Κατα Ιωαννην 9
1 και παραγων ειδεν ανθρωπον τυφλον εκ γενετησ
As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth.
2 και ηρωτησαν αυτον οι μαθηται αυτου λεγοντεσ ραββι τισ ημαρτεν ουτοσ η οι γονεισ αυτου ινα τυφλοσ γεννηθη
“Rabbi,” asked his disciples, “who was it that sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3 απεκριθη ιησουσ ουτε ουτοσ ημαρτεν ουτε οι γονεισ αυτου αλλ ινα φανερωθη τα εργα του θεου εν αυτω
“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 εμε δει εργαζεσθαι τα εργα του πεμψαντοσ με εωσ ημερα εστιν ερχεται νυξ οτε ουδεισ δυναται εργαζεσθαι
We must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
5 οταν εν τω κοσμω ω φωσ ειμι του κοσμου
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6 ταυτα ειπων επτυσεν χαμαι και εποιησεν πηλον εκ του πτυσματοσ και επεχρισεν τον πηλον επι τουσ οφθαλμουσ του τυφλου
Saying this, Jesus spat on the ground, made some paste with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.
7 και ειπεν αυτω υπαγε νιψαι εισ την κολυμβηθραν του σιλωαμ ο ερμηνευεται απεσταλμενοσ απηλθεν ουν και ενιψατο και ηλθεν βλεπων
“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 οι ουν γειτονεσ και οι θεωρουντεσ αυτον το προτερον οτι τυφλοσ ην ελεγον ουχ ουτοσ εστιν ο καθημενοσ και προσαιτων
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 αλλοι ελεγον οτι ουτοσ εστιν αλλοι δε οτι ομοιοσ αυτω εστιν εκεινοσ ελεγεν οτι εγω ειμι
“Yes,” some said, “it is”; while others said, “No, but he is like him.” The man himself said, “I am he.”
10 ελεγον ουν αυτω πωσ ανεωχθησαν σου οι οφθαλμοι
“How did you get your sight, then?” they asked.
11 απεκριθη εκεινοσ και ειπεν ανθρωποσ λεγομενοσ ιησουσ πηλον εποιησεν και επεχρισεν μου τουσ οφθαλμουσ και ειπεν μοι υπαγε εισ την κολυμβηθραν του σιλωαμ και νιψαι απελθων δε και νιψαμενοσ ανεβλεψα
“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 ειπον ουν αυτω που εστιν εκεινοσ λεγει ουκ οιδα
“Where is he?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.
13 αγουσιν αυτον προσ τουσ φαρισαιουσ τον ποτε τυφλον
They took the man, who had been blind, to the Pharisees.
14 ην δε σαββατον οτε τον πηλον εποιησεν ο ιησουσ και ανεωξεν αυτου τουσ οφθαλμουσ
Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the paste and gave him his sight.
15 παλιν ουν ηρωτων αυτον και οι φαρισαιοι πωσ ανεβλεψεν ο δε ειπεν αυτοισ πηλον επεθηκεν μου επι τουσ οφθαλμουσ και ενιψαμην και βλεπω
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 ελεγον ουν εκ των φαρισαιων τινεσ ουτοσ ο ανθρωποσ ουκ εστιν παρα του θεου οτι το σαββατον ου τηρει αλλοι ελεγον πωσ δυναται ανθρωποσ αμαρτωλοσ τοιαυτα σημεια ποιειν και σχισμα ην εν αυτοισ
“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 λεγουσιν τω τυφλω παλιν συ τι λεγεισ περι αυτου οτι ηνοιξεν σου τουσ οφθαλμουσ ο δε ειπεν οτι προφητησ εστιν
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 ουκ επιστευσαν ουν οι ιουδαιοι περι αυτου οτι τυφλοσ ην και ανεβλεψεν εωσ οτου εφωνησαν τουσ γονεισ αυτου του αναβλεψαντοσ
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 και ηρωτησαν αυτουσ λεγοντεσ ουτοσ εστιν ο υιοσ υμων ον υμεισ λεγετε οτι τυφλοσ εγεννηθη πωσ ουν αρτι βλεπει
“Is this your son,” they asked, “who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he can see now?”
20 απεκριθησαν δε αυτοισ οι γονεισ αυτου και ειπον οιδαμεν οτι ουτοσ εστιν ο υιοσ ημων και οτι τυφλοσ εγεννηθη
“We know that this is our son,” answered the parents, “and that he was born blind;
21 πωσ δε νυν βλεπει ουκ οιδαμεν η τισ ηνοιξεν αυτου τουσ οφθαλμουσ ημεισ ουκ οιδαμεν αυτοσ ηλικιαν εχει αυτον ερωτησατε αυτοσ περι εαυτου λαλησει
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 ταυτα ειπον οι γονεισ αυτου οτι εφοβουντο τουσ ιουδαιουσ ηδη γαρ συνετεθειντο οι ιουδαιοι ινα εαν τισ αυτον ομολογηση χριστον αποσυναγωγοσ γενηται
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 δια τουτο οι γονεισ αυτου ειπον οτι ηλικιαν εχει αυτον ερωτησατε
This was why his parents said ‘He is old enough; ask him.’
24 εφωνησαν ουν εκ δευτερου τον ανθρωπον οσ ην τυφλοσ και ειπον αυτω δοσ δοξαν τω θεω ημεισ οιδαμεν οτι ο ανθρωποσ ουτοσ αμαρτωλοσ εστιν
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 απεκριθη ουν εκεινοσ και ειπεν ει αμαρτωλοσ εστιν ουκ οιδα εν οιδα οτι τυφλοσ ων αρτι βλεπω
“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 ειπον δε αυτω παλιν τι εποιησεν σοι πωσ ηνοιξεν σου τουσ οφθαλμουσ
“What did he do to you?” they asked. “How did he give you your sight?”
27 απεκριθη αυτοισ ειπον υμιν ηδη και ουκ ηκουσατε τι παλιν θελετε ακουειν μη και υμεισ θελετε αυτου μαθηται γενεσθαι
“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 ελοιδορησαν αυτον και ειπον συ ει μαθητησ εκεινου ημεισ δε του μωσεωσ εσμεν μαθηται
“You are his disciple,” they retorted scornfully. “But we are disciples of Moses.
29 ημεισ οιδαμεν οτι μωση λελαληκεν ο θεοσ τουτον δε ουκ οιδαμεν ποθεν εστιν
We know that God spoke to Moses; but, as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.”
30 απεκριθη ο ανθρωποσ και ειπεν αυτοισ εν γαρ τουτω θαυμαστον εστιν οτι υμεισ ουκ οιδατε ποθεν εστιν και ανεωξεν μου τουσ οφθαλμουσ
“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 οιδαμεν δε οτι αμαρτωλων ο θεοσ ουκ ακουει αλλ εαν τισ θεοσεβησ η και το θελημα αυτου ποιη τουτου ακουει
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 ει μη ην ουτοσ παρα θεου ουκ ηδυνατο ποιειν ουδεν
If this man had not been from God, he could not have done anything at all.”
34 απεκριθησαν και ειπον αυτω εν αμαρτιαισ συ εγεννηθησ ολοσ και συ διδασκεισ ημασ και εξεβαλον αυτον εξω
“You,” they retorted, “were born totally depraved; and are you trying to teach us?” So they expelled him.
35 ηκουσεν ο ιησουσ οτι εξεβαλον αυτον εξω και ευρων αυτον ειπεν αυτω συ πιστευεισ εισ τον υιον του θεου
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 απεκριθη εκεινοσ και ειπεν και τισ εστιν κυριε ινα πιστευσω εισ αυτον
“Tell me who he is, Sir,” he replied, “so that I may believe in him.”
37 ειπεν δε αυτω ο ιησουσ και εωρακασ αυτον και ο λαλων μετα σου εκεινοσ εστιν
“Not only have you seen him,” said Jesus, “but it is he who is now speaking to you.”
38 ο δε εφη πιστευω κυριε και προσεκυνησεν αυτω
“Then, Sir, I do believe,” said the man, bowing to the ground before him;
39 και ειπεν ο ιησουσ εισ κριμα εγω εισ τον κοσμον τουτον ηλθον ινα οι μη βλεποντεσ βλεπωσιν και οι βλεποντεσ τυφλοι γενωνται
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 και ηκουσαν εκ των φαρισαιων ταυτα οι οντεσ μετ αυτου και ειπον αυτω μη και ημεισ τυφλοι εσμεν
Hearing this, some of the Pharisees who were with him said, “Then are we blind too?”
41 ειπεν αυτοισ ο ιησουσ ει τυφλοι ητε ουκ αν ειχετε αμαρτιαν νυν δε λεγετε οτι βλεπομεν η ουν αμαρτια υμων μενει
“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.
