Bible translation for Roma
Recent prayer requests
Croatia, days 12-16: R&R, travel and now home from Croatia. Read at toddlprice.com/blog-2/
June 26 Pray God’s guidance for us as we edit verses in Mark & Matthew in Bayash, for a clear, accurate & natural translation
June 25 Pray for good health & that we will quickly recover from jet lag & acclimate back to US Central Time
June 24 Pray for smooth flights, good weather, good health as we fly home today (gaining 7 hours in time zone difference)
June 21 Happy Father’s Day! Praise God for our loving fathers who have demonstrated God’s care & provision
Latest from the blog
Croatia, days 12-16: R&R, travel and now home from Croatia
Thank you for praying for us and the team we led to Croatia. We praise God for the six young adults from Iowa, Colorado, and Hungary who traveled to Sisak, Croatia, for a 10-day summer trip, along with our family (pictured below) and the career Pioneers team serving in Croatia. After the team left, we…
Croatia, days 10-11: teen day camp; showing Luke film; tourism day
Once again, we want to thank you for your faithful prayers for us and the team in Croatia. Yesterday, we took 15 tweens/teens from the large Roma village to a park by the river. One of our summer teamers gave a sermon and clear Gospel presentation based on Luke 15:11-24 (the story of the Prodigal…
Croatia, day 9: VBS day 2, showing of film in Bayash
As always, we are grateful for your faithful prayers for us. Yesterday (Wednesday) we had wonderful weather and were able to hold the second day of VBS in both villages. Our theme was Jesus, as the Good Shepherd, who cares for his sheep, and loves each one so much that he leaves the 99 safe…
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.