奥巴马在911恐怖袭击十周年纪念仪式上的讲话全文

Here are President Barack Obama's remarks on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks as released by the White House.白宫发布了奥巴马在911恐怖袭击十周年纪念仪式上的讲话全文，以下为中译稿。

Remarks of President Barack Obama

As Prepared for Delivery

On the 10 Anniversary of 9/11

The Bibl e tells us - 'weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.'《圣经》告诉我们，哭泣可能会持续整夜，但欢乐会在清晨到来。

Ten years ago, America confronted one of our darkest nights. Mighty towers crumbl ed. Black smoke billowed up from the Pentagon. Airplane wreckage smol d ered on a Pennsylvania field. Friends and neighbors; sisters and brothers; mothers and fathers; sons and daughters - they were taken from us with heartbreaking swiftness and cruelty. On September 12, 2001, we awoke to a worl d in which evil was cl oser at hand, and uncertainty cl oud ed our future.十年前，美国经历了最黑暗的一个夜晚。雄伟的高楼坍塌了，五角大楼升起滚滚黑烟，飞机残骸在宾夕法尼亚州燃烧。好友近邻们，兄弟姐妹们，父亲母亲们，孩子们，他们从我们身边被带走了，如此迅速和残酷地离开了我们，让我们悲痛万分。2001年9月12日，当我们醒来时，面对的是一个新的世界，邪恶离我们更近，对未知的恐惧笼罩着我们的未来。

In the d ecad e since, much has changed for Americans. We've known war and recession; passionate d ebates and political divid es. We can never get back the lives we l ost on that day, or the Americans who mad e the ultimate sacrifice in the wars that foll owed.之后的十年，美国人民改变了很多。我们懂得了战争和衰退，我们懂得了激烈的争辩和政治分歧。我们永远无法唤回那天逝去的生命，或是那些在后来的战争中英勇献身的美国人。

Yet today, it is worth remembering what has not changed. Our character as a nation has not changed. Our faith - in God and each other - that has not changed. Our belief in America, born of a timeless id eal that men and women shoul d govern themselves; that all peopl e are created equal, and d eserve the same freed om to d etermine their own d estiny - that belief, through test and trials, has only been strengthened.但是在今天，我们应该铭记的是那些未曾改变的东西。我们国家的性格没有改变。我们的信念并没有变，我们始终相信上帝、并彼此信任。我们这个国家抱着永恒的理想，我们坚信人人都应该自律，人人生来平等并享有同等的决定自己命运的自由。这一信念经受住了无数考验，现在更是坚不可摧。These past ten years have shown that America d oes not give in to fear. The rescue workers who rushed to the scene; the firefighters who charged up the stairs; the passengers who stormed the cockpit - these patriots d efined the very nature of courage. Over the years we have also seen a more quiet form of heroism - in the

ladd er company that l ost so many men and still suits up to save lives every day; the businesses that have rebuilt; the burn victim who has bounced back; the families that press on.过去的十年表明，美国没有向恐惧妥协。救援人员赶往现场，消防员冲上大楼，机上乘客与歹徒搏斗，这些爱国者们证明了什么叫做勇敢。十年来，我们也看到了英雄主义更低调的一种表现形式：失去那么多战友的消防队依然每天整装待发挽救生命，被摧毁的企业得到重建，受伤的幸存者重新振作起来，遇难者家属开始了新的生活。

Last spring, I received a l etter from a woman named Suzanne Swaine. She had l ost her husband and brother in the Twin Towers, and said that she had been robbed of, 'so many would-be proud moments where a father watches their child graduate, or tend goal in a lacrosse game, or succeed acad emically.' But two of her daughters are in coll ege, the other d oing well in high school. 'It has been ten years of raising these girls on my own,' Suzanne wrote. 'I could not be proud er of their strength and resilience.' That spirit typifies the American family. And the hopeful future for those girls is the ultimate rebuke to the hateful killers who took the life of their father.今年春天，我收到了一位叫苏珊娜?斯万（Suzanne Swaine）的女士的来信。她在双子塔的灾难中失去了丈夫和兄弟。她说，“那么多骄傲的瞬间被剥夺了，父亲原本可以看到孩子们毕业，看到她们在长曲棍球比赛中得分，看到她们在学业上取得佳绩”。这位女士有两个女儿在上大学，还有一个女儿在上高中并且表现很好。她在信中写道，“十年来，我一直一个人养育三个女儿；她们的自强和坚韧让我无比骄傲”。这一家人的精神就是所有美国家庭的写照。这些女孩充满希望的未来就是对杀害她们父亲的可恶凶手最有力的回击。

These past ten years have shown America's resolve to d efend its citizens, and our way of life. Dipl omats serve in far off posts, and intelligence professionals work tirelessly without recognition. Two million Americans have gone to war since 9/11. They have d emonstrated that those who d o us harm cannot hid e from the reach of justice, anywhere in the worl d. America has been d efended not by conscripts, but by citizens who choose to serve - young peopl e who signed up straight out of school; guardsmen and reservists; workers and business-peopl e; immigrants and fourth-generation sol diers. They are men and women who l eft behind lives of comfort for two, three, four, or five tours of duty. Too many will never come home. Those that d o carry dark memories from distant places, and the l egacy of fallen friends.过去这十年展示了美国保护公民、维护美国生活方式的决心。外交官们背井离乡驻守远方，情报人员默默无闻不知疲倦地工作。911后有200万美国人参与了战争。这些人证明，那些伤害了我们的人无法逃脱正义的审判，不论他们藏在何处。事实上，保卫美国的并不是征召的士兵，而是自愿服役的公民，他们是毕业便直接入伍的年轻人，他们是国民警卫队士兵和后备役军人，他们是工人和商人，他们是移民和第四代士兵。他们放弃舒适的生活，坚持两期、三期、四期或五期超期服役。他们中的很多人从此再也没有回来。即便是平安回来的人，他们也背负着远方的黑暗记忆，以及对逝去战友的永恒怀念。

The sacrifices of these men and women, and of our military families, reminds us

that the wages of war are great; that whil e their service to our nation is full of gl ory, war itself is never gl orious. Our troops have been to lands unknown to many Americans a d ecad e ago - to Kandahar and Kabul; to Mosul and Basra. But our strength is not measured in our ability to stay in these places; it comes from our commitment to l eave those lands to free peopl e and sovereign states, and our d esire to move from a decad e of war to a future of peace.这些军人及其家属所做的牺牲提醒我们，战争的代价是巨大的，虽然他们对国家的贡献充满荣耀，战争本身却绝不光荣。十年间，我们的军队被派到了很多美国人闻所未闻的地方：坎大哈和喀布尔，摩苏尔和巴士拉。但我们的强大并不是用驻军能力来衡量的，而是体现在我们把这些地方留给自由人民和主权政府的决心上，以及我们要结束十年战争、迎接和平未来的愿望上。

These ten years have shown that we hol d fast to our freed oms. Yes, we are more vigilant against those who threaten us, and there are inconveniences that come with our common d efense. Debates - about war and peace; about security and civil liberties - have often been fierce. But it is precisely the rigor of these d ebates, and our ability to resolve them in a way that honors our values, that is a measure of our strength. Meanwhil e, our open markets still provid e innovators with the chance to create, our citizens are still free to speak their minds, and our souls are still enriched in our churches and templ es, our synagogues and mosques.这十年表明，我们一直在坚持各项自由权利。没错，对威胁我们的人我们提高了警惕，而我们的一般性防御也带来了种种麻烦。有关战争与和平、安全与公民自由的讨论常常是激烈的。但正是这些讨论的激烈程度和以符合我们价值观的方式化解这些争论的能力才是我们的力量所在。此外，美国开放的市场仍向创新者提供发明创造的机会，美国人仍可以自由地直抒胸臆，我们的灵魂仍在教堂、佛教寺院、犹太教堂和清真寺中得到净化和提升。

These past ten years und erscore the bonds between all Americans. We have not succumbed to suspicion and mistrust. After 9/11, Presid ent Bush mad e cl ear what we reaffirm today: the United States will never wage war against Islam or any religion. Immigrants come here from all parts of the gl obe. In the biggest cities and the small est towns, in our schools and workplaces, you still see peopl e of every conceivabl e race, religion and ethnicity - all of them pl edging allegiance to one flag; all of them reaching for the same American dream - e pluribus unum, out of many, we are one.过去的这十年凸显出全体美国人之间的凝聚力。我们没有陷入猜忌和怀疑中不可自拔。911发生后，小布什总统曾明确表示过：美国永远不会向伊斯兰教或任何其它宗教发动战争。这也是我们今天要重申的观点。人们从世界各地移民来到美国。无论是在美国的大都市还是小城镇，无论是在学校还是在工作场所，仍然可以看到肤色、宗教和种族各不相同的人们汇聚在这里，大家都宣誓忠于一面国旗，所有人都为了实现共同的美国梦──合众为一。

These past ten years tell a story of resilience. The Pentagon is repaired, and fill ed with patriots working in common purpose. Shanksvill e is the scene of friendships forged between resid ents of that town, and families who l ost l oved ones there.

New York remains a vibrant capital of the arts and industry, fashion and commerce. Where the Worl d Trad e Center once stood, the sun glistens off a new tower that reaches toward the sky. Our peopl e still work in skyscrapers. Our stadiums are filled with fans, and our parks full of children playing ball. Our airports hum with travel, and our buses and subways take millions where they need to go. Families sit d own to Sunday dinner, and stud ents prepare for school. This land pulses with the optimism of those who set out for distant shores, and the courage of those who died for human freed om.过去这十年讲述了一个关于不屈不挠精神的故事。五角大楼得到了修复，爱国者在那里为了共同的目标而努力工作。在尚克斯维尔，当地居民和那些在这里失去了自己至亲的家庭结下了友谊。纽约仍是一个生机勃勃的艺术、工业、时尚和商业之都。在世界贸易中心曾经屹立的地方，一座新建大厦拔地而起，在阳光下熠熠生辉。美国人仍在摩天大楼中工作，体育场里挤满了运动爱好者，公园里到处都是玩球的孩童。我们的机场呈现出一片繁忙景象，我们的巴士和地铁运送数百万旅客奔赴目的地。到了周日晚上，全家人一起坐下来享受晚餐，孩子们则为第二天上学做准备。在这片土地上，既有人们准备奔赴远途的乐观，也有为了人类自由而牺牲的勇气。

Decad es from now, Americans will visit the memorials to those who were l ost on 9/11. They will run their fingers over the places where the names of those we l oved are carved into marble and stone, and wond er at the lives they l ed. Standing before the white headstones in Arlington, and in peaceful cemeteries and small-town squares in every corner of our country, they will pay respects to those l ost in Afghanistan and Iraq. They will see the names of the fallen on bridges and statues; at gard ens and schools.几十年后，美国人会来参观这些纪念碑以悼念那些911的遇难者。他们的手指会掠过那些我们曾经深爱着的、现如今被刻入大理石和石碑的亲友的名字，并对这些人的生活感到好奇。站在阿灵顿国家公墓白色的墓碑前，在美国各地小城镇的广场上举办的宁静的纪念仪式上，他们会向那些在阿富汗和伊拉克战争中阵亡的人致敬，他们会在桥梁和雕塑上、在花园和学校里看到逝者的名字。

And they will know that nothing can break the will of a truly United States of America. They will remember that we have overcome slavery and Civil War; bread lines and fascism; recession and riots; Communism and, yes, terrorism. They will be remind ed that we are not perfect, but our d emocracy is durabl e, and that d emocracy - refl ecting, as it d oes, the imperfections of man - also gives us the opportunity to perfect our union. That is what we honor on days of national commemoration - those aspects of the American experience that are enduring, and the d etermination to move forward as one peopl e.他们会知道，没有什么可以击垮真正代表美利坚合众国的意志。他们会记得，我们一路走过了奴隶制和南北战争，见证了排队领面包的队伍和法西斯主义，经历了经济衰退和动乱，也征服了共产主义和恐怖主义。有人会提醒他们说，美国并不完美，但美国的民主是久经考验的，这种民主反映出人类的不完美，但同时也让我们有机会改善我们的国家。在举国悼念的日子里，我们引以为荣的就是这些永不磨灭的美国历史和推动我们合众为一、向前迈进的决心。

More than monuments, that will be the l egacy of 9/11 - a l egacy of firefighters who walked into fire and sol diers who signed up to serve; of workers who raised new towers, citizens who faced d own fear, and children who realized the dreams of their parents. It will be said of us that we kept that faith; that we took a painful bl ow, and emerged stronger.911遗产不止于纪念碑，还有那些走向火海的消防员、报名参军的士兵、合力建造新楼的工人、临危不惧的公民以及实现了父母梦想的子女。我们坚守信仰、遭到沉重打击并变得更为坚强的故事将流传给后人。

'Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.'“哭泣可能会持续整夜，但欢乐会在清晨到来。”

With a just God as our guid e, l et us honor those who have been lost; l et us red edicate ourselves to the id eals that d efine our nation, and let us look to the future with hearts full of hope. May God bl ess the memory of those we l ost, and may God Bl ess the United States of America.以公正的上帝作为我们的向导，让我们向那些逝者致敬，努力为实践那些令我们国家卓尔不群的精神而奋斗，让我们满怀希望畅想未来。愿上帝保佑我们对逝者的追忆，保佑美利坚合众国。