São João, 9

1. Caminhando, viu Jesus um cego de nascença.

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

2. Os seus discípulos indagaram dele: “Mestre, quem pecou, este homem ou seus pais, para que nascesse cego?”.

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

3. Jesus respondeu: “Nem este pecou nem seus pais, mas é necessário que nele se manifestem as obras de Deus.*

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. Enquanto for dia, cumpre-me terminar as obras daquele que me enviou. Virá a noite, na qual já ninguém pode trabalhar.

4. We must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day; night comes, when no one can work.

5. Por isso, enquanto estou no mundo, sou a luz do mundo”.

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

6. Dito isso, cuspiu no chão, fez um pouco de lodo com a saliva e com o lodo ungiu os olhos do cego.

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. Depois lhe disse: “Vai, lava-te na piscina de Siloé” (esta palavra significa emissário). O cego foi, lavou-se e voltou vendo.

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. Então, os vizinhos e aqueles que antes o tinham visto mendigar, perguntavam: “Não é este aquele que, sentado, mendigava?”.

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. Res­pondiam alguns: “É ele”. Outros contestavam: “De nenhum modo, é um parecido com ele”. Ele, porém, dizia: “Sou eu mesmo”.

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

10. Perguntaram-lhe, então: “Como te foram abertos os olhos?”.

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

11. Respondeu ele: “Aquele homem que se chama Jesus fez lodo, ungiu-me os olhos e disse-me: Vai à piscina de Siloé e lava-te. Fui, lavei-me e vejo”.

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. Interrogaram-no: “Onde está esse homem?”. Respondeu: “Não o sei”.

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

13. Levaram então o que fora cego aos fariseus.

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

14. Ora, era sábado quando Jesus fez o lodo e lhe abriu os olhos.

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

15. Os fariseus indagaram dele novamente de que modo ficara vendo. Respondeu-lhes: “Pôs-me lodo nos olhos, lavei-me e vejo”.

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. Diziam alguns dos fariseus: “Este homem não é o enviado de Deus, pois não guarda o sábado.” Outros replicavam: “Como pode um pecador fazer tais prodígios?”. E havia desacordo entre eles.

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. Perguntaram ainda ao cego: “Que dizes tu daquele que te abriu os olhos?” – “É um profeta” – respondeu ele.*

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. Mas os judeus não quiseram admitir que aquele homem tivesse sido cego e que tivesse recobrado a vista, até que chamaram seus pais.

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. E os interrogaram: “É este o vosso filho? Afirmais que ele nasceu cego? Pois como é que agora vê?”.

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

20. Seus pais responderam: “Sabemos que este é o nosso filho e que nasceu cego.

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

21. Mas não sabemos como agora ficou vendo, nem quem lhe abriu os olhos. Perguntai-o a ele. Tem idade. Que ele mesmo explique.”

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. Seus pais disseram isso porque temiam os judeus, pois os judeus tinham ameaçado expulsar da sinagoga todo aquele que reconhecesse Jesus como o Cristo.

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. Por isso é que seus pais responderam: “Ele tem idade, perguntai-lho”.

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

24. Tornaram a chamar o homem que fora cego, dizendo-lhe: “Dá glória a Deus! Nós sabemos que este homem é pecador”.

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. Disse-lhes ele: “Se esse homem é pecador, não o sei... Sei apenas isto: sendo eu antes cego, agora vejo”.

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. Perguntaram-lhe ainda uma vez: “Que foi que ele te fez? Como te abriu os olhos?”.

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

27. Respondeu-lhes: “Eu já vo-lo disse e não me destes ouvidos. Por que quereis tornar a ouvir? Quereis vós, porventura, tornar-vos também seus discípulos?...”.

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. Então, eles o cobriram de injúrias e lhe disseram: “Tu que és discípulo dele! Nós somos discípulos de Moisés.

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

29. Sabemos que Deus falou a Moisés, mas deste não sabemos de onde ele é”.

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

30. Respondeu aquele homem: “O que é de admirar em tudo isso é que não saibais de onde ele é, e entretanto ele me abriu os olhos.

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

31. Sabemos, porém, que Deus não ouve a pecadores, mas atende a quem lhe presta culto e faz a sua vontade.

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. Jamais se ouviu dizer que alguém tenha aberto os olhos a um cego de nascença.

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

33. Se esse homem não fosse de Deus, não poderia fazer nada”.

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

34. Responde­ram-lhe eles: “Tu nasceste todo em pecado e nos ensinas?...”. E expulsaram-no.

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

35. Jesus soube que o tinham expulsado e, havendo-o encontrado, perguntou-lhe: “Crês no Filho do Homem?”.

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

36. Respondeu ele: “Quem é ele, Senhor, para que eu creia nele?”.

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

37. Disse-lhe Jesus: “Tu o vês, é o mesmo que fala contigo!”.

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

38. “Creio, Senhor” – disse ele. E, prostrando-se, o adorou.

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

39. Jesus então disse: “Vim a este mundo para fazer uma discriminação: os que não veem vejam, e os que veem se tornem cegos”.

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. Alguns dos fariseus, que estavam com ele, ouviram-no e perguntaram-lhe: “Também nós somos, acaso, cegos?...”.

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

41. Respondeu-lhes Jesus: “Se fôsseis cegos, não teríeis pecado, mas agora pretendeis ver, e o vosso pecado subsiste”.

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