Evangelium secundum Ioannem, 9

1. Et praeteriens vidit hominem caecum a nativitate.

1. As he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth.

2. Et interro gaverunt eum discipuli sui dicentes: “Rabbi, quis peccavit, hic aut parentes eius, ut caecus nasceretur?”.

2. And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"

3. Respondit Iesus: “Neque hic peccavit neque parentes eius, sed ut manifestentur opera Dei in illo.

3. Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him.

4. Nos oportet operari opera eius, qui misit me, donec dies est; venit nox, quando nemo potest operari.

4. We must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day; night comes, when no one 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. Haec cum dixisset, exspuit in terram et fecit lutum ex sputo et linivit lutum super oculos eius

6. As he said this, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointed the man's eyes with the clay,

7. et dixit ei: “Vade, lava in natatoria Siloae!” — quod interpretatur Missus C. Abiit ergo et lavit et venit videns.

7. saying to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Silo'am" (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.

8. Itaque vicini et, qui videbant eum prius quia mendicus erat, dicebant: “Nonne hic est, qui sedebat et mendicabat?”;

8. The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar, said, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

9. alii dicebant: “Hic est!”; alii dicebant: “Nequaquam, sed similis est eius!”. Ille dicebat: “Ego sum!”.

9. Some said, "It is he"; others said, "No, but he is like him." He said, "I am the man."

10. Dicebant ergo ei: “Quomodo igitur aperti sunt oculi tibi?”.

10. They said to him, "Then how were your eyes opened?"

11. Respondit ille: “Homo, qui dicitur Iesus, lutum fecit et unxit oculos meos et dixit mihi: “Vade ad Siloam et lava! “. Abii ergo et lavi et vidi”.

11. He answered, "The man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, `Go to Silo'am and wash'; so I went and washed and received my sight."

12. Et dixerunt ei: “Ubi est ille?”. Ait: “Nescio”.

12. They said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I do not know."

13. Adducunt eum ad pharisaeos, qui caecus fuerat.

13. They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.

14. Erat autem sabbatum, in qua die lutum fecit Iesus et aperuit oculos eius.

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

15. Iterum ergo interrogabant et eum pharisaei quomodo vidisset. Ille autem dixit eis: “Lutum posuit super oculos meos, et lavi et video”.

15. The Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see."

16. Dicebant ergo ex pharisaeis quidam: “Non est hic homo a Deo, quia sabbatum non custodit!”; alii autem dicebant: “Quomodo potest homo peccator haec signa facere?”. Et schisma erat in eis.

16. Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was a division among them.

17. Dicunt ergo caeco iterum: “Tu quid dicis de eo quia aperuit oculos tuos?”. Ille autem dixit: “Propheta est!”.

17. So they again said to the blind man, "What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."

18. Non crediderunt ergo Iudaei de illo quia caecus fuisset et vidisset, donec vocaverunt parentes eius, qui viderat.

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

19. Et interrogaverunt eos dicentes: “Hic est filius vester, quem vos dicitis quia caecus natus est? Quomodo ergo nunc videt?”.

19. and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"

20. Responderunt ergo parentes eius et dixerunt: “Scimus quia hic est filius noster et quia caecus natus est.

20. His parents answered, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

21. Quomodo autem nunc videat nescimus, aut quis eius aperuit oculos nos nescimus; ipsum interrogate. Aetatem habet; ipse de se loquetur!”.

21. but how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself."

22. Haec dixerunt parentes eius, quia timebant Iudaeos; iam enim conspiraverant Iudaei, ut, si quis eum confiteretur Christum, extra synagogam fieret.

22. His parents said this because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if any one should confess him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.

23. Propterea parentes eius dixerunt: “Aetatem habet; ipsum interrogate!”.

23. Therefore his parents said, "He is of age, ask him."

24. Vocaverunt ergo rursum hominem, qui fuerat caecus, et dixerunt ei: “Da gloriam Deo! Nos scimus quia hic homo peccator est”.

24. So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, "Give God the praise; we know that this man is a sinner."

25. Respondit ergo ille: “Si peccator est nescio; unum scio quia, caecus cum essem, modo video”.

25. He answered, "Whether he is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I know, that though I was blind, now I see."

26. Dixerunt ergo illi: “Quid fecit tibi? Quomodo aperuit oculos tuos?”.

26. They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"

27. Respondit eis: “Dixi vobis iam, et non audistis; quid iterum vultis audire? Numquid et vos vultis discipuli eius fieri?”.

27. He answered them, "I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you too want to become his disciples?"

28. Et maledixerunt ei et dixerunt: “Tu discipulus illius es, nos autem Moysis discipuli sumus.

28. And they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

29. Nos scimus quia Moysi locutus est Deus; hunc autem nescimus unde sit”.

29. We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from."

30. Respondit homo et dixit eis: “In hoc enim mirabile est, quia vos nescitis unde sit, et aperuit meos oculos!

30. The man answered, "Why, this is a marvel! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.

31. Scimus quia peccatores Deus non audit; sed, si quis Dei cultor est et voluntatem eius facit, hunc exaudit.

31. We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any one is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.

32. A saeculo non est auditum quia aperuit quis oculos caeci nati;

32. Never since the world began has it been heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind.

33. nisi esset hic a Deo, non poterat facere quidquam”.

33. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."

34. Responderunt et dixerunt ei: “In peccatis tu natus es totus et tu doces nos?”. Et eiecerunt eum foras.

34. They answered him, "You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?" And they cast him out.

35. Audivit Iesus quia eiecerunt eum foras et, cum invenisset eum, dixit ei: “Tu credis in Filium hominis?”.

35. Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, "Do you believe in the Son of man?"

36. Respondit ille et dixit: “Et quis est, Domine, ut credam in eum?”.

36. He answered, "And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?"

37. Dixit ei Iesus: “Et vidisti eum; et, qui loquitur tecum, ipse est”.

37. Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and it is he who speaks to you."

38. At ille ait: “Credo, Domine!”; et adoravit eum.

38. He said, "Lord, I believe"; and he worshiped him.

39. Et dixit Iesus: “In iudicium ego in hunc mundum veni, ut, qui non vident, videant, et, qui vident, caeci fiant”.

39. Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind."

40. Audierunt haec ex pharisaeis, qui cum ipso erant, et dixerunt ei: “Numquid et nos caeci sumus?”.

40. Some of the Pharisees near him heard this, and they said to him, "Are we also blind?"

41. Dixit eis Iesus: “Si caeci essetis, non haberetis peccatum. Nunc vero dicitis: “Videmus!”; peccatum vestrum manet”.

41. Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, `We see,' your guilt remains.