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">2</div><div class="s"><span class="heading">Ruth m&#333;sahkin&#275;w okistik&#257;niyihk Boaza</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="RUT.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Naomi k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-on&#257;p&#275;mit Elimelechwa k&#299;&#8209;w&#257;hk&#333;m&#275;yiwa n&#257;p&#275;wa Boaz &#275;&#8209;isiyihk&#257;soyit, &#275;&#8209;w&#275;y&#333;tisiyit m&#299;na &#275;&#8209;n&#299;k&#257;n&#275;yiht&#257;kosiyit, &#275;&#8209;ohtask&#257;n&#275;siyit Elimelechwa otiyin&#299;miyiwa. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="RUT.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">p&#275;yakw&#257;w &#275;sa Ruth it&#275;w Naomiwa, &#8220;mahti nika-nitawi-m&#333;sahkin&#257;wak kistik&#257;nak k&#257;&#8209;iskon&#257;cik omanisik&#275;wak. nik&#275;hcin&#257;hon awiyak nika-pakitinik kita-w&#299;tatosk&#275;mak.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="RUT.2.2"><span class="content">Naomi it&#275;w, &#8220;niy&#257;, nistim.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="RUT.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="RUT.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#275;kosi itoht&#275;w. anima kistik&#257;n k&#257;&#8209;itoht&#275;t &#275;cik &#333;ma okistik&#257;niyiw Boaza, &#275;kota m&#257;ci-m&#333;sahkin&#275;w &#275;sa kistik&#257;na k&#257;&#8209;p&#299;wipitimiht.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="RUT.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="RUT.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Bethlehemihk ohci Boaz takoht&#275;w &#275;kota; &#333;misi it&#275;w omanisik&#275;wa, &#8220;k&#257;&#8209;tip&#275;yihcik&#275;t kika-w&#299;c&#275;kow&#257;w,&#8221; &#275;kwa &#275;sa itik, &#8220;k&#257;&#8209;tip&#275;yihcik&#275;t kika-saw&#275;yimik.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="RUT.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="RUT.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Boaz kakw&#275;cim&#275;w anihi atosk&#275;wikim&#257;wa, &#8220;aw&#299;na anihi ot&#333;skin&#299;kiskw&#275;ma?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="RUT.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="RUT.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#333;misi itik &#275;sa, &#8220;p&#299;tosiyiniw-iskw&#275;w ana &#275;&#8209;k&#299;-p&#275;-k&#299;w&#275;tah&#257;t Naomi, Moab ask&#299;hk ohci. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="RUT.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#275;&#8209;k&#299;-isit, &#8216;mahti nika-m&#333;sahkin&#257;wak kistik&#257;nak k&#257;&#8209;pacipit&#257;cik omanisik&#275;wak.&#8217; &#275;kosi w&#299;pac k&#299;kis&#275;p &#275;&#8209;k&#299;-ohci-atosk&#275;t, &#275;kw&#275;y&#257;k &#333;ma &#275;&#8209;ayiw&#275;pit &#257;kaw&#257;st&#275;hikanihk.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="RUT.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="RUT.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#333;misi it&#275;w Boaz Rutha, &#8220;natohtawin nit&#257;nis, &#275;k&#257;ya kotakihk kistik&#257;nihk m&#333;sahkinik&#275;; &#275;k&#257;ya nakata &#333;ta. kis&#257;tik &#333;ki nitatosk&#275;y&#257;kaniskw&#275;mak. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="RUT.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">n&#257;katohk&#275; t&#257;nima kistik&#257;n &#275;&#8209;w&#299;-manisamihk, &#275;kosi &#275;kota pimitisahik&#275;; nik&#299;-ay&#257;kw&#257;mim&#257;wak oskin&#299;kiwak &#275;k&#257;ya kita-is&#299;hk&#257;skik. k&#299;spin n&#333;ht&#275;y&#257;p&#257;kw&#275;yani, nitawi-minihkw&#275; tipah&#333;p&#257;nihk ohci, k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-s&#257;kaskinaht&#257;cik oskin&#299;kiwak.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="RUT.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="RUT.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Ruth k&#299;&#8209;otihtapapiw, mohcihk &#275;&#8209;itiskw&#275;yit, &#275;kwa it&#275;w Boaza, &#8220;t&#257;n&#275;hki k&#257;&#8209;n&#257;katohk&#257;siyan? t&#257;n&#275;hki k&#257;&#8209;kitim&#257;kinawat p&#299;tosiyiniw-iskw&#275;w?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="RUT.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="RUT.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">naskw&#275;wasim&#275;w Boaz &#275;&#8209;itw&#275;t, &#8220;nik&#299;-p&#275;ht&#275;n &#275;&#8209;k&#299;-isi-miyo-t&#333;tawat kisikos isp&#299;hk kin&#257;p&#275;m k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-p&#333;ni-pim&#257;tisit; kik&#299;-nakat&#257;wak koht&#257;wiy m&#299;na kik&#257;wiy m&#299;na kitaskiy, m&#299;na &#275;&#8209;p&#275;-itoht&#275;yan &#333;ta kita-w&#299;c&#257;y&#257;macik &#333;ki ayisiyiniwak &#275;k&#257;ya &#275;&#8209;ohci-kisk&#275;yimacik kay&#257;ht&#275;. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="RUT.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">k&#257;&#8209;tip&#275;yihcik&#275;t kika-w&#299;-tipaham&#257;k anima ohci k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-t&#333;taman! k&#257;&#8209;tip&#275;yihcik&#275;t omanit&#333;miw&#257;w Israel kahkiyaw k&#299;kway kika-w&#299;-miyik, wiya k&#257;&#8209;p&#275;-n&#257;t&#257;mototawat kita-kanaw&#275;yimisk.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="RUT.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="RUT.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#333;misi it&#275;w Ruth, &#8220;mistahi kikitim&#257;k&#275;yimin, nit&#333;kim&#257;m. p&#275;y&#257;htik kikitosin, kip&#299;kiskw&#275;win nik&#257;k&#299;cihikon, &#257;ta &#275;k&#257;ya p&#275;yakwan &#275;&#8209;isp&#299;ht&#275;yiht&#257;kosiy&#257;n kitatosk&#275;y&#257;kanak.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="RUT.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="RUT.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#275;&#8209;m&#275;kw&#257;-m&#299;cisocik, Boaz it&#275;w, &#8220;&#257;stam, p&#275;&#8209;akohcim pahkw&#275;sikan s&#333;min&#257;p&#333;hk kita-mowat.&#8221; &#275;kosi k&#299;&#8209;w&#299;ci-m&#299;cis&#333;m&#275;w anihi omanisik&#275;wa, &#275;kwa miy&#275;w Boaz kistik&#257;na &#275;&#8209;k&#299;-nawac&#299;hk. k&#299;&#8209;m&#299;cisow iyikohk &#275;&#8209;t&#275;pisk&#333;yot, ahp&#333; k&#299;&#8209;ayiw&#257;kipayiw. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="RUT.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">isp&#299;hk Ruth &#275;&#8209;nitawi-m&#333;sahkinik&#275;t, Boaz k&#299;&#8209;it&#275;w otatosk&#275;y&#257;kana, &#8220;kiy&#257;m kita-m&#333;sahkin&#275;w anita anihi tahkopicikana, m&#299;na &#275;k&#257;ya n&#257;nitaw it&#257;hk&#275;k, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="RUT.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">m&#299;na kiy&#257;m iskonihkok &#257;tiht kita-m&#333;sahkin&#257;t &#275;kwa &#275;k&#257;ya n&#257;nitaw it&#257;hk&#275;k,&#8221; k&#299;&#8209;it&#275;w.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="RUT.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="RUT.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">k&#299;&#8209;m&#333;sahkinik&#275;w iyikohk &#275;&#8209;ot&#257;kosiniyik, &#275;kwa isp&#299;hk &#275;&#8209;pawahw&#257;t, n&#257;nitaw n&#299;sitanaw kosikwan k&#299;&#8209;ispayiyiwa. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="RUT.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#275;kosi k&#299;&#8209;itohtah&#275;w &#333;t&#275;n&#257;hk, &#275;&#8209;nitawi-w&#257;pahtih&#257;t osikosa iyikohk &#275;&#8209;k&#257;hcitin&#257;t, m&#299;na m&#299;ciwin k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-ayiw&#257;kipayit k&#299;&#8209;miy&#275;w. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="RUT.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;t&#257;nit&#275; k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-m&#333;sahkinik&#275;yan anohc? t&#257;nit&#275; k&#257;&#8209;atosk&#275;yan?&#8221; &#275;sa itik.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="RUT.2.19"><span class="content">&#8220;ana n&#257;p&#275;w Boaz k&#257;&#8209;itiht &#275;wako otask&#299;hk k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-atosk&#275;y&#257;n,&#8221; it&#275;w.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="RUT.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="RUT.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;kita-w&#299;&#8209;saw&#275;yimik k&#257;&#8209;tip&#275;yihcik&#275;yit ana k&#257;&#8209;kis&#275;w&#257;tisit &#275;&#8209;miyo-t&#333;taw&#257;t k&#257;&#8209;pim&#257;tisiyit m&#299;na &#275;k&#257;ya &#275;&#8209;pim&#257;tisiyit! &#275;wakw &#257;na &#275;&#8209;w&#257;hk&#333;m&#257;yahk kisiw&#257;k ohci,&#8221; it&#275;w Naomi ostima.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="RUT.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="RUT.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;ahp&#333; niw&#299;htam&#257;k kita-m&#333;sahkinik&#275;wak isko k&#299;si-manisik&#275;yici otatosk&#275;y&#257;kana,&#8221; it&#275;w Ruth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="RUT.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="RUT.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#333;misi itik Naomiwa, &#8220;nawac kika-miyo-t&#333;t&#275;n kita-w&#299;c&#275;mat otatosk&#275;y&#257;kaniskw&#275;ma; k&#299;spin kotakihk kistik&#257;nihk atosk&#275;yani, n&#257;nitaw isi awiyak kika-is&#299;hk&#257;k.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="RUT.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#275;kosi Ruth k&#299;&#8209;kis&#257;t&#275;w &#275;wakoni m&#299;na k&#299;&#8209;m&#333;sahkin&#275;w kistik&#257;na isko &#275;&#8209;k&#299;si-manisomiht iskw&#275;sisihk&#257;na m&#299;na pahkw&#275;sikanihk&#257;na. k&#299;&#8209;w&#299;c-&#257;y&#257;m&#275;w osikosa.</span></span></div>
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Naomi kā‑kī-onāpēmit Elimelechwa kī‑wāhkōmēyiwa nāpēwa Boaz ē‑isiyihkāsoyit, ē‑wēyōtisiyit mīna ē‑nīkānēyihtākosiyit, ē‑ohtaskānēsiyit Elimelechwa otiyinīmiyiwa. pēyakwāw ēsa Ruth itēw Naomiwa, “mahti nika-nitawi-mōsahkināwak kistikānak kā‑iskonācik omanisikēwak. nikēhcināhon awiyak nika-pakitinik kita-wītatoskēmak.”
Naomi itēw, “niyā, nistim.”
ēkosi itohtēw. anima kistikān kā‑itohtēt ēcik ōma okistikāniyiw Boaza, ēkota māci-mōsahkinēw ēsa kistikāna kā‑pīwipitimiht.
Bethlehemihk ohci Boaz takohtēw ēkota; ōmisi itēw omanisikēwa, “kā‑tipēyihcikēt kika-wīcēkowāw,” ēkwa ēsa itik, “kā‑tipēyihcikēt kika-sawēyimik.”
Boaz kakwēcimēw anihi atoskēwikimāwa, “awīna anihi otōskinīkiskwēma?”
ōmisi itik ēsa, “pītosiyiniw-iskwēw ana ē‑kī-pē-kīwētahāt Naomi, Moab askīhk ohci. ē‑kī-isit, ‘mahti nika-mōsahkināwak kistikānak kā‑pacipitācik omanisikēwak.’ ēkosi wīpac kīkisēp ē‑kī-ohci-atoskēt, ēkwēyāk ōma ē‑ayiwēpit ākawāstēhikanihk.”
ōmisi itēw Boaz Rutha, “natohtawin nitānis, ēkāya kotakihk kistikānihk mōsahkinikē; ēkāya nakata ōta. kisātik ōki nitatoskēyākaniskwēmak. nākatohkē tānima kistikān ē‑wī-manisamihk, ēkosi ēkota pimitisahikē; nikī-ayākwāmimāwak oskinīkiwak ēkāya kita-isīhkāskik. kīspin nōhtēyāpākwēyani, nitawi-minihkwē tipahōpānihk ohci, kā‑kī-sākaskinahtācik oskinīkiwak.”
Ruth kī‑otihtapapiw, mohcihk ē‑itiskwēyit, ēkwa itēw Boaza, “tānēhki kā‑nākatohkāsiyan? tānēhki kā‑kitimākinawat pītosiyiniw-iskwēw?”
naskwēwasimēw Boaz ē‑itwēt, “nikī-pēhtēn ē‑kī-isi-miyo-tōtawat kisikos ispīhk kināpēm kā‑kī-pōni-pimātisit; kikī-nakatāwak kohtāwiy mīna kikāwiy mīna kitaskiy, mīna ē‑pē-itohtēyan ōta kita-wīcāyāmacik ōki ayisiyiniwak ēkāya ē‑ohci-kiskēyimacik kayāhtē. kā‑tipēyihcikēt kika-wī-tipahamāk anima ohci kā‑kī-tōtaman! kā‑tipēyihcikēt omanitōmiwāw Israel kahkiyaw kīkway kika-wī-miyik, wiya kā‑pē-nātāmototawat kita-kanawēyimisk.”
ōmisi itēw Ruth, “mistahi kikitimākēyimin, nitōkimām. pēyāhtik kikitosin, kipīkiskwēwin nikākīcihikon, āta ēkāya pēyakwan ē‑ispīhtēyihtākosiyān kitatoskēyākanak.”
ē‑mēkwā-mīcisocik, Boaz itēw, “āstam, pē‑akohcim pahkwēsikan sōmināpōhk kita-mowat.” ēkosi kī‑wīci-mīcisōmēw anihi omanisikēwa, ēkwa miyēw Boaz kistikāna ē‑kī-nawacīhk. kī‑mīcisow iyikohk ē‑tēpiskōyot, ahpō kī‑ayiwākipayiw. ispīhk Ruth ē‑nitawi-mōsahkinikēt, Boaz kī‑itēw otatoskēyākana, “kiyām kita-mōsahkinēw anita anihi tahkopicikana, mīna ēkāya nānitaw itāhkēk, mīna kiyām iskonihkok ātiht kita-mōsahkināt ēkwa ēkāya nānitaw itāhkēk,” kī‑itēw.
kī‑mōsahkinikēw iyikohk ē‑otākosiniyik, ēkwa ispīhk ē‑pawahwāt, nānitaw nīsitanaw kosikwan kī‑ispayiyiwa. ēkosi kī‑itohtahēw ōtēnāhk, ē‑nitawi-wāpahtihāt osikosa iyikohk ē‑kāhcitināt, mīna mīciwin kā‑kī-ayiwākipayit kī‑miyēw. “tānitē kā‑kī-mōsahkinikēyan anohc? tānitē kā‑atoskēyan?” ēsa itik.
“ana nāpēw Boaz kā‑itiht ēwako otaskīhk kā‑kī-atoskēyān,” itēw.
“kita-wī‑sawēyimik kā‑tipēyihcikēyit ana kā‑kisēwātisit ē‑miyo-tōtawāt kā‑pimātisiyit mīna ēkāya ē‑pimātisiyit! ēwakw āna ē‑wāhkōmāyahk kisiwāk ohci,” itēw Naomi ostima.
“ahpō niwīhtamāk kita-mōsahkinikēwak isko kīsi-manisikēyici otatoskēyākana,” itēw Ruth.
ōmisi itik Naomiwa, “nawac kika-miyo-tōtēn kita-wīcēmat otatoskēyākaniskwēma; kīspin kotakihk kistikānihk atoskēyani, nānitaw isi awiyak kika-isīhkāk.” ēkosi Ruth kī‑kisātēw ēwakoni mīna kī‑mōsahkinēw kistikāna isko ē‑kīsi-manisomiht iskwēsisihkāna mīna pahkwēsikanihkāna. kī‑wīc-āyāmēw osikosa.

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