Izindaba ezethusayo zafinyelela ezindlebeni zikaMoctezuma. I-tlatoani esindayo yalinda ngokunganaki izindaba, ezafika ngokushesha:
Izindaba ezethusayo zafinyelela ezindlebeni zikaMoctezuma. I-tlatoani esindayo yalinda ngokunganaki izindaba, ezafika ngokushesha:
Nkosi neNkosi yethu, kuyiqiniso ukuthi angazi ukuthi abantu beze ini futhi sebefinyelele ogwini lolwandle olukhulu ... futhi inyama yabo imhlophe kakhulu, ngaphezu kwenyama yethu, ngaphandle kokuthi iningi labo linentshebe ende nezinwele ngisho indlebe iyabanika. IMoctecuhzoma ibiwele phansi, angakhulumi lutho.
Lawa magama ezehlele kithi angafundwa kwi-Chronicle yase-Mexico ka-Alvarado Tezozomoc. Kuningi okushiwoyo ngokubuya kukaQuetzalcóatl, owayeye empumalanga, lapho aba yinkanyezi yokusa. Kodwa-ke, kuyamangaza ukuthi ukubuya kwenkosi nonkulunkulu obaluleke kangaka akuzange kuthathwe ngentokozo nguMoctezuma. Mhlawumbe incazelo yalokhu itholakala kwiMatritense Codex, lapho kubhekiswa khona kwenye imbuyiselo izikhathi ezingaphela ngayo. Kusho kanjalo:
Manje iNkosi yethu, uTloque Nahuaque, ihamba kancane kancane. Futhi manje nathi siyahamba ngoba sihamba naye nomaphi lapho eya khona, siye eNkosini Night Wind, ngoba uyahamba, kodwa uzobuya, uzovela futhi, uzosivakashela lapho uMhlaba usuzoqedela uhambo lwawo.
Ngokushesha inkosi yaseMexico iyabona ukuthi abaseSpain abayena unkulunkulu olindelekile. UMoctezuma uzama ukuwaxosha futhi athumele izipho, okuphambene nalokho, zivusa nakakhulu ukuhaha kwabanqobi. Lezi zifika eTenochtitlan futhi zinqobe i-tlatoani. Impi ayilindi futhi siyazi kahle le ndaba: yonke into iphela ngo-Agasti 13, 1521, lapho iTlatelolco, inqaba yokugcina yaseMexico, iwela ezandleni zabaseSpain nabalingani babo bomdabu.
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, kwafakwa i-oda elisha. Emanxiweni aseTenochtitlan kuzozalwa idolobha elisha lamakoloni. Izinto ezithathwe emathempelini ezacekeleka phansi ngesikhathi sokulwa futhi nangemva kwalokho ziyasiza kule njongo. UFray Toribio de Benavente, uMotolinía, usikhumbuza lezo zikhathi ezingezinhle lapho abomdabu baphoqeleka khona ukuthi badilize amathempeli abo, ukuze nabo bakhe izakhiwo zokuqala zamakoloni. Usho kanjalo amaFranciscan:
Inhlupho yesikhombisa [kwaba] ukwakhiwa kwedolobha elikhulu laseMexico, lapho eminyakeni yokuqala abantu abaningi bahamba kunokwakhiwa kwethempeli laseJerusalema ngesikhathi sikaSolomoni, ngoba abantu abaningi babehamba ngemisebenzi, noma beza ngezinto zokwakha nokuletha izinkokhiso nokunakekelwa kwabaseSpain nakulabo abasebenza emisebenzini, okungaze kwephulwe eminye imigwaqo nemigwaqo, yize ibanzi kakhulu; futhi emisebenzini, abanye bathatha imishayo, abanye bawa bevela phezulu, kokunye izakhiwo ziwa ukuthi bazenzele ingxenye eyodwa ukuthi bazenze kwezinye ...
Kumele ukuthi kwakwesabeka kakhulu lezo zikhathi lapho ama-frian aziqhathanisa nezinhlupho zaseGibhithe!
Ngokuqondene neMeya yaseTemplo, abalobi abaningana bezindaba zekhulu le-16 babhekisela ekubhujisweni kwaso, okwakulindelekile, ngoba asingabazi ukuthi uCortés waziswa ngomfanekiso wesakhiwo leso njengesikhungo sokubuka umhlaba kwabantu base-Aztec. Ngakho-ke kwakudingeka ukucekela phansi lokho abaseSpain ababekubheka njengomsebenzi kasathane. UBernal Díaz del Castillo, owabamba iqhaza empini, utshela ukuthi bathathe kanjani futhi babhubhisa iMeya yaseTemplo yaseTlatelolco:
Lapha bekukuhle ukusho ukuthi iyiphi ingozi esibonane kuyo ngokunqoba lezo zinqaba, engike ngasho kaningi ukuthi ibiphezulu kakhulu, futhi kuleyo mpi basilimaze kakhulu kabi. Sisabasa umlilo kuzo, nezithombe zashiswa ...
Ngemuva kokuphela kwempi, ukumelana nabomdabu akuzange kulinde. Sinobufakazi obunokwethenjelwa bokuthi abanqobi bathuma abomdabu ukuba bakhethe izithombe zabonkulunkulu babo ukuze benze amakholomu amathempeli kanye nezindlu zezindela nabo. Mayelana nalolu daba, uMotolinía uyaqhubeka nokusitshela:
ukwenza amasonto baqala ukusebenzisa ama-teocallis abo ukukhipha amatshe nezinkuni kuwo, futhi ngale ndlela babulawa futhi badilizwa; nezithixo zamatshe, ezazingenamkhawulo, hhayi nje kuphela ezaphunyuka ziphulwe futhi zaphihlizwa, kodwa zeza zasebenza njengezisekelo zamasonto; futhi njengoba kwakukhona okukhulu kakhulu, okuhle kakhulu emhlabeni kwafika esisekelweni somsebenzi omkhulu kangaka ongcwele.
Njengoba kuvela ukuthi esinye salezi zithombe "ezinkulu kakhulu" kwakuyizithombe zikaTlaltecuhtli, inkosi yomhlaba, isithombe sakhe esasibekwa ngaso sonke isikhathi sibheke phansi futhi sasingabonakali. Abomdabu bakhetha yona futhi baqala ukudweba ikholomu yamakholoni, benakekela ukuthi isithombe sikankulunkulu sasigcinwe kahle engxenyeni engezansi, futhi ngale ndlela inkolo kankulunkulu yagcinwa ... ubuhlakani babantu ababengaphansi ukuze bagcine izinkolelo zabo ...
Kancane kancane idolobha elidala lambozwa ukwakheka okusha kwamakoloni. Amathempeli omdabu athathelwa indawo ngamathempeli obuKrestu. Idolobha lamanje laseMexico livala ngaphansi kukakhonkolo walo amadolobha amaningi wangaphambi kweSpanishi alinde umzuzu lapho ukuvubukulwa kwemvelo kufinyelela kuwo. Kuhle ukukhumbula amagama abhalwe emabula ngakolunye uhlangothi lweMeya yaseTemplo yaseTlatelolco futhi okuyinkumbulo yalokho okwenzeka lapho:
Ngo-Agasti 13, 1521, evikelwa yiqhawe uCuauhtémoc, uTlatelolco wawela emandleni kaHernán Cortés.Kwakungekhona ukunqoba noma ukunqotshwa, kwakuwukuzalwa okubuhlungu kwabantu be-mestizo, okuyiMexico namuhla ...
Umthombo: Izindima Zomlando No. 10 El Templo Imeya / Mashi 2003
