Yowana 9
1 A Yeshu bhali nkupita gubhammweni mundu jumo, nangalole jwa shibhelekwa.
As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth.
2 Bhai, bhaajiganywa bhabho gubhaabhushiyenje, “Mmaajiganya! Gani atendile yambi, jwene munduju eu bhankwetenje mpaka abhelekwe nangalole?”
“Rabbi,” asked his disciples, “who was it that sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3 A Yeshu gubhajangwile, “Lyeneli lyangakoposhela kwa ligongo lya yambi yakwe, wala yambi ya bhankwetenje, ikabhe ashibhelekwa na unangalole nkupinga mashili ga a Nnungu gabhoneshe.
“Neither the man nor the parents,” replied Jesus, “but he was born blind so that the work of God should be made plain in him.
4 Pabha kukanabhe pilila, tunapinjikwa kutenda maengo ga bhandumile bhala, kupililaga mundu akakombola kutenda liengo.
We must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
5 Mobha guni pashilambolyo, nne shilangaya sha shilambolyo.”
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6 Bhakabheleketeje genego, gubhaunile mata pai, gubhaeleye litope na mata gala, gubhampashile mmeyo nangalole jula,
Saying this, Jesus spat on the ground, made some paste with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.
7 gubhannugulile, “Jenda ukanabhe kulitanda lya Shiloamu.” Malombolelo ga Shiloamu, “Atumilwe.” Bhai, nangalole jula gwapite kunabha, kungai gwabhujile alilola.
“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 Bhai, ashaatami ajakwe na bhammanyangaga kuti paliji nangalole nkujuga, gubhashitenje, “Bhuli, jweneju nngabha nkulaga atamaga na juga jula?”
His neighbors, 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 Bhananji gubhashitenje, “Ni juju.” Bhananji gubhashitenje, “Ng'oo! Ikabhe ashilandanape.” Ikabheje aliji nangalole jula nigwashite, “Ni nne!”
“Yes,” some said, “it is”; while others said, “No, but he is like him.” The man himself said, “I am he.”
10 Bhai, gubhammushiyenje, “Shanabhuli meyo gako pugashite lola?”
“How did you get your sight, then?” they asked.
11 Jwalakwe gwabhajangwilenje, “Bhandu bhaashemwa a Yeshu bhala bhashinkualaya litope, gubhambashile mmeyo ninugulila. ‘Jenda ukanabhe kulitanda lya Shiloamu.’ Bhai, gumbite nabha, nigunolile.”
“The man whom they call Jesus,” he answered, “made a paste, 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 Gubhammushiyenje, “Bhenebho kubhali kwei?” Jwalakwe gwabhajangwilenje, “Nne ngakukumanya!”
“Where is he?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.
13 Kungai mundu aliji nangalole jula gubhampelekenje kwa Ashimapalishayo.
They took the man, who had been blind, to the Pharisees.
14 Lyene lyubha libhaeleye litope a Yeshu nikunnamiya mundu nangalolejo, pulyaaliji Lyubha lya Pumulila.
Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the paste and gave him his sight.
15 Bhai, Ashimapalishayo gubhammushiyenje jwene mundujo, “Shanabhuli pukombwele kulola?” Jwalakwe gwabhalugulilenje, “Bhashinkumbaka litope mmeyo, gunabhile nnaino ngulilola.”
So the Pharisees also questioned the man as to how he had gained his sight. “He put a paste on my eyes,” he answered, “and I washed them, and I can see.”
16 Ashimapalishayo bhananji gubhashitenje, “Bhene bhandubho bhangakoposhela kwa a Nnugu, pabha bhakaakagula shalia ja Lyubha lya Pumulila.” Ikabheje bhananji gubhashitenje, “Mundu akwete yambi akombola bhuli kutenda ilangulo ya nnei?” Gugakoposhele malekano munkumbi gwabhonji.
“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 Gubhammushiyenje kabhili mundu aliji nangalole jula, “Pabha bhenebho bhashikulamya meyo, ukwaataya bhuli?” Jwalakwe gwabhalugulilenje, “Bhenebho ankulondola bha a Nnungu!”
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 Ashikalongolele bha Bhayaudi bhangakulupalilanga kuti jwene mundujo bhukala paliji nangalole na nnaino analola, mpaka pubhaashemilenje bhankwetenje.
The religious authorities, however, refused to believe that he had been blind and had gained his sight, until they had called his parents and questioned them.
19 Bhai, gubhaabhushiyenje, “Bhuli, jweneju ni mwana jwenunji junkutinji pabhelekwe ali nangalole? Shanabhuli nnaino pakombwele kulola?”
“Is this your son,” they asked, “who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he can see now?”
20 Bhankwetenje gubhajangwilenje, “Uwe tummanyi aju mwana gwetu na pabhelekwe ali nangalole.
“We know that this is our son,” answered the parents, “and that he was born blind;
21 Ikabheje shanabhuli palolile, tukakumumanya na nkali annamiye meyojo, uwe tukakummanya. Mummuyanje nnyene, jwenejo jwankulungwa, shataye.”
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 Bhankwetenje bhashinkubheleketanga nneyo kwa ligongo lya kwaajogopanga ashikalongolele bha Bhayaudi, pabha ashikalongolelebho bhashinkulagananga kuti mundu jojowe shakunde kuti a Yeshu ni a Kilishitu abhingwe nshinagogi.
His parents spoke in this way because they were afraid of the authorities; for the authorities had already agreed that, if anyone should acknowledge Jesus as the Christ, he should be expelled from their synagogues.
23 Lyenelyo ni ligongo lya bhankwetenje kubheleta kuti, “Jwenejo jwankulungwa, mummuyanje nnyene.”
This was why his parents said ‘He is old enough; ask him.’
24 Bhai, gubhanshemilenje kabhili aliji nangalole jula, gubhannugulilenje, “Ubhelekete ya kweli gwaape ukonjelo a Nnungu! Uwe tumumanyi kuti abha bhandubha bhakwete yambi.”
So the authorities 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 Jwenejo gwajangwile, “Monaga bhakwete yambi, nne ngaamanya. Ikabheje nishimanyi shindu shimo kuti, naliji nangalole na nnaino ngunalola.”
“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 Bhai, gubhammushiyenje, “Bhakutendele nndi? Bhakulamiye shanabhuli meyo gako?”
“What did he do to you?” they asked. “How did he give you your sight?”
27 Jwene mundujo gwabhajangwilenje, “Nimmalanjilenje, mmanganyanji mwangapilikanishiyanga, kwa nndi nnapinganga kupilikana kabhili? Bhuli na mmanganyanji nnapinganga kubha bhaajiganywa bhabho?”
“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 Bhai gubhantukenenje, bhalinkutinji, “Ugwe ni nkujiganywa jwabho, uwe tubhaajiganywa bha a Musha.
“You are his disciple,” they retorted scornfully. “But we are disciples of Moses.
29 Uwe tumumanyi kuti a Nnungu bhashinkubheleketa na a Musha, ikabheje bhene bhandubha tukakukumanya kubhakoposhele!”
We know that God spoke to Moses; but, as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.”
30 Jwalakwe gwabhajangwilenje, “Sheneshi sha kanganigwa! Mmanganyanji nkakukumanyanga kubhakoposhele, ikabheje bhashinamiya meyo gangu!
“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 Tumumanyi kuti a Nnungu bhakakwapilikanishiyanga bhandunji bhakwetenje yambi, ikabhe jojowe akwaakunda na tenda gubhapinga.
We know that God never listens to bad people, but, when a person is god-fearing and does God’s will, God listens to them.
32 Kuumila bhukala pa shilambolyo ikanabhe pilikanika kuti mundu ashilamya meyo gaka nangalole jwa shibhelekwa. (aiōn g165)
Since the world began, such a thing was never heard of as anyone’s giving sight to a person born blind. (aiōn g165)
33 Monaga bhene bhandubha bhangakoposhela kwa a Nnungu, bhakanakombole kutenda shoshowe!”
If this man had not been from God, he could not have done anything at all.”
34 Gubhajangwilenje, “Ugwe ushibhelekwa na lelelwa muyambi jika, utujiganye uwe?” Bhai, gubhankanilenje kushinagogi.
“You,” they retorted, “were born totally depraved; and are you trying to teach us?” So they expelled him.
35 A Yeshu gubhapilikene kuti bhashikunkananga nshinagogi. Bhai, bhakammoneje gubhammushiye, “Bhuli, ugwe ulikunkulupalila Mwana juka Mundu?”
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 Jwene mundujo gwajangwile, “Mmakulungwa, nnugulile jwenejo ni gani, ninkulupalile.”
“Tell me who he is, Sir,” he replied, “so that I may believe in him.”
37 A Yeshu gubhammalanjile, “Mumweni, akunguluka na mmwejo.”
“Not only have you seen him,” said Jesus, “but it is he who is now speaking to you.”
38 Bhai, jwene mundujo gwashite, “Mmakulungwa ngulikulupalila!” Gwabhatindibhalile.
“Then, Sir, I do believe,” said the man, bowing to the ground before him;
39 A Yeshu gubhashite, “Nne njiika kushilambolyo kuukumula, nkupinga bhakaalolanga bhalolanje, na bhaalolanga bhabhanganje ashinangalole.”
and Jesus added, “It was to put people 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 Ashimapalishayo bhananji bhalinginji pamo na bhenebho gubhapilikenenje gene malobhego, gubhaabhushiyenje, “Bhuli, nkali uwe ashinangalole?”
Hearing this, some of the Pharisees who were with him said, “Then are we blind too?”
41 A Yeshu gubhaajangwilenje, “Monaga nkalinginji ashinangalole, nkanakolanjeje yambi, ikabheje nnaino nkutinji. ‘Uwe tulilola,’ bhai launo nkwetenje yambi.
“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.
