John 9
1 As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth.
Et comme il passait, il vit un homme aveugle dès sa naissance.
2 “Rabbi,” asked his disciples, “who was it that sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
Et ses disciples l’interrogèrent, disant: Rabbi, qui a péché: celui-ci, ou ses parents, pour qu’il soit né aveugle?
3 “Neither the man nor the parents,” replied Jesus, “but he was born blind so that the work of God should be made plain in him.
Jésus répondit: Ni celui-ci n’a péché, ni ses parents; mais c’est afin que les œuvres de Dieu soient manifestées en lui.
4 We must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
Il me faut faire les œuvres de celui qui m’a envoyé, tandis qu’il est jour; la nuit vient, en laquelle personne ne peut travailler.
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
Pendant que je suis dans le monde, je suis la lumière du monde.
6 Saying this, Jesus spat on the ground, made some paste with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.
Ayant dit ces choses, il cracha en terre et fit de la boue de son crachat, et mit la boue comme un onguent sur ses yeux,
7 “Go,” he said, “and wash your eyes in the Bath of Siloam” (a word which means ‘messenger’). So the man went and washed his eyes, and returned able to see.
et lui dit: Va, et lave-toi au réservoir de Siloé (ce qui est interprété Envoyé). Il s’en alla donc, et se lava, et revint voyant.
8 His neighbors, and those who had formerly known him by sight as a beggar, exclaimed, “Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?”
Les voisins donc, et ceux qui, l’ayant vu auparavant, [savaient] qu’il était mendiant, dirent: N’est-ce pas celui qui était assis et qui mendiait?
9 “Yes,” some said, “it is”; while others said, “No, but he is like him.” The man himself said, “I am he.”
Quelques-uns disaient: C’est lui. D’autres disaient: Non, mais il lui ressemble. Lui dit: C’est moi-même.
10 “How did you get your sight, then?” they asked.
Ils lui dirent donc: Comment ont été ouverts tes yeux?
11 “The man whom they call Jesus,” he answered, “made a paste, and anointed my eyes, and said to me ‘Go to Siloam and wash your eyes.’ So I went and washed my eyes, and gained my sight.”
Il répondit et dit: Un homme, appelé Jésus, fit de la boue et oignit mes yeux, et me dit: Va à Siloé et lave-toi. Et je m’en suis allé, et je me suis lavé, et j’ai vu.
12 “Where is he?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.
Ils lui dirent donc: Où est cet [homme]? Il dit: Je ne sais.
13 They took the man, who had been blind, to the Pharisees.
Ils amenèrent aux pharisiens celui qui auparavant avait été aveugle.
14 Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the paste and gave him his sight.
Or c’était un jour de sabbat que Jésus fit la boue, et qu’il ouvrit ses yeux.
15 So the Pharisees also questioned the man as to how he had gained his sight. “He put a paste on my eyes,” he answered, “and I washed them, and I can see.”
Les pharisiens donc aussi lui demandèrent encore comment il avait recouvré la vue. Et il leur dit: Il a mis de la boue sur mes yeux, et je me suis lavé, et je vois.
16 “The man cannot be from God,” said some of the Pharisees, “for he does not keep the Sabbath.” “How is it possible,” retorted others, “for a bad man to give signs like this?”
Quelques-uns donc d’entre les pharisiens dirent: Cet homme n’est pas de Dieu, car il ne garde pas le sabbat. D’autres disaient: Comment un homme pécheur peut-il faire de tels miracles? Et il y avait de la division entre eux.
17 So there was a difference of opinion among them, and they again questioned the man. “What do you yourself say about him, for it is to you that he has given sight?”
Ils disent donc encore à l’aveugle: Toi, que dis-tu de lui, sur ce qu’il t’a ouvert les yeux? Et il dit: C’est un prophète.
18 The religious authorities, however, refused to believe that he had been blind and had gained his sight, until they had called his parents and questioned them.
Les Juifs donc ne crurent pas qu’il avait été aveugle et qu’il avait recouvré la vue, jusqu’à ce qu’ils aient appelé les parents de celui qui avait recouvré la vue.
19 “Is this your son,” they asked, “who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he can see now?”
Et ils les interrogèrent, disant: Celui-ci est-il votre fils, que vous dites être né aveugle? Comment donc voit-il maintenant?
20 “We know that this is our son,” answered the parents, “and that he was born blind;
Ses parents [leur] répondirent et dirent: Nous savons que celui-ci est notre fils, et qu’il est né aveugle;
21 but how it is that he can see now we do not know; nor do we know who it was that gave him his sight. Ask him – he is old enough – he will tell you about himself.”
mais comment il voit maintenant, nous ne le savons pas; et qui lui a ouvert les yeux, nous ne le savons pas, nous; il a de l’âge, interrogez-le, il parlera de ce qui le concerne.
22 His parents spoke in this way because they were afraid of the authorities; for the authorities had already agreed that, if anyone should acknowledge Jesus as the Christ, he should be expelled from their synagogues.
Ses parents dirent ces choses, parce qu’ils craignaient les Juifs; car les Juifs étaient déjà convenus que si quelqu’un le confessait comme le Christ, il serait exclu de la synagogue.
23 This was why his parents said ‘He is old enough; ask him.’
C’est pourquoi ses parents dirent: Il a de l’âge, interrogez-le.
24 So the authorities again called the man who had been blind, and said to him, “Give God the praise; we know that this is a bad man.”
Ils appelèrent donc, pour la seconde fois, l’homme qui avait été aveugle, et lui dirent: Donne gloire à Dieu; nous savons que cet homme est un pécheur.
25 “I know nothing about his being a bad man,” he replied. “One thing I do know, that although I was blind, now I can see.”
Il répondit donc: S’il est un pécheur, je ne sais; je sais une chose, c’est que j’étais aveugle, et que maintenant je vois.
26 “What did he do to you?” they asked. “How did he give you your sight?”
Et ils lui dirent encore: Que t’a-t-il fait? Comment a-t-il ouvert tes yeux?
27 “I told you just now,” he answered, “and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Surely you also do not want to become his disciples?”
Il leur répondit: Je vous l’ai déjà dit, et vous n’avez pas écouté. Pourquoi voulez-vous encore l’entendre? Voulez-vous aussi, vous, devenir ses disciples?
28 “You are his disciple,” they retorted scornfully. “But we are disciples of Moses.
Ils l’injurièrent et dirent: Toi, tu es le disciple de celui-là; mais nous, nous sommes disciples de Moïse.
29 We know that God spoke to Moses; but, as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.”
Pour nous, nous savons que Dieu a parlé à Moïse; mais, pour celui-ci, nous ne savons d’où il est.
30 “Well,” the man replied, “this is very strange; you do not know where he comes from, and yet he has given me my sight!
L’homme répondit et leur dit: En ceci pourtant il y a une chose étrange, que vous ne sachiez pas d’où il est, et il a ouvert mes yeux.
31 We know that God never listens to bad people, but, when a person is god-fearing and does God’s will, God listens to them.
Or, nous savons que Dieu n’écoute pas les pécheurs; mais si quelqu’un est pieux envers Dieu et fait sa volonté, celui-là il l’écoute.
32 Since the world began, such a thing was never heard of as anyone’s giving sight to a person born blind. (aiōn g165)
Jamais on n’entendit dire que quelqu’un ait ouvert les yeux d’un aveugle-né. (aiōn g165)
33 If this man had not been from God, he could not have done anything at all.”
Si celui-ci n’était pas de Dieu, il ne pourrait rien faire.
34 “You,” they retorted, “were born totally depraved; and are you trying to teach us?” So they expelled him.
Ils répondirent et lui dirent: Tu es entièrement né dans le péché, et tu nous enseignes! Et ils le chassèrent dehors.
35 Jesus heard of their having put him out; and, when he had found the man, he asked, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
Jésus apprit qu’ils l’avaient chassé dehors, et l’ayant trouvé, il lui dit: Crois-tu au Fils de Dieu?
36 “Tell me who he is, Sir,” he replied, “so that I may believe in him.”
Il répondit et dit: Qui est-il, Seigneur, afin que je croie en lui?
37 “Not only have you seen him,” said Jesus, “but it is he who is now speaking to you.”
Et Jésus lui dit: Et tu l’as vu, et celui qui te parle, c’est lui.
38 “Then, Sir, I do believe,” said the man, bowing to the ground before him;
Et il dit: Je crois, Seigneur! Et il lui rendit hommage.
39 and Jesus added, “It was to put people to the test that I came into this world, in order that those that cannot see should see, and that those that can see should become blind.”
Et Jésus dit: Moi, je suis venu dans ce monde pour [le] jugement, afin que ceux qui ne voient pas, voient; et que ceux qui voient deviennent aveugles.
40 Hearing this, some of the Pharisees who were with him said, “Then are we blind too?”
Et quelques-uns d’entre les pharisiens qui étaient avec lui entendirent ces choses, et lui dirent: Et nous, sommes-nous aussi aveugles?
41 “If you had been blind,” replied Jesus, “you would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, you say ‘We can see,’ and so your sin remains.
Jésus leur dit: Si vous étiez aveugles, vous n’auriez pas de péché; mais maintenant vous dites: Nous voyons! – votre péché demeure.
