【正文】 汗鞏固來之不易的和平。我們將與多年的朋友和昔日的對手一道不懈地努力，減輕核威脅，扭轉全球變暖的厄運。我們不會在價值觀念上退縮，也不會動搖捍衛(wèi)它的決心，對于那些妄圖以煽動恐怖和屠殺無辜的手段達到其目的的人，我們現在就告訴你們，我們的意志更加頑強、堅不可摧。你們無法拖垮我們，我們必將戰(zhàn)勝你們。
　　For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus — and nonbelievers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth。 and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass。 that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve。 that as the world grows smaller, our mon humanity shall reveal itself。 and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.
　　因為我們知道，我們百衲而成的傳統(tǒng)是一種優(yōu)勢，而不是劣勢。我們是一個由基督教徒和穆斯林、猶太教徒和印度教徒、以及無宗教信仰者組成的國家。我們受惠于地球上四面八方每一種語言和文化的影響。由于我們飲過南北戰(zhàn)爭和種族隔離的苦水，走出了那個黑暗時代并變得更加堅強和團結，我們不能不相信昔日的仇恨終有一天會成為過去。部族之間的界線很快會消失。隨著世界變得越來越小，我們共同的人性將得到彰顯。美國必須為迎來一個和平的新紀元發(fā)揮自己的作用。
　　To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society’s ills on the West — know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history。 but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.
　　面對穆斯林世界，我們尋求一條新的前進道路，以共同利益和相互尊重為基礎。對于世界上那些妄圖制造矛盾、將自己社會的弊端歸罪于西方的領導人，我們奉勸你們：你們的人民將以你們的建設成就而不是你們的毀滅能力來評判你們。對于那些依靠腐敗、欺騙、壓制不同意見等手段固守權勢的人，我們提醒你們：你們站在了歷史錯誤的一邊。但只要你們放棄壓迫，我們將伸手相助。
　　To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow。 to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our borders。 nor can we consume the world’s resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.
　　對于貧困國家的人民，我們保證同你們并肩努力，為你們的農田帶來豐收，讓清潔的用水取之不竭。使饑餓的身體得以飽食，使饑渴的心靈受到滋潤。對于那些象我們一樣比較富裕的國家，我們要說我們再不能對他人的苦難無動于衷，也再不能肆意消耗世界的資源。世界已經改變，我們必須與時俱進。
　　As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol faroff deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages. We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service。 a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves. And yet, at this moment — a moment that will define a generation — it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all.
　　在思索我們面前的道路時，我們懷著崇敬的心情感謝此刻正在偏遠的沙漠和山區(qū)巡邏的英勇無畏的美國人。他們向我們述說著什么，正如在阿靈頓公墓長眠的陣亡英雄在漫漫歲月中低淺的吟誦。我們崇敬他們，不僅因為他們捍衛(wèi)著我們的自由，而且因為他們代表著獻身精神，體現了超越個人，尋求遠大理想的意愿。然而，在這個時刻，這個具有劃時代意義的時刻，我們大家必須具備的正是這種精神。
　　For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. It is the firefighter’s courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent’s willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.
　　雖然政府能有許多作為也必須有許多作為，但最終離不開美國人民的信仰和決心，這便是我國的立國之本。正是因為人們在大堤崩裂時接納陌生人的關愛之情，正是因為工人們寧愿減少自己的工時而不愿看到朋友失去工作的無私精神，才使我們度過了最暗淡的時光。正是因為消防隊員們有勇氣沖進濃煙滾滾的樓道，也正是因為做父母的希望培養(yǎng)一個孩子，我們才能決定最后的命運。
　　Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends — hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism — these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility — a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.
　　我們面臨的挑戰(zhàn)可能前所未聞。我們迎接挑戰(zhàn)的方式也可能前所未有。然而，我們賴以成功的價值觀──誠實和勤奮、勇氣和公平、寬容心和探索精神、忠誠和愛國 ──均由來以久。這些價值觀都是千真萬確的。這些價值觀是我國整個歷史過程中一股無聲的進步力量?，F在需要的便是重歸這些真理。我們現在需要做的是開創(chuàng)負責任的新時代──每一位美國人都需要認識到我們對自己、對國家、對全世界都承擔著義務。對于這些義務，我們并非勉強接受，而是心甘情愿主動承擔，同時堅信我們?yōu)槠D巨的使命付出一切，沒有任何事可以如此滿足我們的道義感，也沒有任何事能如此體現我們的特性。
　　This is the price and the promise of citizenship.
　　這就是公民的義務和承諾。
　　This is the source of our confidence — the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.
　　這就是我們自信的來源──認識到上帝呼喚我們在前途不明的情況下掌握自己的命運。
　　This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed — why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent Mall, and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.
　　這就是我們的自由和我們堅守的信條具有的意義──說明了為什么各種族、各類信仰的男女老少能在這個雄偉的大草坪上歡聚一堂，也說明了為什么今天有人能站在這里進行最莊嚴的宣誓，但他的父親在不到60年前還不能在當地餐館受到接待。
　　So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled. In the year of America’s birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood. At a moment when the oute of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people:
　　”Let it be told to the future world ... that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive...that the city and the country, alarmed at one mon danger, came forth to meet (it).”
　　為此，讓我們記住這一天，記住我們