約翰福音 9

治好生來失明的人

1 耶穌往前走的時候，看見一個生來就失明的人。 2 門徒問耶穌：「拉比，這人生來失明，是誰犯了罪？是這人還是他的父母呢？」 3 耶穌回答：「既不是這人犯了罪，也不是他的父母，而是要在他身上顯出上帝的作為來。 4 趁著白日，我們t必須做差我t來的那位的工；黑夜來到，就沒有人能做工了。 5 我在世上的時候，是世上的光。」 6 耶穌說了這些話，就吐唾沫在地上，用唾沫和了泥抹在盲人的眼睛上， 7 對他說：「你到西羅亞池子裏去洗。」（西羅亞翻出來就是「奉差遣」。）於是他去，洗了，回來就看見了。 8 他的鄰舍和素常見他討飯的人，就說：「這不是那從前坐著討飯的人嗎？」 9 有的說：「是他」；又有的說：「不是，卻是像他。」他自己說：「是我。」 10 於是他們對他說：「你的眼睛是怎麼開的呢？」 11 那人回答：「有一個名叫耶穌的，他和了泥抹我的眼睛，對我說：『你到西羅亞池子去洗。』我去一洗，就看見了。」 12 他們對他說：「那個人在哪裏？」他說：「我不知道。」

法利賽人盤問醫治的事

13 他們把以前失明的那個人帶到法利賽人那裏。 14 耶穌和泥開他眼睛的那一天是安息日。 15 法利賽人又問他是怎麼得看見的。他對他們說：「他把泥抹在我的眼睛上，我一洗，就看見了。」 16 於是法利賽人中有的說：「這個人不是從上帝來的，因為他不守安息日。」另有的說：「一個罪人怎能行這樣的神蹟呢？」他們之間就產生了分裂。 17 於是他們又對那盲人說：「他開了你的眼睛，你說他是怎樣的人呢？」他說：「他是個先知。」

18  猶太人不信他以前是失明，後來能看見的，等到叫了他的父母來， 19 問他們說：「這是你們的兒子嗎？你們說他生來是失明的，現在怎麼看見了呢？」 20 他的父母就回答說：「他是我們的兒子，生來就失明，這是我們知道的。 21 至於他現在怎麼能看見，我們卻不知道；是誰開了他的眼睛，我們也不知道。他已經是成人，你們問他吧，他自己會說。」 22 他父母說這些話，是怕猶太人，因為猶太人已經商定，若有宣認耶穌是基督的，要把他趕出會堂。 23 因此他父母說「他已經是成人，你們問他吧」。

24 於是法利賽人第二次叫了那以前失明的人來，對他說：「你要將榮耀歸給上帝，我們知道這人是個罪人。」 25 那人就回答：「他是不是個罪人，我不知道；有一件事我知道，我本來是失明的，現在我看見了。」 26 他們就問他：「他給你做了甚麼？是怎麼開了你的眼睛？」 27 他回答他們：「我已經告訴你們了，你們不聽，為甚麼又要聽呢？難道你們也要作他的門徒嗎？」 28 他們就罵他：「你是他的門徒，而我們是摩西的門徒。 29 上帝對摩西說話是我們知道的，可是這個人，我們不知道他從哪裏來。」 30 那人回答，對他們說：「他開了我的眼睛，你們竟不知道他從哪裏來，這真是奇怪！ 31 我們知道上帝不聽罪人，惟有敬奉上帝、遵行他旨意的，上帝才聽他。 32 從創世以來，未曾聽見有人開了生來就失明的人的眼睛。 33 這人若不是從上帝來的，甚麼也不能做。」 34 他們回答他說：「你完全是生在罪中的，還要來教訓我們嗎？」於是他們把他趕出去了。

靈性的盲目

35 耶穌聽說他們把他趕出去，就找到他，說：「你信人子t嗎？」 36 那人回答說：「主啊，人子是誰？告訴我，好讓我信他。」 37 耶穌對他說：「你已經看見他，現在和你說話的就是他。」 38 他說：「主啊，我信！」他就拜耶穌。 39 耶穌說：「我為審判到這世上來，使不能看見的看見，能看見的反而失明。」

40 同他在那裏的法利賽人聽見這些話，就對他說：「難道我們也失明了嗎？」 41 耶穌對他們說：「你們若是失明的，就沒有罪了；但現在你們說『我們能看見』，你們的罪還在。」

JOHN 9

Jesus //Heals a Man Born Blind

1 As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been blind since birth.

2 Jesus' disciples asked, “Teacher, why was this man born blind? Was it because he or his parents sinned?”
3 “No, it wasn't!” Jesus answered. “But because of his blindness, you will see God work a miracle for him. 4 As long as it is day, we must do what the one who sent me wants me to do. When night comes, no one can work.

5 t While I am in the world, I am the light for the world.”
6 After Jesus said this, he spit on the ground. He made some mud and smeared it on the man's eyes.

7 Then he said, “Go wash off the mud in Siloam Pool.” The man went and washed in Siloam, which means “One Who Is Sent.” When he had washed off the mud, he could see.
8 The man's neighbors and the people who had seen him begging wondered if he really could be the same man.

9 Some of them said he was the same beggar, while others said he only looked like him. But he told them, “I am that man.”

10 “Then how can you see?” they asked.

11 He answered, “Someone named Jesus made some mud and smeared it on my eyes. He told me to go and wash it off in Siloam Pool. When I did, I could see.”

12 “Where is he now?” they asked.
“I don't know,” he answered.

The Pharisees Try To Find Out //What Happened

13-14 The day when Jesus made the mud and healed the man was a Sabbath. So the people took the man to the Pharisees.

15 They asked him how he was able to see, and he answered, “Jesus made some mud and smeared it on my eyes. Then after I washed it off, I could see.”

16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man Jesus doesn't come from God. If he did, he would not break the law of the Sabbath.”
Others asked, “How could someone who is a sinner work such a miracle?”t
Since the Pharisees could not agree among themselves,

17 they asked the man, “What do you say about this one who healed your eyes?”
“He is a prophet!” the man told them.
18 But the Jewish leaders would not believe that the man had once been blind. They sent for his parents

19 and asked them, “Is this the son that you said was born blind? How can he now see?”
20 The man's parents answered, “We are certain that he is our son, and we know that he was born blind.

21 But we don't know how he got his sight or who gave it to him. Ask him! He is old enough to speak for himself.”

22-23 The man's parents said this because they were afraid of their leaders. The leaders had already agreed that no one was to have anything to do with anyone who said Jesus was the Messiah.

24 The leaders called the man back and said, “Swear by God to tell the truth! We know that Jesus is a sinner.”

25 The man replied, “I don't know if he is a sinner or not. All I know is that I used to be blind, but now I can see!”

26 “What did he do to you?” they asked. “How did he heal your eyes?”

27 The man answered, “I have already told you once, and you refused to listen. Why do you want me to tell you again? Do you also want to become his disciples?”
28 The leaders insulted the man and said, “You are his follower! We are followers of Moses.

29 We are sure God spoke to Moses, but we don't even know where Jesus comes from.”
30 “How strange!” the man replied. “He healed my eyes, and yet you don't know where he comes from. 31 We know that God listens only to people who love and obey him. God doesn't listen to sinners. 32 And this is the first time in history anyone has ever given sight to someone born blind.

33 Jesus could not do anything unless he came from God.”

34 The leaders told the man, “You have been a sinner since the day you were born! Do you think you can teach us anything?” Then they said, “You can never come back into any of our synagogues!”

35 When Jesus heard what had happened, he went and found the man. Then Jesus asked, “Do you have faith in the Son of Man?”

36 He replied, “Sir, if you will tell me who he is, I will put my faith in him.”

37 “You have already seen him,” Jesus answered, “and right now he is talking with you.”

38 The man said, “Lord, I put my faith in you!” Then he worshiped Jesus.

39 Jesus told him, “I came to judge the people of this world. I am here to give sight to the blind and to make blind everyone who can see.”

40 When the Pharisees heard Jesus say this, they asked, “Are we blind?”
41 Jesus answered, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty. But now that you claim to see, you will keep on being guilty.”