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">4</div><div class="s">Boaz &#275;&#8209;w&#299;kim&#257;t Rutha</div><div class="p"> 1Boaz k&#299;&#8209;itoht&#275;w m&#299;na k&#299;&#8209;apiw iskw&#257;ht&#275;mihk&#257;nihk. k&#299;&#8209;w&#257;pam&#275;w ow&#257;hk&#333;m&#257;kana k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-&#257;cim&#257;t &#275;&#8209;pimoht&#275;yit &#275;kota, &#275;kosi t&#275;pw&#257;t&#275;w, &#8220;&#257;stam, p&#275;&#8209;w&#299;tapimin.&#8221; 2&#275;kwa m&#299;na k&#299;&#8209;nawas&#333;n&#275;w mit&#257;taht on&#299;k&#257;n&#299;wa &#333;t&#275;n&#257;hk ohci, w&#299;htamaw&#275;w &#275;sa kita-apiyit. &#275;kosi k&#299;&#8209;it&#275;w ow&#257;hk&#333;m&#257;kana, 3&#8220;Naomi, k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-p&#275;-k&#299;w&#275;t Moab ask&#299;hk ohci, w&#299;&#8209;at&#257;w&#257;k&#275;w anima askiy k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-tip&#275;yihtahk kiw&#257;hk&#333;m&#257;kaninaw Elimelech, 4&#275;kwa nitit&#275;yiht&#275;n kita-kisk&#275;yihtam&#333;hit&#257;n. m&#257;ka &#275;kwa k&#299;spin kin&#333;ht&#275;-at&#257;w&#257;n, at&#257;w&#275; &#275;&#8209;w&#257;pamiskik &#333;ki on&#299;k&#257;n&#299;wak. m&#257;ka k&#299;spin nam&#333;ya kin&#333;ht&#275;-at&#257;w&#257;n, w&#299;hta, ayisk kiya n&#299;k&#257;n kiw&#257;hk&#333;htowinihk ohci &#275;&#8209;kit&#257;pamikoyan, &#275;kota ohci niya.&#8221;</div><div class="p">&#8220;nika-at&#257;w&#257;n,&#8221; itik &#333;hi n&#257;p&#275;wa.</div><div class="p"> 5Boaz ati-itw&#275;w, &#8220;k&#299;&#8209;at&#257;maci Naomi anima askiy, piko kita-otinat Ruth, ayisk k&#299;&#8209;tip&#275;yihtamiyiwa anima askiy k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-ow&#299;kim&#257;kanit.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 6ow&#257;hk&#333;m&#257;kana &#275;sa itik, &#8220;&#275;kosi m&#257;ka nam&#333;ya nika&#8209;k&#299;-at&#257;w&#257;n anima askiy, ayisk namw&#257;c kita-k&#299;-tip&#275;yihtamwak nitaw&#257;simisak. kiy&#257;m kiya at&#257;w&#275;.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 7&#275;kosp&#299;hk k&#299;&#8209;is&#299;hcik&#275;wak m&#257;na, &#275;&#8209;at&#257;w&#275;t awiyak ahp&#333; &#275;&#8209;m&#275;skot&#333;nik&#275;t askiy, ana k&#257;&#8209;at&#257;w&#257;k&#275;t k&#299;&#8209;k&#275;taskisin&#275;w &#275;&#8209;miy&#257;t anihi k&#257;&#8209;at&#257;mikot. &#275;kota ohci Israel&#299;wiyiniwak k&#299;&#8209;w&#257;pahtihiw&#275;wak &#275;&#8209;k&#299;siht&#257;hk is&#299;hcik&#275;win.</div><div class="p"> 8&#275;kosi ana k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-it&#257;t Boaza, &#8220;kiy&#257;m kiya at&#257;w&#275;,&#8221; k&#275;taskisin&#275;w &#275;&#8209;miy&#257;t Boaza. 9Boaz k&#299;&#8209;it&#275;w on&#299;k&#257;n&#299;wa m&#299;na ayisiyiniwa &#275;kota k&#257;&#8209;ay&#257;yit, &#8220;kiyaw&#257;w kiw&#257;paht&#275;n&#257;w&#257;w anohc k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;sik&#257;k Naomi ohci &#275;&#8209;at&#257;w&#275;y&#257;n kahkiyaw k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-tip&#275;yihtahkik Elimelech, Chilion m&#299;na Mahlon. 10nit&#333;tin&#257;w Ruth, Moab-iskw&#275;w, k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-w&#299;kim&#257;t Mahlona, kita-w&#299;kimak, &#275;kosi kita-pim&#257;tis&#299;makan ow&#299;howiniyiw, otask&#299;yihk kita-ohpikihtamawak, &#275;kwa ow&#257;hk&#333;m&#257;kana m&#299;na k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-w&#299;c-&#299;yin&#299;m&#257;t kita-kiskisitot&#257;kot. anohc &#275;wako ohci kin&#299;paw&#299;stamawin&#257;n.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 11&#275;kwa &#257;niki ayisiyiniwak m&#299;na on&#299;k&#257;n&#299;wak &#275;kota k&#257;&#8209;ay&#257;cik naskomowak &#275;&#8209;itw&#275;cik, &#8220;&#275;ha, nika-t&#333;t&#275;n&#257;n. mahti k&#257;&#8209;tip&#275;yihcik&#275;t kita-w&#299;&#8209;mihc&#275;t&#333;s&#275;h&#275;w &#333;hi iskw&#275;wa k&#257;&#8209;w&#299;-p&#299;htikwahat kiw&#257;sk&#257;hikanihk, t&#257;pisk&#333;c Rachel m&#299;na Leah k&#257;&#8209;k&#299;-isi-mihc&#275;t&#333;s&#275;cik. kika-w&#299;-w&#275;y&#333;tisin Ephrathahihk m&#299;na kika-w&#299;-n&#299;k&#257;n&#275;yiht&#257;kosin Bethlehemihk. 12aniki kit&#257;niskot&#257;p&#257;nak k&#257;&#8209;tip&#275;yihcik&#275;t k&#257;&#8209;w&#299;-miyikoy&#275;k kiya &#275;kw &#257;wa oskin&#299;kiskw&#275;w, mahti p&#275;yakwan kita-isi-ayisiyin&#299;wiwak ot&#257;niskot&#257;p&#257;na Perez, okosisiw&#257;wa Judah m&#299;na Tamar.&#8221;</div><div class="s">Boaz ot&#257;niskot&#257;p&#257;na</div><div class="p"> 13&#275;kosi Boaz w&#299;kim&#275;w Rutha. &#275;&#8209;saw&#275;yim&#257;t k&#257;&#8209;tip&#275;yihcik&#275;t Rutha; w&#299;t&#333;s&#275;m&#275;w &#275;sa Boaza, &#275;kosi okosisiwak. 14&#275;kosi &#275;sa iskw&#275;wak it&#275;wak Naomiwa, &#8220;k&#257;&#8209;tip&#275;yihcik&#275;t kita-mamihcim&#257;w, &#275;&#8209;&#333;sisimiyan kita-pamihisk. kita-w&#299;&#8209;n&#299;k&#257;n&#275;yiht&#257;kosiw Israel ask&#299;hk. 15oski-pim&#257;tisiwin kika-w&#299;-miyik m&#299;na kika-pamihik k&#275;ht&#275;-ayiwiyani. ayisk ok&#257;wiya k&#257;&#8209;ostimiyan kis&#257;kihik; nawac kwayask kik&#299;-pamihik isp&#299;hci t&#275;pakohp k&#299;&#8209;okosisiyan.&#8221; 16Naomi k&#299;&#8209;n&#257;kat&#275;yim&#275;w &#275;&#8209;isp&#299;ht&#275;yim&#257;t t&#257;pisk&#333;c wiya otaw&#257;simisa.</div><div class="p"> 17&#275;kosi &#275;sa itw&#275;wak iskw&#275;wak, &#8220;Naomi k&#299;&#8209;okosisiw!&#8221; Obed isiyihk&#257;t&#275;wak.</div><div class="p">Obed k&#299;&#8209;okosisiw Jessewa &#275;kwa k&#299;&#8209;&#333;sisimiw Davida.</div><div class="p"> 18&#275;wako &#333;hi ot&#257;niskot&#257;p&#257;na Perez: Perez k&#299;&#8209;okosisiw Hezrona. 19Hezron k&#299;&#8209;okosisiw Ramwa. Ram k&#299;&#8209;okosisiw Amminadabwa. 20Amminadab k&#299;&#8209;okosisiw Nahshona. Nahshon k&#299;&#8209;okosisiw Salmona. 21Salmon k&#299;&#8209;okosisiw Boaza. Boaz k&#299;&#8209;okosisiw Obeda. 22Obed k&#299;&#8209;okosisiw Jessewa, m&#299;na Jesse k&#299;&#8209;okosisiw Davida.</div>
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Boaz kī‑itohtēw mīna kī‑apiw iskwāhtēmihkānihk. kī‑wāpamēw owāhkōmākana kā‑kī-ācimāt ē‑pimohtēyit ēkota, ēkosi tēpwātēw, “āstam, pē‑wītapimin.” ēkwa mīna kī‑nawasōnēw mitātaht onīkānīwa ōtēnāhk ohci, wīhtamawēw ēsa kita-apiyit. ēkosi kī‑itēw owāhkōmākana, “Naomi, kā‑kī-pē-kīwēt Moab askīhk ohci, wī‑atāwākēw anima askiy kā‑kī-tipēyihtahk kiwāhkōmākaninaw Elimelech, ēkwa nititēyihtēn kita-kiskēyihtamōhitān. māka ēkwa kīspin kinōhtē-atāwān, atāwē ē‑wāpamiskik ōki onīkānīwak. māka kīspin namōya kinōhtē-atāwān, wīhta, ayisk kiya nīkān kiwāhkōhtowinihk ohci ē‑kitāpamikoyan, ēkota ohci niya.”
“nika-atāwān,” itik ōhi nāpēwa.
Boaz ati-itwēw, “kī‑atāmaci Naomi anima askiy, piko kita-otinat Ruth, ayisk kī‑tipēyihtamiyiwa anima askiy kā‑kī-owīkimākanit.”
owāhkōmākana ēsa itik, “ēkosi māka namōya nika‑kī-atāwān anima askiy, ayisk namwāc kita-kī-tipēyihtamwak nitawāsimisak. kiyām kiya atāwē.”
ēkospīhk kī‑isīhcikēwak māna, ē‑atāwēt awiyak ahpō ē‑mēskotōnikēt askiy, ana kā‑atāwākēt kī‑kētaskisinēw ē‑miyāt anihi kā‑atāmikot. ēkota ohci Israelīwiyiniwak kī‑wāpahtihiwēwak ē‑kīsihtāhk isīhcikēwin.
ēkosi ana kā‑kī-itāt Boaza, “kiyām kiya atāwē,” kētaskisinēw ē‑miyāt Boaza. Boaz kī‑itēw onīkānīwa mīna ayisiyiniwa ēkota kā‑ayāyit, “kiyawāw kiwāpahtēnāwāw anohc kā‑kīsikāk Naomi ohci ē‑atāwēyān kahkiyaw kā‑kī-tipēyihtahkik Elimelech, Chilion mīna Mahlon. nitōtināw Ruth, Moab-iskwēw, kā‑kī-wīkimāt Mahlona, kita-wīkimak, ēkosi kita-pimātisīmakan owīhowiniyiw, otaskīyihk kita-ohpikihtamawak, ēkwa owāhkōmākana mīna kā‑kī-wīc-īyinīmāt kita-kiskisitotākot. anohc ēwako ohci kinīpawīstamawinān.”
ēkwa āniki ayisiyiniwak mīna onīkānīwak ēkota kā‑ayācik naskomowak ē‑itwēcik, “ēha, nika-tōtēnān. mahti kā‑tipēyihcikēt kita-wī‑mihcētōsēhēw ōhi iskwēwa kā‑wī-pīhtikwahat kiwāskāhikanihk, tāpiskōc Rachel mīna Leah kā‑kī-isi-mihcētōsēcik. kika-wī-wēyōtisin Ephrathahihk mīna kika-wī-nīkānēyihtākosin Bethlehemihk. aniki kitāniskotāpānak kā‑tipēyihcikēt kā‑wī-miyikoyēk kiya ēkw āwa oskinīkiskwēw, mahti pēyakwan kita-isi-ayisiyinīwiwak otāniskotāpāna Perez, okosisiwāwa Judah mīna Tamar.”

ēkosi Boaz wīkimēw Rutha. ē‑sawēyimāt kā‑tipēyihcikēt Rutha; wītōsēmēw ēsa Boaza, ēkosi okosisiwak. ēkosi ēsa iskwēwak itēwak Naomiwa, “kā‑tipēyihcikēt kita-mamihcimāw, ē‑ōsisimiyan kita-pamihisk. kita-wī‑nīkānēyihtākosiw Israel askīhk. oski-pimātisiwin kika-wī-miyik mīna kika-pamihik kēhtē-ayiwiyani. ayisk okāwiya kā‑ostimiyan kisākihik; nawac kwayask kikī-pamihik ispīhci tēpakohp kī‑okosisiyan.” Naomi kī‑nākatēyimēw ē‑ispīhtēyimāt tāpiskōc wiya otawāsimisa.
ēkosi ēsa itwēwak iskwēwak, “Naomi kī‑okosisiw!” Obed isiyihkātēwak.
Obed kī‑okosisiw Jessewa ēkwa kī‑ōsisimiw Davida.
ēwako ōhi otāniskotāpāna Perez: Perez kī‑okosisiw Hezrona. Hezron kī‑okosisiw Ramwa. Ram kī‑okosisiw Amminadabwa. Amminadab kī‑okosisiw Nahshona. Nahshon kī‑okosisiw Salmona. Salmon kī‑okosisiw Boaza. Boaz kī‑okosisiw Obeda. Obed kī‑okosisiw Jessewa, mīna Jesse kī‑okosisiw Davida.

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