最后的审判 (645) 波波武经 第三部分第五章 上

日月同辉有其中

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


III. Chapter 5 (Extracted from third and fourth paragraph)

"Really? Oh, God, our support, our maintenance, thou, our God!" they said, returning thanks.
And Tohil answered: "Very well, certainly I am your God; so shall it be! I am your Lord; so let it be!" Thus it was told to the priests and sacrificers by Tohil. And in this manner the tribes received fire and they were joyful because of it.

*amen:
exclamation
uttered at the end of a prayer or hymn, meaning ‘so be it’.

Tohil是上帝的一个托名。但不是唯一的。


III. Chapter 5
(Follow up last chapter. It says, "And the first that appeared was Tohil, as this god was called".)

And they did not have fire. Only the people of Tohil had it. He was the god of the tribes which first created fire. It is not known how it was made, because it was already burning when Balam-Quitzé and Balam-Acab saw it[And they did not have fire. The human beings of Tohil exclusively had it. He was the god of the tribes which first created fire. It is not known how it was made, because it was burning justly at the same time as Balam-Quitzé and Balam-Acab fixed them with a gaze on it]."Ah, we have no fire yet! We shall die of cold," they said. Then Tohil said to them: "Do not worry! Yours shall be the lost fire which is talked of. Yours shall be what is spoken of as lost fire," Tohil said to them["Ah, because we have no fire yet! And we ought to die of cold," they said. Then Tohil began to explain to them gently: "Do not be anxious! Yours shall be the lost fire which is just talked of. And yours must be what is spoken of as lost fire," next, Tohil said to them].
"Really? Oh, God, our support, our maintenance, thou, our God!" they said, returning thanks["Oh, God, our bracing, really? Our maintenance, thou, our God!" they mumbled, returning exceeding thanks].
[And Tohil rejoined: "Aye, marvelous. Exactly I am your Lord; so shall it be! I am indeed your God; thereby let it be!" Hence it was being exceptionally told to the Holy Joe and admirers by Tohil. And to this extent the tribes received fire and also they were jubilant through it.]And Tohil answered: "Very well, certainly I am your God; so shall it be! I am your Lord; so let it be!" Thus it was told to the priests and sacrificers by Tohil. And in this manner the tribes received fire and they were joyful because of it.
Instantly a great shower began to fall when the fire of the tribes was burning. Much hail fell on all the tribes and the fire was put out because of it, and again the fire was extinguished[Instantly an inordinate shower began to fall when the fire of the tribes was burning. Excessive hail fell on all the tribes and the fire was just stamped out as a result of it, and the fire was extinguished also].
Then Balam-Quitzé and Balam-Acab again asked Tohil for fire. "Oh, Tohil, we are truly dying of cold!" they said to Tohil.
"Very well, do not worry," Tohil answered, and instantly he made fire, turning about in his shoe["Very well, do not worry," Tohil answered back, and instantly he ignited fire, next, turning about and rejigging amid the shoe of his].
Balam-Quitzé, Balam-Acab, Mahucutah, and Iqui-Balam were at once happy and immediately they became warm[Balam-Quitzé, Balam-Acab, Mahucutah, and Iqui-Balam were expeditiously happy and also they became warming].
Now, the fire of the peoples [of Vucamag] had also gone out and they were dying of cold. immediately they came to ask Balam-Quitzé, Balam-Acab, Mahucutah, and Iqui-Balam for fire. They could no longer bear the cold nor the ice; they were shivering and their teeth were chattering; they were numb; their legs and hands shook and they could not hold anything in them, when they came[Nowadays, the preexistent fire of the human beings of Vucamag was extinguished also and they were dying of cold. They just at once came to ask Balam-Quitzé, Balam-Acab, Mahucutah, and Iqui-Balam for fire. They could no longer bear the extra ice nor any the cold; they bacame shivering and their teeth were chattering; they were numb; their legs and hands shook and they could hold absolutely nothing in them, exactly at the time they came over].
"We are not ashamed to come before you, to beg for a little of your fire," they said. But they were not well received. And then the tribes were very sad["We are just not ashamed to visit you, to beg for a little of your extra fire," they said. However they were not being well received. And the tribes were very sad at that point].
"The speech of Balam-Quitzé, Balam-Acab, Mahucutah, and Iqui-Balam is different! Oh! We have given up our speech! What have we done? We are lost. How were we deceived? We had only one speech when we arrived there at Tulán; we were created and educated in the same way. It is not good what we have done," said all the tribes under the trees, under the vines["The speech of Balam-Quitzé, Balam-Acab, Iqui-Balam along with Mahucutah is extraordinary! Oh! We have justly admitted defeat our speech! What have we done exactly? We are mislaid. How were we being deceived? We had only one single speech when we arrived there at Tulán; we were being exclusively created and tutored just in the same way. It is not good what we have done," next said all of the tribes under the vines and the large trees].


(To be continued)


Source:  
POPUL VUH - LatinAmericanStudies.org


References:
瑪雅文明 - owlapps
Popol Vuh - 基切玛雅历史
Popol Vuh - Annenberg Learner
The Maya - Latin American Studies
较完整的玛雅《波波武经Popol Vuh》 - 日记- 豆瓣
《波波武经》与玛雅末日的原始来源（转载） - 360doc个人 ...



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PART III: Chapter 5 (Excerpt)


"Very well, do not worry," Tohil answered, and quiCkly he made fire, turning about in his shoe.
Balam-Quitzé, Balam-Acab,  Mahucutah, and Iqui-Balam were at onCe happy and they became Pretty warm.
Now, the fire of the peoples of Vucamag had together gone out and they all were dying of cold.