Aklā vīra dziedināšana
1 Garām iedams, viņš ieraudzīja cilvēku, kas bija akls kopš dzimšanas. 2 Mācekļi viņam jautāja: “Rabi, kurš ir grēkojis – viņš pats vai viņa vecāki, ka viņš piedzimis akls?” 3 Jēzus atbildēja: “Nedz šis ir grēkojis, nedz viņa vecāki, bet tas ir tādēļ, lai viņā atklātos Dieva darbi. 4 Kamēr ir diena, mums jādara tā darbi, kas mani sūtījis; nāk nakts, kad neviens nevar strādāt. 5 Kamēr es esmu pasaulē, es esmu pasaules gaisma.” 6 To pateicis, viņš spļāva zemē un no siekalām sataisīja dubļu piku, ar to iezieda neredzīgā acis 7 un sacīja: “Ej, nomazgājies Sīloāmas (kas tiek tulkots: sūtītais) dīķī!” Un viņš aizgāja un nomazgājās, un atnāca redzīgs. 8 Tad kaimiņi un tie, kas viņu bija redzējuši agrāk ubagojam, sacīja: “Vai šis nav tas, kurš sēž un ubago?” 9 Citi sacīja: “Tas ir viņš.” Citi: “Nē, bet viņam līdzīgs.” Bet viņš pats sacīja: “Es tas esmu.” 10 Tad tie viņam jautāja: “Kā tad tavas acis atvērās?” 11 Viņš atbildēja: “Cilvēks, vārdā Jēzus, sataisīja dubļu piku, uzzieda man uz acīm un sacīja: ej uz Sīloāmu un nomazgājies. Es aizgāju, nomazgājos un tagad varu redzēt.” 12 Tie viņam jautāja: “Kur viņš ir?” Viņš teica: “Es nezinu.”
Farizeji iztaujā dziedināto
13 Tad tie viņu, kas reiz bija akls, veda pie farizejiem. 14 Jo tā diena, kad Jēzus sataisīja dubļu piku un atdarīja viņam acis, bija sabats. 15 Tad arī farizeji viņam jautāja, kā viņš kļuvis redzīgs. Viņš tiem sacīja: “Viņš uzlika man uz acīm dubļu piku, es nomazgājos, un nu es redzu.” 16 Daži farizeji teica: “Šis cilvēks nav no Dieva, jo viņš neievēro sabatu.” Bet citi sacīja: “Kā gan grēcīgs cilvēks varētu darīt tādas zīmes?” Un viņu vidū izcēlās šķelšanās. 17 Tad viņi atkal sacīja aklajam: “Ko tu saki par viņu, ka viņš atdarījis tavas acis?” Tas teica: “Viņš ir pravietis.” 18 Bet jūdi neticēja, ka viņš bijis akls un tapis redzīgs, kamēr nebija atsaukuši viņa vecākus. 19 Tiem viņi jautāja: “Vai šis ir jūsu dēls, par kuru jūs sakāt, ka viņš akls piedzimis? Kā tad viņš tagad redz?” 20 Viņa vecāki atbildēja un sacīja: “Mēs zinām, ka viņš ir mūsu dēls un ka viņš piedzimis akls. 21 Bet, kā viņš tagad spēj redzēt, mēs nezinām, un, kurš atdarījis viņa acis, to mēs arī nezinām. Jautājiet viņam, viņš ir pieaudzis, viņš runās par sevi pats.” 22 Tā teica viņa vecāki, jo viņi baidījās no jūdiem, tādēļ ka jūdi bija norunājuši izslēgt no sinagogas ikvienu, kas viņu apliecinātu par Kristu. 23 Tādēļ viņa vecāki sacīja: “Viņš ir pieaudzis, jautājiet viņam pašam.” 24 Tad viņi otrreiz pasauca to, kas bija akls bijis, un viņam sacīja: “Dod Dievam godu! Mēs zinām, ka šis cilvēks ir grēcinieks.” 25 Viņš atbildēja: “Nezinu, vai viņš ir grēcinieks, vienu gan es zinu: es, aklais, tagad redzu.” 26 Tad tie viņam jautāja: “Ko viņš tev darīja? Kā viņš atdarīja tavas acis?” 27 Viņš tiem atbildēja: “Es jums jau teicu, bet jūs neklausījāties. Kādēļ gribat to vēlreiz dzirdēt? Vai arī jūs gribat 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 Tas cilvēks viņiem atbildēja: “Tieši tas ir pārsteidzoši, ka jūs nezināt, no kurienes viņš ir, bet viņš atdarīja manas acis. 31 Mēs zinām, ka grēciniekus Dievs neuzklausa, bet, ja kāds ir dievbijīgs un dara Dieva gribu, tādu viņš uzklausa. 32 Nemūžam nav dzirdēts, ka kāds būtu atdarījis acis tādam, kas akls kopš dzimšanas. 33 Ja viņš nebūtu no Dieva, viņš neko nevarētu darīt.” 34 Tie viņam atbildēja: “Tu viscaur grēkos esi dzimis, un tu mūs mācīsi?” Tad tie viņu izdzina ārā.
Par farizeju garīgo aklumu
35 Jēzus, izdzirdējis, ka tie viņu izdzinuši ārā, atrada viņu un teica: “Vai tu tici Cilvēka Dēlam ?” 36 Tas jautāja: “Bet kurš tad tas ir, Kungs, lai es ticētu viņam?” 37 Jēzus viņam teica: “Tu esi viņu redzējis, un tas, kas ar tevi runā, ir viņš.” 38 Tad tas teica: “Es ticu, Kungs!” – un viņu pielūdza. 39 Un Jēzus sacīja: “Es esmu nācis šajā pasaulē spriest tiesu – lai neredzīgie redzētu un redzīgie taptu akli.” 40 Daži farizeji, kas ar viņu tur bija, to dzirdēja un viņam jautāja: “Vai tad arī mēs esam akli?” 41 Jēzus tiem sacīja: “Ja jūs būtu akli, tad jums nebūtu grēka, bet jūs sakāt: mēs redzam. Un jūsu grēks paliek.”
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.”
