Jaona 9
1 Ie niary mb’eo, le nahavazoho ty lahilahy fey, nigoa boak’ amy t’ie nitoly.
As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth.
2 Le hoe ty ontane’ o mpiama’eo: O Talè, ia ty nanao tahiñe: ondatio, ke o roae’eo te ie nisamake goa?
“Rabbi,” asked his disciples, “who was it that sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3 Tinoi’ Iesoà ty hoe: Tsy te aman-kakeo t’indaty tia, ndra o roae’eo, fa te haboak’ añama’e ty fitoloñan’ Añahare.
“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 Tsy mahay tsy manao ty fitoloña’ i nañitrik’ ahiy tikañe ie mbe antoandro, fa ho avy ty haleñe tsy hahafitoloña’ ondaty.
We must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
5 Kanao mbe ami’ty voatse toy iraho, le izaho ro failo’ ty voatse toy.
As long as I am 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.
Saying this, Jesus spat on the ground, made clay with the saliva, and put it 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.
“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 Hoe o mparine azeo naho ze mpahaisak’ aze ie mbe nimpangatake: Tsy itoy hao i mpangatake nitozòkey?
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 Ty ila’e nanao ty hoe: Ie ‘nio. Hoe ka ty ila’e: Aiy! hambañ’ ama’e. Hoe re: Ie iraho.
“Yes,” some said, “it is”; while others said: “No, but he is like him.” The man himself said: “I am he.”
10 Aa le hoe iareo tama’e: Aa vaho inoñe ty nampibarababeake o maso’oo?
“How did you get your sight, then?” they asked.
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.
“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 Le hoe iereo tama’e: Aia re? Nofiko, hoe re.
“Where is he?” they asked. I do not know,” he answered.
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 a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and gave him his sight.
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 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 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.
“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 Aa hoe iereo amy nigoay: Ino ty ho talilie’o aze, ie nanokake o maso’oo? Le hoe re: Mpitoky reke.
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 Fe tsy niantofa’ o Tehodao t’ie nigoa vaho nampahaisaheñe, naho tsy kinanji’ iareo hey ty roae’ i nampahatreavañey
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 vaho nañontane iareo ty hoe: Ana’ areo v’itoio, i natao’ areo te nitoly goay? Akore ty ahatreava’e henanekeo?
“Is this your son,” they asked, “who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he can see now?”
20 Le hoe ty natoin-droae’e: Apota’ay te ana’ay toke naho t’ie nitoly goa;
“We know that this is our son,” answered the parents, “and that he 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 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 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.
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 Izay ty nanoan-droae’e ty hoe: Añon-taon-dre, añontaneo.
This was why his parents said ‘He is old enough; ask him.’
24 Kinanji’ iereo fañindroe’e indaty nigoay, le nanoa’ iareo ty hoe: Toloro engeñe t’i Andrianañahare; fohi’ay te bey hakeo indatiy.
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 Hoe ty natoi’e: Ke bey hakeo re, tsy apotako. Raha raike ty fantako: nigoa iraho, fa mahatrea.
“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 Nindrai’ iareo ontane: Ino ty nanoe’e ama’o? Akore ty nampibarababeahe’e o maso’oo?
“What did he do to you?” they asked. “How did he give you your sight?”
27 Tinoi’e ty hoe, Fa vinolako! f’ie tsy nitsendreñe, ino ty hijanjiña’ areo indraike? va’e te ho mpiama’e ka?
“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 Aa le nonjire’ iereo, ami’ty hoe: Ihe ro mpiam’ indatiy! mpiamy Mosè zahay.
“You are his disciple,” they retorted scornfully; “but we are disciples of Moses.
29 Fohi’ay te nisaontsien’ Añahare t’i Mosè, fe ondaty zao, nofi’ay ty nihirifa’e.
We know that God spoke to Moses; but, as for this man, we do not 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!
“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 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 never listens to bad men, but, when a man is god-fearing and does God’s will, God listens to him.
32 Boak’ami’ty fifotoran-tsa, mbe tsy nijanjiñeñe te nampibarababeaheñe t’indaty toly goa. (aiōn g165)
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 Aa naho tsy mpiaman’ Añahare indatiy, tsy ho nahatafete-draha.
If this man had not been from God, he could not have done anything at all.”
34 Hoe ty natoi’ iareo aze, Fonitse hakeo irehe te nitoly, ihe ka ty mañòke anay? Le sinoi’ iereo añe.
“You,” they retorted, “were born totally depraved; and are you trying to teach us?” So they expelled him.
35 Jinanji’ Iesoà te rinoa’ iereo, le hoe re t’ie nitendreke, Atokisa’o hao i ana’ Ondatiy?
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 Tinoi’e ty hoe: Ia v’izay, Talè? hatokisako.
“Tell me who he is, Sir,” he replied, “so that I may believe in him.”
37 Hoe t’Iesoà tama’e: Fa niisa’o, mbore ie o mirehak’ ama’oo.
“Not only have you seen him,” said Jesus; “but it is he who is now speaking to you.”
38 Le hoe re: O Rañandria, miantoke iraho! Le niambanea’e.
“Then, Sir, I do believe,” said the man, bowing to the ground before him;
39 Le hoe t’Iesoà: Zaka ty nombàko mb’ami’ty voatse toy hampahaisake o tsy mahaoniñeo, vaho hampigoa o mahaisakeo.
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 Nanoa’ o Fariseo nindre ama’e naho nahajanjiñe i hoe zaio, ty hoe: Goa ka v’izahay?
Hearing this, some of the Pharisees who were with him said: “Then are we blind too?”
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.
“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.
