Jan 9
1 A pomíjeje, uzřel člověka slepého od narození.
As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth.
2 I otázali se ho učedlníci jeho, řkouce: Mistře, kdo zhřešil, tento-li, čili rodičové jeho, že se slepý narodil?
‘Rabbi,’ asked his disciples, ‘who was it that sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’
3 Odpověděl Ježíš: Ani tento zhřešil, ani rodičové jeho, ale aby zjeveni byli skutkové Boží na něm.
‘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 Jáť musím dělati dílo toho, kterýž mne poslal, dokudž den jest. Přicházíť noc, když žádný nebude moci dělati.
We must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
5 Dokudž jsem na světě, světlo jsem světa.
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.’
6 To pověděv, plinul na zemi, a učinil bláto z sliny, i pomazal tím blátem oči slepého.
Saying this, Jesus spat on the ground, made some paste with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.
7 A řekl jemu: Jdi, umej se v rybníku Siloe, což se vykládá: Poslaný. A on šel a umyl se, i přišel, vida.
‘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 Sousedé pak a ti, kteříž jej prvé vídali slepého, řekli: Není-liž toto ten, kterýž sedával a žebrával?
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 Jiní pravili, že ten jest, a jiní, že jest podoben k němu. Ale on pravil: Já jsem.
‘Yes,’ some said, ‘it is’; while others said, ‘No, but he is like him.’ The man himself said, ‘I am he.’
10 Tedy řekli jemu: Kterak jsou otevříny oči tvé?
‘How did you get your sight, then?’ they asked.
11 On odpověděl a řekl: Člověk ten, kterýž slove Ježíš, bláto učinil, a pomazal očí mých, a řekl mi: Jdi k rybníku Siloe, a umej se. I odšed a umyv se, prohlédl jsem.
‘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 I řekli jemu: Kde jest ten? Řekl: Nevím.
‘Where is he?’ they asked. ‘I do not know,’ he answered.
13 Tedy přivedli toho, kterýž někdy byl slepý, k farizeům.
They took the man, who had been blind, to the Pharisees.
14 Byla pak sobota, když Ježíš učinil bláto, a otevřel oči jeho.
Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the paste and gave him his sight.
15 I otázali se ho opět i farizeové, kterak by prozřel. On pak řekl jim: Bláto položil na oči mé, a umyl jsem se, i vidím.
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 Tedy někteří z farizeů řekli: Ten člověk není z Boha, nebo neostříhá soboty. Jiní pravili: Kterak může člověk hříšný takové divy činiti? I byla různice mezi nimi.
‘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 Řekli opět slepému: Co ty o něm pravíš, poněvadž otevřel oči tvé? A on řekl: Že prorok jest.
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 I nevěřili Židé o něm, by slepý býval a prozřel, až povolali rodičů toho, kterýž byl prozřel.
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 A otázali se jich, řkouce: Jest-li tento syn váš, o kterémž vy pravíte, že by se slepý narodil? Kterakž pak nyní vidí?
‘Is this your son,’ they asked, ‘who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he can see now?’
20 Odpověděli jim rodičové jeho a řekli: Vímeť, že tento jest syn náš, a že se slepý narodil.
‘We know that this is our son,’ answered the parents, ‘and that he was born blind;
21 Ale kterak nyní vidí, nevíme; aneb kdo otevřel oči jeho, myť nevíme. Máť léta, ptejte se ho, on sám za sebe mluviti bude.
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 Tak mluvili rodičové jeho, že se báli Židů; nebo již tak byli uložili Židé, aby, kdož by ho koli vyznal Kristem, vyobcován byl ze školy.
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 Protož řekli rodičové jeho: Máť léta, ptejte se jeho.
This was why his parents said “He is old enough; ask him.”
24 Tedy zavolali po druhé člověka toho, kterýž býval slepý, a řekli jemu: Vzdej chválu Bohu. My víme, že člověk ten hříšník jest.
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 I odpověděl on a řekl: Jest-li hříšník, nevím, než to vím, že byv slepý, nyní vidím.
‘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 I řekli jemu opět: Coť učinil? Kterak otevřel oči tvé?
‘What did he do to you?’ they asked. ‘How did he give you your sight?’
27 Odpověděl jim: Již jsem vám pověděl, a neslyšeli jste? Což opět chcete slyšeti? Zdaliž i vy chcete učedlníci jeho býti?
‘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 I zlořečili jemu a řekli: Ty jsi učedlník jeho, ale my jsme Mojžíšovi učedlníci.
‘You are his disciple,’ they retorted scornfully. ‘But we are disciples of Moses.
29 My víme, že Mojžíšovi mluvil Bůh, tento pak nevíme, odkud jest.
We know that God spoke to Moses; but, as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.’
30 Odpověděl ten člověk a řekl jim: Toť jest jistě divná věc, že vy nevíte, odkud jest, a otevřel oči mé.
‘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 Víme pak, že Bůh hříšníků neslyší, ale kdo by ctitel Boží byl, a vůli jeho činil, tohoť slyší.
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.
Since the world began, such a thing was never heard of as anyone’s giving sight to a person born blind. (aiōn g165)
33 Byť tento nebyl od Boha, nemohlť by nic učiniti.
If this man had not been from God, he could not have done anything at all.’
34 Odpověděli a řekli jemu: Ty jsi všecken se v hříších narodil, a ty nás učíš? I vyhnali jej ven.
‘You,’ they retorted, ‘were born totally depraved; and are you trying to teach us?’ So they expelled him.
35 Uslyšel pak Ježíš, že jej vyhnali ven. A když jej nalezl, řekl jemu: Věříš-liž ty v Syna Božího?
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 Odpověděl on a řekl: I kdož jest, Pane, abych věřil v něho?
‘Tell me who he is, Sir,’ he replied, ‘so that I may believe in him.’
37 I řekl jemu Ježíš: I viděl jsi ho, a kterýž mluví s tebou, onť jest.
‘Not only have you seen him,’ said Jesus, ‘but it is he who is now speaking to you.’
38 A on řekl: Věřím, Pane, a klaněl se jemu.
‘Then, Sir, I do believe,’ said the man, bowing to the ground before him;
39 I řekl jemu Ježíš: Na soud přišel jsem já na tento svět, aby ti, kteříž nevidí, viděli, a ti, kteříž vidí, aby slepí byli.
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 I uslyšeli to někteří z farizeů, kteříž s ním byli, a řekli jemu: Zdali i my slepí jsme?
Hearing this, some of the Pharisees who were with him said, ‘Then are we blind too?’
41 Řekl jim Ježíš: Byste slepí byli, hříchu byste neměli; ale nyní pravíte: Vidíme, protož hřích váš zůstává.
‘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.
