The Annals of the CakchiquelsArana Xajilá, Francisco Hernández
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The Annals of the Cakchiquels
Arana Xajilá, Francisco Hernández
Cakchikel Indians; Cakchikel literature; Guatemala -- History -- To 1821
132. Ahmak rubi rucam al, ha ru[c]ahol can ri Don Pedro Solis. Tohin
[c]a rox al, mani retal ri he [c]a xecam ru[c]in ahauh ri e oxi ka tata.
132. Ahmak was the name of the second son. His son is Don Pedro
Solis. Tohin was the third. There is no record of him, as he died
with the king and our three fathers.
133. Ha [c]a ka tata Francisco rahpop achi [c,]ian rucah al.
133. Our father Francisco, the counselor Tzian, was the fourth son.
134. Balam voo al, mani [c]a retal ri.
134. Balam was the fifth son; there is no record of him.
135. Ah[c,]alam Hunahpu ru vakak al, he [c]a xecolotah chic ri he oxi ka
tata ruma [c]hac; [c]aoh ok, ok [c]a [c]hutik konohel cu[c]in ok xoh
canah, xka [c,]et [c]a ronohel ri yavabil, ix nu[c]ahol; ha [c]a ri rubi
ka tit; nabey rixhayil ahauh Huny[t], Chuvy[c,]ut ru bi xo[t]ohauh, he
oxi xerelah, ha ri ka tata, he[c]a ri ru tata Don Pedro Solis, mani [c]a
ru [c]ahol rij Tohin: xcam [c]ari xo[t]ohauh Chuvy [c,]ut, xoc chipe
xo[t]ohauh X[t]eka[c]uch A[c,]iquinahay, ha quite rahpop achi [c,]ian
Balam, xa e cay ral.
135. Ahtzalam Hunahpu was the sixth son. He was saved from the
plague with our three other ancestors. As for us, we were then
little children, and we all escaped, and we saw all the pestilence,
O my children. These are the names of our female ancestors: the
first wife of king Hunyg was the queen Chuvytzut; she had three
sons, our father, the father of Don Pedro Solis, and Tohin, who
left no children. The queen Chuvytzut being dead, the queen
Xgekaqueh, the female Ahtziquinahay, took her place. She was the
mother of the Counselor Tzian Balam, and these were her two
children.
136. [c]a vo vinak ok [c]a quecam ahaua Huny[t] Lahuhnoh, ok xechap chic
ahaua Cahi Ymox Belehe[c]at, chi hun Can; xa[c]a hun chioc ri
Belehe[c]at xcolotah, xa[c]a kayon chicoc a[c]uala mani hunchic ka tata
xcolotah, [c]a e ok [c]hutik ri [c,]ian Balam, ri ki ok retal ahauh
Huny[t]. Quere[c]a xahauar vi Belehe[c]at rij, xa huna [t]alel
[c]amahay; chioc x[c]hao rahauarem maqui [c]a xrah raho ahauh atzih
vinak Ba[c]ahol: vo quic chi ahauarem ri Belehe[c]at; hatah xoc chi
ahauarem ri ka tata rahpop achi [c,]ian xraho ahauh atzih vinak
Ba[c]ahol, quere[c]a roquic chi ahauarem ri.
136. A hundred days after the death of the kings Hunyg and Lahuh
Noh, there were elected as kings Cahi Ymox and Belehe Qat, on the
day 1 Can. For Belehe Qat alone remained. As for us we were little
boys and our elders did not choose any of us. Tzian and Balam, the
only other descendants of Hunyg, were also young. Belehe Qat was
therefore chosen to rule but only as heir apparent, the orator
Baqahol declaring that it was not proper that he should take the
supreme rule. The honor of the royalty was decreed to Belehe Qat;
but the orator Baqahol desired that the real chief should be our
ancestor Tzian; therefore he entered into power.
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