6. Akuba etshilo, uYesu watshicela emhlabeni, wenza udaka, wawaqaba ngalo amehlo emfama leyo;
7. waza wathi kuyo: “Hamba uye kuhlamba kwichityana laseSilowa.” (Oko kukuthi “thunyiwe”.) Yahamba ke imfama, yaya kuhlamba, yabuya ibona.
8. Abamelwane nabanye abantu ababeqhele ukumbona loo mntu engqiba, bathi: “Lo mfo asinguye na lowa ebehlala engqiba?”
9. Abanye babesithi nguye, abanye besithi asinguye kodwa ufana naye. Waza umfo lowo wathi: “Ndinguye.”
10. Bambuza ke, bathi: “Avulwe yintoni amehlo akho?”
11. Wathi yena: “Laa mntu kuthiwa nguYesu, wenza udaka, waqaba ngalo amehlo am, wathi mandiye eSilowa, ndihlambe. Ndiyile ke, ndahlamba, aza avuleka amehlo am.”
12. Baza bathi: “Uphi loo mntu ngoku?”Ke yena wathi: “Andazi.”
13. Bamthatha ke loo mfo owayeyimfama, bamsa *kubaFarasi;
14. kuba *kwakunguMhla wokuPhumla loo mini uYesu wenza udaka ngayo, wavula amehlo akhe.
15. Ke ngoko abaFarasi bambuza lo mfo okokuba uphiliswe njani ebumfameni bakhe, waza wathi kubo: “Undiqabe amehlo ngodaka, ndahlamba, aza avuleka amehlo am.”
16. Baza abaFarasi abathile bathi: “Loo mntu akanakuba ngowakwaThixo, kuba akawuhloneli uMhla woPhumlo.”Kodwa abanye babesithi: “Ukuba ebengumoni ebenokuthini ukwenza imiqondiso elolu hlobo?” Kwabakho impikiswano ke phakathi kwabo.
17. Ke ngoko abaFarasi baphinda bathi kuloo mntu wayeyimfama: “Wena uthini ngaye, inguwe nje ovulwe amehlo?”Waza wathi: “*Ungumshumayeli.”
18. AmaJuda wona ayengakholwa ukuba wayeyimfama waza wabuya wabona, aza abiza abazali bakhe,
19. abuza esithi: “Ngunyana wenu lo? Ngaba wazalwa eyimfama? Ebona nje ngoku kutheni?”
20. Abazali bakhe baphendula bathi: “Ewe, ngunyana wethu lo. Wavela eyimfama;
21. kodwa asazi ukuba kwenzeke ntoni ebona nje ngoku; nalowo uwavulileyo amehlo akhe asimazi. Buzani kuye; selemdala, unako ukuziphendulela.”