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Only a few short weeks ago, we shared the glory of man's first sight of the world as God sees it, as a single sphere reflecting light in the darkness.
就在幾星期以前，人類如同上帝凝望這個世界一樣，第一次端視了這個世界，一個在冥冥黑暗中輝映發光的獨特的星球。我們分享了這一榮光。
As the Apollo astronauts flew over the moon's gray surface on Christmas Eve, they spoke to us of the beauty of earth
阿波羅號上的字航員在圣誕節前夕飛越月球灰色的表面時，向我們說起地球的美麗
and in that voice so clear across the lunar distance, we heard them invoke God's blessing on its goodness.
從穿過月距而傳來的如此清晰的聲音中，我們聽到他們在祈禱上帝賜福人間。
In that moment, their view from the moon moved poet Archibald MacLeish to write:
在那一時刻，他們從月球上發出的意愿，激勵著詩人阿奇博爾德?麥克利什寫下了這樣的篇章：
"To see the earth as it truly is, small and blue and beautiful in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see ourselves as riders on the earth together,
在永恒的寧靜中，那渺小、斑斕、美麗的地球在浮動。要真正地觀望地球，就得把我們自己都看作是地球的乘客，
brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold--brothers who know now they are truly brothers."
看作是一群兄弟，他們共處于漫漫的、寒冷的字宙中，這群兄弟懂得，而今他們是真正的兄弟。”
In that moment of surpassing technological triumph, men turned their thoughts toward home and humanity seeing in that far perspective that man's destiny on earth is not divisible;
在那個比技術勝利更有意義的時刻，人們把思緒轉向了家鄉和人類——他們從那個遙遠的視角中發現，地球上人類的命運是不能分開的
telling us that however far we reach into the cosmos, our destiny lies not in the stars but on Earth itself, in our own hands, in our own hearts.
他們告訴我們，不管我們在宇宙中走得多遠，我們的命運不是在別的星球上，而是在地球上，在我們自己手中，在我們的心頭。
We have endured a long night of the American spirit.
我們已經度過了一個反映美國精神的漫漫長夜。
But as our eyes catch the dimness of the first rays of dawn, let us not curse the remaining dark. Let us gather the light.
可是，當我們瞥見黎明前的第一縷曙光，切莫詛咒那尚未消散的黑暗。讓我們迎接光明吧。
Our destiny offers, not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity.
我們的命運所賜予的不是絕望的苦酒，而是機會的美餐。
So let us seize it, not in fear, but in gladness and, "riders on the earth together," let us go forward, firm in our faith, steadfast in our purpose, cautious of the dangers;
因此，讓我們不是充滿恐懼，而是滿懷喜悅地去抓住這個機會吧——“地球的乘客們”，讓我們以堅定的信念，朝著穩定的目標，在提防著危險中前進吧！
but sustained by our confidence in the will of God and the promise of man.
我們對上帝的意志和人類的希望充滿了信心，這將使我們持之以恒。
