¹Wakati achipfuura, akaona munhu bofu kubva pakuberekwa.

¹And as he passed on, he saw a man blind from birth.

²Vadzidzi vake ndokumubvunza, vachiti: Rabhi*, ndiani wakatadza, uyu kana vabereki vake, kuti aberekwe ari bofu?

²And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this [man] or his parents, that he should be born blind?

³Jesu akapindura akati: Uyu haana kutadza, kana vabereki vake; asi kuti mabasa aMwari aoneswe maari.

³Jesus answered, Neither has this [man] sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God should be manifested in him.

⁴Ndinofanira kushanda mabasa ewakandituma achiri masikati; usiku hwunouya, apo pasina munhu angagona kushanda.

⁴I must work the works of him that has sent me while it is day. [The] night is coming, when no one can work.

⁵Kana ndichiri panyika, ndiri chiedza chenyika.

⁵As long as I am in the world, I am [the] light of the world.

⁶Wakati areva izvi, akapfira pasi, akaita dope nemate, akazodza dope pameso ebofu,

⁶Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud of the spittle, and put the mud, as ointment, on his eyes.

⁷akati kwaari: Enda unoshamba mudziva reSiroami (zvinoshandurwa kuti: Wakatumwa). Naizvozvo wakaenda akashamba, akadzoka achiona.

⁷And he said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, which is interpreted, Sent. He went therefore and washed, and came seeing.

⁸Naizvozvo vavakidzani nevaimuona pakutanga kuti wakange ari bofu, vakati: Haazi iye uyu waigara achipemha here?

⁸The neighbours therefore, and those who used to see him before, that he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that was sitting and begging?

⁹Vamwe vakati: Uyu ndiye; asi vamwe vakati: Wakaita saiye. Iye akati: Ndini.

⁹Some said, It is he; others said, No, but he is like him: *he* said, It is I.

¹⁰Naizvozvo vakati kwaari: Meso ako akazarurwa sei?

¹⁰They said therefore to him, How have thine eyes been opened?

¹¹Iye akapindura akati: Munhu unonzi Jesu wakaita dope, akazodza meso angu, akati kwandiri: Enda kudziva reSiroami undoshamba. Zvino ndikaenda ndikashamba, ndikaonazve.

¹¹He answered [and said], A man called Jesus made mud and anointed mine eyes, and said to me, Go to Siloam and wash: and having gone and washed, I saw.

¹²Naizvozvo vakati kwaari: Iye uripi? Akati: Handizivi.

¹²They said therefore to him, Where is he? He says, I do not know.

¹³Vakamuisa kuvaFarisi, iye waimbova bofu.

¹³They bring him who was before blind to the Pharisees.

¹⁴Zvino raiva sabata apo Jesu akaita dope, akasvinudza meso ake.

¹⁴Now it was sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

¹⁵Naizvozvo zvekare vaFarisi vakamubvunzawo, kuti wakaonazve sei. Akati kwavari: Waisa dope pameso angu ndikashamba, ndoona.

¹⁵The Pharisees therefore also again asked him how he received his sight. And he said to them, He put mud upon mine eyes, and I washed, and I see.

¹⁶Naizvozvo vamwe vevaFarisi vakati: Munhu uyu haabvi kuna Mwari, nekuti haachengeti sabata. Vamwe vakati: Munhu uri mutadzi ungaita sei zviratidzo zvakadai? Kukava nekupesana pakati pavo.

¹⁶Some of the Pharisees therefore said, This man is not of God, for he does not keep the sabbath. Others said, How can a sinful man perform such signs? And there was a division among them.

¹⁷Vakatizve kubofu: Iwe unoti kudini pamusoro pake, sezvo asvinudza meso ako? Akati: Muporofita.

¹⁷They say therefore again to the blind [man], What dost thou say of him, that he has opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.

¹⁸Zvino vaJudha havana kutenda pamusoro pake, kuti wakange ari bofu, akaonazve, kusvikira vadana vabereki vewakaonazve,

¹⁸The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him that he was blind and had received sight, until they had called the parents of him that had received sight.

¹⁹naizvovo zvino vakavabvunza, vachiti: Uyu mwanakomana wenyu imwi wamunoti wakaberekwa ari bofu here? Ikozvino woona sei?

¹⁹And they asked them saying, This is your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind: how then does he now see?

²⁰Vabereki vake vakavapindura vakati: Tinoziva kuti uyu mwanakomana wedu, uye kuti wakaberekwa ari bofu;

²⁰His parents answered [them] and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

²¹asi kuti ikozvino woona sei, hatizivi; kana ndiani wasvinudza meso ake, isu hatizivi; iye wayaruka, mubvunzei, iye pachake uchazvitaurira.

²¹but how he now sees we do not know, or who has opened his eyes we do not know. *He* is of age: ask *him*; *he* will speak concerning himself.

²²Vabereki vake vakareva izvi, nekuti vaitya vaJudha; nekuti vaJudha vakange vatotenderana kuti kana ani nani unobvuma kuti ndiye Kristu, abudiswe musinagoge.

²²His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if any one confessed him [to be the] Christ, he should be excommunicated from the synagogue.

²³Naizvozvo vabereki vake vakati: Wayaruka, mubvunzei.

²³On this account his parents said, He is of age: ask *him*.

²⁴Naizvozvo vakadana rwechipiri iye munhu wakange ari bofu, vakati kwaari: Ipa Mwari rumbidzo; isu tinoziva kuti munhu uyu mutadzi.

²⁴They called therefore a second time the man who had been blind, and said to him, Give glory to God: we know that this man is sinful.

²⁵Naizvozvo iye akapindura achiti: Kunyange ari mutadzi handizivi; chinhu chimwe chandinoziva, kuti ndaiva bofu, ikozvino ndoona.

²⁵He answered therefore, If he is sinful I know not. One thing I know, that, being blind [before], now I see.

²⁶Zvino vakati kwaarizve: Wakaitei kwauri? Wakasvinudza meso ako sei?

²⁶And they said to him again, What did he do to thee? how opened he thine eyes?

²⁷Akavapindura, akati: Ndadokuudzai, asi hamuna kunzwa, munodirei kunzwa zvekare? Nemwi munoda kuva vadzidzi vake kanhi?

²⁷He answered them, I told you already and ye did not hear: why do ye desire to hear again? do ye also wish to become his disciples?

²⁸Naizvozvo vakamutuka, vakati: Ndiwe mudzidzi wake; asi isu tiri vadzidzi vaMozisi.

²⁸They railed at him, and said, Thou art his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

²⁹Isu tinoziva kuti Mwari wakataura kuna Mozisi; asi uyu hatizivi kwaanobva.

²⁹We know that God spoke to Moses; but [as to] this [man], we know not whence he is.

³⁰Munhu akapindura akati kwavari: Nekuti pachinhu ichi pane chinoshamisa, kuti imwi hamuzivi kwaanobva, asi wasvinudza meso angu.

³⁰The man answered and said to them, Now in this is a wonderful thing, that *ye* do not know whence he is, and he has opened mine eyes.

³¹Zvino tinoziva kuti Mwari haanzwi vatadzi; asi kana munhu ari mushumiri waMwari, achiita chido chake, uyu unomunzwa.

³¹[But] we know that God does not hear sinners; but if any one be God-fearing and do his will, him he hears.

³²Kubvira rinhi hakuna kumbonzwika kuti umwe wakasvinudza meso ewakaberekwa ari bofu.

³²Since time was, it has not been heard that any one opened the eyes of one born blind.

³³Dai uyu anga asingabvi kuna Mwari, haazaigona kuita chinhu.

³³If this [man] were not of God he would be able to do nothing.

³⁴Vakapindura vakati kwaari: Iwe zvachose wakaberekerwa muzvivi, zvino iwe wotidzidzisa here? Vakamudzingira kunze.

³⁴They answered and said to him, Thou hast been wholly born in sins, and thou teachest us? And they cast him out.

³⁵Jesu akanzwa kuti vamudzingira kunze; akati amuwana, akati kwaari: Iwe unotenda kuMwanakomana waMwari here?

³⁵Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him, he said to him, Thou, dost thou believe on the Son of God?

³⁶Iye akapindura akati: Ndiani, Ishe, kuti nditende kwaari?

³⁶He answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that I may believe on him?

³⁷Jesu ndokuti kwaari: Newe wamuona, uye ndiye unotaura newe.

³⁷And Jesus said to him, Thou hast both seen him, and he that speaks with thee is he.

³⁸Zvino akati: Ishe ndinotenda; akamunamata.

³⁸And he said, I believe, Lord: and he did him homage.

³⁹Jesu ndokuti: Kutonga ndiko ini kwandakauyira panyika ino, kuti vasingaoni vaone; nevanoona vave mapofu.

³⁹And Jesus said, For judgment am I come into this world, that they which see not may see, and they which see may become blind.

⁴⁰Uye avo vevaFarisi vaiva naye vakanzwa zvinhu izvi, vakati kwaari: Nesu tiri mapofu here?

⁴⁰And [some] of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, Are we blind also?

⁴¹Jesu akati kwavari: Dai maiva mapofu, mungadai musina chivi. Asi ikozvino munoti: Tinoona; naizvozvo chivi chenyu chinoramba chiripo.

⁴¹Jesus said to them, If ye were blind ye would not have sin; but now ye say, We see, your sin remains.