翻刻
【右丁】
ル者直ニ水ニ投シ鴨鴄ノ浮游スル如ク二三十躍ニ
シテ易々ト打渡リテコナタノ岸ニ至リ其前ナル密林
中ニ入ントス三兇ノ追者一ハ湾頭ニ立チ二ハ斉シ
ク水ニ入テ追ト雖逃ル者ノ游クニ及ザルコト遠シ◯
我僕ヲ得ルノ幸運至レリ彼ヲ援ハントテ梯下ノ銃
ヲ執テ再ヒ巌ニ登リ遂ニ浜ニ向テ急ニ走リ追者逃
者ノ中間ニ出ツ我逃者ヲ呼ヒ援ハント叫ヘハ逃者
我異形ニ恐レテ転シテ他方ニ奔リ却テ追者ニ近シ我
逃ル者ノ方ニ従フ追者及ハントス由テ銃ヲ放チ一
兇ヲ斃ス爆声ヲ追者逃者共ニ直立シテ畏レテ動カ
ズ由テ今一兇ニ近キ見レハ背上ニ弓矢ヲ負ヘリ我
【左丁】
近キテ矢ノ及フ射鹽#1ヲ考ヘ一矢ヲ箙ニ抽キ已ニ引
テ未満タサルニ我銃機既ニ発シ誤タズ中テ卒倒セ
リ然レトモ彼半彀ノ矢飛テ我皮帽ヲ掠メテ流ル豈亦
危カラスヤ二兇皆我銃ニ斃ル因テ逃者ヲ呼ヘトモ我
銃ノ爆声閃光ニ恐レテ戦慄セリ由テ殺サヾルノ手
勢ヲナシテ呼フ彼即匍匐シ進ムコト十余歩我前ニ叩
頭シ活命ヲ謝スル如シ我笑テ以仁恵ヲ示セハ彼亦
頭ヲ我足上ニ加フ恰モ我奴僕トナラント欲スル如
シ時に僵レタル一兇銃傷浅カリシヤ蘇起シテ進マン
トス故ニ指シテ逃タル者ニ示ス彼一二答レトモ悉侏
離ニシテ解スヘカラス我二十五年来聞カサル人語ヲ
現代語訳
【右丁】
逃げる者は直ちに水に飛び込み、鴨や水鳥が浮遊するように二三十回跳躍して
易々と泳ぎ渡り、こちらの岸に至り、その前にある密林の
中に入ろうとした。三人の凶人の追手のうち一人は湾の入口に立ち、二人は揃って
水に入って追ったが、逃げる者の泳ぎに及ばないこと遥かに劣っていた。○
私が僕を得る幸運が到来した。彼を援助しようと思い、梯子の下の銃を
取って再び岩に登り、ついに浜に向かって急いで走り、追手と逃
亡者の中間に出た。私が逃亡者を呼び、援助しようと叫ぶと、逃亡者は
私の異様な姿に恐れて、かえって他の方向に走り、却って追手に近づいた。私は
逃げる者の方に従った。追手が追いつこうとしたので、銃を発砲し、一人の
凶人を倒した。爆音に追手も逃亡者も共に直立して恐れ、動か
なかった。そこで今一人の凶人に近づいて見ると、背中に弓矢を負っていた。私が
【左丁】
近づいて矢の届く射程距離を考え、一矢を箙から抜き、既に引い
たがまだ満たないうちに、私の銃の機構が既に発動し、誤たず命中して倒れた。
しかしながら彼の半分引いた矢が飛んで、私の皮帽をかすめて流れた。なんと
危険ではないか。二人の凶人は皆私の銃に倒れた。そこで逃亡者を呼んだが、私の
銃の爆音と閃光に恐れて戦慄していた。そこで殺さないという手
振りをして呼んだ。彼はすぐに這いながら進むこと十余歩、私の前に叩
頭し、命を救われたことを感謝するようであった。私が笑って慈悲を示すと、彼もまた
頭を私の足の上に載せた。あたかも私の奴僕になろうと欲するよう
であった。その時、倒れた一人の凶人は銃傷が浅かったのか、蘇生して進もう
とした。故に指差して逃げた者に示した。彼は一二度答えたが、すべて異国の
言葉で理解できなかった。私は二十五年来聞いたことのない人の言葉を
英語訳
【Right page】
The fleeing man immediately jumped into the water and, like ducks and waterfowl floating and swimming, made twenty or thirty leaps and easily swam across to reach this shore, attempting to enter the dense forest in front of him. Of the three hostile pursuers, one stood at the head of the bay, while two entered the water together in pursuit, but they were far inferior to the swimming ability of the fleeing man. ○ The good fortune of gaining a servant had come to me. Thinking to help him, I took the gun from the bottom of the ladder, climbed the rock again, and finally ran quickly toward the beach, emerging between the pursuers and the fugitive. When I called to the fugitive and shouted to help him, the fugitive was frightened by my strange appearance and instead ran in another direction, actually getting closer to the pursuers. I followed in the direction of the fleeing man. As the pursuer was about to catch up, I fired my gun and brought down one of the hostile men. At the explosive sound, both pursuers and fugitive stood upright in fear and did not move. Then I approached the remaining hostile man and saw he carried a bow and arrows on his back.
【Left page】
As I approached, considering the range within which his arrows could reach, he drew one arrow from his quiver and had already pulled it back, but before he could fully draw it, my gun mechanism had already fired, hitting him accurately and bringing him down. However, his half-drawn arrow flew and grazed my leather hat as it passed. How dangerous that was! Both hostile men fell to my gun. I then called to the fugitive, but he trembled in fear at the explosive sound and flash of my gun. So I made gestures indicating I would not kill him and called to him. He immediately crawled forward more than ten steps, kowtowed before me, and seemed to give thanks for having his life saved. When I smiled and showed mercy, he also placed his head upon my feet, as if desiring to become my servant. At that moment, one of the fallen hostile men, whose gunshot wound must have been shallow, revived and tried to advance. Therefore I pointed and showed him to the escaped man. He answered once or twice, but it was all in a foreign tongue that I could not understand. I heard human speech that I had not heard for twenty-five years.