Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
1 As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been blind since birth. 2 Jesus' disciples asked, “Teacher, why was this man born blind? Was it because he or his parents sinned?”
3 “No, it wasn't!” Jesus answered. “But because of his blindness, you will see God work a miracle for him. 4 As long as it is day, we must do what the one who sent me wants me to do. When night comes, no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light for the world.”
6 After Jesus said this, he spit on the ground. He made some mud and smeared it on the man's eyes. 7 Then he said, “Go wash off the mud in Siloam Pool.” The man went and washed in Siloam, which means “One Who Is Sent.” When he had washed off the mud, he could see.
8 The man's neighbors and the people who had seen him begging wondered if he really could be the same man. 9 Some of them said he was the same beggar, while others said he only looked like him. But he told them, “I am that man.”
10 “Then how can you see?” they asked.
11 He answered, “Someone named Jesus made some mud and smeared it on my eyes. He told me to go and wash it off in Siloam Pool. When I did, I could see.”
12 “Where is he now?” they asked.
“I don't know,” he answered.
The Pharisees Try To Find Out What Happened
13-14 The day when Jesus made the mud and healed the man was a Sabbath. So the people took the man to the Pharisees. 15 They asked him how he was able to see, and he answered, “Jesus made some mud and smeared it on my eyes. Then after I washed it off, I could see.”
16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man Jesus doesn't come from God. If he did, he would not break the law of the Sabbath.”
Others asked, “How could someone who is a sinner work such a miracle?”
Since the Pharisees could not agree among themselves, 17 they asked the man, “What do you say about this one who healed your eyes?”
“He is a prophet!” the man told them.
18 But the Jewish leaders would not believe that the man had once been blind. They sent for his parents 19 and asked them, “Is this the son that you said was born blind? How can he now see?”
20 The man's parents answered, “We are certain that he is our son, and we know that he was born blind. 21 But we don't know how he got his sight or who gave it to him. Ask him! He is old enough to speak for himself.”
22-23 The man's parents said this because they were afraid of their leaders. The leaders had already agreed that no one was to have anything to do with anyone who said Jesus was the Messiah.
24 The leaders called the man back and said, “Swear by God to tell the truth! We know that Jesus is a sinner.”
25 The man replied, “I don't know if he is a sinner or not. All I know is that I used to be blind, but now I can see!”
26 “What did he do to you?” they asked. “How did he heal your eyes?”
27 The man answered, “I have already told you once, and you refused to listen. Why do you want me to tell you again? Do you also want to become his disciples?”
28 The leaders insulted the man and said, “You are his follower! We are followers of Moses. 29 We are sure God spoke to Moses, but we don't even know where Jesus comes from.”
30 “How strange!” the man replied. “He healed my eyes, and yet you don't know where he comes from. 31 We know that God listens only to people who love and obey him. God doesn't listen to sinners. 32 And this is the first time in history anyone has ever given sight to someone born blind. 33 Jesus could not do anything unless he came from God.”
34 The leaders told the man, “You have been a sinner since the day you were born! Do you think you can teach us anything?” Then they said, “You can never come back into any of our synagogues!”
35 When Jesus heard what had happened, he went and found the man. Then Jesus asked, “Do you have faith in the Son of Man?”
36 He replied, “Sir, if you will tell me who he is, I will put my faith in him.”
37 “You have already seen him,” Jesus answered, “and right now he is talking with you.”
38 The man said, “Lord, I put my faith in you!” Then he worshiped Jesus.
39 Jesus told him, “I came to judge the people of this world. I am here to give sight to the blind and to make blind everyone who can see.”
40 When the Pharisees heard Jesus say this, they asked, “Are we blind?”
41 Jesus answered, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty. But now that you claim to see, you will keep on being guilty.”
1 Un, garām ejot, Viņš ieraudzīja cilvēku, kas no dzimšanas bija neredzīgs. 2 Viņa mācekļi Viņam jautāja: "Rabi, kas ir grēkojis, viņš pats vai viņa vecāki, ka viņš neredzīgs piedzimis?" 3 Jēzus atbildēja: "Ne viņš ir grēkojis, ne viņa vecāki, bet Dieva darbiem vajag parādīties viņā. 4 Man nākas strādāt Tā darbus, kas Mani sūtījis, kamēr ir diena; nāk nakts, kad neviens nevar strādāt. 5 Kamēr Es esmu pasaulē, Es esmu pasaules gaisma." 6 To sacījis, Viņš spļāva zemē, taisīja no siekalām svaidāmo, uzlika šo svaidāmo uz viņa acīm 7 un sacīja viņam: "Ej, mazgājies Ziloas (tulkojumā: sūtītais) dīķī!" Tad viņš aizgāja, mazgājās un pārnāca redzīgs. 8 Tad kaimiņi un citi, kas viņu iepriekš bija redzējuši, ka viņš ubagoja, sacīja: "Vai šis nav tas, kas sēdēja un ubagoja?" 9 Daži sacīja: viņš tas ir, - citi turpretim: nē, bet viņš tam līdzīgs. Viņš pats sacīja: "Es tas esmu." 10 Tad tie viņam sacīja: "Kā tad tavas acis ir atvērušās?" 11 Viņš atbildēja: "Cilvēks, kuru sauc Jēzus, iztaisīja svaidāmo, svaidīja ar to manas acis un sacīja man: ej uz Zilou un mazgājies! - Tad es aizgāju, mazgājos un kļuvu redzīgs." 12 Tie viņam jautāja: "Kur Viņš ir?" Viņš sacīja: "Es nezinu." 13 Tad viņi šo agrāk neredzīgo cilvēku aizveda pie farizejiem. 14 Bet tā diena bija sabats, kad Jēzus bija taisījis svaidāmo un bija atvēris viņa acis. 15 Arī farizeji viņu atkal jautāja, kā viņš ticis redzīgs. Viņš sacīja tiem: "Viņš uzlika svaidāmo uz acīm, es mazgājos un - varu redzēt." 16 Tad daži farizeji sacīja: "Šis cilvēks nav no Dieva, jo Viņš nesvētī sabatu." Bet citi sacīja: "Kā grēcīgs cilvēks var darīt tādas zīmes?" Un tie sāka šķelties savā starpā. 17 Tad viņi atkal saka neredzīgajam: "Ko tu pats saki par Viņu, ka Viņš atvēris tavas acis?" Tas sacīja: "Viņš ir pravietis." 18 Bet jūdi neticēja tam, ka viņš bijis neredzīgs un kļuvis redzīgs, kamēr tie nebija atsaukuši izdziedinātā cilvēka vecākus. 19 Viņi tiem jautāja: "Vai šis ir jūsu dēls, par kuru jūs sakāt, ka tas neredzīgs dzimis? Kā tad viņš tagad var redzēt?" 20 Viņa vecāki atbildēja: "Mēs zinām, ka viņš ir mūsu dēls un ka viņš neredzīgs piedzimis; 21 bet, kā viņš tagad var redzēt, to mēs nezinām; tāpat nezinām, kas viņam atvēris acis. Jautājiet viņam pašam, viņš ir pilngadīgs, viņš pats par sevi atbildēs." 22 Tā viņa vecāki runāja, baidīdamies no jūdiem; jo jūdi jau bija sarunājušies katru, kas Viņu apliecinātu par Kristu, izslēgt no draudzes. 23 Tāpēc viņa vecāki sacīja: "Viņš ir pilngadīgs, jautājiet viņam pašam!" 24 Pēc tam viņi otrreiz pasauca cilvēku, kas bija neredzīgs bijis, un sacīja viņam: "Dod Dievam godu! Mēs zinām, ka šis cilvēks ir grēcinieks." 25 Tad tas atbildēja: "Vai Viņš ir grēcinieks, to es nezinu; vienu es zinu, ka es, neredzīgais, tagad varu redzēt." 26 Viņi tam sacīja: "Ko Viņš ar tevi darīja? Kā Viņš atvēra tavas acis?" 27 Viņš tiem atbildēja: "Es jums jau teicu, bet jūs neesat klausījuši. Kāpēc jūs to vēlreiz gribat dzirdēt? Jūs taču negribat kļūt par Viņa mācekļiem?" 28 Tad tie viņu nolamāja un sacīja: "Tu esi Viņa māceklis, bet mēs esam Mozus mācekļi. 29 Mēs zinām, ka ar Mozu ir runājis Dievs; bet par šo mēs nezinām, no kurienes Viņš ir." 30 Izdziedinātais viņiem atbildēja: "Tas ir dīvaini, ka jūs nezināt, no kurienes Viņš ir, un tomēr Viņš ir atvēris manas acis. 31 Mēs zinām, ka Dievs grēciniekus neklausa, bet, ja kāds ir dievbijīgs un dara Dieva prātu, to Viņš klausa. 32 Nemūžam vēl nav dzirdēts, ka kāds būtu atvēris acis cilvēkam, kas neredzīgs piedzimis. 33 Ja Viņš nebūtu no Dieva, Viņš neko nevarētu darīt." 34 Tie viņam atbildēja: "Tu viss esi grēkos dzimis, un tu mūs gribi mācīt?" Un tie viņu izdzina ārā. 35 Jēzus dabūja zināt, ka viņi to izdzinuši ārā. Saticis to, Viņš sacīja: "Vai tu tici Cilvēka Dēlam?" 36 Tas atbildēja: "Kungs, kas Tas ir, lai es varētu Viņam ticēt?" 37 Jēzus viņam sacīja: "Tu esi Viņu redzējis; kas ar tevi runā, tas Viņš ir." 38 Viņš teica: "Es ticu, Kungs!" - un To pielūdza. 39 Un Jēzus sacīja: "Uz tiesu Es esmu nācis šinī pasaulē, lai tie, kas neredz, kļūst redzīgi, un tie, kas redz, akli." 40 To dzirdēja daži farizeji, kas bija pie Viņa, un Viņam sacīja: "Mēs taču neesam akli?" 41 Jēzus viņiem sacīja: "Ja jūs būtu akli, jums nebūtu grēka; bet tagad jūs sakāt: mēs redzam, - tāpēc jūsu grēks paliek."
