就职演讲

Mr. Chairman, Mr. Vice President, Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. Speaker, members of my family and friends, my countrymen, and the friends of my country,
主席先生，副总统先生，首席大法官先生，众议院议长先生，我的亲友们，同胞们及我们国家的朋友们：
wherever they may be, we meet again, as upon a like moment four years ago, and again you have witnessed mysolemn oath of service to you.
尽管大家分散在各地，但我们又重新相聚，正如四年前的此刻一样，你们再次亲眼目睹我庄严宣誓为你们诸位服务。
I, too, am a witness, today testifying in your name to the principles and purposes to which we, as a people, are pledged.
今天，我也是一个见证人，对于我们作为一个民族而保证奉行的原则和目标，我以你们的名义来作证。
Before all else, we seek, upon our common labor as a nation, the blessings of Almighty God.
首先，我们寻求全能的上帝保佑我们作为一个国家所做的共同努力。
And the hopes in our hearts fashion the deepest prayers of our whole people.
我们心中的希望造就了全体人民最深切的祝福。
May we pursue the right—without self-righteousness.
但愿我们追求正义而不自命公正。
May we know unity—without conformity.
但愿我们懂得在求同存异的基础上保持团结。
May we grow in strength—without pride in self.
但愿我们的力量不断壮大而杜绝骄傲自满。
May we, in our dealings with all peoples of the earth, ever speak truth and serve justice.
但愿我们与世界各国人民交往时永远讲真话和奉守公道。
And so shall America—in the sight of all men of good will prove true to the honorable purposes
这样，美国将在一切怀有善良愿望的人们面前证明，它对各项光荣的目标是忠诚不渝的。
that bind and rule us as a people in all this time of trial through which we pass.
在我们所经历的充满考验的整个时代里，我们作为一个民族受到这些目标的制约和支配。
We live in a land of plenty, but rarely has this earth known such peril as today.
我们生活在一个富饶的国度，但是整个世界却面临从未有过的危机。
In our nation work and wealth abound.
在我们的国家里，人民各安其业，财富十分丰裕。
Our population grows. Commerce crowds our rivers and rails, our skies, harbors, and highways.
我国的人口不断增加。我们的河流、港口、铁路和公路舟车云集，天空飞机穿梭，商业一派兴旺繁盛。
Our soil is fertile, our agriculture productive. The air rings with the song of our industry
我国土地肥沃，农业出产丰富。
rolling mills and blast furnaces, dynamos, dams, and assembly lines the chorus of America the bountiful.
天空里回荡着工业奏出的乐章，这是一曲由轧钢机、冶炼炉、发 电机、大水坝和装配线所奏出的富足美国的大合唱。
This is our home—yet this is not the whole of our world.
这就是我们的国家。但这并不是我们世界的全部景象。
For our world is where our full destiny lies—with men, of all people, and all nations, who are or would be free.
因为我们的世界包括我们的全部命运所涉及的每一角落，已获自由和即将获得自由的国家和人民都在其中。
And for them—and so for us—this is no time of ease or of rest.
对他们说来，现在并不是悠闲自在和高枕无忧的时候。
In too much of the earth there is want, discord, danger.
对我们来说亦复如此。在这个地球的许多地方，还存在着贫困、纷争和危险。
New forces and new nations stir and strive across the earth, with power to bring, by their fate, great good or great evil to the free world's future.
新的势力和新兴的国家在全球各地纷纷奋起抗争，对自由世界的未来来说，他们的力量注定不是带来巨大的裨 益，就是造成巨大的灾难。
From the deserts of North Africa to the islands of the South Pacific one third of all mankind has entered upon an historic struggle for a new freedom; freedom from grinding poverty.
从北非的沙漠到南太平洋的岛屿，全人类的三分之一已经参与一场争取一种新自由的历史性斗争，这是一场摆脱令人痛苦难熬的贫困的斗争。
Across all continents, nearly a billion people seek, sometimes almost in desperation,
遍及五大州的几乎十亿人民，在寻求知识、技术和援助，为此有时甚至不顾一切,
for the skills and knowledge and assistance by which they may satisfy from their own resources, the material wants common to all mankind.
他们依靠这些东西，就能够开发自己的资源，从而满足人类所共有的种种物质需求。
No nation, however old or great, escapes this tempest of change and turmoil.
任何国家，不论是历史悠久还是十分伟大，在这场变革与动荡的暴风骤雨中都不能置身局外。
Some, impoverished by the recent World War, seek to restore their means of livelihood.
有些因最近这次世界大战而贫困不堪的国家，在寻求恢复维持生计的手段。
In the heart of Europe, Germany still stands tragically divided.
位于欧洲的腹地的德国，仍然处于悲剧性的分裂状态。
So is the whole continent divided. And so, too, is all the world.
整个欧洲大陆也发生了分裂，全世界也是如此。
The divisive force is International Communism and the power that it controls.
造成分裂的势力乃是国际共产主义及其所掌握的力量。
The designs of that power, dark in purpose, are clear in practice.
这股势力的阴谋虽然显得扑朔迷离，但在实践中却得到清楚的暴露。
It strives to seal forever the fate of those it has enslaved. It strives to break the ties that unite the free.
它力图永远操纵受其奴役的人民的命运，并且斩断联结自由人民的纽带。
And it strives to capture—to exploit for its own greater power
同时它还力图攫取世界各种变革的力量，
all forces of change in the world, especially the needs of the hungry and the hopes of the oppressed.
特别是利用饥饿者的需要和受压迫者的希望，采取压榨的手段以增加自己的实力。
Yet the world of International Communism has itself been shaken by a fierce and mighty force:
但是，国际共产主义的世界本身亦已为一股猛烈而巨大的力量所动摇
the readiness of men who love freedom to pledge their lives to that love.
那些热爱自由的人们，随时准备为自由而献出生命。
Through the night of their bondage, the unconquerable will of heroes has struck with the swift, sharp thrust of lightning.
英雄们那种不可征服的意志，如同一道迅疾而锐利的闪电，穿透了他们身受奴役的黑夜。
Budapest is no longer merely the name of a city; henceforth it is a new and shining symbol of man's yearning to be free.
布达佩斯不再仅是一座城市的名称，从今往后它乃是人类渴求自由的一个崭新的光辉象征。
Thus across all the globe there harshly blow the winds of change.
种种变革之风就这样强劲地吹遍全球。
And, we—though fortunate be our lot—know that we can never turn our backs to them.
我们尽管吉星高照，但懂得对此决不能漠然置之。
We look upon this shaken earth, and we declare our firm and fixed purpose—the building of a peace with justice in a world where moral law prevails.
我们注视着这个受到震撼的地球，而且郑重宣告，我们坚定不移的目标乃是，在一个盛行道德法则的世界里以正义来铸造和平。
The building of such a peace is a bold and solemn purpose.
建立这样一种和平是一个勇敢而神圣的目标。
To proclaim it is easy. To serve it will be hard.
宣布这一目标甚为容易，但为之奋斗却十分艰难。
And to attain it, we must be aware of its full meaning and ready to pay its full price.
为了得到这种和平，我们必须理解其全部意义，而且准备为之付出全部代价。
We know clearly what we seek, and why.
我们清楚地懂得我们在寻求什么，以及为什么要寻求。
We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.
我们寻求和平，并且探知和平是自由的温床。
And now, as in no other age, we seek it because we have been warned,
当今我们寻求和平，是因为我们已从现代武器的可怕力量中得到警告，
by the power of modern weapons, that peace may be the only climate possible for human life itself.
明白和平乃是人类生活本身得以存在的唯一温床，这一点在其他任何时代都是不曾有过的。
Yet this peace we seek cannot be born of fear alone: it must be rooted in the lives of nations.
但是，我们寻求的和平不能仅从畏俱中产生，和平必须扎根于世界各国人民的生活之中。
There must be justice, sensed and shared by all peoples, for, without justice the world can know only a tense and unstable truce.
必须有一种为所有人民所感受和分享的正义，因为没有正义，世界只能处于一种紧张而不稳定的暂时休战状态。
There must be law, steadily invoked and respected by all nations, for without law,
必须有一种为世界各国所强烈呼唤和尊重的法则，因为没有这样的法则，
the world promises only such meager justice as the pity of the strong upon the weak.
世界上就只能出现一种强者怜悯弱者式的贫弱的正义。
But the law of which we speak, comprehending the values of freedom, affirms the equality of all nations, great and small.
我们所说的法则，包含自由的全部价值，承认国家不分大小一律平等。
Splendid as can be the blessings of such a peace, high will be its cost: in toil patiently sustained, in help honorably given, in sacrifice calmly borne.
这样一种和平所带来的益处甚为可观，但为它付出的代价也极其高昂。
We are called to meet the price of this peace.
我们响应召唤来为这种和平付出代价。
To counter the threat of those who seek to rule by force, we must pay the costs of our own needed military strength, and help to build the security of others.
为了对付那些企图用武力实行统治的人所造成的威胁，我们必须不惜代价建立自己必要的军事力量，而且帮助他国建立安全体系
We must use our skills and knowledge and, at times, our substance, to help others rise from misery,
我们必须运用我们的技术和知识，有时甚至运用我们的物质财富，以帮助其他民族从不幸中崛起，
however far the scene of suffering may be from our shores.
而不管这种苦难景象与我们相距多么遥远。
For wherever in the world a people knows desperate want, there must appear at least the spark of hope,
因为无论在世界什么地方，只要一个民族懂得了自己的迫切需要，那里至少就会闪现希望的火花，
the hope of progress—or there will surely rise at last the flames of conflict.
闪现进步的希望，也就是说，那里最终得燃起斗争的火焰。
We recognize and accept our own deep involvement in the destiny of men everywhere.
我们与全世界各地人民的命运紧密相联，我们对此不仅有所认识，而且加以接受。
We are accordingly pledged to honor, and to strive to fortify, the authority of the United Nations.
为此，我们保证尊重而且努力加强联合国的权威。
For in that body rests the best hope of our age for the assertion of that law by which all nations may live in dignity.
因为这一机构维系着我们这个 时代最美好的希望，这一希望就是维护那种保障所有国家都能享有尊严的法则。
And, beyond this general resolve, we are called to act a responsible role in the world's great concerns or conflicts
除了这个总的决心之外，我们还负有使命在世界重大的事件或冲突中认真负责地发挥作用。
whether they touch upon the affairs of a vast region, the fate of an island in the Pacific, or the use of a canal in the Middle East.
不论这些事件或冲突所涉及的是广大地区的事务，还是太平洋中一个岛屿的命运，或是中东一条运河的使用。
Only in respecting the hopes and cultures of others will we practice the equality of all nations.
只有尊重其他国家的愿望和文化，我们才能平等对待所有国家。
Only as we show willingness and wisdom in giving counsel—in receiving counsel and in sharing burdens, will we wisely perform the work of peace.
只有在我们提出忠告、接受建议和分担负担时表现出自觉和智慧，我们才能明智地执行和平的任务。
For one truth must rule all we think and all we do. No people can live to itself alone.
我们的一切思想和行为都必须受到一条真理的制约一一即没有一个民族可以在孤立隔绝中求得生存。
The unity of all who dwell in freedom is their only sure defense.
对所有生活在自由之中的人来说，团结乃是他们唯一可靠的保障。
The economic need of all nations—in mutual dependence makes isolation an impossibility;
所有国家均已相互依存。其松选占邀需要使得团关直守绝无可能；
not even America's prosperity could long survive if other nations did not also prosper.
蛆呈其他国家不能繁荣昌盛，甚至美国的繁荣昌盛也难以持久。
No nation can longer be a fortress, lone and strong and safe. And any people, seeking such shelter for themselves, can now build only their own prison.
单独一个国家已不再可能成为一个强大而安全的堡垒石一个民族如果为自己寻求这种避难所，只不过是作茧自缚而已。
Our pledge to these principles is constant, because we believe in their rightness.
我们要对这些原则始终奉守不渝，因为我们相信这些原则的正确性。
We do not fear this world of change.
我们并不畏惧这个变动的世界。
America is no stranger to much of its spirit. Everywhere we see the seeds of the same growth that America itself has known.
美国对其精神大多并不陌生。美国所熟知的能结出同样果实的种子，已经撒遍全球各地。
The American experiment has, for generations, fired the passion and the courage of millions elsewhere seeking freedom, equality, and opportunity.
数代人以来，美国的实验已经燃起世界其他地方数百万人的激情和勇气，激励他们去寻求自由、平等和机会。
And the American story of material progress has helped excite the longing of all needy peoples for some satisfaction of their human wants.
而且，美国取得物质进步的经历有助于激起一切贫穷人们的热望，以力图稍微满足他们作为人的各种需求。
These hopes that we have helped to inspire, we can help to fulfill.
这些希望既然已由我们所激发，我们就有能力帮助其实现。
In this confidence, we speak plainly to all peoples.
怀着这种信心，我们坦诚地对世界各国人民宣告：
We cherish our friendship with all nations that are or would be free. We respect, no less, their independence.
我们珍惜同那些已经获得自由或即将获得自由的所有民族的友谊。我们同样尊重他们的独立。
And when, in time of want or peril, they ask our help, they may honorably receive it;
当他们在贫困和危难中向我们寻求援助时，他们可以不失尊严地得到帮助；
for we no more seek to buy their sovereignty than we would sell our own. Sovereignty is never bartered among freemen.
我们自己既然不会出卖主权，也就不会谋求收买他们的主权。在自由人之间，是决不会用主权做交易的。
We honor the aspirations of those nations which, now captive, long for freedom.
我们尊重那些至今仍受人摆布但又向往自由的国家的期望。
We seek neither their military alliance nor any artificial imitation of our society.
我们既不谋求使他们在军事上与我们结盟，也不希望他们人为地模仿我们的社会。
And they can know the warmth of the welcome that awaits them when, as must be, they join again the ranks of freedom.
他们会了解到，在他们重新加入自由行列时（这是不容置疑的），等待着他们的将是热烈的欢迎。
We honor, no less in this divided world than in a less tormented time, the people of Russia.
在这个分裂的世界里，我们如同在一个不甚艰难的时代一样尊重俄罗斯人民。
We do not dread, rather do we welcome, their progress in education and industry.
对于他们在教育和工业方面取得的进步，我们的态度不是惧怕，而毋宁是表示欢迎。
We wish them success in their demands for more intellectual freedom, greater security before their own laws, fuller enjoyment of the rewards of their own toil.
我们祝愿他们获得更多的知识自由，在他们自己的法律面前拥有更大的安全感，更为充分地享有他们自己辛勤劳动的报酬。
For as such things come to pass, the more certain will be the coming of that day when our peoples may freely meet in friendship.
因为这些事情一经发生，我们两个民族进行友好而自由交往的日子，其来临将更加确定无疑。
So we voice our hope and our belief that we can help to heal this divided world.
因此，我们表示我们能够帮助治愈这个分裂世界的创伤，我们对此充满希望和信心。
Thus may the nations cease to live in trembling before the menace of force.
惟有如此，各国人民才有可能不再胆战心惊地生活在武力的威胁之中。
Thus may the weight of fear and the weight of arms be taken from the burdened shoulders of mankind.
惟有这样，才有可能从人类负担沉重的肩头卸下恐惧和武器的包袱。
This, nothing less, is the labor to which we are called and our strength dedicated.
这就是召唤我们来为之奉献力量的不折不扣的艰辛工作。
And so the prayer of our people carries far beyond our own frontiers, to the wide world of our duty and our destiny.
因此，我国人民的祝福远远地超出了我们的疆界，传遍了我们的责任和命运所关的广阔世界。
May the light of freedom, coming to all darkened lands, flame brightly—until at last the darkness is no more.
但愿自由之光熊熊燃烧，照亮所有黑暗的大地，直至黑暗最终消失。
May the turbulence of our age yield to a true time of peace, when men and nations shall share a life that honors the dignity of each, the brotherhood of all.
但愿我们这些动荡不安的年月能为一个真正的和平时代所取代，到那时，所有的人民和国家都将分享一种相互尊重、亲如兄弟的生活。

总统介绍

德怀特·戴维·艾森豪威尔（Dwight David Eisenhower），美国第34任总统（1953年－1961年在任）。1890年，艾森豪威尔出生于美国德克萨斯州丹尼森的一个已经破产的基督徒家庭，他在艰苦生活中磨砺了意志。1915年毕业于西点军校，毕业时在班上排在第61名，只得到军士长的军衔。后在得克萨斯州圣安东尼第19步兵师服役，少尉军衔。