Yohana 9
1 Wakati, kama Yesu alipokuwa akipita, alimwona mtu kipofu tangu kuzaliwa kwake.
And as he passed on, he saw a man blind from birth.
2 Wanafunzi wake wakamwuliza, “Rabi, nani aliyetenda dhambi, mtu huyu au wazazi wake, hata azaliwe kipofu?”
And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?
3 Yesu akawajibu, “Siyo huyu mtu wala wazazi wake waliotenda dhambi, bali kazi za Mungu zipate kufunuliwa kupitia kwake.
Jesus answered, Neither this man sinned, nor his parents, but that the works of God might be manifested in him.
4 Tunapaswa kufanya kazi zake yeye aliyenituma wakati bado ni mchana. Usiku waja wakati ambapo hakuna atakayeweza kufanya kazi.
I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night comes when no man can work.
5 Wakati niwapo ulimwenguni, mimi ni nuru ya ulimwengu.”
When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6 Baada ya Yesu kusema maneno haya, alitema kwenye ardhi, alifanya tope kwa mate, na akampaka yule mtu machoni na lile tope.
Having said these things, he spat toward the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind man.
7 Akamwambia, nenda kaoge katika kisima cha Siloam (Inayotafsiriwa kama 'aliyetumwa').” Kwa hiyo huyo mtu alienda, akanawa, na akarudi, anaona.
And he said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is translated, He who has been sent). Therefore he went and washed, and came seeing.
8 Majirani wa yule mtu na wale waliomuona mwanzo kama mwombaji walisema, Je! huyu siye yule mtu aliyekuwa akikaa na kuomba?” wengine walisema, “Ni yeye.”
The neighbors therefore and those who saw him formerly, that he was blind, said, Is this not he who sits and begs?
9 Na wengine walisema, “Hapana, bali anafanana naye.” Lakini alikuwa akisema, “Ni mimi.”
Others said, He is this man, but others said, He is like him. That man said, I am.
10 Wakamwambia, “Sasa macho yako yalifunguliwaje?”
They said to him therefore, How were thine eyes opened?
11 Alijibu, mtu aitwaye Yesu alifanya tope na kupaka macho yangu na kuniambia, 'Nenda Siloam ukanawe.' Kwa hiyo nilienda, na nikanawa, na nikapata kuona tena.”
That man answered and said, A man called Jesus made clay, and rubbed on my eyes, and said to me, Go to the pool of Siloam and wash. And after going and washing, I received sight.
12 Wakamwambia, “Yuko wapi?” Alijibu, “Sijui.”
Therefore they said to him, Where is that man? He says, I do not know.
13 Wakampeleka yule mtu aliyewahi kuwa kipofu kwa Mafarisayo.
They brought him to the Pharisees-the former blind man.
14 Nayo ilikuwa siku ya Sabato wakati Yesu alipotengeneza tope na kuyafumbua macho yake.
Now it was a sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.
15 Ndipo tena Mafarisayo wakamwuliza alipataje kuona. Aliwaambia, “Aliweka tope katika macho yangu, nikanawa, na sasa naweza kuona.”
Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received sight. And he said to them, He put clay upon my eyes, and I washed, and I see.
16 Baadhi ya Mafarisayo wakasema, “Mtu huyu hajatoka kwa Mungu kwa sababu haishiki Sabato.” Wengine walisema, “Inawezekanaje mtu mwenye dhambi kufanya ishara kama hizo?” Kwa hiyo kukawa na mgawanyiko kati yao.
Therefore some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he does not keep the sabbath. Other men said, How is a sinful man able to do such signs? And there was division among them.
17 Ndipo walipomwuliza yule kipofu tena, “Unasemaje juu yake kwa sababu aliyafungua macho yako?” Kipofu akasema, “Ni nabii.”
They say again to the blind man, What do thou say about him, that he opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
18 Hata wakati huu Wayahudi hawakumwamini kwamba alikuwa kipofu naye amepata kuona mpaka walipowaita wazazi wake yeye aliyepata kuona.
The Jews therefore did not believe about him, that he had been blind, and had received sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received sight.
19 Waliwauliza wazazi, Je, huyu ni mtoto wenu mnayesema alizaliwa kipofu? amewezaje sasa kuona?”
And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, whom ye say that he was born blind? How then does he now see?
20 Hivyo wazazi wake wakamjibu, “Tunajua kuwa huyu ni mtoto wetu na kwamba alizaliwa kipofu.
And his parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind,
21 Jinsi gani sasa anaona, hatujui, na yeye aliyemfumbua macho yake, hatumjui. Mwulizeni yeye. Ni mtu mzima. Anaweza kujieleza mwenyewe.”
but how he now sees, we know not. Or who opened his eyes, we know not. He has maturity, ask him. He will speak for himself.
22 Wazazi wake walisema mambo haya, kwa sababu waliwaogopa Wayahudi. Kwa vile Wayahudi walikuwa wamekubaliana tayari kuwa, ikiwa yeyote atakiri kuwa Yesu ni Kristo, atatengwa na Sinagogi.
His parents spoke these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man confessed him as Christ, he should become excommunicated from the synagogue.
23 Kwa sababu hii, wazazi wake walisema, “Ni mtu mzima, mwulizeni yeye.”
Because of this his parents said, He has maturity, ask him.
24 Kwa hiyo kwa mara ya pili, walimwita yule mtu aliyewahi kuwa kipofu na kumwambia, “Mpe Mungu utukufu. Tunajua kwamba mtu huyu ni mwenye dhambi.”
So they called the man who was blind, for a second time, and said to him, Give glory to God. We know that this man is sinful.
25 Ndipo yule mtu alijibu, “Awe ni mwenye dhambi, mimi sijui. Kitu kimoja ninachokijua: nilikuwa kipofu, na sasa ninaona.”
That man therefore answered and said, If he is sinful, I know not. One thing I know, that being blind, now I see.
26 Ndipo walipomwambia, “Amekufanyia nini? Aliyafumbuaje macho yako?”
But again they said to him, What did he do to thee? How did he open thine eyes?
27 Alijibu, “Nimekwishawaambia tayari, na nyinyi hamkusikiliza! Kwa nini mnataka kusikia tena? Nanyi hamtaki kuwa wanafunzi wake pia, sivyo?
He answered them, I told you already, and ye did not listen. Why do ye want to hear it again? Do ye not also want to become his disciples?
28 Walimtukana na kusema, “Wewe ni mwanafunzi wake, lakini sisi ni wanafunzi wa Musa.
They reviled him, and said, Thou are a disciple of that man, but we are disciples of Moses.
29 Tunajua kwamba Mungu alizungumza na Musa, lakini kwa huyu mtu, hatujui kule atokako.”
We know that God has spoken to Moses, but this man, we know not where he is from.
30 Yule mtu akajibu na kuwaambia, “Kwa nini, hili ni jambo la kushangaza, kwamba hamjui anakotoka, na bado ameyafumbua macho yangu.
The man answered and said to them, For in this it is amazing, that ye know not where he is from, and yet he opened my eyes.
31 Tunajua kuwa Mungu hawasikilizi wenye dhambi, lakini ikiwa mtu yeyote anamwabudu Mungu na hufanya mapenzi yake, Mungu humsikiliza.
And we know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any man is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to this man.
32 Tangu kuanza kwa Ulimwengu haijawahi kamwe kusikiwa kwamba yeyote ameyafumbua macho ya mtu aliyezaliwa kipofu. (aiōn g165)
From the age, it was not heard that any man opened the eyes of a man who was born blind. (aiōn g165)
33 Ikiwa mtu huyu hakutoka kwa Mungu, asingelifanya chochote.”
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.
34 Walijibu na kumwambia, “Ulizaliwa katika dhambi kabisa, na wewe unatufundisha sisi?” Ndipo walipomfukuza kutoka katika sinagogi.
They answered and said to him, Thou were born entirely in sins, and thou teach us? And they cast him outside.
35 Yesu alisikia kwamba wamemwondoa kwenye sinagogi. Alimpata na kumwambia, “Unamwamini Mwana wa Mtu?”
Jesus heard that they cast him outside. And having found him, he said to him, Do thou believe in the Son of God?
36 Alijibu na kusema, “Ni nani, Bwana, ili nami nipate kumwamini?”
That man answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?
37 Yesu akamwambia, “Umeshamuona, naye unayezungumza naye ndiye.”
And Jesus said to him, Thou have both seen him, and he is that man who speaks with thee.
38 Yule mtu akasema, “Bwana, Naamini.” Ndipo akamsujudia.
And he affirmed, Lord, I believe. And he worshiped him.
39 Yesu akasema, “Kwa hukumu nimekuja katika Ulimwengu huu ili kwamba wale wasioona wapate kuona na wale wanaoona wawe vipofu.”
And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, so that those not seeing might see, and those who see might become blind.
40 Baadhi ya Mafarisayo waliokuwa pamoja naye wakasikia maneno hayo na kumwuliza, “Na sisi pia ni vipofu?”
And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, Are we also blind?
41 Yesu akawaambia, “Kama mngelikuwa vipofu, msingelikuwa na dhambi. Hata hivyo, sasa mnasema, 'Tunaona,' dhambi yenu inakaa.”
Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin, but now ye say, We see, therefore your sin remains.
