Universal Declaration of Human Rights§
The United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. It is the most translated document in the world, which makes it a good first long text for any language. This translation was made from the English and checked against the French, which is equally official.
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Some ideas in the declaration don't have a single word in Apupiwe yet, so they are described. Religion is lite pi nosen "the way of God", a court is pu pi wabun "a place of law", and the United Nations is funti pi gigin la "the group of countries".
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kemin pi sogan pi ewo we§
tuko pi kemin§
ewo mesun pi yonyo pi ewo we ibe bawe pi ewo gi wan gun ewo. ewo we fe ibe sogan kige. go mu lenu yidu bu la se wan. mon fowo minwe, yinki pi enpa gun wun ewo we tayu tan. ben fe gun yinki pi kidun, yen gun yinki pi bonwi.
Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
ewo la mu dundi sogan pi ewo. wan la fe bebu bu la. gi tan, wan la sin muge musu bi yomo. gi ewo we lugo musu upe yen musu yomo, musu tan la muge bonko wan la. ewo la ganin wun fowo minwe lewe upe. mon fowo tan, go oyi enpa, yen ibe ge pume feko enpa. mon bu, go fe mu nuta, yen ibe tonya. ganin tan gun ke tisan se we, yen ewo bo sin iko ben tun ewo we.
Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,
lula pi wabun keya kuwi sogan pi ewo li ewo la mu keya migi lula yomo pi no wungu. migi tan gun lite fugi.
Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,
ewo we keya yema li gigin la lewe sonu pi nen nen.
Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations,
mon kemin pi funti pi gigin la, ewo la pi funti tan sin oyi moti wun sun gewan sogan bawe pi ewo, yen sun gewan bawe pi ewo, yen sun gewan wun lowu yen futa ibe sogan kige. wan la fe sin waka yema li ewo we guge. wan la fe sin waka yema li ewo we nume ke upe. wan la fe sin waka yema li ewo we ibe enpa ke feli.
Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,
gigin la pi funti pi gigin la sin oyi "de din doku gan funti pi gigin la li ewo we dundi sogan pi ewo yen enpa bawe. de din fe doku gan bu li ewo we kuwi bu la."
Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co‐operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
lafi kige pi sogan tan la gun ke bawe se we li gigin la lenu muge minwe ge oyi ben.
Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,
gi tan, fanmu pi funti pi gigin la iko kemin pi sogan pi ewo we tun ewo we. ewo la we yen gigin we ibe kemin tan fu ge momu kige. so ewo mesun yen funti mesun pi ewo we imu kemin tan nin muyi we. so wan la walo gan tofo li go ke dundi sogan tan la. gan doku man guge mon gigin pi nen, so wan la fe walo li ewo we tayu sogan tan la. so gigin la fe doku gan nen nen li tan. so ewo we kuwi feko sogan tan la mon gigin la pi funti pi gigin la. so ewo we fe kuwi bu la mon kemu man gigin tan la wungu.
Now, therefore, The General Assembly Proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.
wabun pi 1§
ewo we tuko nume gan enpa, yen ibe bawe kige yen sogan kige. wan la lenu pume, yen lenu lugo musu upe yen musu yomo. wan la keya muge nen nen fu faba la.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
wabun pi 2§
go ibe sogan we pi kemin tan. musu fa kubo tan. niki pi ewo lu niki pi unne lu lowu lu futa lu apu lu lite pi nosen lu gigin lu funti man wan obu se, mu kubo tan. musu pi wan lu tuko nume pi wan lu musu eni lu ge pume pi wungu lu ge pume eni, fe mu kubo tan.
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
pi gigin pi wan lu kemu pi wan, don bu gun enpa, lu gigin eni wungu bu, lu bu mu wungu nen, lu bu ibe lula ke uyo fu lite eni, lula pi bu fe mu kubo tan.
Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non‐self‐governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
wabun pi 3§
pata yen enpa yen sonli gun sogan pi go.
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and the security of person.
wabun pi 4§
go mu gun efon yonnu ewo li doku mu enpa. go fe mu gun efon ibe ewo, lu bika ewo, lu koda ewo. tan gun feko li niki mesun.
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
wabun pi 5§
go mu gun efon muge bi wekun go gan momu. go fe mu gun efon muge go bi yomo, lu muge go mu fu ewo, lu muge go fu musu. tan gun feko wi li wekun pi wabun.
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
wabun pi 6§
mon kemu we, go ibe sogan li gun ewo li wabun.
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
wabun pi 7§
ewo we gun kige li wabun, yen ibe sogan li wabun la kuwi kige wan la. ewo we fe ibe sogan li wabun la kuwi kige wan la se ewo man mu muge wan la kige fu kemin tan mu efon. wan la fe ibe sogan li wabun la kuwi wan la se ewo man walo li ewo eni muge ben.
All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.
wabun pi 8§
don ewo bo alun sogan bawe man wabun eni lu wabun bawe pi gigin neke yi, yi ibe sogan li pu pi wabun pi gigin o muge upe ben.
Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.
wabun pi 9§
don wabun denku mu efon, go mu gun efon yidu go, lu yonnu go, lu muge kusa go se gigin pi wan.
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
wabun pi 10§
don pu pi wabun la waka fu sogan pi wan yen ge keya pi wan, lu waka wun min wan sin alun wabun, wan ibe sogan li pu pi wabun la doma kidun wan. pu pi wabun la keya doma wan nin ewo we lenu nagu. pu la tan pi wabun keya gun kige li we, yen keya gun enpa. tan gun kige li ewo we.
Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.
wabun pi 11§
1. don ewo bo oyi wun yi sin alun wabun, wabun la keya muge yi fu ewo man mu alun bu. tan gun feko anko pu pi wabun la wuye wun yi sin alun bu. pu pi wabun la keya wuye ben fu wabun mon doma man ewo we lenu nagu. mon doma tan, bu la keya neke yi musu we man yi wupi li kuwi nen.
1. Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
2. don go sin muge musu bo lu mu muge musu bo, yen wabun pi gigin efon ben mon muyi ben, yen wabun lifin pi gigin la fe efon ben mon muyi ben, pu pi wabun la keya mu oyi wun wan sin alun wabun. pu pi wabun la fe keya mu neke wan wekun ke gogo se wekun man wabun efon mon muyi ben.
2. No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.
wabun pi 12§
pi ewo mesun, don wabun denku mu efon, ewo eni mu gun efon inwa pata kunsu pi wan, lu inwa yonyo pi wan, lu inwa guyi pi wan, lu inwa ge sege pi wan. ewo eni fe mu gun efon alun dundi pi wan, lu alun suso upe pi wan. go ibe sogan li wabun la kuwi wan se ben.
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
wabun pi 13§
1. go ibe sogan li kobi enpa mon bese pi gigin man wan piyi mon. wan fe ibe sogan li nume enpa mon bese pi bu.
1. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State.
2. go ibe sogan li kusa gigin mesun yen wi gigin pi nen. wan fe ibe sogan li sigo tun gigin pi nen.
2. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
wabun pi 14§
1. go ibe sogan li ditun pu sonli mon gigin eni, don ewo la fesun wan li muge wekun wan. wan fe ibe sogan li nume mon pu sonli tan.
1. Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
2. don ewo bo oyi wun yi sin alun wabun, yen ukun feko pi ben gun wun yi sin alun wabun, yen alun tan mu gun fu wungu, yi mu lenu bone sogan tan. don ewo bo oyi wun yi sin muge musu bo, yen ukun feko pi ben gun wun musu tan ninsu ge momu pi funti pi gigin la, lu ninsu gason bawe pi bu, yi fe mu lenu bone sogan tan.
2. This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non‐political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
wabun pi 15§
1. go ibe sogan li gun ewo pi gigin bo.
1. Everyone has the right to a nationality.
2. don wabun denku mu efon, go mu gun efon yidu sogan man wan ibe li gun ewo pi gigin pi nen, lu yidu sogan man wan ibe li lewe ewo pi gigin eni.
2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.
wabun pi 16§
1. don lowu lu futa sin guge, wan ibe sogan li bedan. wan fe ibe sogan li tuko yonyo. wan la ibe sogan tan la nuwen bamo man gun fu niki pi ewo lu gigin lu lite pi nosen. lowu yen futa ibe sogan kige li bedan. wan la fe ibe sogan kige nin bedan. wan la fe ibe sogan kige mon fugi pi bedan.
1. Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.
2. ewo sa lenu bedan na don wan la nen tayu enpa yen minwe.
2. Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
3. yonyo gun funti meli man muwo gi go gun ewo. bu gun yinki pi ewo we, yen ibe sogan li ewo we yen gigin kuwi bu.
3. The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
wabun pi 17§
1. go ibe sogan li ibe musu nuwen ewo eni. wan fe ibe sogan li ibe musu gan ewo eni.
1. Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
2. don wabun denku mu efon, go mu gun efon yidu musu pi wan se wan.
2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.
wabun pi 18§
go ibe sogan li pume enpa. pi upe yen yomo, wan fe ibe sogan li pume enpa. wan fe ibe sogan li ibe enpa lite pi nosen lu ge pume feko. sogan tan fe gun sogan li kubo lite pi nosen lu ge pume feko. wan fe ibe sogan li wuye enpa lite pi nosen lu ge pume feko. wan lenu muge ben nuwen ewo eni. wan fe lenu muge ben gan ewo eni. wan lenu muge ben mon kemu kunsu, lu muge ben mon kemu mu kunsu. tofo yen muge yen dundi nosen yen kuwi gun lite pi wuye bu la.
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
wabun pi 19§
go ibe sogan li ibe enpa ge pume, yen ibe sogan li oyi enpa. sogan tan fe gun sogan li ewo eni mu muge wan yomo gi wan pume musu bo. pi gason yen ge iko, sogan tan fe gun wun wan lenu ditun bu la, yen lenu dunu bu la, yen lenu peton bu la. wan lenu muge tan gan du iko we. lifin pi gigin la mu bamo ben.
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
wabun pi 20§
1. go ibe sogan li fanmu enpa gan bonwi. wan fe ibe sogan li selo funti gan bonwi. wan fe ibe sogan li inwa enpa funti.
1. Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
2. go mu keya inwa funti. ewo eni mu gun efon oyi wun wan keya inwa funti bo.
2. No one may be compelled to belong to an association.
wabun pi 21§
1. go ibe sogan li wungu gigin pi nen gan ewo eni. wan nen lenu muge tan, lu no wungu man go waka enpa, lenu muge tan li wan.
1. Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.
2. go ibe sogan kige li inwa doku man yema ewo we pi gigin pi wan.
2. Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country.
3. lula pi no wungu la keya obu se ge momu pi ewo la pi gigin. ewo la keya lenu wuye ge momu tan gan waka feko pi no wungu la. waka tan keya muwo moti moti. nin waka tan, ewo we ibe sogan kige li waka. go keya lenu waka kunsu, lu keya lenu waka fu lite eni man gun enpa fu ben.
3. The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.
wabun pi 22§
go gun fi pi ewo we, yen ibe sogan li dunu yema se ewo we. wan fe ibe sogan man gun fu nimo. wan fe ibe sogan man gun fu ewo we. wan fe ibe sogan man gun fu lite pi nume pi funti. wan wupi bu la li kuwi bawe pi nen. wan fe wupi bu la li guge enpa. gigin pi wan doku li tan, yen gigin la doku gan nen nen li tan. gigin mesun doku li tan fu yile pi nen yen musu pi nen yen nimo pi nen.
Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co‐operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.
wabun pi 23§
1. go ibe sogan li doku. wan fe ibe sogan li waka enpa doku pi nen. wan fe ibe sogan li doku man gun kidun yen upe. wan fe ibe sogan li gigin kuwi wan se mu ibe doku.
1. Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
2. don ewo la doku kige, wan la ibe sogan li nimo kige. tan gun kige li we.
2. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.
3. ewo man doku, ibe sogan li nimo man gun kidun yen upe. wan yen yonyo pi wan keya lenu nume gan bawe pi ewo gan nimo tan. don wan wupi bu, ewo we yen gigin fe keya yema wan fu lite eni.
3. Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.
4. go ibe sogan li selo funti pi no doku la gan ewo eni. wan fe ibe sogan li inwa funti pi no doku la. wan lenu muge tan li kuwi upe pi nen.
4. Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.
wabun pi 24§
go ibe sogan li yenbo. wan fe ibe sogan li ibe muyi enpa. tan fe gun wun wan mu keya doku awuwa bi feli. tan fe gun wun wan ibe dili enpa gan nimo moti moti.
Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.
wabun pi 25§
1. go yen yonyo pi wan ibe sogan li ibe tonya li pata upe. tan fe gun wun wan la ibe tonya li gawo upe. tan fe gun wun wan la ibe pasu yen lonne yen guyi. tan fe gun wun ewo we yen gigin yema wan la nin wan la simi. tan fe gun wun ewo we yen gigin yema wan la nin wan la wupi bu. don wan mu ibe doku, lu gun simi, lu mu lenu doku, lu gun pani, lu ofin pi wan sin kono, lu mu ibe tonya fu lite eni man wan mu lenu kubo, wan fe ibe sogan li gun yema se ewo we yen gigin.
1. Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well‐being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
2. mole yen tiwu ibe sogan li gun kuwi ke feli, yen ibe sogan li gun yema ke feli. pi tiwu we, wi don mole pi wan la yen wede pi wan la mu gun ofin, wan la ibe sogan li ewo we kuwi kige wan la.
2. Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
wabun pi 26§
1. go ibe sogan li yesa. go mu keya unfu li konsin tofo pi tuko. tiwu we keya dunu tofo pi tuko. ewo we keya lenu dunu tofo pi doku. ewo we fe keya lenu inwa kige tofo tisan fu lenu pi nen.
1. Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
2. tofo keya yema li ewo guge minwe. bu fe keya yema li go ke dundi sogan pi ewo yen enpa bawe. bu keya yema li gigin we lafi nen nen yen gun sonu yen efon wun eni pume eni. tan fe gun feko li funti we pi niki pi ewo. tan fe gun feko li funti we pi lite pi nosen lu funti we pi ge pume feko. bu fe keya yema doku pi funti pi gigin la li kuwi bonwi.
2. Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
3. mole yen wede ibe sogan li waka niki pi tofo pi tiwu pi nen. waka pi wan la gun ke bawe se waka pi ewo eni.
3. Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.
wabun pi 27§
1. go ibe sogan li inwa enpa lite pi nume pi funti man wan nume mon. wan fe ibe sogan li tana ge muge li sesa. wan fe ibe sogan li inwa guge pi lugo. wan fe ibe sogan li dunu upe pi guge tan.
1. Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
2. don go sin muge musu pi lugo, lu ge tusi, lu ge muge li sesa, wan ibe sogan li wabun la kuwi suso pi wan mon bu. wan fe ibe sogan li wabun la kuwi nimo man wan dunu se bu.
2. Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.
wabun pi 28§
go ibe sogan li yile man sogan we pi kemin tan lenu lewe feko minwe mon. yile tan gun yile pi ewo we, yen gun yile lifin pi gigin la.
Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.
wabun pi 29§
1. go lenu guge enpa yen minwe na mon funti. gi tan, go ibe ge keya li funti man wan nume mon.
1. Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.
2. nin go bone sogan pi nen, na wabun la gun efon muge ke uyo sogan pi wan. wabun la gun efon muge ben na li ukun sa. ukun fi gun wun go tayu sogan pi ewo eni, yen dundi bu la. mon ewo we man waka no wungu pi nen, ukun eni gun wun ewo we kuwi kidun lite upe, yen kuwi bonwi, yen kuwi upe pi ewo we.
2. In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.
3. don go bone sogan tan la, yen ben ninsu ge momu pi funti pi gigin la, lu ninsu gason bawe pi bu, go mu mu gun efon muge ben.
3. These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
wabun pi 30§
fa pi kemin tan yofu wun gigin bo lu funti bo lu ewo bo ibe sogan li muge musu bo li alun fi pi sogan pi kemin tan.
Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.