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The Foreword of the Nouvi Zákon

English translation

To every Christian who will read these words:

grace, peace, blessing and healht in our Lord

Jesus Christ! Amen!

§ 1. Two things are admirable about the exhibition of God's great care for the words of the Old and the New Testaments, in which He revealed His holy will and the straining salvation of the human race: we must bear in mind both of them and praise the Lord for them from the bottom of our hearts.

§ 2. The first thing is: He let his word to be written by prophets in Hebrew in the Old Testament and by apostles in Greek in the New Testament. He preserved the wholeness and pureness of his words up till the present day despite many changes in the world. The second thing is: in every era and in every nation He awakened people who spoke different languages; they translated the Old and the New Testaments from Hebrew and Greek originals into their mother tongues – some entirely, some in part.

§ 3. Truly, many people began to doubt His perfection and deny the Holy Bible. But we, who believe in the truth, know that it has been preserved in all its wholeness and purity from the beginnings up till the present day.

§ 4. Regarding the books of the New Testament – we are familiar with the cunningness of those who went astray, away from the right, pure Christian religion – how often they wanted to point out the faultiness of the Holy Bible. We are also acquainted with the blind boldness of those in our tume who collected – without distinction or reason – all kinds of opposing and different readings (variantes inter se lectiones) of the New Testament. I believe they did so not from evil inclinations, but from immature ones; this is why their work seems to indicate that the Holy Bible is not perfect.

§ 5. But neither the former with their cuningness nor the latter with their boldness managed to harm the words of the New Testament: on the contrary, even more light was shed on it; its initial simplicity and pureness came out of the darkness, where it was kept from Christ's birth up to the Middle Ages (tempore medii aevi).

§ 6. Thank you God! Due to His mercy, we now have samples of both testaments, the Old and the New, which are without flaws and identical to the words that were originally written down. The books of the New Testament are related to and united with the first words of the holy apostles to such extent that nobody with a sound mind can doubt their purity and wholeness.

§ 7. Thus, neither the old nor the new, contemporary interpreters of the Holy Bible fear that they should not translate – using reason guided by the Holy Spirit – the New Testament, which was purified by wise men from all evilness and harmonized with the firs letter (inspired) by the Holy Spirit.

§ 8. This mission, which many holy men embarked on for the benefit of many nations who spoke various languages, and which begins in our time wherever the need for it arises, is the evidence of God's other care, the care of the Holy Bible and the human race.

§ 9. The situatuon of today's human race is such that most people have to be satisfied with the language the have learned from childhood and used in the country where they live. Not everyone has the advantage of understanding God who speaks through the Holy Bible in Hebrew of Greek. Today this is not useful and we do not need to expect that.

§ 10. Since every person – from any nation, speaking any language – has to know God's truth, which brings salvation through the Holy Bible, and as nobody should be excluded from reaching this cognition, we must not be envious or deny anybody the tool which leads him to it. Instead we should make sure that everybody gets this tool. This is the wish of God, who has taken care for the translations of the first letter into different languages of the human race. For this reason He inspired His apostles with the Holy Spirit, when He sent them to preach the Holy Gospel to different nations in different languages. After this gift ceased and the holy men finished the canon (of books of the New and the Old Testaments), He did not want the Holy Bible to remain written down only in Hebrew and Greek, because not all people could understand it. He wanted the salvation for each person of each nation who speaks its own language, so He awakened men in all nations who knew various languages. Through the He let His first words (textus originalis) of both Testaments be translated into other languages, so that people all around the world could understand Him.

§ 11. After the Ascension of Christ, this saintly care of God, directed to the true blessing of so many nations and languages, did not touch only the nations who live in the lands of the rising sun, since the New Testament was soon translated into Syrian, which was then, mixed with Chaldean, spoken almost everywhere. God revealed His care also to othe people, those who live in the lands of the setting sun, when He enabled them to read the holy word in their own languages, translated from Hebrew and Greek through diligence of pious and wise men.

§ 12. In this regard the Vlachs or Itals were most progressive. Soon after the death of the apostles, they got – unknown by whom – a Vlachian or, as today ours Slovenes say, Latin Bible. St. Augustine calls this version Italic, and St. Jerome calls it common, or free. This Bible was followed by number of other Bibles following the gospel preached in Europe – in many other languages and in many other countries. So much so that it is today hard to find a nation in the Western countries that is not able to read and use the mighty work of God in its own language. The pious diligence and diligent piety even induced our people to carry the holy word not only in India, Malabar and America, but also to lead many thousand from those lands to the recognition of Christ. They gave them the translated Bible for their salvation.

§ 13. God has had always and still He has care for the whole human race and for the whole Slavic nation: just as He filled the land from the Mediterranean Sea to the White Sea – tje whole Dalmatia, Istria, Slavonia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Carniola, Styria, Hungary, Moravia, Bohemia, Poland and Moscow – with Slavic nations, He also encouraged some people from these nations to translate the Holy Bible into their mother tongue. It suffices to focus only on the people of Carniola and Lower Styria, who were – we believe – together with Hungarian Slovenes in the counties Vas, Zala and Somogy the remainders of those Vandals who went to the Vlachian and Spanish states in the 5th century ad. (saeculo V), from where they sailed to Africa. One of their descendants was Primož Trubar, the servant of God's word in Urach, as he called himself. In 1562 he published the New Testament in the glagolitic script in the Carniolian language. The Next year, in 1536, Anton Dalmata, Stephen of Istria (Štefan Istrianski) and Jurij Jurjevič printed two books in that same language – the Four Gospellers in the first one and the Deeds of the apostles with Letters and John's revelation in the other. Both were printedin quatro, according to our samples. The Jurij Dalmatin translated the whole Bible (the Old and New Testaments) into the Styrian language, with great effort, as he said. It was printed in folio in Wittenberg in 1548 in Vlachian and Latin script. Praiseworthy is also the effort of Mihael Francel who, in Budica, presented Slovenes in Lusatia (Sorbs), or Vandals, with the gospels of St. Matthew and St. Mark in 1670, with the epistle of St. Paul to the Romans and Galatians in 1693 and then even with the New Testament in 1706. The books were printed in octavo.

§ 14. Who will disallow those Slovenes who live between the Mura and 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 this 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.

§ 15. Therefore think, religious Christians, when you read this: what great and blessed good this work will bring in God's church to you and to your children. Thank God for the fatherly care He shows for His words in Hebrew and Greek, which he gave to this world and preserved up till the present day. He did not allow a single thing to be lost from his original words. Therefore, understand hov much praise and faith you have to give Him from your humble heart! In every period and in every nation He encouraged people to translate the Holy Bible and bestowed upon them diligence, piety and the power to understand different languages. The holy books can be found in almost as many variants as there are languages in the world. This evidently shows that the prophecies of the Old Testament and the foretelling of our blessing in Messiah's time have come true.

§ 16. Understand also: you, who read the Slovene books of the New Testament in you mother tongue or will read them – how thankfully you must praise and honour the unspeakable kindness of God! You must also respect the writer of these books and appreciate the care he showed to you and to your nation. This treasure, for which your parents and you waited a long time, is now given into your hands without hope or effort. Listen from one side and read from the other, in order to understand God and His will for eternal salvation, which is transmitted to you in your language.

§ 17. Therefore enjoy this gift of God with the help of the Holy Spirit, enjoy it for the sake of real salvation of your soul. Read the published books for your own good. If you cannot read, then listen carefully, piously and constantly how they are read and keep in your heart what you understand in them. Study the things you cannot understand, study them by yourself and with the help of others. May the great car of God encourage you, He cares for the whole Holy Bible as well as four the part you are holding in your hands. He also cares for your physical and spiritual salvation. Do not satisfy yourself with mere understanding of what the Holy Spirit teaches you, but try to turn what you have learned into good deeds, which will bring salvation through the right faith and through holy life. May the Holy Bible, which is useful for learning, reproving, doing and justly repairing, make you a whole divine human being, rady for each good deed.

§ 18. And you, my Lord, may You turn Your words into bliss and happiness because Your name is called among us, oh Jehovah, God of all choirs. Amen.

M. József Torkos

Senior priest of Sopron

Translated Peter Lamovec

Original prekmurian version

Vſzákomi, kí bode eta ſteo

Krſztseniki, miloſcso, mér, blagoſzlov,

i zdrávje vu Goſzpodni naſem

Jezuſi Kriſztuſi. Ámen!

§ 1. Dvouje csüdovanya vrejdno Bo'ze velike ſzkrbí, kotero on mà na Sztároga i Nouvoga Zákona ono píſzmo, vu ſterom je ſzvojo ſzvéto volo od cslovecsánſzkoga národa, jáko 'zmetno ſzprávlenoga, zvelicsanya vö nazvejſzto, ſze nahája tákſe ſzvedocsánſztvo: da nám je na obouje dvouje potrejbno nej ſzamo ſzkrblivo paziti, nego i du'zni ſzmo, kak za to orvo, tak i za to drügo, Bougi naſemi ſzpunoga ſzrczà vſzigdár hválo dati.

§ 2. To prvo je eto: kaj je ſzvojo ſz. rejcs, kak jo je dáo gori zapíſzati, vu ſztárom Zákoni po Prorokaj 'Zidovſzki, vu Nouvom Zákoni pa po Apoſtolaj Grcski, vtelikom vrejmeni i vtelikájſem preminyávanyi ſzveczkoga dugoványa notri do naſega 'zivlejnja, czejlo i csíſzto obdr'zao. To drügo je pa eto: kaj je eſcse vſzákſem vrejmeni mo'záke zevſzákſega národa zrázlocsnimi jezíkimi gucsécsega podübo; kí ſzo ſz. píſzmo Sztároga i Nouvoga z'Zidovſzkoga i Grcskoga, níki vſze, níki pa kákſi táo ſzamo, na ſzvojega národa laſztivni jezik obrnoli.

§ 3. Bilou ji je iſztina nej malo: kí ſzo eto ſz. píſzmo, ſtero mí, vüpavſi vu iſztini, právimo, ka je od zacsétka máo notri do naſega vrejmena czejlo i csíſzto obdr'záno, zvſzakojacskim tálom zácsali grízti i nyègovo popolnoſzt ino csiſztoucso vu dvojnoſzt zvati i tajiti.

§ 4. Na ime, ka ſze Nouvoga Zákona kníg doſztája, známo jálnoſzt oni; kí ſzo od práve csíſzte krſztsánſzke vöre kraj zavdarili: kak vnogokrát ſzo naminyávali zmenkanye ſz. píſzma kázati. Známo i oni vu naſem vrejmeni bodoucſi ſzlejpo ſzrcsnoſzt; kí ſzo brezi prebránya i rázuma vſzakojacsko med ſzebom protivno i rázlocsno ſtejnye (variantes inter ſe lectiones) Nouvoga Zákona vküpe prináſali cſi gli, kak ſtimam, nej zhüde, dönok znezrele náklonoſzti; geto ſztoga nyihovoga dela ſzhája eto, liki dabi ſz. píſzmo nebi bilou popolno.

§ 5. Ali ni ovi ſzvojom jálnoſztjom, ni eti ſzvojom ſzrecsnoſztjom, ſzo nej li ſzamo nikaj nej mogli skouditi cſiſztoucſi Nouvoga Zákona píſzmi: nego bole etak je nyegova cſiſztoucsa i popolnoſzt zkmicze, vſteroj je vu ſzrejdnyem od Kriſztuſovoga rojſztva vrejmeni (tempore medii ævi) le'zála, na ſzvetloſzt i prvo ſzvojo proſztoucso czilou poſztávlena.

§ 6. Mámo, bojdi Bougi hvála, 'znyegove miloſcse oboujega dvoujega, tak Sztároga, kak Nouvoga Zákona exempláre, brezi zmenkanya, glíhne zonim píſzmom; ſtero je oprvics bilou píſzano. Naj bole pa, ka ſze Nouvoga Zákona kníg doſztája, tak ſze ſzprvim ſz. Apoſtolov píſzmom glíha i prouſzto vjedinya: da niſcse vi nyihovoj cſiſztoucſi i czejloſzti zrázumom kre iſztine nemore dvojiti.

§ 7. I tak, zvün ti ſztári, ni ti nouvi vezdásnyi ſz. píſzma razkladácske nikaj ſztrasnlivoga nemajo: zakojbi ne ſzmeli na drügi jezik vu priſzpodobnoſzti Dühà ſzvétoga rázuma eden tákſi Nouvoga Zákona exemplár obracsati, ſteri je od moudri mo'zákov pouleg düsnevejſzti od vſze hüdoube zcsíſcseni i ſzprvim Dühà ſzvétoga píſzmom zglíhani.

§ 8. I eti delo, na keliko ſze je od vnougi ſz. mo'zákov na haſzek vnougoga národa, ſteri zrázlocsnim jezikom 'zivè, zácsalo i eſcse vezdásnyem vrejmeni ſze, geto tak 'zelej potrejbcſina, zacſinyam je drügo Bo'ze ſzkrbí, kotero na ſz. píſzmo mà, kcslovecsánſzkomi národi ſzvedouſztvo.

§ 9. Tagvüsno etoga vezdásnyega cslovecsánſzkoga národa ſztálnoſzt je tákſa: da vékſi táo nyega more zadovolen bíti ſztiſztim jezikom; ſteroga ſze je vu onoj krajíni, vu koteroj 'zivé, nüczati i na ſzvoj haſzek obracsati od májnczena návcso. Ár je nej vſzákomi dáno Bogà po ſz, píſzmi, ali 'Zidovſzki, ali Grcski, ſzebom gucsécsega razmeti: ſtero je vu vezdásnyem vrejmeni ni nej haſznovito; niti tákſega kaj nám nej trbej csakati.

§ 10. Geto je pa potrejbno vſzákomi vſzákoga jezika i národa csloveki iſztino Bo'zo vu ſz. píſzmi bodoucso na zvelicsanye znati, i od toga znánya nikoga nej trbej kraj vracſati ino vö zapirati: zâto ni nevoscséni tak nemoremo biti, kabi komi ono skér, ſtera na tou pela, bránili, nego bole nátom bojdmo; da ſze nyim vrokè dà. Kotero i Goſzpodin Boug ſzám ſcsè: geto ſze je doſzéga máo tak ſzkrblivo pascso za obracsanye prvoga píſzma na razlocsne cslovecsánſzkoga národa jezike; tla, líki je oprvics zſz. Dühom i za toga zroka volo nadehno ſzvoje Apoſtole, gda je je kvſzejm národom poſzlo ſzvoj ſz. Evangyeliom gláſzit, kabi vſzakojacskimi jezíkmi gúcsali; tak, geto je tè dár jezkivo henyao i Kánon od ſz. Bo'zi mo'zákov je zvrſeni bio, je nej ſteo, kabi li v'Zidovſzkom i Grcskom jeziki, da ſzo ga vſzi lidjè nej znali, oſztalo; nego 'zelejoucsi vſzákſega csloveka vu vſzákom národi vſzakojacske jeziki znajoucse mo'zake, po koterí je ſzvojo prvo rejcs (textus originalis) oboujega Zákona dáo na drüge jezike razkládati; naj ga po vſzem ſzvejti vſzi národje razmijo.

§ 11. Tà zvelicsánſzka i na právo teliko národa ino jezikov blá'zenſztvo obrnyena ſzkrb Bo'za ſze je vö ſzkázala po Kriſztuſovoga vnébo zaſztoplenyà vrejmeni nejli ſzamo med onim lüſztvom; stero okoli ſzuncsenoga gori hoda 'zivè, geto je Nouvi Zákon od Apoſtolſzki mo'zákov hitro na Siriánſzki jezik kákſi je teda, ſzKaldeánſzkim vküp zlo'zeni, povſzud rasérjeni bio, obrnyeni: nego i med onimi lidmí, kí ſzo priti ſzuncsenomi záhodi, je Boug eto ſzvojo ſzkrb vö vjavo i ſzvojo ſz. rejcs z'Zidovſzkoga i Grcskoga po pobo'zni i moudri mo'zákov gyedrnoſzti na laſztivni ſzvojga lüſztva jezik obrnyeno dáo ſteti.

§ 12. Vtom tálo ſzo naj prednyejſi Vlahi, ali Taliánje (Itali): ki ſzo naſzkori po ſzmrti Apoſtolov, neznamo od koga, doubili Vlasko, ali, kak zdaj naſi Szlovenye gucsíjo, Deacsko czejlo Biblio; ſtero ſz. Ágoſton za Italiánſzko, ſz. Hieronyímus pa za obcſinſzko i prouſzto, zovè. Tou ſzo naſzledüvale po vö razglaſenom Evangyeliomi vu Europi, na dr'zéle i rázlocsne jezike gledoucs, vnouge drüge vdrügom jezíki na teliko: da ſze 'ze ſzkoro nikſi národ okoli ſzuncsenoga záhoda prebívajoucſi ne nájde, kíbi vu ſzvojem jezíki Bo'za zmo'zna dela vnaſem vrejmeni ſteti i na ſzvoj haſzek obrnouti nemogao. Ali i na tou je naſe lidí pobo'zna gyedrnoſzt i gyedrna pobo'znoſzt nadignola: da ſzoi Bo'zo ſz. rejcs vu Indio, Malabario, i Americo med pogane nejli ſzamo 'zívo neſzli; nego, geto ſzo ji vnogo jezero na Kriſztuſovo ſzpoznanye vnougi mejſ taj pripelali, i ſz. píſzmo ſzo na nyihov jezik obrnyeno nyim vrouke na zvelicsanye dáli.

§ 13. Meo je i mà eſcse Goſzpodin Boug vſzigdár, kakti na veſz cslovecsánſzki, tak i na veſz Szlovenſzki národ vu etom ſzvojo Bo'zánſzko ſzkrb: da, liki je od ſzrejdnyega mourja notri do Bejloga vſzo Dalmátzio, Iſztrio, Slavonio, Boznio i Bulgário, Horvacski, Krajnſzki, Stajerſzki, Vogrſzki, Morſzki, Cseſzki, Polſzki i Moskovitánſzki orſzág 'znyim napuno; ta je i vſzáksem toga nâroda rázlocskom jezíki níke nadigno; kí ſzo na ſzvojo materno rejcs, vſteroj ſzo ſze poroudili, ſz. píſzmo obrnoli. Te drüge zdaj tà nihávſi zadoſzta nám bode: cſi ſzpomenémo ſzKrájnczov i zdolnyi Stajerczov; kí ſzo, kak ſtímamo znaſimi Vogrſzkimi vu 'Zeleznoj, Zala i Somoczkoj ſztolici bodoucſimi ſzloveni vrét oſztánki ovi Vandaluſov; koteri ſzo po Kriſztuſovom rojſztvi na 'pêt ſztou (fæculo V.) zete králevcſine Vlaski i potom Spanyorſzki orſzág, odmut pa prejk mourja vAfriko odplavali. Med tiſztimi je 'ze vleti narodjenoga Kriſztusa 1562. Primus Truber, Bo'ze rejcſi vu Aurachi, kak ſze ſzám zovè, ſzluga, Nouvi Zákon po Krajnſzkom jeziku zGlagolſzkimi píſzkmi vö dâo- Na drügo leto pa, tou je 1563. Dalmata Antoni, Stevan Iſztviánſzki i Jüri Jurjavics, dájo ſtámpati znouvics vtom jeziki vednom táli ſtiri Evangyeliſte, vdrügom pa Apoſtolov Djánye zLiſztmi i ſz. Ivana Oznanoſztjom vrét v Tibingi zGlagolſzkimi i Czyruliskimi píſzkmi, kak naſi exemplárje ká'zejo, in 4to. Po eti ide Dalmatina Jüri i czejlo Biblio, tou je, Szátorga i Nouvoga Zákona vſzo piſzmo, obrnè na Stajerſzki jezik zvelikim, kak právi, trüdom; dájo vö ſtámpati vu Wittebergi v 1584. leti z Vlaskimi, ali ſzi bojdi zDeacskimi píſzkmi in folio. Hvále je vrejden i Franczel Miháo: ka je vu Luzátzii bodoucſim Szlovenom, ali Vandaluſom, Evangyeliom ſz. Mátaja i Markja 1670. ſz. Pavla kRimlánczom i Galátánczom líſzt pa 1693. i potom czejli Nouvi Zákon 1706. darüvao vBudiſſi in 8vo. Koteroga ſzo naſzledüvali drügi ſtirje moudri vucſitelje rejcſi Bo'ze vu naſem vrejmeni: i vö ſzo dáli vſze Sztároga i Nouvoga Zákona knige vleti 1728. vu Budiſſi in 4to.

§ 14. Sto de tak kráto naſim med Mürom i Rábom prebívajoucſim ſzlovenom tè ſz. Bo’ze knige na ſzvoj jezik, po ſterom ſzamom li vu ſzvoji Prorokov i Apoſtolov píſzmaj gucsécsega Bogà razmijo, obracsati? geto je i nyim zapovidáva Goſzpodin Boug ſteti; da je moudre vcſiníjo na zvelicſanye po vöri vu Jezuſi Kriſztuſi; tou pa ni ſz Truberovòga, ni Dalmatinovoga, ni Frenczelovoga, niti znikakſega drügoga obracsanya (verſio) csakati ne morejo. Ár tej naſi Vogrſzki ſzlovenov jezik od vſzej drügi doſzta tühoga i ſzebi laſztivnoga mà. Kakti i vu naprej zracsúnani ſze veliki rázlocsek nahája. Zato je potrejbno bilou tákſemi csloveki naprej ſztoupiti: kíbi vetom delao Bougi na díko, a’ ſzvojemi nápodi pa na zvelicsanye. Liki je i Goſzpodin Boug na tou nadigno Stevan Küzmicsa Surdánſzkoga Farara: kí je zGrcskoga pouleg premoucſi i pomáganye Dühà ſzvétoga zvelikom gyedrnoſztjom na ete, kákſega ftés i csüjes, jezik czejli Nouvi Zákon obrnyeni i ſztroskom vnougi vörni düsícz vö zoſtámpani i tebi rávno tak za toga zroka, za ſteroga volo ti je ’ze pred temtoga od nyega ſzprávleni Vöre Krſztsánſzke Krátki Návuk i v Halli 1754. ſtámpani, vrokè dáni.

§ 15. Premiſzli tak, vören Krſztsenik, ki eta ſtés: kak veliki i zvelicsánſzki haſzek bode eto delo vu Bo'zoj Czérkvi escse pri tvojem odvejtki melo; i dáj hválo Bougi tvojemi za nyegovo ocſinſzko ſzkrb, ſtero ſzka'züje kſzvojoj vu 'Zidovſzkom i Grcskom jezíki bodoucsoj, etomi ſzvejti vö dánoj i do naſega vrejmena zdr'zánoi, rejcsi; geto je nej dopüſzto; kabi eſcse edna piknyicza 'znyè prejsla. Razmis ſztoga obilno: keliko hvále i poniznoga ſzrczà ſzvedouſztva nyemi mores dati: ksj je vſzákom vrejmeni vu vſzákom národi tákse mo'záke, kotere je zjezikmi, zgyedrnoſztjom i ſzpobo'znoſztjom gori oſznáj'zo, na preobrácsanye ſz. píſzma gori nadigno; da ſze ſzkori vteliki rázlocsni jezíkmi, keliko ji je na ſzvejti, vſzej vídijo tè ſz. knige. I tak ſzvojega ſztrána ocsiveſzni ká'zejo: ka ſzo ſze ſzpunila ſztároga Zákona proroküvanye i na naſe vu Meſſiáſiovom vrejmeni bodoucse blá'zenſztvo glédajoucsa nazvescsávanya.

§ 16. Obſzlejdnyom razmis i eto; kí ete Nouvoga Zákona ſz. Szlovenſzke knige vtvojem maternom jeziki ſtés, ali je ſteo bodes: ſzkak veliko hválo-dávanyem tvojega Bogà dobrouto czilou nezracsúnano mores zviſávati i cseſztiti: eti knig ſzpravitela pa, za nyegovo, ſtero je ktebi i ktvojemi lüſztvi ſzkázao, ſzkrblivoſzt vkákſen poſtenyej i vrejdnoſzti ſzi du'zen dr'zati; ka ſze ti tè od ſzrebra i zláta dragſi kints, brezi ſteroga ſzo tvoji ſztariſi bilí i ſztebomvrét od vnogo vrejmena 'zelno csakali, zdaj brezi vſzega vüpanya ino trüda tvojega vu tvoje rokè dà; da tak zednoga ſztrána poſzlüsajoucsi, zdrügoga pa ſtécsi gucsêcsega tebi Bogà vetom jeziki dobro razmeti, i nyegovo volo razmevſi ktvojemi, naj bole vekivecsnomi, zvelicsanyi ravnati mores.

§ 17. V'zívajzáto ete Bo'zi dár ſzpomoucsi Dühà ſzvétoga, vören Krſzttsenik, v'zívaj ga na právo tvoje düſe zvelicsanye. Sti tè na tvoj haſzek vö dáne kni'zicze. Csi je ſteti neznas: gda ſze ſtéjo, poſzlüsaj je gyedrno, pobo'zno, nepreſztanoma; i, ka 'znyih razmis, vſzrczi zdr'zi. Ka pa preczi nemres zapopádnoti: ſztvojom i zdrügi pomocsjom zgrüntávaj. Náto te naj nadigáva Bo'za velika ſzkrb: ſtero on mà, kakti na czejlo ſzvéto píſzmo, tak i na eto, kotero pred ſzebom más. Pouleg toga eſcse tvoje telovno i dühovno zvelicsanye. Na zadovoli ſze ſztejm, ka razmis ona, ſtera te Düh Goſzpodnov po etoj ſzvojoj rejcsi vcsí: nego nátom bojdi; da, ka ſzi ſze návcso, po právoj vöri i ſzvétom 'zítki na tvoj zvelicsánſzki haſzek obrnés. Etak eto ſzvéto píſzmo, haſznovito na vcsenyè, na káranye, na ravnanye i na pobolsávanye, vu praviczi, vcsiní tebé popolnoga Bo'zega csloveka i na vſze dobro delo ſzpodobnoga.

§ 18. Ti pa, Goſzpodne, dáj: da nám tvoja rejcs bode na veſzeljè i radoſzt; ár je imenüvano ime tvoje nad nami, oh Jehovah vſzej ſeregouv Boug! Ámen.

M. Torkos Jo'zef prednyeiſi

Farar Sopronſzki

Source

• Predgovor. Nouvi Zákon Stevan Küzmics, Pokrajinska in študijska knjižnica Murska Sobota 2008. Edit: Franc Kuzmič; Translations: in English Peter Lamovec; in Hungarian: Gabriella Bence; in Slovene: Mihael Kuzmič ISBN 978-961-6579-04-9