UJohane
9:1 Kwathi edlula, wabona umuntu owayeyimpumputhe kwasekuzalweni kwakhe.
9:2 Abafundi bakhe bambuza, bathi: Rabi, ngubani owonayo, lo, kumbe?
abazali bakhe, ukuthi wazalwa eyimpumputhe?
9:3 UJesu waphendula wathi: Kakonanga lo kumbe abazali bakhe;
imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu kufanele ibonakaliswe kuye.
9:4 Ngimelwe ukusebenza imisebenzi yalowo ongithumileyo, kusesemini: ebusuku
uyeza, lapho kungekho muntu ongasebenza.
9:5 Njengoba nje ngisesezweni, mina ngiwukukhanya kwezwe.
9:6 Eseshilo lokho, wafela amathe emhlabathini, wenza udaka
wakhafulela amathe, wagcoba amehlo empumputhe ngodaka.
9:7 Wathi kuye: “Hamba ugeze echibini laseSilowama eliseduze.
Ngakho-ke yahamba, yageza, yeza
ukubona.
9:8 Ngakho omakhelwane, futhi ababekade bembonile ukuthi unguye
impumputhe, yathi: “Akusiye lo obehlezi enxiba na?
9:9 Abanye bathi: Lo nguye; abanye bathi: Ufana naye;
yena.
9:10 Ngakho bathi kuye, Avulwe kanjani amehlo akho?
9:11 Waphendula wathi: Umuntu othiwa nguJesu wenze udaka, walugcoba
amehlo ami, lathi kimi: Hamba uye echibini leSilowama, ugeze;
ngahamba ngageza, ngabona.
9:12 Basebesithi kuye: Ungaphi yena? Wathi: Angazi.
9:13 Bamletha kubaFarisi lowo owayeyimpumputhe ngaphambili.
NgokukaLuka 9:14 Kwakuyisabatha mhla uJesu enza udaka, wavula olwakhe
amehlo.
9:15 Khona-ke futhi nabaFarisi futhi bambuza ukuthi uthole kanjani ukubona kwakhe.
Wathi kubo: “Waninda udaka emehlweni ami, ngageza, sengiyabona.
9:16 Ngakho abanye kubaFarisi bathi: Lo kaveli kuNkulunkulu, ngoba yena
akagcini usuku lwesabatha. Abanye bathi: Umuntu oyisoni angathini na?
ukwenza izimangaliso ezinjalo? Kwaba khona ukuhlukana phakathi kwabo.
9:17 Baphinda bathi kuyo impumputhe: "Uthini ngaye, ukuthi unayo
uvule amehlo akho? Wathi: Ungumprofethi.
9:18 Kodwa amaJuda akakholwanga ngaye, ukuthi wayeyimpumputhe, futhi
wathola ukubona, baze babiza abazali bakhe owayenakho
wathola ukubona kwakhe.
9:19 Futhi bababuza, bathi: "Lo uyindodana yenu, enithi wazalwa
oyimpumputhe? pho, isibona kanjani manje na?
9:20 Abazali bakhe babaphendula bathi: Siyazi ukuthi lo uyindodana yethu, futhi
ukuthi wazalwa eyimpumputhe;
9:21 Kodwa ukuthi ubona kanjani manje, asazi; kumbe ngubani ovule eyakhe
amehlo, asazi; usekhulile; mbuze: uzakuzikhulumela yena.
9:22 Abazali bakhe bakusho lokho, ngoba besaba amaJuda
AbaJuda base bevumelene ngokuthi, uma ekhona ovumayo ukuthi unguKristu,
kufanele akhishwe esinagogeni.
9:23 Ngakho-ke abazali bakhe bathi: "Usekhulile; buza kuye.
9:24 Base bephinda bembiza umuntu owayeyimpumputhe, bathi kuye: "Siphe."
Udumo lukaNkulunkulu: siyazi ukuthi lo muntu uyisoni.
9:25 Waphendula wathi: “Nokuba uyisoni angazi, munye
engikwaziyo, ukuthi, bengiyimpumputhe, manje sengiyabona.
9:26 Basebephinda bathi kuye: Wenzeni kuwe? wayivula kanjani eyakho
amehlo?
9:27 Wabaphendula wathi: Senginitshelile, kodwa anizwanga.
nifunelani futhi ukuzwa na? nithanda ukuba ngabafundi bakhe nani na?
9:28 Khona bamthuka, bathi: "Nguwe ongumfundi wakhe; kodwa thina
abafundi bakaMose.
9:29 Siyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wakhuluma kuMose
lapho ephuma khona.
9:30 Umuntu waphendula wathi kubo: Kungani lokhu kuyisimangaliso?
ukuthi anazi lapho avela khona, nokho uvule amehlo ami.
9:31 Manje siyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu akazizwa izoni, kodwa uma umuntu ekhonza
kaNkulunkulu, enze intando yakhe, uyamuzwa yena.
9:32 Kusukela ekuqaleni akuzange kuzwakale ukuthi ukhona owavula amehlo e
owazalwa eyimpumputhe.
9:33 Uma lo muntu ubengaveli kuNkulunkulu, ubengeke enze lutho.
9:34 Baphendula, bathi kuye: Wena wazalelwa ezonweni kanye
uyasifundisa na? Base bemkhiphela ngaphandle.
9:35 UJesu wezwa ukuthi bamkhiphele phandle; kwathi eseyitholile, wayibamba
wathi kuye: Wena uyakholwa yini eNdodaneni kaNkulunkulu?
9:36 Yena waphendula wathi: Ungubani, Nkosi, ukuze ngikholwe kuye?
9:37 UJesu wathi kuye: "Usuyibonile, futhi nguye
ekhuluma nawe.
9:38 Wathi, Ngiyakholwa, Nkosi. Wakhuleka kuye.
9:39 UJesu wathi: Mina ngizele ukwahlulela kuleli zwe, ukuthi labo abangenayo
ungaboni ungabona; nokuthi ababonayo babe yizimpumputhe.
9:40 Futhi abanye kubaFarisi ababe naye bezwa lawa mazwi, futhi
wathi kuye: Siyizimpumputhe nathi?
9:41 UJesu wathi kubo: Ukuba beniyizimpumputhe, ngabe aninasono;
nithi: Siyabona; ngakho isono senu sihlezi.