Good morning! 早上好！
What a beautiful day the Lord has made! 这是上帝赐予我们多么美好的一天啊！
Holy Father, on behalf of Michelle and myself, welcome to the White House. I should explain that our backyard is not typically this crowded -- but the size and spirit of today's gathering is just a small reflection of the deep devotion of some 70 million American Catholics. It reflects, as well, the way that your message of love and hope has inspired so many people across our nation and around the world. So on behalf of the American people, it is my great honor and privilege to welcome you to the United States of America. 圣父，我谨代表米歇尔和我本人，欢迎您来到白宫。我得说明一下，我们的后院平时可没这么拥挤——但今天集会的规模和热情，只是约七千万美国天主教徒深厚虔诚信仰的一个小小缩影。这也反映出，您传递的爱与希望的讯息，激励了我们国家乃至全世界无数人。因此，我代表美国人民，非常荣幸地欢迎您来到美利坚合众国。
Today, we mark many firsts. Your Holiness, you have been celebrated as the first Pope from the Americas. This is your first visit to the United States. And you are also the first pontiff to share an encyclical through a Twitter account. 今天，我们见证了诸多"第一次"。教宗陛下，您被誉为第一位来自美洲的教宗。这是您首次访问美国。您也是第一位通过推特账号发布通谕的教宗。
Holy Father, your visit not only allows us, in some small way, to reciprocate the extraordinary hospitality that you extended to me at the Vatican last year. It also reveals how much all Americans, from every background and every faith, value the role that the Catholic Church plays in strengthening America. 圣父，您的访问不仅让我们得以略尽地主之谊，回报您去年在梵蒂冈对我的盛情款待。它也彰显了来自各种背景、各种信仰的全体美国人，多么重视天主教会在壮大美国方面所发挥的作用。
From my time working in impoverished neighborhoods with the Catholic Church in Chicago, to my travels as President, I've seen firsthand how, every single day, Catholic communities, priests, nuns, laity are feeding the hungry, healing the sick, sheltering the homeless, educating our children, and fortifying the faith that sustains so many. 从我在芝加哥贫困社区与天主教会共事的时光，到我作为总统的出访途中，我亲眼见证了天主教社区、神父、修女和平信徒如何日复一日地为饥者提供食物，为病者医治病痛，为无家可归者提供庇护，教育我们的孩子，并坚固着支撑无数人信仰的力量。
And what is true in America is true around the world. From the busy streets of Buenos Aires to the remote villages in Kenya, Catholic organizations serve the poor, minister to prisoners, build schools, build homes, operate orphanages and hospitals. And just as the Church has stood with those struggling to break the chains of poverty, the Church so often has given voice and hope to those seeking to break the chains of violence and oppression. 在美国如此，在全世界亦是如此。从布宜诺斯艾利斯繁忙的街道到肯尼亚偏远的村庄，天主教组织为穷人服务、为囚犯牧养、建造学校、建造房屋、运营孤儿院和医院。正如教会始终与那些奋力挣脱贫困枷锁的人们站在一起一样，教会也常常为那些寻求打破暴力与压迫锁链的人们赋予声音与希望。
And yet, I believe the excitement around your visit, Holy Father, must be attributed not only to your role as Pope, but to your unique qualities as a person. In your humility, your embrace of simplicity, in the gentleness of your words and the generosity of your spirit, we see a living example of Jesus' teachings, a leader whose moral authority comes not just through words but also through deeds. 然而，我相信，圣父，围绕您此次访问的激动之情，不仅源于您作为教宗的身份，更源于您作为一个人的独特品质。您的谦逊、您对简朴的践行、您言语的温柔和精神的慷慨，让我们看到了耶稣教导的鲜活典范——一位道德权威不仅来自言语，更来自行动的领袖。
You call on all of us, Catholic and non-Catholic alike, to put the "least of these" at the center of our concerns. You remind us that in the eyes of God our measure as individuals, and our measure as a society, is not determined by wealth or power or station or celebrity, but by how well we hew to Scripture's call to lift up the poor and the marginalized -- to stand up for justice and against inequality, and to ensure that every human being is able to live in dignity -- because we are all made in the image of God. 您呼吁我们所有人，无论是天主教徒还是非天主教徒，都要把"这些最小的弟兄"放在我们关切的中心。您提醒我们，在上帝眼中，我们作为个人的价值、我们作为社会的价值，不是由财富、权力、地位或名望决定的，而是由我们在多大程度上遵循圣经的呼召来决定的——扶助贫困和边缘化群体，捍卫正义、反对不平等，确保每个人都能有尊严地生活——因为我们都是按照上帝的形象所造。
You remind us that "the Lord's most powerful message" is mercy. And that means welcoming the stranger with empathy and a truly open heart -- from the refugee who flees war-torn lands to the immigrant who leaves home in search of a better life. It means showing compassion and love for the marginalized and the outcast, to those who have suffered, and those who have caused suffering and seek redemption. You remind us of the costs of war, particularly on the powerless and defenseless, and urge us toward the imperative of peace. 您提醒我们，"主最强大的讯息"是怜悯。这意味着以同理心和真正开放的胸怀欢迎陌生人——从逃离战乱之地的难民到背井离乡寻求更好生活的移民。这意味着对边缘化的人和被排斥的人，对那些遭受苦难的人，以及那些造成苦难并寻求救赎的人，展现同情与爱。您提醒我们战争的代价，尤其是对无助和无力自卫者的代价，并敦促我们走向和平的必然。
Holy Father, we are grateful for your invaluable support of our new beginning with the Cuban people -- which holds out the promise of better relations between our countries, greater cooperation across our hemisphere, and a better life for the Cuban people. We thank you for your passionate voice against the deadly conflicts that ravage the lives of so many men, women and children, and your call for nations to resist the sirens of war and resolve disputes through diplomacy. 圣父，我们感谢您对我们与古巴人民新开端的宝贵支持——这为我们两国关系的改善、整个美洲地区更广泛的合作以及古巴人民更美好的生活带来了希望。我们感谢您为那些吞噬无数男女老少生命的致命冲突发出的激昂声音，感谢您呼吁各国抵制战争的诱惑，通过外交手段解决争端。
You remind us that people are only truly free when they can practice their faith freely. Here in the United States, we cherish religious liberty. It was the basis for so much of what brought us together. 您提醒我们，只有当人们能够自由践行信仰时，他们才是真正自由的。在美国，我们珍视宗教自由。这是我们走到一起的诸多基础之一。
And here in the United States, we cherish our religious liberty, but around the world, at this very moment, children of God, including Christians, are targeted and even killed because of their faith. Believers are prevented from gathering at their places of worship. The faithful are imprisoned, and churches are destroyed. So we stand with you in defense of religious freedom and interfaith dialogue, knowing that people everywhere must be able to live out their faith free from fear and free from intimidation. 而在美国，我们珍视我们的宗教自由，但在世界各地，就在此时此刻，上帝的儿女，包括基督徒，正因他们的信仰而成为目标，甚至惨遭杀害。信徒被阻止在他们的礼拜场所聚集。信众被监禁，教堂被摧毁。因此，我们与您站在一起，捍卫宗教自由和跨信仰对话，深知世界各地的人们都必须能够毫无恐惧、不受胁迫地践行他们的信仰。
And, Holy Father, you remind us that we have a sacred obligation to protect our planet, God's magnificent gift to us. We support your call to all world leaders to support the communities most vulnerable to changing climate, and to come together to preserve our precious world for future generations. 而且，圣父，您提醒我们，我们有神圣的义务保护我们的星球——上帝赐予我们的壮丽礼物。我们支持您向世界各国领导人发出的呼吁，即支持最易受气候变化影响的社区，并共同努力为子孙后代保护我们珍贵的世界。
Your Holiness, in your words and deeds, you set a profound moral example. And in these gentle but firm reminders of our obligations to God and to one another, you are shaking us out of complacency. All of us may, at times, experience discomfort when we contemplate the distance between how we lead our daily lives and what we know to be true, what we know to be right. 教宗陛下，您的言行树立了深刻的道德榜样。而在这些关于我们对上帝和对彼此义务的温和而坚定的提醒中，您正在将我们从自满中唤醒。我们所有人有时可能都会感到不安——当我们思索自己日常生活的方式与我们所知的真理、所知的正义之间存在的距离时。
But I believe such discomfort is a blessing, for it points to something better. You shake our conscience from slumber; you call on us to rejoice in Good News, and give us confidence that we can come together in humility and service, and pursue a world that is more loving, more just, and more free. Here at home and around the world, may our generation heed your call to "never remain on the sidelines of this march of living hope." 但我相信，这种不安是一种祝福，因为它指向了更美好的事物。您将我们的良知从沉睡中唤醒；您呼召我们为好消息而欢欣，并让我们有信心，我们可以在谦卑与服务中走到一起，追求一个更有爱、更正义、更自由的世界。在国内和世界各地，愿我们这一代听从您的呼召，"永远不要在这场充满生命希望的进军中袖手旁观。"
For that great gift of hope, Holy Father, we thank you, and welcome you, with joy and gratitude, to the United States of America. 为了这一伟大的希望之礼，圣父，我们感谢您，并怀着喜悦与感激之情，欢迎您来到美利坚合众国。
