Gosho 光日房御書 Letter to Konichibo

いかにいわ(況)うやこれはみな朝夕(ちょうせき)に申し、昼夜に談ぜしうへ、平(へいの)左衛(さえ)門尉(もんのじょう)等の数百人の奉(ぶ)行人(ぎょうにん)に申しきかせ、いかにと(科)がに行なはるとも申しやむまじきよし、したゝかにい(言)ゐき(聞)かせぬ。

Even worse, I repeated such things morning and evening and discussed them day and night. I also sternly informed Hei no Saemon and several hundred officers that, no matter what punishment I might incur, I would not stop declaring these matters.

Even worse, I stated such teachings every morning and evening and debated it day and night. Also I hard informed Heino-Saemon and several hundred shogunate officers that, no matter what punishment I might incur, I would not stop stating these matters.

されば大海のそこ(底)のちび(千)き(引)の石はうかぶとも、天(そら)よりふる雨は地にを(落)ちずとも、日蓮はかま(鎌)くら(倉)へは還(かえ)るべからず。

Therefore, even if a boulder at the bottom of the sea that requires a thousand men to move it were to surface by itself, or if rain falling from the sky should fail to reach the ground, I, Nichiren, still could not possibly have returned to Kamakura.

Therefore, even if a grand stone at the bottom of the sea that requires a thousand men to move it surface by itself, or even if rain falling from the sky do not reach to the ground, I, Nichiren, will never return to Kamakura.

つづく　Continued

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