Elected by the American people to the highest office known to our laws, I appear here to take the oath prescribed by the Constitution, and, in compliance with a time-honored custom, to address those who are now assembled. 美国人民选举我担任我国法律所规定的最高职务。今天，我来到这里依照宪法宣誓，并遵循由来已久的惯例，向此刻聚集于此的人们发表讲话。
The confidence and respect shown by my countrymen in calling me to be the Chief Magistrate of a Republic holding a high rank among the nations of the earth have inspired me with feelings of the most profound gratitude; but when I reflect that the acceptance of the office which their partiality has bestowed imposes the discharge of the most arduous duties and involves the weightiest obligations, I am conscious that the position which I have been called to fill, though sufficient to satisfy the loftiest ambition, is surrounded by fearful responsibilities. 同胞们召唤我担任这个在世界各国中地位崇高的共和国的最高行政长官，由此表达的信任与尊重，使我心怀最深切的感激；然而，当我想到接受他们厚爱所授予的职务，意味着必须履行最艰巨的职责、承担最沉重的义务时，我清楚地意识到，自己受命担任的职位虽然足以满足最远大的抱负，却也被令人敬畏的责任所包围。
Happily, however, in the performance of my new duties I shall not be without able cooperation. The legislative and judicial branches of the Government present prominent examples of distinguished civil attainments and matured experience, and it shall be my endeavor to call to my assistance in the Executive Departments individuals whose talents, integrity, and purity of character will furnish ample guaranties for the faithful and honorable performance of the trusts to be committed to their charge. 幸而，在履行新职责时，我不会缺少有力的协助。政府的立法和司法部门汇集了许多具有卓越治国才干和丰富经验的人士；我也将努力在行政各部门延揽人才，使他们的才能、正直和纯洁品格，充分保证其忠实而体面地履行受托职责。
With such aids and an honest purpose to do whatever is right, I hope to execute diligently, impartially, and for the best interests of the country the manifold duties devolved upon me. 有了这些帮助，并怀着凡事秉公而行的诚实愿望，我希望能够勤勉、公正地履行交付给我的各项职责，一切以国家最大利益为依归。
In the discharge of these duties my guide will be the Constitution, which I this day swear to "preserve, protect, and defend." For the interpretation of that instrument I shall look to the decisions of the judicial tribunals established by its authority and to the practice of the Government under the earlier Presidents, who had so large a share in its formation. 履行这些职责时，宪法将是我的指南；今天我宣誓要“维护、保护和捍卫”它。解释这部宪法时，我将依据由其授权设立的司法机关所作的判决，也将参考早期总统治国的实践，因为他们中的许多人曾在制定宪法时发挥重要作用。
To the example of those illustrious patriots I shall always defer with reverence, and especially to his example who was by so many titles "the Father of his Country." 我将始终怀着敬意遵循这些杰出爱国者的榜样，尤其是那位因无数功绩而被尊为“国父”的伟人所树立的榜样。
To command the Army and Navy of the United States; with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties and to appoint ambassadors and other officers; to give to Congress information of the state of the Union and recommend such measures as he shall judge to be necessary; and to take care that the laws shall be faithfully executed--these are the most important functions intrusted to the President by the Constitution, and it may be expected that I shall briefly indicate the principles which will control me in their execution. 统率合众国陆军与海军；经参议院建议并同意后缔结条约、任命大使及其他官员；向国会报告联邦状况，并建议总统认为必要的措施；确保法律得到忠实执行——这些是宪法交付总统的最重要职能，因此，人们可以期待我简要说明履行这些职能时将遵循的原则。
Chosen by the body of the people under the assurance that my Administration would be devoted to the welfare of the whole country, and not to the support of any particular section or merely local interest, I this day renew the declarations I have heretofore made and proclaim my fixed determination to maintain to the extent of my ability the Government in its original purity and to adopt as the basis of my public policy those great republican doctrines which constitute the strength of our national existence. 全国人民选择我，是因为相信本届政府将致力于整个国家的福祉，而不是扶持某个特定地区或纯粹的地方利益。今天，我重申此前作出的声明，并郑重表明坚定决心：我将竭尽所能，使政府保持最初的纯洁，并以那些构成国家生存力量的伟大共和原则作为公共政策的基础。
In reference to the Army and Navy, lately employed with so much distinction on active service, care shall be taken to insure the highest condition of efficiency, and in furtherance of that object the military and naval schools, sustained by the liberality of Congress, shall receive the special attention of the Executive. 对于最近在现役中表现卓越的陆军和海军，我们将悉心确保它们维持最高效率。为实现这一目标，国会慷慨支持的陆军和海军院校将得到行政部门的特别关注。
As American freemen we can not but sympathize in all efforts to extend the blessings of civil and political liberty, but at the same time we are warned by the admonitions of history and the voice of our own beloved Washington to abstain from entangling alliances with foreign nations. 作为自由的美国人，我们不能不支持一切旨在推广公民自由与政治自由福祉的努力；但与此同时，历史的训诫和我们敬爱的华盛顿的声音也告诫我们，不要同外国缔结使自己受到牵制的联盟。
In all disputes between conflicting governments it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral, while our geographical position, the genius of our institutions and our people, the advancing spirit of civilization, and, above all, the dictates of religion direct us to the cultivation of peaceful and friendly relations with all other powers. 在彼此冲突的政府发生任何争端时，严格保持中立既符合我国利益，也是我国职责。我国的地理位置、制度与人民的特质、不断前进的文明精神，尤其是宗教的教诲，都指引我们同其他所有国家培养和平友好的关系。
It is to be hoped that no international question can now arise which a government confident in its own strength and resolved to protect its own just rights may not settle by wise negotiation; and it eminently becomes a government like our own, founded on the morality and intelligence of its citizens and upheld by their affections, to exhaust every resort of honorable diplomacy before appealing to arms. 我们有理由希望，如今不会出现任何国际问题，是一个相信自身力量并决心捍卫正当权利的政府无法通过明智谈判解决的；像我国这样以公民的道德和智慧为基础、以公民的爱戴为支撑的政府，尤其应当在诉诸武力以前，穷尽一切正当而光荣的外交手段。
In the conduct of our foreign relations I shall conform to these views, as I believe them essential to the best interests and the true honor of the country. 处理对外关系时，我将遵循这些主张，因为我相信它们对于国家的最大利益和真正荣誉不可或缺。
The appointing power vested in the President imposes delicate and onerous duties. So far as it is possible to be informed, I shall make honesty, capacity, and fidelity indispensable prerequisites to the bestowal of office, and the absence of either of these qualities shall be deemed sufficient cause for removal. 宪法赋予总统的任命权带来了微妙而繁重的职责。在尽可能了解情况的前提下，我会把诚实、能力和忠诚作为授予公职必不可少的先决条件；缺少其中任何一种品质，都将被视为足以免职的理由。
It shall be my study to recommend such constitutional measures to Congress as may be necessary and proper to secure encouragement and protection to the great interests of agriculture, commerce, and manufactures, to improve our rivers and harbors, to provide for the speedy extinguishment of the public debt, to enforce a strict accountability on the part of all officers of the Government and the utmost economy in all public expenditures; 我将认真考虑向国会建议宪法所允许的必要适当措施，以鼓励并保护农业、商业和制造业的重大利益，改善河流与港口，迅速清偿国债，要求所有政府官员严格负责，并在一切公共开支中实行最大限度的节约；
but it is for the wisdom of Congress itself, in which all legislative powers are vested by the Constitution, to regulate these and other matters of domestic policy. 但是，宪法已把全部立法权授予国会，因此，这些事务和其他国内政策问题应由国会凭借自身智慧加以规范。
I shall look with confidence to the enlightened patriotism of that body to adopt such measures of conciliation as may harmonize conflicting interests and tend to perpetuate that Union which should be the paramount object of our hopes and affections. In any action calculated to promote an object so near the heart of everyone who truly loves his country I will zealously unite with the coordinate branches of the Government. 我将满怀信心地期待国会以开明的爱国精神采取调和措施，使相互冲突的利益趋于协调，并让联邦长久存续；维护联邦理应是我们希望与热爱中的首要目标。凡是有助于促进这一令每位真正爱国者无比关切的目标的行动，我都会热忱地同政府其他平等部门携手参与。
In conclusion I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country. 最后，同胞们，我祝贺你们：仁慈的上天已经引领我们共同的祖国达到高度繁荣的境地。
Let us invoke a continuance of the same protecting care which has led us from small beginnings to the eminence we this day occupy, and let us seek to deserve that continuance by prudence and moderation in our councils, by well-directed attempts to assuage the bitterness which too often marks unavoidable differences of opinion, by the promulgation and practice of just and liberal principles, and by an enlarged patriotism, which shall acknowledge no limits but those of our own widespread Republic. 让我们祈求同样的庇护继续眷顾我国；它曾引领我们从微小的起点走到今天的崇高地位。我们也应努力使自己配得上这份持续眷顾：议事时保持审慎与克制，以方向正确的努力缓和意见分歧不可避免时经常出现的尖锐敌意，传播并践行公正宽厚的原则，并培养更宽广的爱国精神；这种爱国精神所承认的唯一边界，就是我们辽阔共和国自身的疆界。