So go back to your father and tell him: "Father! Your son has certainly been guilty of stealing. We did not see him stealing but testify according to what we know, and obviously we had no power to keep watch over that what is altogether hidden from us.
"Ku kõma zuwa ga ubanku, ku gaya masa: Yã bãbanmu, lalle ne ɗanka yã yi sãta, kuma ba mu yi shaida ba fãce da abin da muka sani, kuma ba mu kasance mun san gaibu ba."