Moffatt(i)
21 The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I don't deserve to be called your son any more.'
22 But the father said to his servants, 'Quick, bring the best robe and put it on him, give him a ring for his hand and sandals for his feet,
23 and bring the fatted calf, kill it, and let us eat and be merry;
24 for my son here was dead and he has come to life, he was lost and he is found.' So they began to make merry.
25 Now his elder son was out in the field, and as he came near the house he heard music and dancing;
26 so, summoning one of the servants, he asked what this meant.
27 The servant told him, 'Your brother has arrived, and your father has killed the fatted calf because he has got him back safe and sound.'
28 This angered him, and he would not go in. His father came out and tried to appease him,
29 but he replied, 'Look at all the years I have been serving you! I have never neglected any of your orders, and yet you have never given me so much as a kid, to let me make merry with my friends.
30 But as soon as this son of yours arrives, after having wasted your means with harlots, you kill the fatted calf for him!'
31 The father said to him, 'My son, you and I are always together, all I have is yours.
32 We could not but make merry and rejoice, for your brother here was dead and has come to life again, he was lost but he has been found.' "