翻刻
拶する体に而衣装をぬかす直に腹へ突返し首を討れけり
一奥田孫大夫常に無類之実体人堀部安兵衛へ功を同し水魚の
ことく交り赤穂往来も倶にして諸士を励し山科も堀部奥田
両判の書通数々を以大功知る所也誠に此者兵法剣術の達
者討込候時分も刀弐尺七寸を以働ける切腹之後此刀堀部奥田に
有緒之者寺より請返し諸人是を見るさくらの如く成鍔
柄にも切込候所有しと也扨此奥田いつその程より妻子つれなく
して妻深く是を悲む養子貞右衛門は実近松勘六か弟也此者
妻は孫大夫娘也是も同敷妻にうとく養母も荒々敷体なれは
現代語訳
拶拝する体にて衣装を脱がず、直に腹へ突き返し首を討たれた。
一、奥田孫太夫は常に無類の実体の人で、堀部安兵衛へ功を同じくし、水魚のごとく交わり、赤穂往来も共にして諸士を励ました。山科においても堀部・奥田両判の書き通し数々をもって大功知るところである。誠にこの者は兵法剣術の達者で、討ち入りの時分も刀二尺七寸をもって働いた。切腹の後、この刀は堀部・奥田に縁のある者が寺より請い返し、諸人がこれを見ると、桜のごとくなる鍔、柄にも切り込んだ所があったということである。さてこの奥田は、いつの頃からか妻子につれなくして、妻は深くこれを悲しんだ。養子貞右衛門は実は近松勘六の弟である。この者の妻は孫太夫の娘であるが、これも同じように妻に疎く、養母も荒々しい体であれば
英語訳
He greeted in a formal manner without removing his clothing, immediately thrust into his belly and had his head cut off.
One, Okuda Magodayū was always a person of unparalleled sincerity, shared achievements with Horibe Yasubei, and associated with him like fish and water. They traveled to and from Akō together and encouraged their fellow samurai. Even at Yamashina, the great achievements are known through the numerous written communications between Horibe and Okuda. Truly this man was skilled in military arts and swordsmanship, and during the attack he fought with a sword of two shaku and seven sun. After his seppuku, this sword was retrieved from the temple by someone connected to Horibe and Okuda, and when people looked at it, they said the tsuba was like cherry blossoms and there were cut marks on the handle as well. Now, this Okuda had from some time become cold toward his wife and children, and his wife deeply grieved over this. His adopted son Sadaemon was actually the younger brother of Chikamatsu Kanroku. This man's wife was Magodayū's daughter, but he too was similarly distant from his wife, and since his adoptive mother was also of a rough disposition,