Sacred Words of Blessing by the Governor of Izumo

Serving the kami of Izumo

Yasokabi wa aredo mo kefu no ikuhi no taruhi ni izumo no kuninokuninomi yatsukonanigashikashikomikashikomi mo mōshi tamahaku八十日日は在れども、今日の生日の足日に、出雲国の国造某、恐み恐みも申し賜はく

Kakemaku mo kashikoki akitsumikami to ōyashimagunishi roshimesu sumeramikoto no ōmiyo o tanaga no ōmiyo to iwafutoshite挂けまくも恐き明御神と大八嶋国知し食す天皇命の大御世を手長の大御世と斎ふとして

Izumo no kuni no aogakiyama no uchi ni shitatsu iwane ni miyabashirafutoshiri tate takamanohara ni chigitakashirimasu出雲の国の青垣山の内に、下つ石根に宮柱太知り立て、高天原に千木高知ります

Izanaki no himanakokaburoki kumano no ōkamikushimikenu no mikotokunitsukuri mashishi ōnamochi no mikotofutahashira no kami o hajimete伊射那伎の日真名子、かぶろき熊野大神櫛御気野命、国作り坐しし大穴持命二柱の神を始めて

Momoyasomarimuyashiro ni masu sumegamitachi o nani ga shigayowagata ni futodasukitori kakete itsunusa no omusubi ame no mikabikagafurite百八十六社に坐す皇神等を、某が弱肩に太襷取り掛けて、伊都幣の緒結び、天の美賀秘冠りて

Izu no maya ni arakusa o izu no mushiro to kari shikiteitsuhe kuromashi ame no mika ni imi komorite伊豆の真屋に麁草を伊豆の席と苅り敷きて、いつへ黒益し、天の甕に斎み籠りて

Shizumiya ni iwahi shizume tsukae matsurite志都宮に斎ひ鎮め仕へ奉りて

Asahi no toyosakanobori ni iwahi no kaherigoto no kamuhogi no yogotomōshi tamahaku to mōsu朝日の豊栄登りに斎ひの返事の神賀の吉詞申し賜はくと申す

Ame no Hihi no Mikoto’s report and the pacification of the land

Takama no kamumioyatakamimusubi no mikoto ga sumemima no mikoto ni ame no shitaōyashimaguni o kotoyosashi matsurishi toki ni izumo no omira ga tōtsu kamiamenohohi no mikoto o kunigatami ni tsukawashishi toki ni高天の神王高御魂命が皇御孫命に天の下大八嶋国を事寄さし奉りし時に、出雲の臣等が遠つ神天穂比命を国体見に遣はしし時に

Ame no yahegumo o oshi wakete amagakeri kunigakerite ame no shita o mimegurite kaherigotomōshi tamahaku天の八重雲を押し別けて天翔り国翔りて天の下を見廻りて返事申し給はく

Toyoashihara no mizuhonokuni wa hiru wa sabahenasu minawaki yoru wa hobenasu kagayaku kamiari iwanekodachiaominawa mo kototohite araburu kuninari豊葦原の水穂国は昼は五月蝿なす水沸き、夜は火瓮なす光く神在り、磐根・木立・青水沫も事問ひて荒ぶる国なり

Shikaredo mo shizume mukete sumemima no mikoto ni yasukuni to tairakeku shiroshi mesashimemu to mōshite然れども鎮め平けて皇御孫命に安国と平らけく知し坐さしめむと申して

O no remikoto no mikoamenohinatori no mikoto ni futsunushi no mikoto o sohete amakudashi tsukawashite araburu kamidomo o harai muke kunitsukurashishi ōkamio mo kobi shizumete ōyashimaguni no akitsu kotōtsushi gotokotoyosashimeki己命の児天の夷鳥命に布都怒志命を副へて天降し遣はして、荒ぶる神等を撥ひ平け、国作らしし大神をも媚び鎮めて、大八嶋国の現つ事・顕し事事寄さしめき

The gentle spirit and guardian kami

Ōnamochi no mikotonomōshi tamahaku sumemima no mikotonoshizumari masamu ōyamato no kuni to mōshite大穴持命の申し給はく、皇御孫命の鎮まり坐さむ大倭の国と申して

O no remikotononigimitama o yata no kagami ni tori tsukete yamatonōomononushikushimikatamanomiko to tona o tataete ōmiwa no kamunabi ni mase己命の和魂を八咫の鏡に取り託けて、倭大物主櫛甕玉命と名を称へて大御和の神奈備に坐せ

Ajisukitakahikone no mikoto no mitama o kazuraki no kamo no kamunabi ni mase kotoshironushi no mikotonomitama o unate ni mase kayanarumi no mikoto no mitama o asuka no kamunabi ni masete阿遅須伎高孫根命の御魂を葛木の鴨の神奈備に坐せ、事代主命の御魂を宇奈提に坐せ、賀夜奈流美命の御魂を飛鳥の神奈備に坐せて

Sumemima no mikotonochikaki mamorigami to tatematsuri okite yahonikizukinomiya ni shizumari masuki皇御孫命の近き守神と貢り置きて、八百丹杵築宮に鎮まり坐しき

The charge to Ame no Hihi no Mikoto and the sacred treasures

Sumeragamutsukamurogikamuromi no mikoto no nori tamahaku imashiamenohohi no mikoto wa sumeramikoto no tanaga no ōmiyo o kakiha ni tokiha ni iwahi matsuri ikashi no miyo ni sakihahe matsure to ōse tamaishi tsugite no ma ni mani皇親神漏伎・神漏美の命の宣り給はく、汝天穂比命は天皇命の手長の大御世を堅磐に常磐に斎ひ奉り、茂しの御世に幸はへ奉れと仰せ給ひし次の随に

Iwahi tsukae matsurite asahi no toyosakanobori ni kami no iyajirōmi no iyajiro to mihogi no kamudakaratatematsuraku to mōsu斎ひ仕へ奉りて、朝日の豊栄登りに、神の礼白・臣の礼白と御禱の神宝献らくと申す

Sacred treasures that bless the reign

Shiratama no ōmishiragamashi akatama no miakarabi mashi aotama no mizu no e no tama no yuki ahi ni白玉の大御白髪坐し、赤玉の御赤らび坐し、青玉の水の江の玉の行き合ひに

Akitsumikami to ōyashimagunishi roshimesu sumeramikoto no tanaga no ōmiyo o mihakashihirora ni uchi katame明御神と大八嶋国知し食す天皇命の手長の大御世を御横刀広らに打ち堅め

Shiromima no maeashi no tsumeshiriheashi no tsumefumi tatsuru koto wa ōmiya no uchito no mikado no hashira o uhatsu iwane ni fumi katame shitatsu iwane ni fumi kogorashi白御馬の前足の爪・後足の爪踏み立つる事は、大宮の内外の御門の柱を上つ石根に踏み堅め、下つ石根に踏み凝らし

Ametsuchitsukihi to tomo ni yasurakeku tairakeku shiroshi mesamu koto no shirushinotame to mihogi no kamudakara o sasage mochite天地月日と共に安らけく平らけく知し食さむ事の志のためと、御禱の神宝を捧げ持ちて

Kami no iyajirōmi no iyajiro to kashikomi kashikomi mo amatsu tsugite no kamuhogi no yogotomōshi tamahaku to mōsu神の礼白・臣の礼白と恐み恐みも天つ次の神賀の吉詞申し賜はくと申す

Closing instruction to the Imibe

Kotowakete imibe no yowagata ni futodasukitori kakete mochi yumahari tsukae matsureru mitegura o辞別けて、忌部の弱肩に太繦取り掛けて持ち斎まはり仕へ奉れる幣帛を

Kamunushihafuridomōke tamaharite kotoayamatazu sasage mochite tatematsure to noru神主・祝部等受け賜はりて、事過たず捧げ持ちて奉れと宣る