Story of a Con Man
Cuento del Hombre Mafioso
Object Details
| Subject Language | Ixil |
| Language PID(s) | ailla:119533 |
| Title [Indigenous] | Po'tisa'm yol ti' ma'l u chapinla naj |
| Language of Indigenous Title | ixl |
| Title | Story of a Con Man |
| Language Community | Nebaj |
| Country(ies) | Guatemala |
| Place Created | Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala, Pulay, Quiché, Guatemala |
| Date Created | 2016-10-06 |
| Description [Indigenous] | Na'ytzan atik uma'l u chapiinla naj ve' nik isa'b'ela puaj. Ilej naj uma'l u paale ve' la b'anonik miixha tu uma'l u tenam as ijo'si naj aaki yol ti' uva' la itx'ak naj un b'iil puaj. Teqó naj vi kaay ak paale' as ib'ancha kuxh ve't naj va' paale naj. Oon vet naj tu tename', ib'an naj u miixhae', as teq'o naj unq'a molich puaje' ve' tetz unq'a xoole' ve' tzitzi'. Teq'o naj kaayil u puaje' as taq' je' naj ti xe' u kaaye'. Ilej tib' naj tuk' uma'l u naj ve' tx'iola q'ii ve' nik isa' iloq'at ma'l ikaay, tal naj chapiinla naje' tenaj va' nik itxa'a vikaay naje' puaj. As xe't iyol ve't chanaj, u naje' ve' tx'iola q'ii taltzi naj mama'la puaj te u chapiinla naje' ti' u kaaye'. As ik'eyi naj. U chapiinla naje' teq'o naj u pauje' ve' itx'ak naj tu tename' (ve' itxa'a u kaaye') as tuk' vi puaj u naje' ve' tx'iola q'ii. Nukuxh itx'eb'on ve't u naje' ve' tx'iola q'ii va' la itxa'a u kaaye' u puaje' as jit chit taq' u kaaye' ipuaj naj. Ich'uyb'a' cha vet naj chapiinla naje' kaayil vipuaje' ti' chen ve't iq'ab' uma'l u tze' tu uma'l u tx'ava' ve' jit tetz naj. Oon chen ve't uma'l na naj k'atz u tze'e' as talcha ve't naj chapiinla naje' te naj va' naj k'ayin chen u tze'e' te um'al vi b'aal tze' va' ye kuxh ni toksa taama ti' unq'a vi tze' naje'. Talcha ve't naj, at ve't ma't ib'aal vun tze'e' as ye' vootza naj. Talcha ve't naj chapine' te u tx'iola q'ii la naje' va' meeb'a kuxh kaa kat vet naj tul uva' ik'ayi naj vi tze'e'. ta'ne' tan u tze'e' vaa' as eyen eltzan ti' eltzan uma't u tx'ava'e'. As talcha ve't u tx'iola q'ii la naje' va la iloq' naj, tul uva' teq'o tzan uma'l u kajiq' kaayil u puaje' vi' u tze'e'. Teq'o cha ve't naj chapiine' u puaaje' vee' as tuk' vi puaaj u naje' ve' loq'on u tze'e', vi b'aal ve't u tze'e'nukuxh itx'eb'on vet aak, tx'eb'on aak va' la taq' vi ak'la tze' aake' ipuaj as jit chit taq' lab' tetz aak. At chen ma'l titz'in naj chapiinla naje' ve' b'a'nla aama chitu'. As ye' ni sa' naj u titz'ine' as nik isa' naj va' la kam naj. Ik'ul chanaj taq'on xe' uma'l u naj ve' tx'iola q'ii. Atik oxva'l u taaich' naj ve' elq'an uma'l vi' kueentaxh naj. Taltzi naj atzikae' u titz'ine' va' la ilej naj u kueentaxhe' tu oxva'l q'ii. Talcha ve't naj va' u titz'in naje' as maas chit naj, tul uva' a' nik tal naj va' la kam u titz'in naje', taq' ve't ok vi b'aal aq'one' chanaj tu um'al u tal kab'al, la yatz'pik chanaj asoj ye' la chee u kueentaxhe' tu oxv'al q'ii. B'anat kuxhe b'aj va' teq'o b'en unq'a ixoje' u kueentaxhe' tu motxteb'al q'iie' te u chapiin la neje'. Taltzi u b'aal aq'one' puaaj ti' u aq'one' ve' ib'an chanaj. Elch'ul chanaj tu tename' vee' as ib'anb'e chanaj u puaaje ti' itx'amb'al. So'vriin tx'ix xe' naj itz'inae' as taq' naj te ka'l unq'a sanich. Ma't isojsat chanaj kaayil vi puaje', ijaj chanaj taq'on te uma'l u naj. Tal ak pape' te chanaj va' la ijatx chanaj ivatz u atz'ame' tuk' asukaale' tan yuelik tib' ta'n aaki. As uma'l kuxh xhemaana taq' ak pape' ti chanaj. As xe't vet naj itz'inae' chij oq'oj, ila't kuxh toon unq'a sanich ila' ti' iloch'at naj ti' u vaa' va taq' naj itx'ix txoo. As motx vet uma'l u xhemanae', q'aav ve't vi b'aal u aq'one' as til ve't naj uma'l u b'anla aq'on, as taq' ve't aak ipuaj chanaj. Nik isa' vet naj itz'inae' ijatxat ve't tib' tuk' u tatzike', tan maas chit kat ikuylu ve't naj u tatzike'. Ijatx ve't tib' chanaj as tzumeb' ve't chanaj tuk' ka'l unq'a ixoj. Naj atzikae', channal kuxh u q'eyile' te naj, tzumeb' naj tuk' ma'l u ixoj va' nimal chit itxava' ati. Ijaj ixoj tenaj va' la b'en naj aq'omoj, poro ye' ni sa' naj. Nukuxh ikoxheb' naj as nukuxh tachva je' naj ixich'an unq'a qu'se'. As Ijaj vet naj te uma'l u qu'se' va' la ijalpu tib' naj tuk' txoo. Ijalpu ve't tib' chalab', as tul va qu'sik vet u naje' xich'an ve't naj, chuk ve't naj techub'al, ta'ne' tan ye' ni sa' naj uve' ve' ni techb'u u qu'se' tan kamla tx'i' kuxh ni techb'u txoo. Kam kuxh ve't naj sijunal, tan komo ye' ni tx'ol ve't naj iyolon tuk' unq'a xoole'. Ye' ni b'en te u tixqel naje' ti u jalpuib'e', a'kuxh b'en kate' te ixoj va' tal ixoj te vi tzumele' (ve' qu'sik b'axaj) va' la je' naj achin tu chuu. Poro komo u naje' as qu'sik naj, ye' channal tenaj va' la achin naj eche' unq'a kumoole'. B'ex u ixoje' k'atz naj as txa'an naj tu chuu as sajik chit lab'. Tan saj chit uk itxa' uk qu'se'. as ech kuxh b'en kate' te u ixoje'. Tal ve't naj va' jit vi tzumel ixoj u vee', tan qu'sik naj na'ytzan as esta'nkoje' va' saj chit vi txa' naje'. Ipeq' ve't u ixoje' tz'ala a' ti uk qu'se' as tal ve't ixoj va' la b'en lab'. Tab'i ve't naj itz'inae' kam imotx' u vi tiichajil u taztik naje' va' maas chit nik ich'o'n taama ti naj. Ech kuxh itzojpu u po'tisa'mla yole' vaa'. |
| Language of Indigenous Description | ixl |
| Description | There once was a con man who needed money. He met a priest, who was on his way to perform a mass in a village. The con man tricked the priest to win a little money. He took the priest’s horse and pretended to be the priest himself. He went to the village, performed the mass, and took the donations of the villagers. He took their money and put it in the rear of the horse. He met a rich man, who was looking for a horse to buy. The con man told him that his horse defecated money. After negotiating, the rich man offered a lot of money for the horse. The con man took his offer. He took the money from the village (defecated by the horse by this point) and the money from the rich man. The rich man waited for his new horse to defecate money, but the horse never gave him money. The con man hung all his money in the branches of a tree that was close to someone else’s property. A man came up to the tree, and the evil man told him that he sold this tree to an owner who did not care much for trees. He explained, “My tree has another owner, but I do not know him.” The con man told this rich man that he was left with very little when he sold this tree. But this tree was outside of the property, so the rich man offered to buy it when a wind flung down all of the money in the tree. The con man took this money as well as the money of the rich man, who bought the tree. The new owner of the tree waited and waited for his new tree to give him money, but it never did. The con man had a younger brother who was good. The con man did not like his younger brother and wished that he would die. They received work from a rich man. The rich man’s three servants had robbed a jewel of his. The older brother offered to the rich man that his younger brother find the jewel in three days, explaining that his little brother was very powerful. He actually wanted his younger brother to die. The boss put them in a room with the intention of killing them if in three days the jewel did not appear. By luck, the servants took the jewel on the last day to the con man. As a reward, the boss offered money for the recovery. The two brothers left that village and used that money to buy food. The younger brother had some leftover tortillas and gave them to some ants. Given that they used up all of their money, they asked a man for work. The man told them to separate grains of salt from grains of sugar, which were mixed together. Their new boss gave them a week to separate them. The younger brother began to cry, and immediately, the ants he had fed earlier came to help him. At the end of the week, the boss returned, finding a job well done, and gave them money. By this point, the younger brother wanted to separate from his older brother. They separate and each get married to a woman. The older brother, accustomed to laziness, married a woman who had a lot of land. She asked him to work, but the man did not want to. Instead, he lies down outside and marvels at the freedom of the vultures flying above. He asked one of them if he could exchange positions with him. They exchange bodies. The man (now a vulture) flies and looks for food, only to realize that he did not like what the vultures ate, because they ate only dead dogs. He dies alone, because he could not talk to humans. His wife did not realize the change that had taken place until one day, she asked her husband (who was a vulture before) to take a bath in the steam room. Since the man was a vulture before, he was not accustomed to bathing like a human. The woman went with him, and the man defecated a white feces in the steam room. The vultures defecate white feces, and that was how the woman came to realize this was not her husband. The man confessed that he was not her husband, that he was a vulture before, and that is why he defecates white feces. The woman threw hot water on him and told him to leave from there. The younger brother heard what had happened to the brother he envied so much. That is how the story ends.The wicked man had a younger brother who was good. The evil man did not like his younger brother and wished that he would die. They received work from a rich man. The rich man’s three servants had robbed a jewel of his. The older brother offered to the rich man that his younger brother find the jewel in three days, explaining that his little brother was very powerful. He actually wanted his younger brother to die. The boss put them in a room with the intention of killing them if in three days the jewel did not appear. By luck, the servants took the jewel on the last day to the evil man. As a reward, the boss offered money for the recovery. The two brothers left that village and used that money to buy food. The younger brother had some leftover tortillas and gave them to some ants. Given that they used up all of their money, they asked a man for work. The man told them to separate grains of salt from grains of sugar, which were mixed together. Their new boss gave them a week to separate them. The younger brother began to cry, and immediately, the ants he had fed earlier came to help him. At the end of the week, the boss returned, finding a job well done, and gave them money. By this point, the younger brother wanted to separate from his older brother. They separate and each get married to a woman. The older brother, accustomed to laziness, married a woman who had a lot of land. She asked him to work, but the man did not want to. Instead, he lies down outside and marvels at the freedom of the vultures flying above. He asked one of them if he could exchange positions with him. They exchange bodies. The man (now a vulture) flies and looks for food, only to realize that he did not like what the vultures ate, because they ate only dead dogs. He dies alone, because he could not talk to humans. His wife did not realize the change that had taken place until one day, she asked her husband (who was a vulture before) to take a bath in the steam room. Since the man was a vulture before, he was not accustomed to bathing like a human. The woman went with him, and the man defecated a white feces in the steam room. The vultures defecate white feces, and that was how the woman came to realize this was not her husband. The man confessed that he was not her husband, that he was a vulture before, and that is why he defecates white feces. The woman threw hot water on him and told him to leave from there. The younger brother heard what had happened to the brother he envied so much. That is how the story ends. |
| Genres | Myth |
| Source Note | IXIL-NEB-MIT-PAZ-2016-10-06-1020 |
| References | |
| Contributor(s) Individual / Role | de Paz de Paz, Pablo (Speaker) Cedillo de Paz, Domingo Abraham (Interviewer, Transcriber) Pérez de Paz, Ana (Creator, Translator) |
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