翻刻
べからず是折檻と教化を嫌ひて真の恐れを持ずわが教へに随はざるゆへ
なりと宣ふ也是真に最期の後悔は更に全かるまじき道理を顕し給ふ
者也爰を以て当時凡人の身として何たる返答にか及ぶべきや ds 直の
御辞を以てかほど危き事を知らせ給へば争か恐れ奉らず兼々最期の
覚悟をせざる程の愚痴あらんや
又是に劣らぬと今一ッの御辞をきけ或時御主御弟子達にじゆいぞの御糺
明として天降り給ふべき時の覚悟をあまたの譬をもて一大事ぞと教へ
給ひて其語に Beatus ille seruus, quê cum venerit dominus eius, inuenerit sic facien-
tem. Mat. 24. 番して居を主人に見付らるべき臣下は果報也とまてうす廿四#1
に見えたりもしあしき臣下は主人の来らるべき事未近きに非ず用意
すべき事も遠しと思ひ遊覧振舞のみを貪り他を悩まし身をたか
ぶりて思ひ寄ざる時節主人来りて彼を二ッにさき名聞人を責べしと
宣ふ也爰をもて御主悪を作らんと其道を求むる者の念慮をも知召し
それに先立給ひて彼が頼敷は皆無足になる事を教へ給ふ者也去ば悪き臣
下といふは則汝が事也と心得よ未ひまありと思ひて美食に耽り万の
罪に沈み果る身として何ぞ此御辞を恐れざらんや御主は御辞のごとく
なし給ふ御力御勢をも持給ふ也故に汝に教へ給ひ汝を諫め給ふ者也
現代語訳
べからず。これは折檻と教化を嫌いて真の恐れを持たず、わが教えに従わざるゆえなり」と宣う也。これは真に最期の後悔は更に全かるまじき道理を顕し給う者也。ここをもって当時凡人の身として何たる返答にか及ぶべきや。神直の御言葉をもってかほど危き事を知らせ給えば、争か恐れ奉らず、兼々最期の覚悟をせざるほどの愚痴あらんや。
また、これに劣らぬともう一つの御言葉を聞け。ある時御主が御弟子達にユダヤ国の御糺明として天降り給うべき時の覚悟を、あまたの譬をもって一大事ぞと教え給いて、その語に「Beatus ille servus, quem cum venerit dominus eius, invenerit sic facientem. Mat. 24.」（番して居を主人に見付らるべき臣下は果報也）とマタイ二十四章に見えたり。もし悪しき臣下は主人の来らるべき事未だ近きに非ず、用意すべき事も遠しと思い、遊覧振舞のみを貪り他を悩まし身をたかぶりて、思い寄らざる時節主人来りて彼を二つにさき、偽善者を責むべしと宣う也。ここをもって御主は悪を作らんとその道を求むる者の念慮をも知召し、それに先立ち給いて彼が頼敷は皆無足になる事を教え給う者也。されば悪き臣下というは則ち汝が事也と心得よ。未だ暇ありと思いて美食に耽り万の罪に沈み果る身として、何ぞこの御言葉を恐れざらんや。御主は御言葉のごとくなし給う御力・御勢をも持ち給う也。故に汝に教え給い、汝を諫め給う者也。
英語訳
you will not." This is because you hate discipline and instruction, do not have true fear, and do not follow my teachings. This truly reveals the principle that final repentance can never be complete. Given this, what response can ordinary people of today possibly make? When God directly informs us of such dangerous matters through His own words, how can we not fear and revere Him, and how can there be such folly as not preparing for our final moments in advance?
Listen also to another word no less significant than this. Once, our Lord taught His disciples about preparing for the time when He would descend for the judgment of Judea, using many parables to emphasize this as a matter of utmost importance. In those words: "Beatus ille servus, quem cum venerit dominus eius, invenerit sic facientem. Mat. 24." (Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing) as seen in Matthew chapter 24. But if an evil servant thinks that his master's coming is not yet near and that preparation is still far off, and indulges only in pleasure and revelry, troubling others and puffing himself up with pride, when the master comes at an unexpected time, he will cut him in two and assign him a place with the hypocrites. Through this, our Lord shows that He knows even the thoughts of those who seek to do evil, and He teaches them beforehand that all their hopes will come to nothing. Therefore, understand that you are that evil servant. When you think there is still time and indulge in fine food and sink into countless sins, how can you not fear these words? Our Lord has the power and authority to do as His words declare. Therefore, He teaches you and admonishes you.