< Κατα Ιωαννην 9 >
1 και παραγων ειδεν ανθρωπον τυφλον εκ γενετης
As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.
2 και ηρωτησαν αυτον οι μαθηται αυτου λεγοντες ραββι τις ημαρτεν ουτος η οι γονεις αυτου ινα τυφλος γεννηθη
His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?”
3 απεκριθη ιησους ουτε ουτος ημαρτεν ουτε οι γονεις αυτου αλλ ινα φανερωθη τα εργα του θεου εν αυτω
Jesus answered, “Neither did this man sin nor his parents, but it happened so that the works of God might be revealed in him.
4 ημας δει εργαζεσθαι τα εργα του πεμψαντος με εως ημερα εστιν ερχεται νυξ οτε ουδεις δυναται εργαζεσθαι
I must do the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
5 οταν εν τω κοσμω ω φως ειμι του κοσμου
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6 ταυτα ειπων επτυσεν χαμαι και εποιησεν πηλον εκ του πτυσματος και {VAR1: επεθηκεν } {VAR2: επεχρισεν } αυτου τον πηλον επι τους οφθαλμους
After saying this, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he rubbed the mud on the blind man's eyes
7 και ειπεν αυτω υπαγε νιψαι εις την κολυμβηθραν του σιλωαμ ο ερμηνευεται απεσταλμενος απηλθεν ουν και ενιψατο και ηλθεν βλεπων
and said to him, “Go wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he went and washed, and came away seeing.
8 οι ουν γειτονες και οι θεωρουντες αυτον το προτερον οτι προσαιτης ην ελεγον ουχ ουτος εστιν ο καθημενος και προσαιτων
Then his neighbors and those who had previously seen that he was blind were saying, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?”
9 αλλοι ελεγον οτι ουτος εστιν αλλοι ελεγον ουχι αλλα ομοιος αυτω εστιν εκεινος ελεγεν οτι εγω ειμι
Others were saying, “It is he.” Still others were saying, “He is like him.” But he kept saying, “I am he.”
10 ελεγον ουν αυτω πως [ουν] ηνεωχθησαν σου οι οφθαλμοι
So they said to him, “How were yoʋr eyes opened?”
11 απεκριθη εκεινος ο ανθρωπος ο λεγομενος ιησους πηλον εποιησεν και επεχρισεν μου τους οφθαλμους και ειπεν μοι οτι υπαγε εις τον σιλωαμ και νιψαι απελθων ουν και νιψαμενος ανεβλεψα
He answered, “A man named Jesus made mud, rubbed it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and received my sight.”
12 και ειπαν αυτω που εστιν εκεινος λεγει ουκ οιδα
They said to him, “Where is this man?” He said, “I do not know.”
13 αγουσιν αυτον προς τους φαρισαιους τον ποτε τυφλον
So they brought the man who was once blind to the Pharisees.
14 ην δε σαββατον εν η ημερα τον πηλον εποιησεν ο ιησους και ανεωξεν αυτου τους οφθαλμους
(Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened the man's eyes.)
15 παλιν ουν ηρωτων αυτον και οι φαρισαιοι πως ανεβλεψεν ο δε ειπεν αυτοις πηλον επεθηκεν μου επι τους οφθαλμους και ενιψαμην και βλεπω
The Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight, and he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see.”
16 ελεγον ουν εκ των φαρισαιων τινες ουκ εστιν ουτος παρα θεου ο ανθρωπος οτι το σαββατον ου τηρει αλλοι [δε] ελεγον πως δυναται ανθρωπος αμαρτωλος τοιαυτα σημεια ποιειν και σχισμα ην εν αυτοις
Then some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a sinful man do such signs?” And a division arose among them.
17 λεγουσιν ουν τω τυφλω παλιν τι συ λεγεις περι αυτου οτι ηνεωξεν σου τους οφθαλμους ο δε ειπεν οτι προφητης εστιν
So they said to the blind man again, “What do yoʋ say about him, since he opened yoʋr eyes?” The man said, “He is a prophet.”
18 ουκ επιστευσαν ουν οι ιουδαιοι περι αυτου οτι ην τυφλος και ανεβλεψεν εως οτου εφωνησαν τους γονεις αυτου του αναβλεψαντος
Now the Jews did not believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they called in his parents.
19 και ηρωτησαν αυτους λεγοντες ουτος εστιν ο υιος υμων ον υμεις λεγετε οτι τυφλος εγεννηθη πως ουν βλεπει αρτι
They asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”
20 απεκριθησαν ουν οι γονεις αυτου και ειπαν οιδαμεν οτι ουτος εστιν ο υιος ημων και οτι τυφλος εγεννηθη
His parents answered them, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.
21 πως δε νυν βλεπει ουκ οιδαμεν η τις ηνοιξεν αυτου τους οφθαλμους ημεις ουκ οιδαμεν αυτον ερωτησατε ηλικιαν εχει αυτος περι εαυτου λαλησει
But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself.”
22 ταυτα ειπαν οι γονεις αυτου οτι εφοβουντο τους ιουδαιους ηδη γαρ συνετεθειντο οι ιουδαιοι ινα εαν τις αυτον ομολογηση χριστον αποσυναγωγος γενηται
(His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess that Jesus was the Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
23 δια τουτο οι γονεις αυτου ειπαν οτι ηλικιαν εχει αυτον επερωτησατε
That is why his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”)
24 εφωνησαν ουν τον ανθρωπον εκ δευτερου ος ην τυφλος και ειπαν αυτω δος δοξαν τω θεω ημεις οιδαμεν οτι ουτος ο ανθρωπος αμαρτωλος εστιν
So for a second time they called in the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”
25 απεκριθη ουν εκεινος ει αμαρτωλος εστιν ουκ οιδα εν οιδα οτι τυφλος ων αρτι βλεπω
He answered, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I do not know; one thing I know, that though I was blind, now I see.”
26 ειπον ουν αυτω τι εποιησεν σοι πως ηνοιξεν σου τους οφθαλμους
Again they said to him, “What did he do to yoʋ? How did he open yoʋr eyes?”
27 απεκριθη αυτοις ειπον υμιν ηδη και ουκ ηκουσατε τι παλιν θελετε ακουειν μη και υμεις θελετε αυτου μαθηται γενεσθαι
He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?”
28 και ελοιδορησαν αυτον και ειπον συ μαθητης ει εκεινου ημεις δε του μωυσεως εσμεν μαθηται
Then they reviled him and said, “Yoʋ are a disciple of that man, but we are disciples of Moses.
29 ημεις οιδαμεν οτι μωυσει λελαληκεν ο θεος τουτον δε ουκ οιδαμεν ποθεν εστιν
We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he is from.”
30 απεκριθη ο ανθρωπος και ειπεν αυτοις εν τουτω γαρ το θαυμαστον εστιν οτι υμεις ουκ οιδατε ποθεν εστιν και ηνοιξεν μου τους οφθαλμους
The man answered them, “Why, this is an amazing thing, that you do not know where he is from, and yet he opened my eyes!
31 οιδαμεν οτι {VAR1: ο θεος αμαρτωλων } {VAR2: αμαρτωλων ο θεος } ουκ ακουει αλλ εαν τις θεοσεβης η και το θελημα αυτου ποιη τουτου ακουει
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to anyone who is devout and does his will.
32 εκ του αιωνος ουκ ηκουσθη οτι ηνεωξεν τις οφθαλμους τυφλου γεγεννημενου (aiōn )
Never before has anyone heard of someone opening the eyes of a man born blind. (aiōn )
33 ει μη ην ουτος παρα θεου ουκ ηδυνατο ποιειν ουδεν
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
34 απεκριθησαν και ειπαν αυτω εν αμαρτιαις συ εγεννηθης ολος και συ διδασκεις ημας και εξεβαλον αυτον εξω
They answered him, “Yoʋ were born entirely in sin, and yet yoʋ are trying to teach us?” And they threw him out.
35 ηκουσεν ιησους οτι εξεβαλον αυτον εξω και ευρων αυτον ειπεν συ πιστευεις εις τον υιον του ανθρωπου
Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, so he found the man and said to him, “Do yoʋ believe in the Son of God?”
36 απεκριθη εκεινος {VAR1: [και ειπεν] } {VAR2: και ειπεν } και τις εστιν κυριε ινα πιστευσω εις αυτον
He answered, “Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?”
37 ειπεν αυτω ο ιησους και εωρακας αυτον και ο λαλων μετα σου εκεινος εστιν
Jesus said to him, “Yoʋ have seen him, and the one speaking with yoʋ is he.”
38 ο δε εφη πιστευω κυριε και προσεκυνησεν αυτω
The man said, “I believe, Lord.” And he worshiped him.
39 και ειπεν ο ιησους εις κριμα εγω εις τον κοσμον τουτον ηλθον ινα οι μη βλεποντες βλεπωσιν και οι βλεποντες τυφλοι γενωνται
Then Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.”
40 ηκουσαν εκ των φαρισαιων ταυτα οι μετ αυτου οντες και ειπον αυτω μη και ημεις τυφλοι εσμεν
Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and said to him, “We are not also blind, are we?”
41 ειπεν αυτοις {VAR1: [ο] } {VAR2: ο } ιησους ει τυφλοι ητε ουκ αν ειχετε αμαρτιαν νυν δε λεγετε οτι βλεπομεν η αμαρτια υμων μενει
Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin, but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.