巴拉克·奥巴马将北爱尔兰的《贝尔法斯特协议》誉为“光辉典范”，说明如何解决以色列-哈马斯战争等激烈冲突。
Barack Obama held up Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement as a “shining example” of how to resolve bitter conflicts such as the Israel-Hamas war.
这位前美国总统在周二访问贝尔法斯特时，将北爱尔兰的“麻烦时期”与加沙战争进行类比，警告称，分裂的加深和态度的硬化使实现持久和平的工作变得越来越困难。
The former US president drew parallels between the Troubles and the war in Gaza as he visited Belfast on Tuesday, warning that deepening divisions and hardening attitudes made work towards lasting peace increasingly difficult.
在贝尔法斯特O2竞技场座无虚席的观众面前，奥巴马先生表示，鉴于“加沙发生的事情的后果以及以色列所发生的政治变化的性质”，他“在短期内没有我想象中那么乐观”。
Speaking to a packed audience at Belfast’s O2 arena, Mr Obama said he was “not as hopeful as I want to be in the short term” given the “aftermath of what’s happened in Gaza and the nature of political changes that have taken place in Israel”.
他指出，以色列内部右翼力量的“加强”、定居者运动的扩张以及“西岸事实的不断变化”正在削弱人们对和平的希望。
The “strengthening of Right-wing forces inside of Israel”, the expansion of the settler movement and “the constant changing of the facts on the West Bank” were diminishing hopes for peace, he argued.
“我认为，以色列内部在10月7日之后态度的硬化意味着，我们可能必须先为加沙人民实现真正的暴力停止和救济，然后才能甚至谈论……持久和平，”奥巴马先生说。
“I think the hardening of attitudes inside of Israel after October 7 means that we have to probably work for a genuine cessation of violence and relief for the people of Gaza as a step then to even talk about ... long-lasting peace,” Mr Obama said.
这位前美国总统从贝尔法斯特女王大学获得荣誉学位。奥巴马先生将以色列人和巴勒斯坦人之间冲突的根源所造成的分裂，与北爱尔兰在“麻烦时期”所经历的分裂进行了比较，当时三十年的宗派暴力导致超过3500人死亡。
The former US president received an honorary degree from Queen’s University Belfast Mr Obama compared the divisions fuelling the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians to those that plagued Northern Ireland during the Troubles, when three decades of sectarian violence claimed more than 3,500 lives.
他将此类冲突背后的力量描述为一种“部落的、基本的、不可原谅的分裂”，警告说，不满可能会变得如此根深蒂固，以至于每一方都不再承认另一方的人性。“它一旦爆发就是一种疯狂，”奥巴马先生说。
Describing the forces behind such conflicts as a “tribal, elemental, unforgiving divide”, he warned that grievances could become so entrenched that each side ceased to recognise the humanity of the other. “It’s a sort of madness once it breaks out,” Mr Obama said.
“而且，双方的不满感会自我强化，以至于‘我甚至看不见那个其他人’，并且它会为任何事情辩护。”但他指出，1998年的《贝尔法斯特协议》帮助结束了北爱尔兰的动荡，这证明即使看似无法调和的分裂也能够被克服。
“And the sense of grievance on either side feeds on itself to the point where, ‘I cannot even see that other person’, and it will justify anything.”But he pointed to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which helped bring an end to unrest in Northern Ireland, as proof that even seemingly intractable divisions could be overcome.
“《贝尔法斯特协议》的达成不仅仅是因为人们厌倦了暴力、因疲惫而求和，”奥巴马先生说。
“The Good Friday Agreement came about not just because of exhaustion and people being weary of violence,” Mr Obama said.
“它也是——有人开始想象更美好的事物，他们以一种不同的方式看待自己和彼此。”他敦促人们不要放弃希望，并“坚持我们可以比现在做得更好”，他在谈到在全球动荡时期努力实现和平时这样说。
“It was also – somebody started imagining something better, and they saw themselves and each other in a different kind of way.”He urged people not to abandon hope and to “insist that we can do better than we’re doing right now” as he spoke about striving for peace at a time of global instability.
奥巴马先生说：“人们有时会问我，我怎么还能保持希望。这是一种断言。这是一种实践。这是我在说：这就是我更倾向于过的生活方式。
Mr Obama said: “People ask me sometimes how I can still be hopeful. It’s an assertion. It’s a practice. It is me saying: this is how I prefer to live.
“我将假设人们心怀善意。我将愿意承认自己的不足，并思考我如何能变得更好。“我将坚持我们可以比现在做得更好。
“I am going to assume the best in people. I am going to be willing to recognise my own flaws and consider how I can be better. “I’m going to insist that we can do better than we’re doing right now.
“我们内心有一种东西，能够认识自己和他人，它既有向善的冲动，也有向恶的冲动，而我知道在这场较量中我想站在哪一边。我会为之奋斗，即使我不总是认为它会获胜。”早在周二访问该城市期间，奥巴马先生在接受贝尔法斯特女王大学荣誉博士学位时，赞扬了北爱尔兰在和平进程中的进步。
“And there’s something in us that recognises ourselves and others, that has an impulse towards kindness, but also an impulse towards cruelty, and I know which side of that contest I want to be on. And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.”Earlier in his visit to the city on Tuesday, Mr Obama praised Northern Ireland’s progress towards peace as he accepted an honorary doctorate from Queen’s University Belfast.
奥巴马先生鼓励贝尔法斯特的学生继续建设和平的未来。他对女王大学的学生说：“《贝尔法斯特协议》仍然是一个光辉的例子，说明当人们放下旧伤、选择和平时，可以发生什么。
Mr Obama encouraged students in Belfast to continue building a peaceful future He told students at Queen’s: “The Good Friday Agreement is still a shining example of what can happen when people put aside old wounds and choose peace.
“但正如我们在许多国家所看到的，包括在我祖国美国，和平与民主并非必然。它们必须一次又一次地被选择。”
“But as we have seen in many countries, including in my home country the United States, peace and democracy are not inevitable. They have to be chosen, again and again.”