John 9
1 And as he was passing along, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth.
Wathi esedlula wabona umuntu oyisiphofu kusukela ekuzalweni.
2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
Abafundi bakhe basebembuza bathi: Rabi, ngubani owonayo, lo kumbe abazali bakhe, aze azalwe eyisiphofu?
3 Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but that the works of God might be made manifest in him.
UJesu waphendula wathi: Konanga lo loba abazali bakhe; kodwa ukuze kubonakaliswe imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu kuye.
4 We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day; the night is coming, when no one can work.
Kufanele ngisebenze imisebenzi yongithumileyo kusesemini; ubusuku buyeza, lapho okungekho olakho ukusebenza khona.
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Ngisekhona emhlabeni, ngiyikukhanya komhlaba.
6 Having thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay with the spittle, and anointed his eyes with the clay,
Esetshilo lezizinto, wakhafulela emhlabathini, wenza udaka ngamathe, waninda loludaka emehlweni esiphofu,
7 and said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam; (which is, when translated, Sent.) He went away therefore, and washed and came seeing.
wasesithi kuso: Hamba uyegeza echibini leSilowama (okuphendulelwa ngokuthi, oThunyiweyo). Ngakho sahamba sageza, sabuya sesibona.
8 The neighbors therefore, and they who before had seen him as a beggar, said, Is not this he that sits and begs?
Ngakho abakhelene laso lalabo ababesibonile ngaphambili ukuthi sasiyisiphofu, bathi: Kayisuye yini lo owayehlezi ephanza?
9 Some said, This is he. Others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he.
Abanye bathi: Lo nguye; kodwa abanye bathi: Unjengaye. Yena wathi: Nginguye.
10 They said therefore to him How then were thine eyes opened?
Ngakho bathi kuye: Avulwe njani amehlo akho?
11 He answered, The man who is called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes, and said to me, Go to Siloam, and wash. I went therefore and washed, and received sight.
Yena waphendula wathi: Umuntu othiwa nguJesu wenze udaka, waninda amehlo ami, wathi kimi: Hamba uye echibini leSilowama, ugeze. Njalo ngahamba ngageza, ngabuye ngabona.
12 And they said to him, Where is that man? He saith, I do not know.
Ngakho bathi kuye: Ungaphi yena? Wathi: Kangazi.
13 They bring to the Pharisees him who had once been blind.
Basebemletha kubaFarisi, lowo owayekade eyisiphofu.
14 And the day on which Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes was the sabbath.
Njalo kwakulisabatha mhla uJesu esenza udaka, evula amehlo akhe.
15 Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, He put clay on my eyes, and I washed them, and I see.
AbaFarisi labo basebembuza futhi, ukuthi wemukele njani ukubona. Wasesithi kubo: Ufake udaka emehlweni ami, ngasengigeza, sengibona.
16 Therefore some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such signs. And there was a division among them.
Ngakho abanye babaFarisi bathi: Lumuntu kaveli kuNkulunkulu, ngoba kagcini isabatha. Abanye bathi: Umuntu oyisoni angazenza njani izibonakaliso ezinje? Kwasekusiba khona ukwehlukana phakathi kwabo.
17 They say therefore to the blind man again, What dost thou say of him for having opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
Baphinda bathi kuso isiphofu: Wena uthini ngaye, lokhu evule amehlo akho? Wasesithi: Ungumprofethi.
18 The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.
AmaJuda-ke kawakholwanga ngaye, ukuthi wayeyisiphofu usemukele ukubona, aze abiza abazali bakhe osebuye wabona,
19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? How then doth he now see?
asebabuza athi: Lo uyindodana yenu, lina elithi yazalwa iyisiphofu yini? Pho isibona njani khathesi?
20 His parents, answered and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
Abazali bakhe bawaphendula bathi: Siyazi ukuthi lo uyindodana yethu, lokuthi wazalwa eyisiphofu;
21 but by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who opened his eyes, we know not; ask him, he is of age; he will speak for himself.
kodwa ukuthi ubona njani khathesi, kasikwazi; kumbe ngubani ovule amehlo akhe, thina kasikwazi; yena usekhulile; mbuzeni, uzazikhulumela yena.
22 This his parents said, because they feared the Jews. For the Jews had already agreed, that if any one should acknowledge him as the Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
Abazali bakhe batsho lezizinto, ngoba besesaba amaJuda; ngoba amaJuda ayesevumelene ngokuthi, uba loba engubani ovuma ukuthi unguKristu, kakhutshwe esinagogeni.
23 Therefore his parents said, He is of age; ask him.
Kungakho abazali bakhe bathi: Usekhulile, mbuzeni.
24 They therefore called a second time the man that had been blind, and said to him, Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner.
Ambiza-ke ngokwesibili lowomuntu owayeyisiphofu, athi kuye: Phana uNkulunkulu udumo; thina siyazi ukuthi lowomuntu uyisoni.
25 He therefore answered, Whether he is a sinner, I know not; one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
Yena wasephendula esithi: Loba eyisoni kangazi, kunye engikwaziyo, ukuthi bengiyisiphofu, khathesi sengibona.
26 They said to him, What did he do to thee? How did he open thine eyes?
Asesithi kuye futhi: Wenzeni kuwe? Uwavule njani amehlo akho?
27 He answered them, I have already told you, and ye did not hear; why would ye hear it again? Are ye also inclined to become his disciples?
Wawaphendula wathi: Sengilitshelile, kodwa kalizwanga, lifunelani ukuzwa futhi? Liyafisa lani ukuba ngabafundi bakhe yini?
28 They reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are disciples of Moses.
Ngakho amthuka, esithi: Nguwe ongumfundi wakhe; kodwa thina singabafundi bakaMozisi.
29 We know that God hath spoken to Moses; but as for this man, we know not whence he is.
Thina siyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wakhuluma loMozisi; kodwa lo kasimazi lapho avela khona.
30 The man answered and said to them, Why, herein is a marvelous thing, that ye know not whence he is, and yet he opened my eyes.
Umuntu waphendula wathi kuwo: Ngoba kulokhu kuyisimanga ukuthi lina kalimazi lapho avela khona, kanti uvule amehlo ami.
31 We know that God heareth not sinners; but if any one is a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
Njalo siyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu kazizwa izoni; kodwa uba umuntu engokhonza uNkulunkulu, esenza intando yakhe, uyamuzwa lowo.
32 Since the world began, it was never heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind. (aiōn g165)
Loba nini kakukaze kuzwakale ukuthi kukhona owavula amehlo owazalwa eyisiphofu. (aiōn g165)
33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.
Uba lo ubengaveli kuNkulunkulu, ubengebe lamandla okwenza ulutho.
34 They answered and said to him, Thou wast wholly born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
Aphendula athi kuye: Wena wazalelwa esonweni ngokupheleleyo, njalo wena uyasifundisa yini? Asemxotshela phandle.
35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and he found him, and said, Dost thou believe in the Son of man?
UJesu wezwa ukuthi amxotshele phandle; kwathi esemficile, wathi kuye: Wena uyakholwa yini eNdodaneni kaNkulunkulu?
36 He answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?
Yena waphendula wathi: Ingubani, Nkosi, ukuze ngikholwe kuyo?
37 Jesus said to him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
UJesu wasesithi kuye: Lawe usuyibonile, njalo okhuluma lawe uyiyo.
38 And he said, I believe, Lord; and he prostrated himself before him.
Wasesithi: Nkosi, ngiyakholwa; wasemkhonza.
39 And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world; that they who see not might see, and that they who see might become blind.
UJesu wasesithi: Mina ngizele ukwahlulela kulumhlaba, ukuze abangaboniyo babone, lalabo ababonayo babe yiziphofu.
40 Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this, and said to him, Are we also blind?
Lalabo kubaFarisi ababelaye bezwa lezizinto, bathi kuye: Lathi siyiziphofu yini?
41 Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye would not have sin; but now ye say, We see. Your sin remaineth.
UJesu wathi kubo: Uba beliyiziphofu, ngabe kalilasono. Kodwa khathesi lithi: Siyabona; ngakho isono senu simi.
