John 9

1 And passing by, he saw a man blind from birth,

As Jesus passed along, he saw a man who had been born blind.

2 and his disciples asked him, saying, 'Rabbi, who did sin, this one or his parents, that he should be born blind?'

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

3 Jesus answered, 'Neither did this one sin nor his parents, but that the works of God may be manifested in him;

Jesus answered, Neither this man nor his parents sinned. It was only that the works of God might be displayed upon him.

4 it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: —

I must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; the night comes, when no man can work.

5 when I am in the world, I am a light of the world.'

While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

6 These things saying, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind man, and said to him,

Having said this, he spit upon the ground, and with the clay, which he made with the spittle, anointed the blind man's eyes,

7 'Go away, wash at the pool of Siloam,' which is, interpreted, Sent. He went away, therefore, and did wash, and came seeing;

and said to him, Go wash in the pool of Siloam, (which signifies Sent.) He went, therefore, and washed them, and returned seeing.

8 the neighbours, therefore, and those seeing him before, that he was blind, said, 'Is not this he who is sitting and begging?'

Then the neighbors, and they who had before seen him blind, said, Is not this he who sat and begged?

9 others said — 'This is he;' and others — 'He is like to him;' he himself said, — 'I am [he].'

Some said, It is he; others, He is like him. He said, I am he.

10 They said, therefore, to him, 'How were thine eyes opened?'

They asked him, then, How did you receive your sight?

11 he answered and said, 'A man called Jesus made clay, and rubbed my eyes, and said to me, Go away to the pool of Siloam, and wash; and having gone away and having washed, I received sight;'

He answered, A man called Jesus, made clay and anointed my eyes, and said to me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash your eyes. I went accordingly, and washed them, and saw.

12 they said, therefore, to him, 'Where is that one?' he saith, 'I have not known.'

Then they asked him, Where is he? He answered, I know not.

13 They bring him to the Pharisees who once [was] blind,

Then they brought him, who had been blind, to the Pharisees;

14 and it was a sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

(now it was on a Sabbath, that Jesus made the clay, and gave him his sight.)

15 Again, therefore, the Pharisees also were asking him how he received sight, and he said to them, 'Clay he did put upon my eyes, and I did wash — and I see.'

The Pharisees likewise, therefore, asked him how he had received his sight. He answered, He put clay on my eyes, and I washed them, and now see.

16 Of the Pharisees, therefore, certain said, 'This man is not from God, because the sabbath he doth not keep;' others said, 'How is a man — a sinful one — able to do such signs?' and there was a division among them.

Upon this some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, for he observes not the Sabbath. Others said, How can one that is a sinner perform such miracles? And they were divided among themselves.

17 They said to the blind man again, 'Thou — what dost thou say of him — that he opened thine eyes?'

Again they asked the man, who had been blind, What do you say of him, for giving you sight? He answered, He is a prophet.

18 and he said — 'He is a prophet.' The Jews, therefore, did not believe concerning him that he was blind and did receive sight, till that they called the parents of him who received sight,

But the Jews believed not that the man had been blind, and had received his sight; till they called his parents,

19 and they asked them, saying, 'Is your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind? how then now doth he see?'

and asked them, Do you say, that this is your son, who was born blind? How, then, does he now see?

20 His parents answered them and said, 'We have known that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

His parents answered, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:

21 and how he now seeth, we have not known; or who opened his eyes, we have not known; himself is of age, ask him; he himself shall speak concerning himself.'

but how he now sees, or who opened his eyes, we know not. He is of age, ask him; he will answer for himself.

22 These things said his parents, because they were afraid of the Jews, for already had the Jews agreed together, that if any one may confess him — Christ, he may be put out of the synagogue;

His parents spoke thus, because they fear the Jews: for the Jews had already determined, that whosoever acknowledged Jesus to be the Messiah, should be expelled from the synagogue.

23 because of this his parents said — 'He is of age, ask him.'

For this reason his parents said, He is of age, ask him.

24 They called, therefore, a second time the man who was blind, and they said to him, 'Give glory to God, we have known that this man is a sinner;'

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

25 he answered, therefore, and said, 'If he be a sinner — I have not known, one thing I have known, that, being blind, now I see.'

He replied, Whether he be a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, I now see.

26 And they said to him again, 'What did he to thee? how did he open thine eyes?'

They said to him again, What did he do to you? How did he make you see?

27 He answered them, 'I told you already, and ye did not hear; why again do ye wish to hear? do ye also wish to become his disciples?'

He answered, I told you before; did you not hear? Why would you hear it repeated? Will you, also, be his disciples?

28 They reviled him, therefore, and said, 'Thou art his disciple, and we are Moses' disciples;

They reviled him and said, You are his disciple. As for us, we are disciples of Moses.

29 we have known that God hath spoken to Moses, but this one — we have not known whence he is.'

We know that God spoke to Moses: as for this man, we know not whence he is.

30 The man answered and said to them, 'Why, in this is a wonderful thing, that ye have not known whence he is, and he opened my eyes!

The man replied, This is surprising, that you know not whence he is, although he has given me sight.

31 and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear;

We know that God hears not sinners; but if any man worship God, and obey him, that man he hears.

32 from the age it was not heard, that any one did open eyes of one who hath been born blind; (aiōn g165)

Never was it heard before, that any man gave sight to one born blind. (aiōn g165)

33 if this one were not from God, he were not able to do anything.'

If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.

34 They answered and said to him, 'In sins thou wast born altogether, and thou dost teach us!' and they cast him forth without.

They replied, You were altogether born in sin, and do you teach us? And they cast him out.

35 Jesus heard that they cast him forth without, and having found him, he said to him, 'Dost thou believe in the Son of God?'

Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having met him, said to him, Do you believe on the Son of God?

36 he answered and said, 'Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?'

He answered, Who is he, Sir, that I may believe on him?

37 And Jesus said to him, 'Thou hast both seen him, and he who is speaking with thee is he;'

Jesus said to him, Not only have you seen him; but it is he, who talks with you.

38 and he said, 'I believe, sir,' and bowed before him.

And he cried, Master, I believe; and threw himself prostrate before him.

39 And Jesus said, 'For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.'

And Jesus said, For judgment am I come into this world, that they who see not, may see; and that they who see, may become blind.

40 And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, 'Are we also blind?'

Some Pharisees, who were present, hearing this, said to him, Are we also blind?

41 Jesus said to them, 'If ye were blind, ye were not having had sin, but now ye say — We see, therefore doth your sin remain.

Jesus answered, If you were blind, you would not have sin: but you say, We see: therefore your sin remains.