HERE is told and set down in order how a short time ago the Perfect Virgin Holy May Mother of God, our Queen, miraculously appeared out at Tepeyac, widely known as Guadalupe.

1. Nikan mopoua, motekpana, in kenin yankuikan ueytlamauisoltika monexiti in senkiska ichpochtli Sankta Maria Dios Inantsin tosiuapilatokatsin, in onkan Tepeyakak, moteneua Guadalupe.

First She caused herself to be seen by an Indian named Juan Diego, poor but worthy of respect; and then her Precious Image appeared before the recently named Bishop, Don Fray Juan de Zumárraga.

2. Akattopa kimottititsino se maseualtsintli itoka Juan Diego; Au santenpan monexiti in Itlasoixiptlatsin in ixpan yankuikan Obispo Don Fray Juan de Zumarraga.

¹ Ten years after the City of Mexico was conquered, with the arrows and shields put aside, when there was peace in all the towns,

3. Ye yu matlak xiuitl in opeualok in atl in tepetl Mexiko, in ye omoman in mitl in chimali, in ye nouian ontlamatkamani in auakan in tepeuakan.

² just as it sprouted, faith now grows green, now opens its corolla, the knowledge of the One by whom we all live: the true God.

4. in maka san ye opeu, ye xotla, ye kueponi in tlaneltokilistli, in iximachokatsin in Ipalnemouani, neli Teotl Dios.

³ At that time, the year 1531, a few days into the month of December, it happened that there was a humble but respected Indian, a poor man of the people;

5. In uel ijkuak in ipan xiuitl mil y kinientos y treinta y uno, kin iu ikeskiluiok in metstli Disiembre mochiu: onkatka se maseualtsintli iknotlapalsintli.

⁴ his name was Juan Diego; he lived in Cuauhtitlán, as they say.

6. itoka katka Juan Diego, iu mitoa ompa chane Kuautitlan,

⁵ and in all the things of God, he belonged to Tlaltilolco.

7. au in ika Teoyotl , ok mochompa pouia in Tlatilolko.

⁶ It was Saturday, not yet dawn; he was coming in pursuit of God and his commandments.

8. Au Sabado katka, uel ok youatsinko, kiualtepotstokaya in Teoyotl iuan in inetititlanis.

⁷ And as he drew near the little hill called Tepeyac it was beginning to dawn.

9. Au in asiko in inauak tepetsintli in itokayokan Tepeyakak, ye tlatlalchipaua,

⁸ He heard singing on the little hill, like the song of many precious birds; when their voices would stop, it was as if the hill were answering them; extremely soft and delightful, their songs exceeded the songs of the coyoltotl and the tzinitzcan and other precious birds.

10. konkak in ikpak tepetsintli kuikoa, yukin nepapan tlasototome kuika; kakauani in intoski, iukin kinanankilia tepetl, uel senka teyolkima, teuelamachti in inkuik, kisenpanauia in koyoltototl, in tsinitskan iuan in oksekin tlasototome ik kuika.

⁹ Juan Diego stopped to look. He said to himself: “By any chance am I worthy, have I deserved what I hear? Perhaps I am only dreaming it? Perhaps I’m only dozing?.

11. Kimotstimokets in Juan Diego, kimolui: "—¿Kuix noluil, kuix nomaseual in ye nikkaki ¿Aso san niktemiki ¿Aso san nikkochitleua 

¹⁰ Where am I? Where do I find myself? Is it possible that I am in the place our ancient ancestors, our grandparents, told about, in the land of the flowers, in the land of corn, of our flesh, of our sustenance, possible in the land of heaven?”.

12. ¿Kanin ye nika, kanin ye ninotta ¿Kuix ye onkan in kitoteuake ueuetke tachtouan tokokoluan, in xochitlalpan in tonakatlalpan, kuix ye onkan in iluikatlalpan "

¹¹ He was looking up toward the top of the hill, toward the direction the sun rises from, toward where the precious heavenly song was coming from.

13. Ompa on itstikaya in ikpak tepetsintli in tonatiu ikisayampa, in ompa ualkistia in iluikatlasokuikatl.

¹² And then when the singing suddenly stopped, when it could no longer be heard, he heard someone calling him, from the top of the hill, someone was saying to him:

14. Au in oyuseutikis in kuikatl, in omokaktimoman in yeekikaki ualnotsalo in ikpak tepetsintli, kiluia:

“JUAN, dearest Juan Diego.”

"—Juantsin, Juan Diegotsin".

¹³ Then he dated to go to where the voice was coming from, his heart was not disturbed and he felt extremely happy and contented, he started to climb to the top of the little hill to go see where they were calling him from..

15. Niman san yemotlapaloa inik ompa yas in kanin notsalo, aken mochiua in iyolo, manose itla ik misauia, yese uel paki uelamachtia; kitlekauita in tepetsintli ompa itstia in kampa ualnotsalok,

¹⁴ And when he reached the top of the hill, when a Maiden who was standing there say him,

16. au in ye asitiu in ikpak tepetsintli, in ye okimottili se Siuapili onkan moketsinotikak, 

¹⁵ She called to him to come close to her.

17. kiualmonochili inik onyas in inauaktsinko.

¹⁶ And when he reached where she was, he was filled with admiration for the way her perfect grandeur exceeded all imagination:

18. Au in oyuasito in ixpantsinko, senka kimomauisalui in kenin uelasenpanauia in ik senkiska mauistikatsintli;

¹⁷ her clothing was shining like the sun, as if it were sending out waves of light,

19. in itlakentsin yukin tonatiu ik motonameyotia, inik pepetlaka;

¹⁸ and the stone, the crag on which she stood, seemed to be giving out rays;

20. au in tetl in texkali in ik itech moketsa, inik kimina;

¹⁹ her radiance was like precious stones, it seemed like an exquisite bracelet (it seemed beautiful beyond anything else);

21. in itlanexyotsin yuki in tlasochalchiuitl, makistli, in ik nesi;

²⁰ the earth seemed to shine with the brilliance of a rainbow in the mist.

22. yukin ayaukosamalokuekueyoka in tlali.

²¹ And the mesquites and nopals and the other little plants that are generally up there seemed like emeralds. Their leaves seemed like turquoise. And their trunks, their thorns, their prickles, were shining like gold.

23. Au in miskitl, in nopali iuan oksekin nepapan xiutototin onkan mochichiuani yukin ketsalistli, yuki in teoxiuitl in iatlapalo nesi. Au in ikuauyo, in iuitsyo, in iauayo yuki in kostikteokuitatl ik pepetlaka.

²² He prostrated himself in her presence. He listened to her voice [her breath], her words, which give great, great glory, which were extremely kind, as if from someone who was drawing him toward her and esteemed him highly.

24. Ixpantsinko mopechtekak, kikak in iyotsin in itlatoltsin in uel senka teuelamachti in uel tekpiltik yuki in kimokokonauilia, kimotlatlasotilia.

²³ She said to him,

25. Kimoluili:

“LISTEN, my dearest and youngest son, Juan. where are you going?”

"—Tlaxikkaki noxokoyou Juantsin, kampa in timouika "

²⁴ And he answered her: “My Lady, my Queen, my Little Girl, I am going as far as your little house in Mexico-Tlatilolco, to follow the things of God (everything that makes God be God) that are given to us, that are taught to us by the ones who are the images of Our Lord: our priests.”

26. Au in yeuatl kimonankilili: "—Notekuiyoe Siuapile, Nochpochtsine, ka ompa nonasis mochantsinko Mexiko Tlatilolko, nokontepotstoka in teoyotl, in techmomakilia, in techmomachtilia in ixiptlauan in Tlakatl in Totekuiyo, in toteopixkauan".

²⁵ Then she talks with him, she reveals her precious will;

27. Niman ye ik kimononochilia, kimixpantilia in itlasotlanekilistsin,

²⁶ then she says to him:

28. kimoluilia:

 “KNOW, know for sure, my dearest and youngest son, that I am the perfect Ever Virgin Holy Mary, Mother of the one great God of Truth who gives us life, the inventor and creator of people. the owner and lord of what is around us and what is touching us or very close to us the owner and lord of the sky, the owner of the earth. I want very much that they build my sacred little house here,

"Maxikmatti, ma uel yu ye in moyolo, noxokoyou, ka neuatl in nisenkiska semikak Ichpochtli Sankta Maria, in Inantsin in uel neli Teotl Dios, in Ipalnemouani, in Teyokoyani, in Tloke Nauake, in Iluikaua, in Tlaltikpake. Uel nikneki, senka nikeleuia inik nikan nechkechiliske noteokaltsin,

²⁷ in which I will show him, I will exalt him on making him manifest:

29. in onkan niknextis, nikpantlasas.

²⁸ I will give him to the people in all my personal love, in my compassionate gaze, in my help, in my salvation:

30. Niktemakas in ixkich notetlasotlalis, noteiknoitlalis, in notepaleuilis, in notemanauilis,

²⁹ because I am truly your compassionate mother,

31. Ka nel neuatl in namoiknouakanantsin,

³⁰ yours and of all the people who live together in this land,

32. in teuatl iuan in ixkichtin in ik nikan tlalpan ansepantlaka,

³¹ and of all the other people of different ancestries, my lovers, those who cry to me, those who seek me, those who trust in me,

33. iuan in oksekin nepapantlaka, notetlasotlakauan, in notech motsatsilia, in nechtemoa, in notech motemachilia,

³² because there I will listen to their weeping, their sadness, to remedy, to cleanse and nurse all their different troubles, their miseries, their suffering.

34. ka onkan nikinkakilis in inchokis, in intlaokol, inik nikyektilis nikpatis in ixkich nepapan innetolinilis, intoneuis, inchichinakilis.

³³ And to bring about what my compassionate and merciful gaze is trying to do, go to the residence of the Bishop of Mexico, and you will tell him how I am sending you, so that you may reveal to him that I very much want him to build me a house here, to erect my temple for me on the plain; you will tell him everything, all that you have seen and marveled at, and what you have heard.

35. Au inik uelneltis in niknemilia in noteiknoittalis ma xiau in ompa in itekpanchan in Mexiko Obispo, au tikiluis in kenin neua nimitstitlani inik tikixpantis in kenin uel senka nikeleuia inik nikan nechkalti, nechkechili in ipan in tlalmantli noteokal; uel moch tikpouilis in ixkich in otikittak, otikmauiso, iuan in tlein otikkak.

³⁴ and know for sure that I will appreciate it very much and reward it,

36. Au ma yu ye in moyolo ka uel niktlasokamattis, au ka nikixtlauas

³⁵ that because of it I will enrich you, I will glorify you;

37. ka ik nimitskuiltonos, nimitstlamachtis, 

³⁶ and because of it you will deserve very much the way that I reward your fatigue, your service in going to request the matter that I am sending you for.

38. iuan miek onkan tikmaseuaik nikkuepkayotiin mosiauilis, in motekipanoliin ik tiknemilitiu in tlein nimitstitlani.

³⁷ Now, my dearest son, you have heard my breath, my word: go, do what you are responsible for (in this effort).”

39. Okayeotikkak, noxokoyou, in niiyo, in notlatol; ma ximouikatiu, ma ixkich motlapal xikmochiuili."

³⁸ And immediately he prostrated himself in her presence; he said to her: “My Lady, my Little Girl, now I am going to make your venerable breath, your venerable word, a reality; I, your poor Indian, am leaving you for a while.”

40. Au niman ik ixpantsinko onmopechtekak, kimoluili: "—Notekuiyoe, Siuapile, ka ye niyau inik nikyektilis in miiyotsin in motlatoltsin, ma ok nimitsnotlalkauili in nimoknomaseual".

³⁹ Then he came down (the hill) to put her errand into action: he came to get onto the causeway, he comes straight to Mexico City.

41. Niman ik ualtemok inik kineltilitiu in inelitlanis: konnamikiko in kuepotli, ualamelaua Mexiko.

⁴⁰ When he reached the center of the city, he went straight to the palace of the Bishop, the Governing Priest, who had just recently arrived; his name was Don Fray Juan de Zumárraga, a Franciscan Priest.

42. In oasiko itik altepetl, niman ik tlamelau in itekpanchantsinko Obispo, in uel yankuikan ualmouikak Teopixkatlatoani, itokatsin katka D. Fray Juan de Sumarraga, San Fransisko Teopixki.

⁴¹ And as soon as he got there, he then tries to see him, he begs his servants, his helpers, to go and tell him he needs to see him;

43. Au in oasito niman ik moyeyekoa inik kimottilis, kintlatlautia in itetlayekoltikauan in itlanenkauan, inik konittotiue;

⁴² after a long time, when the Reverend Bishop ordered that he enter, they came to call him;

44. ye achi uekautika in konnotsako, in ye omotlanauatili in Tlatouani Obispo inik kalakis.

⁴³ And as soon as he entered, first he knelt before him, he prostrated himself, then he reveals to him, he tells him the precious breath, the precious word of the Queen of Heaven, her message, and he also tells him everything that made his marvel, what he saw, what he heard.

45. Au in onkalak niman ixpantsinko motlankuakets, mopechtekak, niman ye ik kimixpantilia kimopouilia in iiyotsin in itlatoltsin Iluikak Siuapili in inetitlanis: noiuan kimoluilia in ixkich okimauiso, in okittak, in okikak.

⁴⁴ And having heard his whole story, his message, as if he didn’t particularly believe it to be true,

46. Au in okikak in mochi itlatol, inetitlanis, yukin amo senka monelchiutsino,

⁴⁵ he answered him, he said to him: “My son, you will come again. I will still hear you calmly, I will look at it carefully from the very beginning, I will consider the reason why your have come, your will, your desire”.

47. kimonankili, kimoluili: "—Nopiltse ma okseppa tiualas, ok iuian nimitskakis, uel ok itsinekan nikittas, niknemilis in tlein ik otiuala in motlanekilis, in motlaeleuilis".

⁴⁶ He left; he came our sad, because the errand entrusted to him was not immediately accepted.

48. Ualkis; tlaokoxtiuits, inik amo niman oneltik in inetitlanis.

⁴⁷ Then he returned, at the end of the day, then he came straight from there to the top of the little hill,

49. Niman ualmokuep is sa ye ikuak ipan semiluitl; niman onka ualamelau in ikpak tepetsintli,

⁴⁸ and he had the joy of meeting the Queen of Heaven: there exactly where she had appeared to him the fist time, she was waiting for him.

50. au ipantsinko asito in Iluikak Siuapili, is san ye onkan in kanin akattopa kimottili, kimochialitika.

⁴⁹ As soon as he saw her, he prostrated himself before her, he threw himself to the ground, he said to her:

51. Au in oyukimottili, ixpantsinko mopechtekak, motlalchitlas, kimoluili:

⁵⁰ “My dear little Mistress, Lady Queen, my littlest Daughter, my dear little Girl. I did go to where you sent me to carry our your dear breath, your dear word; although I entered with difficulty to where the place is of the Governing Priest, I saw him, I put your breath, your word, before him, as you ordered me to.

52. "—Notekuiyoe, Tlakatle, Chiuapile, Noxokoyoue, Nochpochtsine, ka oniuia in ompa otinechmotitlanili, ka onikneltilito in miiyotsin in motlatoltsin; masiui in ouiuitika in onikalak in ompa iyeyan in teopixkatlatoani, ka onikittak, ka oixpan niktlali in miiyotsin in motlaltotsin in yu otinechmonanauatili,

⁵¹ He received me kindly and he listened to it perfectly, but from the way ha answered me, it’s as if he didn’t understand it, he doesn’t think it’s true.

53. onechpakkaseli, au okiyekkak; yese inik onechnankili yukin amo iyolo omasik, amo monelchiua.

⁵² He said to me: “You will come again: I will still listen to you calmly, I will look well to what you have come for, from the very beginning, to your desire, your will.

54.—Onechilui: —Okseppa tiualas, ok iuiyan nimitskakis, uel ok itsinekan nikittas in tlein otiuala, motlayeleuilis, motlanekilis.

⁵³ The way he answered me, I could clearly see that he thinks your house that you want them to build for you here, maybe I’m only making it up, or that maybe it is not from your lips.

55.—Uel itech onikittak in yu onechnankili ka momatti in moteokaltsin tikmonekiltia mitsmochiuililiske nikan, aso san neuatl nikyoyokoya, akasomo motenkopatsinko; 

⁵⁴ I beg you, my Lady, Queen, my little girl, to have one of the nobles who are held in esteem, one who is known, respected, honored, (have him) carry, take your dear breath, your dear word, so that he will be believed.

56. ka senka nimitsnotlatlautilia Notekuiyoe, Siuapile, Nochpochtsine, manoso aka seme in tlasopipiltin, in iximacho, in ixtilo, in mauistilo, itech xikmokauili in kitkis in kiuikas in miiyotsin in motlaltoltsin inik neltokos.

⁵⁵ Because I am really (just) a man from the country, I am a (porter’s) rope I am a backframe, a tail, a wing, a man of no importance: I myself need to be led, carried on someone’s back, that place your are sending me to is a place where I’m not used to going to or spending any time in, my little Virgin, my Youngest Daughter, my Lady, Little girl;

57. Ka nel niknotlapaltsintli, ka nimekapali, ka nikakaxtli, ka nikuitlapili, ka natlapali, ka nitko ka nimamaloni, kamo nonenemian, kamo noneketsayan in ompa tinechmiualia, Nochpochtsine, Noxokoyoue, Tlakatle. Siuapile.

⁵⁶ please excuse me: I will grieve your face, your heart; I will fall into your anger, into your displeasure, my Lady, my Mistress.”

58. Ma xinechmotlapopoluili niktekipachos in mixtsin in moyolotsin, ipan nias, ipan niuetsis in mosomatsin in mokualantsin, Tlakatle, Notekuiyoe".

⁵⁷ The Perfect Virgin, worthy of honor and veneration, answered him:

59. Kimonankilili in Senkiska Mauisichpochtsintli:

⁵⁸ “LISTEN, my youngest and dearest son, know for sure that I have no lack of servants, of messengers, to whom I can give the task of carrying my breath, my word, so that they carry out my will;

60. "Tlaxikkaki noxokoyou ma uel yu ye in moyolo kamo tlasotin in notetlayekoltikauan in notititlanuan, in uel intech nikkauas in kitkiske in niiyo in notlatol, in kineltiliske in notlanekilis:

⁵⁹ but it is very necessary that you, personally, go and plead, that my wish, my will, become a reality, be carried out through your intercession.

61. yese uel yu moneki inik uel teuatl ik tinemis, ipan titlatos, uel momatika neltis, mochiuas, in nosialis, in notlanekilis.

⁶⁰ And I beg you, my youngest and dearest son and I order you strictly to go again tomorrow to see the bishop.

62. Au uel nimitstlatlautia noxokoyou, iuan nimitstlakuaunauatia ka uel okseppa tias in mostla tikittatiu in Obispo.

⁶¹ And in my name make him know, make him hear my wish, my will, so that he will bring into being, he will build my house of god that I am asking him for.

63. Au nopampa xiknemachti, uel yu xikkakiti in nosialis, in notlanekilis, inik kineltilis inik kichiuas noteokal nikitlanilia.

⁶² And carefully tell him again how I, personally, the Ever Virgin Holy Mary, I, who am the Mother of God, am sending you.”

64. Iuan uel okseppa xikilui in kenin uel neuatl nisemikak Ichpochtli Sankta Maria in niinantsin Teotl Dios in ompa nimitstitlani".

⁶³ For his part, Juan Diego responded to her and said to her “My Lady, Queen, my Little Girl, let me not give you anguish, let me not grieve your face, your heart. I will most gladly go to carry out your breath, your word; I will absolutely not fail to do it, nor do I think the road is painful.

65. Au in Juan Diego kimonankilili kimoluili: —"Notekuiyoe, Siuapile, Nochpochtsine, makamo niktekipacho in mixtsin in moyolotsin, ka uel nosenyolokakopa nonyas, nokonneltilitiu in miiyotsin in motlatoltsin ka niman amo niknokakaualtia, manose niktekokokamatti in ojtli.

⁶⁴ I will go and carry out your will, but perhaps I won’t be heard, and if I am heard, perhaps I won’t be believed.

66. Ka nonyas nokonchiuatiu in motlanekilistsin, san uel ye in aso kamo niyekkakos; in tlanose ye onikakok akasomo nineltokos.

⁶⁵ Tomorrow afternoon, when the sun goes down, I will come to return to your word, to your breath, what the Governing Priest answers to me.

67. Ka tel mostla ye teotlak in ye onkalaki tonatiu nikkuepakiu in miiyotsin in motlatoltsin in tlein ik nechnankilis in Teopixkatlatoani; 

⁶⁶ Now, I respectfully say goodbye to you, my youngest Daughter, young Girl, Lady, my Little Girl, rest a little more.”

68. Ka ye nimitsnotlalkauilia, Noxokoyoue, Nochpochtsine, Tlakatle, Siuapile, ma ok ximoseuitsino".

⁶⁷ And then he went to his house to rest.

69. Au niman ik in ya ichan moseuito.

⁶⁸ On the following day, Sunday, while it was still night, everything was still dark, he left there, he left his house, he came straight to Tlatilolco, he came to learn what pertains to God and to be counted in roll call; then to see the Reverend Bishop.

70. Au in imostlayok Domingo, uel ok youatsinko tlatlayouatok, ompa ualkis in ichan ualamelau in Tlatilolko, kimattiuits in teoyotl iuan inik tepoualos: niman ye inik kittas Teopixkatlatoani.

⁶⁹ And around ten o’clock everything had been taken care of: Mass was over and roll had been called and the crowd had gone away.

71. Au aso ya ipan matlaktli jora in onesenkaualok inik omokak Misa, iuan otepoualok, in ualxin in ixkich maseuali.

⁷⁰ And Juan Diego went to the Reverend Bishop’s residence.

72. Au in yeuatl Juan Diego niman ik ya in itekpanchantsinko in Tlatoani Obispo.

⁷¹ And as soon as he arrived he went through the whole struggle to see him, and after much effort he saw him again;

73. Au in oasito ixkich itlapal okichiu inik okimottilis; au uel ouitika in okseppa kimottili;

⁷² he knelt at his feet, he wept, he became sad as he spoke to him, as he revealed to him the word, the breath of the Queen of Heaven.

74. ikxitlantsiko motlankuakets, choka, tlaokoya in ik kimononochilia, in ik kimixpantilia in iiyotsin in itlatoltsin in Iluikak Siuapili,

⁷³ that would to God the errand, the will, of the Perfect Virgin would be believed, of making for her, of building her sacred little house for her, where she had said, where she wanted it.

75. inik aso sanen neltokos in inetitlanis in itlanekilistsin Senkiska Ichpochtli, inik kimochiuililiske, inik kimokechililiske in iteokaltsin in kanin omotlateneuili in kanin kimonekiltia.

⁷⁴ And the Governing Bishop asked him many, many things, pursued many, many, questions with him, to make certain of where he had seen her, what She was like; he told absolutely everything to the Señor Bishop.

76. Au in Tlatoani Obispo uel miak tlamantli inik kitlatlani, kitlatemoli, inik uel iyolo masis, kampa in kimottili, kenamekatsintli; uel moch kipouilili in Tlatoani Obispo.

⁷⁵ And although he told him absolutely everything, and that in everything, he saw and marveled that it appeared with absolute clarity that she was the Perfect Virgin, the Kind and Wondrous Mother of Our Savior, Our Lord Jesus Christ,

77. Au masiui in uel moch kimomelauilili in yukatsintli, iuan in ixkich okittak, okimauiso inka uel yu nesi ka Yeuatsin is Senkiska Ichpochtsintli in Itlasomauisnantsin in Totemakixtikatsin Totekuiyo Jesukristo;

⁷⁶ nevertheless, it still didn’t happen (his message was still not believed).

78. yese amo niman ik omonelchiu.

⁷⁷ He said that not simply because of his word would his petition be carried out, would what he asked for happen.

79. Kito ka amo san ika itlatol itlaitlanilis mochiuas moneltilis in tlein kitlani,

⁷⁸ That some other sign was very necessary if he was to believe how the Queen of Heaven in person was sending him.

80. Ka uel ok itla ineska moneki inik uel neltokos in kenin uel Yeuatsin kimotitlanilia in Iluikak Sipuapili. 

⁷⁹ As soon as Juan Diego heard that, he said to the Bishop:

81. Au in oyukikak in Juan Diego kimoluili in Obispo:

⁸⁰ “Señor Governor, think about what the sign you ask for will be, because then I will go to ask for it of the Queen of Heaven who sent me.”

82. "Tlakatle, Tlatoanie, ma xikmottili katleuatl yes in ineska tikmitlanilia ka niman niyas nikitlanililitiu in Iluikak Siuapili onechualmotitlanili."

⁸¹ And when the Bishop saw that he was in agreement, that he did not hesitate or doubt in the slightest, he dismisses him.

83. Au in okittak in Obispo ka uel monelchiua ka niman atle ik meleltia, motsotsona, niman ik kiua.

⁸² And as soon as he is on his way, he orders some of house-hold staff in whom he had absolute trust to go along following him, to carefully observe where he was going, whom he was seeing, to whom he was talking.

84. Au in ye uits, niman ik kinmonauatili keski in ichantlaka, in uel intech motlakaneki, kiualtepotstokaske, uel kipipiaske kampa in yau, iuan akin konitta konnotsa.

⁸³ And that’s what they did. And Juan Diego came directly. He took the causeway.

85. Tel iu mochiu. Au in Juan Diego niman ik ualamelau, kitokak in kuepotli.

⁸⁴ And those who were following him lost him on the wooden bridge where the brook comes out near Tepeyac. And even though they searched all over for him, they couldn’t find him anywhere.

86. Au in kiualtepotstokaya onkan atlautli kisa inauak Tepeyakak, quaupantitlan kipoloko, manel ok nouian tlatemoke aokkan kittake.

⁸⁵ And so they turned back. He made them angry, not just because they had made terrible fools of themselves, but also because he had frustrated their attempt.

87. San yu ualmokuepke, amo saniyo in ik omoxixiutlatito, noiuan ik okimelelti okinkualankakuiti.

⁸⁶ So they went to tell the Señor Bishop, they put into his head that he shouldn’t believe him, they told him how he was only telling him lies, that he was only making up what he came to tell him, or that he was only dreaming or imagining what he was telling him, what he was asking of him.

88. Yu kinonotsato in Tlatoani Obispo, kitlauelalilike inik amo kineltokas, kiluike inik san konmostlakauilia, san kipipiki in tlein kiualmoluilia, anose san okitemik, san okikochitleu in tlein kimoluilia in tlein kimitlanililia;

⁸⁷ Therefore they decided that if he came again, if he returned, they would grab him right there and would punish him severely, so that he would never come again to tell lies or get the people all excited.

89. Au uel yu kimoluike intla okseppa ualas, mokuepas, onkan kitsitskiske, iuan chikauak kitlatsakuiltiske inik aokmo seppa istlakatis, tekuamanas.

⁸⁸ Meanwhile, Juan Diego was with the Most Holy Virgin, telling her the response that he was bringing from the Señor Bishop;

90. In okixkichika Juan Diego kakta ixpantsinko Semikak Ichpochtsintli, kiluiaya itenankililis in kitkilito itenkopa Uey Teopixkatlatoani;

⁸⁹ when she had heard it, she said to him:

91. in oyukimokakilti in Tlatokasiuapili kilui:

⁹⁰ “THAT’S fine, my dear son, you will come back here tomorrow so that you may take the bishop the sign he has asked you for;

92. "—Ka ye kuali, ka ye yuki, noxokoyou, nikan mostla okseppa tiualas inik tikitkilitiu Uey Teopixki in tlaneltilistli in neskayotl in mitstlatlanilia;

⁹¹ with this he will believe you, and he will no longer have any doubts about all this and he will no longer be suspicious of you;

93. Ik niman mitstlatolkakilis, iuan itechpa ayokik mitschikomattis, nion motech chikoyolouas;

⁹² and know, my dear son, that I will reward you care and the work and fatigue that you have put into this for me.

94. Iuan ma uel yu ye in moyolo, noxokoyu, ka nimitstlaxtlauis monetlakuitlauilis, motlatekipanolis mosiammikilis, in nopampa titlapopolotok.

⁹³ So, go now: I will be waiting here for you tomorrow.”

95. Tlakuele, notelpotsin, ka tel mostla ye nikan nimitsonchixtos".

⁹⁴ And on the following day, Monday, when Juan Diego was to take some sign in order to be believed, he did not return.

96. In imostlayok Lunes in ikuak kiuikaskia in Juan Diego in itla ineska inik neltokos aokmo oualmokuep:

⁹⁵ Because when he arrived at his house, the sickness had struck an uncle of his, named Juan Bernardino, and he was very ill.

97. Ye ika in ikuak asito in ichan, se itla, itoka Juan Bernardino, oitechmotlali in kokolistli, uel tlanautok.

⁹⁶ He went to get the native healer, who treated him, but it was too late; he was very ill.

98. Ok kitisinochilito, ok ipan tlato, yese aokmo inman, ye uel otlanau:

⁹⁷ And when night came, his uncle begged him to come to Tlatilolco shortly after midnight, while it was still dark, to call some priest to go to confess him, to go to get him ready,

99. Au in ye youak, kitlatlauti in itla in ok youatsinko, ok tlatlayouatok ualkisas, kimonochilikiu in onkan Tlatilolko seme in teopixke inik mouikas, kimoyolkuitilitiu, iuan kimosenkauilitiu,

⁹⁸ because he was sure that the time and place had now come for him to die, because he would no longer get up, he would no longer get well.

100. ye ika ka uel yuka in iyolo ka ye inman, ka ye onkan inik mikis ka aok meuas aokmo patis.

⁹⁹ And on Tuesday, while it was still night, Juan Diego left his house to come to Tlatilolco to get the priest.

101. Au in Martes, uel ok tlatlayouatok in ompa ualkis ichan in Juan Diego in kimonochilis teopixki in ompa Tlatilolko,

¹⁰⁰ and when he finally reached the little hill which ended the mountain range, at its foot, where the road comes out, on the side that the sun sets on, where he always passed before, he said:

102. au in ye asitiuits inauak tepetsintli Tepeyakak in ikxitlan kistika ojtli tonatiu ikalakiampa, in onkan yeppa kisani, kito:

¹⁰¹ “If I go ahead on the road, I don’t want this Lady to see me, because for sure, just like before, she’ll stop me so I can take the sign to the church governor for her, as she ordered me to;

103. "Intla san nikmelaua ojtli, manen nechualmottiliti is Siuapili, ka yeppa nechmotsikaluis inik nik uikilis tlaneskayotl in teopixkatlatoani, in yu onechmonauatili;

¹⁰² because first our tribulation must leave us; first I must quickly call the (Franciscan) priest; my uncle is anxiously waiting for him”.

104. ma ok techkaua in tonetekipachol, ma ok nik nonochilitiuetsi in teopixki motolinia, in notlatsin amo sa kimochialitok".

¹⁰³ He immediately turned toward the hill, climbed up across it where there is a pass, and emerged on the eastern side, no that he could quickly to Mexico so that the Queen of Heaven would not detain him.

105. Niman ik kontlakolui in tepetl; itsalan ontlekok yenepa sentlapal, tonatiu ikisayampa kisato, inik isiuka asitiu Mexiko inik amo kimotsikaluis in Iluikak Siuapili,

¹⁰⁴ He thinks that where he made the turn, the one who is looking everywhere perfectly won’t be able to see him.

106. in momatti ka in ompa in otlakolo ka auel kimottilis in uel nouiampa motstilitika.

¹⁰⁵ He saw how she was coming down from up on the hill, and that from there she had been looking at him, from where she saw him before.

107. Kittak kenin ualmotemoui ikpak in tepetsintli ompa ualmotstilitok in ompa yeppa konmottiliani.

¹⁰⁶ She came to meet him beside the hill, she came to block his way; she said to him:

108. Konmonamikiliko in inakastlan tepetl, konmotsakuililiko, kimoluili:

¹⁰⁷ “WHAT’S happening, youngest and dearest of all my sons? Where are you going, where are you headed for?”

109. "—Aux noxokoyou, kampa in tiyau; Kampa in titstiu "

¹⁰⁸ And he, perhaps he grieved a little, or perhaps he became ashamed? Or perhaps he became afraid of the situation, be became fearful?

110. Au in yeuatl kuix achi ik melelma Kuix nose pinauak kuix nose ik misaui, momauti 

¹⁰⁹ He prostrated himself before her, he greeted her, he said to her:

111. Ixpantsinko mopechtekak, kimotlapalui, kimoluili:

¹¹⁰ “My little Maiden, my smallest Daughter, my Girl, I hope you are happy; how are you this morning? Does your beloved little body feel well, my Lady, my Girl?

112. "Nochpochtsine, Noxokoyoue, Siuapile, maximopakiltitie, ken otimixtonalti Kuix tikmouelmachitia in motlasonakayotsin, Notekuiyoe, Nopiltsinsine 

¹¹¹ Although it grieves me, I will cause your face and your heart anguish: I must tell you, my little Girl, that one of your servants, my uncle, is very ill.

113. Niktekipachos in mixtsin in moyolotsin: ma xikmomachiltitsino, Nochpochtsine, ka uelanautok se momaseualtsin notla,

¹¹² A terrible sickness has taken hold of him; he will surely die from it soon.

114. Uey kokolistli in itech omotlali; ka yeppa ik momikilis.

¹¹³ And now I shall go quickly to your little house of Mexico (Mexico-Tlatilolco), to call one of our priests, the beloved ones of Our Lord, so that he will go to hear his confession and prepare him,

115. Au ok nonisiutiu in mochantsinko Mexiko, nokonnonochilis seme in itlasouan Totekuiyo in toteopixkauan, konmoyolkuitilitiu, iuan konmosenkauilitiu,

¹¹⁴ Because we really were born for that we who came to wait for the painful effort of our death.

116. ka nel ye inik otitlakatke in tikchiako in tomikistekiu.

¹¹⁵ But, if I am going to carry it out, I will return here after that to go carry your breath, your word, Lady, my little Young one.

117. Au intla onokonneltilito, ka niman nikan okseppa niualmokuepas, inik nonyas nokonitkis in miiyotsin in motlatoltsin, Tlakate Nochpochtsine.

¹¹⁶ I beg you to forgive me, be patient with me a little longer, because I am not deceiving you with this, my youngest Daughter, my little Girl, tomorrow without fail I will come as fast as possible”.

118. Ma xinechmotlapopoluili, ma ok ixkich xinechmopakkaijiyouilti kamo ik nimitsnokeluia, Noxokoyoue, Nopiltsine, ka niman mostla nikistiuetsikiu."

¹¹⁷ As soon as she heard the explanations of Juan Diego, the Merciful Perfect Virgin answered him:

119. Au in oyukimokakiti itlatol in Juan Diego kimonankili in Iknouakasenkiskaichpochtsintli:

¹¹⁸ “LISTEN, put it into your heart, my youngest and dearest son, that the thing that frightened you, the thing that afflicted you is nothing: do not let it disturb you: do not fear this sickness nor any other sickness, nor any sharp and hurtful thing.

120. "Maxikkaki, ma uel yu ye in moyolo, noxokoyou, maka tle tlein mitsmauti, mitstekipacho, makamo ken mochiua in mix in moyolo makamo xikimakasi in kokolistli, manose ok itla kokolistli, kokok teopouki.

¹¹⁹ Am I not here, I, who am your mother? are you not under my shadow and protection? am I not the source of your joy? are you not in the hollow of my mantle, in the crossing of my arms? do you need something more?

121. ¿Kuix amo nikan nika nimonantsin ¿Kuix amo noseualotitlan, nekauyotitlan in tika ¿Kuix amo neuatl in nimopakkayelis Kuix amo nokuixanko nomamaluasko in tika ¿Kuix ok itla in motech moneki

¹²⁰ Let nothing else worry you, disturb you; do not let your uncle’s illness pressure you with grief, because he will not die of it now. You may be certain that he is already well.”

122. Makamo ok itla mitstekipacho, mitsamana, makamo mitstekipacho in ikokolis motlatsin, kamo ik mikis in axkan itechka; ma uel yu ye in moyolo ka ye opatik".

¹²¹ (And at that very moment his uncle became well, as they later found out). .

123. (Au ka niman uel ikuak patik in itlatsin in yu santepan machistik.)

¹²² An when Juan Diego heard the lovely word, the lovely breath of the Queen of Heaven, he was greatly comforted by it, his heart became peaceful. .

124. Au in Juan Diego in oyukikak in iiyotsin in itlatoltsin in Iluikak Siuapili, uel senka ik omoyolali, uel ik pachiu in iyolo.

¹²³ and he begged her to send him immediately to see the Governing Bishop, to take him something for a sign, for proof so that he would believe. .

125. Au kimotlatlautili inik ma sa ye kimotitlanili inik kittatiu in Tlatoani Obispo in kitkilis itla ineska, in ineltika, inik kineltokas.

¹²⁴ And the Queen of Heaven ordered him then to go to the top of the little hill, where he had seen her before: .

126. Au in Iluikak Siuapili niman ik kimonauatili inik ontlekos in ikpak tepetsintli, in onkan kanin yeppa konmottiliaya;

¹²⁵ She said to him:

127. Kimoluili:

“GO up, my dearest son, to the top of the hill, to where you saw me and I told you what to do;

"—Xitleko, noxokoyou in ikpak in tepetsintli, au in kanin otinechittak iuan onimitsnanauati;

¹²⁶ There you will see that there are different kinds of flowers: cut them, gather them, put them all together; then come down here; bring them here, into my presence.” .

128. Onkan tikittas onok nepapan xochitl, xikteteki, xiknechiko, xiksentlali, ninam xik—ualtemoui, nikan nixpan xik—ualuika".

¹²⁷ Juan Diego climbed to the top the top of the hill right away..

129. Au in Juan Diego niman ik kitlekaui in tepetsintli.

¹²⁸ and when he reached the top, he was astonished by all of them, blooming, open, flowers of every kind, lovely and beautiful, when it still was not their season:

130. Au in oasito ikpak, senka kimauiso in ixkich onok, xotlatok, kuepontok in nepapan kaxtilan tlasoxochitl, in ayamo imochiuyan,

¹²⁹ because really that was the season n which the frost was very harsh: .

131. ka nel uel ikuak in motlapaltilia issetl;

¹³⁰ they were giving off an extremely soft fragrance; like precious pearls, as if filled with the dew of the night. .

132. uel senka auiaxtok, iuki in tlasoepyolotli inik youalauachyotok;

¹³¹ Then he began to cut them, he gathered them all, he put them in the hollow of his tilma. .

133. Niman ik peu in kiteteki, uel moch kinechiko, kikuixanten.

¹³² The top of the little hill was certainly not a place in which any flowers grew; there are only plenty of rocks, thorns, spines, prickly pears and mesquite trees, .

134. Au in onkan ikpak tepetsintli, ka niman atle xochitl in imochiuyan, ka texkala, netsola, uiuitstla, nopala, miskitla;

¹³³ And even though some little herbs or grasses might grow, it was then the month of December, in which the frost eats everything up and destroys it. .

135. au intla xiutotontin mochichiuani, in ikuak in ipan Metstli Disiembre, ka moch kikua kipopoloua issetl,

¹³⁴ And immediately he came back down, he came to bring the Heavenly Maiden the different kinds of flowers which he had gone up to cut. .

136. Au ka niman ik ualtemok, kiualmotkilili in Iluikak Siuapili in nepapan xochitl okitetekito, 

¹³⁵ And when she saw them, she took them with her precious hands; .

137. au in oyukimottili, imatikatsinko konmokuili;

¹³⁶ Then she put them all together into the hollow of his ayate again and said: .

138. niman ye okseppa ikuexanko kiualmotemili kimoluili:

¹³⁷ “MY youngest and dearest son, these different kinds of flowers are the proof, the sign that you will take to the bishop; .

139. "—Noxokoyou, inin nepapan xochitl yeuatl in tlaneltilis in neskayotl in tik—uikilis in Obispo.

¹³⁸ You will tell him from me tha he is to see in them my desire, and that therefore he is to carry out my wish, my will. .

140. Nopampa tikiluis ma ik kitta in notlanekilis iuan ik kineltilis in notlanekilis, in nosialis.

¹³⁹ and you, you who are my messenger, in you I place my absolute trust;

141. Au in teuatl in tinotitlan ka uel motech netlakanekoni;

¹⁴⁰ And I strictly order you that you only open your ayate alone in the presence of the bishop, and show him what you are carrying.

142. Au uel nimitstlakuaunauatia san uel isel ixpan Obispo tiksouas in motilma, iuan tiknextilis in tlein tik—uika:

¹⁴¹ And you will tell him everything exactly, you will tell him that I ordered you to climb to the top of the little hill to cut flowers, and everything that you saw and admired,

143. Au uel moch tikpouilis, tikiluis in kenin onimitsnauati inik titlekos in ikpak tepetsintli in tiktetekitiu xochitl, iuan in ixkich otikittak, otimauiso,

¹⁴² So that you can convince the governing priest, so that he will then do what lies within his responsibility so that my temple which I have asked him for will be made, will be raised.”

144. inik uel tikyoloyeuas in Teopixkatlatoani inik niman ipan tlatos inik mochiuas, moketsas in noteokal onikitlanili."

¹⁴³ And as soon as the Heavenly Queen gave him her orders, he took the causeway, he comes straight to Mexico City, he comes happily now. .

145. Au in okonmonanauatili in Iluikak Siuapili kiualtokak in kuepotli Mexiko ualmelaua, ye paktiuits.

¹⁴⁴ His heart is tranquil now, because his errand will come out well, he will carry it our perfectly. .

146. Ye yu yetiuits in iyolo ka yekkisakiu, kiyekitkis.

¹⁴⁵ Along the way, he is very careful of what is in the hollow of his garment, lest he lose something: .

147. Uel kimokuitlauitiuits in tlein ikuixanko yetiuits in manen itla kimakau;

¹⁴⁶ As he comes, he enjoys the fragrance of the different kinds of exquisite flowers. .

148. kimotlamachtitiuits in iauiaka in nepapan tlasoxochitl.

¹⁴⁷ When he arrived at the Bishop’s residence, the doorkeeper and the other servants of the Governing Priest went to meet him. .

149. In oasiko itekpanchan Obispo konnamikito in ikalpixkau iuan oksekin itlanenkauan in Tlatokateopixki.

¹⁴⁸ and he begged them to tell him how much he wanted to see him, but none of them was willing; they pretended they didn’t understand him, or perhaps because it was still very dark; .

150. Au kintlatlauti inik ma kimoluilikan in kenin kimottilisneki, yese ayak seme kinek, amo konmokakkaneke aso ye inik uel ok youatsinko.

¹⁴⁹ or perhaps because they felt by now that all he did was bother them and keep on insisting, .

151. au anose inik ye kiximatti san kintepachoa inik imixtlan pilkatinemi,

¹⁵⁰ and their companions had already told them, the ones who lost him from sight when they were following him. .

152. iuan ye okinonotske in imikniuan in kipoloto in iquak kitepotstokake.

¹⁵¹ For a long, long time he waited for his request to be granted.

153. Uel uekautika in otlatolchixtikatka.

¹⁵² And when they saw that he was simply standing there for a long, long time with his head down, without doing anything, in case he should be called, and that it looked as if he was carrying something, as if he was bringing it in the hollow of his tilma – then they came up close to him to see what he was bringing and thus satisfy their curiosity. .

154. Au in okittake ye uel uekautika in onkan ikak, motololtitikak, tlatenmatikak in aso notsalos, iuan in iukinma itla kiualitki, kikuixanotikak; niman ye ik itech onasike inik kittiliske tlein kiuikats inik inyolo pachiuis.

¹⁵³ And when Juan Diego saw that there was no way in which he could hide from them what he was carrying and that therefore they might harass him or push him perhaps rough him and the flowers up, he finally gave them a little peek and they say that it was flowers. .

155. Au in okittak in Juan Diego ka niman auel kintlatilis in tlein kiuikats, ka ik kitoliniske kitotopeuaske nose ik kimiktiske, tepiton kiualnexti ka xochitl.

¹⁵⁴ And when they say that they were all exquisite different flowers and that it wasn’t the season for them to be blooming, they were very, very astonished by how fresh they were, how good they smelled, how handsome they seemed. .

156. Au in yukittake ka moch kaxtilan nepapan xochitl iuan in kamo imochiuyan in ikuak, uel senka kimauisoke, iuan in kenin uel senka seltik, inik kueponki, inik auiak, inik mauistik.

¹⁵⁵ And they wanted to grab and pull a few out; .

157. Au keleuike inik keskitetl konanaske, kikixtiliske;

¹⁵⁶ They dared to try to grab them three times, but there was no way in which they could do it, .

158. au uel expa mochiuki inik motlapaloke konkuiskia; niman auel mochiuki,

¹⁵⁷ because when they would try, they could no longer see the flowers, they saw them as if they were painted or embroidered or sewn on the tilma. .

159. yeika in ikuak kiitskiskia aokmo uel xochitl in kittaya, san yukima tlakuiloli, nose tlamachtli, nose tlatsontli in itech kittaya tilmatli.

¹⁵⁸ They went immediately to tell the Governing Bishop what they had seen, .

160. Niman ik kimoluilito in Tlatoani Obispo in tlein okittake;

¹⁵⁹ and how much the lowly Indian who had come other times wanted to see him, and that he had been waiting a very long time there for permission, because he wanted to see him. .

161. iuan in kenin kimottilisneki in maseualtsintli ye iskipa ualau, iuan in ye uel uekau in ye ik aso onka tlatlatolchixtok inik kimottilisneki.

¹⁶⁰ And as soon as the Governing Bishop heard it, he realized that this was the proof to convince him to get started on what the humble man was asking him for. .

162. Au in Tlatoani Obispo in oyu kimokakiti, niman ipan ya in iyolotsin ka yeuatl in ineltika inik iyolotsin masis, inik kimoneltililis in tlein ik nemi tlakatsintli.

¹⁶¹ He immediately ordered that he come in to see him. .

163. Niman motlanauatili inik niman kalakis, kimottilis.

¹⁶² And when he had come in, he prostrated himself in his presence, as he had done before. .

164. Au in okalak ixpantsinko mopechtekak, in yu yeppa kichiuani;

¹⁶³ And again he told him what he had seen and admired, and his message. .

165. au okseppa kimotlapouilili in ixkich okittak in okimauiso iuan in inetitlanis.

¹⁶⁴ He said to him, “Your Excellency, sir, I have done it. I have carried out your orders, .

166. Kimoluili: "—Notekuiyoe, Tlatoanie, ka ye onikchiu, ka ye onikneltili in yu otinechmonauatili,

¹⁶⁵ That is, I went to tell my Mistress, the Heavenly Maiden, Holy Mary, the Beloved Mother of God, that you were asking for proof so you could believe me, so that you would make her sacred little house, where she as asking you to build it;

167. ka uel yu oniknoluilito in Tlakatl in Notekuiyo in Iluikak Siuapili Santa Maria in Teotl Dios Itlasonantsin, in tikmitlania in tlaneskayotl inik uel tinechmoneltokitis, inik tikmochiuililis in iteokaltsin in onkan mitsmitlanililia, tikmokechilis;

¹⁶⁶ And I also told her that I had given you my word to come to bring you some sign, some proof of her will, as you told me to. .

168. au ka uel yu oniknoluili in onimitsnomakili in notlatol inik nimitsualnouikilis in itla ineska in ineltika in itlanekilistsin inik nomak otikmokauili.

¹⁶⁷ And she listened carefully to your breath, your word, and was pleased to receive your request for the sign, the proof, so that her beloved will can be done, can be carried out. .

169. Au ka okiuelmokakiti in miiyotsin in motlatoltsin; au okimopakkaselili in tikmitlania in itla ineska, ineltika, inik mochiuas moneltilis in itlanekilistsin.

¹⁶⁸ And today, while it was still night, she ordered me to come again to see you; .

170. Au ye in in axkan ok youatsinko onechmonauatili inik oksepa nimitsnottilikiu;

¹⁶⁹ and I asked her for the proof so that I would be believed, as she had said that she would give it to me, and she kept her promise immediately. .

171. au oniknitlanilili in itla ineska inik nineltokos, in yu onechmoluili nechmomakilis, au ka san niman okimoneltilili.

¹⁷⁰ And she ordered me to the top of the little hill where I had seen her before, to cut different flowers up there; Castillian roses. .

172. Au onechmiuali in ikpak tepetsintli in kanin yeppa nokonnottiliani inik ompa niktetekitiu in nepapan Kaxtilan xochitl.

¹⁷¹ And when I had cut them, I took them down to her at the bottom; .

173. Au in oniktekito, onichualnouikilili in onkan tlatsintlan;

¹⁷² and she took them with her holy hands, .

174. au ka imatikatsinko konmokuili,

¹⁷³ again she placed them in the hollow of my ayate, .

175. okseppa nokuixanko okonualmotemili,

¹⁷⁴ so that I would bring them to you, so I would give them only to you. .

176. inik nimitsualnotkililis, in uel Teuatsin nimitsnomakilis.

¹⁷⁵ Although I knew very well that the top of the hill isn’t a place where flowers grow, because there are only a lot of craggy rocks, thorns, spiny acacias, prickly pears, mesquite bushes. I didn’t doubt because of that, I didn’t hesitate because of that. .

177. Masiui in ka uel nikmattia kamo imochiuyan xochitl in ikpak tepetsintli, ka san tetexkala, netsola, uitstla, tenopala, miskitla amo ik oninotsotson, amo ik nomeyoloak.

¹⁷⁶ When I reached the top of the hill I saw that it was now paradise. .

178. In nasito in ikpak tepetsintli in nitlachix ka ye xochitlalpan.

¹⁷⁷ Every kind of different precious flowers were there, each one perfect, the very finest that there are, full of dew and shining so I immediately cut them; .

179. Onkan senkistok in ixkich nepapan tlasoxochitl kaxtilankayotl auach, tonameyotok, inik niman oniktetekito.

¹⁷⁸ and she told me that I should give them to you from her, and that in this way I would show the truth; that your should see the sign that you were asking for in order to carry our her beloved will, .

180. Au onechmoluili inik ipampa nimitsnomakilis; au ka ye yu nik neltitlia inik onkan tikmottilis in itla neskayotl in tikmitlanilia inik tikmoneltililis in itlanekilistsin;

¹⁷⁹ and so that it will be clear that my word, my message, is truth, .

181. iuan inik nesi ka neltilistli in notlatol, in nonetitlanis:

¹⁸⁰ here they are; please receive them.” .

182. Ka iska, ma xikmoselili."

¹⁸¹ And then he held out his white tilma, in the hollow of which he had placed the flowers. .

183. Au ka niman ik kiualsou in istak itilma in okikuixanotikaka xochitl.

¹⁸² And just as all the different precious flowers fell to the floor, .

184. Au in yu ualtepeu in ixkich nepapan kaxtilan xochitl, 

¹⁸³ then and there the beloved Image of the Perfect Virgin Holy Mary, Mother of God, became the sign, suddenly appeared in the form and figure in which it is now, .

185. niman onkan momachioti, nestikis in itlasoixiptlatsin is senkiska Ichpochtli Santa Maria Teotl Dios Inantsin in yukatsintli axkan moyetstika,

¹⁸⁴ where it is preserved in her beloved little house, in her sacred little house at Tepeyac, which is called Guadalupe. .

186. in onkan axkan mopixtsinotika in itlasochantsinko in iteokaltsinko Tepeyakak, motokayotia Guadalupe.

¹⁸⁵ And as soon as the Governing Bishop and all those who were there saw it, they knelt, they were full of awe and reverence. .

187. Au in oyukimottili in Tlatoani Obispo iuan in ixkichtin onkan katka motlankuaketske, senka kimauisoke,

¹⁸⁶ They stood up to see it, they became sad, they wept, their hearts and minds were in ecstasy. .

188. kimotstimoketske, tlaokoxke, moyoltoneuke, yukin ajkoya in inyolo in intlalnamikilis…

¹⁸⁷ And the Governing Bishop weeping and with sadness begged and asked her to forgive him for not having immediately carried out her will, her holy breath, her holy word. .

189. Au in Tlatoani Obispo chokistika, tlaokoyalistika kimotlatlautili, kimitlanilili in itlapopoluililoka inik amo niman okineltili, in itlanekilistsin, in iiyotsin in itlatoltsin.

¹⁸⁸ And when he got up, he untied Juan Diego’s garment, his tilma, from his neck where it was tied. .

190. Au in omokets kiualton in ikechtlan ik ilpitikatka in itlaken, in itilma Juan Diego.

¹⁸⁹ On which the Heavenly Queen appeared, on which she became the sign. .

191. in itech omonexiti in onkan omomachiotitsino in Iluikak Siuapili.

¹⁹⁰ And then he took it and placed it in his private chapel. .

192. Au niman ik kimouikili; ompa kimotlalilito in ineteochiuayan.

¹⁹¹ And Juan Diego still stayed for the day in the Bishop’s house, he still kept him there.

193. Au ok onka osemiluiti in Juan Diego in ichantsinko Obispo, ok kimotsikalui.

¹⁹² And on the next day he said to him: “Come, let’s go so you can show where is that the Queen of Heaven wants her chapel built.” .

194. Au in imostlayok kilui: "—Sake, inik tikteittitis in kanin itlanekilistsin Iluikak Siuapili kimokechililiske in iteokaltsin."

¹⁹³ People were immediately invited to make it, to build it. .

195. Niman ik tetlaluilok inik mochiuas moketsas.

¹⁹⁴ And Juan Diego, as soon as he showed where the Lady of Heaven had ordered her sacred little house to be built, asked for permission: .

196. Au in Juan Diego in oyukitteititi in kanin kimonauatili in Iluikak Siuapili moketsas iteokaltsin, niman ik tenauati:

¹⁹⁵ he wanted to go to his house in order to see his uncle, Juan Bernardino, who was very ill when he left him to go to Tlatilolco to call a priest to confess him and prepare him, the one whom the Queen of Heaven had told him had already been cured. .

197. in ok onasisneki in ichan inik konittatiu in itlatsin Juan Bernardino, in uelanautok, in ikuak kiualkauteuak seme kinotsaskia Teopixke in onkan Tlatilolko, inik kiyolkuitiskia, kisenkauaskia; in kimoluili Iluikak Siuapili in ye opatik.

¹⁹⁶ But they didn’t let him go alone, rather people went with him to his house. .

198. Au amo san isel kikauke yas, ka kiuikake in ompa in ichan;

¹⁹⁷ And when they arrived they saw that his uncle was now healthy; he had absolutely no pain of any kind. .

199. Au in oyu asito kittake in itlatsin ye uel paktika, niman atle kikokoa,

¹⁹⁸ And he, for his part, was greatly surprised by the way in which his nephew was accompanied and very honored; .

200. Au in yeuatl senka kimauiso in kenin imach ualuiko, iuan senka mauistililo;

¹⁹⁹ he asked his nephew why it was that they were honoring him so much; .

201. kitlatlani in imach tleika in yuki chiualo, in senka mauistililo:

²⁰⁰ and he told him how, when he left to go call a priest for him who would confess him and prepare him, the Lady of Heaven appeared to him there at Tepeyac;.

202. Au in yeuatl kilui in kenin ikuak ompa ualeuak in kinochiliskia teopixki in kiyolkuitis, kisenkauas, in onkan Tepeyakak kimottilitsino in Iluikak Siuapili;

²⁰¹ and she sent him to Mexico City to see the Governing Bishop, so that he would make her a house at Tepeyac.

203. au kimotitlani in ompa Mexiko in kittatiu in Tlatoani Obispo inik onkan kimokaltilis in Tepeyakak.

²⁰² And she told him not to worry, because his uncle was now happy, and she consoled him very much with this news. .

204. Au kimoluili in makamo motekipacho in ka ye paktika; in ik senka moyolali.

²⁰³ His uncle told him that it was true, that she healed him at that exact moment, .

205. Kilui in itlatsin ka ye neli ka niman ikuak in kimopatili,

²⁰⁴ And he saw her in exactly the same way she had appeared to his nephew, .

206. iuan uel kimottili is san no uel ye iukatsintli in yu kimottititsinoaya in imach,

²⁰⁵ and she told him that she was also sending him to Mexico City to see the Bishop; .

207. iuan kimoluili in kenin yeuatl ok okimotitlanili Mexiko in kittas Obispo;

²⁰⁶ and also that when he went to see him, he should reveal absolutely everything to him, he should tell him what he had seen .

208. Au ma no in ikuak kittatiu, ma uel moch ik kixpantis kinonotsas in tlein okittak,

²⁰⁷ and the marvelous way in which she had healed him, .

209. iuan in kenin tlamauisoltika okimopatili;

²⁰⁸ and that he would properly name her beloved Image thus: The Perfect Virgin, Holy Mary of Guadalupe. .

210. au ma uel yu kimotokayotilis, ma uel yumotokayotitsinos is senkiska Ichpochtsintli Santa Maria de Guadalupe in itlasoixiptlatsin.

²⁰⁹ And then they brought Juan Bernardino into the presence of the Governing Bishop, they brought him to speak with him, to give his testimony, .

211. Au niman ik kiualuikake in Juan Bernardino in ixpan Tlatouani Obispo in kinonotsako, in ixpan tlaneltiliko.

²¹⁰ and together with his nephew Juan Diego, the Bishop lodged them in his house for a few days. .

212. Au ineuan in imach Juan Diego kinkaloti in ichan Obispo achi keskiluitl,

²¹¹ While the sacred little house of the lovely Little Queen was built out there at Tepeyac, where she revealed herself to Juan Diego. .

213. inok ixkich ika moketsino iteokaltsin Tlatoka Siuapili in onkan Tepeyakak in kanin kimottitili in Juan Diego.

²¹² And the Reverend Bishop moved the beloved Image of the Beloved Heavenly Maiden to the principal church. .

214. Au in Tlatouani Obispo kikuani ompa in Iglesia Mayor in itlasoixiptlatsin in Iluikaktlasosiuapili.

²¹³ He took her beloved Image from his residence, from his private chapel in which it was, so that all could see it and admire it. .

215. Kiualmokixtili in ompa itekpanchan in ineteochiuayan moyetstikatka: inik mochi tlakatl kittas kimauisos in Itlasoixiptlatsin.

²¹⁴ And absolutely this entire city with no exception, was deeply moved as everyone came to see and admire her precious Image. .

216. Au uel senmochi is semaltepetl olin, in kiualmottiliaya, in kimauisoaya in Itlasoixiptlatsin.

²¹⁵ They came to acknowledge its divine character. .

217. Ualateomatia,

²¹⁶ They came to offer her their payers. .

218. kimotlatlautiliaya.

²¹⁷ They marveled at the miraculous way it had appeared. .

219. Senka kimauisoaya in kenin teotlamauisoltika inik omonexiti,

²¹⁸ since absolutely no one on earth had painted her beloved Image.

220. inik niman ma aka tlaltikpak tlakatl okimikuilui in itlasoixiptlayotsin.