John 9
1 And passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,
Wakati, kama Yesu alipokuwa akipita, alimwona mtu kipofu tangu kuzaliwa kwake.
2 and His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this one or his parents, that he should be born blind?”
Wanafunzi wake wakamwuliza, “Rabi, nani aliyetenda dhambi, mtu huyu au wazazi wake, hata azaliwe kipofu?”
3 Jesus answered, “Neither this one sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God may be revealed in him;
Yesu akawajibu, “Siyo huyu mtu wala wazazi wake waliotenda dhambi, bali kazi za Mungu zipate kufunuliwa kupitia kwake.
4 it is necessary for Me to be working the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; night comes when no one is able to work:
Tunapaswa kufanya kazi zake yeye aliyenituma wakati bado ni mchana. Usiku waja wakati ambapo hakuna atakayeweza kufanya kazi.
5 when I am in the world, I AM [the] light of the world.”
Wakati niwapo ulimwenguni, mimi ni nuru ya ulimwengu.”
6 Saying these things, He spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind man, and said to him,
Baada ya Yesu kusema maneno haya, alitema kwenye ardhi, alifanya tope kwa mate, na akampaka yule mtu machoni na lile tope.
7 “Go away, wash at the pool of Siloam,” which is, interpreted, Sent. He went away, therefore, and washed, and came seeing;
Akamwambia, nenda kaoge katika kisima cha Siloam (Inayotafsiriwa kama 'aliyetumwa').” Kwa hiyo huyo mtu alienda, akanawa, na akarudi, anaona.
8 the neighbors, therefore, and those seeing him before, that he was blind, said, “Is this not he who is sitting and begging?”
Majirani wa yule mtu na wale waliomuona mwanzo kama mwombaji walisema, Je! huyu siye yule mtu aliyekuwa akikaa na kuomba?” wengine walisema, “Ni yeye.”
9 Others said, “This is he”; and others, “He is like to him”; he himself said, “I am [he].”
Na wengine walisema, “Hapana, bali anafanana naye.” Lakini alikuwa akisema, “Ni mimi.”
10 They said, therefore, to him, “How were your eyes opened?”
Wakamwambia, “Sasa macho yako yalifunguliwaje?”
11 He answered and said, “A man called Jesus made clay, and rubbed my eyes, and said to me, Go away to the pool of Siloam, and wash; and having gone away and having washed, I received sight”;
Alijibu, mtu aitwaye Yesu alifanya tope na kupaka macho yangu na kuniambia, 'Nenda Siloam ukanawe.' Kwa hiyo nilienda, na nikanawa, na nikapata kuona tena.”
12 they said, therefore, to him, “Where is that One?” He says, “I have not known.”
Wakamwambia, “Yuko wapi?” Alijibu, “Sijui.”
13 They bring him who once [was] blind to the Pharisees,
Wakampeleka yule mtu aliyewahi kuwa kipofu kwa Mafarisayo.
14 and it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
Nayo ilikuwa siku ya Sabato wakati Yesu alipotengeneza tope na kuyafumbua macho yake.
15 Again, therefore, the Pharisees also were asking him how he received sight, and he said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed—and I see.”
Ndipo tena Mafarisayo wakamwuliza alipataje kuona. Aliwaambia, “Aliweka tope katika macho yangu, nikanawa, na sasa naweza kuona.”
16 Certain of the Pharisees therefore said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath”; others said, “How is a man—a sinful one—able to do such signs?” And there was a division among them.
Baadhi ya Mafarisayo wakasema, “Mtu huyu hajatoka kwa Mungu kwa sababu haishiki Sabato.” Wengine walisema, “Inawezekanaje mtu mwenye dhambi kufanya ishara kama hizo?” Kwa hiyo kukawa na mgawanyiko kati yao.
17 They said to the blind man again, “You—what do you say of Him—that He opened your eyes?”
Ndipo walipomwuliza yule kipofu tena, “Unasemaje juu yake kwa sababu aliyafungua macho yako?” Kipofu akasema, “Ni nabii.”
18 And he said, “He is a prophet.” The Jews, therefore, did not believe concerning him that he was blind and received sight, until they called the parents of him who received sight,
Hata wakati huu Wayahudi hawakumwamini kwamba alikuwa kipofu naye amepata kuona mpaka walipowaita wazazi wake yeye aliyepata kuona.
19 and they asked them, saying, “Is [this] your son, of whom you say that he was born blind? How then does he now see?”
Waliwauliza wazazi, Je, huyu ni mtoto wenu mnayesema alizaliwa kipofu? amewezaje sasa kuona?”
20 His parents answered them and said, “We have known that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
Hivyo wazazi wake wakamjibu, “Tunajua kuwa huyu ni mtoto wetu na kwamba alizaliwa kipofu.
21 and how he now sees, we have not known; or who opened his eyes, we have not known; he is of age, ask him; he himself will speak concerning himself.”
Jinsi gani sasa anaona, hatujui, na yeye aliyemfumbua macho yake, hatumjui. Mwulizeni yeye. Ni mtu mzima. Anaweza kujieleza mwenyewe.”
22 His parents said these things, because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed together, that if anyone may confess Him—Christ, he may be put out of the synagogue;
Wazazi wake walisema mambo haya, kwa sababu waliwaogopa Wayahudi. Kwa vile Wayahudi walikuwa wamekubaliana tayari kuwa, ikiwa yeyote atakiri kuwa Yesu ni Kristo, atatengwa na Sinagogi.
23 because of this his parents said, “He is of age, ask him.”
Kwa sababu hii, wazazi wake walisema, “Ni mtu mzima, mwulizeni yeye.”
24 They called, therefore, the man who was blind a second time, and they said to him, “Give glory to God, we have known that this Man is a sinner”;
Kwa hiyo kwa mara ya pili, walimwita yule mtu aliyewahi kuwa kipofu na kumwambia, “Mpe Mungu utukufu. Tunajua kwamba mtu huyu ni mwenye dhambi.”
25 he answered, therefore, and said, “If He is a sinner—I have not known, one thing I have known, that, being blind, now I see.”
Ndipo yule mtu alijibu, “Awe ni mwenye dhambi, mimi sijui. Kitu kimoja ninachokijua: nilikuwa kipofu, na sasa ninaona.”
26 And they said to him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”
Ndipo walipomwambia, “Amekufanyia nini? Aliyafumbuaje macho yako?”
27 He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not hear; why do you wish to hear [it] again? Do you also wish to become His disciples?”
Alijibu, “Nimekwishawaambia tayari, na nyinyi hamkusikiliza! Kwa nini mnataka kusikia tena? Nanyi hamtaki kuwa wanafunzi wake pia, sivyo?
28 They reviled him, therefore, and said, “You are His disciple, and we are Moses’ disciples;
Walimtukana na kusema, “Wewe ni mwanafunzi wake, lakini sisi ni wanafunzi wa Musa.
29 we have known that God has spoken to Moses, but this One—we have not known where He is from.”
Tunajua kwamba Mungu alizungumza na Musa, lakini kwa huyu mtu, hatujui kule atokako.”
30 The man answered and said to them, “Why, in this is a wonderful thing, that you have not known where He is from, and He opened my eyes!
Yule mtu akajibu na kuwaambia, “Kwa nini, hili ni jambo la kushangaza, kwamba hamjui anakotoka, na bado ameyafumbua macho yangu.
31 And we have known that God does not hear sinners, but if anyone may be a worshiper of God, and may do His will, He hears him;
Tunajua kuwa Mungu hawasikilizi wenye dhambi, lakini ikiwa mtu yeyote anamwabudu Mungu na hufanya mapenzi yake, Mungu humsikiliza.
32 from the age it was not heard that anyone opened eyes of one who has been born blind; (aiōn g165)
Tangu kuanza kwa Ulimwengu haijawahi kamwe kusikiwa kwamba yeyote ameyafumbua macho ya mtu aliyezaliwa kipofu. (aiōn g165)
33 if this One were not from God, He were not able to do anything.”
Ikiwa mtu huyu hakutoka kwa Mungu, asingelifanya chochote.”
34 They answered and said to him, “In sins you were born altogether, and you teach us?” And they cast him forth outside.
Walijibu na kumwambia, “Ulizaliwa katika dhambi kabisa, na wewe unatufundisha sisi?” Ndipo walipomfukuza kutoka katika sinagogi.
35 Jesus heard that they cast him forth outside, and having found him, He said to him, “Do you believe in the Son of God?”
Yesu alisikia kwamba wamemwondoa kwenye sinagogi. Alimpata na kumwambia, “Unamwamini Mwana wa Mtu?”
36 He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”
Alijibu na kusema, “Ni nani, Bwana, ili nami nipate kumwamini?”
37 And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and He who is speaking with you is He”;
Yesu akamwambia, “Umeshamuona, naye unayezungumza naye ndiye.”
38 and he said, “I believe, Lord,” and worshiped Him.
Yule mtu akasema, “Bwana, Naamini.” Ndipo akamsujudia.
39 And Jesus said, “I came to this world for judgment, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.”
Yesu akasema, “Kwa hukumu nimekuja katika Ulimwengu huu ili kwamba wale wasioona wapate kuona na wale wanaoona wawe vipofu.”
40 And those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things, and they said to Him, “Are we also blind?”
Baadhi ya Mafarisayo waliokuwa pamoja naye wakasikia maneno hayo na kumwuliza, “Na sisi pia ni vipofu?”
41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you were not having had sin, but now you say—We see, therefore your sin remains.”
Yesu akawaambia, “Kama mngelikuwa vipofu, msingelikuwa na dhambi. Hata hivyo, sasa mnasema, 'Tunaona,' dhambi yenu inakaa.”
