The disciples also saw the blind man but were not unduly troubled. Instead they speculated about the guilt that caused this calamity, as most people in the past thought that diseases were due to some sin or other and fell as punishment from God. Jesus did not define the cause of the handicap; he did not formally declare the parents or the young man innocent but saw in this man’s affliction an opportunity for God to work. He would not let his disciples judge the blind man or query the causes of blindness.
Badala yake wakahisia kuhusu kosa lililosababisha balaa kwa huyu kipofu; ndivyo zamani watu wengi walivyofikiri kwamba magonjwa yatokana na kosa fulani fulani, na hivyo yakafikiriwa kuwa adhabu toka kwa Mungu. Yesu hakueleza sababu ya shida hiyo; hakutangaza kamili kwamba wazazi wala huyu mtu kuwa hana hatia, lakini aliona ndani ya shida ya huyu mtu nafasi nzuri kwa Mungu kutenda kitu. Hakukubali wanafunzi wake wamhukumu huyu maskini, au watunge mawazo yao juu ya sababu ya upofu huo.