Kubalisa uYohane
9 Xa uYesu wayegqitha ngendlela, wabona umntu owazalwa engaboni. 2 Abafundi bakhe bambuza bathi: “Mfundisi,*+ lo mntu wazalwa engaboni kuba kona yena na okanye abazali bakhe?” 3 UYesu waphendula wathi: “Lo mntu akonanga, nabazali bakhe abonanga, kodwa ukungaboni kwakhe kuvule ithuba lokuba imisebenzi kaThixo ibonakale ngaye.+ 4 Simele siyenze ngoku kusesemini imisebenzi yaLowo undithumileyo,+ kuba ubusuku buyeza, apho kungazukubakho mntu ukwaziyo ukusebenza. 5 Ndikukukhanya kwehlabathi, ngoku ndiselapha emhlabeni.”+ 6 Akugqiba ukuthetha, wathufa phantsi wenza udaka ngamathe, waluqaba emehlweni aloo mntu,+ 7 wathi kuye: “Hamba uyokuhlamba kwidama ekuthiwa yiSilowam” (ethetha ukuthi “Othunyiweyo”). Ngoko waya waza wahlamba khona, wabuya ebona.+
8 Emva koko, abamelwane nabantu ababeqhele ukumbona ecela izinto ebantwini, bathi: “Andithi lo ngulaa mntu ebeqhele ukucela izinto ebantwini?” 9 Abanye bathi: “Nguye lo.” Abanye besithi: “Hayi, ngumntu nje ofana naye.” Yena lo mntu wayemane esithi: “Ndinguye.” 10 Ngoko bathi kuye: “Avuleke njani ke amehlo akho?” 11 Wathi kubo: “La ndoda kuthiwa nguYesu yenze udaka, yandiqaba emehlweni, yathi kum, ‘Hamba uyokuhlamba eSilowam.’+ Ndaya ke, ndahlamba, ndatsho ndabona.” 12 Bathi kuye: “Iphi loo ndoda?” Wathi: “Andazi.”
13 Bamthatha ke loo mntu wayekade engaboni, bamsa kubaFarisi. 14 KwakungeSabatha+ ngemini uYesu awenza ngayo udaka waza wavula amehlo aloo mntu.+ 15 Ngoko abaFarisi bambuza ukuba kwenzeke njani ukuze abone. Wathi kubo: “Uye waqaba udaka emehlweni am, ndaluhlamba ndaza ndabona.” 16 Emva koko abanye abaFarisi bathi: “Akunakwenzeka ukuba lo mntu usuka kuThixo, kuba akawuthobeli umthetho weSabatha.”+ Abanye bathi: “Kungenzeka njani ukuba umoni enze imimangaliso enje?”+ Baphela bengavumelani.+ 17 Baphinda bathi kuloo mntu wayekade engaboni: “Uthini ngaye wena, kuba nguwe ovulwe amehlo?” Lo mntu wathi: “Ungumprofeti.”
18 AmaYuda ayengakholelwa ukuba lo mntu ebekade engaboni, de abiza abazali bakhe. 19 Athi kubo: “Ngulo nyana wenu lo, lo nithi wazalwa engaboni? Kwenzeka njani ke ukuba abe uyabona ngoku?” 20 Abazali bakhe bathi: “Into esiyaziyo kukuba, lo ngunyana wethu, ibe wazalwa engaboni. 21 Le yokuba kwenzeke njani ukuba abone, asiyazi; singazi nokuba ngubani omvule amehlo. Buzani kuye. Mdala kaloku. Makaziphendulele.” 22 Abazali bakhe batsho kuba besoyika amaYuda,+ kuba ayesele evumelene ukuba, nabani na ovumayo ukuba lo nguKristu, uza kugxothwa kwindlu akhonzela kuyo.*+ 23 Yiloo nto abazali bakhe bathi: “Mdala kaloku. Buzani kuye.”
24 Aphinda ambiza laa mntu obekade engaboni, athi kuye: “Zukisa uThixo ngokusixelela inyani; siyazi ukuba lo mntu ngumoni.” 25 Waphendula wathi: “Le yokuba ungumoni, andiyazi. Mna into endiyaziyo kukuba bendingaboni, ngoku ndiyabona.” 26 Athi kuye: “Ukwenze ntoni? Uwavule njani amehlo akho?” 27 Wathi: “Ndinixelele nje, kodwa anamamela. Kutheni nifuna ndiphinde? Okanye nani nifuna ukuba ngabafundi bakhe?” 28 Amngxolisa esithi: “Nguwe umfundi walaa mntu, thina singabafundi bakaMoses. 29 Siyazi ukuba uMoses wayethunywe nguThixo, kodwa yena lo mntu asimazi ukuba uvela phi.” 30 Lo mntu wathi kuwo: “Sisimanga into yokuba ningamazi ukuba uvela phi, akugqiba ukuvula amehlo am. 31 Siyazi ukuba uThixo akabamameli aboni,+ kodwa uyammamela nabani na omoyikayo, aze enze ukuthanda kwakhe.+ 32 Akuzange nanini na kuviwe ngomntu owakhe wavula amehlo omntu ozelwe engaboni. 33 Ukuba lo mntu ebengaveli kuThixo, akukho nto ebenokukwazi ukuyenza.”+ 34 Athi kuye: “Singathini ukufundiswa nguwe, wakugqiba ukuzalelwa esonweni?” Emva koko amgxotha!+
35 UYesu weva ukuba amgxothile. Akumfumana wathi kuye: “Uyakholwa na kuNyana womntu?” 36 Lo mntu wathi: “Ngubani lowo mhlekazi, ukuze ndikholwe kuye?” 37 UYesu wathi: “Sowumbonile, nguye lo uthetha nawe.” 38 Wathi: “Ndiyakholwa Nkosi,” waza waqubuda kuye. 39 Emva koko uYesu wathi: “Ndize kweli hlabathi ukuze izinto endizenzayo zenze abangaboniyo babone,+ ababonayo bangaboni.”+ 40 Bakumva abaFarisi ababelapho, bathi kuye: “Uzama ukuthi nathi asiboni?” 41 UYesu wathi kubo: “Ukuba beningaboni, ngeningenasono. Kodwa nithi, ‘Siyabona.’ Ngoko ke ninesono.”+