exercitáis este oficio. Señora, no tengo más que decir de lo que habéis oído. Déos Dios muchos días de vida para que le sirváis y ayudéis en este oficio que os ha dado.
\nAquí habla la partera que apareja a las mujeres preñadas para que paran con facilidad, y las partea al tiempo de parir. Dice:
\nAquí estáis presentes, señores y señoras, y aquí os ha juntado nuestro señor que rige todo el mundo. Aquí estáis, viejos y viejas, padres y madres, y parientes destas piedras preciosas y destas plumas ricas que han nacido y tenido principio de vuestras personas, como la espina del árbol y como los cabellos de la cabeza, y como las uñas de los dedos y como los pelos de las cejas de la carne que está sobre el ojo. También
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\n“Lady, I do not have anything else to say except for what you have heard. May god grant you many days of life so that you might serve and assist him in this trade that he has bestowed upon you.”
\nHere the midwife who prepares pregnant women to have an easy delivery speaks; and she assists them at the moment of delivery. She says,
\n“You are here present, lords and ladies, and our lord, who rules the whole world, has gathered you here. You are here, older men and women, fathers and mothers, and relatives of these precious stones and these valuable feathers that have been born and have had their beginning in your own selves, like the tree’s thorn, the head’s hairs, the fingers’ nails, and the eyebrow hairs on the flesh above the eyelids. You are also
\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":"515fdd48-da5a-41f0-bfd0-30d70333bd4c","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":"cententica, cencamatica, â njcan timjtzontotlatlauhtilia: manoço xicmocnelili in piltontli, in conetontli, in jchpuchtontli: â manoço xicmochivilia in motequjqujtzin, in monaoatiltzin, injc amjtoltecaoan, in amjamantecaoan totecujo, injc amjtlanaoatiloan. Ca jxqujch in ticmocujlia, ticmocaqujtia: ma ximotlacotili, ma ximotequjtili, ma xicmonânamjqujli in totecujo: ma xicmopalevili. \n\nTlatoa in ticitl: in jmac tlacatioanj, in jtitl qujvellalianj, temjxivitianj: qujtoa. \n\nCa iz anmonoltitoque: ca amechalmotlalilia in totecujo in tlalticpaque, in amehoantzitzin in anvevetque, in amjlamatque: in ancozqueque, in anquetzaleque, in anvitziooaque, in amaoaiooaque, â in antzoneque, in amjzteque, in amjxquamuleque. Auh ca iz anmoietzticate, iz anmonoltitoque in antotechiuhcaoan in ie anveveinanti, in anveveitati,","html":"cententica, cencamatica, â njcan timjtzontotlatlauhtilia: manoço xicmocnelili in piltontli, in conetontli, in jchpuchtontli: â manoço xicmochivilia in motequjqujtzin, in monaoatiltzin, injc amjtoltecaoan, in amjamantecaoan totecujo, injc amjtlanaoatiloan. Ca jxqujch in ticmocujlia, ticmocaqujtia: ma ximotlacotili, ma ximotequjtili, ma xicmonânamjqujli in totecujo: ma xicmopalevili.
\nTlatoa in ticitl: in jmac tlacatioanj, in jtitl qujvellalianj, temjxivitianj: qujtoa.
\nCa iz anmonoltitoque: ca amechalmotlalilia in totecujo in tlalticpaque, in amehoantzitzin in anvevetque, in amjlamatque: in ancozqueque, in anquetzaleque, in anvitziooaque, in amaoaiooaque, â in antzoneque, in amjzteque, in amjxquamuleque. Auh ca iz anmoietzticate, iz anmonoltitoque in antotechiuhcaoan in ie anveveinanti, in anveveitati,
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"357c24f3-0639-4b36-97cd-776f70664e5a","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":"“With a word or two we here entreat thee. Show favor to the baby, the girl, the maiden. Perform thy task, thy duty, since thou art the skilled one, the artisan of our lord; since thou art empowered by him. This is all which thou dost grasp, which thou dost heed. Perform thy office; do thy work. Aid our lord; help him.”\n\nThe midwife spoke, the one in charge of birth, the one who set the womb aright, the one who delivered. She said:\n\n“Behold, ye who are here: our lord, the lord of the earth, hath seated you—ye who are old men, ye who are old women, ye who are possessors of precious necklaces, ye who are possessors of precious feathers, ye who have offspring;[^7] and ye who are here, ye who are seated here, ye who are our progenitors, who are already the old mothers, the old fathers \n\n\n\n\n[^7]: Lit.: “ye who have spines, ye who have thorns, ye who have hair, ye who have fingernails, ye who have eyebrows.” The corresponding Spanish reads: *”que an nacido, y tenjdo principio de vuestras personas, como la espina del arbol, y como los cabellos de la cabeça, y como las vñas de los dedos, y como los pelos de las cejas de la carne, que esta sobre el ojo.”* For the metaphorical meaning of the terms, see Dibble and Anderson, *Florentine Codex*, Book X, “The People,” pp. 19–21. Cf. also Olmos, *op. cit*., p. 212.","html":"“With a word or two we here entreat thee. Show favor to the baby, the girl, the maiden. Perform thy task, thy duty, since thou art the skilled one, the artisan of our lord; since thou art empowered by him. This is all which thou dost grasp, which thou dost heed. Perform thy office; do thy work. Aid our lord; help him.”
\nThe midwife spoke, the one in charge of birth, the one who set the womb aright, the one who delivered. She said:
\n“Behold, ye who are here: our lord, the lord of the earth, hath seated you—ye who are old men, ye who are old women, ye who are possessors of precious necklaces, ye who are possessors of precious feathers, ye who have offspring;1 and ye who are here, ye who are seated here, ye who are our progenitors, who are already the old mothers, the old fathers
\nLit.: “ye who have spines, ye who have thorns, ye who have hair, ye who have fingernails, ye who have eyebrows.” The corresponding Spanish reads: ”que an nacido, y tenjdo principio de vuestras personas, como la espina del arbol, y como los cabellos de la cabeça, y como las vñas de los dedos, y como los pelos de las cejas de la carne, que esta sobre el ojo.” For the metaphorical meaning of the terms, see Dibble and Anderson, Florentine Codex, Book X, “The People,” pp. 19–21. Cf. also Olmos, op. cit., p. 212.↩