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Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.
所以，我們必須認識到，世界各地軍火庫中的任何武器沒有自由人們的意志和維護道義的勇氣強大，
It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have. It is a weapon that we as Americans do have.
這是當今世界上我們美國獨有而我們對手所沒有的武器。
Let that be understood by those who practice terrorism and prey upon their neighbors.
要讓那些采取恐怖行動和掠奪自己鄰國的人懂得這一點。
I am told that tens of thousands of prayer meetings are being held on this day, and for that I am deeply grateful.
當得知今天舉行的祈禱會成千上萬時，我深為感激。
We are a nation under God, and I believe God intended for us to be free.
我們是上帝保佑的國家，我們相信，上帝希望我們得到自由。
It would be fitting and good, I think, if on each Inauguration Day in future years it should be declared a day of prayer.
如果每次就職典禮日都能成為祈禱日，那是恰如其逢的好事。
This is the first time in history that this ceremony has been held, as you have been told, on this West Front of the Capitol.
就職儀式在國會大廈西門舉行是美國歷史的第一次,
Standing here, one faces a magnificent vista, opening up on this city's special beauty and history.
站在這里，宏偉壯麗的景色盡收眼底，可以看到華盛頓這座城市獨特的美麗和歷史。
At the end of this open mall are those shrines to the giants on whose shoulders we stand.
在這條寬闊林蔭大道盡頭矗立著我國歷史偉大的紀念物。
Directly in front of me, the monument to a monumental man: George Washington, Father of our country.
在我的正前方是一位不朽人物的紀念碑，他就是我們的國父喬治華盛頓。
A man of humility who came to greatness reluctantly.
他稟性謙恭，處于時勢所迫才做出偉大業績，
He led America out of revolutionary victory into infant nationhood.
領導美國取得革命勝利，建立一個新國家。
Off to one side, the stately memorial to Thomas Jefferson.
稍偏一點是莊嚴雄偉的托馬斯杰斐遜紀念堂，
The Declaration of Independence flames with his eloquence.
獨立宣言閃耀著他的雄辯才華。
And then beyond the Reflecting Pool the dignified columns of the Lincoln Memorial.
在映影池的那一邊，矗立著由大圓柱組成的莊嚴肅穆的林肯紀念堂，
Whoever would understand in his heart the meaning of America will find it in the life of Abraham Lincoln.
任何想徹底了解美國真諦的人都會在亞伯拉罕林肯的一生中得到答案。
Beyond those monuments to heroism is the Potomac River, and on the far shore the sloping hills of Arlington National Cemetery with its row on row of simple white markers bearing crosses or Stars of David.
過了這些英雄紀念物就是波托馬克河，河對岸就是阿靈頓國家公墓，坡地上排者一行行刻著十字架和大衛王之星的樸實無華的白色墓碑，
They add up to only a tiny fraction of the price that has been paid for our freedom.
他們僅僅是為了我們的自由所付出的代價的縮影。
