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The Book of the People: POPUL VUH
Translated into English by Delia Goetz and Sylvanus Griswold Morley
from Adrián Recino's translation from Quiché into Spanish
II. Chapter 2 (following up)
Then they came to the bank of a river of blood and crossed it without drinking its waters; they only went to the river bank and so they were not overcome[Next they arrived to the bank of a river of blood and crossed it without drinking its waters; they by inches went to the river bank and that being so they were not overcome]. They went on until they came to where four roads joined, and there at the crossroads they were overcome[They extended to walk until they came to the junction among the foursome roads, and there at the cross【X】roads they finally were overcome].
One of the four roads was red, another black, another white, and another yellow. And the black road said to them: "I am the one you must take because I am the way of the Lord." So said the road[One of the four roads was black, another flaming red, in company with another white, combined with another golden yellow. And the black road expressed to them: "I am the one you must take just because I am the usage of the Lord." Exactly such said the black road].
And from here on they were already overcome[And beginning from here on they were in anticipation being overcome]. They were taken over the road to Xibalba and when they arrived at the council room of the Lords of Xibalba, they had already lost the match[They were taken over the road to Xibalba and on the point of they arrived just at the board room of the Lords of Xibalba, they had already lost the match].
Well, the first ones who were seated there were only figures of wood, arranged by the men of Xibalba. These they greeted first[That being the case, the first ones who were seated there were only figures of wooden man, being arranged by the men of Xibalba. Those they greeted first]:
"How are you, Hun-Camé?" they said to the wooden man["How are you, jackass, Hun-Camé?" so they exclaimed to the stationary wooden being]. "How are you, Vucub-Camé?" they said to the other wooden man["How are you, Vucub-Camé?" they said to another wooden being]. But they did not answer. instantly the Lords of Xibalba burst into laughter and all the other lords began to laugh loudly, because they already took for granted the downfall and defeat of Hun-Hunahpú and Vucub-Hunahpú. And they continued to laugh[But they did not answer. The Lords of Xibalba burst into laughter at once just at the same time as all the other lords began to laugh explosively, reason being they until then took for granted the downfall and defeat of Vucub-Hunahpú in addtion Hun-Hunahpú. Again and again they exhilaratingly roared with laughter].
Then Hun-Camé and Vucub-Camé spoke: "Very well," they said. "You have come[At this juncture Hun-Camé as well as Vucub-Camé expressed: "All right," they said. "You have come to being].
Tomorrow you shall prepare the mask, your rings, and your gloves," they said[Tomorrow you will gown your best mask, rings, and exceptional gloves," they just said].
["Come as well as sit down on bench next to us," they indicated. However the bench which they arranged them was of very searing stone, and by the time they willingly sat down they were burned]"Come and sit down on our bench," they said. But the bench which they offered them was of hot stone, and when they sat down they were burned. [They began to next squirm around on the bench, and if they had not jumped up that minute so that they would of course have burned their asses.]They began to squirm around on the bench, and if they had not stood up they would have burned their seats.
The Lords of Xibalba burst out laughing again; they were dying of laughter; they writhed from pain in their stomach, in their blood, and in their bones, caused by their laughter, all the Lords of Xibalba laughed[All the Xibalba Lord burst out laughing again; they were dying of laughter; they wobbled from pain in their guts, in their exalted uninfected royal blood, and in their bones, just caused by means of their laughter, all the Lords of Xibalba together laughed].
"Go now to that house," they said. "There you will get your sticks of fat pine and your cigar and there you shall sleep."[They began to indicate, "Go now to that house, there you will gain your timbers of fat pine lodge and your excellent cigar and there you shall sleep well."]
Immediately they arrived at the House of Gloom. There was only darkness within the house[Just at this time they presented themself at the House of Gloom. There was exclusively darkness indoors of the building].
Meanwhile the Lords of Xibalba discussed what they should do[Meanwhile the Lords of Xibalba discussed what they were intended to do].
"Let us sacrifice them tomorrow, let them die quickly, quickly, so that we can have their playing gear to use in play," said the Lords of Xibalba to each other["Let us begin to challenge them tomorrow, let them die expeditiously, hastily, so that we can have their playing gear to use in play," just claimed the Lords of Xibalba together].
Well, their fat-pine sticks were round and were called zaquitoc, which is the pine of Xibalba[Well, their fat-pine sticks were round and were being named zaquitoc, which is the typical pine of Xibalba].
Their fat-pine sticks were pointed and filed and were as bright as bone; the pine of Xibalba was very hard[Their fat-pine sticks were pointed and filed and were as bright as bone; the genus of pine of Xibalba was too jellified and hermetically sealed].
Hun-Hunahpú and Vucub-Hunahpú entered the House of Gloom[Hun-Hunahpú and Vucub-Hunahpú next arrived at the House of Gloom]. There they were given their fat-pine sticks, a single lighted stick which Hun-Camé and Vucub-Camé sent them, together with a lighted cigar for each of them which the lords had sent[There they were being given their typical fat-pine clubs, a single lighted stick which Hun-Camé and Vucub-Camé sent them, together with a lighted excellent cigar for each of them which the lords had sent]. They went to give them to Hun-Hunahpú and Vucub-Hunahpú[They rejected and pass them respectively to Hun-Hunahpú and Vucub-Hunahpú].
They found them crouching in the darkness when the porters arrived with the fat-pine sticks and the cigars. As they entered, the pine sticks lighted the place brightly[They found them cross【X】ing leg and sitting among the darkness when the porters arrived with the fat-pine clubs in addition the cigars. As they went in, the pine clubs lighted the entire place brightly].
"Each of you light your pine sticks and your cigars; come and bring them back at dawn, you must not burn them up, but you must return them whole; this is what the lords told us to say."["Each of you next light your pine sticks and your juicy cigars; come as well as bring them back at dawn exactly, you will not allow to burn them up, notwithstanding you will return them whole; being that this exactly is what the lords told us to judge]
[As demonstrated they said exactly. In that fashion they were being defeated. They burned up the pine sticks, besides, they burned the cigars exactly which had been given to them.]So they said. And so they were defeated. They burned up the pine sticks, and they also finished the cigars which had been given to them.
(to be continued)
Source:
POPUL VUH - LatinAmericanStudies.org
References:
波波武经_百度百科
Popol Vuh - Wikipedia
Popol Vuh - Annenberg Learner
The Maya - Latin American Studies
波波爾·烏- 维基百科，自由的百科全书
上古文明三大奇书：中国山海经，玛雅波波武经，古埃及亡灵书
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II. Chapter 2 (Excerpt)
"Come and sit down on our bench," they said. But the bench which they offered them was of hot stone, and when they sat down they were burned. They began to flinCh around on the benCh, and if they had not stood uP they would have burned their full asses.
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