¹Wakati achipfuura, akaona munhu bofu kubva pakuberekwa.

¹As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.

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

²His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

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

³Jesus answered, “Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him.

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

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

⁵Kana ndichiri panyika, ndiri chiedza chenyika.

⁵ While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

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

⁶When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man’s eyes with the mud,

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

⁷and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.

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

⁸The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was blind before, said, “Isn’t this he who sat and begged?”

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

⁹Others were saying, “It is he.” Still others were saying, “He looks like him.” He said, “I am he.”

¹⁰Naizvozvo vakati kwaari: Meso ako akazarurwa sei?

¹⁰They therefore were asking him, “How were your eyes opened?”

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

¹¹He answered, “A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash.’ So I went away and washed, and I received sight.”

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

¹²Then they asked him, “Where is he?” He said, “I don’t know.”

¹³Vakamuisa kuvaFarisi, iye waimbova bofu.

¹³They brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees.

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

¹⁴It was a 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.

¹⁵Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, 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 therefore of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” There was division among them.

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

¹⁷Therefore they asked the blind man again, “What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?” 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 had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,

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

¹⁹and asked them, “Is this your son, whom you say 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, “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 don’t know; or who opened his eyes, we don’t know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for 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 man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.

²³Naizvozvo vabereki vake vakati: Wayaruka, mubvunzei.

²³Therefore 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.

²⁴So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”

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

²⁵He therefore answered, “I don’t know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see.”

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

²⁶They said to him again, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”

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

²⁷He answered them, “I told you already, and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t also want to become his disciples, do you?”

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

²⁸They insulted him and said, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

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

²⁹We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we don’t know where he comes from.”

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

³⁰The man answered them, “How amazing! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.

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

³¹We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him. Psalm 66:18, Proverbs 15:29; 28:9

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

³²Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.

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

³³If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”

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

³⁴They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” They threw him out.

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

³⁵Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of God?”

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

³⁶He answered, “Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?”

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

³⁷Jesus said to him, “You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you.”

³⁸Zvino akati: Ishe ndinotenda; akamunamata.

³⁸He said, “Lord, I believe!” and he worshiped him.

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

³⁹Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”

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

⁴⁰Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?”

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

⁴¹Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.