John 9
1 AND as he was passing, he saw a man blind from the womb of his mother.
Wathi esedlula wabona umuntu oyisiphofu kusukela ekuzalweni.
2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Raban, who sinned, this or his parents, that blind he should have been born?
Abafundi bakhe basebembuza bathi: Rabi, ngubani owonayo, lo kumbe abazali bakhe, aze azalwe eyisiphofu?
3 Jeshu saith to them, Neither he sinned, nor his parents; but that there might be seen in him the works of Aloha.
UJesu waphendula wathi: Konanga lo loba abazali bakhe; kodwa ukuze kubonakaliswe imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu kuye.
4 Me it behoveth to do the works of Him who sent me, while it is to-day: the night cometh when man cannot work.
Kufanele ngisebenze imisebenzi yongithumileyo kusesemini; ubusuku buyeza, lapho okungekho olakho ukusebenza khona.
5 So long as I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.
Ngisekhona emhlabeni, ngiyikukhanya komhlaba.
6 And when he had said these things, he spat upon the ground, and formed clay from his spittle, and rubbed upon the eyes of the blind,
Esetshilo lezizinto, wakhafulela emhlabathini, wenza udaka ngamathe, waninda loludaka emehlweni esiphofu,
7 and said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Shilucha. And he went, washed, and came seeing.
wasesithi kuso: Hamba uyegeza echibini leSilowama (okuphendulelwa ngokuthi, oThunyiweyo). Ngakho sahamba sageza, sabuya sesibona.
8 But his neighbours, and they who had seen (him) aforetime as he begged, said, Is not this he who sat and begged?
Ngakho abakhelene laso lalabo ababesibonile ngaphambili ukuthi sasiyisiphofu, bathi: Kayisuye yini lo owayehlezi ephanza?
9 Some said, It is he; and some said, It is not, but one like him; but he said, I am he.
Abanye bathi: Lo nguye; kodwa abanye bathi: Unjengaye. Yena wathi: Nginguye.
10 They say to him, How were thine eyes opened?
Ngakho bathi kuye: Avulwe njani amehlo akho?
11 He answered and said to them, The man whose name is Jeshu made clay, and rubbed upon mine eyes, and said to me, Go, wash in the waters of Shilucha; and I went, 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 They say to him, Where is he? He saith to them, I know not.
Ngakho bathi kuye: Ungaphi yena? Wathi: Kangazi.
13 They brought him who from the beginning was blind to the Pharishee.
Basebemletha kubaFarisi, lowo owayekade eyisiphofu.
14 Now it was shabath when Jeshu made the clay and opened his eyes:
Njalo kwakulisabatha mhla uJesu esenza udaka, evula amehlo akhe.
15 and again the Pharishee questioned him, How didst thou receive sight? He said to them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and received sight.
AbaFarisi labo basebembuza futhi, ukuthi wemukele njani ukubona. Wasesithi kubo: Ufake udaka emehlweni ami, ngasengigeza, sengibona.
16 And some of the Pharishee said, This man is not from Aloha; for the shabath he keepeth not. But others said, How can a man, a sinner, perform these 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 again to the blind, What sayest thou concerning him, because he hath opened thine eyes? He saith to them, I say that he is the Prophet.
Baphinda bathi kuso isiphofu: Wena uthini ngaye, lokhu evule amehlo akho? Wasesithi: Ungumprofethi.
18 But believed not concerning him the Jihudoyee that blind he had been and made-to-see, until they called the parents of him who had been made to see,
AmaJuda-ke kawakholwanga ngaye, ukuthi wayeyisiphofu usemukele ukubona, aze abiza abazali bakhe osebuye wabona,
19 and asked them, If this is your son who, you say, was born blind, how now doth he 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 blind he was born.
Abazali bakhe bawaphendula bathi: Siyazi ukuthi lo uyindodana yethu, lokuthi wazalwa eyisiphofu;
21 But how he now seeth, or who hath opened his eyes, we know not. He also hath entered on his years, ask him: he for himself shall speak.
kodwa ukuthi ubona njani khathesi, kasikwazi; kumbe ngubani ovule amehlo akhe, thina kasikwazi; yena usekhulile; mbuzeni, uzazikhulumela yena.
22 These words said his parents, because they feared the Jihudoyee; for the Jihudoyee had determined that if any man should confess him that he was the Meshicha, they would cast him out of the synagogue:
Abazali bakhe batsho lezizinto, ngoba besesaba amaJuda; ngoba amaJuda ayesevumelene ngokuthi, uba loba engubani ovuma ukuthi unguKristu, kakhutshwe esinagogeni.
23 on this account said his parents, He hath entered on his years, ask him.
Kungakho abazali bakhe bathi: Usekhulile, mbuzeni.
24 And they called the second time the man who had been blind, and said to him, Glorify Aloha: for 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 answered and said to them, Whether he be a sinner, I know not; but one (thing) I know, that I have been blind, and now, behold, I see.
Yena wasephendula esithi: Loba eyisoni kangazi, kunye engikwaziyo, ukuthi bengiyisiphofu, khathesi sengibona.
26 They say to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he to thee thine eyes?
Asesithi kuye futhi: Wenzeni kuwe? Uwavule njani amehlo akho?
27 He saith to them, I told you, and you heard not: what will you hear? Are you also willing disciples to him to become?
Wawaphendula wathi: Sengilitshelile, kodwa kalizwanga, lifunelani ukuzwa futhi? Liyafisa lani ukuba ngabafundi bakhe yini?
28 But they reviled him, and said to him, Thou art the disciple of him; but we are the disciples of Musha.
Ngakho amthuka, esithi: Nguwe ongumfundi wakhe; kodwa thina singabafundi bakaMozisi.
29 And we know that with Musha Aloha spake; but for this, we know not whence he is.
Thina siyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wakhuluma loMozisi; kodwa lo kasimazi lapho avela khona.
30 Answered the man and said to them, At this then we must wonder, that you know not from whence he is, and (yet) mine eyes he hath opened!
Umuntu waphendula wathi kuwo: Ngoba kulokhu kuyisimanga ukuthi lina kalimazi lapho avela khona, kanti uvule amehlo ami.
31 But we know that Aloha the voice of sinners heareth not; but if any man fear him and do his will, him he heareth.
Njalo siyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu kazizwa izoni; kodwa uba umuntu engokhonza uNkulunkulu, esenza intando yakhe, uyamuzwa lowo.
32 From of old it hath not been heard that a man hath opened the eyes of one born blind. (aiōn g165)
Loba nini kakukaze kuzwakale ukuthi kukhona owavula amehlo owazalwa eyisiphofu. (aiōn g165)
33 If this were not from Aloha, he could not this have done.
Uba lo ubengaveli kuNkulunkulu, ubengebe lamandla okwenza ulutho.
34 They answered and say to him, Thou altogether wast born in sins, and art thou teaching us? And they cast him without.
Aphendula athi kuye: Wena wazalelwa esonweni ngokupheleleyo, njalo wena uyasifundisa yini? Asemxotshela phandle.
35 Jeshu heard that they had cast him without, and he found him, and said to him, Dost thou believe on the Son of Aloha?
UJesu wezwa ukuthi amxotshele phandle; kwathi esemficile, wathi kuye: Wena uyakholwa yini eNdodaneni kaNkulunkulu?
36 He who had been cured answered and said, Who (is he), my Lord, that I may believe in him?
Yena waphendula wathi: Ingubani, Nkosi, ukuze ngikholwe kuyo?
37 Jeshu said to him, Thou hast SEEN him, and He who talketh with thee is He.
UJesu wasesithi kuye: Lawe usuyibonile, njalo okhuluma lawe uyiyo.
38 He said, I believe, my Lord! And, falling, he adored him.
Wasesithi: Nkosi, ngiyakholwa; wasemkhonza.
39 Jeshu said to them, For the judgment of this world am I come, that they who see not may see, and they who see may be made blind.
UJesu wasesithi: Mina ngizele ukwahlulela kulumhlaba, ukuze abangaboniyo babone, lalabo ababonayo babe yiziphofu.
40 And some of the Pharishee who were with him heard these (words), and they said to him, Are we blind also?
Lalabo kubaFarisi ababelaye bezwa lezizinto, bathi kuye: Lathi siyiziphofu yini?
41 Jeshu saith to them, If blind you were, you would have no sin; but now you say, We see: therefore your sin is confirmed.
UJesu wathi kubo: Uba beliyiziphofu, ngabe kalilasono. Kodwa khathesi lithi: Siyabona; ngakho isono senu simi.
