一丈のほりを・こへぬもの十丈・二十丈のほりを・こうべきか。
If a person cannot manage to cross a moat ten feet wide, how can he cross one that is a hundred or two hundred feet?
日蓮によりて日本国の有無はあるべし、
The destiny of Japan depends solely upon Nichiren.
譬へば宅に柱なければ・たもたず人に魂なければ死人なり、
A house without pillars collapses, and a person without a soul is dead.
日蓮は日本の人の魂なり。
Nichiren is the soul of the people of this country
かかる日蓮を用いぬるともあしくうやまはば国亡ぶべし。
Even if my counsel is heeded, if I am not given due respect as the votary of the Lotus Sutra, then the country will perish.
日蓮は南無妙法蓮華経と唱うる故に、二十余年所を追はれ二度まで御勘気を蒙り最後には此の山にこもる
Because I chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, I have for over twenty years been driven from place to place. Twice I have incurred the wrath of the authorities, and in the end I have retired to this mountain.
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