Thank you, Governor. To all the families, first responders, to the community of Newtown, clergy, guests -- Scripture tells us: 感谢您，州长。各位家属、急救人员、纽敦社区的居民、神职人员、各位来宾——经上记着说：
Do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, inwardly, we are being renewed day by day. 不要丧胆。外体虽然毁坏，内心却一天新似一天。
For light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all, so we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 我们这至暂至轻的苦楚，要为我们成就极重无比永远的荣耀。原来我们不是顾念所见的，乃是顾念所不见的；因为所见的是暂时的，所不见的是永远的。
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven not built by human hands. 我们原知道，我们这地上的帐棚若拆毁了，必得神所造，不是人手所造，在天上永存的房屋。
We gather here in memory of twenty beautiful children and six remarkable adults. They lost their lives in a school that could have been any school; in a quiet town full of good and decent people that could be any town in America. 我们聚集于此，纪念二十个美丽的孩子和六位杰出的成人。他们在一所本可以是任何学校的校园里失去了生命；在一个满是善良正直之人的宁静小镇上，而这样的小镇本可以是美国的任何一个城镇。
Here in Newtown, I come to offer the love and prayers of a nation. I am very mindful that mere words cannot match the depths of your sorrow, nor can they heal your wounded hearts. I can only hope it helps for you to know that you're not alone in your grief; that our world too has been torn apart; that all across this land of ours, we have wept with you, we've pulled our children tight. And you must know that whatever measure of comfort we can provide, we will provide; whatever portion of sadness that we can share with you to ease this heavy load, we will gladly bear it. 今天我来到纽敦，带来一个国家的爱与祷告。我深知，区区言语无法匹配你们悲痛之深，也无法治愈你们受伤的心。我只希望，知道你们在悲伤中并不孤单，能给你们带来些许慰藉；我们的世界也同样被撕裂；在这片土地上，我们与你们一同哭泣，将自己的孩子紧紧拥在怀中。你们必须知道，凡是我们能给予的安慰，我们必将给予；凡是我们能与你们分担、以减轻这副重担的悲伤，我们都甘愿承担。
Newtown -- you are not alone. 纽敦——你并不孤单。
As these difficult days have unfolded, you've also inspired us with stories of strength and resolve and sacrifice. We know that when danger arrived in the halls of Sandy Hook Elementary, the school's staff did not flinch, they did not hesitate. Dawn Hochsprung and Mary Sherlach, Vicki Soto, Lauren Rousseau, Rachel Davino and Anne Marie Murphy -- they responded as we all hope we might respond in such terrifying circumstances -- with courage and with love, giving their lives to protect the children in their care. 在这些艰难的日子里，你们也以那些关于力量、决心与牺牲的故事激励着我们。我们知道，当危险降临桑迪胡克小学的走廊时，学校的教职员工没有退缩，没有犹豫。Dawn Hochsprung、Mary Sherlach、Vicki Soto、Lauren Rousseau、Rachel Davino 和 Anne Marie Murphy——她们的反应，正是我们所有人在如此恐怖的情境下所希望能做出的反应——带着勇气与爱，用生命保护她们照管下的孩子们。
We know that there were other teachers who barricaded themselves inside classrooms, and kept steady through it all, and reassured their students by saying "wait for the good guys, they're coming"; "show me your smile." 我们知道，还有其他老师堵住教室门躲在里面，全程保持镇定，安慰着学生们说："等好人来，他们会来的"；"给我笑一个"。
And we know that good guys came. The first responders who raced to the scene, helping to guide those in harm's way to safety, and comfort those in need, holding at bay their own shock and trauma because they had a job to do, and others needed them more. 而我们知道，好人来了。急救人员们飞奔到现场，帮助将身处险境的人引导至安全地带，安慰有需要的人，压抑着自己的震惊与创伤——因为他们有工作要做，而其他人更需要他们。
And then there were the scenes of the schoolchildren, helping one another, holding each other, dutifully following instructions in the way that young children sometimes do; one child even trying to encourage a grown-up by saying, "I know karate. So it's okay. I'll lead the way out." 还有那些学童们的画面——互相帮助，彼此扶持，像年幼的孩子有时会做的那样，乖乖听从指令；有个孩子甚至试图鼓励一位大人，说："我会空手道。所以没事的。我来带路出去。"
As a community, you've inspired us, Newtown. In the face of indescribable violence, in the face of unconscionable evil, you've looked out for each other, and you've cared for one another, and you've loved one another. This is how Newtown will be remembered. And with time, and God's grace, that love will see you through. 作为一个社区，纽敦，你们激励了我们。面对难以形容的暴力，面对令人发指的邪恶，你们彼此照应，彼此关怀，彼此相爱。这就是纽敦将被铭记的方式。随着时间的推移，靠着神的恩典，那份爱将带领你们渡过难关。
But we, as a nation, we are left with some hard questions. Someone once described the joy and anxiety of parenthood as the equivalent of having your heart outside of your body all the time, walking around. With their very first cry, this most precious, vital part of ourselves -- our child -- is suddenly exposed to the world, to possible mishap or malice. And every parent knows there is nothing we will not do to shield our children from harm. 但作为一个国家，我们留下了一些难以回答的问题。有人曾将为人父母的喜悦与焦虑，形容为就像你的心一直在体外行走一样。从他们的第一声啼哭开始，我们生命中这最珍贵、最重要的部分——我们的孩子——突然暴露在这个世界面前，暴露在可能的意外或恶意之中。每一位父母都知道，为了保护孩子免受伤害，我们愿意付出一切。
And yet, we also know that with that child's very first step, and each step after that, they are separating from us; that we won't -- that we can't always be there for them. They'll suffer sickness and setbacks and broken hearts and disappointments. And we learn that our most important job is to give them what they need to become self-reliant and capable and resilient, ready to face the world without fear. 然而，我们也知道，从孩子迈出第一步开始，以及之后的每一步，他们都在与我们分离；我们不会——我们不可能永远在他们身边。他们会经历疾病、挫折、心碎和失望。我们也明白了，我们最重要的职责，是给予他们所需的一切，让他们变得自立、能干、坚韧，能够毫无畏惧地面对这个世界。
And we know we can't do this by ourselves. It comes as a shock at a certain point where you realize, no matter how much you love these kids, you can't do it by yourself. That this job of keeping our children safe, and teaching them well, is something we can only do together, with the help of friends and neighbors, the help of a community, and the help of a nation. And in that way, we come to realize that we bear a responsibility for every child because we're counting on everybody else to help look after ours; that we're all parents; that they're all our children. 我们也知道，仅凭自己我们做不到这一点。当你在某个时刻意识到，无论你多么爱这些孩子，你都无法独自完成这件事时，你会感到震惊。保护我们孩子的安全、好好教育他们这项工作，只有共同努力才能完成——需要朋友和邻居的帮助，需要一个社区的帮助，需要一个国家的帮助。正因如此，我们逐渐意识到，我们对每一个孩子都负有责任，因为我们也指望其他人帮助照看我们的孩子；我们都是父母；他们都是我们的孩子。
This is our first task -- caring for our children. It's our first job. If we don't get that right, we don't get anything right. That's how, as a society, we will be judged. 这是我们的首要任务——关爱我们的孩子。这是我们的第一职责。如果这件事做不好，我们什么都做不好。这就是社会评判我们的标准。
And by that measure, can we truly say, as a nation, that we are meeting our obligations? Can we honestly say that we're doing enough to keep our children -- all of them -- safe from harm? Can we claim, as a nation, that we're all together there, letting them know that they are loved, and teaching them to love in return? Can we say that we're truly doing enough to give all the children of this country the chance they deserve to live out their lives in happiness and with purpose? 而以这个标准来衡量，作为一个国家，我们能真正说自己履行了义务吗？我们能诚实地说，我们已经尽了足够的努力来保护我们的孩子——所有的孩子——免受伤害吗？作为一个国家，我们能声称我们都在那里，让他们知道他们被爱着，并教导他们以爱回报吗？我们能说我们真的尽了足够的努力，给这个国家所有的孩子应得的机会，让他们过上幸福而有意义的生活吗？
I've been reflecting on this the last few days, and if we're honest with ourselves, the answer is no. We're not doing enough. And we will have to change. 过去几天我一直在思考这个问题，如果我们对自己诚实的话，答案是否定的。我们做得还不够。我们必须做出改变。
Since I've been President, this is the fourth time we have come together to comfort a grieving community torn apart by a mass shooting. The fourth time we've hugged survivors. The fourth time we've consoled the families of victims. And in between, there have been an endless series of deadly shootings across the country, almost daily reports of victims, many of them children, in small towns and big cities all across America -- victims whose -- much of the time, their only fault was being in the wrong place at the wrong time. 自我就任总统以来，这已是我们第四次聚在一起，安慰一个被大规模枪击事件撕裂的悲痛社区。第四次我们拥抱幸存者。第四次我们安抚受害者的家属。而在这之间，全国各地发生了无数起致命枪击事件，几乎每天都有受害者的报道，其中许多是孩子，遍布美国的小镇和大城市——很多时候，他们唯一的过错，就是在错误的时间出现在了错误的地点。
We can't tolerate this anymore. These tragedies must end. And to end them, we must change. We will be told that the causes of such violence are complex, and that is true. No single law -- no set of laws can eliminate evil from the world, or prevent every senseless act of violence in our society. 我们再也不能容忍这种情况了。这些悲剧必须终结。而要终结它们，我们必须改变。有人会告诉我们，此类暴力的成因是复杂的，这是事实。没有任何一条法律——没有任何一套法律能够消除世间的邪恶，或阻止我们社会中每一起无谓的暴力行为。
But that can't be an excuse for inaction. Surely, we can do better than this. If there is even one step we can take to save another child, or another parent, or another town, from the grief that has visited Tucson, and Aurora, and Oak Creek, and Newtown, and communities from Columbine to Blacksburg before that -- then surely we have an obligation to try. 但这不能成为不作为的借口。诚然，我们可以做得更好。如果哪怕只有一步，我们能够采取，以拯救另一个孩子、另一位父母、另一个城镇，使其免于降临在图森、奥罗拉、奥克里克、纽敦，以及此前哥伦拜恩到布莱克斯堡等地社区的悲痛——那么我们无疑有义务去尝试。
In the coming weeks, I will use whatever power this office holds to engage my fellow citizens -- from law enforcement to mental health professionals to parents and educators -- in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like this. Because what choice do we have? We can't accept events like this as routine. Are we really prepared to say that we're powerless in the face of such carnage, that the politics are too hard? Are we prepared to say that such violence visited on our children year after year after year is somehow the price of our freedom? 在未来几周，我将运用这一职位所拥有的一切权力，发动我的同胞们——从执法人员到心理健康专业人士，再到父母和教育工作者——共同努力，防止更多此类悲剧发生。因为我们还有别的选择吗？我们不能将这样的事件视为常态。我们真的准备好说，面对如此惨状我们无能为力，政治考量太过艰难吗？我们准备好说，年复一年降临在我们孩子身上的这种暴力，在某种程度上是我们自由的代价吗？
All the world's religions -- so many of them represented here today -- start with a simple question: Why are we here? What gives our life meaning? What gives our acts purpose? We know our time on this Earth is fleeting. We know that we will each have our share of pleasure and pain; that even after we chase after some earthly goal, whether it's wealth or power or fame, or just simple comfort, we will, in some fashion, fall short of what we had hoped. We know that no matter how good our intentions, we will all stumble sometimes, in some way. We will make mistakes, we will experience hardships. 世界上所有的宗教——其中许多都有代表今天出席于此——都始于一个简单的问题：我们为何在此？是什么赋予了我们生命的意义？是什么赋予了我们行为的目的？我们知道，我们在这世上的时光是短暂的。我们知道，每个人都会经历欢乐与痛苦；即便我们追逐了某种世俗的目标——无论是财富、权力、名望，还是仅仅是安逸的生活——在某种程度上，我们都会达不到自己所期望的。我们知道，无论我们的意图多么美好，我们有时都会以某种方式跌倒。我们会犯错，我们会经历艰难困苦。
And even when we're trying to do the right thing, we know that much of our time will be spent groping through the darkness, so often unable to discern God's heavenly plans. 即便我们努力做正确的事，我们也知道，我们的大部分时间都将在黑暗中摸索，常常无法辨明神在天上的计划。
There's only one thing we can be sure of, and that is the love that we have -- for our children, for our families, for each other. The warmth of a small child's embrace -- that is true. The memories we have of them, the joy that they bring, the wonder we see through their eyes, that fierce and boundless love we feel for them, a love that takes us out of ourselves, and binds us to something larger -- we know that's what matters. We know we're always doing right when we're taking care of them, when we're teaching them well, when we're showing acts of kindness. We don't go wrong when we do that. 我们唯一能够确定的，就是我们拥有的爱——对孩子的爱、对家人的爱、对彼此的爱。一个幼小的孩子拥抱的温暖——那是真实的。我们关于他们的记忆、他们带来的喜悦、我们透过他们的眼睛看到的惊奇，以及我们对他们那份强烈而无尽的爱——这份爱将我们从自我中抽离，将我们与某种更宏大的事物联系在一起——我们知道，这才是重要的。我们知道，当我们照顾他们、好好教育他们、展现善意之举时，我们永远是对的。这样做，我们不会走错路。
That's what we can be sure of. And that's what you, the people of Newtown, have reminded us. That's how you've inspired us. You remind us what matters. And that's what should drive us forward in everything we do, for as long as God sees fit to keep us on this Earth. 这就是我们能够确定的。而这，就是纽敦的人们提醒我们的。这就是你们激励我们的方式。你们提醒了我们什么才是重要的。只要神认为适合让我们留在这世上，这就应该成为推动我们前行的一切行动的动力。
"Let the little children come to me," Jesus said, "and do not hinder them -- for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven." "让小孩子到我这里来，"耶稣说，"不要禁止他们，因为在天国的，正是这样的人。"
Charlotte. Daniel. Olivia. Josephine. Ana. Dylan. Madeleine. Catherine. Chase. Jesse. James. Grace. Emilie. Jack. Noah. Caroline. Jessica. Benjamin. Avielle. Allison. Charlotte. Daniel. Olivia. Josephine. Ana. Dylan. Madeleine. Catherine. Chase. Jesse. James. Grace. Emilie. Jack. Noah. Caroline. Jessica. Benjamin. Avielle. Allison.
God has called them all home. For those of us who remain, let us find the strength to carry on, and make our country worthy of their memory. 神已将他们都召回家去。对于我们这些留下来的人，让我们找到继续前行的力量，让我们的国家配得上他们的纪念。
May God bless and keep those we've lost in His heavenly place. May He grace those we still have with His holy comfort. And may He bless and watch over this community, and the United States of America. 愿神赐福并保守我们失去的人，使他们安息在祂的天家。愿祂以神圣的安慰赐福给我们仍然拥有的人。愿神赐福并看顾这个社区，以及美利坚合众国。