约翰福音 9
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
治好生來瞎眼的人
9 耶穌走路的時候,看見一個生下來就瞎眼的人。 2 他的門徒問他:“拉比,這人生下來就瞎眼,是誰犯了罪?是他呢,還是他的父母呢?” 3 耶穌回答:“不是他犯了罪,也不是他的父母犯了罪,而是要在他身上彰顯 神的作為。 4 趁著白晝,我們必須作那差我來者的工;黑夜一到,就沒有人能作工了。 5 我在世上的時候,是世界的光。” 6 說了這話,就吐唾沫在地上,用唾沫和了一點泥,把泥抹在瞎子的眼睛上, 7 對他說:“你去西羅亞池洗一洗吧。”(西羅亞就是“奉差遣”的意思。)於是他就去了,洗完了,走的時候,就看見了。 8 那時,鄰居和以前常常見他討飯的人說:“這不是那一向坐著討飯的人嗎?” 9 有的說:“是他。”有的說:“不是他,只是像他。”他自己說:“是我。” 10 他們就問他:“你的眼睛是怎樣開的呢?” 11 他回答:“那名叫耶穌的人和了一點泥,抹在我的眼上,對我說:‘你去西羅亞池洗一洗吧。’我去一洗,就看見了。” 12 他們說:“那人在哪裡?”他說:“我不知道。”
法利賽人查問瞎眼的人
13 他們就把那個從前瞎眼的人帶到法利賽人那裡。 14 耶穌和了泥開他眼睛的那一天,正是安息日。 15 法利賽人又問他是怎樣可以看見的。他告訴他們:“耶穌把泥抹在我的眼上,我一洗就看見了。” 16 有幾個法利賽人說:“那個人不是從 神那裡來的,因為他不守安息日。”另外有些人說:“一個罪人怎能行這樣的神蹟呢?”他們就起了紛爭。 17 他們再對瞎子說:“他既然開了你的眼睛,你說他是甚麼人?”他說:“他是個先知。”
18 猶太人不信他從前是瞎眼,現在才能看見的,於是把他的父母叫來, 19 問他們:“這是你們所說那生下來就瞎眼的兒子嗎?現在他怎麼又能看見呢?” 20 他的父母回答:“我們知道他是我們的兒子,生下來就瞎眼; 21 現在他是怎樣可以看見的,我們不知道;誰開了他的眼睛,我們也不知道。你們問他吧;他已經長大成人,可以替自己講話了。” 22 他的父母這樣說,是因為怕猶太人,原來猶太人已經定好了,不論誰承認耶穌是基督,就要把那人趕出會堂。 23 因此他的父母說:“他已經長大成人,你們問他吧。”
24 於是法利賽人第二次把那從前瞎眼的人叫來,對他說:“你應當歸榮耀給 神,我們知道這人是個罪人。” 25 那人回答:“他是不是個罪人,我不知道;我只知道一件事,就是我本來是瞎眼的,現在能看見了。” 26 他們就問:“他向你作了甚麼呢?他怎樣開了你的眼睛呢?” 27 他回答:“我已經告訴你們,但是你們不聽;為甚麼現在又想聽呢?你們也想成為他的門徒嗎?” 28 他們就罵他,說:“你才是他的門徒,我們是摩西的門徒。 29 我們知道 神曾對摩西說話;只是這個人,我們不知道他從哪裡來。” 30 那人對他們說:“這就奇怪了,他開了我的眼睛,你們竟然不知道他從哪裡來。 31 我們知道 神不聽罪人的祈求,只聽那敬畏 神,遵行他旨意的人。 32 自古以來,沒有人聽過生下來就是瞎眼的,有人可以開他們的眼睛。 33 這人若不是從 神那裡來的,他就不能作甚麼。” 34 他們說:“你的確是在罪中生的,還敢教訓我們嗎?”就把他趕出去。
35 耶穌聽見他們把他趕出去,後來遇見他的時候,就對他說:“你信人子嗎?” 36 他說:“先生,誰是人子,好讓我信他呢?” 37 耶穌說:“你已經見過他,現在跟你說話的就是他。” 38 那人說:“主啊,我信。”就向他下拜。 39 耶穌說:“我到這世上來是為了審判,使那看不見的能夠看見,能看見的反而成了瞎眼的。”
40 有些和耶穌在一起的法利賽人聽了這話,就說:“難道我們也是瞎眼的嗎?” 41 耶穌對他們說:“如果你們是瞎眼的,就沒有罪了;但現在你們說‘我們能看見’,所以你們還是有罪的。”
約翰福音 9
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
醫治盲人
9 耶穌在路上看見一個生來失明的人。 2 門徒問耶穌:「老師,這個人生下來便雙目失明,是因為他犯了罪呢,還是他父母犯了罪呢?」
3 耶穌說:「不是他犯了罪,也不是他父母犯了罪,而是要在他身上彰顯上帝的作為。 4 趁著白天,我們必須做差我來者的工作,黑夜一到,就沒有人能工作了。 5 我在世上的時候,是世界的光。」
6 耶穌講完後,便吐唾沫在地上,用唾沫和泥抹在那盲人的眼睛上, 7 對他說:「到西羅亞池去洗洗!」西羅亞是「奉差遣」的意思。那盲人照著去做,回來的時候已經能看見了。
8 他的鄰居和從前見他討飯的人說:「他不是那個常在這裡討飯的人嗎?」
9 有人說:「是他。」有人說:「不是他,只是長得像他。」
他自己說:「我就是那個人。」
10 他們問:「你的眼睛是怎麼好的?」
11 他回答說:「有一位叫耶穌的人和泥抹我的眼睛,叫我到西羅亞池子去洗。我照著去做,眼睛就能看見了。」
12 他們問:「那個人現在在哪裡?」他說:「我不知道。」
盤問復明的盲人
13 他們就把這個從前失明的人帶到法利賽人那裡。 14 耶穌和泥開他眼睛的那天是安息日。 15 法利賽人也查問他的眼睛是怎麼復明的。盲人便對他們說:「祂把泥抹在我的眼睛上,我去一洗,眼睛就看見了。」
16 有些法利賽人說:「那個人不是從上帝那裡來的,因為祂不守安息日。」有些人卻說:「如果祂是個罪人,又怎能行這樣的神蹟呢?」他們就爭論起來。
17 於是,他們又問那個盲人:「既然祂開了你的眼睛,你認為祂是什麼人?」
他說:「祂是先知。」
18 猶太人不相信他以前是瞎眼的,現在能看見了,便叫來他的父母, 19 問他們:「這是你們的兒子嗎?你們不是說他生來就瞎眼嗎?怎麼現在能看見了?」
20 他父母回答說:「我們知道他是我們的兒子,生來雙目失明。 21 至於他現在怎麼能看見了,我們就不知道了。是誰醫好了他,我們也不知道。他現在已經長大成人,你們可以去問他,他自己可以回答。」
22 他父母因為害怕那些猶太人,所以才這樣說,因為那些猶太人早就商量好了,誰承認耶穌是基督,就把他趕出會堂。 23 因此他父母才說他已經長大成人,叫他們去問他。
24 法利賽人又把那個從前失明的人叫來,對他說:「你應該把榮耀歸給上帝[a]!我們知道那個人是罪人。」
25 他說:「祂是不是罪人,我不知道;我只知道從前我是瞎眼的,現在能看見了。」
26 他們就問他:「祂向你做了些什麼?祂是怎樣醫好你眼睛的?」
27 他回答說:「我已經告訴過你們了,你們不聽,現在又問,難道你們也想作祂的門徒嗎?」
28 他們就罵他:「你才是祂的門徒!我們是摩西的門徒。 29 我們知道上帝曾對摩西講話,至於這個人,我們不知道祂是從哪裡來的。」
30 那人說:「祂開了我的眼睛,你們竟不知道祂從哪裡來,真是奇怪。 31 我們知道上帝不聽罪人的禱告,只聽那些敬拜祂、遵行祂旨意者的禱告。 32 從創世以來,從未聽過有人能把天生失明的人醫好。 33 如果這個人不是從上帝那裡來的,就什麼也不能做。」
34 法利賽人斥責他:「你這生來就深陷罪中的傢伙,居然敢教導我們!」於是把他趕了出去。
35 耶穌聽說了這事,後來祂找到這個人,對他說:「你信上帝的兒子嗎?」
36 他說:「先生,誰是上帝的兒子?我要信祂。」
37 耶穌說:「你已經看見祂了,現在跟你說話的就是祂。」
38 他說:「主啊!我信!」他就敬拜耶穌。
39 耶穌說:「我為了審判來到這世界,使瞎眼的可以看見,使看得見的反成了瞎眼的。」
40 有些跟祂在一起的法利賽人聽了這句話,就問:「難道我們也瞎了眼嗎?」
41 耶穌說:「如果你們是瞎眼的,就沒有罪了。但現在你們自稱看得見,所以你們的罪還在。」
John 9
Expanded Bible
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
9 As Jesus ·was walking along [passed by; went along], he saw a man who had been born blind. 2 His ·followers [disciples] asked him, “·Teacher [L Rabbi], whose sin caused this man to be born blind—his own sin or his parents’ sin?” [C The disciples, like the friends of Job, viewed suffering as the result of a person’s own sins.]
3 Jesus answered, “It is not this man’s sin or his parents’ sin that made him blind. This man was born blind so that God’s ·power [L works] could be ·shown [displayed; revealed; manifest] in him. 4 While it is daytime, we must continue doing the work of the One who sent me. Night is coming [C Jesus’ death], when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world [see 8:12].”
6 After Jesus said this, he spit on the ground and made some mud with ·it [L the saliva] and ·put [spread; anointed] the mud on the man’s eyes [C the significance of the mud made with spit is unclear]. 7 Then he told the man, “Go and wash in the Pool of Siloam.” (Siloam [C from a Hebrew word] means Sent.) So the man went, washed, and came back seeing.
8 The neighbors and some people who had earlier seen this man begging said, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?”
9 Some said, “He is the one,” but others said, “No, he only looks like him.”
The man himself said, “I am the man.”
10 [L Therefore] They asked him, “How [L then] ·did you get your sight [L were your eyes opened]?”
11 He answered, “The man named Jesus made some mud and ·put [spread; anointed] it on my eyes. Then he told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”
12 They asked him, “Where is this man?”
“I don’t know,” he answered.
Pharisees Question the Healing
13 Then the people took to the Pharisees [C a religious party which strictly observed OT laws and later customs] the man who had been blind. 14 The day Jesus had made mud and healed his eyes was a Sabbath day [C on which no work was allowed]. 15 So now the Pharisees asked the man, “How did you get your sight?”
He answered, “He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and now I see.”
16 So some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man does not keep the Sabbath day [C according to rabbinic tradition neither kneading nor healing were permitted on the Sabbath], so he is not from God.”
But others said, “·A man who is a sinner can’t [L How can a man who is a sinner…?] do ·miracles [L signs] like these.” So ·they could not agree with each other [L there was a division among them].
17 [L Therefore; So; Then] They asked the man again, “What do you say about him, since it was your eyes he opened?”
The man answered, “He is a prophet.”
18 ·These leaders [L The Jews; C the Pharisees] did not believe that he had been blind and could now see again. So they sent for the ·man’s parents [L parents of the man who could now see] 19 and asked them, “Is this your son who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?”
20 [L Therefore; So] His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. 21 But we don’t know how he can now see. We don’t know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself [C of legal age to give testimony].” 22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the ·elders [Jewish leaders; L Jews], who had already decided that anyone who ·said [confessed; acknowledged] Jesus was the ·Christ [Messiah] would be ·avoided [L put out of the synagogue; C an act of expulsion or excommunication]. 23 That is why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
24 So for the second time, they called the man who had been blind. They said, “·You should give God the glory by telling the truth [L Give God the glory; C see Josh. 7:19 where this phrase is a command to tell the truth]. We know that this man is a sinner.”
25 [L So; Then] He answered, “I don’t know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: I was blind, and now I see.”
26 [L So; Then] They asked, “What did he do to you? How did he ·make you see again [L open your eyes]?”
27 He answered them, “I already told you, and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his ·followers [disciples] too?”
28 Then they ·insulted [ridiculed; reviled] him and said, “You are his ·follower [disciple], but we are ·followers [disciples] of Moses. 29 We know that God spoke to Moses [Ex. 33:11; Num. 12:8; Deut. 34:10], but we don’t even know where this man comes from.”
30 The man answered, “This is a very ·strange [astonishing; marvelous] thing. You don’t know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 31 We all know that God does not listen to sinners, but he listens to anyone who ·worships [is devout; is godfearing] and ·obeys him [L does his will]. 32 Nobody has ·ever [or since the beginning of the world; L from the age/eternity] heard of anyone giving sight to a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
34 They answered, “You were born ·full of sin [or in utter sinfulness]! Are you trying to teach us?” And they threw him out [C of the synagogue; an act of excommunication].
Spiritual Blindness
35 When Jesus heard that they had ·thrown [cast; driven] him out [C of the synagogue], Jesus found him and said, “Do you ·believe [trust] in the Son of Man [C a title for the Messiah; Dan. 7:13–14]?”
36 He asked, “Who is ·the Son of Man [L he], sir, so that I can ·believe [trust] in him?”
37 Jesus said to him, “You have seen him. ·The Son of Man [L He] is the one talking with you.”
38 He said, “·Lord [C the same word is rendered “sir” in v. 36, but here may have a more solemn sense], I ·believe [trust]!” Then the man ·worshiped [prostrated himself before] Jesus.
39 Jesus said, “I came into this world ·so that the world could be judged [L for judgment]. I came so that the blind would see and so that those who see will become blind.” [C Those who acknowledge they are spiritually blind will see the truth; and those who think they see spiritually (the Jewish religious leaders) are actually blind; Is. 6:10; 42:19.]
40 Some of the Pharisees who were nearby heard Jesus say this and asked, “Are you saying we are blind, too?”
41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin. But since you keep saying you see, your ·guilt [or sin] remains.”
John 9
New International Version
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
9 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi,(A) who sinned,(B) this man(C) or his parents,(D) that he was born blind?”
3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.(E) 4 As long as it is day,(F) we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”(G)
6 After saying this, he spit(H) on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. 7 “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam”(I) (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.(J)
8 His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?”(K) 9 Some claimed that he was.
Others said, “No, he only looks like him.”
But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”
10 “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
11 He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”(L)
12 “Where is this man?” they asked him.
“I don’t know,” he said.
The Pharisees Investigate the Healing
13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. 14 Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath.(M) 15 Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight.(N) “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied, “and I washed, and now I see.”
16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.”(O)
But others asked, “How can a sinner perform such signs?”(P) So they were divided.(Q)
17 Then they turned again to the blind man, “What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.”
The man replied, “He is a prophet.”(R)
18 They(S) still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man’s parents. 19 “Is this your son?” they asked. “Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?”
20 “We know he is our son,” the parents answered, “and we know he was born blind. 21 But how he can see now, or who opened his eyes, we don’t know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.” 22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders,(T) who already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out(U) of the synagogue.(V) 23 That was why his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”(W)
24 A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,”(X) they said. “We know this man is a sinner.”(Y)
25 He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”
26 Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
27 He answered, “I have told you already(Z) and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”
28 Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses!(AA) 29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.”(AB)
30 The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.(AC) 32 Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God,(AD) he could do nothing.”
34 To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth;(AE) how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out.(AF)
Spiritual Blindness
35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe(AG) in the Son of Man?”(AH)
36 “Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.”(AI)
37 Jesus said, “You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”(AJ)
38 Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.(AK)
39 Jesus said,[a] “For judgment(AL) I have come into this world,(AM) so that the blind will see(AN) and those who see will become blind.”(AO)
40 Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?”(AP)
41 Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.(AQ)
Footnotes
- John 9:39 Some early manuscripts do not have Then the man said … 39 Jesus said.
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