Kuthe uJesu edlula, wabona indoda eyayiyimpumputhe kwasekuzalweni. Abafundi bakhe bambuza, bathi: “Rabi, ngubani owonayo; yilo noma ngabazali bakhe, ukuze azalwe eyimpumputhe na?”
UJesu waphendula, wathi: “Akonanga yena noma abazali bakhe, kodwa ukuze kubonakaliswe imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu kuye. Kufanele senze imisebenzi yongithumileyo kusesemini; buyeza ubusuku lapho kungekho ongasebenza khona. Ngisekhona ezweni, ngingukukhanya kwezwe.”
Esekushilo lokho wafela amathe emhlabathini, wenza ngawo udaka, wayeseninda amehlo ayo ngalo, wathi kuyo: “Hamba uyogeza echibini laseSilowama,” igama elihunyushwa kuthiwe, oThunyiweyo. Yahamba-ke, yageza, yabuya isibona.
Ngakho-ke omakhelwane nalabo ababeyibone phambilini inqiba, babuzana bodwa, bathi: “Le ndoda akusiyo yini ebihlala inqiba na?”
Abanye bathi: “Yiyona,” abanye bathi: “Qha, kodwa ifana nayo.”
Indoda yathi: “Yimina.”
Base bethi kuyo: “Pho amehlo akho avulwe kanjani na?”
Yaphendula yathi: “Umuntu okuthiwa nguJesu wenza udaka, waninda amehlo ami, wayesethi kimi: ‘Hamba uye eSilowama, uyogeza.’ Ngahamba-ke, ngageza, ngase ngiyabona.”
Bathi kuyo: “Uphi pho na?”
Yathi: “Angazi.”
Base bemyisa kubaFarisi obekade eyimpumputhe. KwakuyiSabatha mhla uJesu enza udaka, evula amehlo ayo. AbaFarisi nabo bambuza futhi ukuthi kwenzeke kanjani ukuba abone. Wathi kubo: “Uninde amehlo ami ngodaka, ngageza, ngase ngiyabona.”
Ngakho-ke abanye kubaFarisi bathi: “Lo muntu akaveli kuNkulunkulu, ngokuba akawuhloniphi umthetho wesabatha.”
Abanye bathi: “Umuntu oyisoni angazenza kanjani izibonakaliso ezinje na?”
Kwaba khona ukwehlukana phakathi kwabo.
Ngalokho-ke baphinde bathi kobeyimpumputhe: “Wena uthini ngaye, njengoba evule amehlo akho na?”
Yathi: “Ungumphrofethi.”
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