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.

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

Contemporary Plains Cree

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 <div class="label">15</div><div class="s">m&#257;yacihkos k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-wanihot</div><div class="r">(Matthew 18.12-14)</div><div class="p"> 1p&#275;yakw&#257;w mihc&#275;t otipahik&#275;hiw&#275;wak m&#299;na p&#299;wiyiniwak k&#299;&#8209;p&#275;-natohtaw&#275;wak Jesusa. 2aniki Phariseewak m&#299;na wiyasiw&#275;win k&#257;&#8209;kiskinoham&#257;k&#275;cik k&#299;&#8209;m&#257;ci-&#257;yim&#333;m&#275;wak, &#8220;awa n&#257;p&#275;w ot&#333;t&#275;miw k&#257;&#8209;p&#299;w&#275;yiht&#257;kosiyit m&#299;na w&#299;ci-m&#299;cis&#333;m&#275;w!&#8221; 3&#275;kosi &#275;kwa Jesus &#257;cimostaw&#275;w &#333;ma &#275;&#8209;aspah&#257;k&#275;mot:</div><div class="p"> 4&#8220;h&#257;w, mahti k&#299;spin kiyaw&#257;w p&#275;yak nikotw&#257;w &#275;&#8209;ay&#257;w&#257;t mit&#257;tahtomitanaw m&#257;yacihkosa &#275;kwa p&#275;yak wanih&#257;ci, t&#257;nisi ka&#8209;t&#333;tahk? kita-nakat&#275;w anihi k&#275;k&#257;-mit&#257;tahtomitanaw k&#275;k&#257;-mit&#257;tahtos&#257;p m&#257;yacihkosa, m&#299;na kita-natonaw&#275;w k&#257;&#8209;wanisiniyit iyikohk miskaw&#257;ci. 5isp&#299;hk miskaw&#257;ci, mistahi ta&#8209;miyw&#275;yihtam m&#299;na ta&#8209;k&#299;w&#275;-nay&#333;m&#275;w. 6&#275;kosi &#275;kwa takoht&#275;ci w&#299;kihk kita-t&#275;pw&#257;t&#275;w kahkiyaw ow&#299;c&#275;w&#257;kana m&#299;na ow&#299;tapim&#257;kana. &#275;kwa &#333;misi kita-it&#275;w, &#8216;mistahi nimiyw&#275;yiht&#275;n &#275;&#8209;miskawak nim&#257;yacihkomis k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-wanisihk. mahti miyaw&#257;t&#275;t&#257;n!&#8217; 7&#275;kosi p&#275;yakwan it&#275;yiht&#257;kwan k&#299;spin p&#275;yak &#275;&#8209;mac&#257;tisit &#275;&#8209;kwayask&#257;tisit os&#257;m &#275;&#8209;miht&#257;tahk owanit&#333;tamowina; ayiw&#257;k mistahi miyw&#275;yiht&#257;kwan kihci-k&#299;sikohk isp&#299;hci wiya k&#275;k&#257;-mit&#257;tahtomitanaw k&#275;k&#257;-mit&#257;tahtos&#257;p iyiniwak &#275;k&#257;ya kat&#257;c kita-miht&#257;tahkik owanit&#333;tamowiniw&#257;wa &#275;&#8209;it&#275;yihtahkik.</div><div class="s">s&#333;niy&#257;s k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-wanihiht</div><div class="p"> 8&#8220;k&#299;spin iskw&#275;w ay&#257;w&#275;w mit&#257;taht s&#333;niy&#257;sa &#275;kwa p&#275;yak wanih&#275;w, t&#257;nisi ka&#8209;t&#333;tahk? saskaham w&#257;saskot&#275;nikan, w&#275;pahik&#275;w w&#299;kihk &#275;kwa p&#275;y&#257;htik misiw&#275; natonaw&#275;w piyisk miskaw&#275;w. 9isp&#299;hk &#275;&#8209;miskaw&#257;t t&#275;pw&#257;t&#275;w ow&#299;c&#275;w&#257;kana &#275;kwa ow&#299;tapim&#257;kana &#275;kwa &#333;misi it&#275;w, &#8216;mistahi nimiyw&#275;yiht&#275;n &#275;&#8209;miskawak s&#333;niy&#257;s k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-wanihak, &#275;kosi &#275;kwa miyaw&#257;t&#275;t&#257;n!&#8217; 10p&#275;yakwan &#275;kosi, kiw&#299;htam&#257;tin&#257;w&#257;w, ok&#299;sik&#333;ma kis&#275;-manitow kita-miyw&#275;yihtamwak p&#275;yak omac&#257;tisa &#275;&#8209;miht&#257;tamiyit om&#257;yi-t&#333;tamowiniyiwa.&#8221;</div><div class="s">os&#299;mim&#257;w k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-wanihot</div><div class="p"> 11Jesus k&#299;&#8209;ati-itw&#275;w, &#8220;p&#275;yak n&#257;p&#275;w k&#299;&#8209;n&#299;siyiwa okosisa. 12&#275;kwa anihi os&#299;mim&#257;wa &#333;misi itik, &#8216;noht&#257;, mahti miyin anima k&#257;&#8209;w&#299;-m&#257;tinam&#257;kawiy&#257;n kahkiyaw ohci k&#257;&#8209;tip&#275;yihtaman.&#8217; &#275;kosi t&#257;pw&#275; &#257;h&#8209;&#257;pihtaw miy&#275;w n&#299;so okosisa. 13nam&#333;ya kinw&#275;s &#275;&#8209;ispayik awa os&#299;mim&#257;w k&#299;&#8209;m&#257;wasakonam anihi k&#257;&#8209;miyiht, &#275;kosi k&#299;&#8209;sipw&#275;piciw w&#257;hyaw kotak ask&#299;hk isi, &#275;kot&#275; k&#299;&#8209;m&#275;stin&#275;w os&#333;niy&#257;ma &#275;&#8209;kak&#275;p&#257;tisi-pim&#257;cihot. 14&#275;kwa kahkiyaw m&#275;stin&#275;w anihi k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-miyiht. &#275;kosp&#299; &#275;&#8209;misi-n&#333;ht&#275;hkat&#275;hk &#275;kota ask&#299;hk, &#275;kosi mitoni k&#299;&#8209;kitim&#257;kisiw. 15&#275;kosi k&#299;&#8209;nitawi-atoskaw&#275;w p&#275;yak n&#257;p&#275;wa &#275;kota ask&#299;hk, kita-nitawi-asam&#257;t kohk&#333;sa otaskiyihk. 16k&#299;&#8209;ak&#257;w&#257;tam kita-m&#299;cit anihi kohk&#333;sa k&#257;&#8209;m&#299;ciyit. m&#257;ka nam&#333;ya awiya ohci-asamik &#275;sa. 17piyisk &#275;kwa kwayask &#275;&#8209;m&#257;miton&#275;yihtahk, &#333;misi k&#257;&#8209;itw&#275;t, &#8216;kahkiyaw noht&#257;wiy otatosk&#275;y&#257;kana ayiw&#257;kipayiwak k&#299;kway kita-m&#299;cicik &#275;kwa niya &#275;&#8209;w&#299;-nipah&#257;hkatosoy&#257;n! 18h&#257;w, mahti nika-k&#299;w&#257;n noht&#257;wiy w&#299;kihk isi, &#275;kwa &#333;misi nika-it&#257;w, &#8220;h&#257;w, noht&#257;, nik&#299;-m&#257;yi-t&#333;taw&#257;w kis&#275;-manitow m&#299;na kiya. 19namw&#257;c ahp&#333; &#275;kwa nit&#275;pak&#275;yiht&#257;kosin kikosis kita-itikawiy&#257;n. pamihin t&#257;pisk&#333;c k&#257;&#8209;isi-pamihacik kitatosk&#275;y&#257;kanak.&#8221;&#8217; 20&#275;kosi t&#257;pw&#275; ati-k&#299;w&#275;totaw&#275;w oht&#257;wiya.</div><div class="p">&#8220;w&#257;hyaw k&#275;y&#257;pic &#275;&#8209;ay&#257;t w&#299;kiw&#257;hk ohci, k&#257;&#8209;p&#275;-itis&#257;pamikot oht&#257;wiya, mistahi &#275;kwa kitim&#257;kin&#257;k, p&#275;&#8209;nakisk&#257;k &#275;&#8209;p&#257;p&#257;ht&#257;yit &#275;&#8209;&#257;kwaskitinikot m&#299;na &#275;&#8209;oc&#275;mikot. 21&#275;kwa os&#299;mim&#257;w &#333;misi it&#275;w, &#8216;h&#257;w, noht&#257;, nik&#299;-m&#257;yi-t&#333;taw&#257;w kis&#275;-manitow m&#299;na kik&#299;-m&#257;yi-t&#333;t&#257;tin. namw&#257;c nit&#275;pak&#275;yiht&#257;kosin kikosis kita-itikawiy&#257;n.&#8217; 22m&#257;ka oht&#257;w&#299;m&#257;w t&#275;pw&#257;t&#275;w otatosk&#275;y&#257;kana, &#8216;s&#275;m&#257;k p&#275;t&#257;k &#275;&#8209;m&#257;waci-miyw&#257;sik miskot&#257;kay m&#299;na postas&#257;kahihk, m&#299;na &#257;hcanisa kikiskamohihk m&#299;na maskisina. 23n&#257;tihk ana k&#257;&#8209;wiyinot moscosis m&#299;na minahok, kiy&#257;m m&#299;cisot&#257;n m&#299;na miyaw&#257;t&#275;t&#257;n. 24ayisk awa nikosis &#275;&#8209;k&#299;-nipit m&#257;ka &#275;kwa pim&#257;tisiw, k&#299;&#8209;wanihow m&#257;ka &#275;kwa miskaw&#257;w.&#8217; &#275;kosi &#275;kwa k&#299;&#8209;m&#257;ci-miyaw&#257;tamwak.</div><div class="p"> 25&#8220;ost&#275;sim&#257;w k&#299;&#8209;ay&#257;w kistik&#257;nihk &#275;kwa isp&#299;hk &#275;&#8209;p&#275;-k&#299;w&#275;t, c&#299;ki &#275;&#8209;ay&#257;t w&#299;kiw&#257;hk, k&#299;&#8209;p&#275;htam &#275;&#8209;kitohcik&#275;wiht m&#299;na &#275;&#8209;n&#299;mihitowiht. 26&#275;kosi t&#275;pw&#257;t&#275;w p&#275;yak atosk&#275;y&#257;kana m&#299;na kakw&#275;cim&#275;w t&#257;n&#275;hki &#333;ma k&#257;&#8209;itahkamikaniyik. 27&#275;kwa &#333;misi itik, &#8216;kis&#299;m &#275;&#8209;takoht&#275;t, &#275;kosi koht&#257;wiy &#275;&#8209;minahot anihi k&#257;&#8209;wiyinoyit moscosisa k&#257;&#8209;m&#257;waci-miyosiyit, ayisk &#275;&#8209;takoht&#275;yit &#275;&#8209;miyw&#257;y&#257;yit.&#8217; 28m&#257;ka &#275;kwa kisiw&#257;siw awa ost&#275;sim&#257;w m&#299;na namw&#257;c t&#257;pw&#275;htam kita-p&#299;htikw&#275;t. oht&#257;wiya p&#275;&#8209;wayaw&#299;yiwa m&#299;na kakw&#275;-s&#257;k&#333;cimik kita-p&#299;htikw&#275;t. 29m&#257;ka naskw&#275;wasim&#275;w oht&#257;wiya, &#8216;h&#257;w, mihc&#275;t askiy &#275;kwa kitatosk&#257;tin &#275;kwa nam&#333;ya w&#299;hk&#257;c kitohci-&#257;nw&#275;ht&#257;tin k&#257;&#8209;itasiw&#257;siyan, &#275;kwa namw&#257;c ahp&#333; kitohci-miyin acihkosis, kita-w&#299;ci-m&#299;cis&#333;makik niw&#299;c&#275;w&#257;kanak. 30m&#257;ka isp&#299;hk &#275;&#8209;takoht&#275;t awa kikosis, &#275;&#8209;m&#275;sci-m&#275;taw&#257;k&#275;t kipim&#257;cihowin omanis&#333;niy&#257;w&#275;w-iskw&#275;wa ohci, kiminah&#333;stamaw&#257;w k&#257;&#8209;wiyin&#333;himiht moscosisa.&#8217; 31&#275;kwa &#333;misi it&#275;w, &#8216;nikosis, t&#257;pitawi kiw&#299;ci-ay&#257;min, &#275;kosi kahkiyaw k&#299;kway k&#257;&#8209;tip&#275;yihtam&#257;n kiya kitip&#275;yiht&#275;n. 32piko kita-miyaw&#257;tamahk m&#299;na kita-miyw&#275;yihtamahk, ayisk awa kis&#299;m k&#299;&#8209;nipiw, m&#257;ka &#275;kwa pim&#257;tisiw; k&#299;&#8209;wanihow, m&#257;ka &#275;kwa miskaw&#257;w.&#8217;&#8221;</div>
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pēyakwāw mihcēt otipahikēhiwēwak mīna pīwiyiniwak kī‑pē-natohtawēwak Jesusa. aniki Phariseewak mīna wiyasiwēwin kā‑kiskinohamākēcik kī‑māci-āyimōmēwak, “awa nāpēw otōtēmiw kā‑pīwēyihtākosiyit mīna wīci-mīcisōmēw!” ēkosi ēkwa Jesus ācimostawēw ōma ē‑aspahākēmot:
“hāw, mahti kīspin kiyawāw pēyak nikotwāw ē‑ayāwāt mitātahtomitanaw māyacihkosa ēkwa pēyak wanihāci, tānisi ka‑tōtahk? kita-nakatēw anihi kēkā-mitātahtomitanaw kēkā-mitātahtosāp māyacihkosa, mīna kita-natonawēw kā‑wanisiniyit iyikohk miskawāci. ispīhk miskawāci, mistahi ta‑miywēyihtam mīna ta‑kīwē-nayōmēw. ēkosi ēkwa takohtēci wīkihk kita-tēpwātēw kahkiyaw owīcēwākana mīna owītapimākana. ēkwa ōmisi kita-itēw, ‘mistahi nimiywēyihtēn ē‑miskawak nimāyacihkomis kā‑kī-wanisihk. mahti miyawātētān!’ ēkosi pēyakwan itēyihtākwan kīspin pēyak ē‑macātisit ē‑kwayaskātisit osām ē‑mihtātahk owanitōtamowina; ayiwāk mistahi miywēyihtākwan kihci-kīsikohk ispīhci wiya kēkā-mitātahtomitanaw kēkā-mitātahtosāp iyiniwak ēkāya katāc kita-mihtātahkik owanitōtamowiniwāwa ē‑itēyihtahkik.

“kīspin iskwēw ayāwēw mitātaht sōniyāsa ēkwa pēyak wanihēw, tānisi ka‑tōtahk? saskaham wāsaskotēnikan, wēpahikēw wīkihk ēkwa pēyāhtik misiwē natonawēw piyisk miskawēw. ispīhk ē‑miskawāt tēpwātēw owīcēwākana ēkwa owītapimākana ēkwa ōmisi itēw, ‘mistahi nimiywēyihtēn ē‑miskawak sōniyās kā‑kī-wanihak, ēkosi ēkwa miyawātētān!’ pēyakwan ēkosi, kiwīhtamātināwāw, okīsikōma kisē-manitow kita-miywēyihtamwak pēyak omacātisa ē‑mihtātamiyit omāyi-tōtamowiniyiwa.”

Jesus kī‑ati-itwēw, “pēyak nāpēw kī‑nīsiyiwa okosisa. ēkwa anihi osīmimāwa ōmisi itik, ‘nohtā, mahti miyin anima kā‑wī-mātinamākawiyān kahkiyaw ohci kā‑tipēyihtaman.’ ēkosi tāpwē āh‑āpihtaw miyēw nīso okosisa. namōya kinwēs ē‑ispayik awa osīmimāw kī‑māwasakonam anihi kā‑miyiht, ēkosi kī‑sipwēpiciw wāhyaw kotak askīhk isi, ēkotē kī‑mēstinēw osōniyāma ē‑kakēpātisi-pimācihot. ēkwa kahkiyaw mēstinēw anihi kā‑kī-miyiht. ēkospī ē‑misi-nōhtēhkatēhk ēkota askīhk, ēkosi mitoni kī‑kitimākisiw. ēkosi kī‑nitawi-atoskawēw pēyak nāpēwa ēkota askīhk, kita-nitawi-asamāt kohkōsa otaskiyihk. kī‑akāwātam kita-mīcit anihi kohkōsa kā‑mīciyit. māka namōya awiya ohci-asamik ēsa. piyisk ēkwa kwayask ē‑māmitonēyihtahk, ōmisi kā‑itwēt, ‘kahkiyaw nohtāwiy otatoskēyākana ayiwākipayiwak kīkway kita-mīcicik ēkwa niya ē‑wī-nipahāhkatosoyān! hāw, mahti nika-kīwān nohtāwiy wīkihk isi, ēkwa ōmisi nika-itāw, “hāw, nohtā, nikī-māyi-tōtawāw kisē-manitow mīna kiya. namwāc ahpō ēkwa nitēpakēyihtākosin kikosis kita-itikawiyān. pamihin tāpiskōc kā‑isi-pamihacik kitatoskēyākanak.”’ ēkosi tāpwē ati-kīwētotawēw ohtāwiya.
“wāhyaw kēyāpic ē‑ayāt wīkiwāhk ohci, kā‑pē-itisāpamikot ohtāwiya, mistahi ēkwa kitimākināk, pē‑nakiskāk ē‑pāpāhtāyit ē‑ākwaskitinikot mīna ē‑ocēmikot. ēkwa osīmimāw ōmisi itēw, ‘hāw, nohtā, nikī-māyi-tōtawāw kisē-manitow mīna kikī-māyi-tōtātin. namwāc nitēpakēyihtākosin kikosis kita-itikawiyān.’ māka ohtāwīmāw tēpwātēw otatoskēyākana, ‘sēmāk pētāk ē‑māwaci-miywāsik miskotākay mīna postasākahihk, mīna āhcanisa kikiskamohihk mīna maskisina. nātihk ana kā‑wiyinot moscosis mīna minahok, kiyām mīcisotān mīna miyawātētān. ayisk awa nikosis ē‑kī-nipit māka ēkwa pimātisiw, kī‑wanihow māka ēkwa miskawāw.’ ēkosi ēkwa kī‑māci-miyawātamwak.
“ostēsimāw kī‑ayāw kistikānihk ēkwa ispīhk ē‑pē-kīwēt, cīki ē‑ayāt wīkiwāhk, kī‑pēhtam ē‑kitohcikēwiht mīna ē‑nīmihitowiht. ēkosi tēpwātēw pēyak atoskēyākana mīna kakwēcimēw tānēhki ōma kā‑itahkamikaniyik. ēkwa ōmisi itik, ‘kisīm ē‑takohtēt, ēkosi kohtāwiy ē‑minahot anihi kā‑wiyinoyit moscosisa kā‑māwaci-miyosiyit, ayisk ē‑takohtēyit ē‑miywāyāyit.’ māka ēkwa kisiwāsiw awa ostēsimāw mīna namwāc tāpwēhtam kita-pīhtikwēt. ohtāwiya pē‑wayawīyiwa mīna kakwē-sākōcimik kita-pīhtikwēt. māka naskwēwasimēw ohtāwiya, ‘hāw, mihcēt askiy ēkwa kitatoskātin ēkwa namōya wīhkāc kitohci-ānwēhtātin kā‑itasiwāsiyan, ēkwa namwāc ahpō kitohci-miyin acihkosis, kita-wīci-mīcisōmakik niwīcēwākanak. māka ispīhk ē‑takohtēt awa kikosis, ē‑mēsci-mētawākēt kipimācihowin omanisōniyāwēw-iskwēwa ohci, kiminahōstamawāw kā‑wiyinōhimiht moscosisa.’ ēkwa ōmisi itēw, ‘nikosis, tāpitawi kiwīci-ayāmin, ēkosi kahkiyaw kīkway kā‑tipēyihtamān kiya kitipēyihtēn. piko kita-miyawātamahk mīna kita-miywēyihtamahk, ayisk awa kisīm kī‑nipiw, māka ēkwa pimātisiw; kī‑wanihow, māka ēkwa miskawāw.’”

Gwranda ar Luke 15