Yohannis 9
1 Yesuus utuu darbuu namicha dhalootuma isaatii jalqabee jaamaa ture tokko arge.
As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth.
2 Barattoonni isaas, “Yaa barsiisaa, akka namichi kun jaamaa taʼee dhalatuuf eenyutu cubbuu hojjete? Isuma moo abbaa fi haadha isaa ti?” jedhanii isa gaafatan.
‘Rabbi,’ asked his disciples, ‘who was it that sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’
3 Yesuusis akkana jedhee deebise; “Akka hojiin Waaqaa isaan mulʼatuuf malee inni yookaan abbaa fi haati isaa cubbuu hojjetanii miti.
‘Neither the man nor the parents,’ replied Jesus, ‘but he was born blind so that the work of God should be made plain in him.
4 Utuu guyyaa taʼee jiruu hojii isa na ergee hojjechuun qabna. Halkan namni tokko iyyuu itti hojjechuu hin dandeenye ni dhufa.
We must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
5 Ani yommuun addunyaa irra jiru, ifa addunyaa ti.”
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.’
6 Innis erga waan kana dubbatee booddee lafatti tufee dhoqqee tolche; dhoqqee sanas ija namichaatti dibe.
Saying this, Jesus spat on the ground, made some paste with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.
7 Innis namicha sanaan, “Dhaqiitii Haroo Saliihoomitti dhiqadhu” jedhe. Saliihoom jechuun kan ergame jechuu dha. Namichis dhaqee dhiqate; argaas deebiʼee dhufe.
‘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 Olloonni isaatii fi namoonni duraan utuu inni kadhatuu argan, “Namichi kun isuma taaʼee kadhachaa ture sana mitii?” jedhan.
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 Namoonni tokko tokko, “Eeyyee, isa” jedhan. Kaan immoo, “Miti, isa fakkaata malee” jedhan. Inni garuu, “Namichi sun anuma” jedhe.
‘Yes,’ some said, ‘it is’; while others said, ‘No, but he is like him.’ The man himself said, ‘I am he.’
10 Jarris, “Iji kee akkamitti baname ree?” jedhaniin.
‘How did you get your sight, then?’ they asked.
11 Innis deebisee, “Namicha Yesuus jedhamutu dhoqqee tolchee ija koo dibee, ‘Gara Haroo Saliihoom dhaqiitii dhiqadhu’ naan jedhe; anis dhaqeen dhiqadhe; arguus nan dandaʼe.”
‘The man whom they call Jesus,’ he answered, ‘made a paste, 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 Isaanis, “Namichi sun eessa jira?” jedhanii isa gaafatan. Inni immoo, “Ani hin beeku” jedheen.
‘Where is he?’ they asked. ‘I do not know,’ he answered.
13 Isaanis namicha jaamaa ture sana Fariisotatti geessan.
They took the man, who had been blind, to the Pharisees.
14 Guyyaan itti Yesuus dhoqqee tolchee ija namichaa bane Sanbata ture.
Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the paste and gave him his sight.
15 Fariisonnis namichi akkamitti akka arguu dandaʼe isa gaafatan; namichis, “Inni dhoqqee tolchee ija koo dibe; anis nan dhiqadhe; nan arges” jedheen.
So the Pharisees also questioned the man as to how he had gained his sight. ‘He put a paste on my eyes,’ he answered, ‘and I washed them, and I can see.’
16 Fariisota keessaas tokko tokko, “Namichi kun waan Sanbata hin eegneef, inni Waaqa biraa hin dhufne” jedhan. Warri kaan garuu, “Cubbamaan tokko akkamitti dinqii akkanaa hojjechuu dandaʼa?” jedhan. Garaa garummaanis isaan gidduutti uumame.
‘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 Isaanis amma illee namicha jaamaa ture sanaan, “Waaʼee namicha ija kee siif bane sanaa maal jetta?” jedhan. Namichis deebisee, “Inni raajii dha” jedhe.
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 Yihuudoonnis hamma abbaa fi haadha namicha agartuu isaa argate sanaa waamanitti akka inni jaamaa turee fi akka inni agartuu isaa argate amma illee hin amanne.
The religious authorities, however, refused to believe that he had been blind and had gained his sight, until they had called his parents and questioned them.
19 Isaanis, “Inni kun ilma keessan isuma isin jaamaa taʼee dhalate jettan sanaa? Yoos amma immoo akkamitti arguu dandaʼa ree?” jedhanii gaafatan.
‘Is this your son,’ they asked, ‘who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he can see now?’
20 Abbaa fi haati namichaas deebisanii akkana jedhan; “Akka inni ilma keenya taʼee fi akka inni jaamaa taʼee dhalate ni beekna.
‘We know that this is our son,’ answered the parents, ‘and that he was born blind;
21 Garuu amma akkamitti akka arguu dandaʼe yookaan ija isaa eenyu akka baneef nu hin beeknu. Inni nama gaʼaa dha; waaʼee mataa isaa dubbachuu ni dandaʼa; isuma gaafadhaa.”
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 Abbaa fi haati isaa sababii Yihuudoota sodaataniif waan kana jedhan; namni kam iyyuu yoo Yesuus inni Kiristoos jedhee dhugaa baʼe akka mana sagadaa keessaa ariʼamu Yihuudoonni kanaan dura walii galanii murteessanii turaniitii.
His parents spoke in this way because they were afraid of the authorities; for the authorities had already agreed that, if anyone should acknowledge Jesus as the Christ, he should be expelled from their synagogues.
23 Kanaafuu abbaa fi haati isaa, “Inni nama gaʼaa dha; isuma gaafadhaa” jedhan.
This was why his parents said “He is old enough; ask him.”
24 Isaanis yeroo lammaffaa namicha jaamaa ture sana waamanii, “Waaqaaf ulfina kenni. Namichi kun cubbamaa taʼuu isaa nu ni beekna” jedhaniin.
So the authorities 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 Innis, “Cubbamaa taʼuu fi taʼuu baachuu isaa ani hin beeku. Ani waan tokkon beeka. Ani jaamaan ture; amma garuu nan arga!” jedhee deebise.
‘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 Isaanis, “Inni maal siif godhe? Ija kees akkamitti siif bane?” jedhanii isa gaafatan.
‘What did he do to you?’ they asked. ‘How did he give you your sight?’
27 Inni immoo, “Ani kanaan dura isinitti himeera; isinis hin dhageenye. Ammas maaliif dhagaʼuu barbaaddu? Isinis barattoota isaa taʼuu barbaadduu?” jedheen.
‘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 Isaanis akkana jedhanii isa arrabsan; “Barataan namicha kanaa siʼi! Nu barattoota Musee ti!
‘You are his disciple,’ they retorted scornfully. ‘But we are disciples of Moses.
29 Akka Waaqni Museetti dubbate nu beekna; namichi kun garuu eessaa akka dhufe iyyuu hin beeknu.”
We know that God spoke to Moses; but, as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.’
30 Namichis deebisee akkana jedhe; “Inni eessaa akka dhufe wallaaluun keessan waan nama dinquu dha; garuu inni ija koo naa bane.
‘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 Akka Waaqni cubbamoota hin dhageenye ni beekna. Inni nama isa waaqeffatuu fi fedhii isaa guutu dhagaʼa.
We know that God never listens to bad people, but, when a person is god-fearing and does God’s will, God listens to them.
32 Eenyu iyyuu ija nama jaamaa taʼee dhalate tokkoo akka bane uumama addunyaatii jalqabee hin dhagaʼamne. (aiōn g165)
Since the world began, such a thing was never heard of as anyone’s giving sight to a person born blind. (aiōn g165)
33 Namichi kun utuu Waaqa biraa taʼuu baatee silaa homaa gochuu hin dandaʼu ture.”
If this man had not been from God, he could not have done anything at all.’
34 Isaanis deebisanii, “Ati kan guutummaatti cubbuun dhalatte, situ nu barsiisaa?” jedhaniin. Alattis gad isa baasan.
‘You,’ they retorted, ‘were born totally depraved; and are you trying to teach us?’ So they expelled him.
35 Yesuusis akka isaan gad isa baasan dhagaʼe; yommuu isa argettis, “Ati Ilma Namaatti ni amantaa?” jedheen.
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 Namichis, “Yaa gooftaa, akka ani isatti amanuuf inni eenyu?” jedhe.
‘Tell me who he is, Sir,’ he replied, ‘so that I may believe in him.’
37 Yesuusis, “Ati amma isa argiteerta; inni si wajjin haasaʼaa jiru isuma” jedheen.
‘Not only have you seen him,’ said Jesus, ‘but it is he who is now speaking to you.’
38 Namichi sunis, “Yaa Gooftaa, ani nan amana” jedhe; ni sagadeefis.
‘Then, Sir, I do believe,’ said the man, bowing to the ground before him;
39 Yesuus immoo, “Warri hin argine akka arganiif, warri argan immoo akka jaamaniif ani murtiif gara addunyaa kanaa dhufeera” jedhe.
and Jesus added, ‘It was to put people 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 Fariisota isa wajjin turan keessaa tokko tokko waan kana jechuu isaa dhagaʼanii, “Nus jaamota mitii ree?” jedhanii gaafatan.
Hearing this, some of the Pharisees who were with him said, ‘Then are we blind too?’
41 Yesuusis, “Utuu jaamota taatanii silaa cubbuu hin qabdan ture; isin garuu, ‘Ni argina’ jettu; cubbuun keessan ni jiraata” jedheen.
‘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.
