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Who will disallow those Slovenes who live between the Mura and the Raba the right to translate these holy books into the language, in which they understand God talking to them through prophets and apostles' letters? God tells them too to read these books in order to get prepared for salvation in the faith of Jesus Christ. But they cannot receive this from Trubar's, Dalmatin's, Francel's, or other translations (versio). The language of our Hungarian Slovenes is different from other languages and unique in its own characteristics. Already in the aforementioned translations there are differences. Therefore, a man had to come who would translate the Bible and bring praise for God and salvation for his nation. God encouraged István Küzmics for this work, a priest from Surd, who translated – with the help of the Holy Spirit and with great diligence – the whole New Testament from Greek into the language you are reading and hearing. With the help (and expenses) of many religious souls, the Holy Bible was printed and given to you for the same reason Küzmics prepared Vöre Krsztsánszke krátki návuk, which was printed in 1754.
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Sto de tak kráto na?im med Mürom i Rábom prebívajouc?im ?zlovenom t? ?z. Bo'ze knige na ?zvoj jezik, po ?terom ?zamom li vu ?zvoji Prorokov i Apo?tolov pí?zmaj gucsécsega Bog? razmijo, obracsati? geto je nyim zapovidáva Go?zpodin Boug ?teti; da je moudre vc?iníjo na zvelic?anye po vöri vu Jezu?i Kri?ztu?i; tou pa ni ?zTruberov?ga, ni Dalmatinovoga, ni Frenczelovoga, niti znikak?ega drügoga obracsanya (ver?io) csakati ne morejo. Ár tej na? Vogr?zki ?zlovenov jezik od v?zej drügi do?zta tühoga i ?zebi la?ztvinoga m?. Kakti i vu naprek zracsúnani ?ze veliki rázlocsek nahája. Zâto je potrejbno bilou ták?emi csloveki naprej ?ztoupiti: kíbi vetom delao Bougi na díko ‘a’ ?zvojemi národi pa na zvelicsanye. Liki je i Go?zpodin Boug na tou nadigno Stevan Küzmicsa Surdán?zkoga Farara: kí je zGrcskoga pouleg premouc?i i pomáganya Düh? ?zvétoga zvelikom gyedrno?ztjom na ete, kák?ega ?tés i csüjes, jezik czejli Nouvi Zákon obrnyeni i ?ztroskom vnougi vörni düsícz vö zo?támpani i tebi rávno tak za toga zroka, za ?teroga volo ti je 'z pred temtoga od nyega ?zprávleni Vöre Kr?ztsán?zke Krátki Návuk.Foreword of the Nouvi Zákon

 

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My books must be an absolute nightmare to translate. I wouldn't do it. I had a couple of them in Japanese some years ago and my wife met a Japanese woman who said that she had read the books. And she asked her what the translations were like. This woman said they were the worst translation she had ever read in her life. She said she didn't recognise the books when she finally read them in English.

 

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