John 9

1 Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,

1 耶穌過去的時候，看見一個人生來是瞎眼的。

2 and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

2 門徒問耶穌說：「拉比，這人生來是瞎眼的，是誰犯了罪？是這人呢？是他父母呢？」

3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.

3 耶穌回答說：「也不是這人犯了罪，也不是他父母犯了罪，是要在他身上顯出上帝的作為來。

4 While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

4 趁着白日，我們必須做那差我來者的工；黑夜將到，就沒有人能做工了。

5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

5 我在世上的時候，是世上的光。」

6 When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.

6 耶穌說了這話，就吐唾沫在地上，用唾沫和泥抹在瞎子的眼睛上，

7 Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.

7 對他說：「你往西羅亞池子裏去洗。」（西羅亞翻出來就是「奉差遣」。） 他去一洗，回頭就看見了。

8 At this, his neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging began to ask, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”

8 他的鄰舍和那素常見他是討飯的，就說：「這不是那從前坐着討飯的人嗎？」

9 Some claimed that he was, but others said, “No, he just looks like him.” But the man kept saying, “I am the one.”

9 有人說：「是他」；又有人說：「不是，卻是像他。」他自己說：「是我。」

10 “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.

10 他們對他說：「你的眼睛是怎麼開的呢？」

11 He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”

11 他回答說：「有一個人，名叫耶穌，他和泥抹我的眼睛，對我說：『你往西羅亞池子去洗。』我去一洗，就看見了。」

12 “Where is He?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.

12 他們說：「那個人在哪裏？」他說：「我不知道。」

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

13 他們把從前瞎眼的人帶到法利賽人那裏。

14 Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.

14 耶穌和泥開他眼睛的日子是安息日。

15 So the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. The man answered, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”

15 法利賽人也問他是怎麼得看見的。瞎子對他們說：「他把泥抹在我的眼睛上，我去一洗，就看見了。」

16 Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.

16 法利賽人中有的說：「這個人不是從上帝來的，因為他不守安息日。」又有人說：「一個罪人怎能行這樣的神蹟呢？」他們就起了紛爭。

17 So once again they asked the man who had been blind, “What do you say about Him, since it was your eyes He opened?” “He is a prophet,” the man replied.

17 他們又對瞎子說：「他既然開了你的眼睛，你說他是怎樣的人呢？」他說：「是個先知。」

18 The Jews still did not believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they summoned his parents

18 猶太人不信他從前是瞎眼，後來能看見的，等到叫了他的父母來，

19 and asked, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he can now see?”

19 問他們說：「這是你們的兒子嗎？你們說他生來是瞎眼的，如今怎麼能看見了呢？」

20 His parents answered, “We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind.

20 他父母回答說：「他是我們的兒子，生來就瞎眼，這是我們知道的。

21 But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”

21 至於他如今怎麼能看見，我們卻不知道；是誰開了他的眼睛，我們也不知道。他已經成了人，你們問他吧，他自己必能說。」

22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.

22 他父母說這話，是怕猶太人；因為猶太人已經商議定了，若有認耶穌是基督的，要把他趕出會堂。

23 That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”

23 因此他父母說：「他已經成了人，你們問他吧。」

24 So a second time they called for the man who had been blind and said, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”

24 所以法利賽人第二次叫了那從前瞎眼的人來，對他說：「你該將榮耀歸給上帝，我們知道這人是個罪人。」

25 He answered, “Whether He is a sinner I do not know. There is one thing I do know: I was blind, but now I see!”

25 他說：「他是個罪人不是，我不知道；有一件事我知道，從前我是眼瞎的，如今能看見了。」

26 “What did He do to you?” they asked. “How did He open your eyes?”

26 他們就問他說：「他向你做甚麼？是怎麼開了你的眼睛呢？」

27 He replied, “I already told you, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”

27 他回答說：「我方才告訴你們，你們不聽，為甚麼又要聽呢？莫非你們也要作他的門徒嗎？」

28 Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.

28 他們就罵他說：「你是他的門徒；我們是摩西的門徒。

29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”

29 上帝對摩西說話是我們知道的；只是這個人，我們不知道他從哪裏來！」

30 “That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.

30 那人回答說：「他開了我的眼睛，你們竟不知道他從哪裏來，這真是奇怪！

31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.

31 我們知道上帝不聽罪人，惟有敬奉上帝、遵行他旨意的，上帝才聽他。

32 Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.

32 從創世以來，未曾聽見有人把生來是瞎子的眼睛開了。

33 If this man were not from God, He could do no such thing.”

33 這人若不是從上帝來的，甚麼也不能做。」

34 They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.

34 他們回答說：「你全然生在罪孽中，還要教訓我們嗎？」於是把他趕出去了。

35 When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, He found the man and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

35 耶穌聽說他們把他趕出去，後來遇見他，就說：「你信上帝的兒子嗎？」

36 “Who is He, Sir?” he replied. “Tell me so that I may believe in Him.”

36 他回答說：「主啊，誰是上帝的兒子，叫我信他呢？」

37 “You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”

37 耶穌說：「你已經看見他，現在和你說話的就是他。」

38 “Lord, I believe,” he said. And he worshiped Jesus.

38 他說：「主啊，我信！」就拜耶穌。

39 Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”

39 耶穌說：「我為審判到這世上來，叫不能看見的，可以看見；能看見的，反瞎了眼。」

40 Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”

40 同他在那裏的法利賽人聽見這話，就說：「難道我們也瞎了眼嗎？」

41 “If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”

41 耶穌對他們說：「你們若瞎了眼，就沒有罪了；但如今你們說『我們能看見』，所以你們的罪還在。」