Bible translation for Roma
Recent prayer requests
We’re back from Serbia. Pray for the distributed New Testaments to bear much fruit! Read here: toddlprice.com/blog-2/
April 13 Pray for wisdom for Todd, considering writing a manual to help other Bible translators & a manual for the study of Greek lexicology
April 12 Pray for each of our children to know & walk closely with the Lord & attend a Bible-teaching church regularly
April 11 Praise God for the people receiving God’s Word in their own mother tongues & for all who helped finance & translate it
Latest from the blog
We’re back from Serbia. Pray for the distributed New Testaments to bear much fruit!
On a hill above one of the Roma settlements Meeting with the translation team for the Bayash language A wonderful NT dedication service Thank you for praying for our trip to Serbia. We praise God for what he did during those days and are so excited that the New Testament was distributed to so many…
The New Testaments are in the hands of the people now!
God has answered your prayers! The New Testament dedication and distribution in three languages (Arli, Gurbet and Chergash) was very successful! People left the meetings encouraged and motivated in the eternal, impactful role that they have played in the work thus far. It is motivating to everyone working on the OT in these languages, and…
Arrived in Serbia!
Hello from Serbia, where Pamala and I arrived yesterday. We’re thankful for safe travel, our bags coming through without a hitch, and good sleep on our first night despite jet lag. We enjoyed the warm fellowship of friends/colleagues who live in Belgrade, Serbia, Eric and Susan. They were on our team in Bosnia 22 years…
Photos from the past few years
Roma (Gypsies) in Europe
There are 12-16 million Roma (Gypsies) in Europe and western Eurasia, scattered throughout 26 countries (including 40 regions or semi-autonomous regions), speaking 90+ languages, and yet only a dozen have the Bible in their Roma language.
Pray for Bible translation for the Roma languages in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Montenegro.
Our Family
Dr. Todd & Pamala Price have served with Pioneers since 1994, in Croatia, Bosnia and Hungary. They have seven children, Timothy, Jonathan, Elizabeth, Matthew, Kirsten, Daniel and Ariela, and live in Belton, Missouri. Pamala enjoys hosting guests in their home, teaching children, encouraging women, and homeschooling the children. Todd is an International Bible Translation Consultant and Regional Consultant Coordinator with The Word for the World Bible Translators. Their passion is to see a Bible translation in the heart language of all Roma (Gypsies) in former Yugoslavia, and to see countless Roma lives transformed through God’s Word. Todd’s BA and MA are in biblical languages and his PhD is in NT Greek and Corpus Linguistics.
See or hear the Roma Bible translations
Here you can see or listen to excerpts of what we have translated so far into five Roma (Gypsy) languages.
Translations in Bajaš
Todd’s Book
Structural Lexicology and the Greek New Testament By Todd Price
This study demonstrates a method for using corpus linguistics to disambiguate polysemes in the Greek New Testament. Included are several examples applying the method to exegetically problematic texts.