NgokukaJohane 9

9 ¹Kwathi uJesu edlula, wabona indoda eyayiyimpumputhe kusukela ekuzalweni. ²Abafundi bakhe bambuza bathi: “Rabi, ngubani owonayo, le ndoda noma abazali bayo, ukuze izalwe iyimpumputhe?”

³UJesu waphendula wathi: “Le ndoda nabazali bayo abonanga, kodwa lokhu kwenzekile ukuze imisebenzi kaBaba wethu ibonakaliswe kuyo. ^a a v3 UJesu uyenqaba ukubuka ubumpumputhe bale ndoda njengesijeziso sesono. Esikhundleni salokho ukhomba kuBaba wethu, omsebenzi wakhe wokuhlenga uyobonakaliswa kuyona kanye leyo ndawo lapho izwe lalibona khona ukwehluleka kuphela. ⁴Simelwe ukwenza imisebenzi yalowo ongithumileyo kusesemini; ubusuku buyeza, lapho kungekho oyakwenza umsebenzi. ⁵Uma ngisesemhlabeni, ngiyikukhanya kwezwe.”

⁶Eseshilo lokho, wakhafulela phansi, wenza udaka ngamathe, wanindela udaka emehlweni endoda.

⁷Wathi kuye: “Hamba, uyogeza echibini laseSilowama” (okusho ukuthi Othunyiweyo). Ngakho indoda yahamba, yageza, yabuya isibona.

⁸Omakhelwane nalabo ababembonile ngaphambili ecela bathi: “Akusiye yini lo owayehlala ecela?” ⁹Abanye bathi: “Nguye lo.” Abanye bathi: “Cha, ufana nje naye.” Yena waqhubeka ethi: “Yimina.”

¹⁰Ngakho bambuza bathi: “Pho, avuleke kanjani amehlo akho?”

¹¹Waphendula wathi: “Indoda ethiwa uJesu yenze udaka, yaluninda emehlweni ami, yathi kimi, ‘Hamba eSilowama uyogeza.’ Ngakho ngahamba, ngageza, ngabona.”

¹²Bathi kuye: “Uphi yena?” Wathi: “Angazi.”

¹³Bayiyisa kubaFarisi le ndoda eyayiyimpumputhe. ¹⁴Kwakuwusuku lweSabatha mhla uJesu enza udaka, evula amehlo ayo. ¹⁵Ngakho nabaFarisi baphinda bambuza ukuthi ekuthole kanjani ukubona. Wathi kubo: “Ubeke udaka emehlweni ami, ngageza, manje ngiyabona.”

¹⁶Abanye abaFarisi bathi: “Le ndoda ayiveli kuNkulunkulu—ayigcini iSabatha.” Abanye bathi: “Indoda eyisoni ingazenza kanjani izibonakaliso ezinjalo?” Ngakho kwaba khona ukwahlukana phakathi kwabo.

¹⁷Baphinda bambuza impumputhe bathi: “Wena uthini ngaye, lokhu evule amehlo akho?” Wathi: “Ungumprofethi.”

¹⁸AmaJuda awakholwanga ukuthi wayeyimpumputhe wabe esethola ukubona, aze abiza abazali balowo owayethole ukubona. ¹⁹Awabuza athi: “Ingabe le yindodana yenu enithi yazalwa iyimpumputhe na? Pho, isibona kanjani manje?”

²⁰Abazali bayo baphendula bathi: “Siyazi ukuthi le yindodana yethu nokuthi yazalwa iyimpumputhe. ²¹Kodwa ukuthi isibona kanjani manje, asazi; nokuthi ngubani ovule amehlo ayo, asazi. Buzani yona—isikhulile; iyozikhulumela.” ²²Abazali bayo basho lokhu besaba amaJuda, ngokuba amaJuda ayesevumelene ukuthi uma umuntu evuma uJesu njengoKhristu, uyoxoshwa esinagogeni. ^b b v22 Ukuxoshwa esinagogeni kwakusho ukukhishwa ngokuphelele emphakathini nasenkolweni yamaJuda. ²³Yingakho abazali bayo bathi: “Usekhulile; buzani yena.”

²⁴Ngakho babiza futhi indoda eyayiyimpumputhe bathi: “Nikela udumo kuNkulunkulu. Thina siyazi ukuthi le ndoda iyisoni.”

²⁵Waphendula wathi: “Ukuthi uyisoni, angazi. Into eyodwa engiyaziyo: bengiyimpumputhe, manje sengiyabona.”

²⁶Bathi kuye: “Wenzeni kuwe? Uwavule kanjani amehlo akho?”

²⁷Wabaphendula wathi: “Senginitshelile, kodwa anilalelanga. Nifunelani ukukuzwa futhi? Ingabe nani nifuna ukuba abafundi bakhe na?”

²⁸Bamthuka bathi: “Wena ungumfundi wakhe, kodwa thina singabafundi bakaMose. ²⁹Siyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wakhuluma noMose, kodwa le ndoda asazi lapho ivela khona.”

³⁰Indoda yabaphendula yathi: “Nayi into emangalisayo: anazi lapho avela khona, kodwa uvule amehlo ami. ³¹Siyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu akazilaleli izoni, kodwa uma umuntu emesaba uNkulunkulu, enza intando yakhe, uNkulunkulu uyamlalela. ³²Kusukela kwaqala izwe akuzange kuzwakale ukuthi kukhona ovule amehlo omuntu ozalwe eyimpumputhe. ³³Uma le ndoda ingaveli kuNkulunkulu, ibingeke ikwazi ukwenza lutho.”

³⁴Baphendula bathi kuye: “Wazalelwa esonweni ngokupheleleyo, kodwa usufundisa thina na?” Bamxosha phandle.

Uyakholwa na?

³⁵UJesu wezwa ukuthi bamxoshile, kwathi emfumana, wathi: “Uyakholwa yini eNdodaneni yomuntu?”

³⁶Waphendula wathi: “Ungubani yena, mnumzane, ukuze ngikholwe nguye?”

³⁷UJesu wathi kuye: “Usumbonile, futhi nguye lo okhuluma nawe.”

³⁸Wathi: “Nkosi, ngiyakholwa,” wamkhonza.

³⁹UJesu wathi: “Ngize kuleli zwe ngenxa yokwahlulela, ukuze labo abangaboni babone, nalabo ababonayo babe yizimpumputhe.”

⁴⁰Abanye abaFarisi ababenaye bakuzwa lokhu bathi: “Ingabe nathi siyizimpumputhe na?”

⁴¹UJesu wathi kubo: “Ukuba beniyizimpumputhe, beningeke nibe nasono; kodwa njengoba nithi, ‘Siyabona,’ isono senu sihlala sikhona.”