Jaona 9
1 Ie niary mb’eo, le nahavazoho ty lahilahy fey, nigoa boak’ amy t’ie nitoly.
As Jesus was passing by, he saw a man born blind.
2 Le hoe ty ontane’ o mpiama’eo: O Talè, ia ty nanao tahiñe: ondatio, ke o roae’eo te ie nisamake goa?
His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, why was this man born blind? Was it him who sinned, or was it his parents?”
3 Tinoi’ Iesoà ty hoe: Tsy te aman-kakeo t’indaty tia, ndra o roae’eo, fa te haboak’ añama’e ty fitoloñan’ Añahare.
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 Tsy mahay tsy manao ty fitoloña’ i nañitrik’ ahiy tikañe ie mbe antoandro, fa ho avy ty haleñe tsy hahafitoloña’ ondaty.
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 Kanao mbe ami’ty voatse toy iraho, le izaho ro failo’ ty voatse toy.
While I'm here in the world I am the light of the world.”
6 Ie nanao izay, le nandrora an-tane, le nilitsahe’e i fañerè’ey vaho natente’e am-pihaino’e eo i litsakey.
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 Le hoe re ama’e: Akia, misasà añ’ antara’ i Siloama (ze midika ‘niraheñe’). Aa le niheo mb’eo re nisasa, vaho nahaisake te nibalike.
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 Hoe o mparine azeo naho ze mpahaisak’ aze ie mbe nimpangatake: Tsy itoy hao i mpangatake nitozòkey?
His neighbors and those who had known him as a beggar, asked, “Isn't this the man who used to sit and beg?”
9 Ty ila’e nanao ty hoe: Ie ‘nio. Hoe ka ty ila’e: Aiy! hambañ’ ama’e. Hoe re: Ie iraho.
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 Aa le hoe iareo tama’e: Aa vaho inoñe ty nampibarababeake o maso’oo?
“So how is it you can see?” they asked him.
11 Nanoiñe ty hoe re: Nikineke litsake t’indaty itokavañe ty hoe Iesoà, le nafò’e amo masokoo vaho nanao amako ty hoe: Akia mb’añ’antara’ i Siloama añe le misasà. Aa le nomb’eo iraho nisasa, vaho mahatrea.
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 Le hoe iereo tama’e: Aia re? Nofiko, hoe re.
“Where is he?” they asked. “I don't know,” he replied.
13 Nindese’ iereo mb’amo Fariseoo mb’eo indaty nigoay.
They took the man who had been blind to the Pharisees.
14 Sabotse ‘nio i andro nanoe’ Iesoà i litsakey naho nampibeake o fihaino’eoy.
Now it was the Sabbath when Jesus had made the mud and opened the blind man's eyes.
15 Mbe nañontanea’ o Fariseoo indraike i nahaisaha’e. Le hoe re tam’iereo: Nifora’e litsake o masokoo naho nisasa iraho vaho mahatrea.
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 Le hoe ty asa’ o Fariseo ila’eo: Tsy aman’ Añahare indatiy kanao tsy ambena’e i Sabatay. Hoe ka ty ila’e: Aia, ty hahatafetera’ ty mpanan-kakeo raha tsitantane hoe itia? Le nifampiria iareo.
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 Aa hoe iereo amy nigoay: Ino ty ho talilie’o aze, ie nanokake o maso’oo? Le hoe re: Mpitoky reke.
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 Fe tsy niantofa’ o Tehodao t’ie nigoa vaho nampahaisaheñe, naho tsy kinanji’ iareo hey ty roae’ i nampahatreavañey
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 vaho nañontane iareo ty hoe: Ana’ areo v’itoio, i natao’ areo te nitoly goay? Akore ty ahatreava’e henanekeo?
They asked them, “Is this your son whom you say was born blind? So how is it that now he can see?”
20 Le hoe ty natoin-droae’e: Apota’ay te ana’ay toke naho t’ie nitoly goa;
His parents answered, “We know this is our son who was born blind.
21 fe amoea’ay ty ahatreava’e henaneo, tsy fohi’ay ty nampibarababeak’ aze. Añon-taon-dre, añontaneo, ie ro hitalily vatañe.
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 Izay i sinaontsin-droae’ey amy te nihembañe amo Tehodao, ami’ty nifañinà’ o Tehodao te haitoañe amo fitontonañeo ze miantoke t’ie i Norizañey.
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 Izay ty nanoan-droae’e ty hoe: Añon-taon-dre, añontaneo.
That was why his parents said, “Ask him, he's old enough.”
24 Kinanji’ iereo fañindroe’e indaty nigoay, le nanoa’ iareo ty hoe: Toloro engeñe t’i Andrianañahare; fohi’ay te bey hakeo indatiy.
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 Hoe ty natoi’e: Ke bey hakeo re, tsy apotako. Raha raike ty fantako: nigoa iraho, fa mahatrea.
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 Nindrai’ iareo ontane: Ino ty nanoe’e ama’o? Akore ty nampibarababeahe’e o maso’oo?
Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
27 Tinoi’e ty hoe, Fa vinolako! f’ie tsy nitsendreñe, ino ty hijanjiña’ areo indraike? va’e te ho mpiama’e ka?
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 Aa le nonjire’ iereo, ami’ty hoe: Ihe ro mpiam’ indatiy! mpiamy Mosè zahay.
They shouted abuse at him, and said, “You're that man's disciple.
29 Fohi’ay te nisaontsien’ Añahare t’i Mosè, fe ondaty zao, nofi’ay ty nihirifa’e.
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 Tinoi’ i lahiy ty hoe: Hete! mahavereñe te tsy fohi’ areo ty nihirifa’e, f’ie nampibeak’ o masokoo!
The man answered, “That's incredible! You don't know where he comes from but he opened my eyes.
31 Fohintika te tsy mijanjiñe ty bey hakeo t’i Andrianañahare fe naho mitalaho aman’ Añahare t’indaty naho manao ty satrin’ arofo’e, le janji’e.
We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but he does listen to anyone who worships him and does what he wants.
32 Boak’ami’ty fifotoran-tsa, mbe tsy nijanjiñeñe te nampibarababeaheñe t’indaty toly goa. (aiōn g165)
Never before in the whole of history has anyone heard of a man born blind being healed. (aiōn g165)
33 Aa naho tsy mpiaman’ Añahare indatiy, tsy ho nahatafete-draha.
If this man weren't from God, he could do nothing.”
34 Hoe ty natoi’ iareo aze, Fonitse hakeo irehe te nitoly, ihe ka ty mañòke anay? Le sinoi’ iereo añe.
“You were born totally sinful, and yet you're trying to lecture us,” they replied. And they threw him out of the synagogue.
35 Jinanji’ Iesoà te rinoa’ iereo, le hoe re t’ie nitendreke, Atokisa’o hao i ana’ Ondatiy?
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 Tinoi’e ty hoe: Ia v’izay, Talè? hatokisako.
The man replied, “Tell me who he is, sir, so I can put my trust in him.”
37 Hoe t’Iesoà tama’e: Fa niisa’o, mbore ie o mirehak’ ama’oo.
“You've already seen him. He's the one speaking with you now!” Jesus told him.
38 Le hoe re: O Rañandria, miantoke iraho! Le niambanea’e.
“I trust you, Lord!” he said, and he kneeled in worship before Jesus.
39 Le hoe t’Iesoà: Zaka ty nombàko mb’ami’ty voatse toy hampahaisake o tsy mahaoniñeo, vaho hampigoa o mahaisakeo.
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 Nanoa’ o Fariseo nindre ama’e naho nahajanjiñe i hoe zaio, ty hoe: Goa ka v’izahay?
Some Pharisees who were there with Jesus asked him, “We're not blind too, are we?”
41 Hoe t’Iesoà am’iereo: Tsy ho nanan-kakeo nahareo naho nifey; f’ie nanao ty hoe: Mahatrea zahay; le mbe tambatse an-kakeo.
Jesus answered, “If you were blind, you wouldn't be guilty. But now that you say you see, your guilt remains.”
