Pastoral letter from Monseigneur Briand to the Montagnais (text in Montagnais and French)

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[1] JAN ORIBIER BRIANT, ka tfhifhe aiamittuatfhet, 

      gaie kaffinau ka aiamiharitjits ka ganauerimatuau; fhauerimeuets, 

      gaie tfhipaiatikukaueuets u-kuffifiriuaua Shatfhegutfh, Ifkuamif

      kutft, Retfhifhekafhitfh, Uafhatfh, Shekutimitfh, Piakuagamitfh, 

[5] Afhuabmufhuanitfh, Mitinekapitfh, gaie miffi mifli iriniuiaftfhitfh 

      kaffinau ka tarijits, mag’ kueiafku aiamiharitjits.

      Ispish merueritaman, atit he nifhitauabatameku, atit he ftfhiftfhinoamatutuieku 

      aiamihe ftfhiftfhinoamatfheui maffinah gan; egu ifpifh kafferitaman, atit eka 

      irinifituau, eriuetfh kaffinau papa miffi gatfheftfhimiteku aiamihe k’uttauiuau, 

[10] atit gaie eka ui ftfhiftfhinoamaganiuituau. Mitfhetiuets tfhiifkuebeuets, tfhifkueba-

      rituets, min’mag’ matfhiriniuatifuets, gaie tfifhe Manitua utfhita rifkatififtaguets. 

      Umiftikufhiuets ka uabamekuituau, pitta eka matfhi ftfhiftfhinoabamitakuau, ariui 

      pitta miru ftfhiftfhinoabamirekuau gaie nafpitauekuituau ! Ka matfhi ftfhiftfhinoaba-

      mitekuau, utfhita paftatiuets gaie eka ui ianuerimitifutuauùfuka kata tebinamaga-

[15] niuets. Tfhifhe Manitu taitabath tfhi-t-ukuffifimiguau he fugaitafuieku, ifpifh 

      ui tfhifkuebeieku, maratfhiriniuatifieka, matihi Manitua auakaniteku gaie. Taita-

      batfh gaie tfhi ui irinifinauau, tfhifhe Manitu gaie tfhi ui fhauerimiguau ifpifh ui 

      tiberimiteku matfhi Manitu, mag’eka ka ui irinifitjits umiftikufhiuets ui ftfhitfhi-

      noabamekuituau.

[20] Kaffinau ka paftatitjits tfhifhe Manitua tapue fhikatiguets, at ka tfhifkuebetjits, 

      ka maratfhiriniuatifitjits, utfhita aiamihe u papagunauabiuetts u-t-atamifiuets pafta 

      aituinitfh he u-t-atfhakkuffituau; unauifh fhauerimigufiuets gaie, eriuetfh tfhifhe 

      Manitua ufam ka miru-iriniuatifiritjfi eiapitfh uanirau fhauerimigutuau, fuka 

      he tfhifhikamafutuau kueiafku ka ianuerimitifutjits.

[25] Tfhisfherimituau egu kaffinau ni-kuffifets nehiro iriniuets, he kafferitaman ifpifh 

      eka erinifituau, auia eka ka aiamiharitjits uanifhihatuau, tfhibifka-

      uatuau gaie. Tfhisfheritakuau ni-tanifets nehiro ifkueuets eka ka aiamihe gana-

      uerimitifutjits, eka ka miru atafhitjits, ka fafegapafta-miruerimutjits mamau umif-

      tikufhiua, iriniui napuea mag’ piaftatutatjits, tfhifhe Manitua nama nafpitfh kata 

[30] fhauerimiguets. Tfhisfhritakuau umiftikufhiuets, ifpifh unauifh iabikunihigutuau 

      keffiteukuperitjfi, uirauau nehiro ifkueua ka maratfhi tutauatuau; taitabatfh pa-

      gufheritamuets tfhitfhi aiamihe uitapimituau, ka kaffitenkupet mina ni tfhitahi-

      mauau, mamau Uabiftiguiath tfhifhe utfhimau, eka nafpitfh uirauau aiamihe ni-

      pauihatuau. Pitta tetipan he kupiffiuitamatfhet, gaie mitfhetikuau he ftfhftfhi-

[35] noamatfhet, fuka eiapitfh arimifit, tfhitfhi kaffinau ariui ganauerimitifutuau, tfhi-

      tfhi eka miffi miffi eiapitfh meftifutuau atamafkamigutfh, eka ka tfhi irinifitjits. 

      Umiftikufhiuets kaffinau, uanirau attaue-iriniuets ni uittamuauets tfhitfhi aiamihe 

      Tipahiganiriu uitfhihatuau, (he irinifituau,) uir ka aiamihe atuftfhet.

      	Pitta kaffinau, tfhifhe Manitu fhauerimiteku, efpifh aiamihe tfhipaiatikataguk; 

[40] pitta uaftenitamaganiuituau efku eka ka fugaitafutjits, tfhifhe Manitua tfhitfhi ui-

      batfh ukuffifimigutuau, aiamihe katauatifhiuiniriu eiapitfh ganaueritakuau; egu 

      eteritaman, egu mufhtaueritaman. Tfhitfhi gaie kaffinau tfhisfheritakuau uir maf-

      finahiganiriu, kaffinau papa aiamihe uitfhuapinatfh kata nifhitauabatamu, akutau 

      gaie, aiamihe Tipahigan; mitfhetuau gaie ispifh eteritak. Uabiftiguiatfh epian, 

[45] meffinahitfheian gaie, nifhuafhifh tatuau tibifkatfh Uafhikufamu Pihiffimu, ua me-

      natfhitaganiuit miru Manitu, ka ifpifh Jefus pineututaguban, nikuturiniu afhu ni-

      fhuafhifh mitaffu mitanau, nikutuafhifh afhu nifhuafhu pipunutfh.

      J.O BRIANT. 

      Hubert, Keffiteuagupet, gaie Meffinahitfhet.

[50] UABISTIGUIATSH Maffinahitfheuets Broun, gaie GIRMOR. 1768.

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