New Translation Project: Boro

Boro, also known as Bodo, is a Sino‐Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Boro people of Northeast India and Nepal. It is an official language of the Bodoland autonomous region and a coofficial language of the state of Assam in India. There are more than 1.4 million Boro speakers.

The current Boro Bible was published in the 1960s in the now unused Latin script and is not based on the Received Text. Since 1975 the language has been written using the Devanagari script. In December last year, the Society approved the commencement of a pilot Boro Bible translation project with a team of translators based in Assam. The team there have already advised that they have finalised the text of the Gospel according to John, and an online meeting is due to be held with them shortly to discuss the way forward.

'Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.' —Psalm 72.18-19