1 Og da han gikk videre, så han en mann som var født blind.
2 Og hans disipler spurte ham: Rabbi! hvem er det som har syndet, han eller hans foreldre, siden han skulde fødes blind?
3 Jesus svarte: Hverken han har syndet eller hans foreldre, men det var forat Guds gjerninger skulde åpenbares på ham.
4 Jeg må gjøre hans gjerninger som har sendt mig, så lenge det er dag; natten kommer da ingen kan arbeide.
5 Mens jeg er i verden, er jeg verdens lys.
6 Da han hadde sagt dette, spyttet han på jorden og gjorde en deig av spyttet og smurte deigen på hans øine.
7 og han sa til ham: Gå og vask dig i dammen Siloa, det er utlagt: utsendt. Han gikk da bort og vasket sig, og kom tilbake seende.
8 Grannene og de som før hadde sett ham sitte og tigge, sa da: Er det ikke han som satt og tigget?
9 Andre sa: Jo, det er han; andre sa: Nei, men han ligner ham. Han selv sa: Det er mig.
10 De sa da til ham: Hvorledes blev dine øine åpnet?
11 Han svarte: Den mann som heter Jesus, gjorde en deig og smurte på mine øine og sa til mig: Gå til Siloa og vask dig! Da jeg så gikk bort og vasket mig, fikk jeg mitt syn.
12 De sa til ham: Hvor er han? Han sier: Jeg vet ikke.
13 Da fører de ham som hadde vært blind, frem for fariseerne.
14 Men det var sabbat den dag da Jesus gjorde deigen og åpnet hans øine.
15 Fariseerne spurte ham da likeså hvorledes han hadde fått sitt syn. Han sa til dem: Han la en deig på mine øine, og jeg vasket mig, og nu ser jeg.
16 Nogen av fariseerne sa da: Denne mann er ikke fra Gud, siden han ikke holder sabbaten. Andre sa: Hvorledes kan en synder gjøre sådanne tegn? Og det var splid iblandt dem.
17 Da sier de atter til den blinde: Hvad sier du om ham, siden det var dine øine han åpnet? Han sa: Han er en profet.
18 Jødene trodde da ikke om ham at han hadde vært blind og fått sitt syn, før de fikk kalt for sig foreldrene til ham som hadde fått sitt syn,
19 og de spurte dem: Er dette eders sønn som I sier er født blind? Hvorledes går det da til at han nu ser?
20 Hans foreldre svarte: Vi vet at dette er vår sønn, og at han er født blind;
21 men hvorledes det er gått til at han nu ser, det vet vi ikke, eller hvem som har åpnet hans øine, det vet vi heller ikke; spør ham selv! han er gammel nok, han vil selv svare for sig.
22 Dette sa hans foreldre fordi de fryktet for jødene; for jødene var allerede kommet overens om at dersom nogen bekjente ham å være Messias, skulde han utstøtes av synagogen;
23 derfor sa hans foreldre: Han er gammel nok; spør ham selv!
24 De kalte da annen gang den mann for sig som hadde vært blind, og sa til ham: Gi Gud ære! Vi vet at dette menneske er en synder.
25 Han svarte da: Om han er en synder, vet jeg ikke; én ting vet jeg, at jeg som var blind, nu ser.
26 De sa da til ham: Hvad gjorde han med dig? hvorledes åpnet han dine øine?
27 Han svarte dem: Jeg har allerede sagt eder det, og I hørte ikke på det; hvorfor vil I atter høre det? Kanskje også I vil bli hans disipler?
28 Da skjelte de ham ut og sa: Du er hans disippel, men vi er Mose disipler.
29 Vi vet at til Moses har Gud talt, men hvor denne er fra, vet vi ikke.
30 Mannen svarte dem: Dette er da underlig at ikke I vet hvor han er fra, og han har dog åpnet mine øine.
31 Vi vet at Gud hører ikke syndere, men den som er gudfryktig og gjør hans vilje, ham hører han.
32 Så lenge verden har stått, er det uhørt at nogen har åpnet øinene på en blindfødt;
33 var ikke denne mann fra Gud, da kunde han intet gjøre.
34 De svarte ham: Du er helt igjennem født i synder, og du vil lære oss? Og de kastet ham ut.
35 Jesus fikk høre at de hadde kastet ham ut, og da han traff ham, sa han: Tror du på Guds Sønn?
36 Han svarte: Hvem er han da, Herre, så jeg kan tro på ham?
37 Jesus sa til ham: Du har sett ham; og han som her taler med dig, han er det.
38 Han sa: Jeg tror, Herre! og falt ned for ham.
39 Og Jesus sa: Til dom er jeg kommet til denne verden, forat de som ikke ser, skal se, og de som ser, skal bli blinde.
40 Nogen av fariseerne, som var sammen med ham, hørte dette og sa til ham: Kanskje vi også er blinde?
41 Jesus sa til dem: Var I blinde, da hadde I ikke synd; men nu sier I: Vi ser; derfor blir eders synd.
1 And when he went on his way, he saw a man blind from birth.
2 And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man's sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth?
3 Jesus said in answer, It was not because of his sin, or because of his father's or mother's; it was so that the works of God might be seen openly in him.
4 While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done.
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6 Having said these words, he put earth, mixed with water from his mouth, on the man's eyes,
7 And said to him, Go and make yourself clean in the bath of Siloam (the sense of the name is, Sent). So he went away and, after washing, came back able to see.
8 Then the neighbours and others who had seen him before in the street, with his hand out for money, said, Is not this the man who got money from people?
9 Some said, It is he: others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he.
10 So they said to him, How then were your eyes made open?
11 His answer was: The man who is named Jesus put earth mixed with water on my eyes, and said to me, Go and make yourself clean in Siloam: so I went away and, after washing, am now able to see.
12 And they said to him, Where is he? His answer was: I have no knowledge.
13 They took him before the Pharisees--this man who had been blind.
14 Now the day on which the earth was mixed by Jesus and the man's eyes were made open was the Sabbath.
15 So the Pharisees put more questions to him about how his eyes had been made open. And he said to them, He put earth on my eyes, and I had a wash and am able to see.
16 Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.
17 Again they said to the blind man, What have you to say about him for opening your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
18 Now the Jews had no belief in the statement that he had been blind and was now able to see, till they sent for the father and mother of the man whose eyes had been made open,
19 And put the question to them, saying, Is this your son, of whom you say that he was blind at birth? how is it then that he is now able to see?
20 In answer his father and mother said, We are certain that this is our son and that he was blind at birth:
21 But how it is he is now able to see, or who made his eyes open, we are not able to say: put the question to him; he is old enough to give an answer for himself.
22 They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue.
23 That was the reason why they said, He is old enough; put the question to him.
24 So they sent a second time for the man who had been blind and they said to him, Give glory to God: it is clear to us that this man is a sinner.
25 He said in answer, I have no knowledge if he is a sinner or not, but one thing I am certain about; I was blind, and now I see.
26 Then they said to him, What did he do to you? how did he give you the use of your eyes?
27 His answer was: I have said it before, but your ears were shut: why would you have me say it again? is it your desire to become his disciples?
28 And they were angry with him and said, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
29 We are certain that God gave his word to Moses: but as for this man, we have no knowledge where he comes from.
30 The man said in answer, Why, here is a strange thing! You have no knowledge where he comes from though he gave me the use of my eyes.
31 We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.
32 In all the years nobody has ever before seen the eyes of a man blind from birth made open.
33 If this man did not come from God he would be unable to do anything.
34 Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.
35 It came to the ears of Jesus that they had put him out, and meeting him he said, Have you faith in the Son of man?
36 He said in answer, And who is he, Lord? Say, so that I may have faith in him.
37 Jesus said to him, You have seen him; it is he who is talking to you.
38 And he said, Lord, I have faith. And he gave him worship.
39 And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.
40 These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?
41 Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.