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Keynote Address at the 54th National Prayer Breakfast

在第 54 届全国祈祷早餐会上的主题演讲

delivered 2 February 2006, The Hilton Washington Hotel, Washington, D.C.

2006 年 2 月 2 日交付，华盛顿特区希尔顿华盛顿酒店

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Well, thank you, thank you Mr. President, First Lady, King Abdullah of Jordan, Norm [Coleman], distinguished guests.

嗯，谢谢，谢谢总统先生、第一夫人、约旦国王阿卜杜拉、诺姆[科尔曼]、尊敬的客人。

Please join me in praying that I don't say something we'll all regret.

请和我一起祈祷我不会说出让我们都后悔的话。

If you're wondering what I'm doing here, at a prayer breakfast, well so am I.

如果你想知道我在祈祷早餐会上做什么，我也是。

I'm certainly not here as a man of the cloth, unless that cloth is -- is leather.

我当然不是以布料的身份来到这里的，除非那布料是——是皮革。

I'm certainly not here because I'm a rock star -- which leaves only one possible explanation: I've got a messianic complex.

我来这里当然不是因为我是摇滚明星——这就只剩下一个可能的解释：我有一种救世主情结。

It's true.

这是真的。

And anyone who knows me, it's hardly a revelation.

任何认识我的人都知道，这并不是什么新鲜事。

Well, I'm the first to admit that there's something unnatural, something even unseemly about rock stars mounting the pulpit and preaching at presidents -- and disappearing to their villas in the South of France.

好吧，我是第一个承认摇滚明星登上讲坛并在总统面前布道并消失在法国南部的别墅里有些不自然、甚至不体面的人。

Talk about a fish out of water.

谈论离开水的鱼。

It was weird enough to have Jesse Helms come to a rock show.

杰西·赫尔姆斯来参加摇滚演出真是太奇怪了。

This is really weird.

这实在是太奇怪了。

Now, one of the things I love about this country is the separation of Church and State and although I have to say in inviting me here both Church and State have been separated from something else completely: their -- their mind.

现在，我喜欢这个国家的一件事是教会和国家的分离，尽管我在邀请我来这里时不得不说，教会和国家已经与其他东西完全分离：他们的——他们的思想。

Mr. President, are you sure about this?

总统先生，您确定吗？

It's very humbling, and I will try to keep my homily brief.

这是非常谦卑的，我会尽量保持我的讲道简短。

But be warned: I am Irish.

但请注意：我是爱尔兰人。

I'd like to talk about the -- the laws of man, here in this city, where those laws are written.

我想谈谈人类的法律，在这个城市，这些法律是在那里制定的。

I'd like to talk about higher laws.

我想谈谈更高的法律。

It would be great to assume that once there's the other, that the laws of man serve these higher laws, but, of course, they don't always.

假设一旦存在另一个，人类的法律服务于这些更高的法律，那就太好了，但是，当然，它们并不总是如此。

I presume that, in a way, is why you're all here.

我想，在某种程度上，这就是你们聚集在这里的原因。

I presume the reason for this gathering is that all of us are here -- Muslims, Jews, Christians -- are all searching our souls for how to better serve our family, our community, our nation, our God.

我认为这次聚会的原因是我们所有人——穆斯林、犹太人、基督徒——都在寻找我们的灵魂，寻找如何更好地服务我们的家庭、我们的社区、我们的国家、我们的上帝。

And some of us are not very good examples, despite what Norm [Coleman] says.

尽管诺姆（科尔曼）这么说，但我们中的一些人并不是很好的榜样。

I am certainly searching, and that, I suppose, is what led me here.

我当然在寻找，我想这就是我来到这里的原因。

Yes, it is odd, having a rock star at the breakfast.

是的，早餐时有一位摇滚明星，这很奇怪。

But maybe it's odder for me than for you, because, you see, I've avoided religious people most of my life.

但也许这对我来说比对你来说更奇怪，因为，你看，我一生中的大部分时间都避开宗教人士。

Maybe it's something to do with having a father who was a Protestant and a mother who was a Catholic in a country where the line between the two was, quite literally, often a battle line; where the line between Church and State was, at the very least, a little blurry and hard to see.

也许这与父亲是新教徒、母亲是天主教徒有关，而在这个国家，两人之间的界限，毫不夸张地说，常常是一条战线。教会与国家之间的界限至少有点模糊且难以看见。

I -- I -- I remember how my mother would bring us to chapel on Sundays and my father used to wait outside.

我——我——我记得周日我母亲会带我们去教堂，而我父亲常常在外面等着。

One of the things that I picked up from my father and my mother was the sense that religion often gets in the way of God; for me, at least, it got in the way -- seeing what religious people, in the name of God, did to my native land.

我从父母那里学到的一件事是，宗教经常妨碍上帝；宗教常常妨碍上帝。至少对我来说，它妨碍了我——看看宗教人士以上帝的名义对我的祖国做了什么。

And even in this country, seeing God's second-hand car salesmen on their TV cable channels offering indulgences for cash.

即使在这个国家，也能在有线电视频道上看到上帝的二手车推销员以现金换取优惠。

In fact, all over the world -- seeing the self-righteous "roll down like a mighty stream," from certain corners of the religious establishment.

事实上，在世界各地——看到自以为是的人“像一股强大的溪流一样从宗教机构的某些角落滚落下来”。

I must confess, I changed the channel.

我必须承认，我换了频道。

I wanted my MTV.

我想要我的 MTV。

So, even though I was a believer, and -- and perhaps because I was a believer, I was cynical -- not about God, but about God's politics.

所以，尽管我是一个信徒，而且——也许因为我是一个信徒，我很愤世嫉俗——不是关于上帝，而是关于上帝的政治。

(There you are, Jim.) In 1997, a couple of eccentric septuagenarian Christians -- British, as it happens -- went and ruined my shtick, my reproachfulness.

（吉姆，你就是这样。） 1997 年，一对古怪的七十多岁的基督徒——碰巧是英国人——去毁了我的伎俩，毁了我的自责。

They did it by describing the Millennium, the year 2000, as a Jubilee year; described this year as an opportunity to cancel the chronic debts of the world's poorest people.

他们通过将千禧年（2000 年）描述为禧年来做到这一点；称今年是取消世界最贫困人口长期债务的机会。

They had the audacity to renew the Lord's call and were joined by Pope John Paul II, who, from Irish half-Catholic's point of view, may have had a little more of a direct line to the Almighty.

他们大胆地重申了主的召唤，并得到了教皇约翰·保罗二世的加入，从爱尔兰半天主教徒的角度来看，教皇可能与全能者有更多的直接联系。

But they got together to declare the Year of Jubilee.

但他们聚在一起宣布禧年。

It's a "Jubilee." Why "Jubilee?" What was this year of Jubilee, this year of our Lord's favor?

这是一个“禧年”。为什么是“禧年”？今年的禧年、我们主恩宠的一年是什么？

I�d -- I'd always read the Scriptures, actually, even the obscure stuff.

事实上，我总是读圣经，甚至是晦涩难懂的东西。

There it was in Leviticus 25:35: "If your brother becomes poor," the Scriptures say, "and cannot maintain himself, you shall maintain him.

利未记 25 章 35 节说：“如果你的弟兄穷了，不能养活自己，你就应当养养他。

You shall not lend him your money at interest, not give him your food for profit."

你不可以借钱给他取利，也不可以为了利益而给他食物。”

This is such an important idea, Jubilee, that this is how Jesus begins his ministry.

这是一个非常重要的想法，禧年，耶稣就是这样开始他的事工的。

Jesus is a young man; he�s met with the rabbis; he's impressed everybody; people are talking.

耶稣是个年轻人；他会见了拉比们；他给每个人留下了深刻的印象；人们在说话。

The elders say, he�s a clever guy, this Jesus, but -- you know -- he hasn�t done much public speaking.

长辈们说，他是个聪明人，这个耶稣，但是——你知道——他没有做过太多公开演讲。

When he does, his first words are from Isaiah: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me," he says, "because He has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor." And Jesus proclaims the year of the Lord�s favor, the year of Jubilee.

当他这样做时，他的第一句话来自以赛亚：“主的灵在我身上，”他说，“因为他用膏膏我向穷人传好消息。”耶稣宣告了主的恩惠之年，即禧年。

I think that's Luke 4[:18].

我认为那是路加福音 4[:18]。

What he was really talking about was an era of grace -- and we�re still in it.

他真正谈论的是一个恩典时代——而我们仍然处于其中。

So fast-forward 2,000 years.

快进 2000 年。

That same thought, grace, is now incarnate in a movement of all kinds of people.

同样的思想，恩典，现在体现在各种各样的人的运动中。

It wasn�t a bless-me club.

这不是一个祝福我的俱乐部。

It wasn�t a holy huddle.

这不是一个神圣的聚会。

These religious guys were willing to get out in the streets, get their boots dirty, wave the placards, follow their convictions with actions, making it really hard for people like me to keep our distance -- ruining my shtick.

这些宗教人士愿意走上街头，弄脏靴子，挥舞标语牌，用行动遵循他们的信念，这让像我这样的人很难保持距离——毁了我的伎俩。

I almost started to like these church people.

我几乎开始喜欢这些教会的人了。

But then my cynicism got another helping hand.

但后来我的愤世嫉俗得到了另一只帮手。

It was a -- It was Colin Powell, a five-star general, called the greatest W.M.D.

这是科林·鲍威尔，一位五星级将军，被称为最伟大的大规模杀伤性武器。

[Weapon of Mass Destruction] of them all: a tiny little virus called A.I.D.S.

[大规模杀伤性武器] 其中包括：一种名为 A.I.D.S. 的微小病毒。

And the religious community, in large part, missed it.

而宗教界在很大程度上错过了这一点。

And the ones that didn�t miss it could only see it as divine retribution for bad behavior -- even on children, even if the fastest growing group of HIV infections were married, faithful women.

而那些没有错过的人只能将其视为对不良行为的神圣报应——即使是对儿童，即使增长最快的艾滋病毒感染群体是已婚、忠诚的女性。

Ah, there they go.

啊，他们走了。

Judgmentalism is back, I thought to myself.

我心想，评判主义又回来了。

But in truth, I was wrong again.

但事实上，我又错了。

The Church was slow but the Church got busy on this the leprosy of our age.

教会进展缓慢，但教会却忙于应对我们这个时代的麻风病。

Moving people of all kinds to work with others they had never met, never would have cared to meet.

让形形色色的人与他们素未谋面、也永远不会愿意见面的人一起工作。

They had conservative church groups hanging out with spokesmen from the gay community, all singing off the same hymn sheet on AIDS.

他们有保守的教会团体与同性恋群体的发言人一起闲逛，所有人都唱着同一张关于艾滋病的赞美诗。

See, miracles do happen.

看吧，奇迹确实会发生。

And we had hip-hop stars and country stars.

我们有嘻哈明星和乡村明星。

This is what happens when God gets on the move: crazy, crazy stuff happens.

这就是当上帝行动时会发生的事情：疯狂、疯狂的事情发生。

Popes were seen wearing sunglasses!

有人看到教皇戴着墨镜！

Jesse Helms had a ghetto blaster now!

杰西·赫尔姆斯现在拥有了贫民窟爆破枪！

Evidence of the Spirit moving.

圣灵运行的证据。

It was really -- it was breathtaking.

这真的是令人叹为观止。

It literally stopped the world in its tracks.

它确实让世界停止了前进的脚步。

When churches start demonstrating on debt, governments listened -- and acted.

当教会开始就债务问题进行示威时，政府会倾听并采取行动。

When churches started organizing, petitioning, and even that most unholy of acts today, God forbid, lobbying on AIDS and global health, governments listened -- and acted.

当教会开始组织、请愿，甚至是今天最邪恶的行为（上帝禁止），就艾滋病和全球健康问题进行游说时，政府都倾听并采取行动。

I�m here today in all humility to say: you changed minds; you changed policy; and you changed the world.

今天我在这里谦虚地说：你们改变了主意；你们改变了主意；你们改变了主意。您改变了政策；你改变了世界。

So, thank you.

所以，谢谢你。

Check Judaism.

检查犹太教。

Check Islam.

检查伊斯兰教。

Check pretty much anyone.

检查几乎任何人。

I mean, God may well be with us in our mansions on the hill.

我的意思是，上帝很可能在我们山上的豪宅里与我们同在。

I hope so.

我希望如此。

He may -- may well be with us in all manner of controversial stuff.

他可能——很可能在各种有争议的事情上与我们站在一起。

Maybe, maybe not.

也许，也许不是。

But the one thing we can all agree -- all faiths, all ideologies -- is that God is with the vulnerable and poor.

但我们所有人——所有信仰、所有意识形态——都可以同意的一件事是，上帝与弱势和穷人同在。

God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house.

上帝就在贫民窟里，在穷人过家家的纸板箱里。

God is in the silence of a mother who has infected her child with a virus that will end both their lives.

上帝在一位母亲的沉默中，她让她的孩子感染了一种病毒，最终结束了他们的生命。

God is in the cries heard under the rubble of war.

战争废墟下传来上帝的呼喊声。

God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them.

上帝就在浪费的机会和生命的废墟中，如果我们与他们同在，上帝就会与我们同在。

If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and the speaking of wickedness, and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then your light will rise in darkness and your gloom will become like midday and the Lord will continually guide you and satisfy your desire even in scorched places.

如果你除去你们中间的轭、指指点点和恶言恶语，如果你将自己奉献给饥饿的人，满足受苦之人的愿望，那么你的光就会在黑暗中升起，你的忧郁就会变得像正午，主会不断地引导你，即使在焦灼的地方也能满足你的愿望。

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It�s not a coincidence that in the Scriptures, poverty is mentioned more than 2,100 times.

圣经中提到贫穷超过 2,100 次，这并非巧合。

It�s not an accident.

这并非偶然。

That�s a lot of air time.

这是很多的播出时间。

You know, the only time Jesus Christ is judgmental is on the subject of the poor.

你知道，耶稣基督唯一的审判是针对穷人。

"As you have done it unto the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me." [I] believe that's Matthew 25:40 .

“正如你对我的兄弟中最小的一个所做的那样，你也是对我做的。” [我]相信那是马太福音25:40。

Here�s some good news for you, Mr. President.

总统先生，这里有一些好消息要告诉您。

After 9/11, we were told America would have no time for the world�s poor.

9/11 事件之后，我们被告知美国将没有时间照顾世界上的穷人。

We were told America would be taken up with its own problems of safety.

我们被告知美国将处理自己的安全问题。

And it�s true these are dangerous times, but America has not drawn the blinds and double-locked the doors.

确实，现在是危险的时期，但美国并没有拉上百叶窗，把门锁上。

In fact, you have doubled aid to Africa.

事实上，你们对非洲的援助增加了一倍。

You have tripled funding for the global health -- for global health.

你们为全球健康提供了三倍的资金——为了全球健康。

And Mr. President, your emergency plan for AIDS relief and support of the Global Fund -- you and Congress -- has put 700,000 people onto life-saving anti-retroviral drugs and provided eight million bed nets to protect children from malaria.

总统先生，您的艾滋病紧急救援计划以及您和国会对全球基金的支持，已经为 70 万人提供了救命的抗逆转录病毒药物，并提供了 800 万张蚊帐来保护儿童免受疟疾的侵害。

Outstanding human achievements.

人类的杰出成就。

Counterintuitive, I think you'll admit, but -- but -- but historic.

我想你会承认这违反直觉，但是——但是——但是历史性的。

You should be very, very proud.

你应该非常非常自豪。

But here�s the bad news.

但这是坏消息。

There�s so much more to do.

还有很多事情要做。

There is a gigantic chasm between the scale of the emergency and the scale of the response.

紧急情况的规模和响应的规模之间存在着巨大的鸿沟。

And finally, getting to higher levels, higher callings: This is not about charity in the end, is it?

最后，达到更高的层次，更高的使命：这最终与慈善无关，不是吗？

It�s about justice.

这是关于正义的。

The good news yet to come.

好消息尚未到来。

I just want to repeat that: This is not about charity, it�s about justice.

我只是想重复一遍：这不是慈善，而是正义。

And that�s too bad.

那太糟糕了。

Because we�re good at charity.

因为我们擅长慈善。

Americans, Irish people, are good at charity.

美国人、爱尔兰人都擅长慈善事业。

We like to give, and we give a lot, even those who can�t afford it.

我们喜欢奉献，而且奉献很多，即使是那些无力承担的人。

But justice is a higher standard.

但正义是一个更高的标准。

Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice; it makes a farce of our idea of equality.

非洲愚弄了我们的正义观念；它使我们的平等观念变成了一场闹剧。

It mocks our pieties; it doubts our concern, and it questions our commitment.

它嘲笑我们的虔诚；它质疑我们的担忧，质疑我们的承诺。

Six and a half thousand Africans are still dying every day of preventable, treatable disease, for lack of drugs we can buy at any drug store.

由于缺乏我们可以在任何药店购买的药物，每天仍有六千名非洲人死于可预防、可治疗的疾病。

This is not about charity: This is about Justice and Equality.

这与慈善无关：这是正义与平等的问题。

Because there's no way we can look at what�s happening in Africa and, if we're honest, conclude that deep down, we would let it happen anywhere else -- if we really accepted that Africans are equal to us.

因为我们不可能看到非洲正在发生的事情，如果我们诚实的话，我们会在内心深处得出这样的结论：如果我们真的接受非洲人与我们平等，我们就会让它发生在其他任何地方。

I say that humbled in the company of a man with an African father.

我说，在一个父亲是非洲人的人面前，我感到很谦卑。

Look what happened in South East Asia with the Tsunami.

看看东南亚海啸发生了什么。

150,000 lives lost to the misnomer of all misnomers, �mother nature�.

150,000 人因“大自然”这个误用词而丧生。

Well, in Africa, 150,000 lives are lost every month -- a tsunami every month.

嗯，在非洲，每个月都有 150,000 人丧生——每个月都会发生海啸。

And it�s a completely avoidable catastrophe.

这是一场完全可以避免的灾难。

It�s annoying but justice and equality are mates, aren�t they?

这很烦人，但正义和平等是一对，不是吗？

Justice always wants to hang out with equality.

正义总是希望与平等相处。

And equality is a real pain in the ass .

而平等确实是一件令人头疼的事情。

Seriously.

严重地。

I mean you think of these Jewish sheep-herders going to meet with the Pharaoh, mud on their shoes, and the Pharaoh goes, �Equal?

我的意思是，你会想到这些犹太牧羊人会见法老，他们的鞋子上沾满了泥，法老说：“平等？”

Equal?" And they say, "Yeah, that's what, that's what it says here in the Book, here.

平等吗？”他们说：“是的，就是这样，这就是书里所说的。

We're all made in the image of God, sir."

先生，我们都是按照上帝的形象创造的。”

Eventually the Pharaoh says, �Look, I can accept that.

最终法老说：“看，我可以接受。”

I mean, I can accept the Jews -- but not the blacks.

我的意思是，我可以接受犹太人——但不能接受黑人。

I mean, not the women.

我的意思是，不是女人。

Not the gays.

不是同性恋。

Not the Irish.

不是爱尔兰人。

No way.�

没办法。”

So on we go with the journey of equality.

因此，我们继续踏上平等之旅。

We hear that call in the ONE Campaign , a growing movement of more than two million Americans -- five million by the next election, I promise you -- united in the belief that where you live should no longer determine whether you live.

我们在 ONE 运动中听到了这一呼声，这是一场由超过 200 万美国人组成的日益壮大的运动——我向你保证，到下一次选举时将有 500 万美国人——团结一致，相信你居住的地方不应再决定你是否居住。

We hear that call even more powerfully today, and we mourn the loss of Coretta Scott King -- mother of a movement for equality, one that changed the world but is only really getting started, 'cause these issues are as alive as they ever were; they just change shape and they cross the seas.

今天，我们更加强烈地听到了这一呼声，我们哀悼科雷塔·斯科特·金（Coretta Scott King）的去世，她是一场平等运动的母亲，这场运动改变了世界，但才刚刚开始，因为这些问题一如既往地存在；它们只是改变形状，然后穿越海洋。

Preventing the poorest of the poor from selling their products while we sing the virtues of the free market, that's not charity: That�s a justice issue.

当我们歌颂自由市场的美德时，阻止最贫穷的人出售他们的产品，这不是慈善：这是一个正义问题。

Holding children to ransom for the debts of their grandparents, that's not charity: That�s a justice issue.

拿孩子来赎回祖父母的债务，这不是慈善事业：这是一个正义问题。

Withholding life-saving medicines out of deference to the Office of Patents, well that's not charity.

出于对专利局的尊重而扣留救生药物，这不是慈善事业。

To me, that�s a justice issue.

对我来说，这是一个正义问题。

And while the law is what we say it is, God is not silent on the subject.

虽然法律就是我们所说的那样，但上帝在这个问题上并没有保持沉默。

That�s why I say there�s laws of the land and then there's a higher standard.

这就是为什么我说有国家法律，然后有更高的标准。

And we can hire experts to write them so they benefit us, these laws, so that they say it�s okay to protect our agriculture but it�s not okay for African farmers to protect their agriculture, to earn a living.

我们可以聘请专家来编写这些法律，以便他们对我们有利，这样他们就可以说保护我们的农业可以，但非洲农民为了谋生而保护他们的农业是不行的。

As the laws of man are written, that�s what they say.

正如人类的法律所写的那样，这就是他们所说的。

But God will not accept that.

但上帝不会接受这一点。

Mine won�t.

我的不会。

I don't -- will yours?

我不——你会吗？

I close this morning on very thin -- thin ice, probably.

今天早上，我可能是如履薄冰地收盘。

This is a dangerous idea I�ve put on the table, here: my God versus your God, their God versus our God, versus no God.

这是一个危险的想法，我在这里提出：我的上帝与你的上帝，他们的上帝与我们的上帝，与无上帝。

It's very easy, in these times, to see religion as a force for division rather than unity.

在这个时代，人们很容易将宗教视为分裂而非团结的力量。

And this is a town -- Washington -- that knows something of division.

这是一个小镇——华盛顿——知道一些分裂。

But the reason I'm here, and the reason I keep coming back to Washington, is because this is a town that is proving it can come together on behalf of what the Scriptures call "the least of these." It's not a Republican idea.

但我来这里的原因，以及我不断回到华盛顿的原因，是因为这座小镇正在证明它可以代表圣经所说的“最小的”而团结在一起。这不是共和党的想法。

It's not a Democratic idea.

这不是民主党的想法。

It's not even, with all due respect, an American idea; nor it is unique to any one faith.

恕我直言，这甚至不是美国的想法。它也不是任何一种信仰所独有的。

"Do unto others as you would have them do to you." 2 Jesus says that.

“己所不欲，勿施于人。” 2 耶稣是这么说的。

Righteousness is this: that one should give away wealth out of love for Him to the near of kin and to the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and the beggars and for the emancipation of the captives .

正义是这样的：出于对上帝的爱，人们应该将财富布施给至亲、孤儿、贫困者、行路者和乞丐，并为了解放俘虏。

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Thus sayeth the Lord: Bring the homeless poor into the house, when you see the naked, cover him, then your light will break out -- then your light will be like the dawn and your recovery will be speedily and spring forth; then the Lord will be your rear guard.

主如此说：把无家可归的穷人带进屋里，当你看到赤身露体的人时，给他盖上衣服，然后你的光就会爆发——然后你的光就会像黎明一样，你的康复就会迅速而春天；那么主就会作你的后盾。

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The Jewish Scripture says that.

犹太教圣经是这么说的。

It's Isaiah 58 again.

又到了以赛亚书 58 章。

It's a powerful incentive: "The Lord will watch your back." Sounds like a good deal to me, especially right now.

这是一个强有力的激励：“主会保护你的。”对我来说听起来很划算，尤其是现在。

(Right?

（对吧？

The Lord will watch your back.

主会看顾你的背后。

[turning to President Bush] You like that.

[转向布什总统]你喜欢这样。

Okay.)

好的。）

A number of years ago, I met a wise man who changed my life -- in countless ways, big and small.

几年前，我遇到了一位智者，他以无数大大小小的方式改变了我的生活。

I was always seeking the Lord�s blessing.

我一直在寻求主的祝福。

I - I'd be saying, "Look, I've got a new song...Would you look out [for it].

我 - 我会说，“看，我有一首新歌......你能留意一下吗？

I have a family; I'm going away on tour -- please look after them.

我有一个家庭；我要去巡演——请照顾他们。

I have this crazy idea.

我有这个疯狂的想法。

Could I have a blessing on it."

我可以祝福它吗？”

And this wise man asked me to stop.

这位智者让我停下来。

He said, "Stop asking God to bless what you�re doing.

他说：“别再祈求上帝保佑你所做的事情了。

Get involved in what God is doing -- because it�s already blessed.

参与上帝正在做的事情——因为它已经受到祝福。

Well, let's get involved in what God is doing.

好吧，让我们参与到神正在做的事中来。

God, as I say, is always with the poor.

正如我所说，上帝永远与穷人同在。

That's what God is doing.

这就是神正在做的事。

That's what He�s calling us to do.

这就是他呼召我们去做的事。

I was amazed when I first got to this country and I learned how much some churchgoers tithe: up to ten percent of the family budget.

当我第一次来到这个国家时，我感到很惊讶，我了解到一些去教堂的人缴纳了多少什一税：高达家庭预算的百分之十。

I mean -- I -- I -- How does that compare with the federal budget, the budget for the entire American family?

我的意思是——我——我——这与联邦预算、整个美国家庭的预算相比如何？

How much of that goes to the poorest people in the world?

其中有多少流向了世界上最贫穷的人？

Well, it's less than one percent of the federal budget.

嗯，这还不到联邦预算的百分之一。

Mr. President, Congress, people of faith, people of America: I want to suggest to you today that you see the flow of effective foreign assistance as tithing; which, to be truly meaningful, will mean an additional one percent of the federal budget tithed to the poor.

总统先生、国会、有信仰的人们、美国人民：今天我想向你们建议，你们将有效的外国援助视为什一税；要真正有意义，这意味着将联邦预算的百分之一额外用于穷人。

And what is that one percent that we're asking for in the ONE campaign?

我们在 ONE 活动中要求的百分之一是多少？

It's not merely a number on a balance reader pulled out of the air.

它不仅仅是天平读数器上凭空拉出的数字。

One percent is the girl in Africa who gets to go to school, thanks to you.

感谢你们，百分之一的非洲女孩得以上学。

One percent is the AIDS patient who gets her medicine, thanks to you.

百分之一的艾滋病患者得到了药物，多亏了你们。

One percent is the African entrepreneur who can start a small family business, thanks to you.

百分之一的非洲企业家可以创办小型家族企业，这要归功于您。

One percent is not redecorating presidential palaces.

百分之一的人没有重新装修总统府。

One percent must not be -- or don't give it -- money down a rat hole.

百分之一的钱决不能——或者说不要把——钱投入到老鼠洞里。

This one percent is digging waterholes to provide clean water...like I saw with Bill Frist , there, in -- Where was it?

这百分之一的人正在挖水坑以提供干净的水……就像我在比尔·弗里斯特那里看到的那样——在哪里？

-- Uganda.

——乌干达。

One percent is a new partnership with Africa, not paternalism towards Africa; a new partnership with Africa, where increased assistance flows toward improved governance and initiatives with proven track records and away from the boondoggles and white elephants that we've seen before.

百分之一是与非洲建立新的伙伴关系，而不是对非洲的家长式作风；与非洲建立新的伙伴关系，增加援助流向改善治理和采取有良好记录的举措，而不是我们以前看到的无用功和白象。

America gives less than one percent now.

美国现在的捐款还不到百分之一。

We're asking for an extra one percent to change the world, to transform millions of lives, but not just that -- and I say this to the military men now -- not just transform hundreds of thousands, indeed millions, of communities, but transform the way they see us, which might be smart in these dangerous times.

我们要求额外的百分之一来改变世界，改变数百万人的生活，但不仅如此——我现在对军人说这一点——不仅改变数十万，实际上是数百万个社区，而且改变他们看待我们的方式，这在这个危险时期可能是明智的。

One percent is national security.

百分之一是国家安全。

One percent is enlightened economic self-interest, and a better safer world rolled into one.

百分之一是开明的经济自身利益，一个更美好、更安全的世界融为一体。

Sounds to me that in this town of deals and compromises, one percent is the best bargain around.

在我看来，在这个充满交易和妥协的城市，百分之一是最好的讨价还价。

(President Bush off-mic: Good job, Bono.

（布什总统在麦克风外：干得好，波诺。

Awesome.)

太棒了。）

Book/CDs by Michael E.

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Eidenmuller, Published by McGraw-Hill (2008) 1 Isaiah 58:9-11

艾登米勒 (Eidenmuller)，麦格劳-希尔 (McGraw-Hill) 出版 (2008) 1 以赛亚书 58:9-11

See also : ONE Campaign Video to End Poverty

另请参阅：一个消除贫困的运动视频

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American Rhetoric.

美国修辞学。

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Eidenmuller.

艾登米勒。