UYesu wathi ehamba ngendlela wabona umntu owayezelwe eyimfama. Bambuza ke abafundi bakhe besithi: “Mfundisi, uphi undonakele ukuze azalwe eyimfama nje? Ngaba nguye, okanye ngabazali bakhe?”
Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Eyimfama nje, akonanga yena, kungonanga nabazali bakhe. Uzelwe eyimfama ukuze amandla okusebenza kukaThixo abonakaliswe ngaye. Simelwe kukuyenza kusesemini imisebenzi esiyinikwe ngulowo undithumileyo. Ubusuku buyeza, apho kungayi kubakho bani unako ukusebenza. Okweli thuba ndisesehlabathini ndilukhanyiso lwehlabathi.”
Akuba etshilo, uYesu watshicela emhlabeni, wenza udaka, wawaqaba ngalo amehlo emfama leyo; waza wathi kuyo: “Hamba uye kuhlamba kwichityana laseSilowa.” (Oko kukuthi “thunyiwe”.) Yahamba ke imfama, yaya kuhlamba, yabuya ibona.
Abamelwane nabanye abantu ababeqhele ukumbona loo mntu engqiba, bathi: “Lo mfo asinguye na lowa ebehlala engqiba?”
Abanye babesithi nguye, abanye besithi asinguye kodwa ufana naye. Waza umfo lowo wathi: “Ndinguye.”
Bambuza ke, bathi: “Avulwe yintoni amehlo akho?”
Wathi yena: “Laa mntu kuthiwa nguYesu, wenza udaka, waqaba ngalo amehlo am, wathi mandiye eSilowa, ndihlambe. Ndiyile ke, ndahlamba, aza avuleka amehlo am.”
Baza bathi: “Uphi loo mntu ngoku?”
Ke yena wathi: “Andazi.”
Bamthatha ke loo mfo owayeyimfama, bamsa *kubaFarasi; kuba *kwakunguMhla wokuPhumla loo mini uYesu wenza udaka ngayo, wavula amehlo akhe. Ke ngoko abaFarasi bambuza lo mfo okokuba uphiliswe njani ebumfameni bakhe, waza wathi kubo: “Undiqabe amehlo ngodaka, ndahlamba, aza avuleka amehlo am.”
Baza abaFarasi abathile bathi: “Loo mntu akanakuba ngowakwaThixo, kuba akawuhloneli uMhla woPhumlo.”
Kodwa abanye babesithi: “Ukuba ebengumoni ebenokuthini ukwenza imiqondiso elolu hlobo?” Kwabakho impikiswano ke phakathi kwabo.
Ke ngoko abaFarasi baphinda bathi kuloo mntu wayeyimfama: “Wena uthini ngaye, inguwe nje ovulwe amehlo?”
Waza wathi: “*Ungumshumayeli.”
AmaJuda wona ayengakholwa ukuba wayeyimfama waza wabuya wabona, aza abiza abazali bakhe, abuza esithi: “Ngunyana wenu lo? Ngaba wazalwa eyimfama? Ebona nje ngoku kutheni?”
Abazali bakhe baphendula bathi: “Ewe, ngunyana wethu lo. Wavela eyimfama; kodwa asazi ukuba kwenzeke ntoni ebona nje ngoku; nalowo uwavulileyo amehlo akhe asimazi. Buzani kuye; selemdala, unako ukuziphendulela.” Abazali bakhe batsho kuba besoyika amaJuda, kuba wona ayeselevumelene ngokuthi ovumayo ukuba uYesu unguye *uKrestu, uya kusikwa *endlwini yesikhungo. Kungoko ke abazali bakhe batshoyo ukuthi: “Buzani kuye; selemdala.”
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