Wathi edlula, wabona umuntu owayeyimpumputhe kwasekuzalweni kwakhe.
Abafundi bakhe bambuza bathi: “Rabi, ngubani owonayo, lona noma abazali bakhe, aze azalwe eyimpumputhe na?
UJesu waphendula wathi: “Akonanga noma yena noma abazali bakhe, kodwa ukuze kubonakaliswe kuye imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu.
Ngimelwe ukusebenza imisebenzi yongithumileyo kusesemini;
Ngisekhona emhlabeni ngiwukukhanya kwezwe.
Eseshilo lokho wafela amathe emhlabathini, wenza udaka ngamathe, wagcoba amehlo empumputhe ngodaka.
Wathi kuyo: “Hamba ugeze echibini laseSilowama,” okungukuthi ngokuhunyushwa oThunyiweyo. Wahamba-ke, wageza, weza ebona.
Ngakho omakhelwane nababe bembonile ngaphambili ukuthi uyimpumputhe bathi: “Lo akuyena yini obehlezi enxiba na?
Abanye bathi: Lo nguye; abanye bathi: Unjengaye; kodwa yena wathi: Nginguye.
Bathi kuye: “Avulwe kanjani amehlo akho na?
Waphendula wathi: “Umuntu othiwa uJesu wenze udaka, wagcoba amehlo ami, wathi kimi: ‘Hamba echibini laseSilowama, ugeze;’ ngahamba ngageza, ngabona.
Base bethi kuye: “Uphi yena na? Wathi: Angazi.
Bamletha kubaFarisi lowo owayeyimpumputhe ngaphambili.
Kwakuyisabatha mhla uJesu enza udaka, evula amehlo akhe.
Khona futhi nabaFarisi futhi bambuza ukuthi ukuthole kanjani ukubona. Wathi kubo: “Waninda udaka emehlweni ami, ngageza, sengiyabona.
Ngakho abanye kubaFarisi bathi: Lo kaveli kuNkulunkulu, ngoba kagcini isabatha. Abanye bathi: Umuntu oyisoni angenza njani izibonakaliso ezinje? Kwaba khona ukuhlukana phakathi kwabo.
Baphinda bathi kuyo impumputhe: “Wena uthini ngaye, lokhu evule amehlo akho na? Wathi: Ungumprofethi.
Kepha abaJuda abakholwanga ngaye, ukuthi ubeyimpumputhe, usebuye wabona, aze abiza abazali bakhe lowo osethole ukubona.
Bababuza bathi: “Lo uyindodana yenu enithi ngayo yazalwa iyimpumputhe na? pho, isibona kanjani manje na?
Abazali bakhe babaphendula bathi: Siyazi ukuthi lo uyindodana yethu, nokuthi wazalwa eyimpumputhe;
Kodwa ukuthi usebona njani khathesi asazi; nokuthi ngubani ovule amehlo akhe, asazi; mbuze: uzakuzikhulumela yena.
Abazali bakhe bakusho lokho, ngokuba besaba abaJuda, ngokuba abaJuda base bevumelene ngokuthi, uma umuntu ovuma ukuthi unguKristu, akhishwe esinagogeni.
Ngakho abazali bakhe bathi: “Usekhulile; buza kuye.
Base bephinda bembiza lowo muntu owayeyimpumputhe, bathi kuye: “Dumisa uNkulunkulu;
Yena waphendula wathi: Noma uyisoni angazi; kunye engikwaziyo, ukuthi bengiyimpumputhe, manje sengiyabona.
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