Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Members of the House, Members of the Senate, my fellow Americans: 议长先生，总统先生，众议院议员们，参议院议员们，我的美国同胞们：
All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today. 我愿意付出我所有的一切，只为今天不必站在这里。
The greatest leader of our time has been struck down by the foulest deed of our time. Today, John Fitzgerald Kennedy lives on in the immortal words and works that he left behind. He lives on in the mind and memories of mankind. He lives on in the hearts of his countrymen. No words are sad enough to express our sense of loss. No words are strong enough to express our determination to continue the forward thrust of America that he began. 我们这个时代最伟大的领袖被我们这个时代最卑劣的行为击倒了。今天，约翰·菲茨杰拉德·肯尼迪依然活在他留下的不朽话语和著作中。他活在人类的思想和记忆中。他活在他的同胞心中。没有任何言语足以表达我们的失落感。没有任何言语足以表达我们继续他所开创的美国前进动力的决心。
The dream of conquering the vastness of space, the dream of partnership across the Atlantic -- and across the Pacific as well -- the dream of a Peace Corps in less developed nations, the dream of education for all of our children, the dream of jobs for all who seek them and need them, the dream of care for our elderly, the dream of an all-out attack on mental illness, and above all, the dream of equal rights for all Americans, whatever their race or color. 征服浩瀚太空的梦想，跨越大西洋——以及太平洋——建立伙伴关系的梦想，在欠发达国家建立和平队的梦想，为我们所有儿童提供教育的梦想，为所有寻求和需要工作的人提供就业的梦想，关怀我们老年人的梦想，全力攻克精神疾病的梦想，以及最重要的，为所有美国人争取平等权利的梦想，无论他们的种族或肤色。
These and other American dreams have been vitalized by his drive and by his dedication. And now the ideas and the ideals which he so nobly represented must and will be translated into effective action. 这些和其他美国梦想因他的干劲和奉献而充满活力。现在，他如此崇高地代表的思想和理想必须而且必将转化为有效的行动。
Under John Kennedy's leadership, this nation has demonstrated that it has the courage to seek peace, and it has the fortitude to risk war. We have proved that we are a good and reliable friend to those who seek peace and freedom. We have shown that we can also be a formidable foe to those who reject the path of peace and those who seek to impose upon us or our allies the yoke of tyranny. 在约翰·肯尼迪的领导下，这个国家展示了寻求和平的勇气和冒战争风险的坚韧。我们证明了我们是那些寻求和平与自由的人的可靠朋友。我们也展示了我们可以成为那些拒绝和平之路和试图将暴政枷锁强加于我们或我们盟友的人的可怕敌人。
This nation will keep its commitments from South Vietnam to West Berlin. We will be unceasing in the search for peace, resourceful in our pursuit of areas of agreement -- even with those with whom we differ -- and generous and loyal to those who join with us in common cause. 这个国家将信守从南越到西柏林的承诺。我们将不懈地寻求和平，在追求共识领域方面足智多谋——即使是与我们有分歧的人——并对那些与我们共同事业的人慷慨忠诚。
In this age when there can be no losers in peace and no victors in war, we must recognize the obligation to match national strength with national restraint. We must be prepared at one and the same time for both the confrontation of power and the limitation of power. We must be ready to defend the national interest and to negotiate the common interest. 在这个和平中没有失败者、战争中没有胜利者的时代，我们必须认识到将国家力量与国家克制相匹配的义务。我们必须同时准备好面对权力和限制权力。我们必须准备好捍卫国家利益并谈判共同利益。
This is the path that we shall continue to pursue. Those who test our courage will find it strong, and those who seek our friendship will find it honorable. We will demonstrate anew that the strong can be just in the use of strength, and the just can be strong in the defense of justice. 这是我们将继续追求的道路。那些考验我们勇气的人会发现它坚不可摧，那些寻求我们友谊的人会发现它值得尊敬。我们将再次证明，强者可以在使用力量时公正，而公正的人可以在捍卫正义时坚强。
And let all know we will extend no special privilege and impose no persecution. We will carry on the fight against poverty, and misery, and disease, and ignorance, in other lands and in our own. We will serve all the nation, not one section or one sector, or one group, but all Americans. 让所有人知道，我们不会给予任何特殊特权，也不会施加任何迫害。我们将继续在其他国家和我们自己的国家与贫困、苦难、疾病和无知作斗争。我们将为整个国家服务，而不是为一个地区、一个部门或一个群体，而是为所有美国人。
These are the United States: A united people with a united purpose. 这就是美国：一个团结的人民，拥有共同的目标。
Our American unity does not depend upon unanimity. We have differences; but now, as in the past, we can derive from those differences strength, not weakness, wisdom, not despair. Both as a people and a government, we can unite upon a program, a program which is wise and just, enlightened and constructive. 我们的美国团结不取决于一致。我们有分歧；但现在，和过去一样，我们可以从这些分歧中汲取力量而非弱点，智慧而非绝望。无论是作为人民还是政府，我们都可以团结在一个计划上，一个明智而公正、开明而建设性的计划上。
For 32 years Capitol Hill has been my home. I have shared many moments of pride with you, pride in the ability of the Congress of the United States to act, to meet any crisis, to distill from our differences strong programs of national action. An assassin's bullet has thrust upon me the awesome burden of the Presidency. I am here today to say I need your help. I cannot bear this burden alone. I need the help of all Americans, and all America. 32年来，国会山一直是我的家。我与你们分享了许多自豪的时刻，为美国国会采取行动、应对任何危机、从我们的分歧中提炼出强有力的国家行动计划的能力感到自豪。一颗刺客的子弹将总统职位这个可怕的重担强加在了我身上。我今天在这里说，我需要你们的帮助。我无法独自承担这个重担。我需要所有美国人的帮助，需要整个美国的帮助。
This nation has experienced a profound shock, and in this critical moment, it is our duty, yours and mine, as the Government of the United States, to do away with uncertainty and doubt and delay, and to show that we are capable of decisive action; that from the brutal loss of our leader we will derive not weakness, but strength; that we can and will act and act now. 这个国家经历了深刻的震撼，在这个关键时刻，作为美国政府，你我的职责是消除不确定性、怀疑和拖延，并表明我们有能力采取果断行动；从我们领袖的残酷失去中，我们将汲取的不是弱点，而是力量；我们能够而且将会立即采取行动。
From this chamber of representative government, let all the world know and none misunderstand that I rededicate this Government to the unswerving support of the United Nations, to the honorable and determined execution of our commitments to our allies, to the maintenance of military strength second to none, to the defense of the strength and the stability of the dollar, to the expansion of our foreign trade, to the reinforcement of our programs of mutual assistance and cooperation in Asia and Africa, and to our Alliance for Progress in this hemisphere. 从这个代议制政府的会议厅，让全世界知道，不要误解，我将这个政府重新致力于坚定支持联合国，致力于光荣而坚定地履行我们对盟友的承诺，致力于维持无与伦比的军事力量，致力于捍卫美元的实力和稳定，致力于扩大我们的对外贸易，致力于加强我们在亚洲和非洲的互助合作计划，以及致力于我们在这个半球的进步联盟。
On the 20th day of January, in 19 and 61, John F. Kennedy told his countrymen that our national work would not be finished "in the first thousand days, nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet." "But," he said, "let us begin." 1961年1月20日，约翰·F·肯尼迪告诉他的同胞，我们的国家工作不会"在第一个一千天内完成，也不会在本届政府任期内完成，甚至可能不会在我们这个星球上的有生之年完成"。"但是，"他说，"让我们开始吧。"
Today in this moment of new resolve, I would say to all my fellow Americans, let us continue. 今天，在这个新决心的时刻，我想对我所有的美国同胞说：让我们继续前行。
This is our challenge -- not to hesitate, not to pause, not to turn about and linger over this evil moment, but to continue on our course so that we may fulfill the destiny that history has set for us. 这是我们的挑战——不要犹豫，不要停顿，不要转身徘徊在这个邪恶的时刻，而是继续我们的道路，以便我们能够实现历史为我们设定的命运。
Our most immediate tasks are here on this Hill. First, no memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor President Kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of the Civil Rights Bill for which he fought so long. 我们最紧迫的任务就在这座山上。首先，没有任何纪念演说或悼词能比尽早通过肯尼迪总统长期为之奋斗的民权法案更雄辩地纪念他。
We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. We have talked for a hundred years or more. It is time now to write the next chapter, and to write it in the books of law. I urge you again, as I did in 19 and 57 and again in 19 and 60, to enact a civil rights law so that we can move forward to eliminate from this nation every trace of discrimination and oppression that is based upon race or color. There could be no greater source of strength to this nation both at home and abroad. 在这个国家，我们关于平等权利的讨论已经太久了。我们已经讨论了一百年或更久。现在是时候写下新篇章了，并将其写入法律之书。我再次敦促你们，正如我在1957年和1960年所做的那样，制定一项民权法，以便我们能够向前迈进，消除这个国家基于种族或肤色的每一丝歧视和压迫。这对这个国家来说，无论是在国内还是国外，都将是最大的力量源泉。
And second, no act of ours could more fittingly continue the work of President Kennedy than the early passage of the tax bill for which he fought all this long year. This is a bill designed to increase our national income and Federal revenues, and to provide insurance against recession. That bill, if passed without delay, means more security for those now working, more jobs for those now without them, and more incentive for our economy. 其次，没有任何行动能比尽早通过肯尼迪总统今年全年为之奋斗的税收法案更恰当地继续他的工作。这项法案旨在增加我们的国民收入和联邦收入，并提供抵御经济衰退的保障。如果该法案毫不拖延地通过，意味着现在有工作的人将获得更多保障，现在没有工作的人将获得更多就业机会，我们的经济将获得更多激励。
In short, this is no time for delay. It is a time for action -- strong, forward-looking action on the pending education bills to help bring the light of learning to every home and hamlet in America; strong, forward-looking action on youth employment opportunities; strong, forward-looking action on the pending foreign aid bill, making clear that we are not forfeiting our responsibilities to this hemisphere or to the world, nor erasing Executive flexibility in the conduct of our foreign affairs; and strong, prompt, and forward-looking action on the remaining appropriation bills. 简而言之，现在不是拖延的时候。现在是行动的时候——对悬而未决的教育法案采取强有力的前瞻性行动，帮助将知识之光带到美国的每个家庭和小村庄；对青年就业机会采取强有力的前瞻性行动；对悬而未决的对外援助法案采取强有力的前瞻性行动，明确表明我们没有放弃我们对这个半球或世界的责任，也没有消除行政部门在处理外交事务方面的灵活性；以及对剩余的拨款法案采取强有力、迅速和前瞻性的行动。
In this new spirit of action, the Congress can expect the full cooperation and support of the executive branch. And, in particular, I pledge that the expenditures of your Government will be administered with the utmost thrift and frugality. I will insist that the Government get a dollar's value for a dollar spent. The Government will set an example of prudence and economy. 在这种新的行动精神中，国会可以期待行政部门的充分合作和支持。特别是，我保证贵国政府的支出将以最大的节俭和节约进行管理。我将坚持政府每花一美元都要得到一美元的价值。政府将树立审慎和经济的榜样。
This does not mean that we will not meet our unfilled needs or that we will not honor our commitments. We will do both. 这并不意味着我们不会满足我们未满足的需求，或者不会履行我们的承诺。我们两者都会做。
As one who has long served in both Houses of the Congress, I firmly believe in the independence and the integrity of the legislative branch. And I promise you that I shall always respect this. It is deep in the marrow of my bones. With equal firmness, I believe in the capacity and I believe in the ability of the Congress, despite the divisions of opinions which characterize our nation, to act -- to act wisely, to act vigorously, to act speedily when the need arises. 作为一个在国会两院长期任职的人，我坚信立法部门的独立性和完整性。我向你们保证，我将始终尊重这一点。这深深植根于我的骨髓。同样坚定地，我相信国会的能力，相信尽管我们国家存在意见分歧的特点，但国会有能力采取行动——在需要时明智地、有力地、迅速地采取行动。
The need is here. The need is now. I ask your help. 需要就在这里。需要就在现在。我请求你们的帮助。
We meet in grief, but let us also meet in renewed dedication and renewed vigor. Let us meet in action, in tolerance, and in mutual understanding. 我们怀着悲痛相聚，但让我们也怀着重新奉献的精神和新的活力相聚。让我们在行动、宽容和相互理解中相聚。
John Kennedy's death commands what his life conveyed -- that America must move forward. 约翰·肯尼迪的死亡要求他的生命所传达的东西——美国必须前进。
The time has come for Americans of all races and creeds and political beliefs to understand and to respect one another. So let us put an end to the teaching and the preaching of hate and evil and violence. Let us turn away from the fanatics of the far left and the far right, from the apostles of bitterness and bigotry, from those defiant of law, and those who pour venom into our nation's bloodstream. 现在是所有种族、信仰和政治信仰的美国人相互理解和尊重的时候了。因此，让我们结束仇恨、邪恶和暴力的教导和宣扬。让我们远离极左和极右的狂热分子，远离痛苦和偏执的传道者，远离那些藐视法律的人，以及那些向我们国家的血液中注入毒液的人。
I profoundly hope that the tragedy and the torment of these terrible days will bind us together in new fellowship, making us one people in our hour of sorrow. 我深切希望，这些可怕日子的悲剧和痛苦将以新的情谊将我们紧密团结在一起，使我们在悲伤时刻成为一个民族。
So let us here highly resolve that John Fitzgerald Kennedy did not live or die in vain. 因此，让我们在这里高度决心，约翰·菲茨杰拉德·肯尼迪的生命和牺牲不会白费。
And on this Thanksgiving eve, as we gather together to ask the Lord's blessing, and give Him our thanks, let us unite in those familiar and cherished words: 在这个感恩节前夕，当我们聚集在一起祈求上帝的祝福，并向他表达我们的感谢时，让我们用那些熟悉而珍贵的话语团结起来：
America, America, God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good With brotherhood From sea to shining sea. 美利坚，美利坚，上帝赐予你恩典，并用兄弟情谊为你的美好加冕从大海到闪亮的大海。
