Well thank you, Senator Cornyn, Governor Perry, President Starr, gathered dignitaries, the community of Baylor and Waco -- most of all, the family and the friends and neighbors of West, Texas. 谢谢您，科宁参议员、佩里州长、斯塔尔校长；感谢在场的各位嘉宾、贝勒大学和韦科社区的朋友们。最重要的是，感谢得克萨斯州韦斯特镇遇难者的家人、朋友和邻居。
I cannot match the power of the voices you just heard on that video. And no words adequately describe the courage that was displayed on that deadly night. What I can do is offer the love and support and prayers of the nation. 刚才视频中那些人的话语有着我无法比拟的力量。也没有任何言语足以形容那致命一夜展现出的勇气。我所能做的，是向你们传达全国人民的爱、支持与祈祷。
The Book of Psalms tells us: 《诗篇》告诉我们：
For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us. We went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance. “上帝啊，你考验了我们，熬炼了我们。我们经过水火，你却领我们到了丰盛之地。”
We went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance. “我们经过水火，你却领我们到了丰盛之地。”
For this state, and for our country, these have been trying and difficult days. We gather here in Texas to mourn the brave men who went through fire and all those who have been taken from us. We remain mindful of our fellow Americans in flooded states to the north who endure the high waters. We pray for those in Boston who have been tested, and the wounded whose greatest tests still lie ahead. 对这个州和我们的国家而言，这些都是艰难而令人备受考验的日子。今天我们在得克萨斯州聚集，悼念那些冲入火海的勇敢者，以及所有离开我们的人。我们也惦念北方遭受洪水侵袭的同胞，为波士顿经历磨难的人们祈祷，也为仍要面对艰巨康复考验的伤者祈祷。
But know this: While the eyes of the world may have been fixed on places far away, our hearts have also been here in your time of tribulation. And even amidst such sorrow and so much pain, we recognize God’s abundance. We give thanks for the courage and the compassion and the incredible grace of the people of West. 但请记住：即使世界的目光或许投向了远方，在你们受难时，我们的心也始终与你们同在。就在深重的悲伤和痛苦之中，我们仍能看见上帝丰厚的恩赐。我们感谢韦斯特镇人民的勇气、同情心与非凡的仁爱。
We're grateful for Mayor Muska and Mayor Duncan, and all those who have shown such leadership during this tragedy. And to the families and neighbors grappling with unbearable loss, we are here to say, you are not alone. You are not forgotten. We may not all live here in Texas, but we're neighbors, too. We're Americans, too, and we stand with you, and we do not forget. And we'll be there even after the cameras leave and after the attention turns elsewhere. Your country will remain ever ready to help you recover and rebuild and reclaim your community. 我们感谢穆斯卡市长、邓肯市长，以及所有在这场悲剧中展现领导力的人。对那些承受难以忍受的丧失的家人和邻居，我们今天要说：你们并不孤单，也没有被遗忘。我们或许并非都住在得克萨斯州，但我们同样是你们的邻居，同样是美国人。我们与你们站在一起，绝不会忘记。即使摄像机撤走、公众的注意力转向别处，我们仍会在这里。国家将随时准备帮助你们恢复、重建，重新找回自己的社区。
Now until last week, I think it’s fair to say that few outside this state had ever heard of West. And I suspect that’s the way most people in West like it. Now, it is true that weary travelers, and now the wider world, know they can rely on the Czech Stop for a brief respite in the middle of a long stretch of highway. I want to say, by the way, all the former Presidents in Dallas send their thoughts and prayers, George W. and Laura Bush spoke longingly about the kolaches -- and the even better company, as they’ve driven through West. 直到上周，得州以外恐怕很少有人听说过韦斯特镇。我想，多数镇民或许也乐于如此。当然，如今疲惫的旅人乃至世界各地的人都知道，在漫长的公路中途，可以到“捷克驿站”稍事歇息。顺便说一句，今天在达拉斯的所有前总统都向你们送来慰问和祈祷。乔治·W·布什和劳拉·布什还满怀怀念地谈起开车经过韦斯特时吃到的捷克甜点，以及比甜点更令人愉快的伙伴。
And what -- what they understood, and what all of you understand, is what makes West special is not the attention coming from far-flung places. What makes West special, what -- what puts it on the map is what makes it familiar: the people who live there; neighbors you can count on; places that haven’t changed; things that are solid and true and lasting. 他们明白，你们也都明白：让韦斯特镇与众不同的，并非远方传来的关注。让它成为特别之地、让人记住它的，恰恰是那些熟悉的事物：生活在这里的人，可以依靠的邻居，没有改变的地方，以及坚实、真实而长久的情谊。
Most of the people in West know everybody in West. Many of you are probably descended from some of those first settlers -- hardy immigrants who crossed an ocean and kept on going. So for you, there’s no such thing as a stranger. When someone's in need, you reach out to them and you support them and you do what it takes to help them carry on. 韦斯特镇的大多数人都认识镇上的每一个人。你们中许多人或许是最早一批拓荒者的后代；那些坚韧的移民越过海洋后，仍继续前行。所以在这里，没有真正的陌生人。只要有人遇到困难，你们便会伸出手、给予支持，尽一切所能帮助他们坚持下去。
And that’s what happened last Wednesday, when a fire alarm sounded across a quiet Texas evening. As we’ve heard, the call went out to volunteers -- not professionals -- people who just love to serve, people who want to help their neighbors. A call went out to farmers and car salesmen and welders and funeral home directors; the city secretary and the mayor. It went out to folks who are tough enough and selfless enough to put in a full day’s work and then be ready for more. 上周三，一个宁静的得州夜晚响起火警时，发生的正是这样的事。正如我们听到的，召集令传向志愿者：他们不是职业消防员，而是热爱服务、愿意帮助邻居的人。农民、汽车销售员、焊工、殡仪馆负责人，还有市政府秘书和市长，都接到了召唤。他们辛勤工作了一整天，却仍坚强而无私地准备再出一份力。
And together, you answered the call. You dropped your schoolwork, left your families, jumped in fire trucks, and rushed to the flames. And when you got to the scene, you forgot fear and you fought that blaze as hard as you could, knowing the danger, buying time so others could escape. And then, about 20 minutes after the first alarm, the earth shook, and the sky went dark -- and West changed forever. 你们一起响应了召唤。你们放下功课，告别家人，跳上消防车，奔向火场。到达现场后，你们抛开恐惧，明知危险仍尽全力与大火搏斗，为其他人逃生争取时间。第一次警报响起大约二十分钟后，大地震动，天空变暗；韦斯特镇从此永远改变。
Today our prayers are with the families of all who we’ve lost -- the proud sons and daughters of West whose memories will live on in our hearts. Parents who loved their kids, and leaders who served their communities. They were young and old, from different backgrounds and different walks of life. A few were just going about their business. An awful lot ran towards the scene of disaster trying to help. One was described as the kind of guy whose phone was always ringing with folks in need of help -- help he always provided. That’s just who these folks were. 今天，我们为所有失去亲人的家庭祈祷。那些韦斯特镇的优秀儿女将永远活在我们心中。他们是疼爱孩子的父母，也是服务社区的领袖；有年轻人，也有长者，来自不同背景，从事不同工作。有几个人当时只是在做日常的事，更多人则为了帮助他人奔向灾难现场。有人被形容为电话总因有人求助而响个不停的人；每次他都会伸出援手。这就是他们的为人。
Our thoughts are with those who face a long road -- the wounded, the heartbroken, the families who lost their homes and possessions in an instant. They’re going to need their friends in West, but they’re also going to need their friends in Texas, and their friends all across this country. They’ll still need you to answer that call. They will need those things that are lasting and true. For, as Scripture teaches us, "a friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." 我们也挂念着前路漫长的人们：受伤的人、心碎的人，以及顷刻之间失去房屋和财物的家庭。他们需要韦斯特镇朋友的帮助，也需要得州和全国朋友的帮助。他们仍需要你们回应召唤，需要那些长久而真实的情谊。正如《圣经》教导我们的：“朋友乃时常亲爱，弟兄为患难而生。”
To the people of West, just as we’ve seen the love you share in better times, as friends and brothers and sisters, these hard days have shown your ability to stand tall in times of unimaginable adversity. 韦斯特镇的朋友们，平日里我们已看见你们像朋友、兄弟姐妹一样彼此关爱；而这些艰难的日子，更让我们看见你们在难以想象的逆境中挺身而出的力量。
You saw it in leaders like Mayor Muska, who lost close friends. And you saw it in the hospital staff who spent the night treating people that they knew -- toiling through their tears as they did what had to be done. 我们在穆斯卡市长这样的领导者身上看到了这种力量。他失去了亲近的朋友。我们也在医院工作人员身上看到了它：他们整夜救治自己认识的人，含着眼泪完成必须完成的工作。
We saw it in the folks who helped evacuate an entire nursing home, including one man who drove an elderly resident to safety and then came back to do it again, twice. 我们在帮助整座养老院撤离的人身上看到了它。其中一人先把一位老人送到安全地点，随后又返回去救人，而且还往返了两次。
We saw it in the people so generous that when the Red Cross set up a shelter for folks who couldn’t go back to their homes, not that many people showed up, because most had already been offered a place to stay with their friends and family and neighbors. 我们也在慷慨的镇民身上看到了它。红十字会为无法返家的人设立临时住所时，来的人却不多，因为大多数人早已在亲友和邻居家里找到了住处。
Complete strangers drove from hundreds of miles to donate supplies. Firefighters from surrounding communities manned the stations so surviving volunteers could recover from their wounds. Right here at Baylor, students stood in line for hours to give blood. And a nearby school district opened its doors to the students who can’t go back to their classrooms, putting welcome signs on lockers and in the hallways. 素不相识的人从数百英里外开车赶来捐赠物资。邻近社区的消防员接管消防站，让幸存的志愿者得以疗伤。就在贝勒大学，学生们排队数小时献血。附近一个学区也为无法返回原校教室的学生敞开大门，在储物柜和走廊贴上欢迎他们的标语。
So that's the thing about this tragedy. This small town’s family is bigger now. It extends beyond the boundaries of West. And in the days ahead, this love and support will be more important than ever, because there will be moments of doubt and pain and the temptation to wonder how this community will ever fully recover. And the families who have lost such remarkable men of the sort that we saw in that video, there are going to be times where they simply don't understand how this could have happened. 这正是这场悲剧让我们看到的：这座小镇如今有了一个更大的家庭，延伸到韦斯特镇的边界之外。未来的日子里，这份爱与支持会比以往任何时候都更重要。人们会经历怀疑与痛苦，会忍不住问，这个社区究竟如何才能完全恢复；那些失去了视频中如此出色的亲人的家庭，也会有无法理解这一切为何发生的时刻。
But today I see in the people of West, in your eyes, that what makes West special isn't going to go away. And instead of changing who you are, this tragedy has simply revealed who you’ve always been. 但今天，从韦斯特镇人民的眼中，我看见让这里与众不同的东西不会消失。这场悲剧没有改变你们是谁，它只是让人们看清你们一直以来的模样。
It’s the courage of Deborah Sulak, who works as a cashier just around the corner from the fire station. She said, “It’s going to be tough for the families. But we’re going to rebound because we’re fighters.” And that courage will bring West back. 那是黛博拉·苏拉克的勇气。她在消防站附近当收银员。她说：“对这些家庭来说，日子会很难熬。但我们一定能重新振作，因为我们是斗士。”这份勇气会让韦斯特镇重建起来。
It’s the love of Carla Ruiz, who used to live in West but now lives in Austin. And last week, she drove all the way back. “I had to be here,” she said. “You have to be here for family.” That love will keep West going. 那是卡拉·鲁伊斯的爱。她过去住在韦斯特镇，如今住在奥斯汀。上周，她特意一路开车赶回来。她说：“我必须在这里。家人在这里，你就得在这里。”这份爱会支撑韦斯特镇继续前行。
It’s the faith of someone like Pastor John Crowder that will sustain the good people of West for as long as it takes. His church was damaged in the explosion. So on Sunday, the congregation assembled outside. "What happened Wednesday was awful,” he told them. “But God is bigger than all of this." God is bigger than all of this and he is here with you in West. He is bigger than all of this and he is here with you. 还有约翰·克劳德牧师这样的人的信仰；无论重建需要多久，它都会支撑韦斯特镇的善良居民。他的教堂在爆炸中受损，于是周日会众在户外聚集。他告诉大家：“周三发生的事非常可怕，但上帝比这一切更伟大。”上帝比这一切更伟大，而且就在韦斯特与你们同在。他比这一切更伟大，也就在这里陪伴着你们。
Going forward, it’s not just your town that needs your courage and your love and your faith. America does, too. We need towns where if you don’t know what your kids are up to, then chances are your neighbors do too, and they'll tell on those kids in a second. America needs towns that holds fundraisers to help folks pay the medical bills and then take the time to drop off a home-cooked meal, because they know a family is under stress. America needs communities where there’s always somebody to call if your car gets stuck or your house gets flooded. 往后，不只是你们的小镇需要你们的勇气、爱与信仰，美国同样需要。我们需要这样的城镇：即使你不知道孩子们在做什么，邻居也多半知道，而且马上会告诉你。美国需要这样的城镇：人们筹款帮助邻居支付医药费，还会抽出时间送上一顿家常饭，因为他们知道那家人正承受压力。美国需要这样的社区：车陷住了、家里遭了水灾，总能找到人帮忙。
We need people who so love their neighbors as themselves that they’re willing to lay down their lives for them. 我们需要那些爱邻如己、甘愿为邻居献出生命的人。
America needs towns like West. That’s what makes this country great, is towns like West. "For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us. We went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance." 美国需要韦斯特这样的城镇。正是这样的城镇使这个国家伟大。“上帝啊，你考验了我们，熬炼了我们。我们经过水火，你却领我们到了丰盛之地。”
You have been tested, West. You have been tried. You have gone through fire. But you are and always will be surrounded by an abundance of love. You saw it in the voices on those videos. You see it in the firefighters and first responders who are here. All across America, people are praying for you and thinking of you. And when they see the faces of those families, they understand that these are not strangers -- these are neighbors. And that’s why we know that we will get through this. 韦斯特镇，你们经受了考验，经历了磨难，穿过了火海。但你们现在、将来也永远被丰厚的爱所环绕。你们在视频中的声音里听到了它，在今天来到这里的消防员和急救人员身上看到了它。全美国的人都在为你们祈祷，惦念着你们。当他们看到这些家庭的面孔，就会明白他们不是陌生人，而是我们的邻居。所以我们知道，我们一定能够渡过难关。
God bless West. 愿上帝保佑韦斯特镇。
May God grant His peace on those that we’ve lost, His comfort to their families. 愿上帝赐予逝者安宁，赐予他们的家人慰藉。
May He continue to bless this great state of Texas, and may He continue to bless these United States of America. 愿上帝继续保佑伟大的得克萨斯州，继续保佑美利坚合众国。
