UYohane
9:1 Uthe ke edlula, wabona umntu obe eyimfama kwasekuzalweni kwakhe.
9:2 Bambuza ke abafundi bakhe, besithi, Rabhi, ngubani na owonayo, ngulo mntu na?
Abazali bakhe ukuba wazalwa eyimfama nje?
9:3 Waphendula uYesu wathi, Akone lo, akone bazali bakhe;
imisebenzi kaThixo mayibonakaliswe kuye.
9:4 Ndimelwe kukuyisebenza imisebenzi yowandithumayo, kusesemini;
kuza xa kungekho mntu unako ukusebenza.
9:5 Xa ndisesehlabathini, ndilukhanyiselo lwehlabathi.
9:6 Akuba etshilo, watshica emhlabeni, wenza udaka
watshica, wathambisa amehlo emfama ngodaka.
9:7 Wathi kuyo, Hamba uye kuhlamba echibini leSilowa, elikufuphi.
Waya ke, wahlamba, weza
ukubona.
9:8 Ke ngoko abamelwane, nababembonile ngaphambili ukuba unguye
Yathi imfama, Lo asinguye na obehleli engqiba?
9:9 Abanye babesithi, Nguye lo; bambi ke bathi, ufana naye; yena ke wayesithi, Ndinguye
yena.
9:10 Bathi ngoko kuye, Atyhilwe nini na amehlo akho?
9:11 Waphendula ke yena wathi, Umntu ekuthiwa nguYesu wenze udaka, wathambisa
Wathi kum, Yiya echibini leSilowa, uhlambe;
ndahamba ndahlamba, ndabuya ndabona.
9:12 Bathi ngoko kuye, Uphi na yena? Wathi, Andazi.
9:13 Bamzisa kubaFarisi lowo ubefudula eyimfama.
9:14 Ke kaloku kwakuyisabatha, oko uYesu wenza udaka, wavula eyakhe
amehlo.
9:15 Babuya ngoko ke bambuza nabaFarisi, ukuba utheni na ukuba abuye abone.
Uthe ke yena kubo, Ubeke udaka emehlweni am, ndaza ndahlamba;
9:16 Babesithi ngoko abathile bakubaFarisi, Lo mntu asingowakwaThixo, ngokuba ungowakwaThixo
akawugcini umhla wesabatha. Babesithi abanye, Angathini na umntu ongumoni?
ukwenza imimangaliso enjalo? Kwabakho iyantlukwano phakathi kwabo.
9:17 Babuya bathi kwimfama, Uthini na wena ngaye?
Uwavule amehlo akho? Wathi, Ungumprofeti.
9:18 Akakholwa ke amaYuda ngaye, ukuba ebeyimfama, nokuba ubeyimfama
wabuya wabona, bada babiza abazali balowo ubenako
wabuya wabona.
9:19 Ababuza esithi, Ngunyana wenu na lo, enithi kwazalwa nje?
ukungaboni? Kutheni na ke ngoku ebona?
9:20 Abazali bakhe bawaphendula bathi, Siyazi ukuba lo ngunyana wethu;
nokuba wazalwa eyimfama;
9:21 le nto ke abonayo ngoku asazi; nokuba ngubani na ovule eyakhe
amehlo, thina asazi; Buzani kuye, woziphendulela.
9:22 Batsho abazali bakhe, ngokuba babesoyika amaYuda;
AmaYuda abeselenqophisene ngokuthi, Ukuba umntu uthe wamvuma ukuba unguKristu,
makakhutshwe esikhungwini.
9:23 Batsho ngoko abazali bakhe ukuthi, Uselemkhulu; buzani kuye.
9:24 Ambiza ngoko okwesibini umntu obeyimfama, athi kuye, Ndiphe
Siyazi thina ukuba lo mntu ungumoni.
9:25 Uphendule ke yena, wathi, Ukuba ungumoni, andazi;
into endiyaziyo kukuba ndibe ndiyimfama nje, ngoku ndiyabona.
9:26 Abuye ke athi kuye, Wenze ntoni na kuwe? utheni na ukuyivula eyakho
amehlo?
9:27 Wawaphendula wathi, Sendinixelele, naza aneva;
nithandelani na ukubuya nive? Ngaba nani nifuna ukuba ngabafundi bakhe na?
9:28 Amtshabhisa ngoko athi, Nguwe umfundi wakhe; kodwa thina
Abafundi bakaMoses.
9:29 Siyazi thina, ukuba uthethile uThixo kuMoses;
apho avela khona.
9:30 Waphendula umntu lowo wathi kubo, Kungani na apha ukuba ngummangaliso;
ukuze ningazi apho avela khona, ukanti uwavulile amehlo am.
9:31 Siyazi ke ukuba uThixo akabeva aboni;
kaThixo, akwenze ukuthanda kwakhe, uyamva lowo.
9:32 Kwasephakadeni akuzanga kuviwe ukuba umntu wakha wavula amehlo omntu
owazalwa eyimfama.
9:33 Ukuba lo ebengenguye owakwaThixo, ebengenakwenza nto.
9:34 Baphendula bathi kuye, Wena wazalelwa ezonweni kanye;
uyasifundisa na? Bamkhuphela ngaphandle.
9:35 Weva uYesu ukuba amkhuphele phandle; Uthe ke akumfumana, wamfumana
wathi kuye, Wena uyakholwa na kuNyana kaThixo?
9:36 Uphendule yena wathi, Ongubani na, Nkosi, ukuze ndikholwe kuye?
9:37 Uthe ke uYesu kuye, Umbonile;
uthetha nawe.
9:38 Wathi ke yena, Ndiyakholwa, Nkosi. Waza waqubuda kuye.
9:39 Wathi ke uYesu, Mna ndizele ugwebo kweli hlabathi, ukuze abo bathe baphila
jonga ungaboni; bathi ababonayo babe ziimfama.
9:40 Bathe ke abathile bakubaFarisi ababenaye, baweva loo mazwi;
bathi kuye, Singaba siziimfama nathi na?
9:41 Uthe ke kubo uYesu, Ukuba beniziimfama, ngeningenasono;
nithi, Siyabona; ngoko ke isono senu sihleli.