[algu]na barranca, en alguna cueva o debaxo de alguna lapa, o cabe alguna piedra grande. Si por ventura nuestro señor os matare en alguno destos lugares no sabemos. Y quizá no volveréis más a vuestra tierra. ¿Quién sabe esto? Por esos caminos conviene que devotamente vayáis llamando a Dios y haciendo penitencia y sirviendo humildemente a los mayores en cosas humildes, como es dar agua a manos y barrer, etcétera. Mirad que no desmayéis; mirad que no volváis atrás de lo comenzado; mirad que no os acordéis de las cosas que acá dexáis. Continuad y perseverad en vuestro camino, en sufrir los trabajos. Por ventura nuestro señor os hará merecedor que volváis con prosperidad, que os veamos vuestros padres y vuestros parientes. Mirad que tengáis en lugar de mantenimientos estos avisos que aquí os damos nosotros, que somos vuestros padres y vuestras madres, para con ellos os esforcéis y os animéis. Hijo muy amado, esforzaos y anda con Dios. Aquí os enviamos vuestros padres para que hagáis vuestro negocio, apartándoos de vuestros parientes, etcétera."
\nDesta manera los mercaderes viejos a los mancebos que nuevamente iban con otros mercaderes a tierras estrañas a mercadear los hablaban y esforzaban, y ponían delante los trabajos y
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\nIn this way, the older merchants would address and encourage the young men who were departing for the first time, in the company of other merchants, to do business in foreign lands; and they would present to them the hardships and
\n","citation_key":"citation_garagarza","citation":{"en":["Spanish-to-English by García Garagarza 2023"],"es":["Español-al-inglés por García Garagarza 2023"]}}],"nahuatl_col":[{"id":"f29f830b-c23e-478c-962a-b3848b4c2d27","choice":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]},"type":"transcription","type_label":{"en":["nahuatl transcription"],"es":["transcripción al náhuatl"]},"column":"nahuatl","language":{"en":["Nahuatl"],"es":["Náhuatl"]},"language_code":"nci","subtitle":"(Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982)","markdown":"[mjtztla]tiz totecujo: auh in anoçoc mjloch, monecuepal ticchioaqujuh: caiac vntlamanti, \n\nma oc iê moiolic: xicmotlaocolnonochilitiuh in totecujo, ma timoxiccauh, ma xoconjxcauj, xocõcenmati in tlamaceoaliztli, xicmocujtlauj in tecamapaqujliztli, in temâtequjliztli: auh in tlachpanaliztli, in tlacujcujliztli, \n\nmacamo ce mônjca, moteputzco xiqual. etª macamo ce mônjca, moteputzco xiqual. Et.ª macamo cemjcampa, moteputzco xiqualquetztiuh in mocxi, qujtoznequj, macamo xitzintlacçatiuh, macamo xitzinqujztiuh, macamo xitzinqujzcatlaiecotiuh, xioalnacazitztiuh, maca tle xiqualilnamjctiuh: ma çan centlamjc xocommattiuh, ma xoconcenmattiuh, xoconixcaujtiuh, in tlaihiioujliztli, açitla mjtmâceoaltiz, mjtzilhujltiz in tloque, naoaque: \n\naçoc ceppa mjxco, mocpac tlachiazque in monaoan, in motaoan, in mooaniolque: ca ticquaz, ca tiquiz in njcan ic timjtznonotza, a ixqujch ic timjtzonâpana, timjtzontetziloa, aco timitzilpia in timonaoan, in timotaoan, timjtztlatlauhtia, tlê ticmati, tle ticmomachitia, tlê ticmatcatzintli nopiltze, ma iiolic ximovicatiuh, xiqujmontlalcauj in maujoã in motlaoan. Etª. \n\nIvin in quellaquaoaia, in qujchicaoaia, in aiamo cenca ixtlamati, in aço qujn jiopa tevica, motevicaltia, in canpa ie ontlama[tiznequj,]","html":"[mjtztla]tiz totecujo: auh in anoçoc mjloch, monecuepal ticchioaqujuh: caiac vntlamanti,
\nma oc iê moiolic: xicmotlaocolnonochilitiuh in totecujo, ma timoxiccauh, ma xoconjxcauj, xocõcenmati in tlamaceoaliztli, xicmocujtlauj in tecamapaqujliztli, in temâtequjliztli: auh in tlachpanaliztli, in tlacujcujliztli,
\nmacamo ce mônjca, moteputzco xiqual. etª macamo ce mônjca, moteputzco xiqual. Et.ª macamo cemjcampa, moteputzco xiqualquetztiuh in mocxi, qujtoznequj, macamo xitzintlacçatiuh, macamo xitzinqujztiuh, macamo xitzinqujzcatlaiecotiuh, xioalnacazitztiuh, maca tle xiqualilnamjctiuh: ma çan centlamjc xocommattiuh, ma xoconcenmattiuh, xoconixcaujtiuh, in tlaihiioujliztli, açitla mjtmâceoaltiz, mjtzilhujltiz in tloque, naoaque:
\naçoc ceppa mjxco, mocpac tlachiazque in monaoan, in motaoan, in mooaniolque: ca ticquaz, ca tiquiz in njcan ic timjtznonotza, a ixqujch ic timjtzonâpana, timjtzontetziloa, aco timitzilpia in timonaoan, in timotaoan, timjtztlatlauhtia, tlê ticmati, tle ticmomachitia, tlê ticmatcatzintli nopiltze, ma iiolic ximovicatiuh, xiqujmontlalcauj in maujoã in motlaoan. Etª.
\nIvin in quellaquaoaia, in qujchicaoaia, in aiamo cenca ixtlamati, in aço qujn jiopa tevica, motevicaltia, in canpa ie ontlama[tiznequj,]
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"d50434e8-a170-4a2d-be61-6ab790e7786c","choice":{"en":["Nahuatl-to-English by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl-al-inglés por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["nahuatl translation"],"es":["traducción al náhuatl"]},"column":"nahuatl","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982)","markdown":"our lord will end thy existence. And perhaps thou wilt come to make thy way back. For no one knoweth.\n\n“Yet may it be well with thee. Go praying to our lord for mercy. Be not negligent. Think only of and be dedicated to penances. Be diligent in providing water for the washing of the face and hands, and in sweeping and gathering up rubbish.[^9]\n\n“No more think of thy life [here], of thy past;[^10] no more go directing thy feet to thy past. That is to say, do not go retreating in haste, do not go running to the rear, do not try to retreat, to go by the way; do not go remembenng [thy past]. Go realizing completely, knowing, devoting thyself exclusively to suffering. Perhaps the lord of the near, of the nigh, will give thee somethmg as thy merit, as thy desert. \n\n“Perhaps once more thy mothers, thy fathers, and thy kinsmen will look thee in the face. Verily, what thou shalt eat and drink will be the advice we here give thee. For with all this we gird, fortify, and bind thee. We thy mothers and fathers implore thee: pay good attention; look well; take care, O my son. Go in peace, leaving thy aunts and uncles, etc.”\n\nIn this manner did they animate and encourage the one not yet much experienced—who perhaps for the first time went with and was one of a company of others [going to] places \n\n\n\n\n[^9]: *Ibid*.:* “sirujendo humjlmente a los mayores en cosas humildes*:* como es dar agua a manos, y barrer, eta.*”\n\n\n[^10]: Anderson and Dibble, *op. cit*., Book III, “The Origin of the Gods,” p. 40; Seler *Einige Kapitel,* p. 294 (*die hier, hinter dir *[*zurückgeblieben sind*]; Garibay, *op. cit.* p. 232 (*supervivientes*). For *xiqual,* read *xiqualcueptiuh* or a similar term. The text is garbled, as is seen in the Aztec column of the MS. The corresponding Spanish text says: “*Mirad que no desmayeis, mirad que no boluays atras de lo començado, mjrad que no os acordeis de las cosas, que aca dexays*:* continuad, y perseuerad en vuestro camjno, en sufrid* [sic] *los trabajos… .*”","html":"our lord will end thy existence. And perhaps thou wilt come to make thy way back. For no one knoweth.
\n“Yet may it be well with thee. Go praying to our lord for mercy. Be not negligent. Think only of and be dedicated to penances. Be diligent in providing water for the washing of the face and hands, and in sweeping and gathering up rubbish.1
\n“No more think of thy life [here], of thy past;2 no more go directing thy feet to thy past. That is to say, do not go retreating in haste, do not go running to the rear, do not try to retreat, to go by the way; do not go remembenng [thy past]. Go realizing completely, knowing, devoting thyself exclusively to suffering. Perhaps the lord of the near, of the nigh, will give thee somethmg as thy merit, as thy desert.
\n“Perhaps once more thy mothers, thy fathers, and thy kinsmen will look thee in the face. Verily, what thou shalt eat and drink will be the advice we here give thee. For with all this we gird, fortify, and bind thee. We thy mothers and fathers implore thee: pay good attention; look well; take care, O my son. Go in peace, leaving thy aunts and uncles, etc.”
\nIn this manner did they animate and encourage the one not yet much experienced—who perhaps for the first time went with and was one of a company of others [going to] places
\nIbid.:* “sirujendo humjlmente a los mayores en cosas humildes: como es dar agua a manos, y barrer, eta.*”↩
Anderson and Dibble, op. cit., Book III, “The Origin of the Gods,” p. 40; Seler Einige Kapitel, p. 294 (die hier, hinter dir *[zurückgeblieben sind]; Garibay, *op. cit. p. 232 (supervivientes). For xiqual, read xiqualcueptiuh or a similar term. The text is garbled, as is seen in the Aztec column of the MS. The corresponding Spanish text says: “Mirad que no desmayeis, mirad que no boluays atras de lo començado, mjrad que no os acordeis de las cosas, que aca dexays:* continuad, y perseuerad en vuestro camjno, en sufrid* [sic] los trabajos… .”↩