Evangelium secundum Ioannem, 9

1. et præteriens vidit hominem cæcum a nativitate

1. And Jesus passing by, saw a man, who was blind from his birth:

2. et interrogaverunt eum discipuli sui rabbi quis peccavit hic aut parentes ejus ut cæcus nasceretur

2. And his disciples asked him: Rabbi, who hath sinned, this man, or his parents, that he should be born blind?

3. respondit Jesus neque hic peccavit neque parentes ejus sed ut manifestetur opera Dei in illo

3. Jesus answered: Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents; but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

4. me oportet operari opera ejus qui misit me donec dies est venit nox quando nemo potest operari

4. I must work the works of him that sent me, whilst it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

5. quamdiu in mundo sum lux sum mundi

5. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

6. hæc cum dixisset expuit in terram et fecit lutum ex sputo et linuit lutum super oculos ejus

6. When he had said these things, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and spread the clay on his eyes,

7. et dixit ei vade lava in natatoria Siloæ quod interpretatur Missus abiit ergo et lavit et venit videns

7. And said to him: Go, wash in the pool of Siloe, which is interpreted, Sent. He went therefore, and washed, and he came seeing.

8. itaque vicini et qui videbant eum prius quia mendicus erat dicebant nonne hic est qui sedebat et mendicabat alii dicebant quia hic est

8. The neighbours therefore, and they who had seen him before that he was a beggar, said: Is not this he that sat and begged? Some said: This is he.

9. alii autem nequaquam sed similis est ejus ille dicebat quia ego sum

9. But others said: No, but he is like him. But he said: I am he.

10. dicebant ergo ei quomodo aperti sunt oculi tibi

10. They said therefore to him: How were thy eyes opened?

11. respondit ille homo qui dicitur Jesus lutum fecit et unxit oculos meos et dixit mihi vade ad natatoriam Siloæ et lava et abii et lavi et vidi

11. He answered: That man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me: Go to the pool of Siloe, and wash. And I went, I washed, and I see.

12. dixerunt ei ubi est ille ait nescio

12. And they said to him: Where is he? He saith: I know not.

13. adducunt eum ad Pharisæos qui cæcus fuerat

13. They bring him that had been blind to the Pharisees.

14. erat autem sabbatum quando lutum fecit Jesus et aperuit oculos ejus

14. Now it was the sabbath, when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

15. iterum ergo interrogabant eum Pharisæi quomodo vidisset ille autem dixit eis lutum posuit mihi super oculos et lavi et video

15. Again therefore the Pharisees asked him, how he had received his sight. But he said to them: He put clay upon my eyes, and I washed, and I see.

16. dicebant ergo ex Pharisæis quidam non est hic homo a Deo quia sabbatum non custodit alii dicebant quomodo potest homo peccator hæc signa facere et scisma erat in eis

16. Some therefore of the Pharisees said: This man is not of God, who keepeth not the sabbath. But others said: How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

17. dicunt ergo cæco iterum tu quid dicis de eo qui aperuit oculos tuos ille autem dixit quia propheta est

17. They say therefore to the blind man again: What sayest thou of him that hath opened they eyes? And he said: He is a prophet.

18. non crediderunt ergo Judæi de illo quia cæcus fuisset et vidisset donec vocaverunt parentes ejus qui viderat

18. The Jews then did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight,

19. et interrogaverunt eos dicentes hic est filius vester quem vos dicitis quia cæcus natus est quomodo ergo nunc videt

19. And asked them, saying: Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then doth he now see?

20. responderunt eis parentes ejus et dixerunt scimus quia hic est filius noster et quia cæcus natus est

20. His parents answered them, and said: We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:

21. quomodo autem nunc videat nescimus aut quis ejus aperuit oculos nos nescimus ipsum interrogate ætatem habet ipse de se loquatur

21. But how he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: ask himself: he is of age, let him speak for himself.

22. hæc dixerunt parentes ejus quia timebant Judæos jam enim conspiraverant Judæi ut si quis eum confiteretur Christum extra synagogam fieret

22. These things his parents said, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had already agreed among themselves, that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

23. propterea parentes ejus dixerunt quia ætatem habet ipsum interrogate

23. Therefore did his parents say: He is of age, ask himself.

24. vocaverunt ergo rursum hominem qui fuerat cæcus et dixerunt ei da gloriam Deo nos scimus quia hic homo peccator est

24. They therefore called the man again that had been blind, and said to him: Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.

25. dixit ergo ille si peccator est nescio unum scio quia cæcus cum essem modo video

25. He said therefore to them: If he be a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that whereas I was blind, now I see.

26. dixerunt ergo illi quid fecit tibi quomodo aperuit tibi oculos

26. They said then to him: What did he to thee? How did he open thy eyes?

27. respondit eis dixi vobis jam et audistis quid iterum vultis audire numquid et vos vultis discipuli ejus fieri

27. He answered them: I have told you already, and you have heard: why would you hear it again? will you also become his disciples?

28. maledixerunt ei et dixerunt tu discipulus illius es nos autem Mosi discipuli sumus

28. They reviled him therefore, and said: Be thou his disciple; but we are the disciples of Moses.

29. nos scimus quia Mosi locutus est Deus hunc autem nescimus unde sit

29. We know that God spoke to Moses: but as to this man, we know not from whence he is.

30. respondit ille homo et dixit eis in hoc enim mirabile est quia vos nescitis unde sit et aperuit meos oculos

30. The man answered, and said to them: Why, herein is a wonderful thing, that you know not from whence he is, and he hath opened my eyes.

31. scimus autem quia peccatores Deus non audit sed si quis Dei cultor est et voluntatem ejus facit hunc exaudit

31. Now we know that God doth not hear sinners: but if a man be a server of God, and doth his will, him he heareth.

32. a sæculo non est auditum quia aperuit quis oculos cæci nati

32. From the beginning of the world it hath not been heard, that any man hath opened the eyes of one born blind.

33. nisi esset hic a Deo non poterat facere quicquam

33. Unless this man were of God, he could not do any thing.

34. responderunt et dixerunt ei in peccatis natus es totus et tu doces nos et ejecerunt eum foras

34. They answered, and said to him: Thou wast wholly born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

35. audivit Jesus quia ejecerunt eum foras et cum invenisset eum dixit ei tu credis in Filium Dei

35. Jesus heard that they had cast him out: and when he had found him, he said to him: Dost thou believe in the Son of God?

36. respondit ille et dixit quis est Domine ut credam in eum

36. He answered, and said: Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?

37. et dixit ei Jesus et vidisti eum et qui loquitur tecum ipse est

37. And Jesus said to him: Thou hast both seen him; and it is he that talketh with thee.

38. at ille ait credo Domine et procidens adoravit eum

38. And he said: I believe, Lord. And falling down, he adored him.

39. dixit ei Jesus in judicium ego in hunc mundum veni ut qui non vident videant et qui vident cæci fiant

39. And Jesus said: For judgment I am come into this world; that they who see not, may see; and they who see, may become blind.

40. et audierunt ex Pharisæis qui cum ipso erant et dixerunt ei numquid et nos cæci sumus

40. And some of the Pharisees, who were with him, heard: and they said unto him: Are we also blind?

41. dixit eis Jesus si cæci essetis non haberetis peccatum nunc vero dicitis quia videmus peccatum vestrum manet

41. Jesus said to them: If you were blind, you should not have sin: but now you say: We see. Your sin remaineth.