Johannes 9
Hoffnung für Alle
Jesus heilt einen Blinden
9 Unterwegs sah Jesus einen Mann, der von Geburt an blind war. 2 »Rabbi«, fragten die Jünger, »wer ist schuld daran, dass dieser Mann blind ist? Hat er selbst Schuld auf sich geladen oder seine Eltern?« 3 »Weder noch«, antwortete Jesus. »Vielmehr soll an ihm die Macht Gottes sichtbar werden. 4 Solange es Tag ist, müssen wir die Taten Gottes vollbringen, der mich gesandt hat. Bald kommt die Nacht, in der niemand mehr etwas tun kann. 5 Doch solange ich in der Welt bin, werde ich für die Menschen das Licht sein.«
6 Dann spuckte er auf die Erde, rührte mit dem Speichel einen Brei an und strich ihn auf die Augen des Blinden. 7 Dann forderte er ihn auf: »Geh jetzt zum Teich Siloah und wasch dich dort.« Siloah heißt übersetzt: »der Gesandte«. Der Blinde ging hin, wusch sich, und als er zurückkam, konnte er sehen.
8 Seine Nachbarn und andere Leute, die ihn als blinden Bettler kannten, fragten erstaunt: »Ist das nicht der Mann, der immer an der Straße saß und bettelte?« 9 Einige meinten: »Er ist es.« Aber andere konnten es einfach nicht glauben und behaupteten: »Das ist unmöglich! Er sieht ihm nur sehr ähnlich.« »Doch, ich bin es«, bestätigte der Mann selbst. 10 Da fragten sie ihn: »Wie kommt es, dass du plötzlich sehen kannst?«
11 Er berichtete: »Der Mann, der Jesus heißt, machte einen Brei und strich ihn auf meine Augen. Dann schickte er mich zum Teich Siloah. Dort sollte ich den Brei abwaschen. Das habe ich getan, und jetzt kann ich sehen!« 12 »Wo ist denn dieser Jesus?«, fragten sie weiter. »Das weiß ich nicht«, gab er ihnen zur Antwort.
Das Verhör der Pharisäer
13 Sie brachten den von seiner Blindheit geheilten Mann zu den Pharisäern. 14 Es war nämlich gerade Sabbat, als Jesus den Brei gemacht und den Blinden geheilt hatte. 15 Auch die Pharisäer fragten ihn: »Wie kommt es, dass du jetzt sehen kannst?« Der Mann erzählte: »Jesus strich einen Brei auf meine Augen. Ich habe mich dann gewaschen, und nun kann ich sehen.« 16 Einige der Pharisäer meinten: »Von Gott kann dieser Mann nicht kommen, denn er hält sich nicht an die Sabbatgebote.« Andere aber wandten ein: »Wie kann ein sündiger Mensch solche Wunder vollbringen?« So gingen ihre Meinungen auseinander.
17 Dann erkundigten sich die Pharisäer noch einmal bei dem Mann, der blind gewesen war: »Durch ihn kannst du jetzt also sehen? Was meinst denn du, wer dieser Mann ist?« »Er ist ein von Gott gesandter Prophet«, antwortete er. 18 Doch die Pharisäer[a] wollten nicht glauben, dass er überhaupt blind gewesen war. Sie ließen deshalb seine Eltern holen 19 und verhörten sie: »Ist das euer Sohn? Stimmt es, dass er von Geburt an blind war? Wie kommt es, dass er jetzt sehen kann?«
20 Die Eltern antworteten: »Ja, das ist unser Sohn, und er war von Geburt an blind. Das wissen wir genau. 21 Aber wie es kommt, dass er jetzt sehen kann, wissen wir nicht. Wir haben auch keine Ahnung, wer ihn geheilt hat. Fragt ihn doch selbst! Er ist alt genug und kann euch am besten selbst Auskunft geben.« 22 Diese ausweichende Antwort gaben die Eltern, weil sie vor den führenden Juden Angst hatten. Denn die hatten bereits beschlossen, jeden aus der Synagoge auszuschließen, der sich zu Jesus als dem Christus, dem von Gott gesandten Retter, bekannte. 23 Nur deshalb hatten die Eltern gesagt: »Er ist alt genug. Fragt ihn selbst.«
24 Also verhörten die Pharisäer den Geheilten zum zweiten Mal. Sie beschworen ihn: »Bekenne dich zu Gott und sag die Wahrheit! Wir wissen, dass dieser Jesus ein sündiger Mensch ist.« 25 »Ob er ein Sünder ist, das weiß ich nicht«, antwortete der Mann. »Ich weiß nur eins: Ich war blind, und jetzt kann ich sehen!« 26 »Aber was hat er denn gemacht? Wie hat er dich geheilt?«, versuchten sie erneut herauszubekommen.
27 Verärgert erwiderte der Mann: »Das habe ich euch doch schon gesagt, habt ihr nicht zugehört? Warum soll ich alles noch einmal erzählen? Wollt ihr etwa auch seine Jünger werden?« 28 Da wurden sie zornig und schrien ihn an: »Du bist sein Jünger! Wir sind Moses Jünger. 29 Von Mose wissen wir, dass Gott zu ihm geredet hat. Aber von diesem Menschen wissen wir noch nicht einmal, wo er herkommt.«
30 »Das ist ja merkwürdig!«, entgegnete der Mann. »Er hat mich von meiner Blindheit geheilt, und ihr wisst nicht, woher er kommt? 31 Wir wissen doch alle, dass Gott die Gebete der Sünder nicht erhört. Aber wer Gott ehrt und nach seinem Willen lebt, den erhört er. 32 Noch nie seit Menschengedenken hat jemand einem von Geburt an Blinden das Augenlicht geschenkt. 33 Wenn dieser Mann nicht von Gott käme, hätte er das doch gar nicht tun können.« 34 Da fuhren sie ihn an: »Du warst doch schon bei deiner Geburt ein Sünder und willst uns belehren?« Dann schlossen sie ihn aus der jüdischen Gemeinschaft aus.
Die Blindheit der Sehenden
35 Jesus hörte, dass sie den Geheilten aus der Synagoge ausgeschlossen hatten. Als er den Mann wieder traf, fragte er ihn: »Glaubst du an den Menschensohn?« 36 »Herr, sag mir, wer es ist, damit ich an ihn glauben kann!«, erwiderte der Geheilte. 37 »Du hast ihn schon gesehen, und in diesem Augenblick spricht er mit dir!«, gab sich Jesus zu erkennen. 38 »Ja, Herr«, rief jetzt der Mann, »ich glaube!« Und er warf sich vor Jesus nieder.
39 Jesus sagte: »Ich bin in diese Welt gekommen, damit sich an mir die Geister scheiden. Die Blinden sollen sehen können, aber alle Sehenden sollen blind werden.« 40 Einige Pharisäer standen dabei und fragten ihn: »Soll das etwa heißen, dass wir auch blind sind?« 41 Jesus antwortete: »Wärt ihr tatsächlich blind, dann träfe euch keine Schuld. Aber ihr sagt ja: ›Wir können sehen.‹ Deshalb kann euch niemand eure Schuld abnehmen.«
Footnotes
- 9,18 Wörtlich: die Juden.
John 9
English Standard Version
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
9 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, (A)“Rabbi, (B)who sinned, (C)this man or (D)his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but (E)that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must (F)work the works of him who sent me (G)while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, (H)I am the light of the world.” 6 Having said these things, (I)he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. (J)Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud 7 and said to him, “Go, wash in (K)the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and (L)came back seeing.
8 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, (M)“Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some said, “It is he.” Others said, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” 10 So they said to him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” 11 He answered, (N)“The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed and received my sight.” 12 They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”
13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. 14 (O)Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 (P)So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” 16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not (Q)from God, (R)for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, (S)“How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And (T)there was a division among them. 17 So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?” He said, (U)“He is a prophet.”
18 (V)The Jews[a] 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 and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” 20 His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. 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 (His parents said these things (W)because they feared the Jews, for (X)the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should (Y)confess Jesus[b] to be Christ, (Z)he was to be put out of the synagogue. 23 Therefore his parents said, (AA)“He is of age; ask him.”)
24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, (AB)“Give glory to God. We know that (AC)this man is a sinner.” 25 He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I (AD)was blind, now I see.” 26 They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” 27 He answered them, (AE)“I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?” 28 And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but (AF)we are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, (AG)we do not know where he comes from.” 30 The man answered, “Why, this is (AH)an amazing thing! (AI)You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that (AJ)God does not listen to sinners, but (AK)if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. 32 Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. 33 (AL)If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.” 34 They answered him, (AM)“You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they (AN)cast him out.
35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in (AO)the Son of Man?”[c] 36 He answered, (AP)“And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” 37 Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and (AQ)it is he who is speaking to you.” 38 He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him. 39 Jesus said, (AR)“For judgment I came into this world, (AS)that those who do not see may see, and (AT)those who see may become blind.” 40 Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, (AU)“Are we also blind?” 41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, (AV)you would have no guilt;[d] but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.
Johannes 9
En Levende Bok
Jesus helbreder en mann som var født blind
9 Mens Jesus gikk langs veien, fikk han se en mann som var født blind.
2 Disiplene spurte: ”Mester, hvorfor ble denne mannen født blind? Kommer det av at han selv har syndet, eller av at hans foreldre har syndet?”
3 Jesus svarte dem: ”Han er slett ikke straffet på grunn av syndene sine. Men etter som han er født blind, kan Gud helbrede ham og vise sin kraft, 4 Derfor må vi skynde oss å gjøre det oppdraget vi har fått fra han som har sendt meg. Snart blir det natt, og da kan ingen arbeide. 5 Men så lenge jeg er hos menneskene, er jeg lyset deres.”
6 Jesus spyttet på jorden og gjorde en deig av leire som han strøk på øynene til den blinde mannen. 7 Jesus sa til mannen: ”Gå og vask deg i Siloadammen”. Siloa betyr sendt ut. Han gikk da av sted og vasket seg. Da han kom tilbake, kunne han se.
8 Naboene hans og andre som bare hadde sett han som tigger, spurte hverandre: ”Var det ikke han som før satt og tigget?”
9 ”Jo, det er det”, sa noen, mens andre sa: ”Nei, det er ikke ham. Han er bare lik ham.”
Tiggeren sa: ”Visst er det jeg.”
10 Da spurte de ham: ”Hva har skjedd? Hvordan kan det ha seg at du ser?”
11 Mannen svarte: ”Han som heter Jesus, gjorde en deig av leire og strøk den på øynene mine. Etterpå sa han at jeg skulle gå til Siloadammen og vaske meg. Da jeg hadde gjort det, kunne jeg se!”
12 De spurte ham: ”Hvor er Jesus nå?”
”Det vet jeg ikke,” svarte mannen.
Fariseerne vil kryssforhøre mannen
13 Da tok folket med seg mannen som hadde vært blind, til fariseerne[a]. 14 Etter som det var på en hviledag[b] Jesus hadde laget deigen og gitt mannen synet, vakte det diskusjon. Da fariseerne spurte hvordan det kunne ha seg at han hadde fått synet, 15 fortalte han historien enn gang til: ”Han strøk en deig av leire på øynene mine, og da jeg vasket meg, kunne jeg se.”
16 Noen av fariseerne sa: ”Denne mannen kan ikke være sendt av Gud etter som han arbeider på hviledagen.” Andre sa: ”En synder kan vel ikke gjøre slike mirakler?” Så begynte de å diskutere med hverandre.
17 Etter en tid vendte fariseerne seg til mannen som hadde vært blind, og spurte: ”Hva sier du selv om ham? Det var jo du som fikk synet ditt.” Mannen svarte: ”Han må være en profet[c].”
18 Mange religiøse ledere tvilte på at mannen som var blitt helbredet, hadde vært blind i det hele tatt. De sendte bud på foreldrene hans 19 og spurte: ”Er dette sønnen deres? Ble han født blind? Dersom det er sant, hvordan kan det da ha seg at han nå ser?”
20 Foreldrene svarte: ”Det er sønnen vår, og vi vet at han ble født blind. 21 Men hvordan han nå kan se, det vet vi ikke, og heller ikke vet vi hvem som har helbredet ham. Spør ham selv. Han er gammel nok til å svare på spørsmålene dere måtte ha.”
22-23 Dette sa de fordi de fryktet de religiøse lederne. De hadde allerede bestemt at den som bekjente Jesus som Messias, den lovede kongen, skulle bli ekskludert fra Den jødiske menigheten.
24 For andre gangen kalte fariseerne til seg mannen som hadde vært blind, og sa til ham: ”Lov innfor Gud at du sier oss sannheten.[d] Vi vet at denne Jesus er en synder.”
25 Han svarte: ”Om han er en synder eller ikke, det vet ikke jeg. Det eneste jeg vet er at jeg som før var blind nå kan se.”
26 De spurte ham enda en gang: ”Hva gjorde han med deg? Hvordan gikk han fram da du fikk synet ditt?”
27 Mannen svarte: ”Det har jeg jo allerede fortalt. Hvorfor hører dere ikke etter? Vil dere også bli disiplene hans etter som dere ønsker å høre historien en gang til?”
28 Da forbannet de ham og sa: ”Det er du som er disippelen hans. Vi er disiplene til Moses. 29 Vi vet at Gud har talt til Moses, men hvor i all verden denne fyren kommer fra, det vet ikke vi.”
30 ”Dette er underlig”, svarte mannen. ”Han ga meg synet mitt, og enda vet ikke dere hvor han kommer fra. 31 Men at Gud ikke hører på syndere, det vet vi. Han hører på dem som tilber ham og gjør hans vilje. 32 Aldri før har vi hørt snakk om noen som har helbredet en som var født blind. 33 Om denne mannen ikke var sendt av Gud, da ville han ikke kunne gjøre noe slikt.”
34 ”Du er en synder tvers igjennom!”, ropte de. ”I tillegg forsøker du å undervise oss.” Så ekskluderte de mannen fra menigheten.
Jesus snakker om åndelig blindhet
35 Jesus fikk snart høre at de hadde ekskludert mannen fra Den jødiske menigheten. Da han møtte mannen igjen, spurte han: ”Tror du på Menneskesønnen[e] som Gud skulle sende?”
36 Mannen svarte: ”Herre, si meg hvem han er, slik at jeg kan tro på ham.”
37 Jesus sa: ”Du har sett ham. Det er han som snakker med deg.”
38 Da falt mannen ned foran Jesus og sa: ”Jeg tror, Herre.”
39 Jesus sa: ”Jeg har kommet til verden for å avsløre syndene hos menneskene. De som innser at de er blinde, skal begynne å se, men de som mener om seg selv at de kan se, de skal bli avslørt som blinde.”
40 Noen fariseere[f] som sto der, spurte da: ”Mener du at vi skulle være blinde?”
41 Jesus svarte: ”Om dere var blinde, ville dere være uten synd. Men dere påstår nå at dere kan se, og derfor er og blir dere skyldige.”
Footnotes
- 9:13 Fariseerne var et religiøst parti blant jødene. De var svært nøye med å følge hele Moseloven og hadde for øvrig lagt til egne regler og forskrifter.
- 9:14 I grunnteksten: Sabbaten. Jødene sin hviledag er den sjuende dagen i deres uke, altså lørdagen. Den dagen utfører ikke jødene noe unødvendig arbeid. Hviledagen ble innstiftet av Gud allerede i Første Mosebok 2:3.
- 9:17 En profet bringer Guds budskap.
- 9:24 På gresk: Gi Gud æren. Dette var en ed de bannet for domstolen.
- 9:35 ”Menneskesønnen” er et hebraisk ord for å si ”av mennesker”. Det var en tittel på Messias, den lovede kongen, hentet fra Daniel 7:13-14.
- 9:40 Fariseerne var et religiøst parti blant jødene.
John 9
New Testament for Everyone
The man born blind
9 As Jesus was going along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.
2 “Teacher,” his disciples asked him, “whose sin was it that caused this man to be born blind? Did he sin, or did his parents?”
3 “He didn’t sin,” replied Jesus, “nor did his parents. It happened so that God’s works could be seen in him. 4 We must work the works of the one who sent me as long as it’s still daytime. The night is coming, and nobody can work then! 5 As long as I’m in the world, I’m the light of the world.”
6 With these words, he spat on the ground, and made some mud out of his spittle. He spread the mud on the man’s eyes.
7 “Off you go,” he said to him, “and wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “sent”). So he went off and washed. When he came back, he could see.
8 His neighbors, and the people who used to see him begging, remarked on this.
“Isn’t this the man,” they said, “who used to sit here and beg?”
9 “Yes, it’s him!” said some of them.
“No, it isn’t!” said some others. “It’s somebody like him.”
But the man himself spoke.
“Yes, it’s me,” he said.
10 “Well, then,” they said to him, “how did your eyes get opened?”
11 “It was the man called Jesus!” he replied. “He made some mud, then he spread it on my eyes, and told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went, and washed, and I could see!”
12 “Where is he?” they asked.
“I don’t know,” he replied.
The blind man’s parents
13 They took the man who had been blind and brought him to the Pharisees. 14 (The day Jesus had made the mud, and opened his eyes, was a sabbath.) 15 So the Pharisees began to ask him again how he had come to see.
“He put some mud on my eyes,” he said, “and I washed, and now I can see!”
16 “The man can’t be from God,” some of the Pharisees began to say. “He doesn’t keep the sabbath!”
“Well, but,” replied some of the others, “how can a man who is a sinner do signs like these?”
And they were divided.
17 So they spoke to the blind man again.
“What have you got to say about him?” they asked. “He opened your eyes, after all.”
“He’s a prophet,” he replied.
18 The Judaeans didn’t believe that he really had been blind and now could see. So they called the parents of the newly sighted man, 19 and put the question to them.
“Is this man really your son,” they asked, “the one you say was born blind? How is it that he can now see?”
20 “Well,” replied his parents, “we know that he is indeed our son, and that he was born blind. 21 But we don’t know how it is that he can now see, and we don’t know who it was that opened his eyes. Ask him! He’s grown up. He can speak for himself.”
22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Judaeans. The Judaeans, you see, had already decided that if anyone declared that Jesus was the Messiah, they should be put out of the synagogue. 23 That’s why his parents said, “He’s grown up, so you should ask him.”
Is Jesus from God?
24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind.
“Give God the glory!” they said. “We know that this man is a sinner.”
25 “I don’t know whether he’s a sinner or not,” replied the man. “All I know is this: I used to be blind, and now I can see.”
26 “What did he do to you?” they asked. “How did he open your eyes?”
27 “I told you already,” replied the man, “and you didn’t listen. Why d’you want to hear it again? You don’t want to become his disciples too, do you?”
28 “You’re his disciple,” they scoffed, “but we are Moses’s disciples. 29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but we don’t know where this man comes from.”
30 “Well, here’s a fine thing!” replied the man. “You don’t know where he’s from, and he opened my eyes! 31 We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners; but if anyone is devout, and does his will, he listens to them. 32 It’s never, ever been heard of before that someone should open the eyes of a person born blind. 33 If this man wasn’t from God, he couldn’t do anything.”
34 “You were born in sin from top to toe,” they replied, “and are you going to start teaching us?” And they threw him out.
Seeing and not seeing
35 Jesus heard that they had thrown the man out. He found him and spoke to him.
“Do you believe in the son of man?” he asked.
36 “Who is he, sir,” asked the man, “so that I can believe in him?”
37 “You have seen him,” replied Jesus. “In fact, it’s the person who’s talking to you.”
38 “Yes, sir,” said the man; “I do believe.” And he worshiped him.
39 “I came into the world for judgment,” said Jesus, “so that those who can’t see would see, and so that those who can see would become blind.”
40 Some of the Pharisees were nearby, and they heard this.
“So!” they said. “We’re blind too, are we?”
41 “If you were blind,” replied Jesus, “you wouldn’t be guilty of sin. But now, because you say, ‘We can see,’ your sin remains.”
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