18 Ine ndiniyenda kuna baba wangu, ndipo ndin'kamuuza kuti: Baba, ndaphonyera kudzulu na imwepo.
Akhabweka bzakuphonyera Mulungu bzawo, acimbabatizidwa na iye mumkulo wa Jolodani.
Thangwe imwepo mukalekerera wanthu bzakuphonya bzawo, Baba wanu wa kudzulu an'dzakulekereranimbo.
Ndipo imwepo pembani tenepayu: “Baba wathu muli kudzulu! Dzina lanu liremekezedwe.
Tsono penu imwe nakuipa kwanuku, mumbadziwa kupasa wana wanu bzinthu bzabwino, ni tani tsono Baba wanu womwe ali kudzulu, an'dzapasa bzinthu bzabwino kwa omwe animukumbira!
Ndipo iye adawauza kuti: “Mukapemba mbalewani kuti: “Baba! Dzina lanu liremekezedwe. Umambo bwanu bubwere.
“Pamwepo ndzeru zace zidabwerera acikumbuka kuti: ‘Ni wabasa angasi omwe baba wangu anawo ambadya bzicisala, ndipo ine kuno ndicifa na njala!
Nin'themera lini pomwe kucemeredwa mwana wanu. Ndiyeseni ninga m'bodzi wa wabasa wanu’.
“Pamwepo mwanayo adalewa kuti: ‘Baba, ndaphonyera kudzulu na imwepo. Nin'themera lini pomwe kucemeredwa mwana wanu’.
“Tsono wakupimisa mtsonkho ule akhadaima kutali, ndipo akhajiguma lini kudzulu, tsono akhambabzimenya pacifuwa, aciti: ‘Mulungu, ndibverenimbo ntsisi, nakuti ndine mtazi’.