Lo mbhalo kwakuyincwadi yendabuko yamaNdiya ayehlala esifundeni saseQuiché eGuatemala, ogama lakhe, njengelabantu abahlala enhlonhlweni yaseYucatan, kwakunguMayan impela.
Ngaphezu kwento yokuqala yamaMaya, imikhondo yomjaho wamaToltec, ovela enyakatho yeMexico, wahlasela iNhlonhlo Yucatan ngaphansi komyalo weQuetzalcóatl ngasekhulwini le-11 leminyaka lethu kwaba.
Imininingwane esemibhalweni iveze ukuthi izizwe zaseGuatemala zihlala isikhathi eside esifundeni saseLaguna de Terminos nokuthi, mhlawumbe zingatholi indawo eyanele yokuhlala nokuzimela okudingekayo emisebenzini yazo, bayishiya futhi bathatha uhambo oluya emazweni ngokuphelele. kusuka ngaphakathi, kulandela inkambo yemifula emikhulu evela ezintabeni zaseGuatemala: i-Usumacinta neGrijalva. Ngale ndlela bafika ezinkangala nasezintabeni zangaphakathi lapho basungula khona futhi basabalala, basebenzisa izinsizakusebenza zezwe nezinsiza elibanikeza lona ukuzivikela ezitheni zabo.
Ngesikhathi sohambo lwabo olude, nasezinsukwini zokuqala zokuhlala kwabo emazweni amasha, izizwe zathola ubunzima obukhulu obuchazwe emibhalweni, zaze zathola ummbila futhi zaqala ukuqhuba ezolimo. Umphumela, eminyakeni edlule, wawuthandeka ngokwedlulele ekuthuthukisweni kwesibalo sabantu kanye namasiko amaqembu ahlukene, phakathi kwawo okuvelele isizwe samaQuiché.
Uma ukukhiqizwa kobuhlakani kuphawula izinga eliphakeme lesiko labantu, ubukhona bencwadi ebukhulu obukhulu kangaka kanye nokufaneleka kwemibhalo njengePopol Vu kwanele ukunika amaQuichés aseGuatemala indawo yokuhlonishwa phakathi kwazo zonke izizwe zomdabu zeNew World. .
Ku-Popol Vuh kungahlukaniswa izingxenye ezintathu. Eyokuqala incazelo yendalo nemvelaphi yomuntu, okwathi ngemuva kokulingwa okungaphumelelanga okwenziwe ngommbila, okusanhlamvu okwakha isisekelo sokudla kwabomdabu baseMexico naseMelika Ephakathi.
Engxenyeni yesibili kuhlobene ukuzidela kwamademoni amancane uHunahpú no-Ixbalanqué kanye nabazali babo okwenziwa imihlatshelo ngabo ngochwepheshe ababi embusweni wabo oyisithunzi waseXibalbay. futhi ngokuqhubeka kweziqephu eziningana ezithokozisayo, isifundo siyatholakala kwezokuziphatha, ukujeziswa kwababi nokululazeka kwabazidlayo. Izici zobuhlakani zihlobisa idrama yasenganekwaneni emkhakheni wokusungula nokukhuluma ngobuciko okuthi, ngokusho kwabaningi, ayinambangi e-pre-Columbian America.
Ingxenye yesithathu ayivezi isikhalazo semibhalo sesibili, kepha iqukethe ingcebo yezindaba ezihlobene nemvelaphi yabantu bomdabu baseGuatemala, ukufuduka kwabo, ukusatshalaliswa kwabo ensimini, izimpi zabo kanye nokugqama komjaho wamaQuiché kuze kube ngaphambi nje kwalokho ukunqoba kweSpain.
Le ngxenye ichaza nochungechunge lwamakhosi abusa le ndawo, ukunqoba kwabo kanye nokucekelwa phansi kwamadolobhana amancane angazange azithobe ngokuzithandela ekubuseni kweQuiche. Ukufundwa komlando wasendulo waleyo mibuso yomdabu, imininingwane evela kule ngxenye yePopol Vuh, eqinisekiswe eminye imibhalo eyigugu, iTitle of the Lords of Totonicapán neminye imibhalo yangesikhathi esifanayo, inenani elingenakulinganiswa.
Lapho, ngo-1524, abaseSpain, beholwa uPedro de Alvarado, behlasela ngomyalo kaCortés insimu etholakala ngokushesha ngaseningizimu yeMexico, bathola kuyo abantu abaningi, umnikazi wempucuko efana neyomakhelwane basenyakatho. AmaQuichés namaCakchiquele bahlala enkabeni yezwe; entshonalanga kwakuhlala amaNdiya amaMam asahlala eminyangweni yaseHuehuetenango neSan Marcos; emaphethelweni aseningizimu yeLake Atitlán kwakunomncintiswano onesibindi wamaZutujiles; futhi, ngasenyakatho nasempumalanga, kwasabalala abanye abantu bohlanga nolimi oluhlukile. Kodwa-ke bonke babeyinzalo yamaMeya, athi maphakathi nezwekazi, athuthukisa impucuko emakhulwini okuqala enkathi yobuKrestu.
