奥巴马父亲节演讲

奥巴马父亲节演讲

　　今天我们有福气生活在技术使我们能随时与地球上任何人交流的世界上。但是不管我们多么先进，在孩子的一生中，爱和支持，特别是父母的存在，是最重要的，无可替代的。这是2013奥巴马在父亲节演讲时的致辞，下面就由学习啦小编讲解一下这一部分内容，希望大家喜欢。

　　奥巴马的演讲内容如下：

　　Good morning. It's good to be home on this Father's Day with my girls, and it's an honor to spend some time with all of you today in the house of our Lord.

　　早上好。在家里陪伴我的女儿是一件乐事，在教堂与各位共度也是我的荣幸。

　　At the end of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus closes by saying, "Whoever hears these words of mine, and does them, shall be likened to a wise man who built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock." [Matthew 7: 24-25]

　　在《登山宝训》的结尾，耶稣最后说：“无论谁听了我的话，并付诸实践，都应该会成为一位能在坚石上建造房屋的智者。大雨过后，洪水泛滥，狂风怒号，击打屋舍，但房屋不倒，是因为其建立在坚石之上。”(马太福音，第七章24-25)

　　Here at Apostolic, you are blessed to worship in a house that has been founded on the rock of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. But it is also built on another rock, another foundation - and that rock is Bishop Arthur Brazier. In forty-eight years, he has built this congregation from just a few hundred to more than 20,000 strong - a congregation that, because of his leadership, has braved the fierce winds and heavy rains of violence and poverty; joblessness and hopelessness. Because of his work and his ministry, there are more graduates and fewer gang members in the neighborhoods surrounding this church. There are more homes and fewer homeless. There is more community and less chaos because Bishop Brazier continued the march for justice that he began by Dr. King's side all those years ago. He is the reason this house has stood tall for half a century. And on this Father's Day, it must make him proud to know that the man now charged with keeping its foundation strong is his son and your new pastor, Reverend Byron Brazier.

　　在这里，你们被寄予希望到教堂中做礼拜，这是由耶稣基督，我们的主，我们的先知所建立的，另一个基础——坚石是主教 亚瑟 布拉泽尔。在过去的四十八年间，他将集会人数从几百发展到了两万多，在他的领导下，我们勇敢的面对暴力和贫困，失业和失望的狂风暴雨。在他的努力下，围绕着教堂的社区里，有越来越多的毕业生，越来越少的帮派成员。越来越多的人安了家，无家可归者则越来越少。有越来越多的社区，越来越少的混乱，因为亚瑟布拉泽尔继续着他多年前就开始了的马丁路德金式的对正义的追求。他是这座教堂历经半个世纪依然屹立的唯一理由。在这个父亲节，得知今天继续坚持这个坚实的基础的人是他的儿子和新的牧师，拜伦布拉泽尔，一定会使他感到骄傲。

　　Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important. And we are called to recognize and honor how critical every father is to that foundation. They are teachers and coaches. They are mentors and role models. They are examples of success and the men who constantly push us toward it.

　　今天，在我们建立我们的生活的所有基础之上，我们应该记得家庭是最重要的。在此基础上，我们应该承认父亲的重要并尊敬他们。他们是老师，是教练。他们是导师，是行为的楷模。他们是成功的范例，是不断将我们推向成功的人。

　　You and I know how true this is in the African-American community. We know that more than half of all black children live in single-parent households, a number that has doubled - doubled - since we were children. We know the statistics - that children who grow up without a father are five times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime; nine times more likely to drop out of schools and twenty times more likely to end up in prison. They are more likely to have behavioral problems, or run away from home, or become teenage parents themselves. And the foundations of our community are weaker because of it.

　　我们都知道这在黑人社区中是多么的常见。我们都知道半数以上的黑人孩子生活在单亲家庭中，这个数字被乘以二，再乘以二，自从我们还是孩子时。我们知道这些统计数字：在没有父亲的情况下成长的孩子生活在贫困和犯罪中的概率五倍于在有父亲的情况下成长的孩子;辍学的概率九倍于在有父亲的情况下成长的孩子;在监狱中终其一生的概率是在有父亲的情况下成长的孩子的二十倍。他们也更容易有行为问题，更容易离家出走，更容易成为青少年父母。而因此，我们社区的基础也变得薄弱。

　　And what I've realized is that life doesn't count for much unless you're willing to do your small part to leave our children - all of our children - a better world. Even if it's difficult. Even if the work seems great. Even if we don't get very far in our lifetime.

　　我认识到了，生命不以多少来计算，除非你愿意尽自己所能为孩子们留下一个更美好的世界。虽然这很困难。虽然这项工程显得巨大。虽然在有生之年我们无法做得太多。

　　That is our ultimate responsibility as fathers and parents. We try. We hope. We do what we can to build our house upon the sturdiest rock. And when the winds come, and the rains fall, and they beat upon that house, we keep faith that our Father will be there to guide us, and watch over us, and protect us, and lead His children through the darkest of storms into light of a better day. That is my prayer for all of us on this Father's Day, and that is my hope for this country in the years ahead. May God Bless you and your children. Thank you.

　　这是我们作为父亲，作为父母最终、最大的责任。我们尽力，我们希望：我们尽自己所能将房屋建立在坚石上，风雨交加，击打这房屋，但我们要保持信心，因为我们的父亲将会在那儿引导我们，照看我们，保护我们，他会领着他的孩子们穿过这最黑暗的暴风雨，进入新的一天更美好的阳光中。这是我为所有人在父亲节的祈祷，也是我对祖国未来几年的期望。上帝保佑你和你的孩子。谢谢。