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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 6 (Follow up)
And having arranged it thus, during the night after talking together, Hunahpú and Xbalanqué arrived at midday[And next having arranged a time for it, by talking together by the night, Hunahpú and Xbalanqué arrived during midday]. When they arrived, they brought the rat with them, but they did not show it; one of them went directly into the house, and the other went to the corner and there let the rat climb up quickly[When they came into existence, they carried on the rats with them, but they did not show them; just one rat of them went straight into the house, and the other went to the corner with the result that expeditiously allow the rat climb up].
[They asked instantly their grandmother for food. "Prepare our food, we fancy a chili sauce, grandmother," they said. And at once the food was being prepared for them and a plate of broth intoxicatingly was put before them.]Immediately they asked their grandmother for food. "Prepare our food, we wish a chilisauce, grandmother," they said. And at once the food was prepared for them and a plate of broth was put before them.
But this was only to deceive their grandmother and their mother[But this was only to play joke on their grandmother as well as their mother]. And having dried up the water which was in the water jar, they said, "We are really dying of thirst; go and bring us a drink," they said to their grandmother[And having exhausted the water which was in the water pot, they said, "We are terribly dying of dehydration; go and bring us a bottle of drink," they expressed to their grandmother].
"Good," she said and went. Then they began to eat, but they were not really hungry; it was only a trick["Good," she rejoined and remove herself. Then they began to eat, except without a doubt they in fact were not hungry; it was only a deception]. They saw then by means of their plate of chile how the rat went rapidly toward the ball which was suspended from the roof of the house[They saw then by using their plate of chili how expeditiously the rat went toward the ball which was just dangled from the steep roof of the house]. On seeing this in their chile-sauce, they sent to the river a certain xan, an animal called xan which is like a mosquito, to puncture the side of their grandmother's water jar, and although she tried to stop the water which ran out, she could not close the hole made in the jar[On seeing this in their chile-sauce, they sent to the river a certain xan, an unique animal known as xan which is resembling a mosquito, to scarify the side of their grandmother's water jar, and despite being she extremely tried to put a stop to the water of the jar emptied, she could not fix the leaking hole made on the jar obviously].
["What happened to our grandmother? Our mouths are dry, with thirst, we are dying of thirst," they said to their mother and they sent her out, in the blink of eyes the rat ran along to cut the cord which fixed the ball and it fell from the garret of the house jointly accompanied by the superlative leather pads and the luxurious ring and the gloves.]"What is the matter with our grandmother? Our mouths are dry, with thirst, we are dying of thirst," they said to their mother and they sent her out, Immediately the rat went to cut [the cord which held] the ball and it fell from the garret of the house together with the ring and the gloves and the leather pads. The boys seized them and ran quickly to hide them on the road which led to the ball-court[The boys seized them and ran along quickly to hide them on the road which led to the ball-court].
[Following this they crossed【X】the river all together to join their grandmother as well as their mother, who were excitedly along with briskly trying to stop the leaky hole in the water jar. Bringing their blowgun on arrival, they exclaimed when they came to the river: "What are you doing? We got tired of waiting and we just came," they said.]After this they went to the river to join their grandmother and their mother, who were busily trying to stop the hole in the water jar. And arriving With their blowgun, they said when they came to the river: "What are you doing? We got tired [of waiting] and we came," they said.
["Fix with a gaze on the drippy hole in my best jar which I cannot stop, said the grandmother. They instantly stopped it, and in combination they got back, the two walking relaxedly before their grandmother. And in this way the the ball just was come across by them.]"Look at the hole in my jar which I cannot stop, said the grandmother. Instantly they stopped it, and together they returned, the two walking before their grandmother. And in this way the ball was found.
(End of part II. Chapter 6)
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
Shackles (Praise You) - YouTube
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II. Chapter 6 (Excerpt)
Immediately they asked their grandmother for food. "Prepare our food, we wish a Chili sauCe, grandmother," they said Pleasantly. And at once the excellent food was prepared for them and a plate of broth was put before them.
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