Jean 9
1 Et comme il passait, Jésus vit un homme aveugle de naissance;
As Jesus was passing by, he saw a man born blind.
2 Et ses disciples l’interrogèrent: Maître, qui a péché, celui-ci ou ses parents, pour qu’il soit né aveugle?
His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, why was this man born blind? Was it him who sinned, or was it his parents?”
3 Jésus répondit: Ni celui-ci n’a péché, ni ses parents, mais c’est pour que les œuvres de Dieu soient manifestées en lui.
Jesus replied, “It wasn't because the man or his parents sinned. But so that what God can do may be shown in his life,
4 Il faut que j’opère les œuvres de celui qui m’a envoyé, tandis qu’il est jour; la nuit vient, pendant laquelle personne ne peut agir;
we have to keep on doing the work of the one who sent me as long as it is still daytime. The night is coming when no one can work.
5 Tant que je suis dans le monde, je suis la lumière du monde.
While I'm here in the world I am the light of the world.”
6 Lorsqu’il eut dit cela, il cracha à terre, fit de la boue avec sa salive, et frotta de cette boue les yeux de l’aveugle,
After he'd said this, Jesus spat on the ground and made some mud with the saliva which he put on the man's eyes.
7 Et il lui dit: Va, lave-toi dans la piscine de Siloé (ce qu’on interprète par Envoyé). Il s’en alla donc, se lava, et revint voyant clair.
Then Jesus told him, “Go and wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “sent”). So the man went and washed, and when he went home he could see.
8 De sorte que ses voisins et ceux qui l’avaient vu auparavant mendier, disaient: N’est-ce pas celui-là qui était assis et mendiait? D’autres disaient: c’est lui.
His neighbors and those who had known him as a beggar, asked, “Isn't this the man who used to sit and beg?”
9 Et d’autres: Point du tout, seulement il lui ressemble. Mais lui disait: C’est moi.
Some said he was, while others said “no, it's just someone who looks like him.” But the man kept saying, “It is me!”
10 Ils lui demandaient donc: Comment tes yeux ont-ils été ouverts?
“So how is it you can see?” they asked him.
11 Il répondit: Cet homme qu’on appelle Jésus a fait de la boue, il a frotté mes yeux, et m’a dit: Va à la piscine de Siloé, et lave-toi. J’y suis allé, je me suis lavé, et je vois.
He replied, “A man called Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes and told me, ‘Go and wash yourself in the Pool of Siloam.’ So I went and washed, and now I can see.”
12 Ils lui demandèrent: Où est-il? Il répondit: Je ne sais.
“Where is he?” they asked. “I don't know,” he replied.
13 Alors ils amenèrent aux pharisiens celui qui 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 de la boue et ouvrit ses yeux.
Now it was the Sabbath when Jesus had made the mud and opened the blind man's eyes.
15 Les pharisiens lui demandèrent donc aussi comment il avait vu. Et il leur dit: Il m’a mis de la boue sur les yeux, je me suis lavé, et je vois.
So the Pharisees also asked him how he could see. He told them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”
16 Alors quelques-uns d’entre les pharisiens disaient: Cet homme n’est point de Dieu, puisqu’il ne garde point le sabbat. Mais d’autres disaient: Comment un pécheur peut-il faire de tels miracles? Et il y avait division entre eux.
Some of the Pharisees said, “The man who did this can't be from God because he doesn't keep the Sabbath.” But others wondered, “How could a sinner do such miracles?” So they were divided in their opinion.
17 Ils dirent donc encore à l’aveugle: Et toi, que dis-tu de celui qui t’a ouvert les yeux? Il répondit: C’est un prophète.
So they went on questioning the man. “What's your opinion about him, then, since it's your eyes he opened,” they asked. “He's surely a prophet,” the man replied.
18 Mais les Juifs ne crurent point de lui qu’il eût été aveugle et qu’il eût recouvré la vue, jusqu’à ce qu’ils eussent appelé les parents de celui qui avait recouvré la vue;
The Jewish leaders still refused to believe that the man who had been blind could now see until they had called in the man's parents.
19 Et ils les interrogèrent, disant: Est-ce là votre fils, que vous dites être né aveugle? Comment donc voit-il maintenant?
They asked them, “Is this your son whom you say was born blind? So how is it that now he can see?”
20 Ses parents leur répondirent et dirent: Nous savons que c’est notre fils et qu’il est né aveugle;
His parents answered, “We know this is our son who was born blind.
21 Mais comment il voit maintenant, nous ne le savons pas; ou qui lui a ouvert les yeux, nous ne le savons pas; interrogez-le: il a de l’âge, qu’il parle pour lui-même.
But we've no idea how he can see now, or who healed him. Why don't you ask him, he's old enough. He can speak for himself.”
22 Ses parents dirent cela, parce qu’ils craignaient les Juifs; car déjà les Juifs étaient convenus ensemble que si quelqu’un confessait que Jésus était le Christ, il serait chassé de la synagogue.
The reason his parents said this was because they were afraid of what the Jewish leaders would do. The Jewish leaders had already announced that anyone who declared that Jesus was the Messiah would be thrown out of the synagogue.
23 C’est pourquoi ses parents dirent: Il a de l’âge, interrogez-le lui-même.
That was why his parents said, “Ask him, he's old enough.”
24 Ils appelèrent donc de nouveau l’homme qui avait été aveugle, et lui dirent: Rends gloire à Dieu; pour nous, nous savons que cet homme est un pécheur.
Once more they called in the man who had been blind, and told him, “Give God the glory! We know this man is a sinner.”
25 Mais il leur dit: S’il est pécheur, je ne sais; je sais une seule chose, c’est que j’étais aveugle, et qu’à présent je vois.
The man replied, “Whether he's a sinner or not, I don't know. All I know is that I was blind and now I can see.”
26 Ils lui répliquèrent donc: Que t’a-t-il fait? Comment t’a-t-il ouvert les yeux?
Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
27 Il leur répondit: Je vous l’ai déjà dit, et vous l’avez entendu, pourquoi voulez-vous l’entendre encore? Est-ce que, vous aussi, vous voulez devenir ses disciples?
The man replied, “I already told you. Weren't you listening? Why do you want to hear it again? You don't want to become his disciples too, do you?”
28 Ils le maudirent donc, et dirent: Sois son disciple, toi; mais nous, nous sommes disciples de Moïse.
They shouted abuse at him, and said, “You're that man's disciple.
29 Nous savons que Dieu a parlé à Moïse; mais celui-ci, nous ne savons d’où il est.
We're disciples of Moses. We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this person, we don't even know where he comes from.”
30 Cet homme reprit et leur dit: Mais il y a en cela une chose étonnante, c’est que vous ne sachiez d’où il est, et il a ouvert mes yeux;
The man answered, “That's incredible! You don't know where he comes from but he opened my eyes.
31 Cependant nous savons que Dieu n’écoute point les pécheurs; mais si quelqu’un honore Dieu et fait sa volonté, c’est celui-là qu’il exauce.
We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but he does listen to anyone who worships him and does what he wants.
Never before in the whole of history has anyone heard of a man born blind being healed. (aiōn g165)
33 Si celui-ci n’était pas de Dieu, il ne pourrait rien faire.
If this man weren't from God, he could do nothing.”
34 Ils répliquèrent et lui dirent: Tu es né tout entier dans le péché, et tu nous enseignes! Et ils le jetèrent dehors.
“You were born totally sinful, and yet you're trying to lecture us,” they replied. And they threw him out of the synagogue.
35 Jésus apprit qu’ils l’avaient jeté dehors; et, l’ayant rencontré, il lui demanda: Crois-tu au Fils de Dieu?
When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, he went and found the man, and asked him, “Do you trust in the Son of man?”
36 Celui-ci répondit et dit: Qui est-il, Seigneur, afin que je croie en lui?
The man replied, “Tell me who he is, sir, so I can put my trust in him.”
37 Et Jésus lui dit: Mais tu l’as vu, et c’est lui-même qui te parle.
“You've already seen him. He's the one speaking with you now!” Jesus told him.
38 Et celui-ci reprit: Je crois. Seigneur; et se prosternant, il l’adora.
“I trust you, Lord!” he said, and he kneeled in worship before Jesus.
39 Alors Jésus dit: C’est en jugement que je suis venu dans ce monde, afin que ceux qui ne voient pas, voient, et que ceux qui voient, deviennent aveugles.
Then Jesus told him, “I've come into the world to bring judgment so that those who are blind may see, and those who see will become blind.”
40 Or quelques-uns d’entre les pharisiens, qui étaient avec lui, l’entendirent et lui demandèrent: Est-ce que nous sommes aveugles, nous aussi?
Some Pharisees who were there with Jesus asked him, “We're not blind too, are we?”
41 Jésus leur répondit: Si vous étiez aveugles, vous n’auriez point de péché. Mais vous dites au contraire: Nous voyons. Ainsi votre péché subsiste.
Jesus answered, “If you were blind, you wouldn't be guilty. But now that you say you see, your guilt remains.”
