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Yejemet tesu kimatit, ken an tejemet tikmatit, ka nemi se Tiut ka te tikishmatit. Yejemet kishmatit katka tay kitat, ken ne tunal, ne at, ne tal, ne tawial, ne kwajkwawit, ne kojtan: ipal itakwal, ipal ne tapewil, wan ne kwajkwawit pal kisaluat itakil pal tikwat pal te tikseliat mayan.

They didn’t realise, as we now know, that there is a God whom we didn’t know. They recognised the things they could see, such as the sun, the rain, the land, maize, trees, and nature, which provided their food, game, and fruit-bearing trees for food so as not to endure hunger.

You are responsible for the cooking of chicken soup, beef soup, chipilin soup, loroco and tomato rice, opossum pinole, venison pinole.

You sustain the flesh on our body because on account of you our body has blood, and flesh, our body is fattened, our bones are hardened.

Therefore, Lord Fire, we need you so that we will not eat all our food raw, and suffer from indigestion.

Pejkia ne shupan! Pejkia wetzi ne at! Muchi ne jaral yawi mulini wan ne tal yawia shushuknajkisa. Ne takwalmet yawita kipiat itakwal, yawit mutaliat tumawak wan te yawit kiseliat mayan. Yajika ne tushupan yaja techtakwaltia muchi tay tinemit ijpak ne tal, wan kichiwa ka tuweyka mutetzilnajkisa, tumawaya wan weya. Yajika, kaj kenka Tiut? ka yaja techtuktia ne at; kituktia ne shalnaj ejekat pal tikijiukwit; ne tunal pal techtawilua ne tal kan tiktaliat tujtukshi pal weyat ne kwajkwawit pal tikutunat wan iwan yaja tiketzat ne tukal kan tinemit; nusan ne kan nemit ne tukujkunew, kan te techmaka ne tunal, kan tesu tisekmikit. Yajika kaj weliskia kichiwa tay Tiut kichiwa tuwan?

Winter has begun! The rain has begun to fall! All the fields will sprout and the land will turn green. The animals will have their food, they will grow fat and will not go hungry. Therefore our winter feeds us all who are upon the earth, and makes our body grow full, healthy and strong. Therefore, who is like unto God? for he sends us rain; he sends us air to breathe; the sun to cast light on the earth on which we tread so that the trees will grow and we can cut wood with which to build our homes where we live; where our children also live, where we shelter from the sun, where we do not feel the cold. Therefore who else could do what God does for us?

El hombre come.

¿A qué hora te duermes por la noche? — Como a las ocho y me acuesto a las nueve, para levantarme temprano.

¿Tú tienes animales?

Regresa a mediodía para comer.

Regreso a mediodía y como.

Tú comes

Nosotros comemos

Cuatro muchachos están comiendo

Nosotros estamos comiendo

Un niño puede comer, correr, llorar, dormir y soñar.

When the food was ready, since they had stayed up, they slept.

Kinnutzki ne inlama. Kilwia: Shisakan! Nemia ne takwal! Shisakan, nupilawantzitzin, shisakan! Nemia ne takwal!

Their grandmother spoke to them; she said, "wake up, the food is ready, wake up my children, wake up, the food is ready!"

Kinnutzki ne inlama. Kilwia: Shisakan! Nemia ne takwal! Shisakan, nupilawantzitzin, shisakan! Nemia ne takwal!

Their grandmother spoke to them; she said, "wake up, the food is ready, wake up my children, wake up, the food is ready!"

Kikwat ne takwal. Kikwat ne takwal ka yut tapewiat.

They ate the food, they ate the food that they went to catch.

Kikwat ne takwal. Kikwat ne takwal ka yut tapewiat.

They ate the food, they ate the food that they went to catch.