Thank you. Thank you very much. Please be seated. 谢谢你们。非常感谢。请坐。
Thank you so much. Heads of state, Cabinet members, my outstanding Vice President, members of Congress, religious leaders, distinguished guests, Admiral Mullen -- it's good to see all of you. Let me begin by acknowledging the co-chairs of this breakfast, Senators Isakson and Klobuchar, who embody the sense of fellowship at the heart of this gathering. They're two of my favorite senators. Let me also acknowledge the director of my faith-based office, Joshua DuBois, who is here. Where's Joshua? He's out there somewhere. He's doing great work. 非常感谢。各国首脑、内阁成员、我杰出的副总统、国会议员、宗教领袖、各位贵宾、马伦上将——很高兴见到大家。首先，我要感谢本次早餐会的两位联合主席，伊萨克森参议员和克洛布查参议员，他们体现了本次聚会核心的伙伴精神。他们是我最喜欢的两位参议员。我也要感谢我的信仰办公室主任约书亚·杜布瓦，他今天也在这里。约书亚在哪里？他在那里某个地方。他做着非常出色的工作。
I want to commend Secretary Hillary Clinton on her outstanding remarks, and her outstanding leadership at the State Department. She's doing good every day. I'm especially pleased to see my dear friend, Prime Minister Zapatero, and I want him to relay America's greetings to the people of Spain. And Johnny, you are right, I'm deeply blessed, and I thank God every day for being married to Michelle Obama. 我要赞赏希拉里·克林顿国务卿的精彩发言以及她在国务院的卓越领导。她每天都在做好事。我尤其高兴见到我的好朋友萨帕特罗首相，我希望他向西班牙人民转达美国的问候。约翰尼，你说得对，我深受祝福，我每天都在感谢上帝让我与米歇尔·奥巴马结为夫妻。
I'm privileged to join you once again, as my predecessors have for over half a century. Like them, I come here to speak about the ways my faith informs who I am -- as a President, and as a person. But I'm also here for the same reason that all of you are, for we all share a recognition -- one as old as time -- that a willingness to believe, an openness to grace, a commitment to prayer can bring sustenance to our lives. 我很荣幸再次与大家相聚，正如我的前任们半个多世纪以来所做的那样。与他们一样，我来到这里是要讲述信仰如何塑造了我——无论是作为总统，还是作为一个人。但我来这里也是出于与诸位相同的原因，因为我们都有一个共同的认知——这一认知与时间一样古老——那就是一种愿意相信的意愿、一种对恩典的敞开、一种对祈祷的委身，能为我们的生命带来滋养。
There is, of course, a need for prayer even in times of joy and peace and prosperity. Perhaps especially in such times prayer is needed -- to guard against pride and to guard against complacency. But rightly or wrongly, most of us are inclined to seek out the divine not in the moment when the Lord makes His face shine upon us, but in moments when God's grace can seem farthest away. 当然，即使在欢乐、和平与繁荣的时刻，祈祷也是需要的。也许尤其在这样的时刻，我们更需要祈祷——以防范骄傲，防范自满。但无论对错，我们大多数人倾向于寻求神圣之时，并非在主向我们展露笑颜的时刻，而是在上帝的恩典似乎最遥远的时候。
Last month, God's grace, God's mercy, seemed far away from our neighbors in Haiti. And yet I believe that grace was not absent in the midst of tragedy. It was heard in prayers and hymns that broke the silence of an earthquake's wake. It was witnessed among parishioners of churches that stood no more, a roadside congregation, holding bibles in their laps. It was felt in the presence of relief workers and medics; translators; servicemen and women, bringing water and food and aid to the injured. 上个月，上帝的恩典与怜悯似乎离我们在海地的邻居很遥远。然而我相信，在悲剧之中，恩典并未缺席。它回响在打破地震后寂静的祈祷与赞美诗中。它显现在那些已不复存在的教堂会众之中，在路边的聚会上，人们将圣经放在膝上。它体现在救援人员与医护人员、翻译人员、男女军人身上，他们为伤者带来水、食物和援助。
One such translator was an American of Haitian descent, representative of the extraordinary work that our men and women in uniform do all around the world -- Navy Corpsman Christian [sic] Brossard. And lying on a gurney aboard the USNS Comfort, a woman asked Christopher: "Where do you come from? What country? After my operation," she said, "I will pray for that country." And in Creole, Corpsman Brossard responded, "Etazini." The United States of America. 其中一位翻译是一名海地裔美国人，代表了我们男女军人在全世界所做的卓越工作——海军医疗兵克里斯蒂安[原文如此]布罗萨德。躺在美国海军"安慰号"医院的担架上，一位妇女问克里斯托弗："你来自哪里？哪个国家？手术后，"她说，"我会为那个国家祈祷。"用克里奥尔语，布罗萨德医疗兵回答道："Etazini。"美利坚合众国。
God's grace, and the compassion and decency of the American people is expressed through the men and women like Corpsman Brossard. It's expressed through the efforts of our Armed Forces, through the efforts of our entire government, through similar efforts from Spain and other countries around the world. It's also, as Secretary Clinton said, expressed through multiple faith-based efforts. 上帝的恩典，以及美国人民的同情与善良，通过像布罗萨德医疗兵这样的人得以体现。它通过我们武装部队的努力得以体现，通过我们整个政府的努力得以体现，也通过西班牙和世界各地其他国家的类似努力得以体现。正如克林顿国务卿所说，它也通过多种信仰的努力得以体现。
By evangelicals at World Relief. By the American Jewish World Service. By Hindu temples, and mainline Protestants, Catholic Relief Services, African American churches, the United Sikhs. By Americans of every faith, and no faith, uniting around a common purpose, a higher purpose. 通过世界救济会的福音派信徒。通过美国犹太人世界服务社。通过印度教寺庙、主流新教徒、天主教救济会、非裔美国人教会、联合锡克教徒。通过每一个信仰的美国人，以及没有信仰的美国人，围绕一个共同的目标、一个更高的目标团结起来。
It's inspiring. This is what we do, as Americans, in times of trouble. We unite, recognizing that such crises call on all of us to act, recognizing that there but for the grace of God go I, recognizing that life's most sacred responsibility -- one affirmed, as Hillary said, by all of the world's great religions -- is to sacrifice something of ourselves for a person in need. 这令人鼓舞。这就是我们美国人遇到困难时所做的事。我们团结起来，认识到这样的危机需要我们所有人采取行动，认识到若非上帝的恩典，我也可能身处其中，认识到生命中最神圣的责任——正如希拉里所说，这是世界上所有伟大宗教所肯定的——就是为需要帮助的人牺牲我们自己的一些东西。
Sadly, though, that spirit is too often absent when tackling the long-term, but no less profound issues facing our country and the world. Too often, that spirit is missing without the spectacular tragedy, the 9/11 or the Katrina, the earthquake or the tsunami, that can shake us out of complacency. 然而令人遗憾的是，在应对我国和世界面临的长期而同样深刻的问题时，这种精神常常缺席。太多时候，如果没有那场震撼人心的悲剧——9·11或卡特里娜、地震或海啸——来将我们从自满中惊醒，这种精神便荡然无存。
We become numb to the day-to-day crises, the slow-moving tragedies of children without food and men without shelter and families without health care. We become absorbed with our abstract arguments, our ideological disputes, our contests for power. And in this Tower of Babel, we lose the sound of God's voice. 我们对日常的危机变得麻木，对孩子们没有食物、人们没有住所、家庭没有医保这些缓慢演变的悲剧变得麻木。我们沉迷于抽象的争论、意识形态的分歧、权力的角逐。在这座巴别塔中，我们听不到上帝的声音。
Now, for those of us here in Washington, let's acknowledge that democracy has always been messy. Let's not be overly nostalgic. Divisions are hardly new in this country. Arguments about the proper role of government, the relationship between liberty and equality, our obligations to our fellow citizens -- these things have been with us since our founding. And I'm profoundly mindful that a loyal opposition, a vigorous back and forth, a skepticism of power, all of that is what makes our democracy work. 现在，对于我们这些身在华盛顿的人，让我们承认，民主从来都是一团糟的。我们不要过度怀旧。这个国家的分歧并非新鲜事。关于政府应有的角色、自由与平等的关系、我们对同胞的义务的争论——这些从建国之初就伴随着我们。我深切地意识到，忠诚的反对派、激烈的交锋、对权力的怀疑，正是这些让我们的民主得以运转。
And we've seen actually some improvement in some circumstances. We haven't seen any canings on the floor of the Senate any time recently. So we shouldn't over-romanticize the past. But there is a sense that something is different now; that something is broken; that those of us in Washington are not serving the people as well as we should. At times, it seems like we're unable to listen to one another; to have at once a serious and civil debate. 实际上，在某些情况下我们也看到了一些进步。我们最近没有在参议院议场上看到任何人被杖击。所以我们不应过度美化过去。但确实有一种感觉，现在有些东西不同了；有些东西破碎了；我们这些身在华盛顿的人并没有像我们应该的那样为人民服务。有时，我们似乎无法倾听彼此；无法同时进行严肃而文明的辩论。
And this erosion of civility in the public square sows division and distrust among our citizens. It poisons the well of public opinion. It leaves each side little room to negotiate with the other. It makes politics an all-or-nothing sport, where one side is either always right or always wrong when, in reality, neither side has a monopoly on truth. And then we lose sight of the children without food and the men without shelter and the families without health care. 而这种公共领域中文明的衰退，在公民中播下了分裂和不信任的种子。它毒化了公众舆论的源泉。它让双方几乎没有与对方谈判的余地。它使政治变成了一场全有或全无的角力，一方要么总是对的，要么总是错的，而实际上，任何一方都没有垄断真理。然后我们就看不见那些没有食物的孩子、没有住所的男人、没有医保的家庭了。
Empowered by faith, consistently, prayerfully, we need to find our way back to civility. That begins with stepping out of our comfort zones in an effort to bridge divisions. We see that in many conservative pastors who are helping lead the way to fix our broken immigration system. It's not what would be expected from them, and yet they recognize, in those immigrant families, the face of God. 凭借信仰，持之以恒地、虔诚地，我们需要找回回归文明的道路。这始于走出我们的舒适区，努力弥合分歧。我们在许多保守派牧师身上看到了这一点，他们正带头修复我们破碎的移民系统。这并非人们所期望他们做的事，然而他们在那些移民家庭中，看到了上帝的面容。
We see that in the evangelical leaders who are rallying their congregations to protect our planet. We see it in the increasing recognition among progressives that government can't solve all of our problems, and that talking about values like responsible fatherhood and healthy marriage are integral to any anti-poverty agenda. Stretching out of our dogmas, our prescribed roles along the political spectrum, that can help us regain a sense of civility. 我们在福音派领袖身上也看到了这一点，他们正号召会众保护我们的星球。我们在进步派日益增强的认识中也看到了这一点，他们认识到政府无法解决我们所有的问题，而谈论负责任的父亲角色和健康的婚姻等价值观，是任何反贫困议程不可或缺的一部分。超越我们的教条，超越我们在政治光谱上的既定角色，这能帮助我们重拾文明意识。
Civility also requires relearning how to disagree without being disagreeable; understanding, as President [Kennedy] said, that "civility is not a sign of weakness." Now, I am the first to confess I am not always right. Michelle will testify to that. But surely you can question my policies without questioning my faith, or, for that matter, my citizenship. 文明也要求我们重新学会如何在不令人不快的情况下表达不同意见；正如[肯尼迪]总统所说，要理解"文明不是软弱的表现"。首先我要承认，我并非永远正确。米歇尔可以为此作证。但你们当然可以质疑我的政策，而不必质疑我的信仰，或者就此而言，质疑我的公民身份。
Challenging each other's ideas can renew our democracy. But when we challenge each other's motives, it becomes harder to see what we hold in common. We forget that we share at some deep level the same dreams -- even when we don't share the same plans on how to fulfill them. 挑战彼此的想法可以复兴我们的民主。但当我们质疑彼此的动机时，就更难看清我们的共同之处。我们忘记了在某个深层面上，我们拥有相同的梦想——即使我们在如何实现这些梦想上不持相同的方案。
We may disagree about the best way to reform our health care system, but surely we can agree that no one ought to go broke when they get sick in the richest nation on Earth. 我们可能在改革医疗系统的最佳方式上存在分歧，但理所当然，我们可以达成共识：在最富裕的国家，没有人应该因为生病而破产。
We can take different approaches to ending inequality, but surely we can agree on the need to lift our children out of ignorance; to lift our neighbors from poverty. We may disagree about gay marriage, but surely we can agree that it is unconscionable to target gays and lesbians for who they are -- whether it's here in the United States or, as Hillary mentioned, more extremely in odious laws that are being proposed most recently in Uganda. 我们可以采取不同的方式来终结不平等，但理所当然，我们可以就让孩子摆脱无知、让邻居摆脱贫困的必要性达成共识。我们可能在同性婚姻上存在分歧，但理所当然，我们可以达成共识：针对同性恋者的身份进行迫害是不可容忍的——无论在美国这里，还是如希拉里所提到的，更极端地体现在乌干达最近正在制定的恶劣法律中。
Surely we can agree to find common ground when possible, parting ways when necessary. But in doing so, let us be guided by our faith, and by prayer. For while prayer can buck us up when we are down, keep us calm in a storm; while prayer can stiffen our spines to surmount an obstacle -- and I assure you I'm praying a lot these days -- prayer can also do something else. It can touch our hearts with humility. It can fill us with a spirit of brotherhood. It can remind us that each of us are children of a awesome and loving God. 理所当然，我们可以达成共识，在可能的时候寻找共同立场，在必要的时候分道扬镳。但在这样做时，让我们以信仰和祈祷为指引。因为虽然祈祷能在我们低落时振作我们，在风暴中让我们保持平静；虽然祈祷能让我们坚定意志去克服障碍——我向你们保证，这些天我祈祷了很多——祈祷还能做另一件事。它能以谦卑触动我们的心灵。它能让我们充满兄弟之情。它能提醒我们，我们每一个人都是那位令人敬畏、充满慈爱的上帝的孩子。
Through faith, but not through faith alone, we can unite people to serve the common good. And that's why my Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships has been working so hard since I announced it here last year. We've slashed red tape and built effective partnerships on a range of uses, from promoting fatherhood here at home to spearheading interfaith cooperation abroad. 凭借信仰，但不仅仅是凭借信仰，我们可以团结人们为共同利益服务。这就是为什么我的 faith-based 和社区伙伴关系办公室自去年我在这里宣布成立以来一直在努力工作。我们削减了繁文缛节，在一系列领域建立了有效的伙伴关系，从在国内推动父亲责任到在海外引领跨信仰合作。
And through that office we've turned the faith-based initiative around to find common ground among people of all beliefs, allowing them to make an impact in a way that's civil and respectful of difference and focused on what matters most. 通过那个办公室，我们转变了 faith-based 倡议的方向，在不同信仰的人群中寻找共同立场，使他们能够以文明、尊重差异、聚焦最重要事务的方式产生影响。
It is this spirit of civility that we are called to take up when we leave here today. That's what I'm praying for. I know in difficult times like these -- when people are frustrated, when pundits start shouting and politicians start calling each other names -- it can seem like a return to civility is not possible, like the very idea is a relic of some bygone era. The word itself seems quaint -- civility. 正是这种文明精神，我们被召唤在今天离开这里时肩负起来。这就是我所祈祷的。我知道，在这样艰难的时期——当人们感到沮丧，当评论员开始大声喧哗，当政客们开始互相谩骂——回归文明似乎是不可能的，似乎这个理念本身就是某个逝去时代的遗物。"文明"这个词本身似乎都已过时。
But let us remember those who came before; those who believed in the brotherhood of man even when such a faith was tested. Remember Dr. Martin Luther King. Not long after an explosion ripped through his front porch, his wife and infant daughter inside, he rose to that pulpit in Montgomery and said, "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend." 但让我们铭记那些先辈；那些即使在信仰受到考验时，仍然相信人类兄弟情谊的人。铭记马丁·路德·金博士。在他的前廊被炸弹撕裂、妻子和襁褓中的女儿还在屋内后不久，他在蒙哥马利的讲坛上站起来说："爱是唯一能将敌人化为朋友的力量。"
In the eyes of those who denied his humanity, he saw the face of God. 在那些否认他的人性的人眼中，他看到了上帝的面容。
Remember Abraham Lincoln. On the eve of the Civil War, with states seceding and forces gathering, with a nation divided half slave and half free, he rose to deliver his first Inaugural and said, "We are not enemies, but friends. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection." 铭记亚伯拉罕·林肯。在南北战争前夕，各州纷纷脱离联邦、军队集结之际，在一个半奴隶半自由、四分五裂的国家面前，他站起来发表他的首次就职演说，说道："我们不是敌人，而是朋友。尽管激情可能造成 strain，但它决不能斩断我们情感的联系。"
Even in the eyes of confederate soldiers, he saw the face of God. 即使在邦联士兵的眼中，他也看到了上帝的面容。
Remember William Wilberforce, whose Christian faith led him to seek slavery's abolition in Britain; he was vilified, derided, attacked; but he called for "lessening prejudices [and] conciliating good-will, and thereby making way for the less obstructed progress of truth." 铭记威廉·威伯福斯，他的基督教信仰驱使他寻求在英国废除奴隶制；他遭到诽谤、嘲笑、攻击；但他呼吁"减少偏见、争取善意，从而为真理更畅通无阻地前进开辟道路"。
In the eyes of those who sought to silence a nation's conscience, he saw the face of God. 在那些试图让一个国家良知噤声的人眼中，他看到了上帝的面容。
Yes, there are crimes of conscience that call us to action. Yes, there are causes that move our hearts and offenses that stir our souls. But progress doesn't come when we demonize opponents. It's not born in righteous spite. Progress comes when we open our hearts, when we extend our hands, when we recognize our common humanity. Progress comes when we look into the eyes of another and see the face of God. That we might do so -- that we will do so all the time, not just some of the time -- is my fervent prayer for our nation and the world. 是的，存在着召唤我们行动的良心之罪。是的，有打动我们心灵的事业和震撼我们灵魂的恶行。但进步不会在我们妖魔化对手时到来。它不生于正义的怨恨。进步在我们敞开心扉时到来，在我们伸出双手时到来，在我们认识到共同的人性时到来。进步在我们凝视他人双眼、看见上帝面容时到来。愿我们这样做——愿我们一直这样做，而不仅仅是有时这样做——这是我对我国和世界的热切祈祷。
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America. 谢谢你们，愿上帝保佑你们，愿上帝保佑美利坚合众国。