João 9
1 E, passando Jesus, viu um homem cego de nascença.
As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth.
2 E os seus discípulos lhe perguntaram, dizendo: rabi, quem pecou, este ou seus pais, para que nascesse cego?
‘Rabbi,’ asked his disciples, ‘who was it that sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’
3 Jesus respondeu: Nem ele pecou nem seus pais; mas foi para que se manifestem nele as obras de Deus.
‘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 Convém que eu faça as obras daquele que me enviou, enquanto é dia: a noite vem, quando ninguém pode trabalhar.
We must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
5 Enquanto estou no mundo, sou a luz do mundo.
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.’
6 Tendo dito isto, cuspiu na terra, e com o cuspo fez lodo, e untou com o lodo os olhos do cego.
Saying this, Jesus spat on the ground, made some paste with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.
7 E disse-lhe: vai, lava-te no tanque de Siloé (que significa o Enviado). Foi pois, e lavou-se, e voltou vendo.
‘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 Então os vizinhos, e aqueles que de antes tinham visto que era cego, diziam: Não é este aquele que estava assentado e mendigava?
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 Uns diziam: É este. E outros: Parece-se com ele. ele dizia: Eu sou.
‘Yes,’ some said, ‘it is’; while others said, ‘No, but he is like him.’ The man himself said, ‘I am he.’
10 Diziam-lhe pois: Como se te abriram os olhos?
‘How did you get your sight, then?’ they asked.
11 Ele respondeu, e disse: O homem, chamado Jesus, fez lodo, e untou-me os olhos, e disse-me: vai ao tanque de Siloé, e lava-te. E fui, e lavei-me, e vi.
‘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 Disseram-lhe pois: Onde está ele? ele disse: Não sei.
‘Where is he?’ they asked. ‘I do not know,’ he answered.
13 Levaram pois aos fariseus o que de antes era cego.
They took the man, who had been blind, to the Pharisees.
14 E era sábado, quando Jesus fez o lodo e lhe abriu os olhos.
Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the paste and gave him his sight.
15 Tornaram pois também os fariseus a perguntar-lhe como vira, e ele lhes disse: pôs-me lodo sobre os olhos, lavei-me, e vejo.
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 Por isso alguns dos fariseus diziam: Este homem não é de Deus; pois não guarda o sábado. Diziam outros: Como pode um homem pecador fazer tais sinais? E havia dissensão entre eles.
‘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 Tornaram pois a dizer ao cego: Tu que dizes daquele que te abriu os olhos? E ele disse: Que é profeta.
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 Os judeus, porém, não creram que ele tivesse sido cego, e que agora visse, enquanto não chamaram os pais do que agora via.
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 E perguntaram-lhes, dizendo: É este o vosso filho, que vós dizeis ter nascido cego? Como pois vê agora?
‘Is this your son,’ they asked, ‘who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he can see now?’
20 Seus pais lhes responderam, e disseram: Sabemos que este é nosso filho, e que nasceu cego;
‘We know that this is our son,’ answered the parents, ‘and that he was born blind;
21 Mas como agora vê, não sabemos; ou quem lhe tenha aberto os olhos, não sabemos: tem idade, perguntai-lho a ele mesmo; e ele falará por si mesmo.
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 Seus pais disseram isto, porque temiam os judeus. Porquanto já os judeus tinham resolvido que, se alguém confessasse ser ele o Cristo, fosse expulso da sinagoga.
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 Por isso é que seus pais disseram: Tem idade, perguntai-lho a ele mesmo.
This was why his parents said “He is old enough; ask him.”
24 Chamaram pois segunda vez o homem que tinha sido cego, e disseram-lhe: Dá glória a Deus; nós sabemos que esse homem é pecador.
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 Respondeu ele pois, e disse: Se é pecador, não sei: uma coisa sei, que, havendo eu sido cego, agora vejo.
‘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 E tornaram a dizer-lhe: Que te fez ele? Como te abriu os olhos?
‘What did he do to you?’ they asked. ‘How did he give you your sight?’
27 Respondeu-lhes: Já vo-lo disse, e não ouvistes: para que o quereis tornar a ouvir? Quereis vós porventura fazer-vos também seus discípulos?
‘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 Então o injuriaram, e disseram: discípulo dele sejas tu: nós, porém, somos discípulos de Moisés.
‘You are his disciple,’ they retorted scornfully. ‘But we are disciples of Moses.
29 Nós bem sabemos que Deus falou a Moisés, mas este não sabemos de onde é.
We know that God spoke to Moses; but, as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.’
30 O homem respondeu, e disse-lhes: nisto pois está a maravilha, que vós não saibais de onde ele é, e me abrisse os olhos;
‘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 Ora nós sabemos que Deus não ouve a pecadores; mas, se alguém é temente a Deus, e faz a sua vontade, a esse ouve.
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 Desde todos os séculos nunca se ouviu que alguém abrisse os olhos a um que nasceu cego. (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 Se este não fosse de Deus, nada poderia fazer.
If this man had not been from God, he could not have done anything at all.’
34 Responderam eles, e disseram-lhe: Tu és nascido todo em pecados, e nos ensinas a nós? E expulsaram-no.
‘You,’ they retorted, ‘were born totally depraved; and are you trying to teach us?’ So they expelled him.
35 Jesus ouviu que o tinham expulsado, e, encontrando-o, disse-lhe: Crês tu no Filho de Deus?
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 Ele respondeu, e disse: Quem é ele, Senhor, para que nele creia?
‘Tell me who he is, Sir,’ he replied, ‘so that I may believe in him.’
37 E Jesus lhe disse: Tu já o tens visto, e é aquele que fala contigo.
‘Not only have you seen him,’ said Jesus, ‘but it is he who is now speaking to you.’
38 Ele disse: Creio, Senhor. E o adorou.
‘Then, Sir, I do believe,’ said the man, bowing to the ground before him;
39 E disse-lhe Jesus: Eu vim a este mundo para juízo, a fim de que os que não veem vejam, e os que veem sejam cegos.
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 Aqueles dos fariseus, que estavam com ele, ouvindo isto, disseram-lhe: também nós somos cegos?
Hearing this, some of the Pharisees who were with him said, ‘Then are we blind too?’
41 Disse-lhes Jesus: Se fosseis cegos, não terieis pecado; mas agora dizeis: Vemos; por isso o vosso pecado permanece.
‘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.
