Original: Genealogies of the tribes Preamble Here are the opening lines, in modernized spelling and punctuation (from Sam Colop's edition): Colop 1999 and an English translation Are uxe 'ojer tzij waral K'iche' ub 'i'.
Simplified: Excerpt Here are the opening lines of the book, in modernized spelling and punctuation (from Sam Colop's edition): Are uxe 'ojer tzij waral K'iche' ub 'i'. Waral xchiqatz 'ib' aj wi xchiqatikib 'a' wi ojer tzij, utikarib 'al uxe' nab 'al puch rnojel xb' an pa tinamit K'iche 'ramaq' K'iche 'winaq.