Gosho 種種御振舞御書 The Actions of the Votary of the Lotus Sutra

　一丈のほり(堀)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(依)りて日本国の有無(うむ)はあるべし、

　The destiny of Japan depends solely upon Nichiren.

譬(たと)へば宅(いえ)に柱なければ・たもたず人に魂(たましい)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(悪)しくう(敬)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(ごかんき)を蒙(こうむ)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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