chi Tullan, quere[c]a ka binaam vi Cakchiquel vinak ri, yxka[c]ahol,
quecha can ri [t]a[t]avitz, Cactecauh. Xa[c]a ru xe ka [c]hamey
xuto[t]beh oc canayi chupam palouh; cani[c]a x[c]ok pi tah palouh ruma
canayi, haxi [c]atzin viri cakachee xka[c]ampe chu chii Tullan. Xa chuvi
cholo chic canayi xoh i[c]o vipe; haok x[t]ahar can ru xe palouh ru vi
palouh. Cani [c]a xequicot conohel, ok x[c]i[c,]et canayi chupam palouh,
cani [c]a xepixaban quij, [c]a chi la ko oyobem vi ki, chuvi nabey huyu,
chiri komolo viki, xe cha, xavi[c]a xere ka cholanem ok xohpe pa Tullan.
16. Now there was a red tree, our staff, which we had taken in
passing from the gate of Tulan, and therefore we are called the
Cakchiquel people, oh our sons, said Gagavitz and Zactecauh. The
root of this, our staff, was pushed into the sand of the sea, and
soon the sea was separated from the sand, and for this the red tree
served which we brought from Tulan. Soon the sand was as a line,
and we passed out; it became wide above the sea and below the sea.
Then all rejoiced, when they saw sand in the sea, and many
counseled together. "There indeed is our hope, we must gather
together on these first lands," they said; "here only can we
arrange ourselves since leaving Tulan."
17. Xebokotah [c]a pe xey [c]ope chuvi canayi xavi[c]a que re xambey
xohpe chic chi palouh, xohel [c]ape chuchij ya. Xe [c]a cani xu xibih ri
vuk ama[t] ronohel; quere xubijh ahlabal ronohel, ok xe cha [c]a ri vuk
ama[t]: Xere an kikan ree mixi[c,]et; mi[c]a xka caruvach yvukin,
yxahaua, yx ahlabal, maqui xkobe yvu[c]in relebal [t]ih, xati ka canoh
can ka huyubal ka ta[t]ahal, xere kikan ree mixi[c,]et [t]u[t], raxom,
[c]ubul, xe cha ri vuk ama[t] xe pixa: Utzan, xeucheex, [c]a vuk ama[t]
xutzin [c]a qui poponic. Ok xepe [c]a chuvi huyu Deocacvancu; xpe [c]a
ronohel xeul chi[c]a chuvi hunchic huyu, Meahauh rubi. Chiri xemolo
chivri quij, xeel chi [c]a chiri chuvi Meahauh, xeapon chic chuvi huyu
Valval Xucxuc ru bi xeuxlan chivi; xemolo chi na quij xeel chi ri xe
apon chica chuvi huyu Tapcu Oloman ru bi.
17. They rushed forth and passed across the sand, and following one
another we came to the shore of the sea, and we arrived at the edge
of the water. Then all the seven villages began to fear, and all
the warriors spoke, and then the seven tribes spoke: "Do you not
see our burdens? Yet it is not long since we lifted up our faces
with you, ye rulers, ye warriors; did we not come from the sun
rising with you, that we might seek our hills and valleys? Have you
not seen the burden, the green feathers, the garlands?" So spake
the seven tribes, and commanded and said, "It is well," and the
seven tribes took counsel what to do. Afterwards they went on to
the place Deocacvancu; and then they all went on to another place
called Meahauh. There many gathered together; having thus arrived
at Meahauh, they thence departed for the place called Valval
Xucxuc, and there they rested. There many gathered together, and
departing they arrived at the place called Tapcu Oloman.
18. Xemolo chi[c]a qui conohel chi ri xoh popon chi vi [c]a chi ri, que
cha [c]a ri ka tata ka mama [t]a[t]avitz, Cactecauh, [c]a chiri [c]a xoh
vi ko viel ki, chi ri navipe xkaquir vi kikan. Xcha [c]a ri ahlabal
ronohel: Chinak ti kaban xere kavach vae oh ah chay, oh ah [c]am, oh
caol ru vach kikan, at kacha[t] kanimal, xecha [c]a chikichin. Xoh
cha[c]a chique: Mian xnakahar kalabal xaka vika kij, xaka cauh kij, ko
[c]u[c]umah, kaquira kikan. [c]oh na vipe kikan, xpage ruma ka tee, ka
tata, ko [c]u[c]umah, yn yn etamayom. Xoh cha chique, ok xkaquir [c]a
kikan, ohoh [c]o kikan, ri [c]u[c]um, cahcab, [c]ha, pocob, achcayupil.
18. Then all gathered together there, and we took counsel there,
said our fathers and ancestors, Gagavitz and Zactecauh; and it was
after we had arrived there that we first unloosed our burdens. All
the warriors said: "Whom shall we make to be our head, we the
masters of arms, the masters of booty, the assignors of tribute, oh
thou, our younger brother, and thou, our older brother?" So said
they to us. Then we said to them: "It is but a little while that we
looked to make war, and already we are prepared, our standards are
ready, our burdens are loosed; they are the burdens which were
given us by our mothers and fathers; here are our standards; I, I
am the Sage." Thus we spoke when we unloosed our burden, our loads
of maize, our standards, our paints, bows, shields, and
double-headed lances.
19. Xka[c]ut [c]a vi koh ri chiquivach conohel, oh nabey xoh vikokij,
chi [c]ha, chi pocob, chi achcayupil, chi [c]u[c]um, chi cahcab, xvikan
[c]a ronohel, xoh cha [c]a chiquichin: Coan chivichin, yx kacha[t],
yxkanimal, kitzih vi chitan [t]al ahlabal xtikoquibeh, xtikatih vi ka
[c]haa, ka pocob. Xahala chic xatakobe, ti [c]ama kabey, xoh cha chique.
Maqui xcaho [c]amoh bey, xecha, ta [c]ama ka bey, at kacha[t], at
etamayom, xecha chike. Oh [c]a xoh [c]amo bey xoh cha chi[c]a chique.
Xavi vave komolo chivikij, xoh be [c]a ok xka[c]ul vachih [c]a hu [c]hob
labal, Ah Nonovalcat, Ah Xulpiti qui bi. He [c]oh chuchi palouh, pa hucu
e [c]oh vi.
19. Thus we showed ourselves before the face of all; first we
adorned ourselves with our bows, our shields, our two-headed
lances, our feathers, our paints; we put them all on, and we said
to them, "On with you, you our younger brothers, you our elder
brothers, truly this war is certain, we must enter upon it, we
must test our bows, our shields. It makes little difference which
way we go; choose ye the road," said we to them. "It is not for us
to choose the road," said they. "Choose thou the road, thou our
younger brother, thou our teacher," said they to us. Then we chose
the road, and we told it to them. All of us then gathered together,
and soon we met face to face a party of warriors, called those of
Nonovalcat and those of Xulpit. They were on the border of the
ocean; they were there in their boats.
20. Kitzih ti xibin que [c]habin, quetzalo, hucumah [c]a xepax kumari,
xetzalo chipe [c]hakap pahucu; ok xe paxin Ah Nonovalcat, Ah Xulpiti,
xecha chi[c]a conohel ahlabal: Chinak ti ki[c]ovibeh chuvi palouh, at
kacha[t], xecha. Xoh cha chi[c]a: chique hucu tiki[c]ovibeh mahatikil
kalabal. Xavi[c]a pa qui hucu Ah Nonovalcat xohoc vi, ok xohbe relebal
[t]ih, ha[c]aok xohoc apon. Kitzih tixibin chi tinamit, chi hay [c]ovi
Ah Cuyva, chila relebal [c]ih, xoh ocnaek [c]a apon tzamhay, quere bila
xbe kato[t]o, ok xohoc apon, kitzih ti xibin ok xpeul chucohol hay,
kitzih tibirbot, xpalah poklah ok xpeul, xtzalo cochoch, xtzalo [c]a
qui[c,]ij, ca[c], xtzalo conohel cavah, xahuye[t], xacayek xkaban ohxoh
paxin ki [c]oh xbe chicah, [c]oh xkapan uleuh, [c]oh x xule xhote,
chikichin konohel, haok xu[c]ut ru naval ru halebal. Ronohel ahlabal,
huhunal, chi[c]a xeul chuvi huyu Tapcu Oloman, pam pokon chic xoh
molokij, chiri xoh [c]u[c]umah viel, xoh vikon viel, yx ka[c]ahol, que
cha ri [t]a[t]avitz, Cactecauh. Tok xka [c]utubeh [c]a ki, ba xa colovi
avi, xoh cha chi re Qeche vinak: Xaqui tohoh quihilil xibe chicah, xa
chicah xbe nucolo vivi, xcha, quere[c]a xubinaah vi Tohohil ri: xcha
chi[c]a Co[c,]il vinak, xaxi [c]ohe can chiri, xaxi colovi pa ru chij
cakix, xcha; quere[c]a xubijnaah vi Cakix can ri. Xoh cha chi[c]a oh
Cakchiquel vinak: xa ni[c]ah ta[t]ah xnucol vivi, xaxi kapon uleuh;
quere[c]a xubinaah vi Chita[t]ah ri, [t]ucumatz tucheex hunchic, xa paya
xucol viri. Xcha chi[c]a Tukuchee vinak, xaxi colovi ahcic chupam hun
ama[t], xcha: quere[c]a xubinaah vi Ahcic ama[t]ri. Xcha chic Akahal
vinak: xaxincol vi chumpam akah, xcha; quere[c]a xubinaah vi Akalahayri.
Quere[c]a xebinaah vi conohel vi [c]iy chi; maqui xtivoquecah xecolo vi
quij; maqui naek xaka meztam, chirelebal [t]ih xbe oc vipe quibi
conohel, [c]axto[c] [c]a xoh paxin vi ul ki, que cha ri [t]a[t]avitz,
Cactecauh. Xoh cha[c]a oh ankatucu rupam ka huyubal, ka ta[t]abal: Mixbe
ka tiha ka [c]ha ka pocob, vue bala [c]o chivi kalabal, oh [c]a kacanoh
ka huyubal ka ta[t]ahal, xoh cha [c]a. Ok xoh paxin kij chuvi huyu, ok
xoh pe [c]a konohel hutak [c]hob, chu bey xux, xa chi vi ha qui bey. Ok
xetzolih chipe chuvi huyu Valval Xucxuc, xe y[c]o[c]ape chuvi huyu
Memehuyu, Tacna huyu ru bi, xeul chic chuvi Cakiteuh, Caki[c]uva, ru bi.
Xeel chipe chuvi Meahauh Cutam chah, [c]a chila[c]a xebe tzolih chivipe
chuvi huyu Cakihuyu Tepacuman ru bi; Tok xi[c]o qui [c,]eta qui huyubal,
qui ta[t]ahal; okxe y[c]ope chuvi huyu To[t]ohil xcaker vi Qeche vinak.
Xe i[c]o chipe Pantzic, Paraxon xoh caker vi, yxka[c]ahol, que cha[c]a
ri henabey katata kamama [t]a[t]avitz Cactecauh. Ha[c]ari huyu ta[t]ah
xey[c]o vi xemeho vi, maqui xti[c]iz ka[t]aharticah xananoh xkabijh,
maquina xakameztam, kitzih vichi [c]iya huyu xoh i[c]o vi, quecha ri
oher katata kamama.
20. Truly it was fearful, the arrow-shooting and the fighting; but
soon they were routed by us, and half the fighting was in the
boats. When those of Nonovalcat and Xulpit had been routed, all the
warriors spoke: "How shall we cross over the sea, our younger
brother?" they asked. And we said to them: "We shall cross in the
boats, while our battle is not yet known." Then we entered into the
boats of those of Nonovalcat; when we came from the east then we
entered them. Truly, it was fearful in the town and houses of those
of Zuyva, there in the east; for when we entered at the furthest
house, they could not understand how we had entered. Truly, it was
fearful there among the houses; truly, the noise was great, the
dust was oppressive; fighting was going on in the houses, fighting
with the dogs, the wasps, fighting with all. One attack, two
attacks we made, and we ourselves were routed, as truly they were
in the air, they were in the earth, they ascended and they
descended, everywhere against us, and thus they showed their magic
and their sorcery. All the warriors, each one by himself, returned
to the place, Tapcu Oloman; we gathered together in sadness, there
where we had put on our feathers, where we had adorned ourselves,
oh you our children, as was related by Gagavitz and Zactecauh. When
we asked each other where our salvation was, it was said to us by
the Quiche men: "As it thundered and resounded in the sky, truly in
the sky must our salvation be;" so they said, and therefore the
name Tohohil was given to them. The Zotzil nation said that really
there was salvation in the mouth of an ara, and so the name Cakix
was given to them. We, the Cakchiquels, we said: "Truly, in the
middle of the valley lies our salvation, entering there into the
earth." Therefore the name was given, Chitagah. Another, who said
salvation was in the water, was called Gucumatz. The Tukuche said
salvation was in a town on high, so they were called Ahcicamag. The
Akahals said, "We may be saved in a honeycomb," therefore they were
called Akalahay. Thus all received their names. Do not believe,
however, that many were saved. Do not forget that all these names
came from the east. But the Evil One scattered us abroad, said
Gagavitz and Zactecauh. Thus we spoke when we turned about in our
hills and valleys: "We lately took up our bows and shields, if
anywhere there was war; let us now seek our hills and valleys."
Thus we spoke. Then we were scattered about in many places; then we
all went forth, each division its own way, each family its own way.
Then a return was made to the place Valval Xucxuc, and they passed
on to the places called Meme and Tacna, and they arrived at the
places called Zakiteuh and Zakiquva. They went on to Meahauh and
Cutamchah, and there they turned about and came to the places
called Zakihuyu and Tepacuman. Then it was they could see their own
hills and vales; and they came to the place called Togohil, where
the Quiche men made a beginning. As they returned to Pantzic and
Paraxon, we made a beginning, oh you our children, as said our
first fathers and ancestors, Gagavitz and Zactecauh. Such were the
hills and vales through which we passed and turned about. "Let not
the praise due us for these our words cease, nor let it be
forgotten that truly to you we gave the places we passed over."
Thus spoke of old our fathers and our ancestors.
21. Ree chi[c]a huyue xey [c]ovi chuvi Popo abah, xeka chuvi Qhopiytzel,
pa nima [c]oxom, xe nima chah, xeka chila mukulic ya molomic chee. Ok
xilitah [c]a ri [c]oxahil, [c]obakil, rubij, Chiyol Chiabak ru bi huyu
xilitah vi, xavi Bacah, xahun chi lol, ru halebal. Ok xilitah x[c]utux
[c]a: chinak catux, xucheex. Xcha [c]a ri [c]oxahil, [c]obakil: At
ahauh, maqui quina camicah, xa yn acha[t] animal, xa yn cachinak can
ruma Bacah Pok, Bacah Xahil, xaquin ikan a tem a [c]hacat, at ahauh,
xecha. Xecha chi[c]a ri [t]a[t]avitz Cactecauh: Maquian at nu hay nu
chinamit catux. Kitzih vi chi at nucha[t], nunimal, xucheex [c]a; xa[c]a
cha ri e chinamital, xeucheex, he[c]ari Telom Cahibak quibi. Ok xel
chi[c]a chiri Chiyol Chiabak, xecolochic rucamul cakan xei[c]o chucohol
huyu boleh chi[t]a[t] chi Hunahpu, chiri[c]a xqui[c]ul vachih vi ru[c]ux
huyu, chi[t]a[t] Caki[c]oxol rubi; kitzih [c]iy ru camicam vi
Caki[c]oxol, kitzih tixibin tivachin, xa ele[t]on, quecha.
21. These are the places over which they passed to Popoabah, whence
they descended to Qhopiytzel, among the broken rocks, among the
great trees; then they descended to Mukulicya (the hidden waters)
and Molomic Chee (the stacked-up wood). There they met the Qoxahil
and the Qobakil, as they were named, at the places called Chiyol
and Chiabak, there they met them, the only survivors of the Bacah,
by their magic power. When they met them, they asked and said, "Who
art thou?" Qoxahil and Qobakil answered: "O thou our lord, do not
kill us; I am thy brother, thy elder brother. We two alone remain
from the Bacah Pok and the Bacah Xahil. I am the servant of your
throne, your sovereignty, O thou our lord." So spoke they. Then
spoke Gagavitz and Zactecauh: "Thou art not of our house; thou art
not of our tribe." But later it was said by the tribes: "Truly thou
art our brother, our elder." They are those called Telom and
Cakibak. When they went forth from Chiyol and Chiabak, twice they
turned their steps and passed between the mountain ranges to the
fire, to Hunahpu; and they met face to face in the spirit of the
forest, the fire called Zakiqoxol. Truly, this Zakiqoxol kills many
men. Truly, he is fearful, a robber, they say.
22. Chiri [c]a chucohol huyu, chi [t]a[t] ruchahim vi quibey, ok xeel
apon, tok xuban [c]a ri Caki[c]oxol: Chinak ri mak alabon oh [c,]et,
xecha [c]a. Ok xtak [c]ari [c]oxahil [c]obakil, xbe ru [c,]etalol ru
halebal, xcha [c]a ok xul kitzih ti xibin ti vachin, xa naek hun maqui e
[c]iy xcha, ka[c,]eta na, chinak tux bay xibih yviho, xecha [t]a[t]avitz
Cactecauh. Xucheex [c]a ok x[c,]et: chinak catux xcat ka camicah, nak
rumal tachahih bey, xucheex, xucheex [c]a. Xcha [c]a: Maqui quina
camicah, xavi vave yn[c]ovi, xa yn ru [c]ux huyu. Xcha ok x[c]utux
[c]ari roquecam; xataya chuvichin ri avoquecam. Ok xuyape ri roquecam,
halizm xahpota qui[c], xahabi qui[c], ru camicabal Caki[c]oxol. Xere
xucolbeh pe ri, xel [c]a chiri xekah apon xehuyu. Tok xemi[c]h chi[c]a
ruma chee ruma [c,]iquin, quere ti[c]hao chee xca[c]axah, xxuban chi[c]a
pe [c,]iquin. Xecha [c]a, ok xca[c]axah: Chinak ri ti ka[c]axah na,
chinak tux, xecha. Xa[c]a hari chee rutunum ri, hari ti ki [c,]i[c,], pa
[c]echelah, ha[c]a ri balam [c,]iquin xxuban, quere[c]a xo vi can ru bi
huyu ri [c]hitabal.
22. Going on, they arrived in the middle of the woods at a fire
built by one guarding the road, and it was made by Zakiqoxol. "Who
are these boys whom we see?" said he. Then were sent forward the
Qoxahil and the Qobakil, with their mysterious vision and magical
power; they spoke when they arrived. One of them spoke, not many
[at once], as it was truly terrible to look upon, and he said: "Let
us see what kind of a hideous mole are you?" So said Gagavitz and
Zactecauh. Thus they spoke when they saw him, and they said: "Who
art thou? We shall kill thee. Why is it that thou guardest the road
here?" So they said and spoke thus. Then he said: "Do not kill me;
I, who am here, I am the heart of the forest." Thus he spoke, and
then asked that he might clothe himself. "They shall give to thee
wherewith to clothe thyself" [said they]. Then they gave him
wherewith to clothe himself, a change of garment, his blood-red
cuirass, his blood-red shoes, the dying raiment of Zakiqoxol. By
this means he saved himself, descending into the forest. Then there
was a disturbance among the trees, among the birds; one might hear
the trees speak and the birds call. They said, when one listened:
"What is this that we hear? Who is this?" said they. And the
branches of the trees in the forest murmured, and the tigers and
birds called one to another. Therefore that spot is called
_[c]hitibal_, "The Place of Disquiet."
23. Xeel chi[c]a chiri, xahun xtika yukuba vi ru bixic huyu vae, Beleh
chi [t]a[t], Beleh chi Hunahpu, Xecuh, Xetocoy Xeuh, Xeamatal chij,
[c,]unun choy Xecucu huyu [c,]unun huyu, Xiliviztan, Cumpancu, Tecpalan,
Tepuztan, xekah [c]a apon [c]hol ama[t], Cuquitan, kitzih [c]a yeuh que
[c]hao, xa chicop etamayom qui [c]habal; xachire chicop heri Loxpin,
Qhupichin, qui bi, xkayot vi, xoh cha [c]a chique xoh apon: _vaya vaya
ela opa_. Cani xe macamo ok xka [c]habeh ri qui[c]h bal chique
ah[c]holama[t], xacani xqui xibih quij, xa utz quitzil xoh apon.
23. They departed thence. Once for all we shall mention the names
of these various places: Belehchigag, Belehchi Hunahpu, Xecuh,
Xetocoy, Xeuh, Xeamatal Chii, Tzunun Choy, Mount Xecucu, Mount
Tzunun, Xiliviztan, Zunpancu, Tecpalan, Tepuztan. They then
descended to Cholamag and Zuchitan. Truly, the language there was
difficult, and the barbarians alone knew to speak their language.
We inquired only of the barbarians, Loxpin and Chupichin, and we
said to them when we arrived: "_Vaya, vaya, ela, opa._" They were
surprised when we spoke their language to those of Cholamag, and
many of them were frightened, but we received only good words.
24. Xeapon chi[c]a chuvi huyu Memehuyu Tacnahuyu, rucamul cakan; maqui
[t]alah que[c]hao, quere xae mem. Kitzih naek e utzilah vinak. Xaka
[c]hal xoh mi[c]ho, xoh yaloh chiri xketamah qui[c]habal. Quecha [c]a
chikichin: At auh, mixatul, ku[c]in, xaoh acha[t] animal, xata vave cat
[c]ohe vi ku[c]in, quecha, xrah hameztah ri ka[c]habal, xax kabah chic
ka[c]ux, ok xpeul cu[c]in.
24. They went to the places, Meme and Tacna, for the second time.
They could not speak well, hence the name _Mem_. Truly, they were
good people. They spoke to mock us, and we remained to learn their
language. They said to us: "Thou our lord, remain with us; we are
thy elder and younger brother; abide with us," said they. They
wished us to forget our speech, but our heart was as a stone when
we arrived with them.
25. Ree chi[c]a [c]hakap rubi huyue, xel chivi Cakiteuh Cakiqua, ni[c]ah
Cubinal, ni[c]ah Chacachil, [c,]ulahauh, xba cah, ni[c]ah Nimxor,
ni[c]ah Moinal, ni[c]ah Carchah; xe i[c]o [c]a pe ru[c]in valil [c]ahol
[c,]unun [c]ahol: xeel chic ru[c]in Mevac, Nacxit, kitzih chinima ahauh,
ha ki [c]a rikan ri que chapbex ahaua ahpop, ahpop[c]amahay.[TN-13] ha
roquecam ri Orbal tzam ri tiquiyo ru bi ha [c]a ti Cinpual Taxuch.
Kitzih lo[t] chique [c]iz y[c]ovinak pe ronohel ahlabal chiri xe ucheex
conohel ruma ahauh Nacxit: Xati hotoba can ree vapal abah toc chuvi
vochoch, tin ya [c]a chivichin ree vahauarem, tiquiyo Cinpuval Taxuch,
xe ucheex conohel ahlabal, xax mani vi [c]a xquiho abah chique, xavi
[c]a xe ucheex chic, [c]ate[c]a xehotobaan can ri vapal abah, quere[c]a
x[c]iz ruya vipe rahauarem vach Nacxit vi xepoo chi[c]a chiri.
25. These were also a part of the names of the places: they went to
Zakiteuh and Zakiqua, the midst of Tubinal, the midst of Chacachil,
Tzulahauh which reaches to the sky, the midst of Nuuexor, the midst
of Moinal, the midst of Carchah. They passed over with the sons of
Valil and the sons of Tzunun. They went forth from Merac and
Nacxit. Truly this one (Nacxit) was a great lord, and the vassals
who aided him to seize the sovereignty were themselves rulers and
chieftains. He invested Orbaltzam, and said that his name should be
Cinpual Taxuch. Truly he finished by making himself the most dear
of all men to all the warriors by the words spoken to all by this
lord Nacxit: "You have come to be the stone framework, the support
of my house; I will give to you sovereignty, and give you Cinpuval
Taxuch." So said he to all the warriors. "I have not placed the
stones of the others," so said he to them. And thus they came to
erect the stone framework. Therefore, Nacxit completed the
appointment of a companion in the sovereignty, and they cried out
aloud with joy.
26. Ok xilitah chi[c]ari Ah Mimpokom Ah Rax[c]hi[c]h pa Caktzuy rubi
huyu, tantu cavi ruvach rikan ronohel Pokoma; tantiban xahoh, xman queh,
xman [c,]iquin, raal [c]akol queh, xu[c]: tzara xaxere rikan Ah
Rax[c]hi[c]h, Ah Minpokom ri, xa vuk ama[t] chinaht x[c,]et vi. Ok xtak
[c]a el ri chicop Cakbim, xbe [c,]eto quichin, xetak chi navipe ri
[c]oxahil [c]obakil lol, ru halebal. Ok xpe ru [c,]eta, xe ucheex [c]a
xebe: Oh y[c,]eto naktux ri quixapon nakah, vue kalabal, xeucheex el. Xe
ul [c]a he Ah Mukchee, mani xqui [c]ut quij, maqui xquina xebe [c,]et.
Xpe [c]a retal ruma Cakbin ru [c]aan Huntzuy tzara xul. Yn cheel xbe
y[c,]eta, xeucheex, kitzih nima [t]a[t]al, nima xahoh tantiban, [c]iy
[c]a chu [c]ohlem, que cha xeul. Xe cha [c]ari [t]a[t]avitz Cactecauh,
chiquichin rachbiyil; quix vikon, vue kalabal, quecha. Xevi ko [c]a
quij, chi [c]ha, chi pocob, he cautal xe be xe[c,]et [c]a ruma Pokoma.
Xa cani ru xibih ri Pokoma, xeel cani[c]a x[c]am cokotaxic.
26. Then they met those of Mimpokom and Raxchich, at the place
called Tzaktzuy. They met all the subjects of the Pokomams. They
dance their ballet, but it is without deers, without birds, without
pheasants, without the trappers and their nets. The subjects of
Raxchich and Mimpokon gather together; but the seven nations look
on at a distance. They sent out the brute Zakbim as a spy; and on
our side were summoned the Qoxahil and the Qobakil, magicians,
enchanters. On their departure, they were told: "Let us see who are
approaching, and if we are to fight." So it was said. Those of
Mukchee arrived, but they were in no great number, nor had they
come to spy out. The signal was given by Zakbin, while Huntzuy came
into line. "Now I see them," they said. "This is really a wonderful
thing, a wonderful dance they are making; there are many under the
trees." So spoke they on arriving. Thus said Gagavitz and Zactecauh
to their companions: "Let us take up our arms if we are to fight."
Immediately all took up their bows and shields, and thus arrayed
showed themselves to the Pokomams. At once terror struck the
Pokomams, and ours rushed forth to seize them in their disorder.
27. Ok xeilitah [c]a ri e cay Loch rubi hun, Xet rubi rucam, [c]a chila
xeilitah vi xe Cucuhuyu [c,]ununhuyu, que cha [c]a ok xeilitah: Maqui
koh acamicah, at ahauh, xa kohikan a tem a [c]hacat; xecha, halal oc
quikan, xahuhun chi [c]habitun cu[c]aam; xe tzolih chipe, xquitzak chi
can hun ru tzuyil, qui tzara chiri xepax vi, quere[c]a xubinah vi huyu
Tzaktzuy, ri retal x[c]amvi Ahquehay, heri nabey qui tata qui mama
xeboco Ahquehayi. Yncheel ru[c]amic vue, quixcha, [c]ohe rubi huyu.
Xe[c]am vi ri [c]hakap chinamit, yxka[c]ahol, quere can kitzih he nabey
ka tata ka mama xoh boz vi xoh vinakir vi, oh Cakchiquel vinak.
27. Then they encountered the two, Loch and Xet by name; they
encountered them there at the foot of the mountains Cucu and
Tzunun. These said when they were encountered, "Do not kill us, O
thou our lord; we will be the servants of your throne, of your
power." So they said, and entered at once as vassals, each one
carrying the bows and drums. Going on, a return was made, and they
were hindered by some calabash vines, and were ensnared and
scattered. Therefore, that place was called Tzaktzuy, and the
Ahquehay took it as their sign, that is, those first fathers and
ancestors who brought forth the Ahquehay. This is why they took it,
it is said, and such is the name of the place. They chose a portion
of the tribe, oh you my children, and truly thus it was that our
first fathers and ancestors brought us forth and gave us
existence--us, the Cakchiquel people.