Yokaana 9
1 Awo Yesu bwe yali ng’atambula, n’alaba omusajja eyazaalibwa nga muzibe w’amaaso.
As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth.
2 Abayigirizwa be ne bamubuuza nti, “Labbi, ani eyayonoona, ono oba bazadde be alyoke azaalibwe nga muzibe w’amaaso?”
“Rabbi,” asked his disciples, “who was it that sinned, this man or his parents, that he was 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.
“Neither the man nor the parents,” replied Jesus; “but he was born blind that the work of God should be made plain in him.
4 Kale kitugwanidde okukola emirimu gy’oyo eyantuma, obudde nga bukyali misana. Ekiro kijja omuntu mw’atasobolera kukola.
We must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
5 Kyokka Nze bwe mbeera mu nsi mba musana gwa nsi.”
As long as 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.
Saying this, Jesus spat on the ground, made clay with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.
7 N’amugamba nti, “Genda onaabe mu kidiba kya Sirowamu,” amakulu nti, “Eyatumibwa”. Awo omusajja n’agenda, n’anaaba, n’adda ng’alaba.
“Go,” he said, “and wash your eyes in the Bath of Siloam” (a word which means ‘Messenger’). So the man went and washed his eyes, and returned able to see.
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?”
Upon this his neighbours, and those who had formerly known him by sight as a beggar, exclaimed: “Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?”
9 Abamu ne bagamba nti, “Ye ye,” abalala ne bagamba nti, “Nedda, anaamufaanana bufaananyi.” Kyokka ye n’abagamba nti, “Ye nze ddala.”
“Yes,” some said, “it is”; while others said: “No, but he is like him.” The man himself said: “I am he.”
10 Bo kwe ku mubuuza nti, “Kale amaaso go gaazibuse gatya?”
“How did you get your sight, then?” they asked.
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.”
“The man whom they call Jesus,” he answered, “made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me ‘Go to Siloam and wash your eyes.’ So I went and washed my eyes, and gained my sight.”
12 Ne bamubuuza nti, “Ali ludda wa?” N’addamu nti, “Simanyi.”
“Where is he?” they asked. I do not know,” he answered.
13 Awo ne batwala omusajja eyali omuzibe w’amaaso eri Abafalisaayo.
They took the man, who had been blind, to the Pharisees.
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 gave him his sight.
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.”
So the Pharisees also questioned the man as to how he had gained his sight. “He put clay on my eyes,” he answered, “and I washed them, and I can 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.
“The man cannot be from God,” said some of the Pharisees, “for he does not keep the Sabbath.” “How is it possible,” retorted others, “for a bad man to give signs like this?”
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.”
So there was a difference of opinion among them, and they again questioned the man; “What do you yourself say about him, for it is to you that he has given sight?”
18 Ne batakkiriza nti omusajja oyo yali muzibe, okutuusa lwe baayita abazadde be,
The Jews, however, refused to believe that he had been blind and had gained his sight, until they had called his parents and questioned them.
19 ne bababuuza nti, “Ono mutabani wammwe? Era yazaalibwa nga muzibe wa maaso? Kale obanga bwe kiri kaakano asobola atya okulaba?”
“Is this your son,” they asked, “who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he can see now?”
20 Bakadde be ne baddamu nti, “Tumanyi ng’oyo ye mutabani waffe era nga yazaalibwa muzibe wa maaso.
“We know that this is our son,” answered the parents, “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 it is that he can see now we do not know; nor do we know who it was that gave him his sight. Ask him — he is old enough — he will tell you about 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 in this way because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that, if any one should acknowledge Jesus as the Christ, he should be expelled from their synagogues.
23 Ekyo kye kyaboogeza nti, “Wuuyo musajja mukulu mumwebuulize.”
This was why his parents said ‘He is old enough; ask him.’
24 Awo ate ne bongera okuyita omusajja eyali omuzibe w’amaaso ne bamugamba nti, “Gulumiza Katonda, kubanga tumanyi omusajja oyo mwonoonyi.”
So the Jews again called the man who had been blind, and said to him: “Give God the praise; we know that this is a bad man.”
25 Omusajja n’addamu nti, “Oba mwonoonyi oba si mwonoonyi simanyi, wabula kye mmanyi kiri kimu nti nnali muzibe w’amaaso, naye kaakano ndaba.”
“I know nothing about his being a bad man,” he replied; “one thing I do know, that although I was blind, now I can see.”
26 Kyebaava bamubuuza nti, “Kiki kye yakola? Amaaso yagazibula atya?”
“What did he do to you?” they asked. “How did he give you your sight?”
27 Omusajja n’addamu nti, “Nabategeezezza dda ne mutawuliriza. Lwaki ate mwagala mbaddiremu? Nammwe mwagala kufuuka bayigirizwa be?”
“I told you just now,” he answered, “and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Surely you also do not want to become his disciples?”
28 Ne bamuvuma ne bamugamba nti, “Ggwe oli muyigirizwa we. Naye ffe tuli bayigirizwa ba Musa.
“You are his disciple,” they retorted scornfully; “but we are disciples of Moses.
29 Ffe tumanyi nga Katonda yayogera ne Musa, naye oyo tetumanyi gy’ava.”
We know that God spoke to Moses; but, as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.”
30 Ye n’addamu nti, “Kino kitalo, mmwe obutamanya gye yava ate nga nze yanzibula amaaso.
“Well,” the man replied, “this is very strange; you do not know where he comes from, and yet he has given me my sight!
31 Tumanyi nti Katonda tawulira balina bibi, naye awulira abo abamutya era abakola by’ayagala.
We know that God never listens to bad men, but, when a man is god-fearing and does God’s will, God listens to him.
32 Ensi kasookedde ebaawo tewalabikangawo yali azibudde maaso ga muntu eyazaalibwa nga muzibe wa maaso. (aiōn g165)
Since the world began, such a thing was never heard of as any one’s giving sight to a person born blind. (aiōn g165)
33 Kale omuntu ono eyanzibula amaaso singa teyava wa Katonda ekyo teyandikisobodde.”
If this man had not been from God, he could not have done anything at all.”
34 Awo ne bamuboggolera nga bagamba nti, “Ggwe eyazaalirwa mu bibi, ggw’oyigiriza ffe?” Ne bamusindika ebweru.
“You,” they retorted, “were born totally depraved; and are you trying to teach us?” So they expelled him.
35 Yesu n’ategeera nga bamusindise ebweru. Bwe yamusanga n’amugamba nti, “Ggwe okkiriza Omwana w’Omuntu?”
Jesus heard of their having put him out; and, when he had found the man, he asked: “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
36 Omusajja n’amubuuza nti, “Ssebo, y’aluwa mmukkirize?”
“Tell me who he is, Sir,” he replied, “so that I may believe in him.”
37 Yesu n’amugamba nti, “Omulabye, ye wuuyo ayogera naawe.”
“Not only have you seen him,” said Jesus; “but it is he who is now speaking to you.”
38 Omusajja n’agamba nti, “Mukama wange, nzikiriza!” N’amusinza.
“Then, Sir, I do believe,” said the man, bowing to the ground before him;
39 Awo Yesu n’agamba nti, “Najja mu nsi okusala omusango, abatalaba balabe, ate naabo abalaba babe bazibe ba maaso.”
and Jesus added: “It was to put men to the test that I came into this world, in order that those that cannot see should see, and that those that can see should become blind.”
40 Abamu ku Bafalisaayo abaali bayimiridde awo bwe baawulira ebigambo ebyo ne bamubuuza nti, “Ky’ogamba nti naffe tuli bazibe ba maaso?”
Hearing this, some of the Pharisees who were with him said: “Then are we blind too?”
41 Yesu n’abaddamu nti, “Singa mubadde bazibe ba maaso, temwandibadde na kibi. Naye kubanga mugamba nti tulaba, ekibi kyammwe kyekiva kibasigalako.”
“If you had been blind,” replied Jesus, “you would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, you say ‘We can see,’ and so your sin remains.
