翻刻
跡之事披露也
晦日老若寄合如例予当番也
十一月大
朔日 日供 鼻返一番ノ番也
二日 寄合有之 会所氏有披露尊顕ノ田ノ溝
稲五束事 梅ケ辻町スキ与次郎跡申分之事
兼依 保嘉申分事 社司ノ番先可被止歟之
事 心次第与之事 自江戸状来廿日下着無事之由也
今日影像谷縁起初而令拝見候活奪ニ書之
重而此縁起又祭ノ次第之式可写者也
帝都之初延暦三年十月ニ長岡郷ニ立此時ハ
参議中持かけたる記朝臣船守 勅使として迁
都之由ヲ被告 当社此処せましとて又葛野郡
を見せらるゝに四神相応の地末代不易之処
とて小黒丸《見せ消ち：大｜右》大弁 古佐美ニ 勅して迁都
之由を被告 当社 此縁起ニ日本地主惣鎮守也
現代語訳
晦日（みそか） 老若の寄合、例のごとし。予（われ）、当番なり。
十一月 大
朔日 日供（にっく）。鼻返し一番の番なり。
二日 寄合あり。会所氏より披露あり。尊顕の田の溝・稲五束の事。梅ケ辻町のスキ（鋤）与次郎跡（あと）申し分の事。兼依・保嘉申し分の事。社司の番先（ばんさき）、止めらるべきか之事。心次第（こころしだい）これを与うの事。江戸より状来たる、廿日下着、無事の由なり。
今日、影像谷（えいぞうだに）縁起を初めて拝見せしめ候。急ぎ（活奪に）これを書く。重ねてこの縁起、また祭の次第の式を写すべきものなり。
帝都の初め、延暦三年十月に長岡郷に立てる、この時は、参議中持（なかもち）かけたる記（き）朝臣船守（あそんふなもり）、勅使として遷都の由を告げられる。当社、此処（ここ）狭しとて、また葛野郡（かどのごおり）を見せられるに、四神相応の地、末代不易の処とて、小黒丸（見せ消ち：大｜右）大弁・古佐美（こさみ）に勅して遷都の由を告げられる。当社、この縁起に「日本地主惣鎮守」なり。
英語訳
Last Day of the Month (Misoka): The regular meeting of elders and youth was held as usual. I (the author) was on duty.
Eleventh Month — Long (大, 30-day month)
1st Day: Daily offerings (nikkyu) performed. This was the first rotation of the Hanagaeshi duty.
2nd Day: A meeting was held. Announcements were made from the assembly hall (kaisho). Matters discussed included: the ditch of Sonken's rice field and the matter of five bundles of rice; the dispute regarding the estate (ato) of Sugi Jirō of Umegasuji-machi; the dispute between Kaneyori and Hokake; whether the order of rotation among shrine priests (shashi) should be suspended; the matter of leaving it to individual discretion. A letter arrived from Edo, reporting that the party had arrived on the 20th and that all was well.
Today, I was shown the Eizōdani Engi (縁起, founding legend/record of Eizōdani) for the first time. I hastily wrote it down. I intend to copy this engi again more carefully, along with the procedures for the festival ceremonies.
At the beginning of the imperial capital, in the tenth month of the third year of Enryaku [784], when [the capital] was established at Nagaoka-no-sato, the consultant (sangi) Nakamochikaketaru-ki no Asomi Funamori was dispatched as an imperial envoy to announce the relocation of the capital. As this shrine [found] the present location to be too cramped, the Kadono district (Kadono-gun) was also inspected, and it being determined to be a place where the four guardian deities are in harmony (shijin-sōō), a site that will remain unchanged for all ages, [the emperor] issued an imperial command to Kokurumaru (correction visible: Dai[ben] or Migi[ben]) the Great Controller / Assistant Controller (Daihen) and Kosami to announce the relocation of the capital. This shrine [is recorded] in this engi as "the general protective deity of the land of Japan" (Nihon jinushi sō-chinjū).