约翰福音 9

治好生来失明的人

1 耶稣往前走的时候，看见一个生来就失明的人。 2 门徒问耶稣：“拉比，这人生来失明，是谁犯了罪？是这人还是他的父母呢？” 3 耶稣回答：“既不是这人犯了罪，也不是他的父母，而是要在他身上显出上帝的作为来。 4 趁着白日，我们t必须做差我t来的那位的工；黑夜来到，就没有人能做工了。 5 我在世上的时候，是世上的光。” 6 耶稣说了这些话，就吐唾沫在地上，用唾沫和了泥抹在盲人的眼睛上， 7 对他说：“你到西罗亚池子里去洗。”（西罗亚翻出来就是“奉差遣”。）于是他去，洗了，回来就看见了。 8 他的邻舍和素常见他讨饭的人，就说：“这不是那从前坐着讨饭的人吗？” 9 有的说：“是他”；又有的说：“不是，却是像他。”他自己说：“是我。” 10 于是他们对他说：“你的眼睛是怎么开的呢？” 11 那人回答：“有一个名叫耶稣的，他和了泥抹我的眼睛，对我说：‘你到西罗亚池子去洗。’我去一洗，就看见了。” 12 他们对他说：“那个人在哪里？”他说：“我不知道。”

法利赛人盘问医治的事

13 他们把以前失明的那个人带到法利赛人那里。 14 耶稣和泥开他眼睛的那一天是安息日。 15 法利赛人又问他是怎么得看见的。他对他们说：“他把泥抹在我的眼睛上，我一洗，就看见了。” 16 于是法利赛人中有的说：“这个人不是从上帝来的，因为他不守安息日。”另有的说：“一个罪人怎能行这样的神迹呢？”他们之间就产生了分裂。 17 于是他们又对那盲人说：“他开了你的眼睛，你说他是怎样的人呢？”他说：“他是个先知。”

18  犹太人不信他以前是失明，后来能看见的，等到叫了他的父母来， 19 问他们说：“这是你们的儿子吗？你们说他生来是失明的，现在怎么看见了呢？” 20 他的父母就回答说：“他是我们的儿子，生来就失明，这是我们知道的。 21 至于他现在怎么能看见，我们却不知道；是谁开了他的眼睛，我们也不知道。他已经是成人，你们问他吧，他自己会说。” 22 他父母说这些话，是怕犹太人，因为犹太人已经商定，若有宣认耶稣是基督的，要把他赶出会堂。 23 因此他父母说“他已经是成人，你们问他吧”。

24 于是法利赛人第二次叫了那以前失明的人来，对他说：“你要将荣耀归给上帝，我们知道这人是个罪人。” 25 那人就回答：“他是不是个罪人，我不知道；有一件事我知道，我本来是失明的，现在我看见了。” 26 他们就问他：“他给你做了什么？是怎么开了你的眼睛？” 27 他回答他们：“我已经告诉你们了，你们不听，为什么又要听呢？难道你们也要作他的门徒吗？” 28 他们就骂他：“你是他的门徒，而我们是摩西的门徒。 29 上帝对摩西说话是我们知道的，可是这个人，我们不知道他从哪里来。” 30 那人回答，对他们说：“他开了我的眼睛，你们竟不知道他从哪里来，这真是奇怪！ 31 我们知道上帝不听罪人，惟有敬奉上帝、遵行他旨意的，上帝才听他。 32 从创世以来，未曾听见有人开了生来就失明的人的眼睛。 33 这人若不是从上帝来的，什么也不能做。” 34 他们回答他说：“你完全是生在罪中的，还要来教训我们吗？”于是他们把他赶出去了。

灵性的盲目

35 耶稣听说他们把他赶出去，就找到他，说：“你信人子t吗？” 36 那人回答说：“主啊，人子是谁？告诉我，好让我信他。” 37 耶稣对他说：“你已经看见他，现在和你说话的就是他。” 38 他说：“主啊，我信！”他就拜耶稣。 39 耶稣说：“我为审判到这世上来，使不能看见的看见，能看见的反而失明。”

40 同他在那里的法利赛人听见这些话，就对他说：“难道我们也失明了吗？” 41 耶稣对他们说：“你们若是失明的，就没有罪了；但现在你们说‘我们能看见’，你们的罪还在。”

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.”