tiene necesidad de personas que sean executores de los mandamientos de los que rigen. (Para este negocio de executar la justicia había dos personas principales, uno que era noble y persona del palacio, y otro capitán y valiente, que era del exercicio de la guerra. También sobre los soldados y capitanes había dos principales que los regían: el uno que era tlacatéccatl, el otro tlacochtecuhtli;* el uno de los dichos era pilli y el otro principal en las cosas de la guerra; y siempre pareaban un noble con un soldado para estos oficios. También para capitanes generales de las cosas de la guerra pareaban dos, uno noble o generoso y del palacio, y otro valiente y muy exercitado en la guerra. El uno déstos se llamaba tlacatéccatl y el otro tlacochcálcatl. Éstos entendían en todas las cosas de la guerra, en ordenar todas las cosas que concernirían a la milicia.)** Y estos que son ministros de la guerra y de la república y irán por ti a donde estuvieres cogiendo yerbas o haciendo leña, o haciendo camellones en las sembradas, y te llevarán al trono y al estrado real para que tú consoeles a la gente popular en sus aflictiones y necesidades; y pondrán en tus manos las cosas de la justicia, que es como un agua muy limpia para lavar, y donde se lavan las suciedades
\n** El texto comprendido entre los paréntesis es una aclaración que interrumpe el discurso del tlatoani.
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\nAnd these men are ministers of war and of the republic, and they will go looking for you wherever you may happen to be picking herbs, gathering firewood, or making furrows in the fields; and they will take you to the royal throne and seat so that you may console the common people in their needs and tribulations; and they will place in your hands the matters of justice, which is like a very pure water for cleansing that washes away the common people’s filth and crimes.
\n[jteixaiopa]pachocauh:
\nauh in mjtoa in jtequacauh in petlati, in jcpalti amo ce pilli? amo ce quauhtli? amo ce quappa tlacatecutli? tlacochtecutli?
\nauh amo ce pilli, amo in nanamjcoa? auh amo ce quappa tlacateccatl, tlacochcalcatl, amo no ce pilli in qujpia quappetlatl, ocelopetlatl: in jmac manj in quauhxicalli, in quappiaztli in catlitia, in qujtlamaca tonatiuh.
\nCa mjtzanatiuh in qujltitlan, in quauhtitlan: auh in cuenco, in apanco: mjtztlaliz in petlapan, in jcpalpan, tehoatl toconchoqujliz, toconjxaiopapachoz in cujtlapilli atlapalli: te momac manjz in matlalatl, in toxpalatl in jpapacoca, in jahaltiloca in cujtlapilli, in atlapalli: auh tehoatl ticqujxtiz in atl cecec, tehoatl tictemacaz in atl cecec, in tzitzicaztli, te mjtzmjxtiz, mjtzmonacaztiz, tehoatl mjtzmotentiz, mitzmocamachaltiz, yn tloque, naoaque: tehoatl tic[tlatenqujxtiliz.]
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"ca6251f7-f1ba-4702-9e20-4dcf47b978e6","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":"its suppressors of tears?\n\n“And the so-called executives of the realm: is not one a nobleman? Is not one a warrior? Is not one a military Tlacatecutli, [one] a Tlacochtecutli?\n\n“And is not one a nobleman? Are they not complementary? And is not one a military Tlacateccatl, [one] a Tlacochcalcatl? Is not one a nobleman? They take charge of the military; in their hands rest the eagle vessel, the tube. They provide the sun with drink; they make offerings to it.[^28]\n\n“They will come to take thee from the plants, from the woods; and from the ridges, from the ditches; they will place thee on the reed mat, on the reed seat. Thou wilt weep for the vassals; thou wilt stop their tears. In thy hands will rest the blue water, the yellow water, the means of washing, of bathing, the vassals.[^29] And thou wilt bring forth the castigation; thou wilt deliver the castigation to one. Our lord of the near, of the nigh, will make thee his face, will make thee his ears, will make thee his lips, will make thee his jaw. Thou \n\n\n\n\n[^28]: *jtequacauh, tlacatecutli, tlacochtecutli, tlacateccatl, tlacochcalcatl*, etc. Cf. corresponding Spanish text: *”tiene necessidad de personas, que sean executores de los mandamjẽtos, de los que rigen. Para este negocio, de executar la justicia, avia dos personas principales, vno que erã* [sic] *noble, y persona del palacio, y otro capitan, y valiente, que era del exercicio de la guerra: tambien sabre los soldados, y capitanes auja dos principales que los regian, el vno que era tlacateccatl, el otro tlacochtecutli, el vno de los dhos era pilli, y el otro principal en las cosas de la guera* [sic], *y siempre pareauã, vn noble, con vn soldado, para estos oficios: tambien pa capitanes generales, de las cosas de la guerra, pareauã dos, vno noble, o generoso, y del palacio, y otro valiente, y muy exercitado en la guerra, el vno destos se llamaua tlacateccatl, y el otro tlacochcalcatl: estos entendian en todas las cosas de la guerra, en ordenar todas las cosas, que concernjriã a la millicia.”* Probably the Nahuatl text is correct in pairing *tlacatecutli* with *tlacochtecutli*. Cf. also Sahagún, Garibay ed., Vol. II, p. 113.\n\n\n[^29]: *Ibid.: “y pondran en tus manos, las cosas de la iusticia: que es coma vna agua muy limpia, para lauar, y donde se lauan, las suziedades o delictos de la gente popular… .”*","html":"its suppressors of tears?
\n“And the so-called executives of the realm: is not one a nobleman? Is not one a warrior? Is not one a military Tlacatecutli, [one] a Tlacochtecutli?
\n“And is not one a nobleman? Are they not complementary? And is not one a military Tlacateccatl, [one] a Tlacochcalcatl? Is not one a nobleman? They take charge of the military; in their hands rest the eagle vessel, the tube. They provide the sun with drink; they make offerings to it.1
\n“They will come to take thee from the plants, from the woods; and from the ridges, from the ditches; they will place thee on the reed mat, on the reed seat. Thou wilt weep for the vassals; thou wilt stop their tears. In thy hands will rest the blue water, the yellow water, the means of washing, of bathing, the vassals.2 And thou wilt bring forth the castigation; thou wilt deliver the castigation to one. Our lord of the near, of the nigh, will make thee his face, will make thee his ears, will make thee his lips, will make thee his jaw. Thou
\njtequacauh, tlacatecutli, tlacochtecutli, tlacateccatl, tlacochcalcatl, etc. Cf. corresponding Spanish text: ”tiene necessidad de personas, que sean executores de los mandamjẽtos, de los que rigen. Para este negocio, de executar la justicia, avia dos personas principales, vno que erã [sic] noble, y persona del palacio, y otro capitan, y valiente, que era del exercicio de la guerra: tambien sabre los soldados, y capitanes auja dos principales que los regian, el vno que era tlacateccatl, el otro tlacochtecutli, el vno de los dhos era pilli, y el otro principal en las cosas de la guera [sic], y siempre pareauã, vn noble, con vn soldado, para estos oficios: tambien pa capitanes generales, de las cosas de la guerra, pareauã dos, vno noble, o generoso, y del palacio, y otro valiente, y muy exercitado en la guerra, el vno destos se llamaua tlacateccatl, y el otro tlacochcalcatl: estos entendian en todas las cosas de la guerra, en ordenar todas las cosas, que concernjriã a la millicia.” Probably the Nahuatl text is correct in pairing tlacatecutli with tlacochtecutli. Cf. also Sahagún, Garibay ed., Vol. II, p. 113.↩
Ibid.: “y pondran en tus manos, las cosas de la iusticia: que es coma vna agua muy limpia, para lauar, y donde se lauan, las suziedades o delictos de la gente popular… .”↩