Mira que no te des a quien no conoces, que es como viandante que anda bellaqueando y es bellaco. Mira, hija, que no te juntes con otro, sino con sólo aquel que te demandó. Persevera con él hasta que muera. No le dexes aunque él te quiera dexar, aunque sea pobrecito labrador, o oficial, o algún hombre común de baxo linaje. Aunque no tenga qué comer, no le menosprecies, no le dexes, porque poderoso es nuestro señor de proveeros y honraros; porque es sabidor de todas las cosas y hace mercedes a quien quiere.
\nEsto que he dicho, hija mía, te doy para tu doctrina, para que te sepas valer. Y con esto hago contigo lo que debo delante Dios. Y si lo perdieres y lo olvidares, sea a tu cargo, que yo ya hice mi deber. ¡Oh, hija mía muy amada, primogénita palomita, seas bienaventurada y nuestro señor te tenga en su paz y reposo!
\nTake care not to give yourself to someone you do not know, like a traveling salesman who goes around doing wicked things and is a scoundrel. Take care, daughter, not to start living with another man but only with the one who asked for you [as his wife]. Persevere at his side until he dies. Do not abandon him, even if he wishes to abandon you, even if he is just a poor little farmer, craftsman, or some common man of low rank. And even if he does not have enough to eat, do not despise him, do not leave him, because our lord has the power to provide for you and honor you, for he knows all things and grants favors to whomever he wishes.
\nWhat I have just said, my daughter, I give to you for your instruction, so that you may learn how to make yourself worthy. And with this, before god, I fulfill my obligation to you. Let it be your responsibility if you should lose or forget it, for I already performed my duty. Oh, my most beloved daughter, my firstborn little dove, may you be blessed, and may our lord hold you in his peace and quiet!
\nmocpac matiz: in otiqujttac yn aqujn amjoan, amoneoan anmopopolivitzque: ma ticcauh xictzitzquj, itech ximopilo, ma nel icnotlacatl, ma nel icnoquauhtli, icnoocelutl, ma nel icnotiacauh, in anoço icnotepiltzin, in aço ie tlaciauj, ma ic tiqujhix: ca amechmjmachiliz, amechmochichiviliz in totecujo, in tehimatinj, in teiocoianj, in techichioanj.
\nO yxqujch in in njmjtzonmaca, in noten, in notlatol: injc ivictzinco, ixpantzinco njnoqujxtia in totecujo: aço cana tocontlatlaçaz, ca ie tehoatl ticmati: iece ca nonequjxtil njcchioa. O nochpuchtze, nopiltze, cocotze, tepitze, tle ticmatcatzintli, ma mjtzmotlamatcatlalili in totecujo.
\nto know thy face, thy head. When thou hast seen the one who, together with thee, will endure to the end, do not abandon him. Seize him, hang on to him even though he be a poor person, even though he be a poor eagle warrior, a poor ocelot warrior, even though he be a poor warrior, or a poor son, or one who struggleth for existence. Do not detest him therefor. Our lord, the wise one, the maker, the creator, will dispose for you, will array you.
\n“This is all I give thee of my word to comply with my duty unto, before our lord. Perhaps somewhere thou wilt reject it. Thou knowest it. Meanwhile, I do my duty. O my daughter, O my child, O dove, O little one, pay close heed. May our lord rest thee in peace.”
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