Popol Vuh 26Part Three, Chapter 2: The First Men · Parte III, capítulo 2: Los primeros hombres
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Indigenous & Shamanic Traditions · Mesoamerican
Popol Vuh 26
Part Three, Chapter 2: The First Men · Parte III, capítulo 2: Los primeros hombres
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These were the names of the first men who were formed: the first man was called Balam-quitzé, the second Balam-acab, the third Mahucutah and the fourth Yquibalam. And these are the names of our first fathers and mothers. They are called only the formed ones and the created ones; they had no fathers or mothers; we call them simply men. They were not born of women, nor were they begotten by the Creator; but they were formed and created by a miracle, by the Creator, who was called Tepeu and Cucumatz. And when they had been made men, in their image, they were men who spoke and talked, who saw and heard, who walked and could touch things; they were good and handsome men, and their likeness was that of men, and they had breath. And when they looked, their sight reached to see everything, and they knew all there is in the world; and when they looked, they would look again and turn their gaze over everything that is in the sky and on the earth, and there was nothing that could block their view of all there is. And our first fathers did not need to walk or run to see all that is in the sky; they stayed in one place and saw everything. Great was their wisdom, and their likeness surpassed the trees, the stones, the lake, the sea, the mountain and the plain; and Balam-quitzé, Balam-acab, Mahucutah and Yquibalam were very precious men. And then they were asked by the Creator, "How is your state? Do you hear? Do you see? Are your walking and your speech good? Look and see the whole world. Do you see the mountains and the plains clearly? Try to see everything!" it was said to them. And at once they saw all that there was in the world, and then they gave thanks to the Creator and Former, saying, "Truly we thank you many times, because you have created us men; you have given us mouth and face, and that we might speak and hear; we move and walk and we have feeling, and we know all that is far and near, and we also see the great and the small, the sky and the earth. And so we thank you that you created us, and we were created and formed. You are our grandmother and our grandfather," they said, giving thanks for their creation. And they came to know everything, and to see as far as the four corners of the sky and of the earth, and what was within the sky and within the earth. And this did not seem good to the Formers and Creators: "This is not good, what our creatures have said, that they say and know all there is, small and great."
Estos fueron los nombres de los primeros hombres que fueron formados: el primer hombre se llamaba Balam-quitzé; el segundo Balam-acab; el tercero Mahucutah y el cuarto Yquibalam. Y estos son los nombres de nuestros primeros padres y madres, solo formaduras y criaturas son dichos, no tuvieron padres ni madres, solo los llamamos hombres, que no nacieron de mujeres, ni tampoco fueron engendrados por el criador, sino que por milagro fueron formados y criados por el criador, que se llamaba Tepeu y Cucumatz, y cuando fueron hechos hombres ó á su imagen, fueron hombres que hablaron y parlaron, vieron y oyeron, anduvieron y palparon, eran buenos hombres y hermosos, y sus semejanzas fueron de hombres y tuvieron respiración; y mirando, llegó su vista á verlo todo, y supieron todo cuánto hay en el mundo, y cuando miraban, luego volvian á ver, y revolvían la vista á todo lo que está en el cielo y lo que hay en la tierra, y no habia cosa que les pudiese impedir la vista de todo cuánto hay. Y no habian menester andar ni correr nuestros primeros padres, para ver todo lo que hay en el cielo, sino que en una parte se estaban cuando lo veían todo: mucha era su sabiduría y sobrepujo su semejanza á los árboles, á las piedras, á la laguna, al mar, al monte, y al llano, y eran muy preciosos hombres el Balam-quitzé, Balam-acab, Mahucutah y Yquibalam. Y entonces fueron preguntados por el criador: ¿cómo es vuestro estado? ¿ois, por ventura? ¿veis, por ventura? ¿por ventura, es bueno vuestro andar y hablar? ¿mirad y ved todo el mundo? ¿veis claramente los cerros y los llanos? ¡Probad á verlo todo! les fué dicho, y luego lo vieron todo cuanto habia en el mundo, y luego dieron gracias al criador y formador, diciendo: de verdad os damos muchas veces gracias, porque nos habéis criado hombres, nos disteis boca, cara, y que habláramos y oyésemos; nos meneamos y andamos y tenemos gusto, y supimos todo lo que está distante y cerca, y también vemos lo grande y lo pequeño, el cielo y la tierra, y así os damos gracias que nos criasteis, y fuimos criados y formados; tú eres nuestra abuela y nuestro abuelo, dijeron, dando gracias de su creación, y acabaron de saberlo todo y de verlo hasta los cuatro rincones del cielo y de la tierra, y lo que habia dentro del cielo y dentro de la tierra. Y no les pareció bien esto á los formadores y criadores: no está bien esto, que dijeron nuestras criaturas, que dicen y saben cuanto hay, chico y grande.
And so the Creators held council again: "What shall we do with these now, so that they see only what is near, so that their eyes see only a little of the face of the earth? For what they say is not good. Are they not merely creatures? Are they to be gods as well? And what if they do not multiply when the time of the dawn comes, what if they do not increase? Let us undo them a little, for there is still something lacking to be done. What we see is not good. Are we to be made equal, all who know everything there is and see everything?" This was said by the Heart of the Sky, Huracán, Chipi-caculha, Raxa-caculha, Tepeu and Cucumatz the Creator, and to the old man Xpiyacoc and to Xmucane, who are called Creators. And afterwards they disposed their creatures differently.
Y así otra vez consultaron los criadores: ¿qué haremos otra vez con estos, que solo lo que está cerca vean, sino que un poco de la faz de la tierra vean sus ojos? porque no es bueno esto que dicen. ¿Por ventura, no son solamente criaturas? ¿por ventura, han de ser ellos también dioses? ¿Y si no se multiplican cuando ya sea tiempo de que amanezca, y si no se aumentan? Desbaratárnosles un poco, porque todavia les falta que hacer: no está bueno esto que vemos: ¿por ventura hemos de igualarnos todos que sabemos todo cuanto hay, y lo vemos todo? les fué dicho por el corazón del cielo, Huracán, Chipi-caculha, Raxa-caculha, Tepeu y Cucumatz criador, y al viejo Xpiyacoc y á la Xmucane, que son llamados criadores; y después dispusieron de otra suerte á sus criaturas.
And then a mist was breathed onto their eyes by the one who was the Heart of the Sky, and he clouded them, as when one breathes on a mirror and clouds it; so he clouded their eyes, and so they could see only what was near; only that was clear to them. And so the wisdom and understanding of the four first men was lost; and so our first fathers were formed by the Heart of the Sky and of the Earth.
Y luego les fué echado vaho en los ojos por aquel que era el corazón del cielo, y se los empañó así como si soplando un espejo que le empaña, así le empañó los ojos, y así solo pudo ver lo que estaba cerca, solo aquello le estaba claro, y así fué perdida la sabiduría y entendimiento de los cuatro hombres primeros, y así fueron formados nuestros primeros padres por el corazón del cielo y de la tierra.
