翻刻
家の盛衰は主人の心得による例
一予か幼年之比亡父と懇意にせし商家の老人
有しが其父は川原河戸に出て船揚を運ひ市
店に立て荷物運送を業とし誠儀正直に働
きし丁持挊人の子なり其身は若年ゟ片町
辺の大家に奉公辛抱して終に番頭と成り年季
満て暇を乞資本を貰ひて世帯を持親の
溜たる貯金を合し質屋渡世を営業とし
不足なき身と成り上りしに其身の元を
忘れやらず親の労せし恩を思ひ常に脊
現代語訳
家の盛衰は主人の心得による例
私が幼年の頃、亡父と懇意にしていた商家の老人がいた。その父は川原河戸に出て船荷の揚げ降ろしを請け負い、市中の店に立って荷物運送を業とし、誠実で正直に働いていた丁持（荷物運搬業者）の子であった。その身は若年より片町辺りの大家に奉公し、辛抱して終に番頭となり、年季が満ちて暇を乞い、資本を貰って世帯を持ち、親の貯めた貯金を合わせて質屋の商売を営業とし、不足のない身分となり上がったが、その身の元（出身）を忘れることなく、親の労苦した恩を思い、常に背負って（心に留めて）
英語訳
An Example of How a Family's Rise and Fall Depends on the Master's Understanding
When I was young, there was an elderly merchant who had been on intimate terms with my late father. His father was the son of a porter who would go out to the riverbank wharves to handle the loading and unloading of ships, stand in the marketplace shops, and make his living transporting goods, working with sincerity and honesty. The man himself had served at a wealthy household in the Katamachi area from his youth, persevered, and eventually became the head clerk. When his term of service was complete, he asked for leave, received capital, established his own household, combined it with the savings his parent had accumulated, and took up the pawnbroking business as his occupation. He rose to become a person of comfortable means, but he never forgot his humble origins and always bore in mind the debt of gratitude for his parent's hard work.