yohanaH 9
1 tataH paraM yIshurgachChan mArgamadhye janmAndhaM naram apashyat|
Passing by, Jesus saw a man who was blind from birth.
2 tataH shiShyAstam apR^ichChan he guro naroyaM svapApena vA svapitrAH pApenAndho. ajAyata?
His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3 tataH sa pratyuditavAn etasya vAsya pitroH pApAd etAdR^ishobhUda iti nahi kintvanena yatheshvarasya karmma prakAshyate taddhetoreva|
Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that God’s works might be revealed in this man.
4 dine tiShThati matprerayituH karmma mayA karttavyaM yadA kimapi karmma na kriyate tAdR^ishI nishAgachChati|
We must work the works of Him who sent me, as long as it’s day. Night is coming, when nobody can work.
5 ahaM yAvatkAlaM jagati tiShThAmi tAvatkAlaM jagato jyotiHsvarUposmi|
As long as I am in the world, I am the world’s light.”
6 ityukttA bhUmau niShThIvaM nikShipya tena pa NkaM kR^itavAn
After Jesus said this, He spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva, put it on the blind man’s eyes,
7 pashchAt tatpa Nkena tasyAndhasya netre pralipya tamityAdishat gatvA shilohe. arthAt preritanAmni sarasi snAhi| tatondho gatvA tatrAsnAt tataH prannachakShu rbhUtvA vyAghuTyAgAt|
and told him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went away and washed, and came back seeing.
8 apara ncha samIpavAsino lokA ye cha taM pUrvvamandham apashyan te bakttum Arabhanta yondhaloko vartmanyupavishyAbhikShata sa evAyaM janaH kiM na bhavati?
Then the neighbors and those who used to see him as a beggar began to ask, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”
9 kechidavadan sa eva kechidavochan tAdR^isho bhavati kintu sa svayamabravIt sa evAhaM bhavAmi|
Some were saying, “Yes, it is he,” others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I’m the one.”
10 ataeva te. apR^ichChan tvaM kathaM dR^iShTiM pAptavAn?
So they asked him, “How were your eyes opened?”
11 tataH sovadad yIshanAmaka eko jano mama nayane pa Nkena pralipya ityAj nApayat shilohakAsAraM gatvA tatra snAhi| tatastatra gatvA mayi snAte dR^iShTimahaM labdhavAn|
He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud, put it on my eyes, and told me, ‘Go to Siloam, and wash’; so I went and washed, and I received sight.”
12 tadA te. avadan sa pumAn kutra? tenokttaM nAhaM jAnAmi|
“Where is this man?” they asked him. “I don’t know,” he said.
13 aparaM tasmin pUrvvAndhe jane phirUshinAM nikaTam AnIte sati phirUshinopi tamapR^ichChan kathaM dR^iShTiM prAptosi?
They brought the man who used to be blind to the Pharisees.
14 tataH sa kathitavAn sa pa Nkena mama netre. alimpat pashchAd snAtvA dR^iShTimalabhe|
Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened the man’s eyes.
15 kintu yIshu rvishrAmavAre karddamaM kR^itvA tasya nayane prasanne. akarod itikAraNAt katipayaphirUshino. avadan
So the Pharisees were also asking him how he received his sight. He told them, “He applied mud to my eyes, I washed, and I see.”
16 sa pumAn IshvarAnna yataH sa vishrAmavAraM na manyate| tatonye kechit pratyavadan pApI pumAn kim etAdR^isham AshcharyyaM karmma karttuM shaknoti?
Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man isn’t from God, because He doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a sinner do such signs?” So there was a division among them.
17 itthaM teShAM parasparaM bhinnavAkyatvam abhavat| pashchAt te punarapi taM pUrvvAndhaM mAnuSham aprAkShuH yo janastava chakShuShI prasanne kR^itavAn tasmin tvaM kiM vadasi? sa ukttavAn sa bhavishadvAdI|
So they turned again to the blind man and asked, “What do you say about him? It was your eyes he opened.” He said, “He is a prophet.”
18 sa dR^iShTim AptavAn iti yihUdIyAstasya dR^iShTiM prAptasya janasya pitro rmukhAd ashrutvA na pratyayan|
The Jews didn’t believe that he had been blind, and had received sight, until they called the parents of the one who had received his sight,
19 ataeva te tAvapR^ichChan yuvayo ryaM putraM janmAndhaM vadathaH sa kimayaM? tarhIdAnIM kathaM draShTuM shaknoti?
and questioned them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?”
20 tatastasya pitarau pratyavochatAm ayam AvayoH putra A janerandhashcha tadapyAvAM jAnIvaH
His parents answered them, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind,
21 kintvadhunA kathaM dR^iShTiM prAptavAn tadAvAM n jAnIvaH kosya chakShuShI prasanne kR^itavAn tadapi na jAnIva eSha vayaHprApta enaM pR^ichChata svakathAM svayaM vakShyati|
but how he now sees, we don’t know. Who opened his eyes, we don’t know. Ask him. He is of age. He will speak for himself.”
22 yihUdIyAnAM bhayAt tasya pitarau vAkyamidam avadatAM yataH kopi manuShyo yadi yIshum abhiShiktaM vadati tarhi sa bhajanagR^ihAd dUrIkAriShyate yihUdIyA iti mantraNAm akurvvan
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone would confess that Jesus was the Christ, they would be put out of the synagogue.
23 atastasya pitarau vyAharatAm eSha vayaHprApta enaM pR^ichChata|
For this reason, his parents said, “Ask him. He is of age.”
24 tadA te punashcha taM pUrvvAndham AhUya vyAharan Ishvarasya guNAn vada eSha manuShyaH pApIti vayaM jAnImaH|
So they called the man who had been blind a second time, and told him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”
25 tadA sa ukttavAn sa pApI na veti nAhaM jAne pUrvAmandha Asamaham adhunA pashyAmIti mAtraM jAnAmi|
He answered, “Whether He is a sinner or not I don’t know. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see.”
26 te punarapR^ichChan sa tvAM prati kimakarot? kathaM netre prasanne. akarot?
Then they asked him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”
27 tataH sovAdId ekakR^itvokathayaM yUyaM na shR^iNutha tarhi kutaH punaH shrotum ichChatha? yUyamapi kiM tasya shiShyA bhavitum ichChatha?
He answered, “I told you already, and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t want to become His disciples, too, do you?”
28 tadA te taM tiraskR^itya vyAharan tvaM tasya shiShyo vayaM mUsAH shiShyAH|
Then they became abusive towards him and said, “You are that man’s disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples.
29 mUsAvaktreNeshvaro jagAda tajjAnImaH kintveSha kutratyaloka iti na jAnImaH|
We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this man, we don’t know where He is from.”
30 sovadad eSha mama lochane prasanne. akarot tathApi kutratyaloka iti yUyaM na jAnItha etad AshcharyyaM bhavati|
The man answered, “How amazing! You don’t know where He comes from, yet He opened my eyes.
31 IshvaraH pApinAM kathAM na shR^iNoti kintu yo janastasmin bhaktiM kR^itvA tadiShTakriyAM karoti tasyaiva kathAM shR^iNoti etad vayaM jAnImaH|
We know that God doesn’t hear sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing, and does His will, He hears him.
32 kopi manuShyo janmAndhAya chakShuShI adadAt jagadArambhAd etAdR^ishIM kathAM kopi kadApi nAshR^iNot| (aiōn g165)
Since the beginning of time it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. (aiōn g165)
33 asmAd eSha manuShyo yadIshvarAnnAjAyata tarhi ki nchidapIdR^ishaM karmma karttuM nAshaknot|
If this man weren’t from God, He could do nothing.”
34 te vyAharan tvaM pApAd ajAyathAH kimasmAn tvaM shikShayasi? pashchAtte taM bahirakurvvan|
To this they replied, “Who are you to teach us? You were born entirely in sin!” Then they threw him out.
35 tadanantaraM yihUdIyaiH sa bahirakriyata yIshuriti vArttAM shrutvA taM sAkShAt prApya pR^iShTavAn Ishvarasya putre tvaM vishvasiShi?
Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, He said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
36 tadA sa pratyavochat he prabho sa ko yat tasminnahaM vishvasimi?
He answered, “Who is He, sir, that I may believe in Him?”
37 tato yIshuH kathitavAn tvaM taM dR^iShTavAn tvayA sAkaM yaH kathaM kathayati saeva saH|
Jesus told him, “You have seen Him, and it is He who is talking with you.”
38 tadA he prabho vishvasimItyuktvA sa taM praNAmat|
Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” and he worshipped Jesus.
39 pashchAd yIshuH kathitavAn nayanahInA nayanAni prApnuvanti nayanavantashchAndhA bhavantItyabhiprAyeNa jagadAham AgachCham|
Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who don’t see may see, and those who do see may become blind.”
40 etat shrutvA nikaTasthAH katipayAH phirUshino vyAharan vayamapi kimandhAH?
Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things, and asked Him, “We aren’t blind too, are we?”
41 tadA yIshuravAdId yadyandhA abhavata tarhi pApAni nAtiShThan kintu pashyAmIti vAkyavadanAd yuShmAkaM pApAni tiShThanti|
Jesus told them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin, but since you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.
