(Zapoteco) Dixazá

Ni rapa xaique ro’ xti’ ca huabi Diuxi xti’ rayu la?, ti dxi guyeebe yenababe badudxapa’ xiiñi’

xaique xti’ ca binnizá guichaganá’ xiiñi’ rey huabi que, nin lica ndá que runibia’ saaca ba’du’ que laaca.

Xaique xti’ ca binnizá que ni ná di’ nichaganá xiiñi’ badunguiu que, ngue bichiichi Diuxi xti’ rayu bicueezaca lu gusiguie. 

Guirá’ binni que biinaca’ nezalu xpido’ca’, ti cadi cayaba nisaguie, huaxa ca rayu que nabepe cadxichica’ ne que licape’ nucaadiagaca’ laacabe. 

Ngue runi xaique xti’ ca binnizá que gulidxibe guirá’ nguiu ti ganda gunduuxecabe guirá’ ni cayaca que.

… Ma la si biree ti badunguiu nadxibalu bindaa diidxá laa chee ra nuu Diuxi xti’ rayu zaguitebe laa, ne gabibe laa pa caquiiñe tu guni xhiiña’.

Diuxi que bieche ti ma napa tu laa zanda guni xhiiña’. Ti ná ne laabe, ma que zandadi’ guidaagulisaa ca zá que. 

Dxi ma yaca gueda nisaguie que biseenda cabe badunguiu que chi guidxelasaa neza guete’.

Lu neza zebe que binibia’be bi xti’ neza rindani gubidxa ne bi’nibe laa xamigube ne guni’ iquebe zandaca guidaagulisaa ne laabe lu ni chigunibe que.

Ra yendabe neza guete que biiyabe ra dagulisaa guirá’ zá que, bitaagube guirá’ xpinnibe ne bicueezabe bi que, 

guni’nebe laaca ne gudxibe laaca xi zanda gunica luguiá’ xaique xti’ ca’. 

Guiruti’ ñanna xi diidxa’ gudxibe laaca’, huaxa rayu ne bi la?, bizuguendaca’ ne laabe,

Bi nisa ro’, gudiñe bi xti’ neza riaazi’ gubidxa ne gucuaabe ca zá que bini’be laaca’ tobisi lu ca layú xtidu.

Bizulu nda’ xa nisaguie que biaba ne gudiibi’ guirá’ yuuba’ xti’ guidxilayú. ma bioxho’ gubidxa, huaxa yanna ra zedayuba beu mayu la?, guirá’ binni goola ruyadxica’ guiba’ ra cadinde bi ne rini’ ca’ pa nisaguie ni chiguiaba que nacha’hui’ o pa co’. 

Prometheus´ Image
One day, the God of Thunder, protector of King Huabe asked a Zapotec princess to marry the prince, even though they did not know each other.
The Zapotec King denied the request and the King of Thunder, infuriated decided to take revenge preventing the rain season from arriving.
People cried their eyes before the altars, everyone asked for rain. But thunder was deaf in anger.
The king decided then to call all men to end the punishment.
A young man proposed an audacious plan. He would visit the God of Thunder and trick him into accepting the young man’s services.
The God was very pleased with his new subject. With him clouds could not even form. He was the bravest of all men in the army.
During the following rain season, the young man was sent to fight in the South. However,