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
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
Çactecauh. Xucheex [c]a ok x[c,]et: chinak catux xcat ka camiçah, nak
rumal tachahih bey, xucheex, xucheex [c]a. Xcha [c]a: Maqui quina
camiçah, xavi vave yn[c]ovi, xa yn ru [c]ux huyu. Xcha ok x[c]utux
[c]ari roqueçam; xataya chuvichin ri avoqueçam. Ok xuyape ri roqueçam,
halizm xahpota qui[c], xahabi qui[c], ru camiçabal Çaki[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.”
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