John 9

English Standard Version

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

9 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. ²And his disciples asked him, ^(A)“Rabbi, ^(B)who sinned, ^(C)this man or ^(D)his parents, that he was born blind?” ³Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but ^(E)that the works of God might be displayed in him. ⁴We must ^(F)work the works of him who sent me ^(G)while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. ⁵As long as I am in the world, ^(H)I am the light of the world.” ⁶Having 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 ⁷and said to him, “Go, wash in ^(K)the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and ^(L)came back seeing.

⁸The 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?” ⁹Some said, “It is he.” Others said, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” ¹⁰So they said to him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” ¹¹He 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.” ¹²They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”

¹³They 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.” ¹⁶Some 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. ¹⁷So 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 ¹⁹and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” ²⁰His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. ²¹But 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. ²³Therefore his parents said, ^(AA)“He is of age; ask him.”)

²⁴So 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.” ²⁵He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I ^(AD)was blind, now I see.” ²⁶They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” ²⁷He 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?” ²⁸And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but ^(AF)we are disciples of Moses. ²⁹We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, ^(AG)we do not know where he comes from.” ³⁰The man answered, “Why, this is ^(AH)an amazing thing! ^(AI)You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. ³¹We 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. ³²Never 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.” ³⁴They answered him, ^(AM)“You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they ^(AN)cast him out.

³⁵Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in ^(AO)the Son of Man?”^[c] ³⁶He answered, ^(AP)“And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” ³⁷Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and ^(AQ)it is he who is speaking to you.” ³⁸He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him. ³⁹Jesus 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.” ⁴⁰Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, ^(AU)“Are we also blind?” ⁴¹Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, ^(AV)you would have no guilt;^[d] but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.

Footnotes

John 9:18 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verse 22
John 9:22 Greek him
John 9:35 Some manuscripts the Son of God
John 9:41 Greek you would not have sin

Ivan 9

Biblija: suvremeni hrvatski prijevod

Slijepac od rođenja

9 Šećući uokolo, Isus je primijetio nekog slijepca. Čovjek je bio slijep od rođenja. ²»Učitelju«, upitali su ga njegovi učenici, »tko je sagriješio da se rodio slijep? On ili njegovi roditelji?«

³»Ni on ni njegovi roditelji«, odgovorio im je Isus. »Rodio se slijep da bi se na njemu pokazala Božja moćna djela. ⁴Dok je dan, moram činiti djela onoga koji me poslao. Kada padne noć, nitko ne može raditi. ⁵Dokle god sam na svijetu, njegovo sam svjetlo.«

⁶Kad je to izgovorio, pljunuo je na zemlju, napravio od sline blato i njime premazao čovjeku oči. ⁷Potom mu je rekao: »Idi do bazena Siloama i umij se!«—Siloam znači »Poslan«. Čovjek je otišao, umio se i vratio gledajući.

⁸Njegovi susjedi i oni koji su ga prije često viđali kako prosi pitali su se: »Zar nije ono čovjek koji je stalno sjedio uz cestu i prosio?«

⁹Neki su rekli: »Da, to je on!« Drugi pak: »Nije, samo mu je sličan.«

A on sâm je rekao: »Da, ja sam taj!«

¹⁰»Kako se to dogodilo? Kako su ti se otvorile oči?« pitali su ga.

¹¹Odgovorio je: »Čovjek kojeg zovu Isus napravio je blato, premazao mi njime oči i rekao: ‘Idi do Siloama i umij se!’ Otišao sam, pa kad sam se umio, progledao sam.«

¹²Upitali su ga: »Gdje je on?«

¹³Ljudi su tada farizejima doveli čovjeka koji je ranije bio slijep. ¹⁴A bio je šabat, dan odmora, kad je Isus načinio blato i otvorio čovjeku oči. ¹⁵Farizeji su ga još jednom počeli ispitivati kako je progledao.

¹⁶Neki od farizeja počeli su govoriti: »Ovaj čovjek nije došao od Boga jer ne poštuje zakon o šabatu.«

»Kako jedan grešnik«, govorili su pak drugi, »može činiti ovakve čudesne znakove?« Tako je među njima došlo do razdora.

¹⁷Ponovo su upitali slijepca: »Što ti misliš o Isusu, sada kada ti je otvorio oči?«

»On je prorok!« odgovorio im je.

¹⁸Židovi mu nisu vjerovali da je bio slijep i da je progledao pa su pozvali njegove roditelje ¹⁹i ispitivali ih: »Je li ovo vaš sin, za kojega kažete da je bio slijep od rođenja? Pa kako onda sada vidi?«

²⁰Njegovi su roditelji odgovorili: »Znamo da je on naš sin i da se rodio slijep, ²¹ali ne znamo kako je progledao niti tko mu je otvorio oči. Pitajte njega! Dovoljno je odrastao da govori sâm za sebe.« ²²Tako su govorili jer su se bojali Židova. Židovi su bili odlučili da svakoga tko prizna da je Isus Mesija izopće iz sinagoge. ²³Zato su njegovi roditelji rekli: »Pitajte njega! Dovoljno je odrastao.«

²⁴Tada su drugi put pozvali čovjeka, koji je bio slijep, i naredili mu: »Iskaži Bogu čast! Priznaj istinu! Znamo da je čovjek, koji ti je otvorio oči, grešnik.«

²⁵»Je li grešnik ili nije, ne znam«, odvratio im je. »Znam samo jedno: bio sam slijep, a sada vidim!«

²⁶»Što ti je učinio?« pitali su ga. »Kako ti je otvorio oči?«

²⁷Odgovorio im je: »Već sam vam ispričao, ali niste htjeli slušati. Zašto to želite ponovo čuti? Zar i vi želite postati njegovi učenici?«

²⁸Tada su ga počeli ismijavati i govoriti mu: »Ti si njegov učenik, a mi smo Mojsijevi učenici. ²⁹Znamo da se Bog obratio Mojsiju, ali ne znamo odakle dolazi ovaj čovjek.«

³⁰»Zaista je čudno«, odvratio im je, »da vi ne znate odakle on dolazi, a meni je otvorio oči! ³¹Poznato je da Bog ne uslišava grešnike, nego onoga tko mu je odan i tko mu se pokorava. ³²Otkad je svijeta, još se nije čulo da je netko otvorio oči slijepcu od rođenja. ³³Da ovaj čovjek nije od Boga, ništa ne bi mogao učiniti.«

³⁴Odvratili su mu: »Pun si grijeha od rođenja i ti bi nas nečemu učio!« I izbacili su ga iz sinagoge.

Duhovna sljepoća

³⁵Isus je čuo da su čovjeka izbacili iz sinagoge. Našao ga je i upitao: »Vjeruješ li u Sina Čovječjeg?«

³⁶»A tko je taj, gospodine?« odvratio je čovjek. »Kaži mi, pa ću povjerovati u njega.«

³⁷»Gledaš u njega«, rekao mu je Isus. »To je onaj koji sada razgovara s tobom.«

³⁸»Vjerujem, Gospodine!« rekao je i poklonio se pred Isusom.

³⁹A Isus je rekao: »Ja sam došao na ovaj svijet da bi se svijetu moglo suditi. Došao sam da progledaju oni koji ne vide, a oslijepe oni koji vide.«

⁴⁰Neki farizeji, koji su bili s Isusom, čuli su to i rekli mu: »Zar smo i mi slijepi?«

⁴¹»Kad biste bili slijepi«, odvratio im je Isus, »ne biste imali grijeha, ali sada kažete: ‘Vidimo’. Time vaš grijeh ostaje.«

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