Chapter 5
[43-2] For the derivation of Xibalbay, and for the myths referred to in the text, see my article, before referred to, _The Names of the Gods in the Kiche Myths_, pp. 27, 28.
[44-1] _The Maya Chronicles_, pp. 110, 111. Vol. I of the _Library of Aboriginal American Literature_.
[45-1] Brasseur, Juarros, Fuentes y Guzman, etc.
[45-2] Thomas Coto, _Vocabulario de la Lengua Cakchiquel_, MS., 1651. Sub voce, _Sacrificar hombres_, quoting Varea.
[45-3] "Sacandole el corazon y asperjando, con la sangre de la victima a los cuatro vientos cardinales."--_Apuntamientos de la Historia de Guatemala_, p. 26.
[46-1] _The Names of the Gods in the Kiche Myths_, pp. 21, 22.
[47-1] "_Labah_, agorar y guerrear, porque agoraban si la hacian o no."--Ximenez, _Vocabulario de las Tres Lenguas_, sub voce.
[47-2] These particulars are from the work of Jose Sanchez y Leon, _Apuntamientos de la Historia de Guatemala_, pp. 26, 27.
[48-1] _Recordacion Florida_, Lib. IX, Cap. VII.
[48-2] _Vocabulario de la Lengua Cakchiquel_, MS. (1651).
[48-3] _Apuntamientos de la Historia de Guatemala_, p. 27.
[49-1] Fr. Estevan Torresano, _Arte de la Lengua Cakchiquel_, MS., in my possession.
[51-1] _Supplementary Remarks to the Grammar of the Cakchiquel Language, edited by D. G. Brinton.--Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society_, 1885.
[52-1] See _The Maya Chronicles_, p. 67, and note.
[53-1] "Die bewundernswuerdige Feinheit und consequente Logik in der Ausbildung des Maya Zeitwortes setzt eine Kultur voraus, die sicherlich weit ueber die Zeitraeume hinaus zurueckreicht, welche man bis jetzt geneight war, der Amerikanischen Civilization zuzuschreiben."--Otto Stoll, _Zur Ethnographie der Republik Guatemala_, s. 148 (Zurich, 1884). Compare the remarks of Wilhelm von Humboldt on the Maya conjugation, in his essay on the American verb, as published in my _Philosophic Grammar of the American Languages, as set forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt_, pp. 35-39 (Philada., 1885).
[54-1] Gavarrete's words are, "Paso por manos de muchos personas versadas en los idiomas indigenos sin que pudiese obtenerse una traduccion integra y exacta de su testo, habiendo sido bastante, sin embargo, lo que de su sentido pudo percibirse, para venir en conocimiento de su grande importancia historica."--_Boletin de la Sociedad Economica_.
[54-2] The Abbe says that Gavarrete gave him the original (_Bibliotheque Mexico-Guatemalienne_, p. 14). But that gentleman does not take to himself credit for such liberality. He writes "El testo original quedo sin embargo en su poder," etc. Ubi supra.
[57-1] As the slight aspirate, the Spanish _h_, does not exist in the Cakchiquel alphabet, nor yet the letter _d_,the[TN-12] baptismal name "Hernandez," takes the form "Ernantez."
[57-2] "Se casan muy ninos," says Sanchez y Leon, speaking of the natives.--_Apuntamientos de la Historia de Guatemala_, p. 24.
THE ANNALS
OF
THE CAKCHIQUELS.
BY
A MEMBER OF THE XAHILA FAMILY.
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1. VAE XTINU[c,]IBAH HALAL QUITZIH HE NABEY
Ka tata ka mama, heri xeboco vinak oher mahaniok ti la[t]abex vae huyu ta[t]ah; [c]a ruyon ok umul [c,]iquin [c]oh, que cha, ha ok ki xquila[t]abeh huyu ta[t]ah he [c]a ka tata ka mama, yx nu[c]ahol, pa Tulan.
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1. Here I am going to write a few of the sayings of our earliest fathers and ancestors, those who begot men of old, before the hills and plains here were inhabited; then only rabbits and birds were here, they say, when they took possession of the hills and plains, they, our fathers and ancestors from Tulan, oh my children.
2. Xtinu[c,]ibah [c]a quitzih ri ki he nabey ka tata ka mama [t]a[t]avitz rubi, Cactecauh ru bi hunchic, he [c]oh quitzih que cha [c]a [c]haka palouh xoh pevi, pa Tulan ru bi huyu, xoh alax xoh [c]aholax vi pe ruma ka tee, ka tata, yxka[c]ahol, quecha ri oher tata mama, [t]a[t]avitz, Cactecauh qui bi, ri ki xepe pa Tulan he cay chi achij heri xoh boco, oh Xahila.
2. And I shall write the sayings of our earliest fathers and ancestors, Gagavitz the name of one, Zactecauh the name of the other; and these are the sayings they spake as we came from the other side of the sea, from the land of Tulan, where we were brought forth and begotten by our mothers and our fathers, oh my children, as said of old the fathers, the ancestors, Gagavitz and Zactecauh by name, the two heroes who came from Tulan and begot us, the Xahila.
3. Va[c]a quibi ru hay ru chinamitee [t]eka[c]uch, Ba[c]ahola, Cibakihay. 1. [c]atun [c]hutiah qui bi xeboco Ba[c]ahola. 1. Tzanat [t]u[t]uchom quibi xeboco [t]eka[c]uchij; Daqui ahauh [c]hahom ahauh xeboco Cibakihayi, xaoh cahi chi chinamit ok xohpe pa Tulan, ri oh Cakchiquel vinak, yxka[c]ahol, quecha.--[c]a x[c]amar [c]a vave ri Caveki Totomay Xurcah qui bi xeboco.--Xavi [c]a x[c]amar vave ri Ahquehayi, Loch, Xet, quibi, xeboco;--xavi [c]a x[c]am ri ahPak, Telom, [c]oxahil, [c]obakil quibi xeboco; quere navipe ri Ikoma[t]i, xavi [c]a x[c]amar; he[c]a cah [c]hob ri [c]a xe[c]amar vave he ama[t].
3. These are the names of the houses and clans of Gekaquch, Bagahola and Cibakihay. 1. Qatun and Qhutiah by name, begat Bagahola. 2. Tzanat and Guguchom by name, begat those of Gekaquch. 3. The chief Daqui and the chief Ghahom begat those of Cibakihay. Thus we were four clans when we came from Tulan, we, the Cakchiquel people, as we are told, oh my children. Those of Cavek, Totomay and Xurcah by name, also married and begat; also those of Quehay, Loch and Xet by name, married and begat; those of Pak, Telom, Qoxahil and Qobakil by name, also married and begat; and also those of Ykomag married; and these four divisions which thus married are the tribes so-called.
4. He [c]a [c]oh quitzih ri [t]a[t]avitz, Cactecauh xe re [c]aki ru xe quitzih vae quecha [c]ari [t]a[t]avitz Cactecauh: Cahi xpe vi vinak pa Tulan; chi relebal [t]ih, hun Tullan: hun chi [c]a chi Xibalbay, hun [c]a chu kahibal [t]ih chi ri [c]a xoh pevi chukahibal [t]ih, hun chi vi [c]a chi [c]abovil. Quere[c]a cahi vi Tullan ri yxka[c]ahol, quecha; chu kahibal [c]a [t]ih xoh pa vi Tullan, [c]ha[c]a palouh; [c]a[c]o viri Tullan chiri[c]a xohalax vi ul xoh [c]aholax vipe ruma ruma ka tee ka tata quecha.
4. These are the sayings of Gagavitz and Zactecauh, and these are the very words which Gagavitz and Zactecauh spoke: "Four men came from Tulan; at the sunrise is one Tullan, and one is at Xibalbay, and one is at the sunset; and we came from this one at the sunset; and one is where is God. Therefore there are four Tulans, they say, oh our sons; from the sunsetting we came, from Tullan, from beyond the sea; and it was at Tullan that arriving we were brought forth, coming we were produced, by our mothers and our fathers, as they say.
5. Tan [c]a talax ri chay abah, ruma raxa Xibalbay [t]ana Xibalbay, tan[c]ati [c,]ak vinak ruma [c,]akol bitol; tzukul richin ri chay abah ok x[c,]ak ri vinak pan pokon [c]a xutzin vinak, xtiho chee, xtiho [c]a xaki ruyon uleuh xrah oc; mani [c]a x[c]hao, mani xbiyin, mani [c]a ru quiquel ru tiohil xux, quecha e nabey ka tata ka mama, yxnu[c]ahol; mani [c]a xcanay rixoc, [c]arunah [c]a xcanay rixoc: xae chay chi chicop etamayon [c]o vi ri echa pam Paxil ru bi huyu [c]ovi hari chicop Utiuh, Koch qui bi. Xa[c]a pa rachak xcanay vi, tok xcamicax [c]a ri chicop utiuh xpo[c]hel chupam ri yxim tan [c]a tibe canox yo[t]bal richin ruma chicop tiuh tiuh rubi, [c]a chupam palouh xpe vi ruma tiuh tiuh ru quiquel tixli cumatz xoc xyo[t]bex richin ri yxim: x[c,]akbex richin ru tiohil vinak ruma [c,]akol bitol [c]a ha ki etamayom ri [c,]akol bitol alom [c]aholom he xe [c,]ako vinak [c,]ak que cha xutzin [c]a vinak [c,]ak, oxlahuh achij, cahlahuh [c]a ixok xux; x[c]ohe ruvi, [c]ate [c]a ok xe[c]hao xebiyin, x[c]ohe qui quiquel qui tiohil. Xe[c]ulu[c]u xin [c]a he [c]a cay ri xhayil hun xux. Quere[c]a xla[t]o vi vinak ri quecha oher vinak, yxka[c]ahol; xemealan xe[c]aholan [c]a ri he nabey vinak. Quere[c]a ru banic vinak rij, quere navipe rubanic chay abah ri [c,]apal [c]a ruchi ri Tullan, xoh pe vi xahun chi co[c,] [c,]apibal ru chij ri Tullan xoh alax vi ul xoh [c]aholax vipe, xya vipe ri kikan chi [t]ekum chi a[t]a, yx ka[c]ahol; xecha can ri [t]a[t]avitz, Cactecauh, yxnu[c]ahol, xa[c]a mani xquimeztah ru tzihoxic. He [c]iyaley chi e ka mama; [c]oh quitzih oher takchibal [c]a quichin vae.
5. "And now is brought forth the Obsidian Stone by the precious Xibalbay, the glorious Xibalbay, and man is made by the Maker, the Creator; the Obsidian Stone was his sustainer, when man was made in misery, and when man was formed; he was fed with wood, he was fed with leaves; he wished only the earth; he could not speak, he could not walk; he had no blood, he had no flesh; so say our fathers, our ancestors, oh you my sons. Nothing was found to feed him; at length something was found to feed him. Two brutes knew that there was food in the place called Paxil, where these brutes were, the Coyote and the Crow by name. Even in the refuse of maize it was found, when the brute Coyote was killed as he was separating his maize, and was searching for bread to knead, (killed) by the brute Tiuh Tiuh by name; and the blood of the serpent and the tapir was brought from within the sea by means of Tiuh Tiuh, with which the maize was to be kneaded; the flesh of man was formed of it by the Maker, the Creator; and well did they, the Maker and the Creator, know him who was born, him who was begotten; they made man as he was made, they formed man as they made him, so they tell. There were thirteen men, fourteen women; they talked, they walked, they had blood, they had flesh. They married, and one had two wives. Therefore the race copulated, this race of old, as they tell, oh our sons. They brought forth daughters, they brought forth sons, those first men. Thus men were made, and thus the Obsidian Stone was made, for the enclosure of Tullan; thus we came to where the Zotzils were at the gates of Tullan; arriving we were born, coming we were produced, coming we gave the tribute, in the darkness, in the night, oh our sons." Thus spoke Gagavitz and Zactecauh, oh my sons, and what they said has not been forgotten. They are our great ancestors; these are the words with which they encouraged us of old.
6. Tok xoh pixabax [c]a pe ruma ka tee ka tata oxlahu [c]hob [c]a vukama[t] oxlahu [c]hob [c]a ahlabal ok xohpe pa Tullan chi [t]ekum chi a[t]a ok xya pe ri kikan, tok xu[c]am rikan vuk ama[t] ahlabal, xoh chole na chu xocou [c]a Tullan x[c]ohe viri vuk ama[t]: chiriki[t]a [c]a Tullan x[c]ohe viri xcholevi ahlabal. Nabey na xu[c]am rikan vuk ama[t], [c]ate [c]a xu[c]am chic rikan ahlabal. Xa[c]a ruyon xit puak [t]u[t]uraxon [c]ubul chactit ru[c]in [c]a [c,]ibanic [c]otonic, qui yanic xul, bix, [c]hol [t]ih, may [t]ih, pek cacouh, xa ruyon [t]inomal xrikah pe pa Tullan a[c]a ri ahlabal xa ruyon [c]ha pocob xa cetecic chee xa [t]iom ah rikan ok xpe pa Tulla.
6. Then we were ordered to come by our mothers and fathers, we the thirteen divisions and the seven tribes, the thirteen divisions of warriors; and we came to Tulan in the darkness and the night, and coming gave our tribute; they took tribute from the warriors of the seven tribes; they were drawn up in order on the left of Tulan where were the people of the seven tribes; on the right-hand of Tulan were arranged the warriors. First the tribute was taken from the seven tribes, next the tribute was taken from the warriors. But it was only jade and silver, and green feathers worked and sewed together, together with articles painted and articles sculptured, and for gifts, flutes, songs, astrological calendars and reckoning calendars, fine and common cacao; only such riches were paid in Tulan, and the only riches the warriors bore from Tulan were their bows, their bucklers and their rounded shields.
7. Tok xpixa [c]a ka tee ka tata xcha: [c]a ohix [c]a, yxnu[c]ahol, yxnumeal, ree yvikan ree [c]a y tzukuh y[t]ohee; xucheex [c]ari chay abah: ohix [c]a ti vi la y huyubal y ta[t]ahal [c]a chila [c]a [c]haka palouh [c]oh vi y huyubal y ta[t]ahal, yxnu[c]ahol, [c]a chila [c]a tica vi ruvach. Ree yvikan mixuyael, y [t]inomal y vahauarem, xeucheex [c]a ri oxlahu [c]hob vukama[t], oxlahu [c]hob ahlabal, ok xyape ri mi[c]hbal quichin ri chee abah, xqui kahpe pa Tullan Xibalbay [c]a xyaope ri chee abah, chikichin que cha ri he nabey ka tata ka mama, ri [t]a[t]avitz Cactecauh: he ki xe ykan pe, he navipe ki [c]o quitzih.
7. Then to our mothers and fathers it was commanded and said: "You, my sons, you, my daughters, these are your burdens which you shall sustain and maintain." So spoke the Obsidian Stone. "There are your hills and plains; there, beyond the ocean, are your hills and plains, oh you my sons, there it is that you shall lift up your faces. These are the burdens which I shall give you, your riches, your majesty;" thus it was said to the thirteen divisions, the seven tribes, to the thirteen divisions of warriors, and then was given them the wood and stone which deceive; as they descended from Tulan and Xibalbay, were given to them the wood and stone (idols), as related those our first fathers and ancestors Gagavitz and Zactecauh. These, in truth, were their burdens, and these were their very words.
8. Vuk ama[t] [c]a nabey xpeul pa Tullan, que cha, [c]a xambey xohpe oh ahlabal ru [c]amom chi [c]a rikan ronohel vuk ama[t] ahlabal tok xhak [c]a ru chi Tullan.
8. They say that the seven tribes arrived first at Tulan, and we the warriors followed, having taken up the tributes of all the seven tribes when the gate of Tulan was opened.
9. Ha [c]a [c,]utuhile ri nabey vuk ama[t] ok xpe pa Tulan xe[c]iz nape ri vuk ama[t] [c]ate[c]a ok xoh pe oh ahlabal, que cha.--Xcha [c]a pe ri ka tee ka tata, ok xoh pixabax pe: ohix [c]a, yx numeal, yx nu[c]ahol, xtinyael y [t]inomal yvahauarem, xtinyael y [t]a[t]al, y tepeval, yxmuh, yx[c]a[t]alibal; harumari xti vikah ree, cetecic chee, [t]iomah [c]haa, pocob, [c]u[c]um, cahcab. Vueta [c]a mixivikah xit, puak, [t]u[t] raxom, vueta [c]a xtivikah [c,]ibanic, [c]otonic, [c]hol [t]ih, may [t]ih, xul, bix, bix ye[t]etah rumal, xavi[c]a yvichin ree mixrikah vuk ama[t] chila ti [c]am vi; yx quixi chi nan, yx quix cao ruvach; mani cahauarem mix nuyael, ha[c]ari xtivikah; kitzih nim ru[t]ih; mani quix ye[t]etah vi; ha[c]a quix nimar vi, ree cetecic chee [t]iomah, mani quix var, quix [c]hacatah vi, yx numeal, yx nu[c]ahol, xtinyael yvahauarem, yx oxlahuh chi ahpopo tihunamah; [c]a y[c]ha, ypocob, yvahauarem, y [t]a[t]al, ytepeval, y muh, y [t]alibal, ree [c]a y nabey ale; xucheex ri Qeche vinak ok xpeul oxlahu [c]hob chi ahlabal pa Tullan. Ha [c]a nabey xpe Qeche vinak; xa[c]a [c]holloh tacaxepeval rikan [c]eche vinak: ok xpeul rachbilam hetak [c]a ru hay ru chinamit ru [t]arama[t] ri hutak [c]hob chi ahlabal tok xpeul pa Tullan ok x[c]iz [c]a pe ronohel.
9. The Tzutuhils were the first of the seven tribes who finished coming to Tulan, and then we the warriors came, as they say. Then it was said to our fathers and mothers, then we were commanded: "Oh, you, you my daughters, you my sons, I shall give you your riches, your majesty, I shall give you your distinction, your sovereignty, your canopy, your royal throne; because you have carried the rounded shield as your riches, the bow, the buckler, the feathers, the war paint. If you have paid as tribute jade, silver, feather stuffs, if you have paid articles painted, articles sculptured, astrological calendars, reckoning calendars, flute songs, songs hated of you because the seven tribes paid this tribute, yet you shall in turn take it, you shall receive more than others, you shall lift up your face. I shall not give you their sovereignty, of which you have borne the burden; truly their fortune is great; do not hate them; also do you be great, with wealth of rounded shields. Sleep not, sit not, my daughters, my sons, I will give you the power, to you the seven rulers, in equal shares, and your bows, your bucklers, your majesty, your power, your sovereignty, your canopy, your royal seat; these are your first treasures." Thus it was spoken to the Quiche men, when the thirteen divisions of warriors arrived at Tulan. And first came the Quiche men; they acquitted themselves of their tribute in the first month; then arrived their companions one after another, by their families, their clans, their tribes, their divisions, in sequence, and the warriors, until the whole of them had finished arriving in Tulan.
10. Xpe Rabinale, xpe Co[c,]il vinak--xpe Tukuchee--xpe Tuhalahay--Vuchabahay--Ah[c]humilahay--xpe chic Lama[t]i--Cumatz--xpe chic Akahal vinak.--Ah Tucuru xquiz, yape ronohel ri. Tok xpe chi [c]ari oxlahuh chi ahlabal ri oh Bacah Pokoh, Bacah Xahil: hun xnabeyah, hun[c]a x xambeyah chikichin ri oh ru nabey Bacah, Bacah Pok [c]a nabey xpe, oh [c]a xambey xoh pe ri oh Bacah Xahil, que cha ri e ka tata, ka mama, yxka[c]ahol. Xmier ok [c]a ti pe vuk ama[t] xmier ok [c]a ti tiquer rupetic ahlabal.--Tok xohpe [c]a oh Cakchequel vinak, kitzih vi chi xambey chic xoh peul pa Tullan, mani hunchic [c]o can ok xoh pe, que cha ri [t]a[t]avitz, Cactecauh, xoh pixabax chi pe: He ree ahay a chinamit he, que ucheex [c]ari [t]eka[c]uch, Ba[c]ahol, Cibakihay. Ree [c]a yvahpop he, hun ahpop, hun [c]a ahpo[c]amahay, chiquichin ree xeucheex [c]a ri [t]eka[c]uch, Ba[c]ahol, Cibakihay. Yx [c]a quixalan, quix[c]aholan, quichin yxquix[c]ulu, yvahpop, xeucheex. Quere[c]a he tee, he nam vi ri. Ha[c]a nabey, ha[c]a nabey xpe ri Cibakihay ok xpe [c]ari Ba[c]ahol, xpe chi [c]a [t]eka[c]uch nabey xepe chinamit.
10. Those of Rabinal came, the Zotzil men came, the Tukuchee came, the Tuhalahay, the Vuchabahay, the Ahqhumilahay, the Lamagi came, the Cumatz, the men of Akahal came, the Tucuru ended it; and thus all are given. After that came thirteen warriors, we the Bacah Pokoh, and the Bacah Xahil; one of us went first, and one followed after; the first Bacah was Bacah Pok, who went first, and we followed after, we the Bacah Xahil, as was said by our first fathers, our ancestors, oh you our sons. Already the seven villages had come, and some time after began the coming of the warriors.--Then we came, we the Cakchiquel men. Truly, we were the last, as we arrived at Tulan, and there was not another remaining when we came, as said Gagavitz and Zactecauh; we were ordered to come thus: "These are your houses, these your clans;" they said to Gekaquch, Baqahol, and Cibakihay: "These are your head chiefs, even one head chief, and one official messenger;" thus they said to Gekaquch, Baqahol, and Cibakihay. "Bring forth daughters, bring forth sons, marry one another, ye rulers," said they. Therefore those were mothers and ancestors. But the first, the first came the Cibakihay, then came the Baqahol, and then came the Gekaquch, the first clans.
11. [c]ate[c]a ok xoh pe oh ahpop tok xoh pixabax chi[c]a pe ruma katee ka tata: ohix [c]a, yxnumeal, yxnu[c]ahol, mixebe a hay a chinamit. Maqui xaquere xcat xambeyah, at[c]hipil al; kitzih nim a [t]ih tux re [c]a a tzuku hee xucheex pe ri chee abah Belehe Toh ru bi; ri abah Huntihax chi [c]a ru bi hunchic, huhunti vikah xoh ucheex pe, quecha.
11. Thus, therefore, came we, the rulers, and then we were ordered by our mothers and fathers: "Go, my daughters, go, my sons, your houses, your clans, have departed. Not thus shalt thou always follow, thou, the youngest son; truly, great shall be thy fortune, and thou shalt be maintained, as is said by the idols called, the one, Belehe Toh, the other Hun Tihax, to whom we say each pays tribute," as is related.
12. Re [c]a ti voquecah e [c]ha, pocob, achcayupil, [c]u[c]um, cahcab rach yaic [c]aperi [t]avonon, [t]acital, xo[t]ol, [t]ekal, hab, cu[c], moyeuh, ok xoh pixabax pe ree: kitzih nim xtivikah; mani quix var vi, quix [c]hacatah vi, mani quix ye[t]etah vi, yxnu[c]ahol, ha quix [t]a[t]ar quix tepevar vi, hati [c]ohe vi y vux la ree cetecic chee [t]iomah, [c]ha, pocob. Vuetah mixi vikah ree xit, puak, [t]u[t]uraxom, bix ye[t]etah, ruma xavi [c]a y vichin tux, yxquix i chi nan, quix cao ru vach: ri xit, puak, [t]u[t]uraxom, [c,]ibanic, [c]otonic, ronohel ri mix rikah vuk ama[t], [c]a chila [c]a xticavi ru vach chi huyubal, ti vulaah ronohel, ti ca [c]a ru vach ri y [c]ha, y pocob, hun nabeyal hun[c]a [c]hipilal chivichin, yx oxlahuh chi ahlabal, yx[c]a oxlahuh chi ahaua, chi yx ahpop ti hunamah y [c]ha y pocob mixnuyael. Cani ca tibe y ca ru vach ree y vikan y [c]ha y pocob; [c]ohun labal chila chi relebal [t]ih, Cuyva rubi; chi ri [c]a tibe y tihavi y [c]ha y pocob ree mixnuyael, vhix [c]a, yxnu[c]ahol; xohucheex [c]ape okxoh pe pa Tullan, xmier ok [c]a tipe vuk ama[t] ahlabal; ok xohpe ul pa Tullan, kitzih [c]a ti xibin ok xoh pe kachpetic [c]a ri [t]avonon [t]acital, cu[c], moyeuh, xo[t]ol, [t]ekal, hab; ok xohpe ul pa Tullan.
12. Then they put on their bows, their shields, their lances, their feathers, and their paint, given (as a defence) against the bugs, the dirt, the boding owls, the blackness, the rain, the fogs, the clouds; then we were commanded: "Great shall be your burden; sleep not, sit not, be not cast down, you, my sons; you shall be rich, you shall be powerful; let your rounded shields be your riches, your bows, your bucklers. If you have given as tribute jade, silver, feather work, hated songs, on that account they shall be given you; you shall receive more than others; you shall lift up your face; for jade, silver, painted articles, engraved articles, all the seven nations have paid as tribute; but there, in those hills you shall lift up your faces, there is a refuge for all of you, there you shall lift up your faces, your bows, your bucklers. One shall be your first chief, and one his junior, of you the thirteen warriors, you the thirteen princes, you the thirteen equal chiefs, to whom I shall give the bows and bucklers. Soon you shall lift up your face and have your burden, your bows and bucklers; there is war there toward the east, at the place called Zuyva; there you shall go, there is the place for your bucklers which I shall give you, you indeed, you my sons." So it was spoken to us when we came to Tullan, before the warriors of the seven villages; and when we arrived at Tullan, truly our coming was terrifying, with our accompaniments against the bugs, the dirt, the clouds, the fogs, the mud, the darkness, the rain, when we entered Tulan.
13. Cani[c]a chiri xtiquer vipe ri labalinic; xo[t] pe hun chicop chahalcivan ru bi chu chi Tullan, ok xohelpe pa Tullan; quix cam, quix cach, yn ylab, xcha ri chicop chi kichin; mani [c]a xkoquecah? Xax avo[t]ebal vi ri tux, xoh cha can chire ri chicop, quecha.
13. And soon the divination began with them. A bird called "the guard of the ravine," began to complain within the gate of Tulan, as we were going forth from Tulan. "You shall die, you shall be lost, I am your portent," said this brute to us. "Do you not believe me? Truly your state shall be a sad one." Thus spake to us this brute, as is related.