Ján 9

1 Ako šiel, videl človeka, ktorý bol od narodenia slepý.2 Jeho učeníci sa ho spýtali: „Rabbi, kto zhrešil - on, alebo jeho rodičia -, že sa narodil slepý?“3 Ježiš odpovedal: „Nezhrešil ani on, ani jeho rodičia, ale majú sa na ňom zjaviť Božie skutky.4 Musíme konať skutky toho, ktorý ma poslal, dokiaľ je deň. Ide noc, keď nik nebude môcť pracovať.5 Kým som na svete, som svetlo sveta.“6 Keď to povedal, napľul na zem, urobil zo sliny blato, blatom mu potrel oči7 a povedal mu: „Choď, umy sa v rybníku Siloe,“ čo v preklade znamená: Poslaný. On šiel, umyl sa a vrátil sa vidiaci.8 Susedia a tí, čo ho predtým vídali žobrať, hovorili: „Nie je to ten, čo tu sedával a žobral?“9 Jedni tvrdili: „Je to on.“ Iní zasa: „Nie je, len sa mu podobá.“ On vravel: „Ja som to.“10 Pýtali sa ho teda: „Ako to, že sa ti otvorili oči?“11 On odpovedal: „Človek, ktorý sa volá Ježiš, urobil blato, potrel mi oči a povedal mi: »Choď k Siloe a umy sa!« Šiel som teda, umyl som sa a - vidím.“12 Pýtali sa ho: „Kde je ten človek?“ Odpovedal: „Neviem.“13 Zaviedli ho, toho, čo bol predtým slepý, k farizejom.14 Ale v ten deň, keď Ježiš urobil blato a otvoril mu oči, bola práve sobota.15 Preto sa ho aj farizeji pýtali, ako to, že vidí. On im povedal: „Priložil mi na oči blato, umyl som sa a vidím.“16 Niektorí farizeji hovorili: „Ten človek nie je od Boha, lebo nezachováva sobotu.“ Iní vraveli: „Ako môže hriešny človek robiť takéto znamenia?“ A rozštiepili sa.17 Znova sa teda pýtali slepého: „Čo hovoríš o ňom ty? Veď tebe otvoril oči!?“ On odpovedal: „Je prorok.“18 Židia však neverili, že bol slepý a teraz vidí, kým si nezavolali jeho rodičov.19 Opýtali sa ich: „Je to váš syn? A hovoríte, že sa narodil slepý? Ako to, že teraz vidí?“20 Rodičia odpovedali: „Vieme, že je to náš syn a že sa narodil slepý.21 Ale ako to, že teraz vidí, to nevieme, ani nevieme, kto mu otvoril oči. Jeho sa spýtajte. Má svoje roky, nech hovorí sám za seba.“22 Jeho rodičia hovorili tak preto, že sa báli Židov. Židia sa už totiž uzniesli, že každý, kto by ho uznal za Mesiáša, má byť vylúčený zo synagógy.23 Preto jeho rodičia povedali: „Má svoje roky, jeho sa spýtajte.“24 Znovu teda zavolali človeka, čo bol predtým slepý, a povedali mu: „Vzdaj Bohu slávu! My vieme, že ten človek je hriešnik.“25 On odvetil: „Či je hriešnik, neviem. Ale jedno viem: že som bol slepý a teraz vidím.“26 Spýtali sa ho teda: „Čo urobil s tebou? Ako ti otvoril oči?“27 Odpovedal im: „Už som vám povedal, a nepočuli ste. Prečo to chcete počuť znova? Chcete sa aj vy stať jeho učeníkmi?“28 Vynadali mu a povedali: „Ty si jeho učeník, my sme Mojžišovi učeníci.29 My vieme, že Mojžišovi hovoril Boh, a o tomto nevieme ani to, odkiaľ je.“30 Ten človek im odpovedal: „Práve to je čudné, že vy neviete, odkiaľ je, a mne otvoril oči.31 Vieme, že hriešnikov Boh nevyslyší; ale vyslyší toho, kto si Boha ctí a plní jeho vôľu.32 Od vekov nebolo počuť, že by bol niekto otvoril oči slepému od narodenia.33 Keby on nebol od Boha, nemohol by nič také urobiť.“34 Povedali mu: „Celý si sa v hriechoch narodil a nás poúčaš?!“ A vyhnali ho von.35 Ježiš sa dopočul, že ho vyhnali, vyhľadal ho a povedal mu: „Ty veríš v Syna človeka?“36 On vravel: „A kto je to, Pane, aby som v neho uveril?“37 Ježiš mu povedal: „Už si ho videl - a je to ten, čo sa rozpráva s tebou.“38 On povedal: „Verím, Pane,“ a klaňal sa mu.39 Ježiš povedal: „Súdiť som prišiel na tento svet: aby tí, čo nevidia, videli, a tí, čo vidia, aby oslepli.“40 Začuli to farizeji, čo boli pri ňom, a povedali mu: „Sme azda aj my slepí?!“41 Ježiš im odpovedal: „Keby ste boli slepí, nemali by ste hriech. Vy však hovoríte: »Vidíme.« A tak váš hriech ostáva.

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

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.”