【戦後70年】玉音放送の現代語訳、当時の音声に字幕をかぶせてみた(動画)

ハフポスト日本版では、宮内庁が復元して公開した当時の音声を、現代語訳の字幕つきで動画にしてみた。

1945年8月15日、ポツダム宣言を受諾し、太平洋戦争の全面降伏を告げる、昭和天皇の「終戦の詔書」の朗読が、ラジオで全国放送された。いわゆる「玉音放送」だ。

文語調で難解な単語を使っていたため、当時を知る人からは「意味が分からなかった」との証言も多い。

ハフポスト日本版では、宮内庁が復元して公開した当時の音声を、現代語訳の字幕つきで動画にしてみた。

なお、原文は以下の通り。

朕深く世界の大勢と帝国の現状とに鑑み、非常の措置を以て時局を収拾せむと欲し、茲に忠良なる爾臣民に告ぐ

朕は帝国政府をして米英支蘇四国に対し、其の共同宣言を受諾する旨通告せしめたり

抑々帝国臣民の康寧を図り、万邦共栄の楽を偕にするは、皇祖皇宗の遺範にして、朕の拳々惜かざる所。曩に米英二国に宣戦せる所以も亦、実に帝国の自存と東亜の安定とを庶幾するに出て、他国の主権を排し領土を侵すか如きは固より朕か志にあらす。然るに交戦已に四歳を閲し、朕が陸海将兵の勇戦、朕が百僚有司の励精、朕が一億衆庶の奉公、各々最善を尽せるに拘らず、戦局必ずしも好転せず、世界の大勢亦我に利あらず。加之敵は新に残虐なる爆弾を使用して、頻に無辜を殺傷し、惨害の及ふ所真に測るべからざるに至る。而も尚、交戦を継続せむが終に我か民族の滅亡を招来するのみならず、延て人類の文明をも破却すべし。斯の如くむは朕、何を以てか億兆の赤子を保し、皇祖皇宗の心霊に謝せむや。是れ朕が帝国政府をして共同宣言に応せしむるに至れる所以なり

朕は帝国と共に終始、東亜の解放に協力せる諸盟邦に対し、遺憾の意を表せざるを得す。帝国臣民にして戦陣に死し、職域に殉じ、非命に斃れたる者及、其の遺族に想を致せば、五内為に裂く。且戦傷を負い、災禍を蒙り、家業を失ひたる者の厚生に至りては、朕の深く軫念する所なり。惟ふに今後帝国の受くへき苦難は固より尋常にあらず。爾臣民の衷情も朕善く之を知る。然れども朕は、時運の趨く所、堪へ難きを堪へ、忍び難きを忍び、以て万世の為に太平を開かむと欲す

朕は茲に国体を護持し得て、忠良なる爾臣民の赤誠に信倚し、常に爾臣民と共に在り。若し夫れ情の激する所濫に事端を滋くし、或は同胞排擠、互に時局を乱り、為に大道を誤り信義を世界に失ふか如きは、朕最も之を戒む。宜しく挙国一家子孫相伝へ、確く神州の不滅を信し、任重くして道遠きを念ひ、総力を将来の建設に傾け、道義を篤くし、志操を鞏くし、誓て国体の精華を発揚し、世界の進運に後れざらむことを期すべし。爾臣民其れ克く朕が意を体せよ

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1945年8月14-15日、世界は
V-J TIMES SQUARE KISS(01 of47)
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In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a sailor and a nurse kiss passionately in Manhattan\'s Times Square, as New York City celebrates the end of World War II, on August 14, 1945. The celebration followed the official announcement that Japan had accepted the terms of Potsdam and surrendered. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy/Victor Jorgensen) (credit:AP)
NEW YORK CELEBRATES V-J DAY(02 of47)
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A jubilant crowd of American Italians are seen as they wave flags and toss papers in the air while celebrating Japan\'s unconditional surrender in their neighborhood in New York City, on August 14, 1945. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
V-J DAY REACTION IN U.S.(03 of47)
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San Franciscans are shown celebrating the Japanese surrender, known as V-J Day, on August 14, 1945. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
President Truman Announcing Wars End At Washington White House In Usa On August 14Th 1945(04 of47)
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UNITED STATES - AUGUST 14: President Truman Announcing Wars End At Washington White House In Usa On August 14Th 1945 (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) (credit:Keystone-France via Getty Images)
PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES WAR'S END(05 of47)
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President Harry S. Truman reads to newsmen his announcement of the Japanese surrender officially signaling the war\'s end during a White House, Washington, D.C. ceremony at 7 p.m. August 14, 1945. At the right of the President are Secretary of State James F. Byrnes and Admiral William D. Leahy, Presidential Chief of Staff. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Newsmen Run To Phones After WW2 Surrender(06 of47)
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Members of the White House Press Corps rush to telephones after President Harry Truman\'s announcement of the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II, Washington DC, August 14, 1945. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images) (credit:PhotoQuest via Getty Images)
Newsboy(07 of47)
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A newsboy shouts the headlines based on ear unofficial reports of Japan\'s acceptance of allied surrender terms as he in Lafayette Square opposite the White House on August 14, 1945. A few watchers loll on the grass at an early hour waiting official news. (AP Photo/Bill Chaplis) (credit:AP)
CBS News(08 of47)
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NEW YORK - AUGUST 14: CBS newsroom in New York City reporting on the Japanese surrender to end WWII. Robert Trout is at the microphone. August 14, 1945. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) (credit:CBS Photo Archive via Getty Images)
CBS News(09 of47)
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NEW YORK - AUGUST 14: CBS newsroom in New York City reporting on the Japanese surrender to end WWII. August 14, 1945. Robert Trout is at the microphone. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) (credit:CBS Photo Archive via Getty Images)
CBS News(10 of47)
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NEW YORK - AUGUST 14: CBS newsroom in New York City reporting on the Japanese surrender to end WWII. Robert Trout is at the microphone. August 14, 1945. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) (credit:CBS Photo Archive via Getty Images)
CBS News(11 of47)
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NEW YORK - AUGUST 14: CBS newsroom in New York City reporting on the Japanese surrender to end WWII. August 14, 1945. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) (credit:CBS Photo Archive via Getty Images)
CBS News(12 of47)
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NEW YORK - AUGUST 14: CBS newsroom in New York City reporting on the Japanese surrender to end WWII. August 14, 1945. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) (credit:CBS Photo Archive via Getty Images)
World War Two Ends(13 of47)
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A sergeant interrupts his shave in a barber shop and holds up the latest copy of The Stars And Stripes announcing the surrender of Japan with the headline of \'PEACE,\' Paris, France, August 14, 1945. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images) (credit:Underwood Archives via Getty Images)
World War Two(14 of47)
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US troops of Iceland Base Command, celebrating with locals as new of the Japanese surrender is announced following World War Two, Reykjavik, Iceland, August 14th 1945.(Photo by Authenticated News/Archive Photos/Getty Images) (credit:Authenticated News via Getty Images)
The Celebration(15 of47)
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Enlisted men aboard the USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) break out in music and song upon hearing the news of Japan\'s surrender, August 1945. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images) (credit:PhotoQuest via Getty Images)
VJ-Day Kiss(16 of47)
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An American serviceman kissing a woman on V-J Day, New York City, 14th August 1945. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images) (credit:Archive Photos via Getty Images)
Robert De Lyle, age 5, celebrates end of World War II (V-J D(17 of47)
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UNITED STATES - AUGUST 14: Robert De Lyle, age 5, celebrates end of World War II (V-J Day). (Photo by Art Edger/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) (credit:New York Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
In East Harlem (107th St., between Second and Third Aves.), (18 of47)
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UNITED STATES - AUGUST 14: In East Harlem (107th St., between Second and Third Aves.), crowds in street raise a cheer for the end of World War II (V-J Day). (Photo by Ossie Leviness/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) (credit:New York Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
VJ Day In New York(19 of47)
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A crowd celebrates the surrender of Japan and the end of the Pacific War, New York, 14th August 1945. The woman held aloft (centre) has \'V.J. DAY\' written on her forehead. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (credit:FPG via Getty Images)
Peace(20 of47)
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14th August 1945: Two women and a man wearing military uniforms smile and embrace as they celebrate the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II. The man holds a Stars and Stripes newspaper with the word \'Peace\' printed in bold letters. L-R: Johnnie Dexter, Robert Ingram, and Lucille Breneman. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (credit:Hulton Archive via Getty Images)
Times Square(21 of47)
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14th August 1945: A sailor reading the news of the Japanese surrender in New York\'s Times Square in the early hours of tuesday morning. (Photo by Weegee(Arthur Fellig)/International Center of Photography/Getty Images) (credit:Weegee(Arthur Fellig)/International Center of Photography via Getty Images)
US soldiers and members of the US Women's Army, Corps gather in front of the American Red Cross, 'Rainbow Corner' in Paris to celebrate August 15, 1945, They are holding copies of the Paris edition of(22 of47)
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US soldiers and members of the US Women\'s Army, Corps gather in front of the American Red Cross, \'Rainbow Corner\' in Paris to celebrate August 15, 1945, They are holding copies of the Paris edition of Stars and Stripes which announced the Japanese, surrender. (Photo by Photo12/UIG/Getty Images) (credit:Photo 12 via Getty Images)
VJ celebrations at Picadilly Circus in London 15 August 1945.(23 of47)
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UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 09: VJ celebrations at Picadilly Circus in London 15 August 1945. Crowds at Picadilly circus (London) celebrating the victory over Japan. (Photo by Daily Herald Archive/SSPL/Getty Images) (credit:Daily Herald Archive via Getty Images)
VJ Day In LOndon(24 of47)
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15th August 1945: Crowds at Queen Victoria\'s Monument gather to catch a glimpse of the Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, who went to the Palace to see the King, during the VJ Day celebrations. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) (credit:Keystone via Getty Images)
Britain Hears News Of End Of Jap War: Celebrating Victory In Japan, London, England, UK, C 15 August 1945(25 of47)
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Britain Hears News Of End Of Jap War: Celebrating Victory In Japan, London, England, UK, C 15 August 1945, In London\'s Piccadilly Circus,a group of servicemen and women, and a civilian woman, link arms as they walk towards the camera, singing as they dance in celebration around Eros (not pictured), on the news that the war in Japan is over. Behind them, crowds of people are gathered in the sunshine. Several buses can also be seen. This photograph was taken from beside Eros, looking towards Piccadilly (left) and Regent Street (right), 15 August 1945. (Photo by Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer/ IWM via Getty Images) (credit:IWM/Getty Images via Getty Images)
Piccadilly People(26 of47)
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15th August 1945: A few minutes after the Japanese surrender was announced, Piccadilly Circus was filled with a jubilant crowd, some of whom climbed on the plinth of the Statue of Eros. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) (credit:Keystone via Getty Images)
WWII London VJ Celebrations(27 of47)
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At midnight on August 14, London heard the long awaited news of the Japanese surrender. Servicemen and civilians who, for several nights had waited patiently for the announcement let go their pent up feelings and celebrated in grand style. It was VE night all over again as the people danced and sang in various parts of the city. Servicemen and civilians crowd the steps of Queen Victoria Memorial, near Buckingham Palace, in London, on Aug. 15, 1945, hoping to catch a glimpse of the King. Although they cheered and shouted the King did not appear. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
POST WWII BETTY HUTTON USO TOUR(28 of47)
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Blonde bombshell Betty Hutton is carried on some joyous G.I.\'s shoulders, after her USO show at U.S. Army redeployment center Camp Detroit, at Reims, France, on August 14, 1945. (AP Photo/Henry L. Griffin) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(Left to right) Sgt. John Pinkney, Pfc. Frank Fichers, and P(29 of47)
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UNITED STATES - AUGUST 15: (Left to right) Sgt. John Pinkney, Pfc. Frank Fichers, and Pfc. Mark Gittelson read the Daily News report on the surrender of the Japanese. (Photo by Leonard Detrick/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) (credit:New York Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
Awaiting The King(30 of47)
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15th August 1945: Crowds outside Buckingham Palace on VJ Day, waiting to see the King. (Photo by Stevens /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Stevens via Getty Images)
VJ Day(31 of47)
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15th August 1945: Men at a naval base were given four cans of beer each in celebration of the end of the World War II, Manila, Philippines. One of the men holds a \'WAR OVER\' sign. (Photo by James Benton/Anthony Potter Collection/Getty Images) (credit:James Benton via Getty Images)
POW Cheer(32 of47)
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15th August 1945.: Japanese POW smiling while holding a \'Daily Pacifican\' newspaper declaring \'WAR OVER\' on its front page, in his cell at the Bilibid Prison, south of Manila, Philippines, World War II. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (credit:Hulton Archive via Getty Images)
Servicemen Celebrate(33 of47)
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15th August 1945: U.S. servicemen in the sick bay of the S.S. Casablanca smile and point to a newspaper with the headline \'JAPS QUIT!\', after the Japanese surrender in World War II. (Photo by Anthony Potter Collection/Getty Images) (credit:Anthony Potter Collection via Getty Images)
Resistance, August 15, 1945 : surrender of the J(34 of47)
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UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1945: \'Resistance\', August 15, 1945 : surrender of the Japan, death sentence of the marshal Petain. (Photo by Roger Viollet Collection/Getty Images) (credit:Roger Viollet Collection via Getty Images)
World War Two(35 of47)
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The letter confirming Japan\'s surrender during World War Two, signed by Emperor Hirohito and Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japan, September 24th 1945. (Photo by US Navy/FPG/Getty Images) (credit:FPG via Getty Images)
WWII Japanese Mourn VJ Day 1945(36 of47)
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Schoolgirls weep in sorrow and shame in the Imperial Plaza before Emperor Hirohito\'s palace in Tokyo after there were informed of Japan\'s surrender, Aug. 15, 1945. Some officers of the Imperial Army committed harikiri in the plaza to atone for what they felt was a loss of face for themselves and their emperor. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
JAPANESE SURRENDER ANNOUNCEMENT(37 of47)
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Japanese prisoners of war at Guam, Mariana Islands, bow their heads as they hear Japanese Emperor Hirohito making the announcement of Japan\'s unconditional surrender on August 15, 1945. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Japanese POWs(38 of47)
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15th August 1945: Full-length image of Japanese POWs standing in rows with their heads bowed behind a barbed wire fence in an Allied internment camp during World War II, Guam. They had just heard Japanese emperor Hirohito announce Japan\'s unconditional surrender in the war. (Photo by US Navy/Getty Images) (credit:U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
JAPANESE SURRENDER ANNOUNCEMENT(39 of47)
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In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a Japanese prisoners of war at Guam, Mariana Islands, covers his face as he hears Japanese Emperor Hirohito making the announcement of Japan\'s unconditional surrender on August 15, 1945. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
WWII VJ Day Chinatown New York(40 of47)
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**EDS NOTE: NEGATIVE DAMAGED** Two Dragon-like images begin the sacred dragon dance, usually reserved for the Chinese New Year, as inhabitants of the Chinatown section of New York celebrate VJ Day, Aug. 14, 1945. President Harry Truman announced Japan\'s unconditional surrender earlier in the day. (AP Photo/John Rooney) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
World War II(41 of47)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 14, 1945 picture, civilians and service personnel wave flags as they celebrate in New York\'s Times Square after the official announcement that Japan had surrendered, ending World War II. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
General Chang Kai Shek Giving A Speech On The Radio 1945(42 of47)
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CHINA - AUGUST 15: General Chang Kai Shek Confirming Japan\'S Surrender At The Microphone Of The Radio Station The Voice Of China, In Chungking On August 15, 1945.Le General Tchang Kai-Chek Confirme, Au Micro De La Radio La Voix De La Chine, La Reddition Des Japonais, a Chungking, Le 15 Aout 1945. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) (credit:Keystone-France via Getty Images)
Soong Mei-Ling(43 of47)
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August 1945: Soong Mei-Ling (1897 - 2003), wife of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, the Chinese nationalist leader, looking over the victory headlines after the surrender of Japan in World War II. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) (credit:Keystone via Getty Images)
Japanese Surrender(44 of47)
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15th August 1945: The front page of The Daily Express announcing the Japanese surrender to the Allies. Announced in August, the surrender was not officially signed until September 2nd. (Photo by Express/Express/Getty Images) (credit:Express via Getty Images)
Times Square(45 of47)
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14th August 1945: A sailor reading the news of the Japanese surrender in New York\'s Times Square in the early hours of tuesday morning. (Photo by Weegee(Arthur Fellig)/International Center of Photography/Getty Images) (credit:Weegee(Arthur Fellig)/International Center of Photography via Getty Images)
Japanese Surrender In Seoul(46 of47)
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The Japanese flag is lowered as Japanese officers and troops formally surrender the United States at the end of World War II, Seoul, Korea, August 1945. The surrender marked the end the decades-long Japanese occupation of Korea. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images) (credit:PhotoQuest via Getty Images)
Resistance, August 15, 1945 : surrender of the J(47 of47)
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UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1945: \'Resistance\', August 15, 1945 : surrender of the Japan, death sentence of the marshal Petain. (Photo by Roger Viollet Collection/Getty Images) (credit:Roger Viollet Collection via Getty Images)