The first translation of a sentence from the Bible ( Mt 25:34) to Slovene appeared in the

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, dating to the 10th or the 11th century. The versions of the Bible for

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are most closely connected with the activity of the Reformer of

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Primož Trubar Primož Trubar or Primus Truber () (1508 – 28 June 1586) was a Slovene Protestant Reformer of the Lutheran tradition, mostly known as the author of the first Slovene language printed book, the founder and the first superintendent of the Prote ...

and his associates and successors. They were intended for the

Protestant Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

Slovenes. Trubar translated the

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, which was printed at

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in 1555. He later translated the New Testament, publishing the first part in 1557 at

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, the second part in 1560, and the last part in 1577. The complete New Testament was reissued in 1582. The Psalms appeared in 1566.

Jurij Dalmatin Jurij Dalmatin ( – 31 August 1589) was a Slovene Lutheran minister, reformer, writer and translator. He translated the complete Bible into Slovene. Life Born in Krško, Dalmatin came from a Dalmatian family. Until the age of 18, he studied ...

, who was mentored by Trubar, translated the Old Testament and an edition of the entire Scriptures to Slovene. This was published under his direction at

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in 1583.3Seas Initiative website, ''Reformation in Slovenia: More Than Just a Religious Change'', article by Vid Sosic, dated October 22 2023
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István Küzmics István Küzmics (also known in Slovene as Štefan or Števan Küzmič, c.1723 – December 22, 1779) was the most important Lutheran writer of the Slovenes in Hungary Hungarian Slovenes ( Slovene: ''Madžarski Slovenci'', hu, Magyarországi ...

published a New Testament for the

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''(

Nouvi Zákon ''Nouvi Zákon'' (New Testament) is the best-known work of the Hungarian Slovene writer István Küzmics. ''Nouvi Zákon'' is a translation of the New Testament into the Prekmurje Slovene dialect. This text and Miklós Küzmics's ''Szvéti Evangy ...

)'' in the

Prekmurje dialect Prekmurje Slovene, also known as the Prekmurje dialect, East Slovene, or Wendish ( sl, prekmurščina, prekmursko narečje, hu, vend nyelv, muravidéki nyelv, Prekmurje dialect: ''prekmürski jezik, prekmürščina, prekmörščina, prekmör ...

at Halle in 1771.

Miklós Küzmics Miklós Küzmics (Slovene: Mikloš Küzmič; September 15, 1737 – April 11, 1804) was a Hungarian Slovene writer and translator. Biography Küzmics was born in Dolnji Slaveči and died in Kančevci. His parents were János and Erzsébet Küs ...

published the catholic version ''( Szvéti evangyeliomi, Summa sztároga i nouvoga testamentoma szvéte histórie).'' An edition published at

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(Guns) in 1848 includes the Psalms ''(Knige 'zoltárszke),'' from

Sándor Terplán Sándor Terplán ( sl, Aleksander Terplan or ''Trpljan'') (c. May 1, 1816 – March 18, 1858) was a Hungarian Lutheran priest and writer. Terplán was born in the Ivanovci in the Prekmurje region in the Kingdom of Hungary, into a Hungarian Sl ...

and the translation of Moses's books and Josua's book ''(Moses i Josua)'' in 1929 from

János Kardos János Kardos, also known in Slovene as Janoš Kardoš (around February 13, 1801 in Újtölgyes, Kingdom of Hungary, today Noršinci, Slovenia – August 12, 1875 in Őrihodos, Austria-Hungary, today Hodoš, Slovenia) was a Hungarian Slovenian L ...

. Other Prekmurje translators were

István Szelmár István Szelmár, also known in Slovene as Števan Selmar (23 October 1820 – 15 February 1877) was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest and writer in the Kingdom of Hungary. His original surname was Szlámár (Slamar). His father's name was Mihá ...

Péter Kollár Péter Kollár ( Slovene ''Peter Kolar'', 18 June 1855 – 31 December 1908) was a Hungarian Slovenian Roman Catholic priest and writer. Born in Ratkovci, Prekmurje, his parents were Péter Kollár and Judit Zselezen. He was ordained on 13 ...

, and János Szlepecz. In 1784, part of the New Testament for use by

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was printed at

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after being translated from the Vulgate by several hands. The second part of the New Testament was issued in 1786, and the Old Testament between 1791 and 1802.

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: Protestant, translated into Slovene *

: Lutheran, translated into Slovene *

Jurij Japelj Jurij Japelj, also known in German as Georg Japel, (11 April 1744 – 11 October 1807) was a Slovene Jesuit priest, translator, and philologist. He was part of the Zois circle, a group of Carniolan scholars and intellectuals that were instrumental ...

: Catholic, translated into Slovene *

Josip Stritar Josip Stritar (6 March 1836 – 25 November 1923) was a Slovene writer, poet, essayist, the first aesthetic critic, playwright, publisher and translator. Life Stritar spent his early childhood in his home village of Podsmreka in rural Lower ...

: Protestant, translated into Slovene

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