Mwana Muparadzi (prodigal son) inyaya iri mubhaibheri inotaurwa mwana akakumbira kupiwa nhaka yababa vake vachiri vapenyu, iye ndokuenda akanoparadza pfuma iyi nepfambi neshamwari. Mushure mezvi akazogumisidza oshanda basa rekuchengeta nguruve - aiva nenzara zvekuti akafunga kudya zvaidyiwa nenguruve. Panguva iyi akayeuka kuti vashandi vababa vake vaiwana chokudya chakakwana, akati zviri nani ndidzokere kuna baba vangu ndive mushandi wavo. VaChewa vanoti kusakaza (to be prodigal; to spend up prodigally). VaChewa vanoti kusakaza (prodigality). Kimbundu vanoti kiúmbe kana mukuozanga (prodigal).