Yokaana 9
1 Awo Yesu bwe yali ng’atambula, n’alaba omusajja eyazaalibwa nga muzibe w’amaaso.
And as he passed on, he saw a man blind from birth.
2 Abayigirizwa be ne bamubuuza nti, “Labbi, ani eyayonoona, ono oba bazadde be alyoke azaalibwe nga muzibe w’amaaso?”
And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?
3 Yesu n’addamu nti, “Ku bonna omusajja ono newaakubadde bazadde be tekuliiko yayonoona, wabula kino kyabaawo emirimu gya Katonda girabikire ku ye.
Jesus answered, Neither this man sinned, nor his parents, but that the works of God might be manifested in him.
4 Kale kitugwanidde okukola emirimu gy’oyo eyantuma, obudde nga bukyali misana. Ekiro kijja omuntu mw’atasobolera kukola.
I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night comes when no man can work.
5 Kyokka Nze bwe mbeera mu nsi mba musana gwa nsi.”
When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6 Yesu bwe yamala okwogera bw’atyo, n’awanda amalusu ku ttaka n’atabula, n’alisiiga ku maaso g’omusajja oyo.
Having said these things, he spat toward the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind man.
7 N’amugamba nti, “Genda onaabe mu kidiba kya Sirowamu,” amakulu nti, “Eyatumibwa”. Awo omusajja n’agenda, n’anaaba, n’adda ng’alaba.
And he said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is translated, He who has been sent). Therefore he went and washed, and came seeing.
8 Baliraanwa b’oyo eyawonyezebwa era n’abalala abaali bamumanyi nga muzibe w’amaaso, asabiriza, ne beebuuzaganya nti, “Ono si ye musajja oli eyatuulanga wali ng’asabiriza?”
The neighbors therefore and those who saw him formerly, that he was blind, said, Is this not he who sits and begs?
9 Abamu ne bagamba nti, “Ye ye,” abalala ne bagamba nti, “Nedda, anaamufaanana bufaananyi.” Kyokka ye n’abagamba nti, “Ye nze ddala.”
Others said, He is this man, but others said, He is like him. That man said, I am.
10 Bo kwe ku mubuuza nti, “Kale amaaso go gaazibuse gatya?”
They said to him therefore, How were thine eyes opened?
11 N’abategeeza nti, “Omuntu ayitibwa Yesu, yatabula ettaka n’alinsiiga ku maaso, n’andagira nti, ‘Genda e Sirowamu onaabe.’ Ne ŋŋenda ne naaba, ne nsobola okulaba.”
That man answered and said, A man called Jesus made clay, and rubbed on my eyes, and said to me, Go to the pool of Siloam and wash. And after going and washing, I received sight.
12 Ne bamubuuza nti, “Ali ludda wa?” N’addamu nti, “Simanyi.”
Therefore they said to him, Where is that man? He says, I do not know.
13 Awo ne batwala omusajja eyali omuzibe w’amaaso eri Abafalisaayo.
They brought him to the Pharisees-the former blind man.
14 Olunaku olwo Yesu lwe yatabulirako ettaka n’azibula omusajja oyo amaaso, lwali lwa Ssabbiiti.
Now it was a sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.
15 Abafalisaayo nabo ne babuuza omuntu oyo engeri gye yazibuka amaaso. Awo n’ababuulira ng’agamba nti, “Yesu yatabula ettaka n’alinsiiga ku maaso, ne naaba, kaakano ndaba.”
Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received sight. And he said to them, He put clay upon my eyes, and I washed, and I see.
16 Abamu ku bo ne bagamba nti, “Omusajja oyo Yesu teyava wa Katonda kubanga takwata Ssabbiiti.” Kyokka abalala ne bagamba nti, “Omuntu omwonoonyi ayinza atya okukola eby’amagero ebifaanana bwe bityo?” Ne wabaawo okwawukana kunene mu bo.
Therefore some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he does not keep the sabbath. Other men said, How is a sinful man able to do such signs? And there was division among them.
17 Awo Abafalisaayo ne bakyukira omusajja eyali omuzibe w’amaaso ne bamubuuza nti, “Omuntu oyo eyakuzibula amaaso olowooza wa ngeri ki?” Omusajja n’addamu nti, “Ndowooza nnabbi.”
They say again to the blind man, What do thou say about him, that he opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
18 Ne batakkiriza nti omusajja oyo yali muzibe, okutuusa lwe baayita abazadde be,
The Jews therefore did not believe about him, that he had been blind, and had received sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received sight.
19 ne bababuuza nti, “Ono mutabani wammwe? Era yazaalibwa nga muzibe wa maaso? Kale obanga bwe kiri kaakano asobola atya okulaba?”
And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, whom ye say that he was born blind? How then does he now see?
20 Bakadde be ne baddamu nti, “Tumanyi ng’oyo ye mutabani waffe era nga yazaalibwa muzibe wa maaso.
And his parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind,
21 Naye engeri gye yazibukamu amaaso tetugimanyi, era n’eyamuzibula amaaso tetumumanyi. Wuuyo musajja mukulu mumwebuulize ajja kweyogerera.”
but how he now sees, we know not. Or who opened his eyes, we know not. He has maturity, ask him. He will speak for himself.
22 Ekyaboogeza batyo lwa kutya Bayudaaya. Kubanga Abayudaaya baali bamaze okuteesa nti buli ayatula nti Yesu ye Kristo agobebwe mu kuŋŋaaniro.
His parents spoke these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man confessed him as Christ, he should become excommunicated from the synagogue.
23 Ekyo kye kyaboogeza nti, “Wuuyo musajja mukulu mumwebuulize.”
Because of this his parents said, He has maturity, ask him.
24 Awo ate ne bongera okuyita omusajja eyali omuzibe w’amaaso ne bamugamba nti, “Gulumiza Katonda, kubanga tumanyi omusajja oyo mwonoonyi.”
So they called the man who was blind, for a second time, and said to him, Give glory to God. We know that this man is sinful.
25 Omusajja n’addamu nti, “Oba mwonoonyi oba si mwonoonyi simanyi, wabula kye mmanyi kiri kimu nti nnali muzibe w’amaaso, naye kaakano ndaba.”
That man therefore answered and said, If he is sinful, I know not. One thing I know, that being blind, now I see.
26 Kyebaava bamubuuza nti, “Kiki kye yakola? Amaaso yagazibula atya?”
But again they said to him, What did he do to thee? How did he open thine eyes?
27 Omusajja n’addamu nti, “Nabategeezezza dda ne mutawuliriza. Lwaki ate mwagala mbaddiremu? Nammwe mwagala kufuuka bayigirizwa be?”
He answered them, I told you already, and ye did not listen. Why do ye want to hear it again? Do ye not also want to become his disciples?
28 Ne bamuvuma ne bamugamba nti, “Ggwe oli muyigirizwa we. Naye ffe tuli bayigirizwa ba Musa.
They reviled him, and said, Thou are a disciple of that man, but we are disciples of Moses.
29 Ffe tumanyi nga Katonda yayogera ne Musa, naye oyo tetumanyi gy’ava.”
We know that God has spoken to Moses, but this man, we know not where he is from.
30 Ye n’addamu nti, “Kino kitalo, mmwe obutamanya gye yava ate nga nze yanzibula amaaso.
The man answered and said to them, For in this it is amazing, that ye know not where he is from, and yet he opened my eyes.
31 Tumanyi nti Katonda tawulira balina bibi, naye awulira abo abamutya era abakola by’ayagala.
And we know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any man is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to this man.
32 Ensi kasookedde ebaawo tewalabikangawo yali azibudde maaso ga muntu eyazaalibwa nga muzibe wa maaso. (aiōn g165)
From the age, it was not heard that any man opened the eyes of a man who was born blind. (aiōn g165)
33 Kale omuntu ono eyanzibula amaaso singa teyava wa Katonda ekyo teyandikisobodde.”
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.
34 Awo ne bamuboggolera nga bagamba nti, “Ggwe eyazaalirwa mu bibi, ggw’oyigiriza ffe?” Ne bamusindika ebweru.
They answered and said to him, Thou were born entirely in sins, and thou teach us? And they cast him outside.
35 Yesu n’ategeera nga bamusindise ebweru. Bwe yamusanga n’amugamba nti, “Ggwe okkiriza Omwana w’Omuntu?”
Jesus heard that they cast him outside. And having found him, he said to him, Do thou believe in the Son of God?
36 Omusajja n’amubuuza nti, “Ssebo, y’aluwa mmukkirize?”
That man answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?
37 Yesu n’amugamba nti, “Omulabye, ye wuuyo ayogera naawe.”
And Jesus said to him, Thou have both seen him, and he is that man who speaks with thee.
38 Omusajja n’agamba nti, “Mukama wange, nzikiriza!” N’amusinza.
And he affirmed, Lord, I believe. And he worshiped him.
39 Awo Yesu n’agamba nti, “Najja mu nsi okusala omusango, abatalaba balabe, ate naabo abalaba babe bazibe ba maaso.”
And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, so that those not seeing might see, and those who see might become blind.
40 Abamu ku Bafalisaayo abaali bayimiridde awo bwe baawulira ebigambo ebyo ne bamubuuza nti, “Ky’ogamba nti naffe tuli bazibe ba maaso?”
And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, Are we also blind?
41 Yesu n’abaddamu nti, “Singa mubadde bazibe ba maaso, temwandibadde na kibi. Naye kubanga mugamba nti tulaba, ekibi kyammwe kyekiva kibasigalako.”
Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin, but now ye say, We see, therefore your sin remains.
