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