John 9
1 And as he was passing along, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth.
Yesu nam no, ɔhunuu aberanteɛ bi a wɔwoo no onifirani,
2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
Nʼasuafoɔ no bisaa no sɛ, “Ɔkyerɛkyerɛfoɔ, saa onifirani yi awofoɔ bɔne a wɔyɛeɛ anaa ɔno ankasa bɔne enti na ama nʼani afira yi?”
3 Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but that the works of God might be made manifest in him.
Yesu buaa sɛ, “Ɛnyɛ nʼawofoɔ anaa nʼankasa bɔne enti na nʼani afira. Na mmom, nʼani afira sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a Onyankopɔn tumi bɛyɛ ne ho adwuma.
4 We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day; the night is coming, when no one can work.
Esiane sɛ adesaeɛ nkyɛre ba no enti, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛyɛ deɛ ɔsomaa me no adwuma a ɔde ahyɛ yɛn nsa no. Sɛ adeɛ sa a, obiara ntumi nyɛ adwuma.
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Ɛberɛ a mewɔ ewiase yi deɛ, mene ewiase hann no.”
6 Having thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay with the spittle, and anointed his eyes with the clay,
Ɔkaa saa no, ɔtee ntasuo guu fam de fotɔɔ dɔteɛ na ɔde dɔteɛ no sraa onifirani no ani so.
7 and said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam; (which is, when translated, Sent.) He went away therefore, and washed and came seeing.
Na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Kɔ ɔtadeɛ Siloa no mu, na kɔhohoro wʼanim.” Onifirani yi kɔ kɔhohoroo nʼanim san baeɛ a, afei deɛ ohunu adeɛ.
8 The neighbors therefore, and they who before had seen him as a beggar, said, Is not this he that sits and begs?
Onifirani no afipamfoɔ a wɔhunuu no sɛ ɔte ɛkwan ho srɛsrɛ adeɛ no hunuu no no, wɔbisabisaa wɔn ho wɔn ho sɛ, “Ɛnyɛ aberanteɛ a na ɔsrɛsrɛ adeɛ no ni?”
9 Some said, This is he. Others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he.
Ebinom kaa sɛ, “Ɛyɛ ɔno,” na afoforɔ nso kaa sɛ, “Dabi, ɛnyɛ ɔno, na mmom, sɛ na ɔsɛ no.” Aberanteɛ yi kaa sɛ, “Ɛyɛ me.”
10 They said therefore to him How then were thine eyes opened?
Nnipa no bisaa no sɛ, “Ɛyɛɛ dɛn na afei wohunu adeɛ yi?”
11 He answered, The man who is called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes, and said to me, Go to Siloam, and wash. I went therefore and washed, and received sight.
Ɔbuaa wɔn sɛ, “Ɔbarima bi a wɔfrɛ no Yesu no fotɔɔ dɔteɛ na ɔde sraa mʼani so na ɔka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, ‘Kɔ ɔtadeɛ Siloa mu na kɔhohoro wʼanim’. Enti, mekɔeɛ. Mehohoroo mʼanim wieeɛ pɛ na mehunuu adeɛ.”
12 And they said to him, Where is that man? He saith, I do not know.
Wɔsane bisaa no bio sɛ, “Saa Yesu no wɔ he?” Ɔbuaa wɔn sɛ, “Mennim.”
13 They bring to the Pharisees him who had once been blind.
Wɔde aberanteɛ a na nʼani afira no brɛɛ Farisifoɔ no.
14 And the day on which Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes was the sabbath.
Ɛda a Yesu saa onifirani no yadeɛ no, na ɛyɛ homeda.
15 Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, He put clay on my eyes, and I washed them, and I see.
Farisifoɔ no nso bisaa aberanteɛ no sɛdeɛ ɛyɛeɛ a afei deɛ ɔhunuu adeɛ. Aberanteɛ no ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛdeɛ Yesu de dɔteɛ a wɔafɔtɔ sraa nʼani so na ɔkɔhohoroeɛ na ɔhunuu adeɛ no.
16 Therefore some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such signs. And there was a division among them.
Farisifoɔ no mu bi kaa sɛ, “Onipa a ɔyɛɛ saa adeɛ yi mfiri Onyankopɔn hɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔnni homeda mmara no so.” Afoforɔ nso kaa sɛ, “Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na ɔdebɔneyɛfoɔ a ɔte sɛɛ yi bɛtumi ayɛ saa anwanwadwuma yi?” Saa akyinnyeɛ yi maa mpaapaemu baa wɔn mu.
17 They say therefore to the blind man again, What dost thou say of him for having opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
Afei Farisifoɔ yi sane bisaa aberanteɛ no sɛ, “Wo na wose ɔma wohunuu adeɛ, ɛdeɛn asɛm na woka fa ne ho?” Aberanteɛ yi buaa sɛ, “Megye di sɛ ɔyɛ odiyifoɔ a ɔfiri Onyankopɔn nkyɛn.”
18 The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.
Yudafoɔ no annye anni ara da sɛ, na saa aberanteɛ no yɛ onifirani a afei deɛ ɔhunu adeɛ, kɔsi sɛ wɔsoma ma wɔkɔfrɛɛ nʼawofoɔ baeɛ
19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? How then doth he now see?
ma wɔbisaa wɔn sɛ, “Mo ba ni anaa? Mokyerɛ sɛ mowoo no no, na ɔyɛ onifirani anaa? Ɛyɛɛ dɛn na afei deɛ ɔhunu adeɛ yi?”
20 His parents, answered and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
Nʼawofoɔ no buaa sɛ, “Yɛgye tom sɛ ɔyɛ yɛn ba, na yɛwoo no no nso, na ɔyɛ onifirani.
21 but by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who opened his eyes, we know not; ask him, he is of age; he will speak for himself.
Nanso yɛnnim deɛ enti a afei deɛ ɔhunu adeɛ yi. Saa ara nso na yɛnnim onipa ko a ɔma ɔhunuu adeɛ no. Ɔno ara ni, nʼani nso afi a ɔbɛtumi akasa ama ne ho enti mommisa no.”
22 This his parents said, because they feared the Jews. For the Jews had already agreed, that if any one should acknowledge him as the Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
Deɛ ɛmaa nʼawofoɔ no kaa saa ne sɛ, na wɔsuro Yudafoɔ mpanimfoɔ no a wɔaka sɛ, obiara a ɔbɛka sɛ Yesu ne Agyenkwa no no, wɔbɛpam no afiri asɔredan no mu hɔ no.
23 Therefore his parents said, He is of age; ask him.
Yei enti na nʼawofoɔ no kaa sɛ, “Nʼani afi a ɔbɛtumi akasa ama ne ho enti mommisa no” no.
24 They therefore called a second time the man that had been blind, and said to him, Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner.
Wɔsane frɛɛ aberanteɛ a na ɔyɛ onifirani no ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Hyɛ bɔ wɔ Onyankopɔn din mu sɛ, asɛm a yɛrebɛbisa wo yi wobɛdi nokorɛ. Yɛnim sɛ saa ɔbarima yi yɛ ɔdebɔneyɛfoɔ.”
25 He therefore answered, Whether he is a sinner, I know not; one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
Aberanteɛ no buaa wɔn sɛ, “Me deɛ, sɛ ɔyɛ ɔdebɔneyɛfoɔ o, sɛ nso ɔyɛ onipa pa o, ɛno deɛ, mennim. Deɛ menim ara ne sɛ, kane no na meyɛ onifirani na afei deɛ mehunu adeɛ.”
26 They said to him, What did he do to thee? How did he open thine eyes?
Wɔbisaa no bio sɛ, “Ɛdeɛn na ɔyɛɛ wo ma wohunuu adeɛ?”
27 He answered them, I have already told you, and ye did not hear; why would ye hear it again? Are ye also inclined to become his disciples?
Aberanteɛ no de abufuo buaa wɔn sɛ, “Maka nokorɛ no akyerɛ mo, nanso moantie. Ɛdeɛn bio na mopɛ sɛ meka kyerɛ mo? Anaasɛ mo nso mopɛ sɛ mobɛyɛ nʼasuafoɔ?”
28 They reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are disciples of Moses.
Mpanimfoɔ no yeyaa no sane kaa sɛ, “Wo mmom na woyɛ saa akoa no suani; na yɛn deɛ, yɛyɛ Mose asuafoɔ.
29 We know that God hath spoken to Moses; but as for this man, we know not whence he is.
Yɛnim pefee sɛ Onyankopɔn kasa kyerɛɛ Mose, nanso saa Yesu yi deɛ, faako a ɔfiri mpo, yɛnnim!”
30 The man answered and said to them, Why, herein is a marvelous thing, that ye know not whence he is, and yet he opened my eyes.
Aberanteɛ yi ka kyerɛɛ mpanimfoɔ no sɛ, “Ɛyɛ me nwanwa yie sɛ obi a ɔtumi ma onifirani hunu adeɛ no, motumi ka sɛ monnim faako a ɔfiri.
31 We know that God heareth not sinners; but if any one is a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
Yɛnim sɛ Onyankopɔn ntie nnebɔneyɛfoɔ asɛm; na mmom ɔtie nnipa a wɔdi no ni na wɔyɛ nʼapɛdeɛ no.
32 Since the world began, it was never heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind. (aiōn g165)
Ɛfiri adebɔ ahyɛaseɛ yɛntee da sɛ obi ama onifirani ahunu adeɛ da; (aiōn g165)
33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.
sɛ ɔbarima yi mfiri Onyankopɔn hɔ a, anka ɔrentumi nyɛ anwanwadeɛ a ɛte sei.”
34 They answered and said to him, Thou wast wholly born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
Mpanimfoɔ no nso de abufuo buaa no sɛ, “Ɔdebɔneyɛfoɔ te sɛ wo na wopɛ sɛ wokyerɛkyerɛ yɛn?” Wɔsunsum no firii asɔredan no mu hɔ.
35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and he found him, and said, Dost thou believe in the Son of man?
Ɛberɛ a Yesu tee sɛ wɔsunsum aberanteɛ no firii asɔredan no mu hɔ no no, ɔhwehwɛɛ no bisaa no sɛ, “Wogye Onipa Ba no di anaa?”
36 He answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?
Aberanteɛ no buaa no sɛ, “Me wura, kyerɛ me saa Onipa Ba no sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a mɛgye no adi!”
37 Jesus said to him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
Yesu ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Woahunu no dada; ɔno na ɔne wo rekasa yi.”
38 And he said, I believe, Lord; and he prostrated himself before him.
Aberanteɛ no de anigyeɛ kaa sɛ, “Awurade, megye medi.” Afei, ɔkotoo Yesu.
39 And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world; that they who see not might see, and that they who see might become blind.
Yesu kaa sɛ, “Mebaa ewiase ha sɛ merebɛbu atɛn, na mama wɔn a wɔyɛ anifirafoɔ no ahunu adeɛ, na makyerɛ wɔn a wɔgye di sɛ wɔhunu adeɛ no sɛ, wɔyɛ anifirafoɔ.”
40 Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this, and said to him, Are we also blind?
Farisifoɔ a na wɔgyinagyina hɔ no bisaa no sɛ, “Wopɛ sɛ wokyerɛ sɛ yɛyɛ anifirafoɔ anaa?”
41 Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye would not have sin; but now ye say, We see. Your sin remaineth.
Yesu buaa wɔn sɛ. “Sɛ mogye tom sɛ moyɛ anifirafoɔ a, ɛnneɛ anka monni deɛ maka no ho fɔ. Esiane sɛ mogye to mu sɛ mohunu adeɛ enti motena afɔbuo mu.”
