یوہَنَح 9

1 تَتَح پَرَں یِیشُرْگَچّھَنْ مارْگَمَدھْیے جَنْمانْدھَں نَرَمْ اَپَشْیَتْ۔

As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth.

2 تَتَح شِشْیاسْتَمْ اَپرِچّھَنْ ہے گُرو نَرویَں سْوَپاپینَ وا سْوَپِتْراح پاپینانْدھوجایَتَ؟

“Rabbi,” asked his disciples, “who was it that sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

3 تَتَح سَ پْرَتْیُدِتَوانْ ایتَسْیَ واسْیَ پِتْروح پاپادْ ایتادرِشوبھُودَ اِتِ نَہِ کِنْتْوَنینَ یَتھیشْوَرَسْیَ کَرْمَّ پْرَکاشْیَتے تَدّھیتوریوَ۔

“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 دِنے تِشْٹھَتِ مَتْپْریرَیِتُح کَرْمَّ مَیا کَرْتَّوْیَں یَدا کِمَپِ کَرْمَّ نَ کْرِیَتے تادرِشِی نِشاگَچّھَتِ۔

We must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.

5 اَہَں یاوَتْکالَں جَگَتِ تِشْٹھامِ تاوَتْکالَں جَگَتو جْیوتِحسْوَرُوپوسْمِ۔

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

6 اِتْیُکْتّا بھُومَو نِشْٹھِیوَں نِکْشِپْیَ تینَ پَنْکَں کرِتَوانْ

Saying this, Jesus spat on the ground, made some paste with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.

7 پَشْچاتْ تَتْپَنْکینَ تَسْیانْدھَسْیَ نیتْرے پْرَلِپْیَ تَمِتْیادِشَتْ گَتْوا شِلوہے رْتھاتْ پْریرِتَنامْنِ سَرَسِ سْناہِ۔ تَتونْدھو گَتْوا تَتْراسْناتْ تَتَح پْرَنَّچَکْشُ رْبھُوتْوا وْیاگھُٹْیاگاتْ۔

“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 اَپَرَنْچَ سَمِیپَواسِنو لوکا یے چَ تَں پُورْوَّمَنْدھَمْ اَپَشْیَنْ تے بَکْتُّمْ آرَبھَنْتَ یونْدھَلوکو وَرْتْمَنْیُپَوِشْیابھِکْشَتَ سَ ایوایَں جَنَح کِں نَ بھَوَتِ؟

His neighbors, 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 کیچِدَوَدَنْ سَ ایوَ کیچِدَووچَنْ تادرِشو بھَوَتِ کِنْتُ سَ سْوَیَمَبْرَوِیتْ سَ ایواہَں بھَوامِ۔

“Yes,” some said, “it is”; while others said, “No, but he is like him.” The man himself said, “I am he.”

10 اَتَایوَ تے پرِچّھَنْ تْوَں کَتھَں درِشْٹِں پاپْتَوانْ؟

“How did you get your sight, then?” they asked.

11 تَتَح سووَدَدْ یِیشَنامَکَ ایکو جَنو مَمَ نَیَنے پَنْکینَ پْرَلِپْیَ اِتْیاجْناپَیَتْ شِلوہَکاسارَں گَتْوا تَتْرَ سْناہِ۔ تَتَسْتَتْرَ گَتْوا مَیِ سْناتے درِشْٹِمَہَں لَبْدھَوانْ۔

“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 تَدا تے وَدَنْ سَ پُمانْ کُتْرَ؟ تینوکْتَّں ناہَں جانامِ۔

“Where is he?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.

13 اَپَرَں تَسْمِنْ پُورْوّانْدھے جَنے پھِرُوشِناں نِکَٹَمْ آنِیتے سَتِ پھِرُوشِنوپِ تَمَپرِچّھَنْ کَتھَں درِشْٹِں پْراپْتوسِ؟

They took the man, who had been blind, to the Pharisees.

14 تَتَح سَ کَتھِتَوانْ سَ پَنْکینَ مَمَ نیتْرے لِمْپَتْ پَشْچادْ سْناتْوا درِشْٹِمَلَبھے۔

Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the paste and gave him his sight.

15 کِنْتُ یِیشُ رْوِشْرامَوارے کَرْدَّمَں کرِتْوا تَسْیَ نَیَنے پْرَسَنّےکَرودْ اِتِکارَناتْ کَتِپَیَپھِرُوشِنووَدَنْ

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 سَ پُمانْ اِیشْوَرانَّ یَتَح سَ وِشْرامَوارَں نَ مَنْیَتے۔ تَتونْیے کیچِتْ پْرَتْیَوَدَنْ پاپِی پُمانْ کِمْ ایتادرِشَمْ آشْچَرْیَّں کَرْمَّ کَرْتُّں شَکْنوتِ؟

“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 اِتّھَں تیشاں پَرَسْپَرَں بھِنَّواکْیَتْوَمْ اَبھَوَتْ۔ پَشْچاتْ تے پُنَرَپِ تَں پُورْوّانْدھَں مانُشَمْ اَپْراکْشُح یو جَنَسْتَوَ چَکْشُشِی پْرَسَنّے کرِتَوانْ تَسْمِنْ تْوَں کِں وَدَسِ؟ سَ اُکْتَّوانْ سَ بھَوِشَدْوادِی۔

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 سَ درِشْٹِمْ آپْتَوانْ اِتِ یِہُودِییاسْتَسْیَ درِشْٹِں پْراپْتَسْیَ جَنَسْیَ پِتْرو رْمُکھادْ اَشْرُتْوا نَ پْرَتْیَیَنْ۔

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 اَتَایوَ تے تاوَپرِچّھَنْ یُوَیو رْیَں پُتْرَں جَنْمانْدھَں وَدَتھَح سَ کِمَیَں؟ تَرْہِیدانِیں کَتھَں دْرَشْٹُں شَکْنوتِ؟

“Is this your son,” they asked, “who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he can see now?”

20 تَتَسْتَسْیَ پِتَرَو پْرَتْیَووچَتامْ اَیَمْ آوَیوح پُتْرَ آ جَنیرَنْدھَشْچَ تَدَپْیاواں جانِیوَح

“We know that this is our son,” answered the parents, “and that he was born blind;

21 کِنْتْوَدھُنا کَتھَں درِشْٹِں پْراپْتَوانْ تَداواں نْ جانِیوَح کوسْیَ چَکْشُشِی پْرَسَنّے کرِتَوانْ تَدَپِ نَ جانِیوَ ایشَ وَیَحپْراپْتَ اینَں پرِچّھَتَ سْوَکَتھاں سْوَیَں وَکْشْیَتِ۔

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 یِہُودِییاناں بھَیاتْ تَسْیَ پِتَرَو واکْیَمِدَمْ اَوَدَتاں یَتَح کوپِ مَنُشْیو یَدِ یِیشُمْ اَبھِشِکْتَں وَدَتِ تَرْہِ سَ بھَجَنَگرِہادْ دُورِیکارِشْیَتے یِہُودِییا اِتِ مَنْتْرَنامْ اَکُرْوَّنْ

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 اَتَسْتَسْیَ پِتَرَو وْیاہَرَتامْ ایشَ وَیَحپْراپْتَ اینَں پرِچّھَتَ۔

This was why his parents said ‘He is old enough; ask him.’

24 تَدا تے پُنَشْچَ تَں پُورْوّانْدھَمْ آہُویَ وْیاہَرَنْ اِیشْوَرَسْیَ گُنانْ وَدَ ایشَ مَنُشْیَح پاپِیتِ وَیَں جانِیمَح۔

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 تَدا سَ اُکْتَّوانْ سَ پاپِی نَ ویتِ ناہَں جانے پُورْوامَنْدھَ آسَمَہَمْ اَدھُنا پَشْیامِیتِ ماتْرَں جانامِ۔

“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 تے پُنَرَپرِچّھَنْ سَ تْواں پْرَتِ کِمَکَروتْ؟ کَتھَں نیتْرے پْرَسَنّے کَروتْ؟

“What did he do to you?” they asked. “How did he give you your sight?”

27 تَتَح سووادِیدْ ایکَکرِتْووکَتھَیَں یُویَں نَ شرِنُتھَ تَرْہِ کُتَح پُنَح شْروتُمْ اِچّھَتھَ؟ یُویَمَپِ کِں تَسْیَ شِشْیا بھَوِتُمْ اِچّھَتھَ؟

“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 تَدا تے تَں تِرَسْکرِتْیَ وْیاہَرَنْ تْوَں تَسْیَ شِشْیو وَیَں مُوساح شِشْیاح۔

“You are his disciple,” they retorted scornfully. “But we are disciples of Moses.

29 مُوساوَکْتْرینیشْوَرو جَگادَ تَجّانِیمَح کِنْتْویشَ کُتْرَتْیَلوکَ اِتِ نَ جانِیمَح۔

We know that God spoke to Moses; but, as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.”

30 سووَدَدْ ایشَ مَمَ لوچَنے پْرَسَنّے کَروتْ تَتھاپِ کُتْرَتْیَلوکَ اِتِ یُویَں نَ جانِیتھَ ایتَدْ آشْچَرْیَّں بھَوَتِ۔

“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 اِیشْوَرَح پاپِناں کَتھاں نَ شرِنوتِ کِنْتُ یو جَنَسْتَسْمِنْ بھَکْتِں کرِتْوا تَدِشْٹَکْرِیاں کَروتِ تَسْیَیوَ کَتھاں شرِنوتِ ایتَدْ وَیَں جانِیمَح۔

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 کوپِ مَنُشْیو جَنْمانْدھایَ چَکْشُشِی اَدَداتْ جَگَدارَمْبھادْ ایتادرِشِیں کَتھاں کوپِ کَداپِ ناشرِنوتْ۔ (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 اَسْمادْ ایشَ مَنُشْیو یَدِیشْوَرانّاجایَتَ تَرْہِ کِنْچِدَپِیدرِشَں کَرْمَّ کَرْتُّں ناشَکْنوتْ۔

If this man had not been from God, he could not have done anything at all.”

34 تے وْیاہَرَنْ تْوَں پاپادْ اَجایَتھاح کِمَسْمانْ تْوَں شِکْشَیَسِ؟ پَشْچاتّے تَں بَہِرَکُرْوَّنْ۔

“You,” they retorted, “were born totally depraved; and are you trying to teach us?” So they expelled him.

35 تَدَنَنْتَرَں یِہُودِییَیح سَ بَہِرَکْرِیَتَ یِیشُرِتِ وارْتّاں شْرُتْوا تَں ساکْشاتْ پْراپْیَ پرِشْٹَوانْ اِیشْوَرَسْیَ پُتْرے تْوَں وِشْوَسِشِ؟

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 تَدا سَ پْرَتْیَووچَتْ ہے پْرَبھو سَ کو یَتْ تَسْمِنَّہَں وِشْوَسِمِ؟

“Tell me who he is, Sir,” he replied, “so that I may believe in him.”

37 تَتو یِیشُح کَتھِتَوانْ تْوَں تَں درِشْٹَوانْ تْوَیا ساکَں یَح کَتھَں کَتھَیَتِ سَایوَ سَح۔

“Not only have you seen him,” said Jesus, “but it is he who is now speaking to you.”

38 تَدا ہے پْرَبھو وِشْوَسِمِیتْیُکْتْوا سَ تَں پْرَنامَتْ۔

“Then, Sir, I do believe,” said the man, bowing to the ground before him;

39 پَشْچادْ یِیشُح کَتھِتَوانْ نَیَنَہِینا نَیَنانِ پْراپْنُوَنْتِ نَیَنَوَنْتَشْچانْدھا بھَوَنْتِیتْیَبھِپْرایینَ جَگَداہَمْ آگَچّھَمْ۔

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 ایتَتْ شْرُتْوا نِکَٹَسْتھاح کَتِپَیاح پھِرُوشِنو وْیاہَرَنْ وَیَمَپِ کِمَنْدھاح؟

Hearing this, some of the Pharisees who were with him said, “Then are we blind too?”

41 تَدا یِیشُرَوادِیدْ یَدْیَنْدھا اَبھَوَتَ تَرْہِ پاپانِ ناتِشْٹھَنْ کِنْتُ پَشْیامِیتِ واکْیَوَدَنادْ یُشْماکَں پاپانِ تِشْٹھَنْتِ۔

“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.