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On this day, prescribed by law and marked by ceremony, we celebrate the durable wisdom of our Constitution, and recall the deep commitments that unite our country.
今天,按照憲法規(guī)定我們舉行這個(gè)儀式.我們?cè)诖藲g慶我國(guó)憲法常青的智慧,追尋我們團(tuán)結(jié)全國(guó)的深切責(zé)任感.
I am grateful for the honor of this hour, mindful of the consequential times in which we live, and determined to fulfill the oath that I have sworn and you have witnessed.
我感佩這個(gè)時(shí)刻帶來(lái)的榮耀,意識(shí)到我們時(shí)代的期盼并期待著完成我的誓言,請(qǐng)你們做證.
At this second gathering, our duties are defined not by the words I use, but by the history we have seen together.
這是我們第二次聚會(huì),我們的責(zé)任并非由我的講演來(lái)確定,它源于我們當(dāng)前歷史時(shí)期的要求.
For a half century, America defended our own freedom by standing watch on distant borders.
半個(gè)世紀(jì)以來(lái),美國(guó)在遙遠(yuǎn)的邊界上捍衛(wèi)著我們的自由，
After the shipwreck of communism came years of relative quiet, years of repose, years of sabbatical and then there came a day of fire.
在共產(chǎn)主義崩潰后，我們度過(guò)了相對(duì)平靜、安寧、悠閑的幾年。
We have seen our vulnerability and we have seen its deepest source.
我們已明了自身的弱點(diǎn),我們也深知其根源.
For as long as whole regions of the world simmer in resentment and tyranny prone to ideologies that feed hatred and excuse murder violence will gather, and multiply in destructive power, and cross the most defended borders, and raise a mortal threat.
只要世界某些區(qū)域醞釀著不滿、滋生著暴君,就會(huì)產(chǎn)生宣揚(yáng)仇恨和為屠殺尋找借口的意識(shí)形態(tài),就會(huì)聚集暴力和毀滅的能量,它們會(huì)越過(guò)嚴(yán)密把守的邊界帶來(lái)毀滅的威脅.
There is only one force of history that can break the reign of hatred and resentment, and expose the pretensions of tyrants, and reward the hopes of the decent and tolerant, and that is the force of human freedom.
這個(gè)世界只存在一種力量可以沖決仇恨、揭露暴君的虛偽、扶植容忍、培育尊嚴(yán),那就是人類的自由.
We are led, by events and common sense, to one conclusion: The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands.
我們受常識(shí)的指引和歷史的教誨,得出如下結(jié)論:自由是否能在我們的土地上存在,正日益依賴于自由在別國(guó)的勝利.
The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.
對(duì)和平的熱切期望只能源于自由在世界上的擴(kuò)展.
America's vital interests and our deepest beliefs are now one.
關(guān)系到美國(guó)生死存亡的利益和我們基本的信念合而為一.
From the day of our Founding, we have proclaimed that every man and woman on this earth has rights, and dignity, and matchless value, because they bear the image of the Maker of Heaven and earth.
自立國(guó)始,我們就宣示:生于世間的每個(gè)男女都擁有他們的權(quán)力、尊嚴(yán)和無(wú)可比擬的價(jià)值,因?yàn)樗麄儞碛袆?chuàng)造天地之神的形象.
