Michelle and I, we've really been milking this goodbye thing, so it behooves me to be very brief. 米歇尔和我，我们最近一直在各种告别，所以我最好长话短说。
Audience Members: No, no! 观众：不要，不要！
President Obama: Yes, yes. 奥巴马总统：要的，要的。
You know, I said before and I will say again, that when we started on this journey we did so with an abiding faith in the American people and their ability, out ability, to join together to change the country in ways that would make life better for our kids and our grandkids, that change didn't happen from the top down, but it happened from the bottom up. 你们知道，我以前说过，今天我还要再说一遍：当我们踏上这段旅程时，我们怀着对美国人民坚定不移的信念——相信他们有能力、我们有能力团结起来，以能让我们的子孙后代生活得更好的方式改变这个国家。这种改变不是自上而下的，而是自下而上的。
It was met sometimes with skepticism and doubt. Some folks didn't think we could pull it off. There were those who felt that the institutions of power and privilege in this country were too deeply entrenched. 这条路有时会遇到怀疑和质疑。有些人认为我们做不到。还有些人觉得这个国家的权力与特权机构根深蒂固，难以撼动。
And yet, all of you came together, in small towns and big cities, a whole bunch of you really young, and you decided to believe. And you knocked on doors and you made phone calls, and you talked to your parents who didn't know how to pronounce Barack Obama. And you got to know each other. And you went into communities that maybe you'd never even thought about visiting. And met people that on the surface seemed completely different than you -- who didn't look like you or talk like you or watch the same TV programs as you. 然而，你们所有人——在小镇和大城市里，你们中的很多人还非常年轻——聚在了一起，选择了相信。你们挨家挨户敲门，打电话，和那些连"巴拉克·奥巴马"怎么念都不知道的父母交谈。你们相互了解。你们走进了那些也许从未想过要去的社区。遇见了那些表面上看起来与你截然不同的人——长相不同、说话方式不同、看的电视节目也不同。
And yet, once you started talking to them, it turned out that you had something in common. 然而，一旦你们开始交谈，就会发现你们有着共同之处。
And it grew, and it built. 这份共同在成长，在壮大。
And people took notice. And throughout, it was infused with a sense of hope. And as I said in 2004, it wasn't blind optimism that drove you to do all this work. It wasn't naïveté. It wasn't willful ignorance to all the challenges that America faces. It was hope in the face of difficulty, hope in the face of uncertainty. 人们开始注意到。自始至终，这一切都充满着希望。正如我在2004年所说的，驱使你们做这一切的不是盲目的乐观。不是天真。也不是对美国所面临的种种挑战故意视而不见。而是面对困难时的希望，面对不确定时的希望。
You proved the power of hope. 你们证明了希望的力量。
And throughout this process, Michelle and I -- we've just been your frontmen and women. We have been the face, sometimes the voice, out front on the TV screen or in front of the microphone. But this has never been about us. It has always been about you. 在整个过程中，米歇尔和我——我们只是你们的代言人。我们只是出现在电视屏幕上或麦克风前的面孔，有时是声音。但这一切从来都不是关于我们的。它一直都是关于你们的。
And all the amazing things that happened over these last 10 years are really just a testament to you -- in the same way that when we talk about our amazing military and our men and women in uniform. The -- The military's not a thing. It's a group of committed patriots willing to sacrifice everything on our behalf. It works only because of the people in it. As -- As cool as the hardware is -- and we've got cool hardware -- as cool as the machines, weapons, and satellites are, ultimately it comes down to remarkable people, some of them a lot closer to Malia's age than -- than mine or Michelle's. 过去十年里发生的所有了不起的事情，其实都归功于你们——就像我们谈论我们了不起的军队和我们的男女军人时一样。军队不是一个物件。它是一群甘愿为我们牺牲一切的忠诚爱国者。它之所以能运转，全靠其中的人。尽管硬件很酷——我们的硬件确实很酷——尽管机器、武器和卫星都很了不起，但最终还是要靠那些杰出的人，他们中有些人的年龄更接近玛丽亚（奥巴马的大女儿），而不是我或米歇尔。
Well the same thing's true for our democracy. Our democracy's not the buildings; it's not the monuments; it's you being willing to work to make things better, and being willing to listen to each other and argue with each other and come together and knock on doors and make phone calls and treat people with respect. 我们的民主也是如此。我们的民主不是那些建筑；不是那些纪念碑；而是你们愿意努力让事情变得更好，愿意倾听彼此、相互争论、团结起来、敲门打电话、尊重他人。
And that doesn't end. This is just a -- just a little old pit stop. 而这一切不会结束。这只是——只是一个小小的休整站。
This...is not a period. This is a comma in the continuing story of building America. 这……不是句号。这是建设美国的漫长故事中的一个逗号。
So to all of you that have put your heart and soul, not just into our campaigns but into making schools better; making sure our veterans got the care they needed; making sure that we left behind a planet that is safe and secure for our kids; making sure that hardworking people have a ladder of opportunity that supports families. 所以，对所有倾注了心血的你们——不仅仅是投入到我们的竞选活动中，还包括改善学校；确保我们的退伍军人得到他们需要的照顾；确保我们为子孙后代留下一个安全可靠的星球；确保辛勤工作的人们拥有一条支撑家庭的机遇阶梯。
For -- For all of you who have just done amazing, remarkable work, most of it unheralded, most of it without fanfare, most of it without you getting any word of thanks, we could not be prouder of you. I could not be prouder. This has been the privilege of my life, and I know I speak for Michelle as well. 对所有那些做出了惊人、非凡贡献的你们——其中大部分默默无闻，大部分没有鲜花掌声，大部分甚至听不到一句感谢——我们为你们感到无比骄傲。我为你们感到无比骄傲。这是我一生的荣幸，我知道米歇尔也是这么想的。
And you know, we look forward to continuing this journey with all of you; and I can't wait to see what you do next. 你们知道，我们期待着与你们所有人继续这段旅程；我迫不及待地想看到你们接下来会做什么。
And I promise you, I'll be right here with you. 我向你们保证，我会一直在这里，与你们并肩。
All right? 好吗？
God bless you. Thank you, everybody. 上帝保佑你们。谢谢大家。
Yes we did. Yes we can. 是的，我们做到了。是的，我们能。
God bless America. 上帝保佑美国。