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General Information:
Jesus is talking to a group of people about what might happen to them as individuals. He speaks to them as a group in the plural as far as "pray like this." All occurrences of "your" after "Heavenly Father" are singular. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you)
Father
This is an important title for God. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/guidelines-sonofgodprinciples)
may your name be sanctified
Here "name" refers to God himself. AT: "make everyone honor you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
May your kingdom come
Here "kingdom" refers to God's rule as king. AT: "May you rule over everyone and everything completely" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven
This can be stated in active form. AT: "may everything on earth happen in accordance with your will as everything in heaven does" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)