The tax collector stood at a distance and would not even lift his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and prayed "Oh God, be merciful to me, for I am a sinner."
Muthelisi ene a ima nga kulenyana a tshi tou tata na u lilala, a sokou ḓirwa khana nga u ḓisola a tshi ri, 'Yawee Mudzimu, a thi hangwelwi-vho na, nṋe mutshinyi!' " 14