Jean 9
1 Et comme il passait, il vit un homme aveugle dès sa naissance.
As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth.
2 Et ses disciples l’interrogèrent, disant: Rabbi, qui a péché: celui-ci, ou ses parents, pour qu’il soit né aveugle?
“Rabbi,” asked his disciples, “who was it that sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3 Jésus répondit: Ni celui-ci n’a péché, ni ses parents; mais c’est afin que les œuvres de Dieu soient manifestées en lui.
“Neither the man nor the parents,” replied Jesus; “but he was born blind that the work of God should be made plain in him.
4 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.
We must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
5 Pendant que je suis dans le monde, je suis la lumière du monde.
As long as I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.”
6 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,
Saying this, Jesus spat on the ground, made clay with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.
7 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.
“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.
8 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?
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?”
9 Quelques-uns disaient: C’est lui. D’autres disaient: Non, mais il lui ressemble. Lui dit: C’est moi-même.
“Yes,” some said, “it is”; while others said: “No, but he is like him.” The man himself said: “I am he.”
10 Ils lui dirent donc: Comment ont été ouverts tes yeux?
“How did you get your sight, then?” they asked.
11 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.
“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.”
12 Ils lui dirent donc: Où est cet [homme]? Il dit: Je ne sais.
“Where is he?” they asked. I do not know,” he answered.
13 Ils amenèrent aux pharisiens celui qui auparavant avait été aveugle.
They took the man, who had been blind, to the Pharisees.
14 Or c’était un jour de sabbat que Jésus fit la boue, et qu’il ouvrit ses yeux.
Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and gave him his sight.
15 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.
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.”
16 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.
“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?”
17 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.
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?”
18 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.
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.
19 Et ils les interrogèrent, disant: Celui-ci est-il votre fils, que vous dites être né aveugle? Comment donc voit-il maintenant?
“Is this your son,” they asked, “who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he can see now?”
20 Ses parents [leur] répondirent et dirent: Nous savons que celui-ci est notre fils, et qu’il est né aveugle;
“We know that this is our son,” answered the parents, “and that he was born blind;
21 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.
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.”
22 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.
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.
23 C’est pourquoi ses parents dirent: Il a de l’âge, interrogez-le.
This was why his parents said ‘He is old enough; ask him.’
24 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.
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.”
25 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.
“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.”
26 Et ils lui dirent encore: Que t’a-t-il fait? Comment a-t-il ouvert tes yeux?
“What did he do to you?” they asked. “How did he give you your sight?”
27 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?
“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?”
28 Ils l’injurièrent et dirent: Toi, tu es le disciple de celui-là; mais nous, nous sommes disciples de Moïse.
“You are his disciple,” they retorted scornfully; “but we are disciples of Moses.
29 Pour nous, nous savons que Dieu a parlé à Moïse; mais, pour celui-ci, nous ne savons d’où il est.
We know that God spoke to Moses; but, as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.”
30 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.
“Well,” the man replied, “this is very strange; you do not know where he comes from, and yet he has given me my sight!
31 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.
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.
Since the world began, such a thing was never heard of as any one’s giving sight to a person born blind. (aiōn g165)
33 Si celui-ci n’était pas de Dieu, il ne pourrait rien faire.
If this man had not been from God, he could not have done anything at all.”
34 Ils répondirent et lui dirent: Tu es entièrement né dans le péché, et tu nous enseignes! Et ils le chassèrent dehors.
“You,” they retorted, “were born totally depraved; and are you trying to teach us?” So they expelled him.
35 Jésus apprit qu’ils l’avaient chassé dehors, et l’ayant trouvé, il lui dit: Crois-tu au Fils de Dieu?
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?”
36 Il répondit et dit: Qui est-il, Seigneur, afin que je croie en lui?
“Tell me who he is, Sir,” he replied, “so that I may believe in him.”
37 Et Jésus lui dit: Et tu l’as vu, et celui qui te parle, c’est lui.
“Not only have you seen him,” said Jesus; “but it is he who is now speaking to you.”
38 Et il dit: Je crois, Seigneur! Et il lui rendit hommage.
“Then, Sir, I do believe,” said the man, bowing to the ground before him;
39 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.
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.”
40 Et quelques-uns d’entre les pharisiens qui étaient avec lui entendirent ces choses, et lui dirent: Et nous, sommes-nous aussi aveugles?
Hearing this, some of the Pharisees who were with him said: “Then are we blind too?”
41 Jésus leur dit: Si vous étiez aveugles, vous n’auriez pas de péché; mais maintenant vous dites: Nous voyons! – votre péché demeure.
“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.
