de los señores y reyes y gobernadores. Y mira que agora que tu señor te habla, te exhorta a la obediencia y al bien vivir no le menosprecies ni le desdeñes. Dentro de ti antes debes tenerle en mucho, porque tiene por bien de hablarte y verte en persona, y nuestro señor Dios le inspira lo que te dice. Y esto haslo de tener en mucho, y tenerte por indigno de oír sus palabras, y débeslas guardar dentro en ti como oro en paño. Tenlo por muchila para todo el tiempo que vivieres en este mundo. Y mira que no lo pierdas. Ponlo dentro de tu corazón, porque te será vida y consolación todo el tiempo que vivieres.
\nHas recibido gran beneficio. Por ventura nunca otro tal recebiste. Ni tu madre ni tu padre te hicieron tan gran beneficio. Y por ventura en ningún otro tiempo te será hecho otro tal. En conclusión, deséoos a todos los aquí stáis prosperidad y bienaventuranza, y por esta causa he dicho estas pocas palabras para vuestro provecho y en servicio de nuestro señor y rey. Dios os dé, hijos, mucho reposo.
\nof the lords, kings, and governors. And take care not to despise or disdain your lord now that he is speaking to you, urging you to be obedient and to lead a good life. You should instead keep him very close to your heart, because he shows favor by speaking to you and seeing you in person, and our lord god inspires the words that he is saying to you. And you should value this very much and consider yourself unworthy of listening to his words, which you should keep within you like gold [wrapped] inside a cloth. Keep them as a knapsack for the rest of your life in this world. And be careful not to lose them. Place them in your heart, because they will give you life and consolation for all the rest of your life.
\nYou have received a great benefit, and perhaps you will never receive another one like it. Neither your father nor your mother ever gave you such a great benefit, and perhaps you will never receive another like this one. In conclusion, I wish all of you here prosperity and blessings, and this is why I have said these few words for your benefit and as a service to our lord and king. May god grant you, my children, much rest.
\nin njcan mjxpan moquetza in matzin, in motepetzin, ca tlacaoa in jiollotzin totecujo, in mjtznomatcavia: ca qujmomaqujlia, ca qujmoiollotilia, ca mopatiuh muchioa, in cententli, in cencamatl qujmoqujxtilia: manoço ic xonjlpitinemj, ma motac: onmuchiuhtinemj in tlalticpac: maca noço can xocontlatlaça, ma vel moiollocaltitlan xictlali, ma xicmopialti: ca monenca, ca moiolca muchioaz,
\notitlacnopilhvi, aca ac oiuhquj mjtzmacac, in monan, in mota: auh acaçomo oc no ceppa, iuhquj tiqujcnopilviz. Tle anqujmomachitia: ca ixqujchtzin, ic njcnopalevilia in tlacatl, in tlatoanj, in atl, in tepetl: ma amoiollotzin motlali, nopilhoane.
\nwho standeth here before thee, [before] thy city, for our lord hath personally inclined his heart to thee. For [our lord] hath confided in him, hath inspired him; for the word or two he hath set forth become thy reward. Go, therefore, attaching thyself to them. May they be thy provision as thou dwellest on earth. Do not cast them away. Place them well in the chambers of thy heart. Guard them, for they will become thy nourishment.
\n“Thou hast obtained merit. Who else hath so endowed thee? Thy mother, thy father. And wilt thou perhaps never again merit such? Take heed! It is all with which I favor the master, the ruler, the city. May your hearts rest, O my sons.”
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