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">17</div><div class="s">maci-t&#333;tamowin</div><div class="r">(Matthew 18.6,7,21,22; Mark 9.42)</div><div class="p"> 1Jesus &#333;misi it&#275;w okiskinohamaw&#257;kana, &#8220;ohcitaw ispayin m&#257;na maci-k&#299;kwaya &#275;&#8209;w&#275;pihikocik ayisiyiniwak kita-maci-t&#333;tahkik. m&#257;ka ayiw&#257;k ka&#8209;m&#257;yi-t&#333;tam&#257;sow awiyak &#275;&#8209;t&#333;tam&#333;h&#257;t kotaka kita-maci-t&#333;tamiyit. 2nawac kita-miyopayiw &#275;wako ayisiyiniw kita-t&#257;piskam&#333;hiht pinipocikan-asiniya &#275;kwa kita-pakastaw&#275;w&#275;piniht kihcikam&#299;hk isp&#299;hci kita-maci-t&#333;tam&#333;h&#257;t &#333;hi k&#257;&#8209;apisi-it&#275;yiht&#257;kosiyit. 3&#275;kosi asw&#275;yihtamok t&#257;nisi &#275;&#8209;isiyin&#299;hk&#275;y&#275;k!</div><div class="p">&#8220;k&#299;spin kiw&#299;c&#275;w&#257;kan maci-t&#333;tam, w&#299;htamaw &#275;&#8209;m&#257;yi-t&#333;tahk, &#275;kwa k&#299;spin miht&#257;tam, kika-p&#333;n&#275;yihtamaw&#257;w. 4k&#299;spin kim&#257;yi-t&#333;t&#257;k t&#275;pakohpw&#257;w p&#275;yak k&#299;sik&#257;w, &#275;kwa tahtw&#257;w &#275;&#8209;m&#257;yi-t&#333;tahk &#275;&#8209;p&#275;-w&#299;htam&#257;sk &#275;&#8209;miht&#257;tahk, p&#333;n&#275;yihtamaw.&#8221;</div><div class="s">t&#257;pw&#275;htamowin</div><div class="p"> 5anihi itisahw&#257;kanak k&#299;&#8209;it&#275;wak Jesusa, &#8220;w&#299;cihin&#257;n ayiw&#257;k kita-t&#257;powak&#275;yihtam&#257;hk.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 6k&#257;&#8209;tip&#275;yihcik&#275;t it&#275;w, &#8220;k&#299;spin kit&#257;pw&#275;htamowiniw&#257;w isp&#299;hc&#257;w iyikohk &#275;&#8209;m&#257;waci-apis&#299;sisit os&#257;wi-kiscik&#257;nis, kika-it&#257;w&#257;w awa misi-&#257;htik, &#8216;kwayakipitiso ask&#299;hk ohci &#275;kwa nitawi-kistikahiso kihcikam&#299;hk,&#8217; ta&#8209;t&#333;tam &#333;ma k&#257;&#8209;s&#299;hkimiht.</div><div class="s">atosk&#275;y&#257;kan &#275;&#8209;isi-waskaw&#299;totahk</div><div class="p"> 7&#8220;k&#299;spin kiyaw&#257;w p&#275;yak nikotw&#257;w otatosk&#275;y&#257;kana p&#299;kopicik&#275;yiwa ahp&#333; kanawim&#257;yatihkw&#275;yiwa, isp&#299;hk &#275;&#8209;takoht&#275;t kistik&#257;nihk ohci, kika-it&#257;w&#257;w c&#299; ka&#8209;kakw&#275;y&#257;hot kita-p&#275;-m&#299;cisot? 8nam&#333;ya m&#257;sk&#333;c! m&#275;skoc kika-it&#257;w&#257;w, &#8216;piminawaso, &#275;kwa postiska kitaspast&#257;kan &#275;kwa pamihin m&#299;cisoy&#257;ni, mw&#275;stas kiya kika-m&#299;cison.&#8217; 9ana atosk&#275;y&#257;kan nam&#333;ya kat&#257;c kita-nan&#257;skomiht &#275;&#8209;nanahihtaw&#257;t ohci ot&#333;kim&#257;ma. 10p&#275;yakwan &#275;kosi k&#299;staw&#257;w, isp&#299;hk kahkiyaw k&#299;kway &#275;&#8209;k&#299;-t&#333;tam&#275;k k&#257;&#8209;itikawiy&#275;k, &#333;misi kika-itw&#257;n&#257;w&#257;w, &#8216;atosk&#275;y&#257;kanak &#333;ma niyan&#257;n piko; &#275;&#8209;mosci-t&#333;tam&#257;hk anima k&#257;&#8209;isi-&#257;totikawiy&#257;hk.&#8217;&#8221;</div><div class="s">Jesus iyin&#299;hkah&#275;w mit&#257;taht n&#257;p&#275;wa</div><div class="p"> 11Jesus &#275;&#8209;ati-itoht&#275;t Jerusalemihk k&#299;&#8209;pimoht&#275;w sison&#275; tipahask&#257;nihk k&#257;&#8209;pimipayiyik tastaw&#257;yihk Samaria ask&#299;hk &#275;kwa Galilee ask&#299;hk. 12&#275;&#8209;ati-otihtahk &#333;c&#275;n&#257;sihk, k&#275;tahtaw&#275; mit&#257;taht n&#257;p&#275;wa k&#257;&#8209;p&#275;-nakisk&#257;kot &#275;&#8209;kakw&#257;takihikoyit wasak&#257;spin&#275;win &#275;&#8209;kost&#257;tikwaniyik, w&#257;hyaw n&#299;pawiyiwa. 13&#275;kwa &#275;&#8209;t&#275;pw&#257;tikot, &#8220;Jesus! okim&#257;w! kitim&#257;kinawin&#257;n.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 14Jesus &#275;&#8209;w&#257;pam&#257;t it&#275;w, &#8220;niy&#257;k, nitaw&#257;pamihkok ayamih&#275;wiyiniwak kita-nitaw&#257;p&#275;nikoy&#275;kok.&#8221;</div><div class="p">&#275;&#8209;ati-sipw&#275;ht&#275;cik k&#299;&#8209;p&#275;hkisiwak &#275;&#8209;miyw&#257;y&#257;cik. 15p&#275;yak n&#257;p&#275;w &#275;&#8209;kisk&#275;yihtahk &#275;&#8209;miyw&#257;y&#257;t k&#299;&#8209;p&#275;-n&#257;t&#275;w Jesusa &#275;&#8209;mamihcim&#257;t kis&#275;-manitowa &#275;&#8209;kis&#299;w&#275;t. 16k&#299;&#8209;otihtapipayihow ita &#275;&#8209;n&#299;pawiyit Jesusa &#275;&#8209;nan&#257;skom&#257;t. &#275;wako awa n&#257;p&#275;w Samaria ask&#299;hk ohci. 17&#333;misi itw&#275;w Jesus, &#8220;nam&#333;ya c&#299; mit&#257;taht n&#257;p&#275;wak k&#299;&#8209;iyin&#299;hkah&#257;wak? t&#257;niw&#275;hk&#257;k aniki k&#275;k&#257;-mit&#257;taht? 18t&#257;n&#275;hki awa p&#299;tosiyiniw wiya piko k&#257;&#8209;p&#275;-nan&#257;skom&#257;t kis&#275;-manitowa?&#8221; 19Jesus it&#275;w, &#8220;pasik&#333; &#275;kwa ati-sipw&#275;ht&#275;, kit&#257;pw&#275;htamowin ohci k&#257;&#8209;miyw&#257;y&#257;yan.&#8221;</div><div class="s">t&#257;nisi otip&#275;yihcik&#275;win kis&#275;-manitow kita-isi-m&#257;cipayiyik</div><div class="r">(Matthew 24.23-28,37-41)</div><div class="p"> 20&#257;tiht Phariseewak kakw&#275;cim&#275;wak Jesusa, t&#257;nisp&#299;hk otip&#275;yihcik&#275;win kis&#275;-manitow kita-m&#257;cipayiyik. &#333;misi it&#275;w, &#8220;otip&#275;yihcik&#275;win kis&#275;-manitow m&#257;cipayiki nam&#333;ya kita-n&#333;kwaniyiw. 21nam&#333;ya awiyak kita-k&#299;-itw&#275;w, &#8216;w&#257;pahtamok &#333;m&#299;ta!&#8217;, ahp&#333;, &#8216;n&#275;m&#299;ta!&#8217; ayisk otip&#275;yihcik&#275;win kis&#275;-manitow m&#275;kw&#257;nohk ay&#257;makan.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 22&#333;misi it&#275;w okiskinohamaw&#257;kana, &#8220;kika-ak&#257;w&#257;t&#275;n&#257;w&#257;w kita-otihcipayik isp&#299;hk ka&#8209;w&#257;pahtam&#275;k ahp&#333; p&#275;yak ok&#299;sik&#257;ma ayisiyin&#299;wikosis&#257;n, m&#257;ka nam&#333;ya kika-w&#257;paht&#275;n&#257;w&#257;w. 23kita-ihtakowak aniki kita-itw&#275;cik, &#8216;n&#275;t&#275; it&#257;pik,&#8217; ahp&#333;, &#8216;&#333;ta it&#257;pik.&#8217; m&#257;ka &#275;k&#257;wiya natonamok. 24takoht&#275;ci ayisiyin&#299;wikosis&#257;n kita-n&#333;kwan t&#257;pisk&#333;c k&#257;&#8209;w&#257;saskot&#275;payik k&#299;sikohk &#275;kwa &#275;&#8209;k&#299;sik&#257;st&#275;payik misiw&#275; ask&#299;hk. &#275;kosi kita-ihkin anima k&#299;sik&#257;w k&#257;&#8209;takoht&#275;t. 25m&#257;ka n&#299;k&#257;n piko mistahi kita-kakw&#257;takiht&#257;t &#275;kwa anohc kita-&#257;taw&#275;yimikot ayisiyiniwa. 26t&#257;pisk&#333;c isp&#299; Noah k&#257;&#8209;pim&#257;tisit, p&#275;yakwan &#275;kosi ayisiyin&#299;wikosis&#257;n takoht&#275;ci ka&#8209;ispayin. 27kahkiyaw ayisiyiniwak &#257;hci piko k&#299;&#8209;m&#299;cisowak m&#299;na k&#299;&#8209;minihkw&#275;wak, &#275;kwa n&#257;p&#275;wak m&#299;na iskw&#275;wak k&#299;&#8209;w&#299;kihtowak, isko Noah k&#257;&#8209;p&#333;sit n&#257;pihkw&#257;nihk, &#275;kwa k&#257;&#8209;iskip&#275;k &#333;ma askiy, &#275;kwa kahkiyaw ayisiyiniwak &#275;&#8209;misiwan&#257;cihikocik. 28&#275;kosi p&#275;yakwan kita-ispayiw m&#275;kw&#257;c Lot &#275;&#8209;pim&#257;tisit. kahkiyaw ayisiyiniwak k&#299;&#8209;m&#299;cisowak &#257;hci piko, &#275;&#8209;minihkw&#275;cik, &#275;&#8209;at&#257;w&#275;cik, &#275;&#8209;at&#257;w&#257;k&#275;cik, &#275;&#8209;kistik&#275;cik, &#275;kwa &#275;&#8209;w&#257;sk&#257;hikanihk&#275;cik. 29anima k&#299;sik&#257;w Lot k&#257;&#8209;nakatahk Sodom k&#299;&#8209;pahkihtinwa iskot&#275;w &#275;kwa iskot&#275;sikan k&#299;sikohk ohci &#275;kwa kahkiyaw k&#299;&#8209;nipahikwak ayisiyiniwak. 30&#275;kosi kita-ispayiw anima k&#299;sik&#257;w w&#257;pamihci ayisiyin&#299;wikosis&#257;n.</div><div class="p"> 31&#8220;&#275;wako k&#299;sik&#257;w awiyak tahkohc w&#257;sk&#257;hikanihk &#275;&#8209;ay&#257;t nam&#333;ya ta&#8209;k&#299;-p&#299;htikw&#275;t ka&#8209;nitawi-n&#257;tahk otip&#275;yihcikanisa; p&#275;yakwan &#275;kosi awiyak &#275;&#8209;atosk&#275;t kistik&#257;nihk nam&#333;ya ta&#8209;k&#299;-k&#299;w&#275;t. 32kanokiskisik t&#257;nisi k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-isi-&#257;cimiht Lot ow&#299;kim&#257;kana! 33awiyak &#275;&#8209;kakw&#275;-pim&#257;ciht&#257;t opim&#257;tisiwin kita-waniht&#257;w, &#275;kwa awiyak waniht&#257;ci opim&#257;tisiwin kita-pim&#257;ciht&#257;w. 34kiw&#299;htam&#257;tin&#257;w&#257;w, &#275;wako tipisk&#257;ki n&#299;so ayisiyiniwak kita-n&#299;sokw&#257;miwak nip&#275;winihk; p&#275;yak kita-otin&#257;w, &#275;kwa ana kotak kita-nakat&#257;w. 35n&#299;so iskw&#275;wak kita-pinipoh&#275;wak kistik&#257;na; p&#275;yak ana kita-otin&#257;w, &#275;kwa ana kotak kita-nakat&#257;w. [36n&#299;so n&#257;p&#275;wak kita-atosk&#275;wak kistik&#257;nihk; p&#275;yak kita-otin&#257;w &#275;kwa ana kotak kita-nakat&#257;w.]&#8221;#17.36 &#333;ma p&#299;kiskw&#275;wasinahikan nam&#333;ya ohci &#257;patan m&#257;na &#257;skaw kay&#257;s kihci-masinahik&#275;winihk.</div><div class="p"> 37okiskinohamaw&#257;kana kakw&#275;cimik, &#8220;t&#257;nit&#275; &#333;ma kita-ihkihk, k&#257;&#8209;tip&#275;yihcik&#275;yan?&#8221;</div><div class="p">&#8220;it&#275; k&#299;kwaya &#275;&#8209;misiwan&#257;tahki, &#275;kota m&#257;wacihitowak k&#299;niwak,&#8221; it&#275;w Jesus.</div>
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Jesus ōmisi itēw okiskinohamawākana, “ohcitaw ispayin māna maci-kīkwaya ē‑wēpihikocik ayisiyiniwak kita-maci-tōtahkik. māka ayiwāk ka‑māyi-tōtamāsow awiyak ē‑tōtamōhāt kotaka kita-maci-tōtamiyit. nawac kita-miyopayiw ēwako ayisiyiniw kita-tāpiskamōhiht pinipocikan-asiniya ēkwa kita-pakastawēwēpiniht kihcikamīhk ispīhci kita-maci-tōtamōhāt ōhi kā‑apisi-itēyihtākosiyit. ēkosi aswēyihtamok tānisi ē‑isiyinīhkēyēk!
“kīspin kiwīcēwākan maci-tōtam, wīhtamaw ē‑māyi-tōtahk, ēkwa kīspin mihtātam, kika-pōnēyihtamawāw. kīspin kimāyi-tōtāk tēpakohpwāw pēyak kīsikāw, ēkwa tahtwāw ē‑māyi-tōtahk ē‑pē-wīhtamāsk ē‑mihtātahk, pōnēyihtamaw.”

anihi itisahwākanak kī‑itēwak Jesusa, “wīcihinān ayiwāk kita-tāpowakēyihtamāhk.”
kā‑tipēyihcikēt itēw, “kīspin kitāpwēhtamowiniwāw ispīhcāw iyikohk ē‑māwaci-apisīsisit osāwi-kiscikānis, kika-itāwāw awa misi-āhtik, ‘kwayakipitiso askīhk ohci ēkwa nitawi-kistikahiso kihcikamīhk,’ ta‑tōtam ōma kā‑sīhkimiht.

“kīspin kiyawāw pēyak nikotwāw otatoskēyākana pīkopicikēyiwa ahpō kanawimāyatihkwēyiwa, ispīhk ē‑takohtēt kistikānihk ohci, kika-itāwāw cī ka‑kakwēyāhot kita-pē-mīcisot? namōya māskōc! mēskoc kika-itāwāw, ‘piminawaso, ēkwa postiska kitaspastākan ēkwa pamihin mīcisoyāni, mwēstas kiya kika-mīcison.’ ana atoskēyākan namōya katāc kita-nanāskomiht ē‑nanahihtawāt ohci otōkimāma. pēyakwan ēkosi kīstawāw, ispīhk kahkiyaw kīkway ē‑kī-tōtamēk kā‑itikawiyēk, ōmisi kika-itwānāwāw, ‘atoskēyākanak ōma niyanān piko; ē‑mosci-tōtamāhk anima kā‑isi-ātotikawiyāhk.’”

Jesus ē‑ati-itohtēt Jerusalemihk kī‑pimohtēw sisonē tipahaskānihk kā‑pimipayiyik tastawāyihk Samaria askīhk ēkwa Galilee askīhk. ē‑ati-otihtahk ōcēnāsihk, kētahtawē mitātaht nāpēwa kā‑pē-nakiskākot ē‑kakwātakihikoyit wasakāspinēwin ē‑kostātikwaniyik, wāhyaw nīpawiyiwa. ēkwa ē‑tēpwātikot, “Jesus! okimāw! kitimākinawinān.”
Jesus ē‑wāpamāt itēw, “niyāk, nitawāpamihkok ayamihēwiyiniwak kita-nitawāpēnikoyēkok.”
ē‑ati-sipwēhtēcik kī‑pēhkisiwak ē‑miywāyācik. pēyak nāpēw ē‑kiskēyihtahk ē‑miywāyāt kī‑pē-nātēw Jesusa ē‑mamihcimāt kisē-manitowa ē‑kisīwēt. kī‑otihtapipayihow ita ē‑nīpawiyit Jesusa ē‑nanāskomāt. ēwako awa nāpēw Samaria askīhk ohci. ōmisi itwēw Jesus, “namōya cī mitātaht nāpēwak kī‑iyinīhkahāwak? tāniwēhkāk aniki kēkā-mitātaht? tānēhki awa pītosiyiniw wiya piko kā‑pē-nanāskomāt kisē-manitowa?” Jesus itēw, “pasikō ēkwa ati-sipwēhtē, kitāpwēhtamowin ohci kā‑miywāyāyan.”


ātiht Phariseewak kakwēcimēwak Jesusa, tānispīhk otipēyihcikēwin kisē-manitow kita-mācipayiyik. ōmisi itēw, “otipēyihcikēwin kisē-manitow mācipayiki namōya kita-nōkwaniyiw. namōya awiyak kita-kī-itwēw, ‘wāpahtamok ōmīta!’, ahpō, ‘nēmīta!’ ayisk otipēyihcikēwin kisē-manitow mēkwānohk ayāmakan.”
ōmisi itēw okiskinohamawākana, “kika-akāwātēnāwāw kita-otihcipayik ispīhk ka‑wāpahtamēk ahpō pēyak okīsikāma ayisiyinīwikosisān, māka namōya kika-wāpahtēnāwāw. kita-ihtakowak aniki kita-itwēcik, ‘nētē itāpik,’ ahpō, ‘ōta itāpik.’ māka ēkāwiya natonamok. takohtēci ayisiyinīwikosisān kita-nōkwan tāpiskōc kā‑wāsaskotēpayik kīsikohk ēkwa ē‑kīsikāstēpayik misiwē askīhk. ēkosi kita-ihkin anima kīsikāw kā‑takohtēt. māka nīkān piko mistahi kita-kakwātakihtāt ēkwa anohc kita-ātawēyimikot ayisiyiniwa. tāpiskōc ispī Noah kā‑pimātisit, pēyakwan ēkosi ayisiyinīwikosisān takohtēci ka‑ispayin. kahkiyaw ayisiyiniwak āhci piko kī‑mīcisowak mīna kī‑minihkwēwak, ēkwa nāpēwak mīna iskwēwak kī‑wīkihtowak, isko Noah kā‑pōsit nāpihkwānihk, ēkwa kā‑iskipēk ōma askiy, ēkwa kahkiyaw ayisiyiniwak ē‑misiwanācihikocik. ēkosi pēyakwan kita-ispayiw mēkwāc Lot ē‑pimātisit. kahkiyaw ayisiyiniwak kī‑mīcisowak āhci piko, ē‑minihkwēcik, ē‑atāwēcik, ē‑atāwākēcik, ē‑kistikēcik, ēkwa ē‑wāskāhikanihkēcik. anima kīsikāw Lot kā‑nakatahk Sodom kī‑pahkihtinwa iskotēw ēkwa iskotēsikan kīsikohk ohci ēkwa kahkiyaw kī‑nipahikwak ayisiyiniwak. ēkosi kita-ispayiw anima kīsikāw wāpamihci ayisiyinīwikosisān.
“ēwako kīsikāw awiyak tahkohc wāskāhikanihk ē‑ayāt namōya ta‑kī-pīhtikwēt ka‑nitawi-nātahk otipēyihcikanisa; pēyakwan ēkosi awiyak ē‑atoskēt kistikānihk namōya ta‑kī-kīwēt. kanokiskisik tānisi kā‑kī-isi-ācimiht Lot owīkimākana! awiyak ē‑kakwē-pimācihtāt opimātisiwin kita-wanihtāw, ēkwa awiyak wanihtāci opimātisiwin kita-pimācihtāw. kiwīhtamātināwāw, ēwako tipiskāki nīso ayisiyiniwak kita-nīsokwāmiwak nipēwinihk; pēyak kita-otināw, ēkwa ana kotak kita-nakatāw. nīso iskwēwak kita-pinipohēwak kistikāna; pēyak ana kita-otināw, ēkwa ana kotak kita-nakatāw. [nīso nāpēwak kita-atoskēwak kistikānihk; pēyak kita-otināw ēkwa ana kotak kita-nakatāw.]”
okiskinohamawākana kakwēcimik, “tānitē ōma kita-ihkihk, kā‑tipēyihcikēyan?”
“itē kīkwaya ē‑misiwanātahki, ēkota māwacihitowak kīniwak,” itēw Jesus.

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