John 9
1 Ke Jesus el fahla, el liyauk sie mwet su nuna isusla kun.
As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth.
2 Mwet tumal lutlut siyuk sel, “Mwet Luti, su kac koluk pwanang el uh el isusla tuh kun? Ya ma koluk lal sifacna, ku ma lun papa tumal ac nina kial?”
‘Rabbi,’ asked his disciples, ‘who was it that sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’
3 Jesus el topuk, “Tia ke sripen ma koluk lal sifacna ku koluk lun papa tumal ac nina kial pa pwanang el kun, a tuh ku lun God in ku in akilenyuk in el.
‘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 Kut enenu in kwafeang oru orekma lun El su supweyume ke srakna len. Fong apkuran me ke wangin mwet ac ku in orekma.
We must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
5 Ke nga oasr faclu, nga kalem lun faclu.”
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.’
6 Tukun el fahk ma inge, Jesus el anila nu infohk uh ac arukak ani nu ke fohk uh, ac sang mosrwela mutun mwet sac,
Saying this, Jesus spat on the ground, made some paste with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.
7 na el fahk nu sel, “Fahla ac twanla motom ke Lulu in Kof Siloam.” (Kalmen ine se inge pa “Supweyukla.”) Ouinge mwet sac som, twanla mutal, ac el foloko tuh liyaten.
‘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 Na mwet tulan lal ac elos su liyal ke el mwet ngusr se meet, elos asiyuki, “Tia pa inge mwet se ma muta ngusr ah?”
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 Kutu selos fahk, “Pwaye, el pa ingan,” a kutu pac fahk, “Mo, tia el. El oana mwet sac.” Ouinge mwet sac sifacna fahk, “Nga pa mwet sac.”
‘Yes,’ some said, ‘it is’; while others said, ‘No, but he is like him.’ The man himself said, ‘I am he.’
10 Elos siyuk sel, “Fuka tuh kom ku in liye inge?”
‘How did you get your sight, then?’ they asked.
11 El topuk, “Mwet se pangpang Jesus el orala fohk furarrar, ac sang mosrwela mutuk, ac fahk nga in som nu Siloam ac twanla mutuk. Na nga som, ac pacl se na nga twanla mutuk, nga ku in liye.”
‘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 Elos siyuk, “El oasr oya?” El topuk, “Nga nikin.”
‘Where is he?’ they asked. ‘I do not know,’ he answered.
13 Na elos pwanla mwet se ma tuh kun meet nu yurin mwet Pharisee.
They took the man, who had been blind, to the Pharisees.
14 Len Sabbath se pa Jesus el orala fohk furarrar ac sang akwoyela mutun mwet kun sac.
Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the paste and gave him his sight.
15 Na mwet Pharisee elos sifilpa siyuk sin mwet sac lah fuka nwe el ku in liye. El fahk nu selos, “El sang fohk furarrar nu ke mutuk. Nga twanla mutuk, ac inge nga ku in liye.”
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 Kutu sin mwet Pharisee fahk, “Mwet se ma orala ma se inge tia ku in ma sin God me, mweyen el tia akos Ma Sap ke Sabbath.” A kutu mwet uh fahk, “Fuka tuh mwet koluk se in ku in oru kain luman mwenmen inge?” Na elos srisrielik.
‘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 Ke ma inge mwet Pharisee elos sifilpa siyuk sin mwet sac, “Kom fahk mu el akkalemyela motom — kwal, mea kom ac fahk kacl?” Mwet sac topuk, “El mwet palu se.”
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 Tusruktu mwet fulat lun mwet Jew elos tia lungse lulalfongi mu el kun meet ac inge el ku in liye, nwe ke na elos pangonma papa ac nina kial
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 ac siyuk seltal, “Ma nutumtal pa mukul se inge? Komtal fahk mu el isusla tuh kun. Na fuka tuh inge el ku in liye?”
‘Is this your son,’ they asked, ‘who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he can see now?’
20 Papa ac nina kial topuk, “Kut etu lah el wen natusr, ac kut etu pac lah el isusla kun.
‘We know that this is our son,’ answered the parents, ‘and that he was born blind;
21 Tusruktu kut tia etu lah fuka tuh inge el ku in liye. Kut tia pac etu lah su akkeyalla ke kun lal uh. Siyuk sel. El matu ac el ku in sifacna topuk!”
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 Papa ac nina kial ah fahk ouinge mweyen eltal sangeng sin mwet fulat lun mwet Jew, su insesela tari mu mwet se ma fahk mu el lulalfongi lah Jesus pa Christ, ac sisila el liki iwen lolngok.
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 Pa oru papa ac nina kial ah fahk mu, “El matu. Siyuk sel!”
This was why his parents said “He is old enough; ask him.”
24 Elos sifilpa solama mwet se su isusla kun, ac fahk nu sel, “Wulela ye mutun God lah kom ac kaskas na pwaye! Kut etu lah mwet se su akkeyekomla inge el mwet koluk se.”
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 Mwet sac topuk, “Nga tia etu lah el mwet koluk se ku tia. Ma sefanna nga etu: nga mwet kun se meet, ac inge nga liye.”
‘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 Elos siyuk, “Mea el oru nu sum pwanang kom kwela liki kun lom ah?”
‘What did he do to you?’ they asked. ‘How did he give you your sight?’
27 El topuk, “Nga fahk tari nu suwos, a kowos tiana porongo. Efu kowos ku lungse sifilpa lohng? Mea, kowos lungse wela pac mwet tumal lutlut?”
‘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 Elos suwoswosyang nu sel ac fahk, “Kom pa mwet tuma lutlut lun mwet sacn, a kut mwet lutlut lal Moses.
‘You are his disciple,’ they retorted scornfully. ‘But we are disciples of Moses.
29 Kut etu lah God El kaskas nu sel Moses, a funu ke mwet sacn, kut tiana etu lah el tuku ya me!”
We know that God spoke to Moses; but, as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.’
30 Mwet sac topuk, “Mea sakirik se! Kowos tia etu lah el tuku ya me, a el akkeyeyula liki kun luk uh!
‘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 Kut etu lah God El porongo mwet su inse pwaye nu sel ac akos ma lungse lal. El tia porongo mwet koluk uh.
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 Oe ke mutawauk lun faclu, wangin sie mwet lohng mu sie mwet ku in sang liyaten nu sin sie mwet su isusla kun. (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 Mwet se inge fin tia ma sin God me, el koflana oru kutena ma.”
If this man had not been from God, he could not have done anything at all.’
34 Ac elos topuk, “Kom isusla in ma koluk ac matula in ma koluk, a kom srike in luti kut?” Na elos sisella liki iwen lolngok uh.
‘You,’ they retorted, ‘were born totally depraved; and are you trying to teach us?’ So they expelled him.
35 Ke Jesus el lohngak ma sikyak inge, el konauk mwet sac ac siyuk sel, “Ya kom lulalfongi ke Wen nutin Mwet?”
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 Mwet sac topuk, “Leum, fahk nu sik su el uh, tuh ngan ku in lulalfongel!”
‘Tell me who he is, Sir,’ he replied, ‘so that I may believe in him.’
37 Jesus el fahk nu sel, “Kom liyal tari, ac el pa kaskas nu sum inge.”
‘Not only have you seen him,’ said Jesus, ‘but it is he who is now speaking to you.’
38 Mwet sac fahk, “Leum, nga lulalfongi,” ac el pasrla ye mutal ac alu nu sel.
‘Then, Sir, I do believe,’ said the man, bowing to the ground before him;
39 Jesus el fahk, “Nga tuku nu faclu in nununku, tuh mwet kun fah ku in liye, ac elos su liye fah ekla kun.”
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 Kutu mwet Pharisee su welul elos lohng ma el fahk inge, na elos siyuk sel, “Ya kut kun pac?”
Hearing this, some of the Pharisees who were with him said, ‘Then are we blind too?’
41 Jesus el fahk, “Kowos fin kun, na ac wangin mwatuwos. Tusruktu ke kowos fahk mu kowos ku in liye, kalmac pa oasr na mwatuwos.”
‘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.
