This afternoon, I spoke with Governor Malloy and FBI Director Mueller. I offered Governor Malloy my condolences on behalf of the nation, and made it clear he will have every single resource that he needs to investigate this heinous crime, care for the victims, counsel their families. 今天下午，我与Malloy州长和FBI局长Mueller通了电话。我代表国家向Malloy州长表达了慰问，并明确表示，他将获得调查这一滔天罪行、照顾受害者、抚慰其家庭所需的一切资源。
We’ve endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years. And each time I learn the news I react not as a President, but as anybody else would -- as a parent. And that was especially true today. I know there’s not a parent in America who doesn’t feel the same overwhelming grief that I do. 在过去几年中，我们经历了太多这样的悲剧。每次得知这类消息，我的反应不是作为总统，而是像其他任何人一样——作为一位父亲。今天尤其如此。我知道，全美国每一位父母都和我一样感到无法承受的悲痛。
The majority of those who died today were children -- beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. They had their entire lives ahead of them -- birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. Among the fallen were also teachers -- men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams. 今天遇难者中大多数是孩子——5到10岁之间的可爱小孩。他们本有完整的人生在前方等待——生日、毕业典礼、婚礼、他们自己的孩子。遇难者中还有教师——那些毕生致力于帮助我们的孩子实现梦想的男男女女。
So our hearts are broken today -- for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children, and for the families of the adults who were lost. Our hearts are broken for the parents of the survivors as well, for as blessed as they are to have their children home tonight, they know that their children’s innocence has been torn away from them too early, and there are no words that will ease their pain. 因此，今天我们的心碎了——为这些孩子的父母和祖父母、兄弟姐妹，为那些遇难成年人的家庭而心碎。我们也为幸存者的父母感到心碎，因为尽管他们有幸今晚能把孩子接回家，但他们知道，孩子们的天真已经在太早的年纪被残忍地夺走，没有任何言语能够抚平他们的痛苦。
As a country, we have been through this too many times. Whether it’s an elementary school in Newtown, or a shopping mall in Oregon, or a temple in Wisconsin, or a movie theater in Aurora, or a street corner in Chicago -- these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods, and these children are our children. And we're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics. 作为一个国家，我们经历这样的悲剧已经太多次了。无论是在Newtown的一所小学，还是在Oregon的一家购物中心，还是在Wisconsin的一座寺庙，还是在Aurora的一家电影院，还是在Chicago的一个街角——这些社区就是我们的社区，这些孩子就是我们的孩子。我们必须团结起来，采取切实行动，防止更多这样的悲剧发生，不管政治上的分歧。
This evening, Michelle and I will do what I know every parent in America will do, which is hug our children a little tighter and we’ll tell them that we love them, and we’ll remind each other how deeply we love one another. But there are families in Connecticut who cannot do that tonight. And they need all of us right now. In the hard days to come, that community needs us to be at our best as Americans. And I will do everything in my power as President to help. 今晚，Michelle和我将做我知道全美国每一位父母都会做的事——把我们的孩子抱得更紧一些，告诉他们我们爱他们，并彼此提醒我们有多么深爱对方。但Connecticut有些家庭今晚无法这样做。他们现在需要我们所有人。在即将到来的艰难日子里，那个社区需要我们展现出作为美国人最好的一面。作为总统，我将竭尽所能提供帮助。
Because while nothing can fill the space of a lost child or loved one, all of us can extend a hand to those in need -- to remind them that we are there for them, that we are praying for them, that the love they felt for those they lost endures not just in their memories but also in ours. 因为虽然没有什么能够填补失去孩子或挚爱至亲的空缺，但我们所有人都可以向那些需要帮助的人伸出援手——提醒他们，我们在他们身边，我们在为他们祈祷，他们对逝去至亲的爱不仅存留在他们的记忆中，也存留在我们的心中。
May God bless the memory of the victims and, in the words of [Scripture], heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds. 愿上帝赐福逝者的记忆，并如《圣经》所言，医治伤心的人，缠裹他们的伤口。
