Juan 9
1 Al pasar vio a un hombre, ciego de nacimiento.
As He passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from his birth.
2 Sus discípulos le preguntaron: “Rabí, ¿quién pecó, él o sus padres, para que naciese ciego?”
So His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned--this man or his parents--that he was born blind?"
3 Jesús les respondió: “Ni él ni sus padres, sino que ello es para que las obras de Dios sean manifestadas en él.
"Neither he nor his parents sinned," answered Jesus, "but he was born blind in order that God's mercy might be openly shown in him.
4 Es necesario que cumplamos las obras del que me envió, mientras es de día; viene la noche, en que ya nadie puede obrar.
We must do the works of Him who sent me while there is daylight. Night is coming on, when no one can work.
5 Mientras estoy en el mundo, soy luz de ( este ) mundo”.
When I am in the world, I am the Light of the world."
6 Habiendo dicho esto, escupió en tierra, hizo barro con la saliva y le untó los ojos con el barro.
After thus speaking, He spat on the ground, and then, kneading the dust and spittle into clay, He smeared the clay over the man's eyes and said to him,
7 Después le dijo: “Ve a lavarte a la piscina del Siloé”, que se traduce “El Enviado”. Fue, pues, se lavó y volvió con vista.
"Go and wash in the pool of Siloam" --the name means 'Sent.' So he went and washed his eyes, and returned able to see.
8 Entonces los vecinos y los que antes lo habían visto —pues era mendigo— dijeron: “¿No es este el que estaba sentado y pedía limosna?”
His neighbours, therefore, and the other people to whom he had been a familiar object because he was a beggar, began asking, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"
9 Unos decían: “Es él”; otros: “No es él, sino que se le parece”. Pero él decía: “Soy yo”.
"Yes it is," replied some of them. "No it is not," said others, "but he is like him." His own statement was, "I am the man."
10 Entonces le preguntaron: “Cómo, pues, se abrieron tus ojos”
"How then were your eyes opened?" they asked.
11 Respondió: “Aquel hombre que se llama Jesús, hizo barro, me untó con él los ojos y me dijo: “Ve al Siloé y lávate”. Fui, me lavé y vi”.
"He whose name is Jesus," he answered, "made clay and smeared my eyes with it, and then told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and obtained sight."
12 Le preguntaron: “¿Dónde está Él?” Respondió: “No lo sé”.
"Where is he?" they inquired, but the man did not know.
13 Llevaron, pues, a los fariseos al que antes había sido ciego.
They brought him to the Pharisees--the man who had been blind.
14 Ahora bien, el día en que Jesús había hecho barro y le había abierto los ojos era sábado.
Now the day on which Jesus made the clay and opened the man's eyes was the Sabbath.
15 Y volvieron a preguntarle los fariseos cómo había llegado a ver. Les respondió: “Puso barro sobre mis ojos, y me lavé, y veo”.
So the Pharisees renewed their questioning as to how he had obtained his sight. "He put clay on my eyes," he replied, "and I washed, and now I can see."
16 Entonces entre los fariseos, unos dijeron: “Ese hombre no es de Dios, porque no observa el sábado”. Otros, empero, dijeron: “¿Cómo puede un pecador hacer semejante milagro?” Y estaban en desacuerdo.
This led some of the Pharisees to say, "That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." "How is it possible for a bad man to do such miracles?" argued others.
17 Entonces preguntaron nuevamente al ciego: “Y tú, ¿qué dices de Él por haberte abierto los ojos?” Respondió: “Es un profeta”.
And there was a division among them. So again they asked the once blind man, "What is your account of him? --for he opened your eyes." "He is a Prophet," he replied.
18 Mas los judíos no creyeron que él hubiese sido ciego y que hubiese recibido la vista, hasta que llamaron a los padres del que había recibido la vista.
The Jews, however, did not believe the statement concerning him--that he had been blind and had obtained his sight--until they called his parents and asked them,
19 Les preguntaron: “¿Es este vuestro hijo, el que vosotros decís que nació ciego? Pues, ¿cómo ve ahora?”
"Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How is it then that he can now see?"
20 Los padres respondieron: “Sabemos que este es nuestro hijo y que nació ciego;
"We know," replied the parents, "that this is our son and that he was born blind;
21 pero cómo es que ahora ve, no lo sabemos; y quién le ha abierto los ojos, nosotros tampoco sabemos. Preguntádselo a él: edad tiene, él hablará por sí mismo”.
but how it is that he can now see or who has opened his eyes we do not know. Ask him himself; he is of full age; he himself will give his own account of it."
22 Los padres hablaron así, porque temían a los judíos. Pues estos se habían ya concertado para que quienquiera lo reconociese como Cristo, fuese excluido de la Sinagoga.
Such was their answer, because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already settled among themselves that if any one should acknowledge Jesus as the Christ, he should be excluded from the synagogue.
23 Por eso sus padres dijeron: “Edad tiene, preguntadle a él”.
That was why his parents said, "He is of full age: ask him himself."
24 Entonces llamaron por segunda vez al que había sido ciego, y le dijeron: “¡Da gloria a Dios! Nosotros sabemos que este hombre es pecador”.
A second time therefore they called the man who had been blind, and said, "Give God the praise: we know that that man is a sinner."
25 Mas él repuso: “Si es pecador, no lo sé; una cosa sé, que yo era ciego, y que al presente veo”.
"Whether he is a sinner or not, I do not know," he replied; "one thing I know--that I was once blind and that now I can see."
26 A lo cual le preguntaron otra vez: “¿Qué te hizo? ¿Cómo te abrió los ojos?”
"What did he do to you?" they asked; "how did he open your eyes?"
27 Contestoles: “Ya os lo he dicho, y no lo escuchasteis. ¿Para qué queréis oírlo de nuevo? ¿Queréis acaso vosotros también haceros sus discípulos?”
"I have told you already," he replied, "and you did not listen to me. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also mean to be disciples of his?"
28 Entonces lo injuriaron y le dijeron: “Tú sé su discípulo; nosotros somos los discípulos de Moisés.
Then they railed at him, and said, "You are that man's disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
29 Nosotros sabemos que Dios habló a Moisés; pero este, no sabemos de dónde es”.
We know that God spoke to Moses; but as for this fellow we do not know where he comes from."
30 Les replicó el hombre y dijo: “He aquí lo que causa admiración, que vosotros no sepáis de dónde es Él, siendo así que me ha abierto los ojos.
"Why, this is marvellous!" the man replied; "you do not know where he comes from, and yet he has opened my eyes!
31 Sabemos que Dios no oye a los pecadores, pero al que es piadoso y hace su voluntad, a ese le oye.
We know that God does not listen to bad people, but that if any one is a God-fearing man and obeys Him, to him He listens.
32 Nunca jamás se ha oído decir que alguien haya abierto los ojos de un ciego de nacimiento. (aiōn g165)
From the beginning of the world such a thing was never heard of as that any one should open the eyes of a man blind from his birth. (aiōn g165)
33 Si Él no fuera de Dios, no podría hacer nada”.
Had that man not come from God, he could have done nothing."
34 Ellos le respondieron diciendo: “En pecados naciste todo tú, ¿y nos vas a enseñar a nosotros?” Y lo echaron fuera.
"You," they replied, "were wholly begotten and born in sin, and do you teach us?" And they put him out of the synagogue.
35 Supo Jesús que lo habían arrojado, y habiéndolo encontrado, le dijo: “¿Crees tú en el Hijo del hombre?”
Jesus heard that they had done this. So having found him, He asked him, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"
36 Él respondió y dijo: “¿Quién es, Señor, para que crea en Él?”
"Who is He, Sir?" replied the man. "Tell me, so that I may believe in Him."
37 Díjole Jesús: “Lo estás viendo, es quien te habla”.
"You have seen Him," said Jesus; "and not only so: He is now speaking to you."
38 Y él repuso: “Creo, Señor”, y lo adoró.
"I believe, Sir," he said. And he threw himself at His feet.
39 Entonces Jesús dijo: “Yo he venido a este mundo para un juicio: para que vean los que no ven; y los que ven queden ciegos”.
"I came into this world," said Jesus, "to judge men, that those who do not see may see, and that those who do see may become blind."
40 Al oír esto, algunos fariseos que se encontraban con Él, le preguntaron: “¿Acaso también nosotros somos ciegos?”
These words were heard by those of the Pharisees who were present, and they asked Him, "Are we also blind?"
41 Jesús les respondió: “Si fuerais ciegos, no tendríais pecado. Pero ahora que decís: «vemos», vuestro pecado persiste”.
"If you were blind," answered Jesus, "you would have no sin; but as a matter of fact you boast that you see. So your sin remains!"
