John 9
1 As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth.
tataḥ paraṁ yīśurgacchan mārgamadhyē janmāndhaṁ naram apaśyat|
2 “Rabbi,” asked his disciples, “who was it that sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
tataḥ śiṣyāstam apr̥cchan hē gurō narōyaṁ svapāpēna vā svapitrāḥ pāpēnāndhō'jāyata?
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.
tataḥ sa pratyuditavān ētasya vāsya pitrōḥ pāpād ētādr̥śōbhūda iti nahi kintvanēna yathēśvarasya karmma prakāśyatē taddhētōrēva|
4 We must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
dinē tiṣṭhati matprērayituḥ karmma mayā karttavyaṁ yadā kimapi karmma na kriyatē tādr̥śī niśāgacchati|
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
ahaṁ yāvatkālaṁ jagati tiṣṭhāmi tāvatkālaṁ jagatō jyōtiḥsvarūpōsmi|
6 Saying this, Jesus spat on the ground, made some paste with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.
ityukttā bhūmau niṣṭhīvaṁ nikṣipya tēna paṅkaṁ kr̥tavān
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.
paścāt tatpaṅkēna tasyāndhasya nētrē pralipya tamityādiśat gatvā śilōhē 'rthāt prēritanāmni sarasi snāhi| tatōndhō gatvā tatrāsnāt tataḥ prannacakṣu rbhūtvā vyāghuṭyāgāt|
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?”
aparañca samīpavāsinō lōkā yē ca taṁ pūrvvamandham apaśyan tē bakttum ārabhanta yōndhalōkō vartmanyupaviśyābhikṣata sa ēvāyaṁ janaḥ kiṁ na bhavati?
9 “Yes,” some said, “it is”; while others said, “No, but he is like him.” The man himself said, “I am he.”
kēcidavadan sa ēva kēcidavōcan tādr̥śō bhavati kintu sa svayamabravīt sa ēvāhaṁ bhavāmi|
10 “How did you get your sight, then?” they asked.
ataēva tē 'pr̥cchan tvaṁ kathaṁ dr̥ṣṭiṁ pāptavān?
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.”
tataḥ sōvadad yīśanāmaka ēkō janō mama nayanē paṅkēna pralipya ityājñāpayat śilōhakāsāraṁ gatvā tatra snāhi| tatastatra gatvā mayi snātē dr̥ṣṭimahaṁ labdhavān|
12 “Where is he?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.
tadā tē 'vadan sa pumān kutra? tēnōkttaṁ nāhaṁ jānāmi|
13 They took the man, who had been blind, to the Pharisees.
aparaṁ tasmin pūrvvāndhē janē phirūśināṁ nikaṭam ānītē sati phirūśinōpi tamapr̥cchan kathaṁ dr̥ṣṭiṁ prāptōsi?
14 Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the paste and gave him his sight.
tataḥ sa kathitavān sa paṅkēna mama nētrē 'limpat paścād snātvā dr̥ṣṭimalabhē|
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.”
kintu yīśu rviśrāmavārē karddamaṁ kr̥tvā tasya nayanē prasannē'karōd itikāraṇāt katipayaphirūśinō'vadan
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?”
sa pumān īśvarānna yataḥ sa viśrāmavāraṁ na manyatē| tatōnyē kēcit pratyavadan pāpī pumān kim ētādr̥śam āścaryyaṁ karmma karttuṁ śaknōti?
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?”
itthaṁ tēṣāṁ parasparaṁ bhinnavākyatvam abhavat| paścāt tē punarapi taṁ pūrvvāndhaṁ mānuṣam aprākṣuḥ yō janastava cakṣuṣī prasannē kr̥tavān tasmin tvaṁ kiṁ vadasi? sa ukttavān sa bhaviśadvādī|
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.
sa dr̥ṣṭim āptavān iti yihūdīyāstasya dr̥ṣṭiṁ prāptasya janasya pitrō rmukhād aśrutvā na pratyayan|
19 “Is this your son,” they asked, “who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he can see now?”
ataēva tē tāvapr̥cchan yuvayō ryaṁ putraṁ janmāndhaṁ vadathaḥ sa kimayaṁ? tarhīdānīṁ kathaṁ draṣṭuṁ śaknōti?
20 “We know that this is our son,” answered the parents, “and that he was born blind;
tatastasya pitarau pratyavōcatām ayam āvayōḥ putra ā janērandhaśca tadapyāvāṁ jānīvaḥ
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.”
kintvadhunā kathaṁ dr̥ṣṭiṁ prāptavān tadāvāṁ n jānīvaḥ kōsya cakṣuṣī prasannē kr̥tavān tadapi na jānīva ēṣa vayaḥprāpta ēnaṁ pr̥cchata svakathāṁ svayaṁ vakṣyati|
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.
yihūdīyānāṁ bhayāt tasya pitarau vākyamidam avadatāṁ yataḥ kōpi manuṣyō yadi yīśum abhiṣiktaṁ vadati tarhi sa bhajanagr̥hād dūrīkāriṣyatē yihūdīyā iti mantraṇām akurvvan
23 This was why his parents said ‘He is old enough; ask him.’
atastasya pitarau vyāharatām ēṣa vayaḥprāpta ēnaṁ pr̥cchata|
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.”
tadā tē punaśca taṁ pūrvvāndham āhūya vyāharan īśvarasya guṇān vada ēṣa manuṣyaḥ pāpīti vayaṁ jānīmaḥ|
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.”
tadā sa ukttavān sa pāpī na vēti nāhaṁ jānē pūrvāmandha āsamaham adhunā paśyāmīti mātraṁ jānāmi|
26 “What did he do to you?” they asked. “How did he give you your sight?”
tē punarapr̥cchan sa tvāṁ prati kimakarōt? kathaṁ nētrē prasannē 'karōt?
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?”
tataḥ sōvādīd ēkakr̥tvōkathayaṁ yūyaṁ na śr̥ṇutha tarhi kutaḥ punaḥ śrōtum icchatha? yūyamapi kiṁ tasya śiṣyā bhavitum icchatha?
28 “You are his disciple,” they retorted scornfully. “But we are disciples of Moses.
tadā tē taṁ tiraskr̥tya vyāharan tvaṁ tasya śiṣyō vayaṁ mūsāḥ śiṣyāḥ|
29 We know that God spoke to Moses; but, as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.”
mūsāvaktrēṇēśvarō jagāda tajjānīmaḥ kintvēṣa kutratyalōka iti na jānīmaḥ|
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!
sōvadad ēṣa mama lōcanē prasannē 'karōt tathāpi kutratyalōka iti yūyaṁ na jānītha ētad āścaryyaṁ bhavati|
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.
īśvaraḥ pāpināṁ kathāṁ na śr̥ṇōti kintu yō janastasmin bhaktiṁ kr̥tvā tadiṣṭakriyāṁ karōti tasyaiva kathāṁ śr̥ṇōti ētad vayaṁ jānīmaḥ|
32 Since the world began, such a thing was never heard of as anyone’s giving sight to a person born blind. (aiōn g165)
kōpi manuṣyō janmāndhāya cakṣuṣī adadāt jagadārambhād ētādr̥śīṁ kathāṁ kōpi kadāpi nāśr̥ṇōt| (aiōn g165)
33 If this man had not been from God, he could not have done anything at all.”
asmād ēṣa manuṣyō yadīśvarānnājāyata tarhi kiñcidapīdr̥śaṁ karmma karttuṁ nāśaknōt|
34 “You,” they retorted, “were born totally depraved; and are you trying to teach us?” So they expelled him.
tē vyāharan tvaṁ pāpād ajāyathāḥ kimasmān tvaṁ śikṣayasi? paścāttē taṁ bahirakurvvan|
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?”
tadanantaraṁ yihūdīyaiḥ sa bahirakriyata yīśuriti vārttāṁ śrutvā taṁ sākṣāt prāpya pr̥ṣṭavān īśvarasya putrē tvaṁ viśvasiṣi?
36 “Tell me who he is, Sir,” he replied, “so that I may believe in him.”
tadā sa pratyavōcat hē prabhō sa kō yat tasminnahaṁ viśvasimi?
37 “Not only have you seen him,” said Jesus, “but it is he who is now speaking to you.”
tatō yīśuḥ kathitavān tvaṁ taṁ dr̥ṣṭavān tvayā sākaṁ yaḥ kathaṁ kathayati saēva saḥ|
38 “Then, Sir, I do believe,” said the man, bowing to the ground before him;
tadā hē prabhō viśvasimītyuktvā sa taṁ praṇāmat|
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.”
paścād yīśuḥ kathitavān nayanahīnā nayanāni prāpnuvanti nayanavantaścāndhā bhavantītyabhiprāyēṇa jagadāham āgaccham|
40 Hearing this, some of the Pharisees who were with him said, “Then are we blind too?”
ētat śrutvā nikaṭasthāḥ katipayāḥ phirūśinō vyāharan vayamapi kimandhāḥ?
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.
tadā yīśuravādīd yadyandhā abhavata tarhi pāpāni nātiṣṭhan kintu paśyāmīti vākyavadanād yuṣmākaṁ pāpāni tiṣṭhanti|
