美国第46届总统拜登的就职演说全文(中英对照,配图)

美国第46届总统拜登的就职演说全文（中英对照，配图）

Inaugural Address by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. as the 46th U.S. President

January 20, 2021.

Chief Justice Roberts, Vice President Harris, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Vice President Pence, distinguished guests, and my fellow Americans.

首席大法官罗伯茨、哈里斯副总统、众议长

佩洛西、参议院（少数党）领袖舒默和（参议院

多数党领袖）麦康奈尔、彭斯副总统、尊敬的贵

宾们，我的美国同胞们：

This is America's day. This is democracy's day. A day of history and hope. Of renewal and resolve. Through a crucible for the ages America has been tested anew and America has risen to the challenge.

这是美国的一天，这是民主的一天，是充满复兴的希望与坚定的决心而载入史册的一天。美国再一次经受了长时间的严峻考验，已经奋起迎接这场挑战。

Today, we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate, but of a cause, the cause of democracy. The will of the people has been heard and the will of the people has been heeded. We have learned again that

小约瑟夫·罗宾内特·拜登宣誓就

职后，发表演说。

democracy is precious. Democracy is fragile. And at this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed.

今天，我们庆祝的不是一位候选人的胜利，而是一项事业：民主的事业的胜利。人民的意愿得到了聆听，人民的意愿得到了遵循。我们再次领悟到：民主是珍贵的，民主又是脆弱的。此时此刻，我的朋友们，民主已获得了胜利。

So now, on this hallowed ground where just days ago violence sought to shake this Capitol's very foundation, we come together as one nation, under God, indivisible, to carry out the peaceful transfer of power as we have for more than two centuries. We look ahead in our uniquely American way –restless, bold, optimistic –and set our sights on the nation we know we can be and we must be.

在这个神圣的地方，就在几天前暴力试图撼动国会大厦的根基。现在我们团结在一起，在上帝的指引下，作为一个不可分割的国家进行和平的权力交接，就像我们两个多世纪以来一直所做的那样。我们以独特的美国方式，以悸动、勇敢、乐观展望未来，把目光投向一个我们知道我们能够成为而且必须成为的国家的愿景。

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到现场观礼的第44任总统奥巴马夫妇和第45届副总统彭斯夫妇（这四幅插图有助于对于该句“I thank my predecessors of both parties for their presence here”的理解。）

I thank my predecessors of both parties for their presence here. I

thank them from the bottom of my heart. You know the resilience of our Constitution and the strength of our nation. As does President

Carter, who I spoke to last night but who cannot be with us today, but whom we salute for his lifetime of service.

我要感谢来自两党的各位前任总统们到这里出席今天的典礼，我从心底感谢他们。我们知道宪法的坚韧和国家的力量。卡特总统也一样，我昨天晚上跟他通了电话，他今天无法到场和我们在一起，但是我们要为他对国家的毕生奉献向他致敬。

I have just taken the sacred oath each of these patriots took –an

oath first sworn by George Washington. But the American story

depends not on any one of us, not on some of us, but on all of us. On "We the People" who seek a more perfect Union. This is a great nation and we are a good people.

我刚刚宣读了每位爱国者前任们都宣读过的神圣誓言。这誓词曾首次由乔治·华盛顿宣读。然而，美国的故事所倚仗的不是我们当中的某个人，也不是我们当中的某些人，而是我们所有的人，是追求更完美联邦的我们所有的人。

这是一个伟大的国家，我们是善良的人民。