治愈生来瞎眼的人

耶稣往前走,看到一个生来就瞎眼的人。 他的门徒问他,说:“拉比,这个人生来就瞎眼,是谁犯了罪?是这个人,还是他的父母呢?”

耶稣回答:“既不是这个人犯了罪,也不是他的父母犯了罪,而是要让神的作为显明在他身上。 趁着白昼,我们[a]必须做那派我来者的工作;黑夜就要到了!那时候就没有人能做工了。 我在世上的时候,就是世界的光。”

耶稣说了这些话,就吐唾沫在地上,用唾沫和了一点泥,抹在瞎眼之人的眼睛上, 然后对他说:“到西罗亚池去洗一洗。”——“西罗亚”翻译出来就是“奉差派”。他去洗了,回来就能看见了。

他的邻居和原先看见他讨饭[b]的人就说:“这不是那一向坐着讨饭的人吗?”

有的说:“是这个人。”有的说:“不是,只是像他。”

那个人自己说:“就是我。”

10 他们问他:“那么,你的眼睛是怎么开的呢?”

11 他回答:“那个叫耶稣的人,和了些泥抹在我的眼睛上,吩咐我到西罗亚池子[c]去洗。我去一洗,就得以看见。”

12 他们问:“那个人在哪里?”

他说:“我不知道。”

被治愈之人的见证

13 他们把那原来瞎眼的人带到法利赛人那里。 14 耶稣和泥开他眼睛的那一天,正是安息日。 15 法利赛人也再次问他是怎么得以看见的。

他说:“他把泥抹在我的眼睛上,我一洗,就能看见了。”

16 法利赛人中的有些人说:“那个人不是从神那里来的,因为他不守安息日。”有些人却说:“一个罪人怎么能行这样的神迹呢?”他们之间就产生了分裂。

17 于是他们又问那瞎眼的:“既然他开了你的眼睛,那么你说他是什么人?”

他说:“是一位先知。”

18 那些犹太人不相信他以前瞎眼而后来得以看见,直等到把他的父母叫来, 19 问他们:“这是你们的儿子吗?你们说他生来是瞎眼的,现在怎么能看见呢?”

20 他的父母回答说:“这个人是我们的儿子,而且生来就瞎眼,这些我们知道。 21 至于他现在怎么能看见,我们就不知道了。是谁开了他的眼睛,我们也不知道。你们问他吧,他已经成年了,他自己会说的。” 22 他的父母说这些话,是因为怕那些犹太人。原来那些犹太人已经说好,如果有人承认耶稣是基督,就要把他赶出会堂。 23 所以他的父母说:“你们问他吧,他已经成年了。”

24 他们再次把那原来瞎眼的人叫来,对他说:“你要把荣耀归给神![d]我们知道那人是个罪人。”

25 他回答:“他是不是罪人,我不知道。但有一件事我知道:我原来是瞎眼的,现在却能看见了!”

26 他们问:“他对你做了什么?怎么开了你的眼睛?”

27 他回答:“我已经告诉过你们,你们不听,为什么现在又想听呢?难道你们也想成为他的门徒吗?”

28 他们就辱骂他,说:“你才是那个人的门徒!我们是摩西的门徒! 29 我们知道神对摩西说过话,至于这个人,我们就不知道他是从哪里来的!”

30 他回答说:“这就奇怪了!他开了我的眼睛,你们竟然不知道他是从哪里来的! 31 我们知道神是不听罪人的,然而,如果有人敬畏神、遵行他的旨意,神就垂听他。 32 自古以来,没有人听说过谁开了生来就瞎眼之人的眼睛。 33 那个人如果不是从神而来的,他什么也不能做。”

34 他们回答他,说:“你完全是生在罪孽中的,还敢教训我们!”于是把他赶了出去。

灵里的瞎眼

35 耶稣听说他们把他赶出去了,后来找到他,说:“你信人子[e]吗?”

36 他回答说:“先生,人子是谁呢?愿我能信他。”

37 耶稣说:“你已经看到他了,现在与你说话的,就是那一位。”

38 他说:“主啊,我信!”就向耶稣下拜。

39 耶稣说:“我到这世上来是为了行审判,使看不见的能看见,使看得见的反而瞎了眼。”

40 与耶稣在那里的一些法利赛人听了这些话,就说:“难道我们也是瞎眼的吗?”

41 耶稣对他们说:“如果你们是瞎眼的,就没有罪了。但如今你们说‘我们能看见’,所以你们的罪仍然存在。

Footnotes

  1. 约翰福音 9:4 我们——有古抄本作“我”。
  2. 约翰福音 9:8 讨饭——有古抄本作“瞎眼”。
  3. 约翰福音 9:11 有古抄本没有“池子”。
  4. 约翰福音 9:24 你要把荣耀归给神!——或译作“承认你的罪吧!”或“在神面前说实话吧!”
  5. 约翰福音 9:35 人子——有古抄本作“神的儿子”。

医治盲人

耶稣在路上看见一个生来失明的人。 门徒问耶稣:“老师,这个人生下来便双目失明,是因为他犯了罪呢,还是他父母犯了罪呢?”

耶稣说:“不是他犯了罪,也不是他父母犯了罪,而是要在他身上彰显上帝的作为。 趁着白天,我们必须做差我来者的工作,黑夜一到,就没有人能工作了。 我在世上的时候,是世界的光。”

耶稣讲完后,便吐唾沫在地上,用唾沫和泥抹在那盲人的眼睛上, 对他说:“到西罗亚池去洗洗!”西罗亚是“奉差遣”的意思。那盲人照着去做,回来的时候已经能看见了。

他的邻居和从前见他讨饭的人说:“他不是那个常在这里讨饭的人吗?”

有人说:“是他。”有人说:“不是他,只是长得像他。”

他自己说:“我就是那个人。”

10 他们问:“你的眼睛是怎么好的?”

11 他回答说:“有一位叫耶稣的人和泥抹我的眼睛,叫我到西罗亚池子去洗。我照着去做,眼睛就能看见了。”

12 他们问:“那个人现在在哪里?”他说:“我不知道。”

盘问复明的盲人

13 他们就把这个从前失明的人带到法利赛人那里。 14 耶稣和泥开他眼睛的那天是安息日。 15 法利赛人也查问他的眼睛是怎么复明的。盲人便对他们说:“祂把泥抹在我的眼睛上,我去一洗,眼睛就看见了。”

16 有些法利赛人说:“那个人不是从上帝那里来的,因为祂不守安息日。”有些人却说:“如果祂是个罪人,又怎能行这样的神迹呢?”他们就争论起来。

17 于是,他们又问那个盲人:“既然祂开了你的眼睛,你认为祂是什么人?”

他说:“祂是先知。”

18 犹太人不相信他以前是瞎眼的,现在能看见了,便叫来他的父母, 19 问他们:“这是你们的儿子吗?你们不是说他生来就瞎眼吗?怎么现在能看见了?”

20 他父母回答说:“我们知道他是我们的儿子,生来双目失明。 21 至于他现在怎么能看见了,我们就不知道了。是谁医好了他,我们也不知道。他现在已经长大成人,你们可以去问他,他自己可以回答。”

22 他父母因为害怕那些犹太人,所以才这样说,因为那些犹太人早就商量好了,谁承认耶稣是基督,就把他赶出会堂。 23 因此他父母才说他已经长大成人,叫他们去问他。

24 法利赛人又把那个从前失明的人叫来,对他说:“你应该把荣耀归给上帝[a]!我们知道那个人是罪人。”

25 他说:“祂是不是罪人,我不知道;我只知道从前我是瞎眼的,现在能看见了。”

26 他们就问他:“祂向你做了些什么?祂是怎样医好你眼睛的?”

27 他回答说:“我已经告诉过你们了,你们不听,现在又问,难道你们也想做祂的门徒吗?”

28 他们就骂他:“你才是祂的门徒!我们是摩西的门徒。 29 我们知道上帝曾对摩西讲话,至于这个人,我们不知道祂是从哪里来的。”

30 那人说:“祂开了我的眼睛,你们竟不知道祂从哪里来,真是奇怪。 31 我们知道上帝不听罪人的祷告,只听那些敬拜祂、遵行祂旨意者的祷告。 32 从创世以来,从未听过有人能把天生失明的人医好。 33 如果这个人不是从上帝那里来的,就什么也不能做。”

34 法利赛人斥责他:“你这生来就深陷罪中的家伙,居然敢教导我们!”于是把他赶了出去。

35 耶稣听说了这事,后来祂找到这个人,对他说:“你信上帝的儿子吗?”

36 他说:“先生,谁是上帝的儿子?我要信祂。”

37 耶稣说:“你已经看见祂了,现在跟你说话的就是祂。”

38 他说:“主啊!我信!”他就敬拜耶稣。

39 耶稣说:“我为了审判来到这世界,使瞎眼的可以看见,使看得见的反成了瞎眼的。”

40 有些跟祂在一起的法利赛人听了这句话,就问:“难道我们也瞎了眼吗?”

41 耶稣说:“如果你们是瞎眼的,就没有罪了。但现在你们自称看得见,所以你们的罪还在。”

Footnotes

  1. 9:24 这是古时叫人在上帝面前起誓说实话的惯用语,参见约书亚记7:19

And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.

And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

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

When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,

And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?

Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.

10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?

11 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.

12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.

13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.

14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.

16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.

18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.

19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?

20 His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:

21 But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.

22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

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

24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.

25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?

27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?

28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.

29 We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.

30 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.

31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.

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

34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?

36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?

37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.

38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.

39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

Jesus heals a blind man

As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who was blind from birth. Jesus’ disciples asked, “Rabbi, who sinned so that he was born blind, this man or his parents?”

Jesus answered, “Neither he nor his parents. This happened so that God’s mighty works might be displayed in him. While it’s daytime, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” After he said this, he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and smeared the mud on the man’s eyes. Jesus said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (this word means sent). So the man went away and washed. When he returned, he could see.

Disagreement about the healing

The man’s neighbors and those who used to see him when he was a beggar said, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”

Some said, “It is,” and others said, “No, it’s someone who looks like him.”

But the man said, “Yes, it’s me!”

10 So they asked him, “How are you now able to see?”

11 He answered, “The man they call Jesus made mud, smeared it on my eyes, and said, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and then I could see.”

12 They asked, “Where is this man?”

He replied, “I don’t know.”

13 Then they led the man who had been born blind to the Pharisees. 14 Now Jesus made the mud and smeared it on the man’s eyes on a Sabbath day. 15 So Pharisees also asked him how he was able to see.

The man told them, “He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and now I see.”

16 Some Pharisees said, “This man isn’t from God, because he breaks the Sabbath law.” Others said, “How can a sinner do miraculous signs like these?” So they were divided. 17 Some of the Pharisees questioned the man who had been born blind again: “What do you have to say about him, since he healed your eyes?”

He replied, “He’s a prophet.”

Conflict over the healing

18 The Jewish leaders didn’t believe the man had been blind and received his sight until they called for his parents. 19 The Jewish leaders asked them, “Is this your son? Are you saying he was born blind? How can he now see?”

20 His parents answered, “We know he is our son. We know he was born blind. 21 But we don’t know how he now sees, and we don’t know who healed his eyes. Ask him. He’s old enough to speak for himself.” 22 His parents said this because they feared the Jewish authorities. This is because the Jewish authorities had already decided that whoever confessed Jesus to be the Christ would be expelled from the synagogue. 23 That’s why his parents said, “He’s old enough. Ask him.”

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

25 The man answered, “I don’t know whether he’s a sinner. Here’s what I do know: I was blind and now I see.”

26 They questioned him: “What did he do to you? How did he heal your eyes?”

27 He replied, “I already told you, and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”

28 They insulted him: “You are his disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples. 29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but we don’t know where this man is from.”

30 The man answered, “This is incredible! You don’t know where he is from, yet he healed my eyes! 31 We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners. God listens to anyone who is devout and does God’s will. 32 No one has ever heard of a healing of the eyes of someone born blind. 33 If this man wasn’t from God, he couldn’t do this.”

34 They responded, “You were born completely in sin! How is it that you dare to teach us?” Then they expelled him.

Jesus finds the man born blind

35 Jesus heard they had expelled the man born blind. Finding him, Jesus said, “Do you believe in the Human One?”[a]

36 He answered, “Who is he, sir?[b] I want to believe in him.”

37 Jesus said, “You have seen him. In fact, he is the one speaking with you.”

38 The man said, “Lord,[c] I believe.” And he worshipped Jesus.

Jesus teaches the Pharisees

39 Jesus said, “I have come into the world to exercise judgment so that those who don’t see can see and those who see will become blind.”

40 Some Pharisees who were with him heard what he said and asked, “Surely we aren’t blind, are we?”

41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you wouldn’t have any sin, but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.

Footnotes

  1. John 9:35 Or Son of Man
  2. John 9:36 Or Lord
  3. John 9:38 Or Sir