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Yet those divisions do not define America.
這些分歧不是美國(guó)的特色。
We felt the unity and fellowship of our nation when freedom came under attack, and our response came like a single hand over a single heart.
當(dāng)自由遭受侵犯時(shí)，我們能感受到我們國(guó)家的團(tuán)結(jié)和友情，我們的反應(yīng)是齊心協(xié)力。
And we can feel that same unity and pride whenever America acts for good, and the victims of disaster are given hope, and the unjust encounter justice, and the captives are set free.
每當(dāng)美國(guó)主持正義，受災(zāi)者得到希望，不公正的現(xiàn)象被審判以及人質(zhì)被釋放時(shí)，我們便能感受到同樣的團(tuán)結(jié)和自豪。
We go forward with complete confidence in the eventual triumph of freedom.
在前進(jìn)的道路上，我們堅(jiān)信自由會(huì)取得最終的勝利。
Not because history runs on the wheels of inevitability; it is human choices that move events.
這不是歷史的必然性所致，而是人民的選擇；
Not because we consider ourselves a chosen nation; God moves and chooses as He wills.
也不是因?yàn)槲覀儼炎约嚎醋魇鞘苌系鄞箰?ài)的國(guó)家，而是上帝自己的意愿。
We have confidence because freedom is the permanent hope of mankind, the hunger in dark places, the longing of the soul.
們信心十足，因?yàn)樽杂墒侨祟愑篮愕南Ｍ呛诎抵械拿鳠簦庆`魂的期盼。
When our Founders declared a new order of the ages; when soldiers died in wave upon wave for a union based on liberty;
當(dāng)我們的奠基人宣布延續(xù)幾個(gè)世紀(jì)的新秩序時(shí)，當(dāng)一批批戰(zhàn)士為了自由聯(lián)邦而獻(xiàn)身時(shí)，
when citizens marched in peaceful outrage under the banner "Freedom Now"-they were acting on an ancient hope that is meant to be fulfilled.
當(dāng)人們?cè)凇白杂伞钡目谔?hào)下激憤地進(jìn)行和平抗議時(shí)———他們都在實(shí)踐著應(yīng)當(dāng)實(shí)現(xiàn)的古老愿望。
History has an ebb and flow of justice, but history also has a visible direction, set by liberty and the Author of Liberty.
歷史曾有過(guò)正義的倒退，但歷史也有一個(gè)明確的方向，那就是由自由和自由之神確立的方向。
When the Declaration of Independence was first read in public and the Liberty Bell was sounded in celebration, a witness said, "It rang as if it meant something."
當(dāng)《獨(dú)立宣言》首次公布于眾時(shí)，自由鐘在慶典上響起，一位與會(huì)者說(shuō)：“它的敲響意味深長(zhǎng)。”
In our time it means something still.
如今，它仍然蘊(yùn)涵深意。
America, in this young century, proclaims liberty throughout all the world, and to all the inhabitants thereof.
在新的世紀(jì)，美國(guó)要向全世界及所有人宣告自由。
Renewed in our strength-tested, but not weary-we are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom.
我們的力量經(jīng)過(guò)考驗(yàn)沒(méi)有消沉，而是得到恢復(fù)，我們準(zhǔn)備在爭(zhēng)取自由的歷史上取得最大的成就。
May God bless you, and may He watch over the United States of America.
愿上帝保佑你們，保佑美利堅(jiān)合眾國(guó)。
