Bible Society of South Africa

Day 63 – Healing the Blind Man

Read about how Jesus healed a blind man.

Se(di)ngolwa (t)sa Bibele

JOHANNE 9

Phodiso ya sefofu sa tswalo

1Ha Jesu a feta, a bona monna ya tswetsweng e le sefofu. 2Barutuwa ba hae ba mmotsa, ba re: “Rabbi, ya entseng sebe ke mang? Ke yena, kapa batswadi ba hae, ha e le moo a tswetswe a foufetse?”

3Jesu a araba, a re: “Hase yena ya entseng sebe leha e le batswadi ba hae, empa e le hore mesebetsi ya Modimo e bonahale ho yena. 4Eka kgona re etse mesebetsi ya ya nthomileng e sa ntsane e le motsheare; bosiu bo a tla, boo ka bona ho seng ya ka sebetsang. 5Ha ke ntse ke le lefatsheng, ke lesedi la lefatshe.”

6Ha a buile tsena, a tshwela fatshe, a duba seretse ka mathe, a tlotsa mahlo a sefofu ka sona, 7mme a re ho sona: “Eya o iphotle letsheng la Silowame” ke ho re: Moromuwa. Sa ya, sa iphotla, sa kgutla se bona.

8Jwale ba ahisaneng le sona le ba se boneng pele e le mokopi, ba re: “Na hase yena ya neng a dula fatshe a kopa?”

9Ba bang ba re: “Ke yena.”

Ba bang ba re: “Tjhe, o mpa a tshwana le yena.”

Yena a re: “Ke nna.”

10Jwale ba re ho yena: “Mahlo a hao a tutubolohile jwang?”

11Yena a araba, a re: “Motho ya bitswang Jesu o ile a duba seretse, a tlotsa mahlo a ka, a re ho nna: ‘Eya Silowame, o iphotle;’ ka ya, ka iphotla, ka bona.”

12Ba re ho yena: “O kae?”

A re: “Ha ke tsebe.”

Bafarisi ba batlisisa tsa phodiso

13Ba isa ya neng a foufetse ho Bafarisi. 14Letsatsi leo Jesu a neng a dube seretse ka lona, a tutubolla mahlo a hae, e ne e le la Sabatha. 15Bafarisi ba mmotsa hape hore na o foufolohile jwang. A re ho bona: “O ile a tlotsa mahlo a ka ka seretse; ka ya iphotla, mme ka bona.”

16Ba bang ho Bafarisi ba re: “Motho eo ha a tswe ho Modimo, hobane ha a boloke Sabatha.”

Ba bang ba re: “Motho wa moetsadibe a ka tseba jwang ho etsa mehlolo e jwalo?” Karohano ya eba teng hara bona.

17Ba re hape ho sefofu: “Wena o reng ka yena, ha e le moo a o tutubolotse mahlo?”

Sa re: “Ke moporofeta.”

18Bajuda ha ba a ka ba dumela hore o ne a foufetse, mme jwale o foufolohile, ho fihlela ba bitsa batswadi ba ya ileng a foufoloha. 19Ba ba botsa, ba re: “Na eo ke mora wa lona, eo le reng o tswetswe a foufetse? O bona jwang jwale?”

20Batswadi ba hae ba ba araba, ba re: “Re a tseba hore enwa ke mora wa rona, le hore o tswetswe a foufetse, 21empa ha re tsebe hore na o bona jwang jwale, le hore na ya mo tutubolotseng mahlo ke mang, ha re tsebe; mmotseng, o se a le moholo, o tla ipuella.” 22Batswadi ba hae ba ile ba bolela tsena ka ho tshaba Bajuda, hobane Bajuda ba ne ba se ba dumellane hore, ha motho a ka bolela hore ke Kreste, o tla kgaolwa phuthehong. 23Ka lebaka lena, batswadi ba hae ba re: “O se a le moholo, mmotseng.”

24Motho ya neng a foufetse a bitswa ke Bafarisi kgetlo la bobedi; ba re ho yena: “Bua nnete ya Modimo; re a tseba hore motho eno ke moetsadibe.”

25A araba, a re: “Ha ke tsebe hore ke moetsadibe; ke tseba ntho e le nngwe, e leng hore ke ne ke foufetse, jwale ke a bona.”

26Yaba ba re ho yena: “O ile a etsang ho wena? O ile a o tutubolla mahlo jwang?”

27A ba araba, a re: “Ke se ke le boleletse, mme ha le a ka la mamela; le rata ho utlwa hape ka baka lang? Na le lona le rata ho fetoha barutuwa ba hae?”

28Ba mo hlapaola, ba re: “Ke wena morutuwa wa hae, rona re barutuwa ba Moshe; 29re a tseba hore Modimo o ile a bua le Moshe, empa enwa ha re tsebe hore na o tswa kae.”

30Motho eo a ba araba, a re: “Ke taba e makatsang ha le sa tsebe hore na o tswa kae, empa a ntutubolotse mahlo. 31Re a tseba hore Modimo ha a utlwe baetsadibe, empa ha motho a tshaba Modimo, a etsa thato ya hae, Modimo o a mo utlwa. 32Ha ho eso ka ho utlwahala le ka mohla hore motho o kile a tutubolla mahlo a ya tswetsweng e le sefofu. 33Ha motho enwa a ne a sa tswe ho Modimo, o ne a ke ke a etsa letho.”

34Ba araba, ba re ho yena: “O tswetswe o le moetsadibe ka ho tlala, empa jwale o a re ruta?”

Yaba ba a mo tebela.

Bofofu ba moya

35Jesu a utlwa hore ba mo tebetse. Ha a mo fumana, a re ho yena: “Na o dumela ho Mora Motho?”

36Yena a mmotsa, a re: “Ekaba ke mang, Morena, ke tle ke dumele ho yena?”

37Jesu a re ho yena: “O mmone, ebile ke yena ya buang le wena.”

38A re: “Ke a dumela, Morena,” mme a mo kgumamela.

39Yaba Jesu o re: “Ke tletse kahlolo lefatsheng lena, hore ba sa boneng ba bone, mme ba bonang ba foufale.”

40Bafarisi ba nang le yena ba utlwa tsena, mme ba re ho yena: “Na le rona re foufetse?”

41Jesu a re ho bona: “Ha le ne le foufetse, le ka be le se na sebe, empa jwale le re: ‘Re a bona;’ ka hona sebe sa lona ha se hlakolwe.”

JOHANNE 9:1-41SSO89SOBula ka mmadi wa Bibele

PRAY before you read, asking God to help you understand.
READ the Bible passage for the day – preferably more than once.
REFLECT on the passage. Write your thoughts in a journal.
APPLY what God teaches you from His Word to your life.
PRAY again, asking God to live out His Word.

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