Gosho 破良観等御書 On Refuting Ryoukan and Others

　きり(権)もの(臣)ども・よりあひてまち(町)うど(人)等をかたらひて数万人の者をもつて夜中にをしよせ失(うしな)わんとせしほどに・

Such being the case, certain influential persons banded together and, gathering a crowd of townsmen about them until they numbered several tens of thousands, came in the night to attack and put an end to me.

Certain influential persons banded together and, conspiring with people of town, people of tens of thousands attacked and intended to kill me in the night.

十(じゅう)羅刹(らせつ)の御計(おんはか)らいにてやありけん、日蓮其(そ)の難を脱れしかば・両国の吏(り)・心をあわ(合)せたる事なれば殺されぬを・と(咎)がにして伊豆の国へながされぬ、

But, perhaps because the ten demon daughters had planned it that way, I was able to escape from danger. The officials of the two provinces of Sagami and Izu, having failed in their attempt to kill me, then brought charges and had me exiled to the province of Izu.

But, perhaps because the ten demon daughters arranged it, I was able to escape from danger. Officials of both Sagami and Izu thought it failure that I was not murdered, for this reason, they banished me to Izu.

最明寺(さいみょうじ)殿計(ばか)りこそ子細(しさい)あるかとをもわれて、いそぎ(急)ゆる(許)されぬ。

But the lay priest of Saimyō-ji alone, believing that there were extenuating reasons in my case, hastily set about arranging to have my period of exile brought to an end.

But the lay priest Saimyoji [Tokiyori] alone, believing that there were extenuating reasons in my case, hastily pardoned me.

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