<prompt> tafsiri zifuatazo kutoka kwa swahili hadi kiingereza.hivi karibuni kwa ukali kabisa, james barr amedai kuwa hilo halikuonyesha wazi wazi ufahamu wa kuwa hilo lilikuwa linamuhusu yeye ila hilo kiwepesi kabisa linaashiria baba tu.78 ili kufikiria kuwa mungu ni baba yetu wa mbinguni haina maana mpya, kwa kuwa katika sala ya bwana amenukuliwa kuwa amewafundisha wanafunzi wake kumtambulisha mungu katika njia hii hii.  <response>: james barr has recently argued forcefully that it did not have the specially intimate sense that has so often been attributed to it, but that it simply meant father.1414 to think of god as our heavenly father was by no means new, for in the lords prayer he is reported to have taught his disciples to address god in this same familiar way. 