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"Which sounds better to you?", Biljana asks, calling her husband into the room to get his input. (The picture above is of us translating in their living room in Croatia.) We were translating Mark 1:22 and trying to figure out the best way to render "scribes" in Chergash Roma. After all, "scribe" is not exactly a word Gypsies use everyday, so Biljana and her husband needed to think about the best way to say it. For the moment, we chose "knower of paper/writing", since this best captures the idea. We'll keep thinking about this and will test it out with others who speak Chergash to make sure they understand it properly. This is just one of hundreds of issues we deal with as our Roma workers translate God's Word into their different Roma dialects. Would you pray for us each day to have wisdom in these important decisions? In doing so, you are part of the translation team! |
| | GIFTED TO TRANSLATE
Goran & Kada are pictured here during a recent visit to our home for Goran to do Bible translation. They live in Serbia, about eight hours from us by car. We are grateful for them and two other Roma believers who will be doing Bible translation. These four speak four different Roma dialects and will be translating the Bible into these four dialects! They are "worthy of their hire" and we are needing about $1,800 per month to employ these four translators (one full time, two part time and one two days per week). If you would like to give a gift of any amount to help pay for Roma Bible translation, please send your donation to Pioneers (see contact information below) and specify your gift for account # 150786 (Roma Bible Society) or to give online click here: http://bit.ly/2gek7dJ. These gifts are above and beyond and completely separate from our personal missionary support.
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| | TRANSLATION BY THE NUMBERS
1 full-time Roma Bible translator
1 Roma Bible translator working two days per week
2 part-time Roma Bible translators
7 Roma dialects in our region needing Bible translation
$1,800 amount needed each month to employ our Roma Bible
translators
500,000 number of potential speakers of the 4 Roma dialects we
are translating into
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Pioneers, 10123 William Carey Dr., Orlando, FL 32832
Or made online at:
http://www.pioneers.org/give
To give for our missionary support, please designate for account 110250 "Todd & Pamala Price".
To give for Roma Bible translation projects, please designate for account 150786 "Roma Bible Society".
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