So, I'm not here this afternoon as a Republican, nor as a Democrat.

所以，今天下午我既不是作為共和黨人，也不是作為民主黨人來到這裡。

Not as a Mason, nor as an Elk.

不是共濟會員，也不是麋鹿。

Not as a Protestant, nor a Catholic.

不是新教徒，也不是天主教徒。

Not as a Christian, nor a Jew.

不是基督徒，也不是猶太人。

Not as a Baptist, nor a Methodist.

不是浸信會教徒，也不是衛理公會教徒。

In fact, not even as an American.

事實上，即使作為美國人也不例外。

Because if I was an American, the problem that confronts our people today wouldn't even exist. So, I have to stand here today as what I was when I was born: a black man.

因為如果我是一個美國人，我們的人民今天所面臨的問題就根本不會存在。是以，我今天必須以我出生時的身份站在這裡：一個黑人。

Before there was any such thing as a Republican or a Democrat, we were black.

在共和黨和民主黨出現之前，我們就是黑人。

Before there was any such thing as a Mason or an Elk, we were black.

在沒有共濟會或麋鹿會之前，我們就是黑人。

Before there was any such thing as a Jew or a Christian, we were black people.

在猶太人或基督徒出現之前，我們就是黑人。

In fact, before there was any such place as America, we were black.

事實上，在美國出現之前，我們就是黑人。

And after America has long passed from the scene, there will still be black people. I'm going to tell you like it really is.

在美國消失很久之後，仍然會有黑人存在。我要告訴你事情的真相。

Every election year, these politicians are sent up here to pacify us.

每到選舉年，這些政客就會被派到這裡來安撫我們。

They're sent here and set up here by the white man.

他們是被白人派到這裡來的。

This is what they do.

這就是他們的工作。

They send drugs in Harlem, down here to pacify us.

他們把毒品運到哈林區，在這裡安撫我們。

They send alcohol down here to pacify us.

他們把酒送到這裡來安撫我們。

They send prostitution down here to pacify us.

他們派妓女來這裡安撫我們。

Why, you can't even get drugs in Harlem without the white man's permission.

沒有白人的允許，在哈林區連毒品都買不到。

You can't get prostitution in Harlem without the white man's permission.

在哈林區，沒有白人的允許，你是無法賣淫的。

You can't get gambling in Harlem without the white man's permission.

沒有白人的允許，在哈林區是不能賭博的。

Every time you break the seal on that liquor bottle, that's a government seal you're breaking. Oh, I say it and I say it again, you've been had.

你每次破壞酒瓶上的封條，就是在破壞政府的封條。哦，我說過了，我再說一遍，你被騙了。

You've been took.

你被抓走了

You've been hoodwinked, bamboozled, led astray, run amok.

你們被矇蔽了，被欺騙了，被引入歧途了，被肆意妄為了。

This is what he does.

這就是他的工作。