[Ya]catecuhtli, dios de los mercaderes. Y daban luego a todos las convidados a cada uno su teutecómatl. A la postre daban cañas de humo para chupar, y en acabando de comer y de beber todos estaban cada uno en su lugar, sentados esperando lo que les había de dar el que los convidó, que llaman ellos quinhuehuechihua, que quiere decir "don de viejo venerable". Daban a los principales a cada uno dos tecomates, que llaman ayotectli, y a los demás daba a cada uno, uno. Y juntamente daban a cada uno doscientas almendras de cacao y cien granos de aquella especie que llaman teunacaztli, y a cada uno daban una paleta de tortuga con que se revuelve el cacao. Desta manera hacían todos los mercaderes cuando venían de lexos.
\nHabiendo ya hecho todo lo que arriba dicho, el mercader que había llegado de provincias lexanas luego se ponía delante de sus convidados y les hablaba desta manera: "Aquí estáis presentes, señores. Sabéis que fui a exercitar mi oficio de mercader con las cargas y con los báculos y con los cacaxtles, y he vuelto. Hame guardado nuestro señor todopoderoso de la muerte. Por ventura hice algunas ofensas o injurias a mis próximos. Esto algún tiempo lo oiréis y sabréis, porque tengo muchas faltas y pecados. He sido digno de ver otra vez vuestras caras. Como agora lo veis, he venido otra vez a juntarme con mis
\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":"8383185c-4f01-4f02-b1d3-535d43003131","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":"god of merchants. And then they would serve each and every guest their own _teotecomatl_. To finish, they would serve smoking tubes to suck, and when they had finished eating and drinking, each and every one of them would remain seated in place as they waited for the things that the one who had invited them—whom they call _quinhuehuechihua_, which means “sir, who is venerable for being old”—was about to give them. They[^42] would give each leader[^43] two of those _tecomates_ that they call _ayotectli_. And [the host] would give one [of these] to each of the others. And together with these, they would give two hundred cacao beans to each one of them, and one hundred grains of that spice that they call _teonacaztli_. And they would give each one of them a spoon made of turtle [shell] to stir the cacao. All the merchants would do likewise whenever they came [home] from afar.\n\nHaving done everything mentioned above, the merchant who had just arrived from distant provinces would then stand up in front of his guests and address them in this way: “Lords, you are present here. You know that I went [abroad] in order to practice my trade as a merchant with loads [of goods], staffs, and _cacaxtles_, and I have returned. Our almighty lord has protected me from death. Perhaps I committed some offenses or insults against my fellow human beings. You will be able to hear and see this at some point, for I have many faults and sins. [And yet,] I am worthy of seeing your faces again. As you can now see, I have returned once more to reunite with my \n\n\n[^42]: The Spanish text switches back and forth from plural to singular in this paragraph. The plural pronoun “they” here refers to the servers who presented the gifts to the honored guests in the name of the banquet’s host.\n\n[^43]: “Leader”: _principales_; the Nahuatl text specifies that these were the _teyacanque_ (vanguard leaders).","html":"god of merchants. And then they would serve each and every guest their own teotecomatl. To finish, they would serve smoking tubes to suck, and when they had finished eating and drinking, each and every one of them would remain seated in place as they waited for the things that the one who had invited them—whom they call quinhuehuechihua, which means “sir, who is venerable for being old”—was about to give them. They1 would give each leader2 two of those tecomates that they call ayotectli. And [the host] would give one [of these] to each of the others. And together with these, they would give two hundred cacao beans to each one of them, and one hundred grains of that spice that they call teonacaztli. And they would give each one of them a spoon made of turtle [shell] to stir the cacao. All the merchants would do likewise whenever they came [home] from afar.
\nHaving done everything mentioned above, the merchant who had just arrived from distant provinces would then stand up in front of his guests and address them in this way: “Lords, you are present here. You know that I went [abroad] in order to practice my trade as a merchant with loads [of goods], staffs, and cacaxtles, and I have returned. Our almighty lord has protected me from death. Perhaps I committed some offenses or insults against my fellow human beings. You will be able to hear and see this at some point, for I have many faults and sins. [And yet,] I am worthy of seeing your faces again. As you can now see, I have returned once more to reunite with my
\nThe Spanish text switches back and forth from plural to singular in this paragraph. The plural pronoun “they” here refers to the servers who presented the gifts to the honored guests in the name of the banquet’s host.↩
“Leader”: principales; the Nahuatl text specifies that these were the teyacanque (vanguard leaders).↩
[otecen]caoaloc: ie ic tlaonoc in quinmacaz puchteca, inic quinueuechihoaz in tecomatl, iehoatl in aiotectli ohontetl in quintlauhtiaia teiacanque: auh in quintoquilia ça cecentetl in quimacaia, auh quiuicaltiaia matlatlacpoalli in cacohoatl, ioan teunacaztli mamacuilpoalli: ioan cecen aquauitl. O iuhqui in: inic oalacia in oztomeca:
\nIn icoac oquimontlamacac: niman ie imispan onmotlalia quimilhuia. Ca nican anmoetzticate: ca onoconchioato in tetlamamaliliztzintli: in tetopil in tecacas oitlã nonaquito: ca acan onechtlati in tloque, nahoaque: aço cana oniteatlatzicuinalhui, oniteçoquimotlac: aanquimocuilizque, aanquimocaquitizque in niiaque in nopalanca, ca nican amitzinco amocpactzinco, ono ceppa nitlachis: auh ono itech nompachiuico, icetzin ometzin, in nonca, in neca, in naui in nomach, in nooaiolqui: aço nican nechmopopolhuiz nechmotlatlatiliz, in tloque naoaque, moztlatiz viptlatiz:
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"2b7f2fef-edaa-4c63-bb06-f954ab8364b9","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":"when all had finished, then the merchants remained seated, that [the host] might give them gifts. In order to produce for the aged,[^7] he gave two tortoise shell cups to each of the leaders, but to those who followed them he gave only one each. And he accompanied these with two hundred cacao beans and one hundred [grains of] “sacred ear” spice. And each one [was given] a stirring stick.[^8] So did it use to be when the vanguard merchants arrived.\n\nWhen he had given them these, then he seated himself before them. He said to them: “Here you are. I have gone to perform the carrying of burdens on the back; I have gone using the staff, the carrying frame. Nowhere did the protector of all slay me. Perchance somewhere I have besmirched [and] ruined one. You will take [note of], you will hear of my errors—my faults. Here once again I have beheld your noble presences. And I have come to be near the one or two who are here [and] there: my aunt, my nephew, my kinsmen. Perhaps here the protector of all will destroy, will slay me one of these days. \n\n\n\n\n[^7]: Corresponding Spanish text: *”estauan cada uno en su lugar sentados, esperando lo que les auja de dar el que los combido, q̃ llamã ellos quinvevechiva*:* que qujere dezir, don, de viejo venerable.”*\n\n\n[^8]: *Ibid*.: * “juntamẽte dauã a cada uno doszientas almendras de cacao, y cien granos de aquella especie que llamã teunacaztli*:* y a cada uno, dauã una paleta de tortuga, con que se rebuelue el cacao*:* desta manera hazian todos los mercaderes, quando venjan de lexos.”","html":"when all had finished, then the merchants remained seated, that [the host] might give them gifts. In order to produce for the aged,1 he gave two tortoise shell cups to each of the leaders, but to those who followed them he gave only one each. And he accompanied these with two hundred cacao beans and one hundred [grains of] “sacred ear” spice. And each one [was given] a stirring stick.2 So did it use to be when the vanguard merchants arrived.
\nWhen he had given them these, then he seated himself before them. He said to them: “Here you are. I have gone to perform the carrying of burdens on the back; I have gone using the staff, the carrying frame. Nowhere did the protector of all slay me. Perchance somewhere I have besmirched [and] ruined one. You will take [note of], you will hear of my errors—my faults. Here once again I have beheld your noble presences. And I have come to be near the one or two who are here [and] there: my aunt, my nephew, my kinsmen. Perhaps here the protector of all will destroy, will slay me one of these days.
\nCorresponding Spanish text: ”estauan cada uno en su lugar sentados, esperando lo que les auja de dar el que los combido, q̃ llamã ellos quinvevechiva:* que qujere dezir, don, de viejo venerable.”*↩
Ibid.: * “juntamẽte dauã a cada uno doszientas almendras de cacao, y cien granos de aquella especie que llamã teunacaztli: y a cada uno, dauã una paleta de tortuga, con que se rebuelue el cacao: desta manera hazian todos los mercaderes, quando venjan de lexos.”↩