John 9
1 As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth.
Ie niary mb’eo, le nahavazoho ty lahilahy fey, nigoa boak’ amy t’ie nitoly.
2 “Rabbi,” asked his disciples, “who was it that sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
Le hoe ty ontane’ o mpiama’eo: O Talè, ia ty nanao tahiñe: ondatio, ke o roae’eo te ie nisamake goa?
3 “Neither the man nor the parents,” replied Jesus; “but he was born blind that the work of God should be made plain in him.
Tinoi’ Iesoà ty hoe: Tsy te aman-kakeo t’indaty tia, ndra o roae’eo, fa te haboak’ añama’e ty fitoloñan’ Añahare.
4 We must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
Tsy mahay tsy manao ty fitoloña’ i nañitrik’ ahiy tikañe ie mbe antoandro, fa ho avy ty haleñe tsy hahafitoloña’ ondaty.
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.”
Kanao mbe ami’ty voatse toy iraho, le izaho ro failo’ ty voatse toy.
6 Saying this, Jesus spat on the ground, made clay with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.
Ie nanao izay, le nandrora an-tane, le nilitsahe’e i fañerè’ey vaho natente’e am-pihaino’e eo i litsakey.
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.
Le hoe re ama’e: Akia, misasà añ’ antara’ i Siloama (ze midika ‘niraheñe’). Aa le niheo mb’eo re nisasa, vaho nahaisake te nibalike.
8 Upon this his neighbours, and those who had formerly known him by sight as a beggar, exclaimed: “Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?”
Hoe o mparine azeo naho ze mpahaisak’ aze ie mbe nimpangatake: Tsy itoy hao i mpangatake nitozòkey?
9 “Yes,” some said, “it is”; while others said: “No, but he is like him.” The man himself said: “I am he.”
Ty ila’e nanao ty hoe: Ie ‘nio. Hoe ka ty ila’e: Aiy! hambañ’ ama’e. Hoe re: Ie iraho.
10 “How did you get your sight, then?” they asked.
Aa le hoe iareo tama’e: Aa vaho inoñe ty nampibarababeake o maso’oo?
11 “The man whom they call Jesus,” he answered, “made clay, 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.”
Nanoiñe ty hoe re: Nikineke litsake t’indaty itokavañe ty hoe Iesoà, le nafò’e amo masokoo vaho nanao amako ty hoe: Akia mb’añ’antara’ i Siloama añe le misasà. Aa le nomb’eo iraho nisasa, vaho mahatrea.
12 “Where is he?” they asked. I do not know,” he answered.
Le hoe iereo tama’e: Aia re? Nofiko, hoe re.
13 They took the man, who had been blind, to the Pharisees.
Nindese’ iereo mb’amo Fariseoo mb’eo indaty nigoay.
14 Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and gave him his sight.
Sabotse ‘nio i andro nanoe’ Iesoà i litsakey naho nampibeake o fihaino’eoy.
15 So the Pharisees also questioned the man as to how he had gained his sight. “He put clay on my eyes,” he answered, “and I washed them, and I can see.”
Mbe nañontanea’ o Fariseoo indraike i nahaisaha’e. Le hoe re tam’iereo: Nifora’e litsake o masokoo naho nisasa iraho vaho mahatrea.
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?”
Le hoe ty asa’ o Fariseo ila’eo: Tsy aman’ Añahare indatiy kanao tsy ambena’e i Sabatay. Hoe ka ty ila’e: Aia, ty hahatafetera’ ty mpanan-kakeo raha tsitantane hoe itia? Le nifampiria iareo.
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?”
Aa hoe iereo amy nigoay: Ino ty ho talilie’o aze, ie nanokake o maso’oo? Le hoe re: Mpitoky reke.
18 The Jews, however, refused to believe that he had been blind and had gained his sight, until they had called his parents and questioned them.
Fe tsy niantofa’ o Tehodao t’ie nigoa vaho nampahaisaheñe, naho tsy kinanji’ iareo hey ty roae’ i nampahatreavañey
19 “Is this your son,” they asked, “who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he can see now?”
vaho nañontane iareo ty hoe: Ana’ areo v’itoio, i natao’ areo te nitoly goay? Akore ty ahatreava’e henanekeo?
20 “We know that this is our son,” answered the parents, “and that he was born blind;
Le hoe ty natoin-droae’e: Apota’ay te ana’ay toke naho t’ie nitoly goa;
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.”
fe amoea’ay ty ahatreava’e henaneo, tsy fohi’ay ty nampibarababeak’ aze. Añon-taon-dre, añontaneo, ie ro hitalily vatañe.
22 His parents spoke in this way because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that, if any one should acknowledge Jesus as the Christ, he should be expelled from their synagogues.
Izay i sinaontsin-droae’ey amy te nihembañe amo Tehodao, ami’ty nifañinà’ o Tehodao te haitoañe amo fitontonañeo ze miantoke t’ie i Norizañey.
23 This was why his parents said ‘He is old enough; ask him.’
Izay ty nanoan-droae’e ty hoe: Añon-taon-dre, añontaneo.
24 So the Jews again called the man who had been blind, and said to him: “Give God the praise; we know that this is a bad man.”
Kinanji’ iereo fañindroe’e indaty nigoay, le nanoa’ iareo ty hoe: Toloro engeñe t’i Andrianañahare; fohi’ay te bey hakeo indatiy.
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.”
Hoe ty natoi’e: Ke bey hakeo re, tsy apotako. Raha raike ty fantako: nigoa iraho, fa mahatrea.
26 “What did he do to you?” they asked. “How did he give you your sight?”
Nindrai’ iareo ontane: Ino ty nanoe’e ama’o? Akore ty nampibarababeahe’e o maso’oo?
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?”
Tinoi’e ty hoe, Fa vinolako! f’ie tsy nitsendreñe, ino ty hijanjiña’ areo indraike? va’e te ho mpiama’e ka?
28 “You are his disciple,” they retorted scornfully; “but we are disciples of Moses.
Aa le nonjire’ iereo, ami’ty hoe: Ihe ro mpiam’ indatiy! mpiamy Mosè zahay.
29 We know that God spoke to Moses; but, as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.”
Fohi’ay te nisaontsien’ Añahare t’i Mosè, fe ondaty zao, nofi’ay ty nihirifa’e.
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!
Tinoi’ i lahiy ty hoe: Hete! mahavereñe te tsy fohi’ areo ty nihirifa’e, f’ie nampibeak’ o masokoo!
31 We know that God never listens to bad men, but, when a man is god-fearing and does God’s will, God listens to him.
Fohintika te tsy mijanjiñe ty bey hakeo t’i Andrianañahare fe naho mitalaho aman’ Añahare t’indaty naho manao ty satrin’ arofo’e, le janji’e.
32 Since the world began, such a thing was never heard of as any one’s giving sight to a person born blind. (aiōn g165)
Boak’ami’ty fifotoran-tsa, mbe tsy nijanjiñeñe te nampibarababeaheñe t’indaty toly goa. (aiōn g165)
33 If this man had not been from God, he could not have done anything at all.”
Aa naho tsy mpiaman’ Añahare indatiy, tsy ho nahatafete-draha.
34 “You,” they retorted, “were born totally depraved; and are you trying to teach us?” So they expelled him.
Hoe ty natoi’ iareo aze, Fonitse hakeo irehe te nitoly, ihe ka ty mañòke anay? Le sinoi’ iereo añe.
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?”
Jinanji’ Iesoà te rinoa’ iereo, le hoe re t’ie nitendreke, Atokisa’o hao i ana’ Ondatiy?
36 “Tell me who he is, Sir,” he replied, “so that I may believe in him.”
Tinoi’e ty hoe: Ia v’izay, Talè? hatokisako.
37 “Not only have you seen him,” said Jesus; “but it is he who is now speaking to you.”
Hoe t’Iesoà tama’e: Fa niisa’o, mbore ie o mirehak’ ama’oo.
38 “Then, Sir, I do believe,” said the man, bowing to the ground before him;
Le hoe re: O Rañandria, miantoke iraho! Le niambanea’e.
39 and Jesus added: “It was to put men 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.”
Le hoe t’Iesoà: Zaka ty nombàko mb’ami’ty voatse toy hampahaisake o tsy mahaoniñeo, vaho hampigoa o mahaisakeo.
40 Hearing this, some of the Pharisees who were with him said: “Then are we blind too?”
Nanoa’ o Fariseo nindre ama’e naho nahajanjiñe i hoe zaio, ty hoe: Goa ka v’izahay?
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.
Hoe t’Iesoà am’iereo: Tsy ho nanan-kakeo nahareo naho nifey; f’ie nanao ty hoe: Mahatrea zahay; le mbe tambatse an-kakeo.
