Yohana 9
1 Yesu alipokuwa akipita, akamwona mtu aliyekuwa kipofu tangu kuzaliwa.
And as he passed by, he saw a man that had been blind from his birth.
2 Wanafunzi wake wakamuuliza, “Rabi, ni nani aliyetenda dhambi, ni huyu mtu au wazazi wake hata azaliwe kipofu?”
And his disciples asked him, saying: Rabbi, who sinned, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
3 Yesu akawajibu, “Huyu mtu wala wazazi wake hawakutenda dhambi. Alizaliwa kipofu ili kazi za Mungu zidhihirishwe katika maisha yake.
Jesus answered: Neither this man sinned, nor his parents; but that the works of God might be made manifest in him.
4 Yanipasa kuzifanya kazi zake yeye aliyenituma wakati bado ni mchana, kwa kuwa usiku waja ambapo hakuna mtu awezaye kufanya kazi.
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day; the night comes, when no man can work.
5 Wakati niko ulimwenguni, mimi ni nuru ya ulimwengu.”
While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6 Baada ya kusema haya, akatema mate ardhini, akatengeneza tope kwa mate na kumpaka yule mtu kipofu machoni.
Having said this, he spit on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and spread the clay on the eyes of the blind man,
7 Kisha akamwambia, “Nenda ukanawe katika bwawa la Siloamu.” (Siloamu maana yake ni aliyetumwa.) Ndipo yule kipofu akaenda, akanawa, naye akarudi akiwa anaona.
and said to him: Go, wash in the pool of Siloam; which, translated, means Sent. He went, therefore, and washed and came seeing.
8 Majirani zake na wale wote waliokuwa wamemwona hapo awali akiombaomba wakaanza kuuliza, “Je, huyu si yule aliyekuwa akiketi akiombaomba?”
Then his neighbors, and those who had before seen him, that he was blind, said: Is not this he that sat and begged?
9 Wengine wakasema, “Ndiye.” Wengine wakasema, “Siye, bali wamefanana.” Lakini yeye akawaambia, “Mimi ndiye.”
Some said: It is he. Others: He is like him. But he said: I am he.
10 Wakamuuliza, “Basi macho yako yalifumbuliwaje?”
Then they said to him: How were your eyes opened?
11 Yeye akawajibu, “Yule mtu aitwaye Yesu alitengeneza tope, akanipaka machoni mwangu, naye akaniambia nenda ukanawe katika Bwawa la Siloamu, ndipo nikanawa nami nikapata kuona!”
He answered and said: A man called Jesus made clay and spread it on my eyes, and said to me: Go to the pool of Siloam and wash. After I had gone and washed, I received my sight.
12 Wale wakamuuliza, “Yeye huyo mtu yuko wapi?” Akawajibu, “Sijui.”
Then they said to him: Where is he? He said: I know not.
13 Wakamleta kwa Mafarisayo yule mtu aliyekuwa kipofu hapo awali.
They brought to the Pharisees him that had formerly been blind.
14 Basi siku hiyo Yesu alipotengeneza tope na kuyafungua macho ya huyo mtu ilikuwa Sabato.
And it was the sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.
15 Mafarisayo nao wakaanza kumuuliza alivyopata kuponywa. Naye akawaambia, “Alinipaka tope kwenye macho yangu, nikanawa na sasa ninaona.”
Then again the Pharisees also inquired of him how he had received his sight. He said to them: He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.
16 Baadhi ya Mafarisayo wakasema, “Huyu mtu hatoki kwa Mungu, kwa sababu hashiki Sabato.” Lakini wengine wakasema, “Awezaje mtu mwenye dhambi kufanya miujiza kama hii?” Wakagawanyika.
Then some of the Pharisees said: This man is not from God, for he keeps not the sabbath. Others said: How can a man that is a sinner do such signs? And there was a division among them?
17 Hivyo wakamwambia tena yule mtu aliyekuwa kipofu, “Wewe ndiwe uliyefumbuliwa macho, wasemaje kuhusu mtu huyo?” Maana macho yako ndiyo yaliyofumbuliwa. Yeye akawajibu, “Yeye ni nabii.”
Again they said to the blind man: What say you of him, seeing that he opened your eyes? He said: He is a prophet.
18 Wale Wayahudi hawakuamini ya kuwa mtu huyo alikuwa kipofu, akapata kuona, mpaka walipowaita wazazi wake.
The Jews did not, therefore, believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, till they called the parents of him that had received his sight,
19 Wakawauliza, “Je, huyu ni mtoto wenu, ambaye mnasema alizaliwa kipofu? Imekuwaje basi sasa anaona?”
and asked them, saying: Is this your son, who, you say, was born blind? How, then, does he now see?
20 Wazazi wake wakajibu, “Tunajua ya kuwa huyu ni mtoto wetu na ya kuwa alizaliwa kipofu.
His parents answered them, and said: We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
21 Lakini sisi hatujui ni kwa jinsi gani kwamba sasa anaona, wala hatujui ni nani aliyemfungua macho yake. Muulizeni, yeye ni mtu mzima na anaweza kujieleza mwenyewe.”
but how he now sees we know not; or who opened his eyes we know not. He is of age; ask him; he will speak for himself.
22 Wazazi wake walisema hivi kwa sababu waliwaogopa Wayahudi kwani walikuwa wamekubaliana kuwa mtu yeyote atakayemkiri Yesu kuwa ndiye Kristo atafukuzwa kutoka sinagogi.
His parents said this, because they feared the Jews. For the Jews had already agreed, that if any one should confess him to be the Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
23 Kwa hiyo wazazi wake wakasema, “Yeye ni mtu mzima. Muulizeni.”
For this reason his parents said: He is of age; ask him.
24 Hivyo kwa mara ya pili wakamwita yule aliyekuwa kipofu, nao wakamwambia, “Mpe Mungu utukufu! Sisi tunafahamu kuwa mtu huyu aliyekuponya ni mwenye dhambi.”
Then, the second time, they called the man who had been blind, and said to him: Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner.
25 Akawajibu, “Mimi sijui kama yeye ni mwenye dhambi. Lakini jambo moja ninalojua, nilikuwa kipofu na sasa ninaona.”
He answered and said: If he is a sinner, I know it not. One thing I do know, that having been blind, I now see.
26 Wakamuuliza, “Alikufanyia nini? Aliyafumbuaje macho yako?”
They said to him again: What did he for you? How did he open your eyes?
27 Akawajibu, “Tayari nimekwisha kuwaambia, nanyi hamtaki kunisikiliza. Mbona mnataka kusikia tena? Je, ninyi nanyi mnataka kuwa wanafunzi wake?”
He answered them: I have already told you, and you did not understand; why would you hear it again? Do you also wish to become his disciples?
28 Ndipo wakamtukana na kusema, “Wewe ndiwe mwanafunzi wake, Sisi ni wanafunzi wa Mose.
They reviled him, and said: You are the disciple of that man; but we are the disciples of Moses.
29 Tunajua kwamba Mungu alisema na Mose, lakini kwa habari ya mtu huyu hatujui atokako.”
We know that God spoke to Moses; but as for this man, we know not whence he is.
30 Yule mtu akawajibu, “Hili ni jambo la ajabu! Hamjui anakotoka, naye amenifungua macho yangu!
The man answered and said to them: Why, there is something wonderful in this, that you know not whence he is, and yet he has opened my eyes.
31 Tunajua ya kuwa Mungu hawasikilizi wenye dhambi, lakini huwasikiliza wote wanaomcha na kumtii.
We know that God hears not sinners; but if any one be a worshiper of God, and do his will, him he hears.
Since the beginning it has not been heard that any one opened the eyes of one who had been born blind. (aiōn g165)
33 Kama huyu mtu hakutoka kwa Mungu, asingeweza kufanya lolote.”
If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
34 Wao wakamjibu, “Wewe ulizaliwa katika dhambi kabisa, nawe unajaribu kutufundisha?” Wakamfukuza atoke nje.
They answered and said to him: You were wholly born in sins, and do you teach us? And they cast him out.
35 Yesu aliposikia kuwa wamemfukuzia nje yule mtu aliyemfumbua macho, alimkuta akamuuliza, “Je, unamwamini Mwana wa Adamu?”
Jesus heard that they had cast him out. And having found him, he said to him: Do you believe on the Son of God?
36 Yule mtu akamjibu, “Yeye ni nani, Bwana? Niambie ili nipate kumwamini.”
He answered and said: Who is he, sir, that I may believe on him?
37 Yesu akamjibu, “Umekwisha kumwona, naye anayezungumza nawe, ndiye.”
Jesus said to him: You have seen him; and it is he that talks with you.
38 Yule mtu akasema, “Bwana, naamini.” Naye akamwabudu.
He said: Lord, I believe; and he worshiped him.
39 Yesu akasema, “Nimekuja ulimwenguni humu kwa ajili ya kuhukumu, ili wale walio vipofu wapate kuona, nao wale wanaoona, wawe vipofu.”
And Jesus said: For judgment have I come into this world, that those who see not, may see; and that those who see, may become blind.
40 Baadhi ya Mafarisayo waliokuwa karibu naye wakamsikia na kumwambia, “Je, kweli sisi ni vipofu?”
And some of the Pharisees who were with him, heard these things, and said to him: Are we also blind?
41 Yesu akawajibu, “Kama mngekuwa vipofu kweli, msingekuwa na hatia ya dhambi, lakini kwa kuwa mnasema, ‘Tunaona,’ basi mna hatia.
Jesus said to them: If you were blind, you would not have sin; but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains.
