Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.
双方都不愿战争；但一方宁愿发动战争，也不让国家继续存在；另一方宁愿接受战争，也不让国家灭亡。于是战争到来了。
Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding.
双方都没有料到战争会达到如今这样的规模和持续时间。双方都曾期待更容易的胜利，以及不那么根本、也不那么惊人的结果。
The Almighty has His own purposes. Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.
全能者有他自己的旨意。世人因过犯而有祸；过犯固然必然来到，但使过犯来到的那个人也有祸。
With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in.
不怨恨任何人，以仁爱对待所有人；上帝使我们看见正义，我们就坚定地守住正义；让我们继续努力，完成我们正在进行的事业。
To bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves.
医治国家的创伤；照料那些为战争承担苦难的人、他们的遗孀和孤儿；尽我们所能，在我们之间实现并珍惜公正而持久的和平。