Maya and Aztec

RABINAL-ACHI
VEPU
XAHOH-TUN

U BI XAHOH RECH VAE TINAMIT RABINAL

X-U TZIBAM NADE
BARTOLO ZIZ, MAMA AH-RABINAL,
RU X-ELEZAH-VI QUXTUBAL-TA RE C’AL QUI QAHOL.

X-e xahon rech mamaib Ah-Rabinaleb chi nima-gih ri san Pablo, chi 25 gih ri iq enero
chi hunab 1856,
rumal qui cahau ri cura mamaxel,

AHAU BRASSEUR DE BOURBOURG,

RI X-U-TZOLCOMIH-VI RONOHEL TZIB VAE XAHOL RUMAL QUICHE CHABAL CHI PRANZEZ.

PARIS,
ARTHUS BERTRAND, AHVUH,
21, CHI AMAG HAUTEFEUILLE U BI.
1862

Transcriber’s Notes

This transcription of Rabinal-Achi was taken from “Grammaire de la langue quichée espagnole-française” by Étienne-Charles Brasseur de Bourbourg, published in Paris in 1862. Where inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation appeared in the text they have been retained, apart from the following which we identified as misprints:

v’oyeualal, v’achihital –> v’oyeualal, v’achihilal
Chuch-Gug Chuch-Raxom –> Chuch-Gug Chuch-Raxon
Balam-Achi, Balam Quiche –> Balam-Achi, Balam-Queche

Some probable typographic errors which have not been corrected include:

NADE –> NABE
ciqibal –> ziqibal
pahabal –> u pakabal
banon –> banom
qumo –> qamo

ARE QUI BI VAE XAHOLAB.

AHAU-HOBTOH, Rahaual Ah-Rabinaleb.

RABINAL-ACHI, AHAU-GALEL-RABINAL, u qahol Ahau-Hobtoh.

CAVEK-QUECHE-ACHI, rahaual e Yaqui Ah-Cunen. Ah-Chahul, u qahol Balam-Achi, Balam-Queche ri Rahaual Queche-Vinak.

XOKAHAU, r’ixokil Ahau-Hobtoh.

U-CHUCH-GUG, U-CHUCH-RAXON, RI YAMANIM-XTECOKBI, qui bi r’ixokil Rabinal-Achi.

MUN.

IXOK-MUN, rech Rabinal-Achi.

E CABLAHUHEB GANAL COT, BALAM, qui bi achihab Ah-Rabinaleb.

Quïatak ahlabalib ruq quïa munib, alahil chic, achi vepu ixok, e xahel chire Xahoh-Tun.
U NABE-BIBAL RECH BARTOLO ZIZ.

Chi huvinak vahxakib gih, chi iq ri octubre chupam ri hunab de 1830 años, mi-x-chi-v’elezah-vi original rech vae Xahoh-Tun, rech vae ka tinamit San Pablo Rabinal-vi, quxtubal-ta ve cumal v’al nu qahol, chuxe-gih-zak chi ca va apanoc. Quehecut!

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