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6042699](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6042699) [\#6043322](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6043322))

## богу

Used about 2 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2).

- Pharaoh said, “I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, only you shall not go very far away. **Pray** for me.”
  І промовив Фараон: Одпущу вас принести жертву Господеві, **Богу** вашому, в степу, тільки не далеко простуйте! Помолїтесь і за мене!
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 8:28)

## місцї

Used about 2 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2).

- I desire therefore that the men in every place **pray**, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.
  Оце ж хочу, щоб молились чоловіки на всякому **місцї**, здіймаючи вгору преподобні руки, без гнїва і змагання.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1TI 2:8)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- **Pray** with me, Tom.
  Помолися зі мною, Томе.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2648466](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2648466) [\#9850521](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9850521))

- I'll **pray** for Tom.
  Я помолюся за Тома.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3330084](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3330084) [\#6963707](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6963707))

- Sami and Layla **pray** five times a day.
  Самі та Лейла моляться п'ять разів на день.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by OsoHombre and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#7414661](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7414661) [\#7961156](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7961156))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [Ukrainian grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/uk/) · [translating between English and Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-uk/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-uk/).

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