Chapter III: Part 3

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.

14. Ok xo[t] chi [c]a hun chicop Tucur ru bi chacal pe chuvi caka chee, x[c]hao pe chi ri: Yn ylab; xcha: Mani at kalab, xa[c]oh tavaho, xucheex can tucur. Xavi [c]a e [c]oh qui camahel ri xeyaope ri chee abah chikichin, quecha ka tata, ka mama oher. Ok xo[t] chi [c]a pe hun chicop chicah [c]anixt ru bi, xavi cha chic: Yn ylab, quixcam; xoh cha chire ri chicop, mani tabijh xaat retal ca[t]ih tux. Nabey cat o[t] oktel ca[t]ih, haok titan a hab, cato[t]; xoh cha can chire.

14. Then another bird called "the owl," seated on a red tree,
complained and said thus: "I am your portent," he said. "You are
not our portent, although you would like to be," we answered this
owl. Such were the messengers who gave them their idols, said our
fathers, our ancestors of old. Then another bird called the
parroquet complained in the sky, and said: "I am your portent; ye
shall die." But we said to the brute, "Do not speak thus; you are
but the sign of spring. You wail first when it is spring; when the
rain ceases, you wail." Thus we spoke to him.

15. Ok xoh ul [c]a chu chi palouh. Xa[c]a e[c]oh chi ri xa[c]a e mulan conohel ama[t] ahlabal chi palouh; ok xekil xatak [c]icinak qui[c]ux. Mani tan ti qui [c]ovibeh pe, mani tucheex y[c]ovem pe chuvi palouh, xecha [c]a ri conohel ahlabal vuk ama[t] chikichin; chinak koh u cheen, chinak tiki[c]ovibeh, at kacha[t], xa at chic at koyobem, xecha conohel. Xoh cha [c]a chique: Yx quixbe, chijl, yx kanabeyal; chinak tik i[c]ovibeh, oh an vae, konohel xoh cha, [c]ate[c]a xe cha chic conohel: ta hoyevah kavach, atkacha[t], xa vipe kote[t]e vave chu chiya palouh, mahatikil ka huyubal ka ta[t]ahal. Xape cani xkovar, xko [c]hacatah oh cay chial, oh ru vi oh ru holom oh runabey ahlabal vuk ama[t], at nu cha[t], vueta xko y[c]o cani tika[c,]et ru vach kikan mix yape rumal ka tee ka tata, at nucha[t]. Xcha [c]ari. Xeboco [c]echevinak, chikichin quecha ri [c,]a mama [t]a[t]avitz, Cactecauh; xoh cha [c]a chique: katiha na, yx ka nimal; maxa vi pe xko[c]ohe xkote[t]e vave chuchij palouh, maqui pe mahatikil ka huyubal [c]oh [c]a tucheex xti[c,]et, yxahlabal, yx vuk ama[t], xkahi[c]o vacami, xoh cha. Cani [c]a xe quicot conohel.

15. Then we arrived at the sea coast. There were gathered together
the warriors of all the seven villages at the sea. A great number
perished, devoured by sorrow. "There is no means of passing, nor is
it told of any one who has passed the sea," said all the warriors
of the seven villages. "Who can, who will find means to pass the
sea? In thee alone, my brother, in thee alone have we hope," said
they all. We said to them, "You may go on; you may be first. Who
will find the means of crossing, while we are here?" All of us
spoke thus, and then all of them said: "Have pity on us, our
brother, since we are all stretched on the shore of the ocean
without seeing our hills and plains. As soon as we were asleep, we
were conquered, we the two oldest sons, we the chiefs and guides of
the warriors of the seven villages, oh my brother. Would that we
had passed, and could see the burdens given us by our mothers and
fathers, oh my brother!" So they spoke. At that time the Quiche
nation had increased. Our ancestors, Gagavitz and Zactecauh, said:
"We said to them, 'we suffer also, our brother, we do not live
stretched out on the shore of the ocean, where we cannot see our
mountains where they are, as you say, oh you warriors, you people
of the seven villages. We shall pass over at once. Thus we spoke;
and soon all of them rejoiced.'"

16. Xa[c]a hun chi caka chee ka [c]hamey ok xoh pe xi[c]o ka[c]amape chu 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.

28. Ok xe[c]ulu chi [c]a qui chuvi huyu Oronic Cakhay, xul chic ronohel vuk ama[t] ahlabal. Xcha [c]ari [t]a[t]avitz, Cactecauh chirichin Qeche vinak: koh i[c]o pa huyu konohel, ka [c]haca ru [t]ih ronohel vuk ama[t] Tecpan, ka [c,]umah chiqui [c]ux; at catahilan can quivach, cat pa e can chuvi Cakay, yn [c]a quinoc chupam huyu Cakay, yn qui[c]haco quichin, ti [c,]umah chi qui [c]ux, chupam huyu ba [c]o vi ti [c]hacatah, ba[c]ovi maqui ti [c]hacatah; xe cha [c]a, ok xcam quitzih, x[c]oh pa Cakhay, ok xtiquer ri[c]ovic ronohel, chiri [c]a chupam huyu x[c,]umax vi chi qui [c]ux. Ok xuna [c]a ri [c]ul ya, [c]ul chahom, maqui xi[c]o chupam huyu. Xcha: At ahau, xa tin ya queh cab chi vichin, yn ahqueh, yn ahcab quinux, maqui quin i[c]o, xcha ri yuquite chahom. Quere[c]a xrelahih vi queh cab, yuquite chahom ri. Xeel chi [c]a chiri xey[c]o chipe chuvi, Tunaco[c,]ih [t]ahinak abah. Chiri[c]a xquitih vi qui [c]habi tun Loch Xet, xaco[c,]iham qui tun, quere[c]a xubinaah vican huyu Tunaco[c,]ih ri.

28. Then they went forth to meet those at the place Oronic Cakhay,
and all the warriors of the seven villages arrived. Then spoke
Gagavitz and Zactecauh to the Quiche men: "Let us all go to the
place. Let us conquer the glory of all the seven villages of
Tecpan, let us weaken their hearts; do thou count their faces, do
thou stand here at the place Cakhay; I shall enter the place
Cakhay; I shall conquer them; their heart shall be weakened; there,
in the place, they shall be conquered, where they never before were
conquered." Thus they spake when they ordered the slaughter, when
they were in Cakhay; then it began with all of them in the place,
and their hearts were weakened. But on account of the defence with
water, and the defence with cinders, they could not enter the
place, and their hearts were weakened. Then it was said: "O thou
lord, I will give thee the venison and the honey. I am the lord of
the venison, the lord of the honey; but I have not passed because
of the cinders," it was said. Thus the venison and the honey were
protected by means of the cinders. They went from there to
Tunacotzih, "the sounding stone." There Loch and Xet made trial of
the bows and drums, and they beat their drums; therefore the name
of that spot is Tunacotzih, "the Drum-beating."

29. Ok xilitah chi [c]a ri Cavek chiri xenima chah, Ximbal xu[c] rubi huyu. Ok xa[c]axax [c]a ro[t]ebal cak corovach xe nima chah, ru halebal ri cavek. Que cha [c]a ri [t]a[t]avitz Cactecauh: chinak tux ri, chinak chi kucheeh, quecha. Ok xcha [c]a ri Loch, Xet: [c]o vikan, at ahval, ha ti koquecah, xecha. Ox xquiz [c]a quikan; xa [c]a xu[c], cakquiy, xabanbal xahab quikan, mani quikan xae ru ka xbachican quehay, [c,]umhay; quere quibinaam vi Ahquehayi ri. Ok xrip [c]ari xu[c] chuvi chee, x[c]ambex richin cakcorovach xe nima chah, ok xuya [c]arij chupam xu[c] ri cak corovach, xcha [c]a ok xuya ri: At ahauh, maqui quin a camicah. Chinak na [c]a catux, xucheex. Xcha[c]a: Xa xoh cachcan ruma ahauh Qechee, xa oh acha[t] animal, oh Cavek, xakoti[c]en atitil, a[t]ana abah, xecha [c]a ri ok xquiya quij, qui tata qui mama Caveki. He cay chi achi Totunay ru bi hun, Xurcah ru bi hun chic, [c]oh quikan Cavek Paoh ru bi, xeucheex [c]a ruma [t]a[t]avitz, at rucah nu chinamit catux, [t]eka[c]uch, Ba[c]ahol, Cavek Cibakihay, qui xucheex, kitzih vi chi at nu cha[t] nu nimal. Xavi [c]a xu cheex chic Ahquehay, chirih nu chinamit cat ahilax vi, at rikan ka[c,]ak kibah catux, huruma ri mani rikan, xere vi ri xu[c], x[c]ambex Cavek, que [c]a x[c,]akat vi chinamit ri, que cha oher ka tata ka mama, yxka[c]ahol, xa maqui hemezta ytzih ha e ahaua vi.

29. At this time they met the Cavek under the great pines, at the
place called Ximbalxug. They heard the plaint of the doves beneath
the great pines; the enchantment of the Cavek. Gagavitz and
Zactecauh said: "Who art thou? What is that we hear?" Then said
Loch and Xet: "They are our vassals, oh our lord, they obey us."
They began to show their burdens; bird nets, maguey, tools for
making shoes, were their burdens--no other burdens, for their
houses were of deer skins and hides; hence they were called
Ahquehay. Then they carried the nets to the woods; they caught
doves in them beneath the great pines, and they brought many of
these doves caught in the nets, and said: "Oh our lord, do not slay
us." "Who art thou?" was asked. They answered: "We have been ruined
by the Quiche men, we your brother, your kinsman, we the Cavek;
they have diminished their regal dignity." So spoke they, and gave
many gifts, they the fathers and ancestors of the Cavek. There were
two heroes, Totunay the name of one, Xurcah of the other, the
vassals of Cavek Paoh; they were addressed by Gagavitz: "Thou art
the fourth of our tribes, Gekaquch, Baqahol, Cavek, and Cibakihay."
Thus he addressed them: "Truly thou art my brother, my kinsman."
Thus he spoke to those of Ahquehay: "Thou art counted in my tribe,
thy vassalage shows that thou art of our ancient home, no longer
art thou a vassal nor carriest the net. The Caveks are received,
and form part of our tribe." So spoke of yore our fathers and
ancestors, oh my children, and we must not forget the words of
these rulers.

_Qui [c]hacbal [c]a ka mama, ok xcam._

_The Victory of Our Forefathers, After One Had Died._

30. Xeapon chi[c]a chuvi huyu [c]hopi ytzel, xcha [t]a[t]avitz chire Cactecauh: ko[t]ax chuvi civan.--Utzan, xcha. Ha [c]a nabey x[t]ax ri [t]a[t]avitz, ok xrah [c]a x[t]ax chic ri Cactecauh; maqui [c]a x[t]ax, xtzak ka pa civan: equre[c]a xcam vi can hun ka mama rij, xhachatah qui vach, xahun chic xohboco, oh Xahila, ri [t]a[t]avitz.

30. Having arrived at the place, Qhopiytzel, Gagavitz said to
Zactecauh: "Let us cross this ravine." "Good," said he. Gagavitz
first crossed, and then Zactecauh wished to cross. But he did not
cross, but fell into the ravine. Thus died one of our ancestors,
and their possessions were divided; but the other, that is,
Gagavitz, brought us forth--us, the Xahila.

31. Xeapon chi[c]a chuvi huyu, Cakihuyu, Teyocuman, ru camul cakan; chiri [c]a x[c]i [c,]et vi el ru [t]a[t]al huyu, [t]a[t] xanul ru bi, kitzih ti xibin ru [t]a[t]al tipe chupam huyu; to[t]ol ru[t]a[t]al chinaht. Xmani vi tucheex roquebexic, xa[c]a huna huyu [t]a[t]xanul [c]oh ru [t]a[t]al; xmani vi tipe vi [t]a[t], xaporinak chi[c]a ronohel ahlabal vuk ama[t] xe huyu, mani tanti cucheex, kitzih tan [c]ok qui [c]ux, mani tan tucheex ru [c]amic ru [t]a[t]al, xa xeho chic ho oyobem, quecha ri ka mama ri [t]a[t]avitz, xeapon [c]a xe huyu, xecha [c]a conohel ahlabal: At kacha[t], mixatul xa at chic at koyoben, chinak tu cheex ru [c]amic ka[t]a[t], mix katih tatiha ka [t]ihil at kacha[t], xecha conohel, xoh cha[c]a chique: Nak tahoon tin canah nutihana, hari achih ru [c]ux, maqui tu xibih rij, yn quinabeyah, xcha [t]a[t]avitz chiquichin, mani xahoon xa canih xquixibih qui. Kitzih ti xibin ru [t]a[t]al huyu; ok xraho [c]a ri hun Caki[c,]unun rubi. Yn quibe avu[c]in, xcha ri Caki[c,]unun, xcha chire [t]a[t]avitz.--Tok xvikon [c]a xquicauh, xqui cha [c]a qui quicabichal: Maquina chi [c]ha, chi pocob. Xa xet tule xa [c,]imah vi, xa bolol, raxah ru bi, hari ca[t]ul tel chi ya; xquivikbeh quij, xoc pa qui vi, xoc chi qui kul, chi qui [c]huc, chi qui [t]a, chi cakan camicabal richin [t]a[t], quecha. Ha [c]a xka chupam [t]a[t] ri [t]a[t]avitz, ha [c]a Caki[c,]unun, xyaan can ru vi [t]a[t], xa rax yxim xpu[t] ka pa ya xyabex ruvi [t]a[t]: kitzih [c]a tixibin ok xkah chupam huyu, ok xpax ru [t]a[t]al huyu, xto[t]e rucibel chinaht, xoc [t]ekum a[t]a. Xepax conohel ri e [c]oh xe huyu, xqui xibih qui. Xbe yaloh pa huyu ri [t]a[t]avitz, xqui tzakah ru [t]ih, xcam chi qui [c]ux. [c]oh x[c]amo [t]a[t], [c]oh mani x[c]amo chiquichin; halatak oc ru bix [t]a[t] xkaul xe huyu; [c]oh xilon, [c]oh maqui xilon chique, ok xel [c]a pe chupam huyu. Kitzih ti xibin chic ru vach, ok xel pe pa huyu [t]a[t]xanul, xecha [c]a ronohel ahlabal vuk ama[t]: Kitzih tixibin ru puz ru naval, ru [t]a[t]al ru tepeval, xcam xkana, quecha.

31. They then arrived at the white hills called Teyocuman, coming
there for the second time. There they saw the fire of the mountain
called Gagxanul. Truly it was frightful to see the fire coming from
the mountain, the fire shooting forth afar off. No one could say
how it could be passed by, as the mountain Gagxanul was on fire for
a whole year, after which fire did not come forth. When all the
warriors of the seven villages had arrived at the foot of the
mountain, no one spoke; truly, they grieved at heart, nor could one
say how the fire could be captured. They could but go on hoping.
When he arrived at the mountain they spoke to our ancestor,
Gagavitz, and all the warriors said to him: "Thou our brother, thou
hast arrived, thou in whom is our hope. Who will go down to the
capture of this fire? Who will descend for us, who are seeking our
fortune, oh thou our brother?" So said all; and we replied: "Who of
you wishes that I shall try my fortune? He has a heart of a hero,
that fears not. I will go first." Thus spoke Gagavitz to them: "You
must not fear so soon." Truly, the fire of the mountain was
terrible. Then there was one named Zakitzunun, who wished to go
with him. "I will go with you," said Zakitzunun, speaking to
Gagavitz. Then they were armed and their ornaments put upon them.
But the two said together: "There is no use of bows or shields."
They laid them aside; they took pointed instruments and dug a
trench, and they placed by the water those banana trees called
_raxah_. When these things were in order, they entered first with
their heads, then with their necks, then with their arms, with
their hands, with their feet, so as to destroy the fire, as they
said. Then Gagavitz descended into the fire, while Zakitzunun
conducted the water to the fire, and the green grass and maize
mixed with the water flowed upon the fire. Truly, it was fearful
when it descended into the mountain, when it scattered the fire of
the mountain, when the smoke burst forth afar and darkness and
night entered on the scene. All who were at the foot of the
mountain fled, as they were greatly frightened. Gagavitz remained
in the mountain. The day drew to a close, and their courage died in
their hearts. The fire was captured, but it was not captured for
them. A few sparks of the fire descended from the mountain. It
reached some, but it did not reach them. Then he came from within
the mountain. Truly, his face was terrible when he came from within
the mountain Gagxanul. All the warriors of the seven villages said:
"Truly his power, his knowledge, his glory and his majesty are
terrible. He died, and yet he has come down." So said they.

32. [c]ate[c]aok x[c]hocobax chuvi [c]hacat, ok xkaul, kitzih xquininah, xe cha [c]a conohel: At kacha[t], mix akacah ru [t]a[t]al huyu, mi xaya ka [t]a[t]; yx cay chi al, hun nabey al, hun xambey al chivichin, yx ka vi, yxka holom, xecha conohel ahlabal vuk ama[t], chirichin ri [t]a[t]avitz. Ok xcha [c]a chiquichin: Xpeul ru [c]ux huyu nu teleche nu cana, yx nucha[t], nunimal. Ok xquir [c]a ri ru [c]ux huyu, xa[c]olo[c]ic [t]a[t] chi abah, hari abah cakcho[t] rubi, maqui raxa abah, oxlahuh [c]a [c]oh [c]o ru [c]in ri abah, ha[c]a rix[c,]ul ru [c]ux huyu [t]a[t]xanul; xa [c]a cha ri couh ru xahic rix[c,]ul, [c]i ya [c]hob, tuban maqui ahilam re[c,]anibal.

32. Therefore, when he had arrived they seated him on the throne,
and truly made much of him, and all said: "Oh our brother, you have
conquered the fire of the mountain; you have reduced for us the
fire. Ye are two heroes; one is the first hero, and one follows
him. Ye are our heads, our chiefs." So said all the warriors of the
seven villages to Gagavitz. Then he said to them: "The heart of the
mountain has come as my slave, my captive, oh you my brethren, my
kinsmen." When the heart of the mountain is opened, the fire
separates from the stone, even the stone called Gak Chog. It is not
a green stone, and there are thirteen others with it, and hence
comes the dance called "the heart of the mountain Gagxanul." They
say this dance is executed violently, with many troops (of
dancers), nor can one count those who join the noise.

33. Xepe chi[c]a chiri xei[c]o chipe Cecic Ynup rubi, xaceel chuvi choy; ri ynup maqui na tiquil, mani ruxe ri ynup, xatibilan chuvi ya. Quere[c]a ru binaam vi Cecic Ynup ri xey [c]o chipe chuvi huyu, [c]alalapacay ru bi; xax [c]al he ru xak pacay xqui[c]hacatih. Quere[c]a xubinaah vi [c]alalapacay ri, quecha ka mama.

33. They went from there and passed over to Cecic Ynup, as it is
called, and they rowed on the lake. There was no ceiba tree rooted
in the soil, nor did they go under a ceiba tree, but they went upon
the water. Therefore, they called that place Cecic Ynup, "the
buried Ceiba." And they passed on to the place called Qalalapacay.
There they twined the leaves of the anonas for the royal seat.
Therefore, they called that place Qalalapacay, "anona garlands." So
say our ancestors.

_[c]ambal richin Ykoma[t] vae._

_The Conquest of the Ikomagi._

34. Ok xet chi[c]a chinaht ri Cakixahay [c]ubulahay ru bi, rikam Ykoma[t]i, cani x[c]amar rokotaxic cuma, runah [c]a xilitah Chi[t]alibal rubi huyu; xuya vi ri hoye vi quivach, ok xilitah, xaxu [t]aba chic rij. Quere[c]a xubinaah vi huyu, Chi[t]alibal ri. Xcha [c]a ok xu ya ri: Xa yn acha[t] animal, xa mixi[c]hacatah, xaquin ikan a tem, a [c]hacat, yn huvi chi vinak [c]o vikan. Xcha ri Ykoma[t]i, he [c]a rikan ri Cakixahay, [c]ubulahay; quere[c]a ru[c]amic Ykoma[t] ri, xere [c]a xcolotah. Chic ri xeboco chic Co[c,]il vinak, qui tata qui mama ri Ahpoco[c,]il Qulavi cochoh, [c]ula vi [c]anti quibi; xaqui vinakil xeel chic mani chic quikan.