[lla]man copalli, y leña para el fuego en que se había de quemar el copalli. Y si el penitente era persona principal o puesta en dignidad, el sátrapa iba a su casa para confesarle, o por ventura el penitente, aunque fuese principal, iba a su casa del sátrapa. Llegado, barría muy bien el lugar donde se había de tender el petate nuevo para ponerse sobre el confesor, y luego encendían fuego y echaba el copal en el fuego el sátrapa, y hablaba al fuego. Decíale: "Vos, señor, que sois el padre y la madre de los dioses, y sois el más antiguo dios, sabed que es venido aquí este vuestro vasallo, este vuestro siervo. Y viene llorando, viene con gran tristeza, y viene con gran dolor, y esto es porque se conoce haber errado, haber resbalado y tropezado y encontrado con algunas suciedades de pecados y con algunos graves delictos dignos de muerte, y desto viene muy penado y fatigado. Señor nuestro, muy piadoso, pues que sois amparador y defensor de todos, recebid a penitencia, oíd la angustia deste vuestro siervo y vasallo."
\nAcabada esta oración, el sátrapa volvíase al penitente y hablábale desta manera: "Hijo, has venido a la presencia del dios favorecedor y amparador de todos. Veniste a publicarle tus interiores hedores y pudredumbres. Vienes a abrirle los secretos de tu corazón. Mira que no te despeñas. Mira que no te desbarranques mintiendo en su presencia de nuestro señor. Desnúdate. Echa fuera todas tus vergüenzas en presencia de nuestro señor, el cual se llama Yoalli Ehécatl, esto es, Tezcatlipuca. Es cierto
\n","citation_key":"citation_lopez_spanish_transcription","citation":{"en":["Spanish by López Austin & García Quintana 2000"],"es":["Español por López Austin & García Quintana 2000"]}},{"id":"f6954760-1469-4ee5-881f-400507f40018","choice":{"en":["Spanish-to-English by García Garagarza 2023"],"es":["Español-al-inglés por García Garagarza 2023"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["spanish translation"],"es":["traducción al español"]},"column":"spanish","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(García Garagarza 2023)","markdown":"which they call _copalli_, and wood for the fire on which the _copalli_ was to burn. And if the penitent was a noble[^20] or one who had achieved a position of dignity, the satrap would go to his house to confess him; or else the penitent, even if he was a noble, would go to the satrap’s house. Upon arriving there, [the penitent] would very carefully sweep the place where the new _petate_ was to be spread, so that the confessor could sit upon it. Then they would light a fire, and the satrap would throw the copal [incense] into the fire and begin speaking to the fire, saying, “You, lord, who are the father and the mother of the gods, and who are the most ancient god, know that this one, your vassal, your servant, has come here. And he comes crying, he comes in great sadness, and he comes in great pain, and this is because he knows that he himself has erred, has slipped and stumbled, and has found some filthiness of sins and some grave crimes worthy of death. And because of this, he comes in great pain and suffering. Our lord, you who are very compassionate—for you are the protector and the defender of all—receive the penance, hear the anguish of this your vassal and servant.”\n\nOnce he had finished this prayer, the satrap would turn around to face the penitent and speak to [the penitent] in this manner: “Son, you have come in the presence of the god who aids and protects all. You have come to make known to him your inner stench and rottenness. You are coming to open up to him the secrets of your heart. See that you do not throw yourself off a cliff. See that you not fall into a chasm by telling lies in the presence of our lord. Take off your clothes. Throw away all your shameful things in the presence of our lord, whose name is Yohualli Ehecatl, that is, Tezcatlipoca. It is true that \n\n\n[^20]: “Noble”: _persona principal_.","html":"which they call copalli, and wood for the fire on which the copalli was to burn. And if the penitent was a noble1 or one who had achieved a position of dignity, the satrap would go to his house to confess him; or else the penitent, even if he was a noble, would go to the satrap’s house. Upon arriving there, [the penitent] would very carefully sweep the place where the new petate was to be spread, so that the confessor could sit upon it. Then they would light a fire, and the satrap would throw the copal [incense] into the fire and begin speaking to the fire, saying, “You, lord, who are the father and the mother of the gods, and who are the most ancient god, know that this one, your vassal, your servant, has come here. And he comes crying, he comes in great sadness, and he comes in great pain, and this is because he knows that he himself has erred, has slipped and stumbled, and has found some filthiness of sins and some grave crimes worthy of death. And because of this, he comes in great pain and suffering. Our lord, you who are very compassionate—for you are the protector and the defender of all—receive the penance, hear the anguish of this your vassal and servant.”
\nOnce he had finished this prayer, the satrap would turn around to face the penitent and speak to [the penitent] in this manner: “Son, you have come in the presence of the god who aids and protects all. You have come to make known to him your inner stench and rottenness. You are coming to open up to him the secrets of your heart. See that you do not throw yourself off a cliff. See that you not fall into a chasm by telling lies in the presence of our lord. Take off your clothes. Throw away all your shameful things in the presence of our lord, whose name is Yohualli Ehecatl, that is, Tezcatlipoca. It is true that
\n“Noble”: persona principal.↩
[oquj]to
\nyn mojolmelaoaz in tlapilchioale; achto qujtlacaqujtia, in tlapouhquj, qujlhuja. Ca ytechtzinco njnaxitiznequj, yn tlacatl, yn totecujo, in tloque naoaque: in totecujo, yioalli, yn ehecatl, ytoptzin, ypetlacaltzin, njcnottitiliznequj.
\nQujlhuja in tlapouhquj: otimotlacnelili:
\nqujnaoatia, yn iqujn oallaz: qujpepena in tonalli, qujtta yn jamux, yn jtlacujlol: qujtta, yo iqujn qualli tonalli, yn ieccan, in qualcan: mjtoa: qujtonalpepenja.
\nAuh yn ie yquac, in ie ynaoatilpan, iancujc petlatl quicoa: yoan copalli, yoan quaujtl: yn tlamauizti in tlamaceuhquj, çan ichan yn moiolmelaoa, ie vmpa iauh in tlapouhquj. Auh anoce teujc iauh, in tlamaceuhquj:
\niancujc petlatl in moteca, vellachpano yn vncan motlalia; yoan tletlalilo: njman copalli contema in tleco in tlapouhquj, qujnotza in tletl; qujlhuja.
\nTeteu ynnan, teteu ynta, veue teutl, njcan oallatia in cuj[tlapilli,]
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\nThe penitent who would confess first explained to the soothsayer; he said unto him: “I wish to go to the master, our lord of the near, the nigh,1 our lord the night, the wind. I wish to learn of his secrets.”2
\nThe soothsayer said: “Thou has done a favor.”
\nHe instructed him when he should come; he chose the day. He consulted his sacred almanac, he noted the good day, the good time, the favorable time. It is said that he chose the day.
\nAnd when it was already the appointed time, he bought a new reed mat, and incense, and wood. When the penitent was highly honored, he made his confession in his own house; the soothsayer went there. Or perchance the penitent went to him.
\nHe swept well the place where the new reed mat was placed, and a fire was lit. Then the soothsayer cast the incense into the flames. He addressed the fire; he said:
\n“Mother of the gods, father of the gods, the old god, here hath come
\nCf. Corresponding Spanish text. Sahagún (Garibay ed.), Vol. I, p. 88, and Vol. II, p. 81, gives as meanings of yoalli, ehecatl (1) ”espíritu, aire y tiniebla”; and (2) ”dios invisible, sin imagen … impalpable, y favorecedor y amparador y todopoderoso, por cuya virtud todos viven…” Angel María Garibay K., Llave del náhuatl (Otumba, Mexico: Imprenta Mayli, 1940), p. 113, translates tloque naoaque as ”que está cerca y junto”—the sun, God in general.↩
Cf. Florentine Codex, Book VI, Chap. 43.↩