翻刻
▢一四拾七人之者共十四日之夕迄は方々借宅仕罷在候昨夜暮迄に借
屋共に透と仕舞候而両国橋辺迄罷越茶屋抔に而休み時刻を
待合せ夜七時前上野介様御屋敷へ罷越表門裏門へかゝり長
屋を越塀を乗裏門をも押破不残内へ乱入本家を取巻相図
夫々に固め申候節内へ入候もの有玄関ゟ戸を打破座鋪へ入申候
其節番人壱人搦捕案内を仕らせ蝋燭抔取出させ火を灯し
段々奥へ討入出合申者は即時に討捨申候上野介様御寝所と見
申候所へ打入見申候処はや御立去之体に而夜着抔引散し刀は其
侭有之候間方々とさがし候へとも御見へ不被成候故惣様打入色々尋候へ共
現代語訳
一、四十七人の者どもは十四日の夕方までは方々の借宅に身を寄せていた。昨夜暮れまでに借屋をすべて片付けて、両国橋辺りまで出向き、茶屋などで休んで時刻を待ち合わせた。夜七時前に上野介様のお屋敷へ向かい、表門・裏門にかかり、長屋を越え塀を乗り越え、裏門をも押し破って残らず内へ乱入し、本家を取り囲んで合図によってそれぞれに固めた。その際、内へ入る者があり、玄関から戸を打ち破って座敷へ入った。その時番人一人を捕らえて案内をさせ、蝋燭なども取り出させて火を灯し、だんだん奥へ討ち入って、出会った者は即座に討ち捨てた。上野介様のご寝所と思われる所へ打ち入って見たところ、すでにお立ち去りになった様子で、夜着などが引き散らかされ、刀はそのままあったので、方々を探したけれども、お姿は見えなかった。そのため総がかりで打ち入って色々と尋ねたけれども
英語訳
Item: The forty-seven men had been staying in various borrowed residences until the evening of the 14th. By last evening, they had cleared out all their lodgings and proceeded to the vicinity of Ryōgoku Bridge, where they rested at teahouses and waited for the appointed time. Before seven o'clock at night, they headed to Lord Kōzuke-no-suke's mansion, attacking both the front and rear gates, climbing over the long houses and walls, breaking through the rear gate as well, and rushing inside without exception. They surrounded the main house and secured their positions according to their signals. At that time, some entered the interior, breaking down the doors from the entrance hall and entering the sitting rooms. At that moment, they captured one watchman and made him serve as a guide, had him bring out candles and other items to light fires, and gradually advanced deeper inside, immediately cutting down anyone they encountered. When they broke into what appeared to be Lord Kōzuke-no-suke's bedroom and looked around, it seemed he had already departed, with nightclothes scattered about and his sword left behind. Though they searched everywhere, he could not be seen, so they all pressed forward and searched in various ways, but