castigar es de Dios. Es como con uñas y dientes de Dios. Para hacer justicia sois executor de su justicia y recto sentenciador suyo. Hágase justicia; guárdese la rectitud, aunque se enoje quien se enojare; porque estas cosas os son mandadas de Dios. Nuestro señor Dios no ha de hacer estas cosas, porque en vuestra mano las ha dexado. Mirad, señor, que en los estrados y en los tronos de los señores y jueces no ha de haber arrebatamiento o precipitamiento de obras o de palabras, ni si ha de hacer alguna cosa con enojo. Mirad que nos pase por pensamiento decir: "Y yo soy señor, y yo haré lo que quisiere." Que esto es ocasión de destruir y atropellar y desbaratar todo vuestro valor y toda vuestra estimación y gravedad y majestad. Mira que la dignidad que tenéis, el poder que se os ha dado sobre vuestro reino o señorío no os sea ocasión de ensoberbeceros y altiveceros, mas antes os conviene muchas veces acordaros de lo que fuistes atrás, y de la baxez de donde fuestes tomado para la dignidad en que
\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":"be974f30-4dbf-4160-ae53-7386a5c8d483","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":"punish belongs to god: it is like [working with] god’s fingernails and teeth. You are the one who administers his justice and the one who imposes his righteous sentences so that justice is done. Let justice be done; let righteousness be maintained, regardless of who gets angry or upset, because these things have been commanded to you by god. Our lord god will not do these things, because he has left them in your hands. Make sure, lord, that the benches and thrones of the lords and judges will not be influenced by anger or haste in words or deeds and that no action will be performed there in anger. Take care not to think of saying, ‘I am the lord, and I will do what I please,’ for this will only end up destroying, unmaking, and sweeping aside all your worth, self-respect, majesty, and seriousness. Make sure that the position that you are holding—the power bestowed on you over your kingdom or domain—does not turn into an opportunity for you to become proud and haughty; rather, it is far more advisable for you to remember what you were before and the lowly condition from which you were taken for the position in which","html":"punish belongs to god: it is like [working with] god’s fingernails and teeth. You are the one who administers his justice and the one who imposes his righteous sentences so that justice is done. Let justice be done; let righteousness be maintained, regardless of who gets angry or upset, because these things have been commanded to you by god. Our lord god will not do these things, because he has left them in your hands. Make sure, lord, that the benches and thrones of the lords and judges will not be influenced by anger or haste in words or deeds and that no action will be performed there in anger. Take care not to think of saying, ‘I am the lord, and I will do what I please,’ for this will only end up destroying, unmaking, and sweeping aside all your worth, self-respect, majesty, and seriousness. Make sure that the position that you are holding—the power bestowed on you over your kingdom or domain—does not turn into an opportunity for you to become proud and haughty; rather, it is far more advisable for you to remember what you were before and the lowly condition from which you were taken for the position in which
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\nAuh ma nocuele titlaixitta, ma no ie titlauhchiuh, ca mjtzmotlantia, ca mjtzmoztitia in totecujo: ca titequanjuh ca titequacauh, ca titlatzonteccauh: ma qualan in aqujn, ma moxicon aqujn: cujx timotlacaiocuja, ca monaoatil: cujx tlacatlatoz in totecujo, ca ie tehoatl ticmati.
\nManoço cuel iehoatl ma xonjxtotomaoatie in petlapan icpalpan, ma xonjcicatie, ma xonneneciuhtie manel ie tiqujtoz ca njtlatoanj ma xontexaxamatza, ma tepã xonmotlalo: auh ma xontlatlacujtiuetzi, ma xontlacecenmana:
\nauh ma xonmamaçulti, ma ic xaquetza, ma mjxco ma mocpac xicmana in tlatconj in tlamamalonj, ma oc tonmocuep, ma oc tonmocxitoca ma oc tiqujto: in canjn onjoaleoac, in can onanoto: auh in canjn ie njca, in canjn ie njnemj, intlaca mach ha nolvil, in
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"81e96153-aefc-494e-b1b3-d58ca915e927","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":"he speaketh within thee; he maketh thee his lips, he maketh thee his jaw, he maketh thee his ears.\n\n“And again take thou note: also cause not embarrassment, for our lord hath made thee his teeth, hath made thee his fingernails; for thou art like the destroyer, thou art the destroyer, thou art the judge. May whosoever hath become angered be angered. Wilt thou perhaps act as a man? For it is thy charge. Will our lord perhaps speak as a man? For already he acknowledgeth thee.[^8]\n\n“Let this be: [not] reckless on the reed mat, the reed seat; [not] panting, [not] gasping for breath, even if thou wilt say: ‘I am ruler; scatter the people, run over them, and steal from them, ruin them.’\n\n“And may thou [not] be quarrelsome; may thou [not] therefore be brazen; may thou [not] offend the governed. May thou yet turn to thyself, examine thy conscience; may thou yet say: ‘Whence was I sent? Whence was I taken? And where I am, where I live, may it not be my desert, \n\n\n\n\n[^8]: *Ibid.: “nuestro señor dios, no a de hazer estas cosas, porque en vr̃a mano, las a dexado.”*","html":"he speaketh within thee; he maketh thee his lips, he maketh thee his jaw, he maketh thee his ears.
\n“And again take thou note: also cause not embarrassment, for our lord hath made thee his teeth, hath made thee his fingernails; for thou art like the destroyer, thou art the destroyer, thou art the judge. May whosoever hath become angered be angered. Wilt thou perhaps act as a man? For it is thy charge. Will our lord perhaps speak as a man? For already he acknowledgeth thee.1
\n“Let this be: [not] reckless on the reed mat, the reed seat; [not] panting, [not] gasping for breath, even if thou wilt say: ‘I am ruler; scatter the people, run over them, and steal from them, ruin them.’
\n“And may thou [not] be quarrelsome; may thou [not] therefore be brazen; may thou [not] offend the governed. May thou yet turn to thyself, examine thy conscience; may thou yet say: ‘Whence was I sent? Whence was I taken? And where I am, where I live, may it not be my desert,
\nIbid.: “nuestro señor dios, no a de hazer estas cosas, porque en vr̃a mano, las a dexado.”↩