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">16</div><div class="s">k&#257;&#8209;kakay&#275;yisit k&#257;&#8209;n&#299;k&#257;napit atosk&#275;y&#257;kan</div><div class="p"> 1&#333;misi it&#275;w Jesus okiskinohamaw&#257;kana, &#8220;p&#275;yakw&#257;w p&#275;yak n&#257;p&#275;w &#275;&#8209;w&#275;y&#333;tisit, &#275;kwa p&#275;yak atosk&#275;y&#257;kana &#275;&#8209;pimipayihtam&#257;kot kahkiyaw k&#257;&#8209;tip&#275;yihtahk. ana k&#257;&#8209;w&#275;y&#333;tisit n&#257;p&#275;w w&#299;htamaw&#257;w &#275;sa otatosk&#275;y&#257;kana &#275;&#8209;m&#333;hco-m&#275;stin&#257;yit os&#333;niy&#257;ma. 2&#275;kosi t&#275;pw&#257;t&#275;w &#275;&#8209;it&#257;t, &#8216;t&#257;pw&#275; c&#299; &#333;ma k&#257;&#8209;itikawiyan? mahti masinaha kahkiyaw t&#257;nisi &#275;&#8209;isi-m&#275;stinik&#275;yan &#333;ta nitask&#299;hk. ayisk nam&#333;ya ayiw&#257;k kika-k&#299;-pimipayihtamawin &#333;ta nitask&#299;hk.&#8217; 3ana atosk&#275;y&#257;kan &#333;misi it&#275;yihtam, &#8216;nit&#333;kim&#257;m niw&#299;-pakitinik. t&#257;nisi &#275;kwa kita-k&#299;-t&#333;tam&#257;n? nam&#333;ya nimaskawis&#299;n kita-w&#257;tihk&#275;y&#257;n, &#275;kwa nin&#275;p&#275;wisin kita-pap&#257;mi-natotam&#257;y&#257;n. 4h&#257;w, nikisk&#275;yiht&#275;n t&#257;nisi kita-t&#333;tam&#257;n, nika-w&#299;c&#275;w&#257;kanihk&#257;n, &#275;wakonik nika-pamihikwak w&#299;kiw&#257;hk isp&#299;hk pakitinikawiy&#257;ni.&#8217; 5&#275;kosi t&#275;pw&#257;t&#275;w kahkiyaw ayisiyiniwa k&#257;&#8209;masinahamaw&#257;yit ot&#333;kim&#257;ma. kakw&#275;cim&#275;w anihi nistam, &#8216;t&#257;nimayikohk k&#257;&#8209;masinahamawat nit&#333;kim&#257;m?&#8217; it&#275;w. 6&#8216;mit&#257;tahtomitanaw mahkahk pimiy askihtakomina ohci,&#8217; itik. &#8216;&#333;m&#299;ta k&#257;&#8209;masinahik&#257;t&#275;k, k&#275;siskaw api &#275;kwa niy&#257;nanomitanaw itasinaha,&#8217; it&#275;w awa atosk&#275;y&#257;kan. 7&#275;kwa kotaka kakw&#275;cim&#275;w, &#8216;kiya m&#257;ka, t&#257;niyikohk k&#257;&#8209;masinahamawat?&#8217; &#8216;kihci-mit&#257;tahtomitanaw mahkahk pahkw&#275;sikanihk&#257;n,&#8217; itik. &#8216;h&#257;w, &#333;ta masinahik&#257;t&#275;w, mahti masinaha ayin&#257;n&#275;w tahtw&#257;w mit&#257;tahtomitanaw.&#8217; 8&#333;ma k&#257;&#8209;t&#333;tahk ohci, k&#257;&#8209;kakay&#275;yisit atosk&#275;y&#257;kan ot&#333;kim&#257;ma mamihcimik &#275;&#8209;iyin&#299;si-t&#333;tahk t&#257;nisi &#275;&#8209;w&#299;-isi-pim&#257;cihot, ayisk ayisiyiniwak &#333;ta ask&#299;hk iyin&#299;siwak ask&#299;wi-k&#299;kwaya kita-isi-paminahkik, isp&#299;hci aniki k&#299;sik&#257;st&#275;nohk k&#257;&#8209;ay&#257;cik, kis&#275;-manitow otip&#275;yihcik&#275;winihk.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 9&#275;kosi Jesus &#333;misi it&#275;w, &#8220;&#275;kosi kiw&#299;htam&#257;tin&#257;w&#257;w, w&#299;c&#275;w&#257;kanihtamok w&#275;y&#333;tisiwin &#275;kosi m&#275;scipayiki, kika-p&#299;htikwahikawin kihci-k&#299;sikohk. 10awiyak &#275;&#8209;mamis&#299;tot&#257;ht kita-pimipayiht&#257;t apis&#299;s k&#299;kwaya kita-mamis&#299;totaw&#257;w mistahi k&#299;kwaya kita-pimipayiht&#257;t; &#275;kwa awiyak &#275;&#8209;kakay&#275;yisit apis&#299;s k&#299;kwaya ohci kita-kakay&#275;yisiw mistahi k&#299;kwaya ohci. 11k&#299;spin nam&#333;ya kwayask kit&#333;t&#275;n&#257;w&#257;w &#275;&#8209;paminam&#275;k ask&#299;hk ohci w&#275;y&#333;tisiwina, t&#257;nisi kita-k&#299;-isi-mamis&#299;tot&#257;kawin&#257;w&#257;w ta&#8209;paminam&#275;k w&#275;y&#333;tisiwina k&#257;&#8209;m&#257;-mawaci-kist&#275;yiht&#257;kwahki? 12&#275;kwa k&#299;spin namw&#257;c kwayask kit&#333;t&#275;n&#257;w&#257;w anihi ohci kotak awiyak k&#257;&#8209;tip&#275;yihtahk, aw&#299;na kika-miyikow&#257;w anima ka&#8209;tip&#275;yihtam&#275;k?</div><div class="p"> 13&#8220;nam&#333;ya awiyak &#275;&#8209;atosk&#275;y&#257;kaniwit kita-k&#299;-atoskaw&#275;w n&#299;so okim&#257;wa. kita-pakw&#257;t&#275;w p&#275;yak anihi &#275;kwa kita-miyw&#275;yim&#275;w kotaka. kwayask kita-t&#333;taw&#275;w anihi p&#275;yak &#275;kwa kotaka kita-p&#299;w&#275;yim&#275;w. nam&#333;ya kika-k&#299;-atoskaw&#257;w kis&#275;-manitow &#275;kwa s&#333;niy&#257;w.&#8221;</div><div class="s">&#257;tiht otitw&#275;wina Jesus</div><div class="r">(Matthew 11.12,13; 5.31,32; Mark 10.11,12)</div><div class="p"> 14isp&#299;hk Phariseewak &#333;ma &#275;&#8209;p&#275;htahkik, k&#299;&#8209;m&#275;taw&#257;k&#257;t&#275;wak Jesusa, ayisk &#275;&#8209;k&#299;-s&#257;kih&#257;cik s&#333;niy&#257;wa. 15Jesus it&#275;w, &#8220;kiyaw&#257;w &#333;ma &#275;&#8209;miyohtw&#257;y&#275;k k&#257;&#8209;itakimisoy&#275;k kita-ohci-miyo-kit&#257;pamikoy&#275;kok ayisiyiniwak, m&#257;ka kis&#275;-manitow kisk&#275;yihtam kit&#275;hiw&#257;wa. anihi k&#299;kwaya ayisiyiniwak k&#257;&#8209;ayiw&#257;k&#275;yihtahkik, &#275;wakoni kis&#275;-manitow nam&#333;ya n&#257;nitaw it&#257;patak&#275;yihtam.</div><div class="p"> 16&#8220;owiyasiw&#275;wina Moses &#275;kwa omasinahik&#275;winiw&#257;wa okiskiw&#275;hik&#275;wak k&#299;&#8209;&#257;patanwa isko John os&#299;kah&#257;ht&#257;k&#275;w &#275;&#8209;pim&#257;tisit; &#275;kosp&#299;hk ohci miyw&#257;cimowin otip&#275;yihcik&#275;win kis&#275;-manitow &#257;tocik&#257;t&#275;w &#275;kwa kahkiyaw &#275;kota kakw&#275;-p&#299;htikwahisowak. 17nawac w&#275;hcasin kihci-k&#299;sik m&#299;na askiy kita-p&#333;ni-ihtakwahki isp&#299;hci &#275;&#8209;m&#257;waci-apis&#257;sik icw&#275;winis wiyasiw&#275;winihk ohci kita-p&#333;ni-&#257;patahk.</div><div class="p"> 18&#8220;awiyak n&#257;p&#275;w &#275;&#8209;w&#275;pin&#257;t w&#275;pinito-masinahikanihk ow&#299;kim&#257;kana &#275;kwa kotaka iskw&#275;wa w&#299;kim&#275;w kak&#275;p&#257;tisiw; &#275;kwa n&#257;p&#275;w &#275;&#8209;w&#299;kim&#257;t &#275;&#8209;k&#299;-w&#275;pinimiht iskw&#275;wa kak&#275;p&#257;tisiw.</div><div class="s">k&#257;&#8209;w&#275;y&#333;tisit &#275;kwa Lazarus</div><div class="p"> 19&#8220;p&#275;yakw&#257;w &#275;sa n&#257;p&#275;w &#275;&#8209;w&#275;y&#333;tisit &#275;&#8209;miyohot, mitoni &#275;&#8209;&#257;hkwakiht&#275;yiki &#275;&#8209;k&#299;-kikisk&#257;k, &#275;kwa tahto-k&#299;sik&#257;w mitoni &#275;&#8209;miyo-pamihot. 20&#275;kwa otiskw&#257;ht&#275;mihk&#257;nihk m&#257;na &#275;&#8209;p&#275;-itohtahimiht n&#257;p&#275;wa &#275;&#8209;kitim&#257;kisiyit, Lazarus &#275;&#8209;isiyihk&#257;soyit, misiw&#275; &#275;&#8209;omik&#299;yit. 21&#275;&#8209;pakos&#275;yimot anihi iskwascikana k&#257;&#8209;pahkihtiniyiki k&#257;&#8209;w&#275;y&#333;tisiyit n&#257;p&#275;wa om&#299;cisowin&#257;htikohk ohci. ahp&#333; piko atimwa k&#299;&#8209;n&#333;hkw&#257;tamiyiwa otomikiya. 22k&#257;&#8209;kitim&#257;kisit k&#299;&#8209;nakatask&#275;w &#275;kwa ok&#299;sikowa k&#299;&#8209;tahkonik &#275;kot&#275; Abrahamwa ka&#8209;w&#299;tapim&#257;t &#275;&#8209;w&#299;hkohk&#275;wiht kihci-k&#299;sikohk. ana k&#257;&#8209;w&#275;y&#333;tisit w&#299;sta k&#299;&#8209;nakatask&#275;w m&#299;na k&#299;&#8209;nahin&#257;w. 23&#275;kwa nipiwinihk#16.23 nipiwinihk: ahp&#333; Hades, it&#275; k&#257;&#8209;ay&#257;cik onipiwak. ohci &#275;&#8209;kakw&#257;takiht&#257;t, w&#257;hyaw ohci ispimihk &#275;&#8209;it&#257;pit k&#299;&#8209;w&#257;pam&#275;w Abrahamwa &#275;kwa Lazarusa &#275;&#8209;w&#299;tapim&#257;yit. 24&#275;kwa k&#257;&#8209;t&#275;pw&#257;t&#257;t, &#8216;h&#257;w, noht&#257; Abraham, kitim&#257;kinawin. p&#275;&#8209;itisaw Lazarus, w&#299;htamaw ocihciy nip&#299;hk kita-s&#257;minam nit&#275;yaniy kita-tahk&#257;p&#257;wat&#257;t, ayisk nikakw&#257;takiht&#257;n &#333;ta iskot&#275;hk.&#8217; 25m&#257;ka Abraham it&#275;w, &#8216;nikosis, kiskisi &#275;&#8209;m&#275;kw&#257;-pim&#257;tisiyan kik&#299;-miyikawin &#275;&#8209;miyw&#257;siki k&#299;kwaya, &#275;kwa awa Lazarus m&#257;yi-k&#299;kwaya k&#299;&#8209;miy&#257;w. m&#257;ka &#275;kwa k&#257;k&#299;cih&#257;w &#333;ta &#275;kwa kiya kikakw&#257;tak&#257;hpin&#257;n. 26m&#257;ka cik&#275;m&#257;, ita k&#257;&#8209;ay&#257;yan m&#299;na &#333;t&#275;, tastaw&#257;yihk &#275;&#8209;misi-pasatin&#257;k nam&#333;ya w&#299;hk&#257;c kita-k&#299;-asiw&#257;hik&#257;t&#275;w, namw&#257;c awiyak &#275;kot&#275; ohci kita-k&#299;-p&#275;-itoht&#275;w &#333;ta, m&#299;na &#333;ta ohci nam&#333;ya awiyak kita-itoht&#275;w &#275;kot&#275;.&#8217; 27&#333;misi it&#275;w, &#8216;kitim&#257;kihtawin, noht&#257; Abraham, kita-itisahwat Lazarus noht&#257;wiya w&#299;kiyihk. 28ayisk niy&#257;naniwak n&#299;cis&#257;nak kita-kitahamaw&#257;t, &#275;kosi &#275;k&#257;ya kita-p&#275;-itoht&#275;yit &#333;t&#275; kakw&#257;takiht&#257;winihk.&#8217; 29Abraham &#333;misi k&#257;&#8209;it&#257;t, &#8216;ay&#257;w&#275;wak wiyaw&#257;w Mosesa m&#299;na okiskiw&#275;hik&#275;wa, kiy&#257;m &#275;wakoni ta&#8209;natohtaw&#275;wak.&#8217; 30k&#257;&#8209;w&#275;y&#333;tisiyit m&#257;ka itik, &#8216;nam&#333;ya, noht&#257; Abraham, m&#257;ka k&#299;spin awiya &#275;&#8209;&#257;pisisiniyit kita-n&#257;tikocik, kita-kwayask&#257;tisiwak.&#8217; 31&#275;kosi it&#275;w, &#8216;k&#299;spin nam&#333;ya natohtaw&#275;wak Mosesa m&#299;na okiskiw&#275;hik&#275;wa, nam&#333;ya awiya kita-s&#257;k&#333;cimikwak, kiy&#257;m &#257;ta wanisk&#257;yici nipiwinihk ohci.&#8217;&#8221;</div>
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ōmisi itēw Jesus okiskinohamawākana, “pēyakwāw pēyak nāpēw ē‑wēyōtisit, ēkwa pēyak atoskēyākana ē‑pimipayihtamākot kahkiyaw kā‑tipēyihtahk. ana kā‑wēyōtisit nāpēw wīhtamawāw ēsa otatoskēyākana ē‑mōhco-mēstināyit osōniyāma. ēkosi tēpwātēw ē‑itāt, ‘tāpwē cī ōma kā‑itikawiyan? mahti masinaha kahkiyaw tānisi ē‑isi-mēstinikēyan ōta nitaskīhk. ayisk namōya ayiwāk kika-kī-pimipayihtamawin ōta nitaskīhk.’ ana atoskēyākan ōmisi itēyihtam, ‘nitōkimām niwī-pakitinik. tānisi ēkwa kita-kī-tōtamān? namōya nimaskawisīn kita-wātihkēyān, ēkwa ninēpēwisin kita-papāmi-natotamāyān. hāw, nikiskēyihtēn tānisi kita-tōtamān, nika-wīcēwākanihkān, ēwakonik nika-pamihikwak wīkiwāhk ispīhk pakitinikawiyāni.’ ēkosi tēpwātēw kahkiyaw ayisiyiniwa kā‑masinahamawāyit otōkimāma. kakwēcimēw anihi nistam, ‘tānimayikohk kā‑masinahamawat nitōkimām?’ itēw. ‘mitātahtomitanaw mahkahk pimiy askihtakomina ohci,’ itik. ‘ōmīta kā‑masinahikātēk, kēsiskaw api ēkwa niyānanomitanaw itasinaha,’ itēw awa atoskēyākan. ēkwa kotaka kakwēcimēw, ‘kiya māka, tāniyikohk kā‑masinahamawat?’ ‘kihci-mitātahtomitanaw mahkahk pahkwēsikanihkān,’ itik. ‘hāw, ōta masinahikātēw, mahti masinaha ayinānēw tahtwāw mitātahtomitanaw.’ ōma kā‑tōtahk ohci, kā‑kakayēyisit atoskēyākan otōkimāma mamihcimik ē‑iyinīsi-tōtahk tānisi ē‑wī-isi-pimācihot, ayisk ayisiyiniwak ōta askīhk iyinīsiwak askīwi-kīkwaya kita-isi-paminahkik, ispīhci aniki kīsikāstēnohk kā‑ayācik, kisē-manitow otipēyihcikēwinihk.”
ēkosi Jesus ōmisi itēw, “ēkosi kiwīhtamātināwāw, wīcēwākanihtamok wēyōtisiwin ēkosi mēscipayiki, kika-pīhtikwahikawin kihci-kīsikohk. awiyak ē‑mamisītotāht kita-pimipayihtāt apisīs kīkwaya kita-mamisītotawāw mistahi kīkwaya kita-pimipayihtāt; ēkwa awiyak ē‑kakayēyisit apisīs kīkwaya ohci kita-kakayēyisiw mistahi kīkwaya ohci. kīspin namōya kwayask kitōtēnāwāw ē‑paminamēk askīhk ohci wēyōtisiwina, tānisi kita-kī-isi-mamisītotākawināwāw ta‑paminamēk wēyōtisiwina kā‑mā-mawaci-kistēyihtākwahki? ēkwa kīspin namwāc kwayask kitōtēnāwāw anihi ohci kotak awiyak kā‑tipēyihtahk, awīna kika-miyikowāw anima ka‑tipēyihtamēk?
“namōya awiyak ē‑atoskēyākaniwit kita-kī-atoskawēw nīso okimāwa. kita-pakwātēw pēyak anihi ēkwa kita-miywēyimēw kotaka. kwayask kita-tōtawēw anihi pēyak ēkwa kotaka kita-pīwēyimēw. namōya kika-kī-atoskawāw kisē-manitow ēkwa sōniyāw.”


ispīhk Phariseewak ōma ē‑pēhtahkik, kī‑mētawākātēwak Jesusa, ayisk ē‑kī-sākihācik sōniyāwa. Jesus itēw, “kiyawāw ōma ē‑miyohtwāyēk kā‑itakimisoyēk kita-ohci-miyo-kitāpamikoyēkok ayisiyiniwak, māka kisē-manitow kiskēyihtam kitēhiwāwa. anihi kīkwaya ayisiyiniwak kā‑ayiwākēyihtahkik, ēwakoni kisē-manitow namōya nānitaw itāpatakēyihtam.
“owiyasiwēwina Moses ēkwa omasinahikēwiniwāwa okiskiwēhikēwak kī‑āpatanwa isko John osīkahāhtākēw ē‑pimātisit; ēkospīhk ohci miywācimowin otipēyihcikēwin kisē-manitow ātocikātēw ēkwa kahkiyaw ēkota kakwē-pīhtikwahisowak. nawac wēhcasin kihci-kīsik mīna askiy kita-pōni-ihtakwahki ispīhci ē‑māwaci-apisāsik icwēwinis wiyasiwēwinihk ohci kita-pōni-āpatahk.
“awiyak nāpēw ē‑wēpināt wēpinito-masinahikanihk owīkimākana ēkwa kotaka iskwēwa wīkimēw kakēpātisiw; ēkwa nāpēw ē‑wīkimāt ē‑kī-wēpinimiht iskwēwa kakēpātisiw.

“pēyakwāw ēsa nāpēw ē‑wēyōtisit ē‑miyohot, mitoni ē‑āhkwakihtēyiki ē‑kī-kikiskāk, ēkwa tahto-kīsikāw mitoni ē‑miyo-pamihot. ēkwa otiskwāhtēmihkānihk māna ē‑pē-itohtahimiht nāpēwa ē‑kitimākisiyit, Lazarus ē‑isiyihkāsoyit, misiwē ē‑omikīyit. ē‑pakosēyimot anihi iskwascikana kā‑pahkihtiniyiki kā‑wēyōtisiyit nāpēwa omīcisowināhtikohk ohci. ahpō piko atimwa kī‑nōhkwātamiyiwa otomikiya. kā‑kitimākisit kī‑nakataskēw ēkwa okīsikowa kī‑tahkonik ēkotē Abrahamwa ka‑wītapimāt ē‑wīhkohkēwiht kihci-kīsikohk. ana kā‑wēyōtisit wīsta kī‑nakataskēw mīna kī‑nahināw. ēkwa nipiwinihk ohci ē‑kakwātakihtāt, wāhyaw ohci ispimihk ē‑itāpit kī‑wāpamēw Abrahamwa ēkwa Lazarusa ē‑wītapimāyit. ēkwa kā‑tēpwātāt, ‘hāw, nohtā Abraham, kitimākinawin. pē‑itisaw Lazarus, wīhtamaw ocihciy nipīhk kita-sāminam nitēyaniy kita-tahkāpāwatāt, ayisk nikakwātakihtān ōta iskotēhk.’ māka Abraham itēw, ‘nikosis, kiskisi ē‑mēkwā-pimātisiyan kikī-miyikawin ē‑miywāsiki kīkwaya, ēkwa awa Lazarus māyi-kīkwaya kī‑miyāw. māka ēkwa kākīcihāw ōta ēkwa kiya kikakwātakāhpinān. māka cikēmā, ita kā‑ayāyan mīna ōtē, tastawāyihk ē‑misi-pasatināk namōya wīhkāc kita-kī-asiwāhikātēw, namwāc awiyak ēkotē ohci kita-kī-pē-itohtēw ōta, mīna ōta ohci namōya awiyak kita-itohtēw ēkotē.’ ōmisi itēw, ‘kitimākihtawin, nohtā Abraham, kita-itisahwat Lazarus nohtāwiya wīkiyihk. ayisk niyānaniwak nīcisānak kita-kitahamawāt, ēkosi ēkāya kita-pē-itohtēyit ōtē kakwātakihtāwinihk.’ Abraham ōmisi kā‑itāt, ‘ayāwēwak wiyawāw Mosesa mīna okiskiwēhikēwa, kiyām ēwakoni ta‑natohtawēwak.’ kā‑wēyōtisiyit māka itik, ‘namōya, nohtā Abraham, māka kīspin awiya ē‑āpisisiniyit kita-nātikocik, kita-kwayaskātisiwak.’ ēkosi itēw, ‘kīspin namōya natohtawēwak Mosesa mīna okiskiwēhikēwa, namōya awiya kita-sākōcimikwak, kiyām āta waniskāyici nipiwinihk ohci.’”

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