John 9

1 As He passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from his birth.

And while passing, he saw a man blind from his mother's womb.

2 So His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned--this man or his parents--that he was born blind?"

And his disciples asked him, and said: Our Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?

3 "Neither he nor his parents sinned," answered Jesus, "but he was born blind in order that God's mercy might be openly shown in him.

Jesus said to them: Neither did he sin, nor his parents; but that the works of God might be seen in him.

4 We must do the works of Him who sent me while there is daylight. Night is coming on, when no one can work.

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day; the night cometh, in which no one can work.

5 When I am in the world, I am the Light of the world."

So long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

6 After thus speaking, He spat on the ground, and then, kneading the dust and spittle into clay, He smeared the clay over the man's eyes and said to him,

And having spoken thus, he spit on the ground, and made mud with the spittle, and spread it on the eyes of the blind man;

7 "Go and wash in the pool of Siloam" --the name means 'Sent.' So he went and washed his eyes, and returned able to see.

and said to him: Go, wash in the baptistery of Siloam. And he went, and washed, and came away seeing.

8 His neighbours, therefore, and the other people to whom he had been a familiar object because he was a beggar, began asking, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

And his neighbors, and they by whom he had before been seen begging, said: Is not this he, who sat and begged?

9 "Yes it is," replied some of them. "No it is not," said others, "but he is like him." His own statement was, "I am the man."

Some said, It is he: and others said, No; but he is very like him. But he said: I am he.

10 "How then were your eyes opened?" they asked.

And they said to him: How were thy eyes opened?

11 "He whose name is Jesus," he answered, "made clay and smeared my eyes with it, and then told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and obtained sight."

He answered, and said to them: A man whose name is Jesus, made mud and spread it on my eyes, and said to me, Go, wash in the waters of Siloam. And I went, and washed, and my sight was restored.

12 "Where is he?" they inquired, but the man did not know.

They said to him: Where is he? He said to them: I know not.

13 They brought him to the Pharisees--the man who had been blind.

And they brought him that had been blind, before the Pharisees.

14 Now the day on which Jesus made the clay and opened the man's eyes was the Sabbath.

Now it was on the sabbath that Jesus made the mud, and opened his eyes.

15 So the Pharisees renewed their questioning as to how he had obtained his sight. "He put clay on my eyes," he replied, "and I washed, and now I can see."

And again the Pharisees asked him: How was thy sight restored? And he said to them: He put mud upon my eyes, and I washed, and my sight was restored.

16 This led some of the Pharisees to say, "That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." "How is it possible for a bad man to do such miracles?" argued others.

And some of the Pharisees said: This man is not of God, for he doth not observe the sabbath. But others said: How can a man that is a sinner, work these signs? And there was a division among them.

17 And there was a division among them. So again they asked the once blind man, "What is your account of him? --for he opened your eyes." "He is a Prophet," he replied.

They say again to the blind man: What sayest thou of him, seeing he hath opened thy eyes? He said to them: I say, that he is a prophet.

18 The Jews, however, did not believe the statement concerning him--that he had been blind and had obtained his sight--until they called his parents and asked them,

And the Jews would not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and recovered sight, until they called the parents of him who recovered sight.

19 "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How is it then that he can now see?"

And they asked them: Is this your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind? And how doth he now see?

20 "We know," replied the parents, "that this is our son and that he was born blind;

And his parents answered and said: We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

21 but how it is that he can now see or who has opened his eyes we do not know. Ask him himself; he is of full age; he himself will give his own account of it."

but how he now seeth, or who opened his eyes, we know not. He hath come to his years, ask him; he will speak for himself.

22 Such was their answer, because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already settled among themselves that if any one should acknowledge Jesus as the Christ, he should be excluded from the synagogue.

These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had decided, that if any one should confess him to be Messiah, they would expel him from the synagogue.

23 That was why his parents said, "He is of full age: ask him himself."

For this reason his parents said, He hath come to his years, ask him.

24 A second time therefore they called the man who had been blind, and said, "Give God the praise: we know that that man is a sinner."

And they called a second time the man who had been blind, and said to him: Give glory to God; for we know that this man is a sinner.

25 "Whether he is a sinner or not, I do not know," he replied; "one thing I know--that I was once blind and that now I can see."

He replied, and said to them: Whether he is a sinner, I know not; but, one thing I know, that I was blind, and lo, now I see.

26 "What did he do to you?" they asked; "how did he open your eyes?"

They said to him again: What did he to thee? How did he open thy eyes?

27 "I have told you already," he replied, "and you did not listen to me. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also mean to be disciples of his?"

He said to them: I have told you, and ye did not hear. Why would ye hear again? Do ye also wish to become his disciples?

28 Then they railed at him, and said, "You are that man's disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

But they reproached him, and said to him: Thou art his disciple, but we are the disciples of Moses.

29 We know that God spoke to Moses; but as for this fellow we do not know where he comes from."

And we know that God conversed with Moses; but as for this man, we know not whence he is.

30 "Why, this is marvellous!" the man replied; "you do not know where he comes from, and yet he has opened my eyes!

The man replied and said to them: In this therefore is something to be admired, that ye know not whence he is, and yet he hath opened my eyes.

31 We know that God does not listen to bad people, but that if any one is a God-fearing man and obeys Him, to him He listens.

Now we know, that God heareth not the voice of sinners; but him that feareth him, and doeth his pleasure, him he heareth.

32 From the beginning of the world such a thing was never heard of as that any one should open the eyes of a man blind from his birth. (aiōn g165)

Never hath it been heard, that any one opened the eyes of one born blind. (aiōn g165)

33 Had that man not come from God, he could have done nothing."

If this man were not of God, he could not do this thing.

34 "You," they replied, "were wholly begotten and born in sin, and do you teach us?" And they put him out of the synagogue.

They replied, and said to him: Thou wast wholly born in sins; and dost thou teach us? And they expelled him.

35 Jesus heard that they had done this. So having found him, He asked him, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"

And Jesus heard that they had expelled him; and he found him, and said to him: Believest thou on the Son of God?

36 "Who is He, Sir?" replied the man. "Tell me, so that I may believe in Him."

And he that was healed, answered and said: My Lord, who is he, that I may believe on him?

37 "You have seen Him," said Jesus; "and not only so: He is now speaking to you."

Jesus said to him: Thou hast seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.

38 "I believe, Sir," he said. And he threw himself at His feet.

And he said: My Lord, I believe: and he fell down, and worshipped him.

39 "I came into this world," said Jesus, "to judge men, that those who do not see may see, and that those who do see may become blind."

And Jesus said: For the judgment of this world, have I come; that they who see not, might see; and that they who see, might become blind.

40 These words were heard by those of the Pharisees who were present, and they asked Him, "Are we also blind?"

And some of those Pharisees who were with him, heard these things; and they said to him: How? Are we also blind?

41 "If you were blind," answered Jesus, "you would have no sin; but as a matter of fact you boast that you see. So your sin remains!"

Jesus said to them: If ye were blind, ye would be without sin; but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin is established.