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'''Jozef Rohacek''' (1877 - 1962), in Slovak "''Jozef Roháček''", was [[Slovakia|Slovak]] Lutheran theologian and priest, writer and Protestant activist who was the first person to translate Bible from original languages into Slovak language.<ref>{{cite web

'''Jozef Rohacek''' (1877 - 1962), in Slovak "''Jozef Roháček''", was a [[Slovakia|Slovak]] Lutheran theologian and priest, writer and Protestant activist who was the first person to translate the Bible from the original languages into the Slovak language.<ref>{{cite web

|author= Beáta Jarošová

|author= Beáta Jarošová

|title= Štefan Markuš: "Bibliu netreba len obdivovať, treba ju čítať" (Stefan Markus: "Biblia should not be just admired, but read")

|title= Štefan Markuš: "Bibliu netreba len obdivovať, treba ju čítať" (Stefan Markus: "Biblia should not be just admired, but read")

|language=Slovak

|language=Slovak

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}}</ref> The 1st edition of the complete [[Lutheran]] Slovak [[Bible]] was edited by [[British and Foreign Bible Society]] in 1936. The revised edition was printed in Kutná Hora (present-day [[Czech Republic]]) in 1951, already under the reign of communist party in former [[Czechoslovakia]], what was considered almost for miracle.<ref>{{cite book  

}}</ref> The 1st edition of the complete [[Lutheran]] Slovak [[Bible]] was edited by the [[British and Foreign Bible Society]] in 1936. The revised edition was printed in Kutná Hora (present-day [[Czech Republic]]) in 1951, already under the reign of the Communist Party in former [[Czechoslovakia]], what was considered almost a miracle.<ref>{{cite book  

|title= Životopisy - Kristína Royová, Jozef Roháček, Ružena Vraná, Viera Roháčková

|title= Životopisy - Kristína Royová, Jozef Roháček, Ružena Vraná, Viera Roháčková

|last= Holéczy  

|last= Holéczy  

== Biography of Jozef Rohacek ==

== Biography of Jozef Rohacek ==

Jozef Rohacek was born in Stara Tura, [[Slovakia]] (that time part of [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]]) and due to problems of his own family to make for living he was adopted by his relatives who were unable not have their own children. His uncle who was running itinerant trade in Vienna got used to take kid with him for business trips and this way small Jozef managed to learn German. In spring of 1894 young lad came in contact with sisters Roy what had significant impact on his further life. Kristína Royová helped him to find funds for enrolling in missionary school in Neukirchen, [[Germany]]. There he was studying among other subjects Hebrew, Greek, English and French. During the [[First World War]] he was among German-speaking soldiers in the Austro-Hungarian army and military hospitals as field pastor. Since he was also still active as missionary evangelist he maintained the contacts with Slovak civilians what was the pretext for accusations of Panslavism and arrest just shortly after the war was finished. For more than year he was illegally kept in prison without any proceeding at court being initiated while his wife was struggling without any income with their three small children. After his release he enrolled both in Faculty of Theology and Philosophy in Bratislava, present-day Slovakia. His method for Bible translation was based on adhering to original texts, the usage of precious Hebrew commentaries that he occasionally received from persecuted [[Jews]] and the avoidance of using other already existing translations. He died in 1962 during the communist reign in former Czechoslovakia.<ref>{{cite web

Jozef Rohacek was born in Stara Tura, [[Slovakia]] (at that time part of the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]]) and due to problems of his own family to make for living he was adopted by his relatives, who were unable to have their own children. His uncle who was running itinerant trade in Vienna got used to take kid with him for business trips and this way small Jozef managed to learn German. In spring of 1894, the young lad came in contact with sisters, who would have a significant impact on his further life. Kristína Royová helped him to find funds for enrolling in missionary school in Neukirchen, [[Germany]]. There he studied, among other subjects, Hebrew, Greek, English and French. During the [[First World War]] he was among the German-speaking soldiers in the Austro-Hungarian army and military hospitals as field pastor. Since he was also still active as missionary evangelist, he maintained the contacts with Slovak civilians what was the pretext for accusations of Panslavism and arrest just shortly after the war was finished. For more than a year he was illegally kept in prison without any proceeding at court being initiated, while his wife was struggling without any income with their three small children. After his release he enrolled in both the Faculties of Theology and Philosophy in Bratislava, present-day Slovakia. His method for Bible translation was based on adhering to original texts, the usage of precious Hebrew commentaries that he occasionally received from persecuted [[Jews]] and the avoidance of other existing translations. He died in 1962 during the communist reign in former Czechoslovakia.<ref>{{cite web

|author=Daniel E. Holéczy

|author=Daniel E. Holéczy

|publisher=Stara Tura, City Hall

|publisher=Stara Tura, City Hall