"A man," wrote an Irish poet, "is original when he speaks the truth that has always been known to all good men." Beau Biden was an original. He was a good man. A man of character. A man who loved deeply, and was loved in return. 一位爱尔兰诗人曾写道："当一个人说出所有好人都早已熟知的真理时，他便是独一无二的。"博·拜登就是这样一个独一无二的人。他是一个好人。一个有品格的人。一个深爱他人、也被深爱的人。
Your Eminences, your Excellencies, General Odierno, distinguished guests; to Hallie, Natalie and Hunter; to Hunter, Kathleen, Ashley, Howard; the rest of Beau's beautiful family, friends, colleagues; to Jill and to Joe -- we are here to grieve with you, but more importantly, we are here because we love you. 各位枢机主教、各位阁下、奥迪尔诺将军、各位贵宾；致哈利、娜塔莉和亨特；致亨特、凯瑟琳、阿什莉、霍华德；致博·拜登美好家庭的其他成员、朋友们、同事们；致吉尔和乔——我们来到这里，与你们一同哀悼，但更重要的是，我们来到这里，是因为我们爱你们。
Without love, life can be cold and it can be cruel. Sometimes cruelty is deliberate -- the action of bullies or bigots, or the inaction of those indifferent to another's pain. But often, cruelty is simply born of life, a matter of fate or God's will, beyond our mortal powers to comprehend. To suffer such faceless, seemingly random cruelty can harden the softest hearts, or shrink the sturdiest. It can make one mean, or bitter, or full of self-pity. Or, to paraphrase an old proverb, it can make you beg for a lighter burden. 没有爱，生命可能冰冷而残酷。有时残酷是蓄意的——来自恶霸或偏执狂的行为，或是对他人痛苦漠不关心者的无动于衷。但更多时候，残酷只是生命的产物，是命运或上帝的旨意，超出了我们凡人的理解能力。遭受这种无形的、看似随机的残酷，会让最柔软的心肠变硬，或让最坚强的意志萎缩。它会使人变得刻薄、苦涩，或充满自怜。或者，用一句古老谚语的话来说，它会让你乞求减轻负担。
But if you're strong enough, it can also make you ask God for broader shoulders; shoulders broad enough to bear not only your own burdens, but the burdens of others; shoulders broad enough to shield those who need shelter the most. 但如果你足够坚强，它也会让你向上帝祈求更宽阔的肩膀——宽阔到不仅能承担自己的重担，还能承担他人的重担；宽阔到能庇护那些最需要庇护的人。
To know Beau Biden is to know which choice he made in his life. To know Joe and the rest of the Biden family is to understand why Beau lived the life he did. For Beau, a cruel twist of fate came early -- the car accident that took his mom and his sister, and confined Beau and Hunter, then still toddlers, to hospital beds at Christmastime. 了解博·拜登，就是了解他在人生中做出了怎样的选择。了解乔和拜登家族的其他成员，就是理解博为何过着这样的生活。对博来说，命运的残酷转折来得很早——那场车祸夺走了他的母亲和妹妹，让当时还是幼童的博和亨特在圣诞期间躺在了医院的病床上。
But Beau was a Biden. And he learned early the Biden family rule: If you have to ask for help, it's too late. It meant you were never alone; you don't even have to ask, because someone is always there for you when you need them. 但博是拜登家的人。他很早就懂得了拜登家族的规矩：如果你不得不开口求助，那就已经太迟了。这意味着你永远不会孤单；你甚至不必开口，因为当你需要时，总有人在你身边。
And so, after the accident, Aunt Valerie rushed in to care for the boys, and remained to help raise them. Joe continued public service, but shunned the parlor games of Washington, choosing instead the daily commute home, maintained for decades, that would let him meet his most cherished duty -- to see his kids off to school, to kiss them at night, to let them know that the world was stable and that there was firm ground under their feet. 因此，事故发生后，瓦莱丽姨妈赶来照顾两个男孩，并一直留下来帮助抚养他们。乔继续从事公共服务，但他避开了华盛顿的官场游戏，选择了每天通勤回家，这一习惯坚持了数十年，让他能够履行自己最珍视的职责——送孩子们上学，晚上亲吻他们，让他们知道世界是稳定的，脚下有坚实的土地。
As Joe himself confessed to me, he did not just do this because the kids needed him. He did it because he needed those kids. And somehow, Beau sensed that -- how understandably and deeply hurt his family and his father was. And so, rather than use his childhood trauma as justification for a life of self-pity or self-centeredness, that very young boy made a very grown-up decision: He would live a life of meaning. He would live a life for others. He would ask God for broader shoulders. 正如乔自己向我坦言的，他这样做不仅仅是因为孩子们需要他。他这样做是因为他需要这些孩子。不知何故，博察觉到了这一点——他的家人和父亲受到了多么深的伤害，这是可以理解的。因此，这个年幼的男孩没有把童年的创伤作为自怜或自我中心生活的借口，而是做出了一个非常成熟的决定：他要过有意义的人生。他要为他人而活。他要向上帝祈求更宽阔的肩膀。
Beau would guide and look out for his younger brother. He would embrace his new mom -- apparently, the two boys sheepishly asking their father when they could all marry Jill -- and throughout his life, no one would make Jill laugh harder. He would look after their baby sister, Ashley. He would forever be the one to do the right thing, careful not to give his family or his friends cause for concern. 博会引导和照顾他的弟弟。他会接纳他的新妈妈——据说，两个男孩还腼腆地问父亲他们什么时候能都娶吉尔——在他的一生中，没有人比他更能让吉尔开怀大笑。他会照顾他们的小妹妹阿什莉。他永远是那个做正确事情的人，小心翼翼地不让家人或朋友为他担心。
It's no secret that a lot of what made Beau the way he was was just how much he loved and admired his dad. He studied law, like his dad, even choosing the same law school. He chased public service, like his dad, believing it to be a noble and important pursuit. From his dad, he learned how to get back up when life knocked him down. He learned that he was no higher than anybody else, and no lower than anybody else -- something Joe got from his mom, by the way. And he learned how to make everybody else feel like we matter, because his dad taught him that everybody matters. 众所周知，博之所以成为今天的他，很大程度上是因为他深爱着并敬佩他的父亲。他像父亲一样学习法律，甚至选择了同一所法学院。他像父亲一样投身公共服务，认为这是一项崇高而重要的事业。从父亲那里，他学会了在生活击倒他时如何重新站起来。他学会了自己不比任何人高贵，也不比任何人卑微——顺便说一句，这是乔从他母亲那里学来的。他学会了如何让每个人都觉得自己很重要，因为他的父亲教导他，每个人都很重要。
He even looked and sounded like Joe, although I think Joe would be first to acknowledge that Beau was an upgrade -- Joe 2.0. But as much as Beau reminded folks of Joe, he was very much his own man. He was an original. 他甚至连长相和说话方式都像乔，不过我想乔会第一个承认博是升级版——乔2.0版。但尽管博总让人们想起乔，他却完全是他自己。他是独一无二的。
Here was a scion of an incredible family who brushed away the possibility of privilege for the harder, better reward of earning his own way. Here was a soldier who dodged glory, and exuded true humility. A prosecutor who defended the defenseless. The rare politician who collected more fans than foes, and the rarer public figure who prioritized his private life above all else. 他出身于一个非凡的家族，却摒弃了特权的可能，选择了更艰难却也更有价值的道路——靠自己的努力赢得一切。他是一名不追求荣耀、真正谦逊的士兵。一位保护弱势群体的检察官。一位粉丝多于对手的罕见政治家，更是一位将私人生活置于一切之上的罕见公众人物。
Beau didn't cut corners. He turned down an appointment to be Delaware's attorney general so he could win it fair and square. When the field was clear for him to run for the Senate, he chose to finish his job as A.G. instead. He didn't do these things to gain favor with a cynical public -- it's just who he was. 博从不投机取巧。他拒绝了被任命为特拉华州总检察长的机会，非要通过公平竞选赢得这个职位。当参议院席位对他敞开大门时，他却选择先完成总检察长的任期。他做这些事不是为了取悦愤世嫉俗的公众——这就是他的本色。
In his twenties, he and a friend were stopped for speeding outside Scranton. And the officer recognized the name on the license, and because he was a fan of Joe's work with law enforcement he wanted to let Beau off with a warning. But Beau made him write that ticket. Beau didn't trade on his name. 二十多岁时，他和一个朋友在斯克兰顿郊外因超速被拦下。警官认出了驾照上的名字，因为他很欣赏乔在执法方面的工作，所以想只给博一个警告就放他走。但博坚持让他开罚单。博从不靠自己的名字谋利。
After 9/11, he joined the National Guard. He felt it was his obligation -- part of what those broader shoulders are for. He did his duty to his country and deployed to Iraq, and General Odierno eloquently spoke to Major Biden's service. What I can tell you is when he was loading up to ship out at Dover, there was a lot of press that wanted to interview him. Beau refused. He was just another soldier. 9·11之后，他加入了国民警卫队。他觉得这是他的义务——也是那双宽阔肩膀的意义所在。他履行了对国家的职责，被部署到伊拉克，奥迪尔诺将军已动情地讲述了拜登少校的服役经历。我能告诉你们的是，当他在多佛准备登船出发时，有很多媒体想采访他。博拒绝了。他只是一名普通士兵。
I saw him when I visited Iraq; he conducted himself the same way. His deployment was hard on Hallie and the kids, like it was for so many families over the last 14 years. It was hard on Joe, hard on Jill. That's partly why Jill threw herself into her work with military families with so much intensity. That's how you know when Joe thunders "may God protect our troops" in every speech he does, he means it so deeply. 我访问伊拉克时见过他；他一如既往地低调。他的部署对哈利和孩子们来说很艰难，就像过去14年中许多家庭一样。对乔和吉尔来说也很艰难。这也是吉尔如此全身心投入军属工作的部分原因。正因如此，你知道当乔在每一次演讲中高呼"愿上帝保佑我们的军队"时，他是发自内心的。
Like his father, Beau did not have a mean bone in his body. The cruelty he'd endured in his life didn't make him hard, it made him compassionate, empathetic. But it did make him abhor bullies. 和他父亲一样，博骨子里没有一丝刻薄。他一生中经历的残酷没有让他变得冷酷，反而让他充满同情心和共情力。但这确实让他对霸凌者深恶痛绝。
Beau's grandfather, Joe's father, believed that the most egregious sin was to abuse your power to inflict pain on another. So Beau squared his broad shoulders to protect people from that kind of abuse. He fought for homeowners who were cheated, seniors who were scammed. He even went after bullying itself. He set up a Child Protector -- Predator Task Force, convicted more than 200 of those who targeted vulnerable children. And in all this, he did it in a way that was alive to the suffering of others, bringing in experts to help spare both the children and their parents further trauma. 博的祖父，也就是乔的父亲，认为最不可饶恕的罪恶就是滥用权力给他人造成痛苦。因此博挺起他宽阔的肩膀，保护人们免受这种伤害。他为被欺骗的房主、被诈骗的老年人而战。他甚至专门打击霸凌行为。他成立了"儿童保护——捕食者专案组"，将200多名针对弱势儿童的罪犯定罪。在这一切中，他始终体察他人的痛苦，请来专家帮助减少儿童和家长受到的进一步创伤。
That's who Beau was. Someone who cared. Someone who charmed you, and disarmed you, and put you at ease. When he'd have to attend a fancy fundraiser with people who took themselves way too seriously, he'd walk over to you and whisper something wildly inappropriate in your ear. The son of a senator, a Major in the Army, the most popular elected official in Delaware -- I'm sorry, Joe -- but he was not above dancing in nothing but a sombrero and shorts at Thanksgiving if it would shake loose a laugh from the people he loved. 这就是博。一个有爱心的人。一个能让你着迷、让你卸下防备、让你感到自在的人。当他不得不参加一场奢华的筹款活动，面对那些自视甚高的人时，他会走到你身边，在你耳边说些非常不合时宜的悄悄话。他是参议员的儿子，是陆军少校，是特拉华州最受欢迎的民选官员——对不起，乔——但如果能让他爱的人开怀大笑，他完全可以在感恩节只戴一顶宽边帽、穿一条短裤就跳舞。
And through it all, he was the consummate public servant, a notebook in his back pocket at all times so he could write down the problems of everyone he met and go back to the office to get them fixed. 而在这一切之外，他是一位完美的公务员，后口袋里始终揣着一个笔记本，这样他就能记下遇到的每个人的问题，然后回到办公室去解决。
Because he was a Biden, the titles that come with family -- husband, father, son, brother, uncle -- those were the ones Beau valued above any other. This was a man who, at the Democratic National Convention, didn't spend all his time in backrooms with donors or glad-handing. Instead, he rode the escalators in the arena with his son, up and down, up and down, again and again, knowing, just like Joe had learned, what ultimately mattered in life. 因为他是拜登家的人，所以与家庭相关的头衔——丈夫、父亲、儿子、兄弟、叔叔——是博最珍视的。就是这样一个人，在民主党全国代表大会上，没有把所有时间都花在密室里与捐赠者周旋或握手寒暄上。相反，他带着儿子在会场的自动扶梯上，上上下下，上上下下，一遍又一遍，因为他和乔一样明白，生命中最重要的是什么。
You know, anyone can make a name for themselves in this reality TV age, especially in today's politics. If you're loud enough or controversial enough, you can get some attention. But to make that name mean something, to have it associated with dignity and integrity -- that is rare. There's no shortcut to get it. It's not something you can buy. 你们知道，在这个真人秀时代，任何人都能出名，尤其是在当今的政治圈。只要你嗓门够大、争议够多，就能获得关注。但要让这个名字有分量，让它与尊严和正直联系在一起——那才是难得的。没有捷径可走。这不是你能买到的东西。
But if you do right by your children, maybe you can pass it on. And what greater inheritance is there? What greater inheritance than to be part of a family that passes on the values of what it means to be a great parent; that passes on the values of what it means to be a true citizen; that passes on the values of what it means to give back, fully and freely, without expecting anything in return? 但如果你善待你的孩子，也许你能把它传承下去。还有什么比这更丰厚的遗产呢？还有什么比成为这样一个家庭的一员更丰厚的遗产呢——这个家庭传承着何为伟大父母的价值观；传承着何为真正公民的价值观；传承着全心付出、不求回报的价值观。
That's what our country was built on -- men like Beau. That's who built it -- families like this. We don't have kings or queens or lords. We don't have to be born into money to have an impact. We don't have to step on one another to be successful. We have this remarkable privilege of being able to earn what we get out of life, with the knowledge that we are no higher than anybody else, or lower than anybody else. We know this not just because it is in our founding documents, but because families like the Bidens have made it so, because people like Beau have made it so. 这就是我们国家的基石——像博这样的人。是这样的家庭建设了这个国家。我们没有国王、女王或贵族。我们不必出身豪门就能产生影响。我们不必踩着别人才能成功。我们拥有非凡的特权——我们可以靠自己的努力赢得生活中的一切，同时知道我们不比任何人高贵，也不比任何人卑微。我们知道这一点，不仅因为它写在我们的建国文献中，更因为像拜登这样的家庭使之成为现实，因为像博这样的人使之成为现实。
He did in 46 years what most of us couldn't do in 146. He left nothing in the tank. He was a man who led a life where the means were as important as the ends. And the example he set made you want to be a better dad, or a better son, or a better brother or sister, better at your job, the better soldier. He made you want to be a better person. Isn't that finally the measure of a man -- the way he lives, how he treats others, no matter what life may throw at him? 他用46年的时间做了我们大多数人146年都做不完的事。他倾尽全力，毫无保留。在他的人生中，手段与目的同样重要。他树立的榜样让你想成为一个更好的父亲，或更好的儿子，或更好的兄弟姐妹，在工作上更出色，成为更优秀的士兵。他让你想成为一个更好的人。难道这最终不就是衡量一个人的标准吗——无论生活抛给他什么，他如何生活，如何对待他人？
We do not know how long we've got here. We don't know when fate will intervene. We cannot discern God's plan. What we do know is that with every minute that we've got, we can live our lives in a way that takes nothing for granted. We can love deeply. We can help people who need help. We can teach our children what matters, and pass on empathy and compassion and selflessness. We can teach them to have broad shoulders. 我们不知道自己在这世上能活多久。我们不知道命运何时会降临。我们无法参透上帝的计划。但我们知道的是，用我们拥有的每一分钟，我们可以不虚度光阴地生活。我们可以深深地去爱。我们可以帮助需要帮助的人。我们可以教我们的孩子什么是重要的，并传递同理心、同情心和无私精神。我们可以教他们拥有宽阔的肩膀。
To the Biden family, this sprawling, intimate clan -- I know that Beau's passing has left a gaping void in the world. Hallie, I can only imagine the burdens that you've been carrying on your shoulders these past couple of years. And it's because you gave him everything that he could give everything to us. And just as you were there for him, we'll be there for you. 致拜登家族——这个庞大而亲密的家族——我知道博的离去在这个世界上留下了一道巨大的空白。哈利，我只能想象这几年来你肩上承担的重担。正因为你给了他一切，他才能把一切都奉献给我们。正如你曾陪伴在他身边一样，我们也会陪伴在你身边。
To Natalie and Hunter -- there aren't words big enough to describe how much your dad loved you, how much he loved your mom. But I will tell you what, Michelle and I and Sasha and Malia, we've become part of the Biden clan. We're honorary members now. And the Biden family rule applies. We're always here for you, we always will be -- my word as a Biden. 致娜塔莉和亨特——没有任何语言能够形容你们的父亲有多爱你们，有多爱你们的母亲。但我要告诉你们，米歇尔和我，还有萨莎和玛莉亚，我们已经成为拜登家族的一员。我们现在是荣誉成员了。拜登家族的规矩也适用于我们。我们永远在你们身边，永远都会——我以拜登的名义保证。
To Joe and Jill -- just like everybody else here, Michelle and I thank God you are in our lives. Taking this ride with you is one of the great pleasures of our lives. Joe, you are my brother. And I'm grateful every day that you've got such a big heart, and a big soul, and those broad shoulders. I couldn't admire you more. 致乔和吉尔——就像在座的每一个人一样，米歇尔和我感谢上帝让你们出现在我们的生命中。与你们一路同行是我们人生中最大的快乐之一。乔，你是我的兄弟。我每天都心存感激，因为你拥有如此宽广的胸怀、伟大的灵魂和那双宽阔的肩膀。我对你无比钦佩。
I got to know Joe's mom, Catherine Eugenia Finnegan Biden, before she passed away. She was on stage with us when we were first elected. And I know she told Joe once that out of everything bad that happens to you, something good will come if you look hard enough. And I suppose she was channeling that same Irish poet with whom I began today, Patrick Kavanagh, when he wrote, "And I said, let grief be a fallen leaf at the dawning of the day." 我在乔的母亲凯瑟琳·尤金妮亚·芬尼根·拜登去世前认识了她。我们第一次当选时，她和我们一起站在台上。我知道她曾告诉乔，在你遭遇的一切不幸中，只要你努力寻找，总会有好事发生。我想她是在呼应我今天开场时引用的那位爱尔兰诗人帕特里克·卡瓦纳的话，他写道："而我说，让悲伤化作黎明时分飘落的一片枯叶。"
As hard as it is right now, through all the heartache and through all the tears, it is our obligation to Beau to think not about what was and what might have been, but instead to think about what is, because of him. Think about the day that dawns for children who are safer because of Beau, whose lives are fuller, because of him. Think about the day that dawns for parents who rest easier, and families who are freer, because of him. Some folks may never know that their lives are better because of Beau Biden. But that's okay. Certainly for Beau, acclaim was never the point of public service. 尽管此刻如此艰难，穿越所有的心痛和泪水，我们对博的责任是：不去想曾经是什么、可能会是什么，而是去想因为他而成为了什么。想想那些因为博而更安全的孩子们迎来的黎明，他们的生活因为他而更充实。想想那些因为他而更安心的父母、更自由的家庭迎来的黎明。有些人可能永远不会知道，因为博·拜登，他们的生活变得更好了。但没关系。对博来说，赞誉从来都不是公共服务的目的。
But the lines of well-wishers who've been here all week -- they know. The White House mailroom that's been overflowing with letters from people -- those folks know. The soldiers who served with Beau, who joined the National Guard because of him. The workers at Verdi's who still have their home because of him, and who thanked him for helping them bus tables one busy night. The students in Newark who remember the time he talked with them for hours, inexhaustible, even after giving a speech, even after taking his National Guard fitness test. 但这一周来排着队前来吊唁的人们——他们知道。白宫收发室里堆满了来自各地民众的信件——那些人知道。曾与博一起服役、因为他而加入国民警卫队的士兵们知道。维尔迪餐厅的员工们因为他保住了自己的家，还曾在一个繁忙的夜晚感谢他帮忙收盘子——他们知道。纽瓦克的学生们记得，他即使刚发表完演讲，即使刚参加完国民警卫队的体能测试，仍不知疲倦地与他们交谈数小时——他们知道。
The Rehoboth woman who's saved a kind voicemail from him for five years, and wrote to say "I loved the way he loved his family." And the stranger who wrote from halfway across this great country just to say, "The only thing we can hope for is that our children make us proud by making a difference in the world. Beau has done that and then some. The world noticed." 那位来自里霍博斯的女士把他的一条亲切语音留言保存了五年，她写信说："我爱他爱家的样子。"还有那位从这个伟大国家的另一端写信来的陌生人，他只是想说："我们唯一能期望的，就是我们的孩子能因改变世界而让我们骄傲。博做到了，而且做得更多。世界看到了。"
Jill, Joe, Hallie, Hunter and Natalie -- the world noticed. They noticed. They felt it, his presence. And Beau lives on in the lives of others. And isn't that the whole point of our time here? To make this country we love fairer and more just, not just for Natalie and Hunter, or Naomi, or Finnegan, or Maisy, or Malia, or Sasha, but for every child? Isn't that what this amazing journey we've been on is all about -- to make life better for the next generation? 吉尔、乔、哈利、亨特和娜塔莉——世界看到了。他们看到了。他们感受到了，他的存在。博活在他人的生命中。难道这不就是我们存在于此的全部意义吗？让我们热爱的这个国家更公平、更正义，不仅为了娜塔莉和亨特，或娜奥米、芬尼根、梅茜、玛莉亚、萨莎，而是为了每一个孩子？难道这不就是我们一直在走的这段奇妙旅程的全部意义——让下一代的生活更美好吗？
Beau figured that out so early in life. What an inheritance Beau left us. What an example he set. 博在很小的时候就明白了这一点。博留给我们的遗产是多么丰厚啊。他树立了多么伟大的榜样啊。
"Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire," said Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. "But, above all, we have learned that whether a man accepts from Fortune her spade, and will look downward and dig, or from Aspiration her axe and cord, and will scale the ice, the one and only success which it is his to command is to bring to his work a mighty heart." 小奥利弗·温德尔·霍姆斯说过："凭借我们巨大的幸运，在青春岁月里，我们的心曾被火焰触碰。但最重要的是，我们明白了，无论一个人是从命运手中接过铁锹、低头掘土，还是从抱负手中接过斧绳、攀登冰峰，他唯一能掌控的成功，就是以一颗伟大的心投身于自己的事业。"
Beau Biden brought to his work a mighty heart. He brought to his family a mighty heart. What a good man. What an original. 博·拜登以一颗伟大的心投身于他的事业。他以一颗伟大的心对待他的家人。多么好的一个人啊。多么独一无二的一个人啊。
May God bless his memory, and the lives of all he touched. 愿上帝保佑他的在天之灵，保佑所有他曾接触过的人的生命。
