Bible translation for Roma
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Lost (and found) in translation, installment #6: Jonah’s sign; signs of time or weather; flesh and blood
Each week I meet over Zoom to consult with the Roma Bible translators in Croatia, Serbia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic in three languages: Arli, Chergash and Gurbet. What do we do in those sessions? We read through each verse and I ask questions for clarification and give advice to help improve the translations. WhatContinue reading “Lost (and found) in translation, installment #6: Jonah’s sign; signs of time or weather; flesh and blood”
Our daily prayer calendar for August 2022
For this prayer list formatted as a calendar for printing out, click download below: August 1 Pray we will be a blessing & encouragement to Todd’s mom as we visit her today at her nursing home in Oklahoma City August 2 Pray for kids who attended our VBS missions classes to develop a deep loveContinue reading “Our daily prayer calendar for August 2022”
Flying the flag of missions to children; checking Matthew chapters 10-13
Last week our church held our vacation Bible school and Pam and I led the missions class. We had 35-40 kids, ages pre-K through 5th grade. Pam did an amazing job teaching. She taught the kids (in an age-appropriate way so they could grasp it), why and how we do Bible translation for Roma. InContinue reading “Flying the flag of missions to children; checking Matthew chapters 10-13”
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 (the oldest four are not in this photo), Timothy, Jonathan, Elizabeth, Matthew, Kirsten, Daniel and Ariela, and live in Kansas City, Missouri. Pamala enjoys hosting guests in their home, teaching children, encouraging women and home schooling the children. Todd is the Roma Bible Translation Team coordinator. 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
Translations in Arli
Translations in Čergar
Translations in Gurbet
Translations in Ludari
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.