Nor does he follow after his child to try to protect him. Rather, this parent faithfully stays at home and prays, and when that child “comes to his senses” and turns around and heads back, the parent is waiting and watching and runs to greet that child even when he is a “long way off.”
Vilevile hamfuati nyuma kujaribu kumkinga. Bali huyu mzazi kwa uaminifu anakaa nyumbani na kuomba, na wakati huyo mtoto “amerudi katika hali yake ya mawazo” na kugeuka na kurudi nyumbani, mzazi anakesha na kungoja na anakimbia kumkumbatia mwanawe bado “akiwa mbali.”