NgokukaJohane 9:1-25

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.” Kepha abaJuda abakholwanga ukuthi ubeyimpumputhe nokuthi useyabona, baze babiza abazali balowo osebona. Bababuza bathi: “Ngabe lo uyindodana yenu enithi ngayo yazalwa ingaboni na? Pho kukanjani ukuba manje ibone na?” Abazali bayo baphendula bathi: “Siyazi ukuthi lo muntu uyindodana yethu nokuthi wazalwa eyimpumputhe. Kepha ukuthi usebona kanjani manje nokuthi ngubani ovule amehlo akhe, asazi; buzani yena; usekhulile, uzakuziphendulela yena.” Abazali bayo basho lokho, ngokuba babesaba abaJuda, lokhu abaJuda base bevumelene ngokuthi, uma kukhona ovuma ukuthi unguKhristu, uzakunqunywa esinagogeni. Ngakho-ke abazali bayo bathi: “Isikhulile, buzani yona.” Bayibiza ngokwesibili le ndoda ebiyimpumputhe, bathi kuyo: “Mnike uNkulunkulu udumo; thina siyazi ukuthi lo muntu uyisoni.” Khona indoda yaphendula, yathi: “Ukuthi uyisoni noma qha, angazi; kunye engikwaziyo, ukuthi bengiyimpumputhe, manje sengiyabona.”