翻刻
【右丁】
未た息災ニ而此度も能相詰候此末も可
為息災と被 思召候得共年も
寄久々被 召仕候間内々任訴
訟江戸詰御赦免被遊候若御用候ハヽ
又々可被 召寄候老共方へも切々
出入仕
殿様方御機嫌奉伺候ニと難有
御意之上井深茂右衛門品々御執儀ニ而
首尾能御暇被下絹弐疋御羽織壱ツ
被下置候事
【左丁】
一 同年二月忰長五郎義願申上候養
父伊右衛門実子藤太郎出生成人仕候間此
者嫡子ニ被 仰付次第本姓へ御返被下
御小性之時分被下置候御給分ニ而御奉公
被 仰付被下度旨御訴訟申上候へハ
願申上候所被 聞召届候乍去本性跡
絶と申ニ而も無之他門ニ被養申ニ而も無之候
幼少ゟ伊右衛門養育を受候為因只今
迄之弐百石之御知行分知被 仰付#1間
名苗字共ニ其通ニ而伊右衛門子分ニ罷成御奉
現代語訳
【右丁】
まだ息災で、この度もよく勤めを果たした。この先も息災でいるであろうと思し召されるが、年も寄り、長い間お召し使いになったので、内々の願い出により江戸詰めをご赦免くださった。もし御用があれば、また召し寄せることもあるだろう。老中たちの所へもしばしば出入りし、殿様方のご機嫌をうかがい申し上げるようにと、ありがたいお言葉をいただいた。その上、井深茂右衛門がさまざまお世話くださり、首尾よく暇をいただき、絹二疋と羽織一つを下賜された。
【左丁】
一 同年二月、息子長五郎について願い申し上げたのは、養父伊右衛門の実子藤太郎が出生し成人したので、この者を嫡子に仰せ付けられ次第、本姓へお返しくださり、小姓の時分に下賜された給分で奉公を仰せ付けていただきたい旨を願い出た。願い出た所をお聞き届けくださったが、本家の跡が絶えるということでもなく、他門に養子に出すということでもない。幼少より伊右衛門が養育を受けさせたことによって、今までの二百石の知行のうち分知を仰せ付けられたので、名字とも共にそのままで、伊右衛門の子分となって奉公する
英語訳
[Right page]
He was still in good health and had performed his duties well this time too. Although it was thought that he would continue to be in good health in the future, since he was getting on in years and had been in service for a long time, his request to be exempted from Edo service was privately granted. If there should be any need for his services, he could be summoned again. He was given gracious words to frequently visit the elder councilors and inquire after the lords' well-being. Furthermore, Ibuka Mozaemon took care of various matters, and he was granted leave successfully, receiving two pieces of silk fabric and one haori jacket.
[Left page]
In February of the same year, regarding his son Chōgorō, he petitioned that since his adoptive father Iemon's biological son Tōtarō had been born and reached adulthood, when this person was appointed as heir, he should be returned to his original family name and allowed to serve with the stipend granted during his time as a page. When this petition was submitted, it was heard and granted. However, since it was not a case of the main family line dying out, nor was he being adopted into another family, and since he had been raised by Iemon from childhood, he was granted a portion of the current 200-koku landholding, and would serve as Iemon's dependent while keeping the same name and family name.