Secretary Gates, Admiral Mullen and members of the Armed Forces, my fellow Americans; most of all, to you -- survivors who still carry the scars of tragedy and destruction; to the families who carry in your hearts the memory of the loved ones you lost here: 盖茨部长、马伦海军上将及各位三军将士、我的美国同胞们；最重要的是对你们——仍然承受着悲剧与创痕的幸存者们；对那些在心中铭记在此失去的挚爱的家属们：
For our nation, this is a day of remembrance, a day of reflection, and -- with God's grace -- a day of unity and renewal. 对我们的国家而言，这是一个缅怀之日，一个反思之日，并且——蒙上帝恩典——也是一个团结与新生之日。
We gather to remember, at this sacred hour, on hallowed ground -- at places where we feel such grief and where our healing goes on. We gather here, at the Pentagon, where the names of the lost are forever etched in stone. We gather in a gentle Pennsylvania field, where a plane went down and a "tower of voices" will rise and echo through the ages. And we gather where the Twin Towers fell, a site where the work goes on so that next year, on the 10th anniversary, the waters will flow in steady tribute to the nearly 3,000 innocent lives. 我们相聚缅怀，在这神圣的时刻，在这受祝福的土地上——在我们感受到如此深切哀痛、愈合仍在继续的地方。我们相聚在五角大楼，遇难者的名字永远镌刻在石碑上。我们相聚在宾夕法尼亚州那片宁静的原野，一架航班在那里坠落，一座"声音之塔"将拔地而起，回响穿越世代。我们还相聚在双塔倒塌之地，那里的工程仍在继续，以便到明年十周年之际，流水将以恒久的礼赞，致敬那近三千条无辜生命。
On this day, it's perhaps natural to focus on the images of that awful morning -- images that are seared into our souls. It's tempting to dwell on the final moments of the loved ones whose lives were taken so cruelly. Yet these memorials, and your presence today, remind us to remember the fullness of their time on Earth. 在这一天，我们很自然会回想起那个可怕清晨的画面——那些深深烙印在我们灵魂中的画面。我们很容易沉湎于思念那些被残忍夺去生命的挚爱之人的最后时刻。然而这些纪念活动，以及你们今天的出席，提醒我们要铭记他们一生的完整岁月。
They were fathers and mothers, raising their families; brothers and sisters, pursuing their dreams; sons and daughters, their whole lives before them. They were civilians and service members. Some never saw the danger coming; others saw the peril and rushed to save others -- up those stairwells, into the flames, into the cockpit. 他们是父亲和母亲，正在养育他们的家庭；是兄弟姐妹，正在追寻自己的梦想；是儿女，整个人生还在前方。他们是平民，也是军人。有些人未曾看到危险降临；另一些人看到了险境，便冲上去拯救他人——奔上那些楼梯，冲入火海，冲入驾驶舱。
They were white and black and brown -- men and women and some children made up of all races, many faiths. They were Americans and people from far corners of the world. And they were snatched from us senselessly and much too soon -- but they lived well, and they live on in you. 他们是白人、黑人、棕色人种——是男女老少，有些还是孩子，他们由所有种族、多种信仰组成。他们是美国人，也有来自世界远方的人。他们被无理地从我们身边夺走，过早地离开了我们——但他们活得精彩，他们在你们身上延续。
Nine years have now passed. In that time, you have shed more tears than we will ever know. And though it must seem some days as though the world has moved on to other things, I say to you today that your loved ones endure in the heart of our nation, now and forever. 九年已经过去。这些年来，你们流下的泪水，远比我们所能知晓的更多。尽管有时世界似乎已转向他事，但今天我要告诉你们，你们的挚爱之人活在我们国家的心中，从今直到永远。
Our remembrance today also requires a certain reflection. As a nation, and as individuals, we must ask ourselves how best to honor them -- those who died, those who sacrificed. How do we preserve their legacy -- not just on this day, but every day? 我们今天的缅怀也需要某种反思。作为一个国家，作为个体，我们必须扪心自问：怎样才能最好地纪念他们——那些逝者，那些牺牲者。我们如何传承他们的精神遗产——不仅在这一天，而是每一天？
We need not look far for our answer. The perpetrators of this evil act didn't simply attack America; they attacked the very idea of America itself -- all that we stand for and represent in the world. 我们不必远寻答案。这桩恶行的肇事者并非仅仅袭击了美国；他们袭击的是美国这一理念本身——是我们所代表、向世界所彰显的一切。
And so the highest honor we can pay those we lost, indeed our greatest weapon in this ongoing war, is to do what our adversaries fear the most -- to stay true to who we are, as Americans; to renew our sense of common purpose; to say that we define the character of our country, and we will not let the acts of some small band of murderers who slaughter the innocent and cower in caves distort who we are. 因此，我们能献给逝者的最高敬意，事实上也是这场持续战争中最锐利的武器，就是去做我们的敌人最为恐惧的事——坚守我们作为美国人的本色；重塑我们共同的使命感；宣告由我们来定义国家的品格，我们绝不让一小撮屠杀无辜、藏匿洞穴的凶手的行径扭曲我们的本质。
They doubted our will, but as Americans we persevere. Today, in Afghanistan and beyond, we have gone on the offensive and struck major blows against al Qaeda and its allies. We will do what is necessary to protect our country, and we honor all those who serve to keep us safe. 他们曾怀疑我们的意志，但作为美国人，我们坚韧不拔。今天，在阿富汗及更远的地方，我们已转入攻势，对"基地"组织及其同伙予以重创。我们将采取一切必要行动保卫国家，并向所有为我们的安全而服役的人致敬。
They may seek to strike fear in us, but they are no match for our resilience. We do not succumb to fear, nor will we squander the optimism that has always defined us as a people. On a day when others sought to destroy, we have chosen to build, with a National Day of Service and Remembrance that summons the inherent goodness of the American people. 他们企图让我们心生恐惧，但他们无法匹敌我们的韧性。我们不会屈服于恐惧，也不会挥霍那始终定义着我们这个民族的乐观精神。在他人企图毁灭的一天，我们选择了建设——以"全国服务与纪念日"召唤美国人民固有的善良。
They may seek to exploit our freedoms, but we will not sacrifice the liberties we cherish or hunker down behind walls of suspicion and mistrust. They may wish to drive us apart, but we will not give in to their hatred and prejudice. For Scripture teaches us to "get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice." 他们企图利用我们的自由，但我们绝不会牺牲所珍视的 liberties，也不会蜷缩在猜疑与不信任的高墙之后。他们企图离间我们，但我们不会向他们的仇恨与偏见低头。因为《圣经》教导我们："除掉一切苦毒、恼恨、愤怒、嚷闹、毁谤，并一切的恶毒。"
They may seek to spark conflict between different faiths, but as Americans we are not -- and never will be -- at war with Islam. It was not a religion that attacked us that September day -- it was al Qaeda, a sorry band of men which perverts religion. And just as we condemn intolerance and extremism abroad, so will we stay true to our traditions here at home as a diverse and tolerant nation. 他们企图在不同信仰之间挑起冲突，但作为美国人，我们不是——也永远不会——与伊斯兰教为敌。那年九月袭击我们的并非一种宗教，而是"基地"组织，一伙歪曲宗教的卑劣之徒。正如我们谴责海外的狭隘与极端，我们也将在国内坚守传统，做一个多元而包容的国家。
We champion the rights of every American, including the right to worship as one chooses -- as service members and civilians from many faiths do just steps from here, at the very spot where the terrorists struck this building. 我们捍卫每一位美国人的权利，包括自由选择信仰的权利——正如不同信仰的军人和平民就在距此几步之遥的地方，在恐怖分子袭击这座建筑的同一地点，行使这一权利。
Those who attacked us sought to demoralize us, divide us, to deprive us of the very unity, the very ideals, that make America America -- those qualities that have made us a beacon of freedom and hope to billions around the world. Today we declare once more we will never hand them that victory. As Americans, we will keep alive the virtues and values that make us who we are and who we must always be. 袭击我们的人企图瓦解我们的士气、分裂我们，剥夺那使美国之所以成为美国的团结与理想——那些让我们成为全世界数十亿人自由与希望灯塔的品质。今天我们再次宣告，我们绝不会把这场胜利拱手相让。作为美国人，我们将让那些造就我们、也必须始终成就我们的美德与价值生生不息。
For our cause is just. Our spirit is strong. Our resolve is unwavering. Like generations before us, let us come together today and all days to affirm certain inalienable rights, to affirm life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness. On this day and the days to come, we choose to stay true to our best selves -- as one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 因为我们的事业是正义的。我们的精神是坚定的。我们的决心毫不动摇。如同我们之前的世世代代，让我们在今天和未来的每一天团结一心，重申某些不可剥夺的权利，重申生命、自由与追求幸福的权利。在这一天和未来的日子里，我们选择忠于最好的自己——作为一个国家，在上帝之下，不可分割，人人享有自由与正义。
This is how we choose to honor the fallen -- your families, your friends, your fellow service members. This is how we will keep alive the legacy of these proud and patriotic Americans. This is how we will prevail in this great test of our time. This is how we will preserve and protect the country that we love and pass it -- safer and stronger -- to future generations. 这就是我们选择纪念逝者的方式——你们的家人、你们的朋友、你们的战友。这就是我们将让这些骄傲而爱国的美国人精神遗产延续的方式。这就是我们将在这场时代大考中获胜的方式。这就是我们将守护我们所爱的国家，并将它——更安全、更强大地——传给子孙后代的方式。
May God bless you and your families, and may God continue to bless the United States of America. 愿上帝赐福给你们和你们的家人，愿上帝继续赐福美利坚合众国。
