Bible translations into Marathi

The first Marathi translation was made by Vaidyanath Sarma under the supervision of the Serampore missionaries and William Carey at Fort William College.^[1][2][3] However Carey's translation was found lacking,^[4] and was revised by two American missionaries, Gordon Hall and Samuel Newell in 1826, with a subsequent edition in 1830.^[5][6] Further, David Oliver Allen "superintended a translation of the Scriptures into the Mahratta language" while in charge of the Bombay printshop 1844−53.^[7]

The first colloquial version was made by Pandita Ramabai in language easy for Pune women to understand.^[8][9][10]

Later translators of the Bible include Bapuji Appaji, B. N. Athavle and Ratnakar Hari Kelkar.

In collaboration with Church centric bible translation, Free Bibles India has published a Marathi translation online.

In 2016, the New Testament of New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures was released by Jehovah's Witnesses in Marathi.^[11] It was published online (also offline in PDF format) with mobile versions released through JW Library application in App stores.