翻刻
都ニテ即位シタマフ。
八年ノ冬内-臣中臣￣ノ鎌足 病（ヤマヒ）ニ臥（フシ）ケレバ。天皇 自（ミツカ）ラ其 家（イヱ）
ニ行幸アリテ。何ニテモ思フコトアラバ申スベシト宣（ノタマ）フ。
鎌足 対（コタヘ）テ我何ヲカ申スベキヤ。唯（タヾ）葬礼（サウレイ）ヲ軽（カロ）クセンコト
ヲ願（ネガ）フ。生（イキ）テ国ニ益（ヱキ）ナク。死シテ何ソ人ヲ労（ラウ）センヤト申
ス。時ノ人 感（カン）ゼスト云コトナシ。其後天皇又御 弟（ヲト〳〵）天 武（[ム]）ヲ。
鎌足ノ家ヘ遣（ツカ）ハシ。内大臣ニ任（ニン）ゼラレ。大 織冠（シヨクハン）ト云官ヲ
賜（タマハリ）テ。中臣ヲ改（アラタメ）テ。初テ藤原（フヂハラノ）姓（ウジ）ヲ賜ハル。是内大臣ノ始
ナリ。但（タヾ）シ此￣ノ時左右ノ大臣ノ上ニ位ストナン。大織冠ハ。
正一位ニアタル官ナリ。藤原ハ。鎌足ノ生（ムマ）レタル在所（ザイシヨ）ノ
名ナリ。其出ル所ノ名ヲトリテ姓トセリ。其後 幾程（イクホド）
ナクシテ大織冠 薨（コウ）ス。歲五十。或ハ五十六トモ云リ。天
現代語訳
都にて即位したまう。
八年の冬、内臣中臣の鎌足が病に臥したので、天皇自ら其の家に行幸ありて、何にても思うことあらば申すべしと宣う。
鎌足対えて「我何をか申すべきや。ただ葬礼を軽くせんことを願う。生きて国に益なく、死して何ぞ人を労せんや」と申す。時の人感ぜずということなし。其の後天皇又御弟天武を、鎌足の家へ遣わし、内大臣に任ぜられ、大織冠という官を賜わりて、中臣を改めて、初めて藤原の姓を賜わる。是内大臣の始なり。ただし此の時左右の大臣の上に位すとなん。大織冠は、正一位にあたる官なり。藤原は、鎌足の生まれたる在所の名なり。其の出る所の名をとりて姓とせり。其の後幾程なくして大織冠薨ず。歳五十。或いは五十六ともいえり。天
英語訳
He ascended to the throne in the capital.
In the winter of the eighth year, when Nakatomi no Kamatari, the Inner Minister, fell ill and took to his bed, the Emperor personally visited his residence and proclaimed, "If you have anything on your mind, you should speak of it."
Kamatari replied, "What should I speak of? I only wish that my funeral rites be kept simple. Having lived without benefit to the nation, why should I trouble people in death?" There was no one at the time who was not moved by this. Later, the Emperor sent his younger brother Emperor Tenmu to Kamatari's house, where Kamatari was appointed to the position of Naidaijin (Inner Minister) and granted the court rank of Taishoukwan. His surname was changed from Nakatomi, and he was given the new surname Fujiwara for the first time. This was the beginning of the Naidaijin position. However, at this time, it ranked above the Ministers of the Left and Right. Taishoukwan was a court rank equivalent to Shoichii (Senior First Rank). Fujiwara was the name of the place where Kamatari was born. He took the name of his place of origin as his surname. Not long after, the Taishoukwan passed away at the age of fifty, or some say fifty-six. Ten-