In reply he said to his father, ‘ Here it is so many years I have slaved for you and never once did I transgress your commandment, and yet to me you never once gave a kid for me to enjoy myself with my friends.
امّا او در جواب پدر خود گفت ،‏ اینک سالها است که من خدمت تو کرده‌ام و هرگز از حکم تو تجاوز نورزیده و هرگز بزغالهٔ بمن ندادی تا با دوستان خود شادی کنم .‏