Plains Cree is one of the Algonquian languages of Canada, in the same family as Ojibwe and Mi’kmaq. It is spoken primarily in Alberta and Saskatchewan, but also some in Manitoba and Montana. Depending on the community, age of the speaker, and other factors, Plains Cree is written using either a Roman script or a syllabic script. This is a new translation into Plains Cree as it is currently spoken. The draft was translated by Rev. Dr. Stanley Cuthand, and has been reviewed by a group of Cree speakers based in Saskatoon. The portions which are complete at this time are the four Gospels, Acts, the books of Ruth and James, and a collection of Psalms. If you are interested in obtaining a printed copy of these books, please contact the Canadian Bible Society at http://www.biblescanada.com. Some of the published books are printed with syllabic script and Roman script on facing pages, and also come with an audio CD. Plains Cree Ruth © 2004 Canadian Bible Society Plains Cree Psalms (collection) © 2013 Canadian Bible Society Plains Cree James © 2014 Canadian Bible Society Plains Cree Gospels and Acts © 2018 Canadian Bible Society The text of the Bible in Plains Cree that appears in this electronic format or website is for personal use only. Up to five hundred (500) verses of the Bible text in any form (written, visual, electronic or audio) may be quoted without permission. The quoted verses may not be more than 50% of a complete book of the Bible, or more than 25% of the total text of the work in which they are quoted. Prior written permission must be obtained for any other use of the text. Copyright acknowledgement must in all cases appear on the title or copyright page. For more information on copyright conditions or to apply, visit http://www.biblesociety.ca/copyright.

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Contemporary Plains Cree

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 <div class="label">1</div><div class="s">Moabihk &#275;&#8209;itoht&#275;hocik</div><div class="p"> 1kay&#257;s k&#299;&#8209;ihkin m&#275;kw&#257;c wiyasiw&#275;wikim&#257;wak &#275;&#8209;pimipayiht&#257;cik Israel ask&#299;hk, &#275;&#8209;misi-n&#333;ht&#275;hkat&#275;hk; Bethlehemihk, Judah ask&#299;hk ohci p&#275;yak n&#257;p&#275;w asici ow&#299;kim&#257;kana m&#299;na n&#299;so okosisiw&#257;wa k&#299;&#8209;sipw&#275;ht&#275;wak &#275;&#8209;&#257;htask&#275;cik Moab ask&#299;hk isi. 2awa n&#257;p&#275;w Elimelech k&#299;&#8209;isiyihk&#257;sow &#275;kwa ow&#299;kim&#257;kana Naomi, &#275;kwa okosisiw&#257;wa Mahlon &#275;kwa Chilion. Ephrathi-ayisiyiniwa &#275;&#8209;ohtask&#257;n&#275;sicik, Bethlehemihk ohci, Judah ask&#299;hk. &#275;&#8209;w&#299;kicik Moabihk, 3on&#257;p&#275;ma Naomi, Elimelechwa, k&#299;&#8209;p&#333;ni-pim&#257;tisiyiwa, &#275;kosi k&#299;&#8209;nistok&#275;wak piko.</div><div class="p"> 4okosisa k&#299;&#8209;ati-w&#299;kim&#275;yiwa &#275;sa Moab-iskw&#275;wa, Orpah m&#299;na Ruth &#275;&#8209;isiyihk&#257;socik. 5mit&#257;taht askiy n&#257;nitaw &#275;&#8209;k&#299;-ispayik Mahlon m&#299;na Chilion w&#299;staw&#257;w k&#299;&#8209;p&#333;ni-pim&#257;tisiwak, &#275;kosi Naomi asici onah&#257;hkaniskw&#275;ma k&#299;&#8209;p&#275;yakwaskat&#257;wak.</div><div class="s">Naomi &#275;kwa Ruth k&#299;w&#275;wak Naomi otask&#299;hk isi</div><div class="p"> 6k&#275;tahtaw&#275; k&#299;&#8209;p&#275;htam Naomi k&#257;&#8209;tip&#275;yihcik&#275;yit &#275;sa &#275;&#8209;saw&#275;yim&#257;yit otiyin&#299;ma, ayisk &#275;&#8209;miyokihcik&#275;yit; &#275;kosi waw&#275;y&#299;w kita-k&#299;w&#275;-w&#299;c&#275;wikot onah&#257;hkaniskw&#275;ma. 7k&#299;&#8209;sipw&#275;ht&#275;wak Judah isi, m&#257;ka &#275;&#8209;ati-pimoht&#275;hocik, Naomi ostima 8k&#299;&#8209;w&#299;htamaw&#275;w &#275;&#8209;it&#257;t, &#8220;kiy&#257;m, k&#299;w&#275;k, kik&#257;w&#299;w&#257;wak kis&#257;tihkok. k&#257;&#8209;tip&#275;yihcik&#275;t kika-w&#299;-miyo-t&#333;t&#257;kow&#257;w k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-isi-miyo-t&#333;tawiy&#275;k &#275;kw &#257;niki k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-miyo-t&#333;taw&#257;y&#275;kok k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-p&#333;ni-pim&#257;tisicik. 9k&#257;&#8209;tip&#275;yihcik&#275;t kika-w&#299;-miyikow&#257;w kita-on&#257;p&#275;miy&#275;k m&#299;na kita-w&#299;kiy&#275;k.&#8221;</div><div class="p">&#275;kosi Naomi k&#299;&#8209;oc&#275;m&#275;w. m&#257;ka m&#257;ci-m&#257;toyiwa, 10&#275;&#8209;itikot, &#8220;nam&#333;ya! kika-k&#299;w&#275;-w&#299;c&#275;tin&#257;n kitiyin&#299;mak it&#275; k&#257;&#8209;w&#299;kicik.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 11&#8220;piko kita-k&#299;w&#275;y&#275;k, nistimitik,&#8221; it&#275;w Naomi. &#8220;t&#257;n&#275;hki k&#257;&#8209;n&#333;ht&#275;-w&#299;c&#275;wiy&#275;k? &#275;&#8209;it&#275;yihtam&#275;k c&#299; kita-okosisiy&#257;n k&#299;htw&#257;m kita-w&#299;kim&#257;y&#275;kok? 12k&#299;w&#275;k, nistimitik, os&#257;m nin&#333;tokw&#275;win k&#299;htw&#257;m kita-on&#257;p&#275;miy&#257;n. k&#299;spin k&#299;&#8209;pakos&#275;yimoy&#257;n kita-on&#257;p&#275;miy&#257;n anohc k&#257;&#8209;tipisk&#257;k m&#299;na ay&#257;wakik n&#257;p&#275;sisak, 13kika-p&#275;hon&#257;w&#257;w c&#299; iyikohk kita-k&#299;s-&#333;hpikicik? t&#257;pw&#275; c&#299; nam&#333;ya kotakak ta&#8209;w&#299;kim&#257;y&#275;kok? nistimitik, nam&#333;ya ta&#8209;k&#299;-ihkin. k&#257;&#8209;tip&#275;yihcik&#275;t namw&#257;c ayiw&#257;k nikitim&#257;k&#275;yimik, &#275;kosi mitoni kiyaw&#257;w ohci nimiht&#257;t&#275;n.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 14k&#299;htw&#257;m misi-m&#257;towak. Orpah wiya osikosa oc&#275;m&#275;w &#275;kwa k&#299;&#8209;ati-k&#299;w&#275;w &#275;sa, m&#257;ka Ruth wiya k&#299;&#8209;micimin&#275;w. 15&#8220;&#299;h, kit&#257;pam kimis,&#8221; it&#275;w &#275;sa, &#8220;ati-k&#299;w&#275;w ow&#257;hk&#333;m&#257;kana &#275;&#8209;n&#257;t&#257;t asici omanit&#333;ma; ati-k&#299;w&#275;-w&#299;c&#275;w kimis.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 16m&#257;ka Ruth it&#275;w, &#8220;&#275;k&#257;wiya s&#299;hkimin kita-nakatit&#257;n! kiy&#257;m kika-w&#299;c&#275;tin. pikw &#299;t&#275; itoht&#275;yani nika-itoht&#257;n, piko it&#275; w&#299;&#8209;ay&#257;yani, &#275;kota nika-ay&#257;n, kit&#333;t&#275;mak, nika-ot&#333;t&#275;min, m&#299;na kimanit&#333;m, nika-omanit&#333;min. 17it&#275; nipiyani &#275;kot&#275; nika-nipin m&#299;na &#275;kota nika-nahinikawin. nika-p&#257;st&#257;hon, k&#299;spin pask&#275;wihit&#257;ni mway&#275;s p&#333;ni-pim&#257;tisiyahko niya ahp&#333; kiya.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 18isp&#299;hk Naomi &#275;&#8209;kisk&#275;yihtahk Rutha &#275;&#8209;k&#299;s&#275;yihtamiyit kita-pimitisahokot, namw&#257;c ayiw&#257;k &#275;sa itw&#275;w.</div><div class="p"> 19&#275;kosi k&#299;&#8209;ati-takoht&#275;wak Bethlehemihk, &#275;kot&#275; k&#257;&#8209;takoht&#275;cik, ayisiyiniwak k&#299;&#8209;koskw&#275;yihtamwak, &#275;kwa iskw&#275;wak itw&#275;wak, &#8220;&#299;h, Naomi c&#299; awa?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 20k&#299;&#8209;it&#275;w, &#8220;&#275;k&#257;ya Naomi isiyihk&#257;sik, m&#257;ka Marah, wiya k&#257;&#8209;m&#257;waci-s&#333;hk&#257;tisit nik&#299;-w&#299;sakit&#275;h&#275;nik. 21isp&#299;hk &#333;ta k&#257;&#8209;sipw&#275;ht&#275;y&#257;n nik&#299;-t&#275;p-&#257;y&#257;n, m&#257;ka k&#257;&#8209;tip&#275;yihcik&#275;t nip&#275;s&#299;k &#275;k&#257;ya k&#299;kway &#275;&#8209;ay&#257;y&#257;n &#275;&#8209;p&#275;-p&#275;yakoy&#257;n. k&#299;kw&#257;y ohci Naomi kita-isiyihk&#257;siy&#275;k, k&#257;&#8209;tip&#275;yihcik&#275;t &#275;&#8209;k&#299;-m&#257;yi-t&#333;tawit, m&#299;na m&#257;yipayiwin &#275;&#8209;k&#299;-miyit?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 22&#275;kota ohci k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-k&#299;w&#275;t Naomi &#275;&#8209;w&#299;c&#275;w&#257;t ostima Rutha, Moab-iskw&#275;wa. isp&#299;hk &#275;&#8209;takoht&#275;cik Bethlehemihk, k&#299;&#8209;m&#257;cipayin k&#257;&#8209;manisoht kistik&#257;n.</div>
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kayās kī‑ihkin mēkwāc wiyasiwēwikimāwak ē‑pimipayihtācik Israel askīhk, ē‑misi-nōhtēhkatēhk; Bethlehemihk, Judah askīhk ohci pēyak nāpēw asici owīkimākana mīna nīso okosisiwāwa kī‑sipwēhtēwak ē‑āhtaskēcik Moab askīhk isi. awa nāpēw Elimelech kī‑isiyihkāsow ēkwa owīkimākana Naomi, ēkwa okosisiwāwa Mahlon ēkwa Chilion. Ephrathi-ayisiyiniwa ē‑ohtaskānēsicik, Bethlehemihk ohci, Judah askīhk. ē‑wīkicik Moabihk, onāpēma Naomi, Elimelechwa, kī‑pōni-pimātisiyiwa, ēkosi kī‑nistokēwak piko.
okosisa kī‑ati-wīkimēyiwa ēsa Moab-iskwēwa, Orpah mīna Ruth ē‑isiyihkāsocik. mitātaht askiy nānitaw ē‑kī-ispayik Mahlon mīna Chilion wīstawāw kī‑pōni-pimātisiwak, ēkosi Naomi asici onahāhkaniskwēma kī‑pēyakwaskatāwak.

kētahtawē kī‑pēhtam Naomi kā‑tipēyihcikēyit ēsa ē‑sawēyimāyit otiyinīma, ayisk ē‑miyokihcikēyit; ēkosi wawēyīw kita-kīwē-wīcēwikot onahāhkaniskwēma. kī‑sipwēhtēwak Judah isi, māka ē‑ati-pimohtēhocik, Naomi ostima kī‑wīhtamawēw ē‑itāt, “kiyām, kīwēk, kikāwīwāwak kisātihkok. kā‑tipēyihcikēt kika-wī-miyo-tōtākowāw kā‑kī-isi-miyo-tōtawiyēk ēkw āniki kā‑kī-miyo-tōtawāyēkok kā‑kī-pōni-pimātisicik. kā‑tipēyihcikēt kika-wī-miyikowāw kita-onāpēmiyēk mīna kita-wīkiyēk.”
ēkosi Naomi kī‑ocēmēw. māka māci-mātoyiwa, ē‑itikot, “namōya! kika-kīwē-wīcētinān kitiyinīmak itē kā‑wīkicik.”
“piko kita-kīwēyēk, nistimitik,” itēw Naomi. “tānēhki kā‑nōhtē-wīcēwiyēk? ē‑itēyihtamēk cī kita-okosisiyān kīhtwām kita-wīkimāyēkok? kīwēk, nistimitik, osām ninōtokwēwin kīhtwām kita-onāpēmiyān. kīspin kī‑pakosēyimoyān kita-onāpēmiyān anohc kā‑tipiskāk mīna ayāwakik nāpēsisak, kika-pēhonāwāw cī iyikohk kita-kīs-ōhpikicik? tāpwē cī namōya kotakak ta‑wīkimāyēkok? nistimitik, namōya ta‑kī-ihkin. kā‑tipēyihcikēt namwāc ayiwāk nikitimākēyimik, ēkosi mitoni kiyawāw ohci nimihtātēn.”
kīhtwām misi-mātowak. Orpah wiya osikosa ocēmēw ēkwa kī‑ati-kīwēw ēsa, māka Ruth wiya kī‑miciminēw. “īh, kitāpam kimis,” itēw ēsa, “ati-kīwēw owāhkōmākana ē‑nātāt asici omanitōma; ati-kīwē-wīcēw kimis.”
māka Ruth itēw, “ēkāwiya sīhkimin kita-nakatitān! kiyām kika-wīcētin. pikw ītē itohtēyani nika-itohtān, piko itē wī‑ayāyani, ēkota nika-ayān, kitōtēmak, nika-otōtēmin, mīna kimanitōm, nika-omanitōmin. itē nipiyani ēkotē nika-nipin mīna ēkota nika-nahinikawin. nika-pāstāhon, kīspin paskēwihitāni mwayēs pōni-pimātisiyahko niya ahpō kiya.”
ispīhk Naomi ē‑kiskēyihtahk Rutha ē‑kīsēyihtamiyit kita-pimitisahokot, namwāc ayiwāk ēsa itwēw.
ēkosi kī‑ati-takohtēwak Bethlehemihk, ēkotē kā‑takohtēcik, ayisiyiniwak kī‑koskwēyihtamwak, ēkwa iskwēwak itwēwak, “īh, Naomi cī awa?”
kī‑itēw, “ēkāya Naomi isiyihkāsik, māka Marah, wiya kā‑māwaci-sōhkātisit nikī-wīsakitēhēnik. ispīhk ōta kā‑sipwēhtēyān nikī-tēp-āyān, māka kā‑tipēyihcikēt nipēsīk ēkāya kīkway ē‑ayāyān ē‑pē-pēyakoyān. kīkwāy ohci Naomi kita-isiyihkāsiyēk, kā‑tipēyihcikēt ē‑kī-māyi-tōtawit, mīna māyipayiwin ē‑kī-miyit?”
ēkota ohci kā‑kī-kīwēt Naomi ē‑wīcēwāt ostima Rutha, Moab-iskwēwa. ispīhk ē‑takohtēcik Bethlehemihk, kī‑mācipayin kā‑manisoht kistikān.

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