貝拉克·侯賽因·奧巴馬是第44任美國總統(tǒng)，為美國歷史上第一位非洲裔總統(tǒng)，今天學(xué)習(xí)啦小編給大家分享一篇奧巴馬2013就職演講稿，希望對大家有所幫助。

　　奧巴馬2013就職演講稿

　　Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:

　　拜登副總統(tǒng)，最高法院首席大法官先生， 美國國會議員們，尊敬的客人們，同胞們： Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution. We affirm the promise of our democracy. We recall that what binds this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenets of our faith or the origins of our names. What makes us exceptional – what makes us American – is our allegiance to an idea, articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago:

　　當(dāng)我們每次聚集在一起為總統(tǒng)舉行就職典禮時，我們都是在見證美國憲法的不朽力量。我們是在又一次立下美國民主的承諾。 我們再次提醒說，把這個國家凝聚在一起的不是我們的膚色，不是信仰的教條，也不是我們的姓氏源于何處。使我們與眾不同——使我們成為美國人——的，是我們對一個在兩個多世紀(jì)以前發(fā)表的宣言中所表述的理念：

　　―We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.‖

　　―我們認(rèn)為這些真理是不言而喻的：人人生而平等，他們都從他們的造物主那里被賦予了某些不可剝奪的權(quán)利，包括生命權(quán)、自由權(quán)和追求幸福的權(quán)利?！?/p>

　　Today we continue a never-ending journey, to bridge the meaning of those words with the realities of our time. For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they have never been self-executing; that while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by His people here on Earth. The patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the privileges of a few or the rule of a mob. They gave to us a Republic, a government of, and by, and for the people, entrusting each generation to keep safe our founding creed.

　　今天，我們?nèi)栽诶^續(xù)這個永恒的旅程，讓那些字句體現(xiàn)在我們這個時代的現(xiàn)實中。因為歷史告訴我們，雖然這些真理是不言而喻的，但它們卻不會自動實現(xiàn);雖然自由是上帝給我們的禮物，但自由只能靠他在世間的子民的奮斗才能獲得。1776年愛國先驅(qū)們所進(jìn)行的斗爭并不是以少數(shù)人的特權(quán)或烏合之眾的統(tǒng)治來替代專制君主。他們?yōu)槲覀兙喸斓氖且粋€共和國，一個民有、

　　民治、民享的政府，并將捍衛(wèi)這個建國理念的任務(wù)交給一代又一代的后人。 For more than two hundred years, we have. 兩百多年的歷史證明，我們做到了。

　　Through blood drawn by lash and blood drawn by sword, we learned that no union

　　founded on the principles of liberty and equality could survive half-slave and half-free. We made ourselves anew, and vowed to move forward together.

　　從皮鞭下和刺刀尖流出的鮮血中，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)，建立在自由和平等原則之上的合眾國不能一半是蓄奴的，一半是自由的。我們浴火重生，我們發(fā)誓共同努力向前。

　　Together, we determined that a modern economy requires railroads and highways to speed travel and commerce; schools and colleges to train our workers.

　　我們共同決定，現(xiàn)代經(jīng)濟(jì)需要鐵路和公路，以加快旅行和商業(yè)，也需要中小學(xué)和大學(xué)來培訓(xùn)我們的工人。

　　Together, we discovered that a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure competition and fair play.

　　我們一起發(fā)現(xiàn)，只有確保競爭和公平的法規(guī)健全，自由市場才能欣欣向榮。

　　Together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and misfortune.

　　我們一同決定，一個偉大國家必須關(guān)照弱者，并保護(hù)我們的人民免受生活中最嚴(yán)重的危險和不幸。

　　Through it all, we have never relinquished our skepticism of central authority, nor have we succumbed to the fiction that all society’s ills can be cured through government alone. Our celebration of initiative and enterprise; our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, are constants in our character.

　　在做這一切的時候，我們從來沒有放棄對政府集中權(quán)力的懷疑，我們也沒有屈就于那種相信只靠政府就可以解決所有社會弊病的幻想。我們一直保持著自己的秉性，推崇創(chuàng)造力和企業(yè)家精神，堅持辛勤工作和個人責(zé)任。

　　But we have always understood that when times change, so must we; that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges; that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action. For the American people can no more meet the demands of today’s world by acting alone than American soldiers could have met

　　the forces of fascism or communism with muskets and militias. No single person can train all the math and science teachers we’ll need to equip our children for the future, or build the roads and networks and research labs that will bring new jobs and businesses to our shores. Now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation, and one people.

　　但是我們也很明白，隨著時代的變化，我們也必須變化;我們出于對基本原則的忠誠，需要對新的挑戰(zhàn)做出新的回應(yīng);我們?yōu)楸Ｗo(hù)個人自由就最終需要集體作出努力。美國人民如果再單打獨斗去應(yīng)付當(dāng)今世界的挑戰(zhàn)，等于讓美國軍隊以長槍和民兵組織去面對法西斯主義或共產(chǎn)主義的武裝。沒有任何一個個人有能力訓(xùn)練出我們后代的教育需要的所有數(shù)學(xué)和科學(xué)教師，或者建造出能把新的工作和商業(yè)機(jī)會帶給我們的道路、網(wǎng)絡(luò)、實驗室?，F(xiàn)在比以往任何時候都需要我們共同努力，作為一個國家人民的整體，來做這些事情。

　　This generation of Americans has been tested by crises that steeled our resolve and proved our resilience. A decade of war is now ending. An economic recovery has begun. America’s possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive; diversity and openness; an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention. My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it – so long as we seize it together.

　　我們這一代美國人經(jīng)歷過危機(jī)的考驗，這些危機(jī)堅定了我們的決心，也證明了我們的耐力。長達(dá)10年的戰(zhàn)爭即將結(jié)束，經(jīng)濟(jì)復(fù)蘇已經(jīng)開始，美國的潛力是無限的，因為我們擁有這個全球化的世界需要的所有特質(zhì)：我們年輕有動力，多元而開放，我們有應(yīng)對危機(jī)的無限能力和創(chuàng)新發(fā)展的天賦。美國同胞們，我們?yōu)檫@個時刻而生，只要我們共同努力，我們就能牢牢抓住這個機(jī)會。

　　For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it. We believe that America’s prosperity must rest upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle class. We know that America thrives when every person can find independence and pride in their work; when the wages of honest labor liberate families from the brink of hardship. We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American, she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.

　　我們美國人知道，我們的國家不可能在只有越來越少的人富有、越來越多的人捉襟見肘的情況下取得成功，我們相信美國的繁榮有賴于更多的人成為中產(chǎn)階級，我們知道美國的振興取決于每個人都能在工作中找到獨立與自信，也取決于人們誠實的勞動讓家庭脫離貧困。當(dāng)一個出身貧困的年輕女孩知道，她與任何人都享有同樣的成功機(jī)會，身為美國人，她不僅僅是在上帝眼中，而且在每一個人的眼中，她都享有自由與平等，這樣我們才算是遵守了立國的原則。

　　We understand that outworn programs are inadequate to the needs of our time. We must harness new ideas and technology to remake our government, revamp our tax code, reform our schools, and empower our citizens with the skills they need to work harder, learn more, and reach higher. But while the means will change, our purpose endures: a nation that rewards the effort and determination of every single American. That is what this moment requires. That is what will give real meaning to our creed.

　　我們明白，目前那些陳舊的政府計劃跟不上時代。我們必須駕馭新的思想和技術(shù)以重塑政府，更新稅法，改革學(xué)校，并讓公民能夠掌握新技能，以便更加努力工作，學(xué)習(xí)更多的知識，以達(dá)到更高的目標(biāo)。我們的方法雖然會改變，但目的始終如一：建設(shè)一個獎勵每個人的努力和決心的國家。這是當(dāng)下所需要的。這是我們信念的真正意義所在。

　　We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity. We must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our deficit. But we reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future. For we remember the lessons of our past, when twilight years were spent in poverty, and parents of a child with a disability had nowhere to turn. We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few. We recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us, at any time, may face a job loss, or a sudden illness, or a home swept away in a terrible storm. The commitments we make to each other – through Medicare, and Medicaid, and Social Security – these things do not sap our initiative; they strengthen us. They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great.

　　我們，美國人，仍然相信，每位公民都應(yīng)該得到基本的安全和尊嚴(yán)。我們必須作出降低我們的醫(yī)保費用和赤字規(guī)模的艱難抉擇。但是，我們拒絕接受這種看法，亦即美國必須在照顧建設(shè)了國家的那代人和投資于開創(chuàng)國家未來的那代人之間作出選擇。我們記得過去的教訓(xùn)：老人的暮年在貧困中度過，殘疾孩子的父母走投無路。我們不相信，在這個國家里自由只屬于幸運者，幸福只屬于少數(shù)人。我們知道，無論我們平日如何負(fù)責(zé)，我們當(dāng)中任何人，在任何時候，都有可能面臨失業(yè)、突然生病或者房子被風(fēng)暴卷走的情況。我們通過聯(lián)邦醫(yī)療保險、醫(yī)療補(bǔ)助計劃以及社會安全保障為彼此作出的承諾，不僅不會挫傷我們的積極性，反而使我們更加強(qiáng)壯。它們不會使我們成為一群不勞而獲的人，反而使我們敢于去冒險，這才使國家強(qiáng)大。

　　We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms. The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition; we must lead it. We cannot cede to other nations the technology that will power new jobs and new industries – we must claim its promise. That is how we will maintain our economic vitality and our national treasure – our forests and waterways; our croplands and snowcapped peaks. That is how we will preserve our planet, commanded to our care by God. That’s what will lend meaning to the creed our fathers once declared. 我們，美國人，依然相信我們作為美國人的承諾不僅是對自己的，也是對所有子孫后代的。我們會對氣候變化的威脅做出回應(yīng)，因為我們了解如果不這樣做，將會違背對子孫后代的承諾。有些人可能依然不承認(rèn)科學(xué)的判斷，但所有人都無法不去正視瘋狂的野火、殘酷的干旱、更大風(fēng)暴的襲擊。通往可持續(xù)發(fā)展能源的道路會是漫長的，而且有時會很艱難。但美國不能抗拒這個轉(zhuǎn)變，而是必須領(lǐng)導(dǎo)這個轉(zhuǎn)變。我們不能將可以增加就業(yè)、誕生新型產(chǎn)業(yè)的這些技術(shù)拱手讓給其它國家，我們必須擁有這些技術(shù)。這是維護(hù)我們經(jīng)濟(jì)的活力與國家財富的途徑，這些財富包括我們的森林、江河、農(nóng)田、

　　雪山。這是保護(hù)我們的地球的途徑，那是上帝交給我們?nèi)ナ刈o(hù)的。這也是我們?yōu)橄闰?qū)們宣示的信念增加新的含義的途徑。

　　We, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war. Our brave men and women in uniform, tempered by the flames of battle, are unmatched in skill and courage. Our citizens, seared by the memory of those we have lost, know too well the price that is paid for liberty. The knowledge of their sacrifice will keep us forever vigilant against those who would do us harm. But we are also heirs to those who won the peace and not just the war, who turned sworn enemies into the surest of friends, and we must carry those lessons into this time as well.

　　我們，美國人，依然相信不必通過無休止的戰(zhàn)爭就能獲得永久的安全與和平。我們的軍人久經(jīng)戰(zhàn)火考驗，技能和勇氣都舉世無雙。我們的人民永遠(yuǎn)銘記先烈們的犧牲，珍惜自由的來之不易。不忘先烈們的犧牲將讓我們永遠(yuǎn)對敵人保持警惕。但是我們同樣牢記那些不僅能夠贏得戰(zhàn)爭、還能贏得和平、化頑敵為摯友的人們。這些經(jīng)驗教訓(xùn)，我們今天必須發(fā)揚光大。 We will defend our people and uphold our values through strength of arms and rule of law. We will show the courage to try and resolve our differences with other nations peacefully – not because we are naive about the dangers we face, but because engagement can more durably lift suspicion and fear. America will remain the anchor of strong alliances in every corner of the globe; and we will renew those institutions that extend our capacity to manage crisis abroad, for no one has a greater stake in a peaceful world than its most powerful nation. We will support democracy from Asia to Africa; from the Americas to the Middle East, because our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom. And we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the victims of prejudice – not out of mere charity, but because peace in our time requires the constant advance of those principles that our common creed describes: tolerance and opportunity; human dignity and justice.

　　我們將通過加強(qiáng)武裝力量和法制來保衛(wèi)我們的人民和價值體系。我們將通過試圖與其它國家和平地解決爭端來顯示我們的勇氣——這不是出于對我們面臨的危險的無知，而是相信協(xié)商能夠更長久地解除懷疑與恐懼。美國將繼續(xù)在世界每個角落都保持積極的聯(lián)盟，我們也將繼續(xù)維護(hù)那些令我們能夠在國外應(yīng)付危機(jī)的機(jī)制，因為沒有哪個國家會比世界上最強(qiáng)大的國家更需要一個和平的世界。我們將支持從亞洲到非洲、從拉美到中東的民主發(fā)展，因為利益和良知促使我們?nèi)ブС帜切┫Ｍ杂傻娜藗?。我們也必須是貧困、疾病、歧視、偏見的受害者們的后?mdash;—這不僅僅是出于慈善為懷，也因為我們時代的和平需要不斷地推動我們共同信念所基于的原則，包括寬容、機(jī)遇、人類尊嚴(yán)與公正。

　　We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths – that all of us are created equal – is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall; just as it guided all those men and women, sung and unsung, who left footprints along this great Mall, to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone; to hear a King proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth.

　　我們，美國人，今天宣布，最不言自明的真理——人人生而平等——仍然是指引我們的北斗星，就像當(dāng)年這條真理在色內(nèi)加瀑布[1]、塞爾瑪[2]、石墻[3]這些地方指引著人們，它指引著在這個宏大的草坪上留下了足跡的所有知名和不知名的人們。他們來到這里聆聽宣講，說我們不能獨自行進(jìn);他們來聆聽一位王者[4]說，我們的個人自由與地球上每個人的自由是緊密地聯(lián)系在一起的。

　　It is now our generation’s task to carry on what those pioneers began. For our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers, and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law – for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well. Our journey is not complete until no citizen is forced to wait for hours to exercise the right to vote. Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land of opportunity; until bright young students and engineers are enlisted in our workforce rather than expelled from our country. Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of New-town, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm.

　　如今到了我們這一代人去接過先驅(qū)們開創(chuàng)的使命的時候了。在我們的妻子、母親、女兒，在得到與她們的付出相符的待遇之前，我們的使命還沒有完成;在我們同性戀的兄弟和姐妹像其他人一樣在法律上被視真正平等之前，我們的使命還沒有完成- 因為如果我們之間真正平等，那么可以肯定，我們所承諾的彼此相愛也必須是平等的。在所有公民行使投票權(quán)不必被迫等待幾個小時之前，我們的使命還沒有完成。在我們找到一個更好的方式來歡迎那些仍然可以把美國看作一個充滿機(jī)遇的土地，樂于奮斗，充滿希望的移民之前，在那些聰明的年輕學(xué)生和工程師被納入到我們的勞動大軍之中而不是被驅(qū)逐出境之前，我們的使命還沒有完成。在從底特律的街頭到阿巴拉契亞山間到紐頓安靜的小巷中，我們所有的孩子們都知道他們在被關(guān)心和愛護(hù)，安全有保障之前，我們的使命還沒有完成。

　　That is our generation’s task – to make these words, these rights, these values – of Life, and Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness – real for every American. Being true to our founding documents does not require us to agree on every contour of life; it does not mean we will all define liberty in exactly the same way, or follow the same precise path to happiness. Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time – but it does require us to act in our time.

　　這是我們這一代人的使命 - 讓生命、自由、追求幸福這些字眼、這些權(quán)利、這些價值 - 真正成為每一個美國人的現(xiàn)實。忠實我們國家的創(chuàng)始文件，并不需要我們生活的每一個范疇都看法一致，也并不意味著我們以完全相同的方式定義自由，或者遵循同樣的路徑追求幸福。進(jìn)步并不強(qiáng)迫我們放棄幾個世紀(jì)以來關(guān)于所有政府作用的辯論 - 但需要我們在我們的時代采取行動。

　　For now decisions are upon us, and we cannot afford delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate. We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect. We must act, knowing that today’s victories will be only partial, and that it will be up to those who stand here in four years, and forty years, and four hundred years hence to advance the timeless spirit once conferred to us in a spare Philadelphia hall.

　　我們現(xiàn)在就要做出抉擇，我們不能承受拖延的后果。我們不能誤以為毫無妥協(xié)余地是在堅持原則，或者以做秀取代政治，或者以相互指責(zé)取代理性的辯論。我們必須行動，盡管知道我們的工作不會十全十美。我們必須行動，盡管知道今天的勝利只是部分的成功，它將更多地取決于今后四年、四十年乃至四百年后站在這里的人們，繼續(xù)發(fā)揚從費城獨立廳傳到我們手中的超越時代的精神。

　　My fellow Americans, the oath I have sworn before you today, like the one recited by others who serve in this Capitol, was an oath to God and country, not party or faction – and we must faithfully execute that pledge during the duration of our service. But the words I spoke today are not so different from the oath that is taken each time a soldier signs up for duty, or an immigrant realizes her dream. My oath is not so different from the pledge we all make to the flag that waves above and that fills our hearts with pride.

　　我的美國同胞們，我今天在你們面前宣誓，就和過去在這座國會山上宣誓過的人一樣，是對上帝和國家而不是對一個政黨或者派別的誓詞。我們必須在任職期間忠實履行我們的誓言。我的誓詞，和每次軍人接受任務(wù)、移民實現(xiàn)夢想時的誓詞，并無太大不同;和我們面對在空中飄揚，讓我們心中充滿自豪的國旗所做的宣誓，也無太大差異。

　　They are the words of citizens, and they represent our greatest hope. You

　　and I, as citizens, have the power to set this country’s course. 這些是美國公民的心聲，代表了我們最大的希望。

　　You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time – not only with the votes we cast, but with the voices we lift in defense of our most ancient values and enduring ideals.

　　你們和我，作為美國公民，有確定國家未來前程的權(quán)力。你們和我，作為美國公民，有塑造我們時代話語的責(zé)任，不僅通過我們投下的選票，也通過為了維護(hù)我們最永久的價值觀及理想而發(fā)出的大聲疾呼。

　　Let each of us now embrace, with solemn duty and awesome joy, what is our lasting birthright. With common effort and common purpose, with passion and dedication, let us answer the call of history, and carry into an uncertain future that precious light of freedom. 讓我們每個人用莊嚴(yán)的責(zé)任和無與倫比的歡悅，來擁抱我們與生俱來的永恒權(quán)利。憑借共同的努力，憑借熱情和執(zhí)著，讓我們響應(yīng)歷史的召喚，承載一個珍愛自由之光的未知未來。 Thank you, God Bless you, and may He forever bless these United States of America. 感謝你們，上帝保佑你們，愿上帝永遠(yuǎn)佑護(hù)美利堅合眾國。