Johane 9
1 Mme ya re a santse a tsamaya, a bona monna yo o saleng a tsalwa a foufetse.
And while passing, he saw a man blind from his mother's womb.
2 Mme barutwa ba gagwe ba mmotsa ba re, “Morena, ke eng fa monna yo a tsetswe e le sefofu? A ke ka ntlha ya dibe tsa gagwe kgotsa dibe tsa batsadi ba gagwe?”
And his disciples asked him, and said: Our Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?
3 Mme Jesu a araba a re, “Ga se ka ntlha ya dibe dipe. Go ne go direlwa gore nonofo ya Modimo e supiwe.
Jesus said to them: Neither did he sin, nor his parents; but that the works of God might be seen in him.
4 Rotlhe re tshwanetse go akofa ra dira ditiro tse re di neetsweng ke yo o nthomileng, gonne go setse nakonyana fela pele ga bosigo bo tla mme tiro yotlhe e bo e khutla.
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day; the night cometh, in which no one can work.
5 Mme fa ke santse ke le fano mo lefatsheng, ke naya lefatshe lesedi la me.”
So long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6 Mme a kgwela mathe mo mmung a duba seretse ka mathe mme a se tshasa mo matlhong a monna yo o foufetseng,
And having spoken thus, he spit on the ground, and made mud with the spittle, and spread it on the eyes of the blind man;
7 mme a mo raya a re, “Tsamaya o ye go tlhapa mo lekadibeng la Siloame” (lefoko le le reng ‘Siloame’ le raya gore ‘Romilwe’) jalo monna a ya kwa a romilweng teng, mme a feta a tlhapa a boela kwa morago a bona!
and said to him: Go, wash in the baptistery of Siloam. And he went, and washed, and came away seeing.
8 Mme ba ga gabo le batho ba bangwe ba ba mo itseng e le sefofu sa mokopi ba botsanya ba re, “A yo ke ene tota, mokopi yo re mo itseng?”
And his neighbors, and they by whom he had before been seen begging, said: Is not this he, who sat and begged?
9 Bangwe ba re, ee, mme ba bangwe ba re nnyaa. Jalo ba akanyetsa ba re, “Ga e ka ke ya nna ene, mme o lebega jaaka ene!” Mme mokopi a ba raya a re, “Ke nna yo lo nkitseng!”
Some said, It is he: and others said, No; but he is very like him. But he said: I am he.
10 Mme ba mmotsa gore go diragetse jang gore a foufologe. Tota-tota go tsamaile jang!
And they said to him: How were thy eyes opened?
11 Mme a ba raya a re, “Monna yo ba mmitsang Jesu o ne a duba seretse a se tshasa mo matlhong a me mme a nthaya a re ke ye kwa lekadibeng la Siloame ke ye go tlhapa seretse. Mme ke ne ka dira jalo, jaanong ke a bona!”
He answered, and said to them: A man whose name is Jesus, made mud and spread it on my eyes, and said to me, Go, wash in the waters of Siloam. And I went, and washed, and my sight was restored.
12 Mme ba mmotsa ba re, “O kae jaanong?” Mme a araba a re, “Ga ke itse.”
They said to him: Where is he? He said to them: I know not.
13 Mme ba tsaya monna ba mo isa kwa Bafarasaing.
And they brought him that had been blind, before the Pharisees.
14 Mme ya re mo go diragala ga bo go le letsatsi la Sabata.
Now it was on the sabbath that Jesus made the mud, and opened his eyes.
15 Mme Bafarasai ba mmotsa gotlhe ka ga tiragalo eo. Jalo a ba bolelela ka fa Jesu a neng a dira seretse ka teng a se tshasa mo matlhong a gagwe, mme ya re a sena go tlhapa a bona!
And again the Pharisees asked him: How was thy sight restored? And he said to them: He put mud upon my eyes, and I washed, and my sight was restored.
16 Bangwe ba bone ba re, “Motho yo Jesu ga a tswe kwa Modimong gonne o dira go le Sabata.” Ba bangwe ba re, “Mme motho fela wa modira dibe ao ka dira dikgakgamatso tse jang?” Mme ga nna kgaogano e tona ya megopolo mo go bone.
And some of the Pharisees said: This man is not of God, for he doth not observe the sabbath. But others said: How can a man that is a sinner, work these signs? And there was a division among them.
17 Mme Bafarasai ba retologela kwa monneng yo a neng a foufetse ba mmotsa ba re, “Wa re monna yo o go foufolotseng ke mang?” Mme monna a re, “Ke bona gore e tshwanetse ya bo e le moporofiti a romilwe ke Modimo.”
They say again to the blind man: What sayest thou of him, seeing he hath opened thy eyes? He said to them: I say, that he is a prophet.
18 Mme Baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba seka ba dumela gore o ne a foufetse, go fitlhelela ba botsa batsadi ba gagwe.
And the Jews would not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and recovered sight, until they called the parents of him who recovered sight.
19 Erile ba sena go ba bitsa ba ba botsa ba re, “A motho yo ke morwaa lona? A o-tsetswe a foufetse? Fa go ntse jalo, ke eng fa a bona?”
And they asked them: Is this your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind? And how doth he now see?
20 Batsadi ba gagwe ba fetola ba re, “e itse gore motho yo ke ngwana wa rona le gore o tsetswe e le sefofu,
And his parents answered and said: We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
21 mme ga re itse gore go diragetse jang gore a foufologe, kgotsa gore o foufolotswe ke mang. O setse a godile o lekanye go ikarabela. Mmotseng.”
but how he now seeth, or who opened his eyes, we know not. He hath come to his years, ask him; he will speak for himself.
22 Ba ne ba bua jaana ka ba boifa baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba ba neng ba setse ba anamisitse gore mongwe fela yo o reng Jesu ke Mesia o tlaa kgaolwa mo phuthegong.
These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had decided, that if any one should confess him to be Messiah, they would expel him from the synagogue.
For this reason his parents said, He hath come to his years, ask him.
24 Mme lwa bobedi ba bitsa monna yo o foufolotsweng ba mo raya ba re, “Galaletsa Modimo e seng Jesu, gonne re itse gore Jesu ke motho yo o bosula.”
And they called a second time the man who had been blind, and said to him: Give glory to God; for we know that this man is a sinner.
25 Mme monna a fetola a re, “Ga ke itse gore a o siame kgotsa o bosula, mme nna ke itse fela gore, ke ne ke le sefofu mme jaanong ke a bona!”
He replied, and said to them: Whether he is a sinner, I know not; but, one thing I know, that I was blind, and lo, now I see.
26 Ba mmotsa ba re, “O ne a dira eng? O ne a go fodisa jang”?
They said to him again: What did he to thee? How did he open thy eyes?
27 Mme monna a ba botsa a re, “Bonang! Ke lo boleletse gagwe fela, a lo ne lo sa reetsa? Ke eng fa lo mpotsa gape? A le lona lo batla go nna barutwa ba gagwe?”
He said to them: I have told you, and ye did not hear. Why would ye hear again? Do ye also wish to become his disciples?
28 Mme ba mo hutsa ba mo raya ba re, “Morutwa wa gagwe, mme rona re barutwa ba ga Moshe.
But they reproached him, and said to him: Thou art his disciple, but we are the disciples of Moses.
29 Re itse gore Modimo o buile le Moshe, mme fa e le yo ene ga re itse sepe ka ga gagwe.”
And we know that God conversed with Moses; but as for this man, we know not whence he is.
30 Mme a fetola a re, “Ka ntlha yang, go a hakgamatsa!
The man replied and said to them: In this therefore is something to be admired, that ye know not whence he is, and yet he hath opened my eyes.
31 O foufolola difofu, mme o na le ditsebe tse di bulegetseng ba ba o obamelang ba dirago rata ga one.
Now we know, that God heareth not the voice of sinners; but him that feareth him, and doeth his pleasure, him he heareth.
32 Fa e sale lefatshe le simologa ga go ise go ke go nne le ope yo a neng a ka foufola matlho a mongwe yo o tsetsweng a le sefofu. (aiōn g165)
Never hath it been heard, that any one opened the eyes of one born blind. (aiōn g165)
33 Fa monna yo a ne a sa tswe kwa Modimong, o ka bo a sa kgona go foufolola difofu.”
If this man were not of God, he could not do this thing.
34 Mme ba goa ba re, “Ngwana wa mpa ya dikgora ke wena! A o leka go re ruta?” Mme ba mo kgoromeletsa kwa ntle.
They replied, and said to him: Thou wast wholly born in sins; and dost thou teach us? And they expelled him.
35 Erile fa Jesu a utlwalela se se diragetseng, a bona monna yo mme a mo raya a re, “A o dumela mo go Mesis?”
And Jesus heard that they had expelled him; and he found him, and said to him: Believest thou on the Son of God?
36 Mme monna a araba a re, “E mang, rra, gonne ke a batla.”
And he that was healed, answered and said: My Lord, who is he, that I may believe on him?
37 Mme Jesu a re, “O mmonye, ebile ke ene yo o buang le wena!”
Jesus said to him: Thou hast seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
38 Monna a re, “Ee, Morena, Ke a dumela!” mme a obamela Jesu.
And he said: My Lord, I believe: and he fell down, and worshipped him.
39 Mme Jesu a mo raya a re, “E tletse mo lefatsheng go naya ba ba foufetseng mo moweng pono le go kaela ba ba ithayang ba re ba a bona gore ba foufetse.”
And Jesus said: For the judgment of this world, have I come; that they who see not, might see; and that they who see, might become blind.
40 Bafarasai ba ba neng eme foo ba botsa ba re, “A wa re re foufetse?”
And some of those Pharisees who were with him, heard these things; and they said to him: How? Are we also blind?
41 Mme Jesu a ba raya a re, “Fa lo ne lo foufetse, lo ka bo lo se molato! Mme lo molato gonne lo ipona gore lo itse se lo se dirang.”
Jesus said to them: If ye were blind, ye would be without sin; but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin is established.
