''Szvéti evangyeliomi'' (''The Holy Gospels''), later ''Szvéti evangeliomi'', is the first Catholic translation of the Bible into

Prekmurje Slovene Prekmurje Slovene, also known as the Prekmurje dialect, Eastern Slovene, or Wendish (, , Prekmurje Slovene: ''prekmürski jezik, prekmürščina, prekmörščina, prekmörski jezik, panonska slovenščina''), is the language of Prekmurje in Easte ...

. It was written by

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 Kü ...

(1737–1804), the dean of Prekmurje and the Rába Valley. The publication in 1780 was financed by

János Szily János Szily (20 August 1735, Felsőszopor - 2 June 1799, Szombathely) was a Hungarian Catholic bishop and patron of the arts. Biography He was born to a Catholic father and a Lutheran mother. After completing his primary and secondary studies ...

, the first bishop of

Szombathely } Szombathely (; ; also see #Etymology, names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas County in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by the streams ''Perint'' and '' ...

. ''Szvéti evangyéliomi'' had a significant role in the formation of standard Prekmurje Slovene. It was a standard for numerous works published in

Prekmurje Prekmurje (; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; ) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally, and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarians in Slovenia, Hungarian minority, lying betwee ...

from 1780 until 1920. Küzmics began his work in 1763. However, he did not receive support from the bishop of

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. When

István Küzmics István Küzmics (also known in Slovene as Štefan or Števan Küzmič, c.1723 – December 22, 1779) was the most critical Lutheran writer of the Slovenes in Hungary. He was born at Strukovci, in the Prekmurje region of what was then Vas Count ...

's Protestant translation, ''

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 Eva ...

'', was published, he was greatly disappointed. Slovene Catholics had to read Protestant books because they did not have their own. Küzmics called for bishops to take action against the "heretical" New Testament. For a long time it was thought that Küzmics had copied his text from ''Nouvi Zákon''. However, despite some similarities, the texts are different. Miklós Küzmics translated the

Kajkavian Kajkavian is a South Slavic languages, South Slavic supradialect or language spoken primarily by Croats in much of Central Croatia and Gorski Kotar. It is part of the South Slavic dialect continuum, being transitional to the supradialects of Č ...

''Szveti evangeliomi'' by

Nikola Krajačević Nikola Krajačević Sartorius or Mikula Krajačević (November 29, 1582 – March 9, 1653) was a Croatian Jesuit Catholic priest, missionary and prominent person of Counter-Reformation movement in Habsburg Slavonia. Krajačević was born in a fami ...

, which was used in Prekmurje and the Rába Valley,

Haloze Haloze () is a geographical sub-region of Slovenia. It is in the northeast of the country, in the Styria region. General characteristics Haloze is a hilly area, running roughly east–west bounded by the border with Croatia to the south and the ...

, the

Slovene Hills The Slovene Hills or the Slovenian Hills (, or ) is the largest hilly region of Slovenia, a smaller part is located in the Austrian province of Styria. It is situated in the northeast of the country and has an area of . It comprises the ''Western ...

, and

Prlekija Prlekija is a region in northeastern Slovenia between the Drava and Mura rivers. It comprises the eastern part of the Slovene Hills (), stretching from the border with Austria to the border with Croatia. It is part of the traditional province of ...

. István Küzmics also used Krajačević's gospels as a source, but in his ''Nouvi Zákon'' Kajkavian elements are very strong.

Anton Vratuša Anton Vratuša (born Vratussa Antal; 21 February 1915 – 30 July 2017) was a Slovenian politician and diplomat who was Prime Minister of Slovenia from 1978 to 1980, and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia's ambassador to the U ...

concluded that Miklós tried to use more original Prekmurje dialect words. ''Nouvi Zákon'' was only a secondary source, from which he did not translate.

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: Izbor prekmurskega slovstva,

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: Se je Mikloš Küzmič v svojem prevodu Evangyeliomov res naslanjal na Štefana Küzmiča? Slavistična revija (45.), 1997. Prekmurje Slovene Slovene-language books Bible translations into Slovene {{Slavic-lang-stub

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