Thus the reigning religion of Japan having few doctrines, and proposing neither future rewards nor punishments, the laws to supply these defects have been made with the spirit of severity, and are executed with an extraordinary punctuality.
Hala, Japonian, erlijio nagusiak ia dogmarik ez daukalarik, eta ez paradisurik ez infernurik proposatzen duelarik, legeak, hutsunea betetzeko, egundoko gogortasunez egin dira, eta egundoko azkartasunez betearazten dira.