Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
1 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been born blind. 2 His disciples asked him, “Teacher, whose sin caused him to be born blind? Was it his own or his parents' sin?”
3 Jesus answered, “His blindness has nothing to do with his sins or his parents' sins. He is blind so that God's power might be seen at work in him. 4 As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me; night is coming when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light for the world.”
6 After he said this, Jesus spat on the ground and made some mud with the spittle; he rubbed the mud on the man's eyes 7 and told him, “Go and wash your face in the Pool of Siloam.” (This name means “Sent.”) So the man went, washed his face, and came back seeing.
8 His neighbors, then, and the people who had seen him begging before this, asked, “Isn't this the man who used to sit and beg?”
9 Some said, “He is the one,” but others said, “No he isn't; he just looks like him.”
So the man himself said, “I am the man.”
10 “How is it that you can now see?” they asked him.
11 He answered, “The man called Jesus made some mud, rubbed it on my eyes, and told me to go to Siloam and wash my face. So I went, and as soon as I washed, I could see.”
12 “Where is he?” they asked.
“I don't know,” he answered.
The Pharisees Investigate the Healing
13 Then they took to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. 14 The day that Jesus made the mud and cured him of his blindness was a Sabbath. 15 The Pharisees, then, asked the man again how he had received his sight. He told them, “He put some mud on my eyes; I washed my face, and now I can see.”
16 Some of the Pharisees said, “The man who did this cannot be from God, for he does not obey the Sabbath law.”
Others, however, said, “How could a man who is a sinner perform such miracles as these?” And there was a division among them.
17 So the Pharisees asked the man once more, “You say he cured you of your blindness—well, what do you say about him?”
“He is a prophet,” the man answered.
18 The Jewish authorities, however, were not willing to believe that he had been blind and could now see, until they called his parents 19 and asked them, “Is this your son? You say that he was born blind; how is it, then, that he can now see?”
20 His parents answered, “We know that he is our son, and we know that he was born blind. 21 But we do not know how it is that he is now able to see, nor do we know who cured him of his blindness. Ask him; he is old enough, and he can answer for himself!” 22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities, who had already agreed that anyone who said he believed that Jesus was the Messiah would be expelled from the synagogue. 23 That is why his parents said, “He is old enough; ask him!”
24 A second time they called back the man who had been born blind, and said to him, “Promise before God that you will tell the truth! We know that this man who cured you is a sinner.”
25 “I do not know if he is a sinner or not,” the man replied. “One thing I do know: I was blind, and now I see.”
26 “What did he do to you?” they asked. “How did he cure you of your blindness?”
27 “I have already told you,” he answered, “and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Maybe you, too, would like to be his disciples?”
28 They insulted him and said, “You are that fellow's disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. 29 We know that God spoke to Moses; as for that fellow, however, we do not even know where he comes from!”
30 The man answered, “What a strange thing that is! You do not know where he comes from, but he cured me of my blindness! 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners; he does listen to people who respect him and do what he wants them to do. 32 Since the beginning of the world nobody has ever heard of anyone giving sight to a person born blind. 33 Unless this man came from God, he would not be able to do a thing.”
34 They answered, “You were born and brought up in sin—and you are trying to teach us?” And they expelled him from the synagogue.
Spiritual Blindness
35 When Jesus heard what had happened, he found the man and asked him, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
36 The man answered, “Tell me who he is, sir, so that I can believe in him!”
37 Jesus said to him, “You have already seen him, and he is the one who is talking with you now.”
38 “I believe, Lord!” the man said, and knelt down before Jesus.
39 Jesus said, “I came to this world to judge, so that the blind should see and those who see should become blind.”
40 Some Pharisees who were there with him heard him say this and asked him, “Surely you don't mean that we are blind, too?”
41 Jesus answered, “If you were blind, then you would not be guilty; but since you claim that you can see, this means that you are still 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."
