¹And passing by, he saw a man blind from birth,

¹ሲያልፍም ከመወለዱ ጀምሮ ዕውር የሆነውን ሰው አየ።

²and his disciples asked him, saying, `Rabbi, who did sin, this one or his parents, that he should be born blind?`

²ደቀ መዛሙርቱም። መምህር ሆይ፥ ይህ ሰው ዕውር ሆኖ እንዲወለድ ኃጢአት የሠራ ማን ነው? እርሱ ወይስ ወላጆቹ? ብለው ጠየቁት።

³Jesus answered, `Neither did this one sin nor his parents, but that the works of God may be manifested in him;

³ኢየሱስም እንዲህ ብሎ መለሰ። የእግዚአብሔር ሥራ በእርሱ እንዲገለጥ ነው እንጂ እርሱ ወይም ወላጆቹ ኃጢአት አልሠሩም።

⁴it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: —

⁴ቀን ሳለ የላከኝን ሥራ ላደርግ ይገባኛል፤ ማንም ሊሠራ የማይችልባት ሌሊት ትመጣለች።

⁵when I am in the world, I am a light of the world.`

⁵በዓለም ሳለሁ የዓለም ብርሃን ነኝ።

⁶These things saying, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind man, and said to him,

⁶ይህን ብሎ ወደ መሬት እንትፍ አለ በምራቁም ጭቃ አድርጎ በጭቃው የዕውሩን ዓይኖች ቀባና።

⁷`Go away, wash at the pool of Siloam,` which is, interpreted, Sent. He went away, therefore, and did wash, and came seeing;

⁷ሂድና በሰሊሆም መጠመቂያ ታጠብ አለው፤ ትርጓሜው የተላከ ነው። ስለዚህ ሄዶ ታጠበ እያየም መጣ።

⁸the neighbours, therefore, and those seeing him before, that he was blind, said, `Is not this he who is sitting and begging?`

⁸ጐረቤቶቹም ቀድሞም ሲለምን አይተውት የነበሩ። ይህ ተቀምጦ ይለምን የነበረ አይደለምን? አሉ።

⁹others said — `This is he;` and others — `He is like to him;` he himself said, — `I am [he].`

⁹ሌሎች። እርሱ ነው አሉ፤ ሌሎች። አይደለም እርሱን ይመስላል እንጂ አሉ፤ እርሱ። እኔ ነኝ አለ።

¹⁰They said, therefore, to him, `How were thine eyes opened?`

¹⁰ታድያ። ዓይኖችህ እንዴት ተከፈቱ? አሉት።

¹¹he answered and said, `A man called Jesus made clay, and rubbed my eyes, and said to me, Go away to the pool of Siloam, and wash; and having gone away and having washed, I received sight;`

¹¹እርሱ መልሶ። ኢየሱስ የሚባለው ሰው ጭቃ አድርጎ አይኖቼን ቀባና። ወደ ሰሊሆም መጠመቂያ ሄደህ ታጠብ አለኝ፤ ሄጄ ታጥቤም አየሁ አለ።

¹²they said, therefore, to him, `Where is that one?` he saith, `I have not known.`

¹²ያ ሰው ወዴት ነው? አሉት። አላውቅም አለ።

¹³They bring him to the Pharisees who once [was] blind,

¹³በፊት ዕውር የነበረውን ሰው ወደ ፈሪሳውያን ወሰዱት።

¹⁴and it was a sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

¹⁴ኢየሱስም ጭቃ አድርጎ ዓይኖቹን የከፈተበት ቀን ሰንበት ነበረ።

¹⁵Again, therefore, the Pharisees also were asking him how he received sight, and he said to them, `Clay he did put upon my eyes, and I did wash — and I see.`

¹⁵ስለዚህ ፈሪሳውያን ደግሞ እንዴት እንዳየ እንደ ገና ጠየቁት። እርሱም። ጭቃ በዓይኖቼ አኖረ ታጠብሁም አያለሁም አላቸው።

¹⁶Of the Pharisees, therefore, certain said, `This man is not from God, because the sabbath he doth not keep;` others said, `How is a man — a sinful one — able to do such signs?` and there was a division among them.

¹⁶ከፈሪሳውያንም አንዳንዶቹ። ይህ ሰው ሰንበትን አያከብርምና ከእግዚአብሔር አይደለም አሉ። ሌሎች ግን። ኃጢአትኛ ሰው እንደነዚህ ያሉ ምልክቶች ሊያደርግ እንዴት ይችላል? አሉ።

¹⁷They said to the blind man again, `Thou — what dost thou say of him — that he opened thine eyes?`

¹⁷በመካከላቸውም መለያየት ሆነ። ከዚህም የተነሣ ዕውሩን። አንተ ዓይኖችህን ስለ ከፈተ ስለ እርሱ ምን ትላለህ? ደግሞ አሉት። እርሱም። ነቢይ ነው አለ።

¹⁸and he said — `He is a prophet.` The Jews, therefore, did not believe concerning him that he was blind and did receive sight, till that they called the parents of him who received sight,

¹⁸አይሁድ የዚያን ያየውን ወላጆች እስኪጠሩ ድረስ ዕውር እንደ ነበረ እንዳየም ስለ እርሱ አላመኑም፥

¹⁹and they asked them, saying, `Is your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind? how then now doth he see?`

¹⁹እነርሱንም። እናንተ ዕውር ሆኖ ተወለደ የምትሉት ልጃችሁ ይህ ነውን? ታድያ አሁን እንዴት ያያል? ብለው ጠየቁአቸው።

²⁰His parents answered them and said, `We have known that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

²⁰ወላጆቹም መልሰው። ይህ ልጃችን እንደ ሆነ ዕውርም ሆኖ እንደ ተወለደ አናውቃለን፤

²¹and how he now seeth, we have not known; or who opened his eyes, we have not known; himself is of age, ask him; he himself shall speak concerning himself.`

²¹ዳሩ ግን አሁን እንዴት እንዳየ አናውቅም፥ ወይም ዓይኖቹን ማን እንደ ከፈተ እኛ አናውቅም፤ ጠይቁት እርሱ ሙሉ ሰው ነው፤ እርሱ ስለ ራሱ ይናገራል አሉ።

²²These things said his parents, because they were afraid of the Jews, for already had the Jews agreed together, that if any one may confess him — Christ, he may be put out of the synagogue;

²²ወላጆቹ አይሁድን ስለ ፈሩ ይህን አሉ፤ እርሱ ክርስቶስ ነው ብሎ የሚመሰክር ቢኖር ከምኵራብ እንዲያወጡት አይሁድ ከዚህ በፊት ተስማምተው ነበርና።

²³because of this his parents said — `He is of age, ask him.`

²³ስለዚህ ወላጆቹ። ሙሉ ሰው ነው፥ ጠይቁት አሉ።

²⁴They called, therefore, a second time the man who was blind, and they said to him, `Give glory to God, we have known that this man is a sinner;`

²⁴ስለዚህ ዕውር የነበረውን ሰው ሁለተኛ ጠርተው። እግዚአብሔርን አክብር፤ ይህ ሰው ኃጢአተኛ መሆኑን እኛ እናውቃለን አሉት።

²⁵he answered, therefore, and said, `If he be a sinner — I have not known, one thing I have known, that, being blind, now I see.`

²⁵እርሱም መልሶ። ኃጢአተኛ መሆኑን አላውቅም፤ ዕውር እንደ ነበርሁ አሁንም እንዳይ ይህን አንድ ነገር አውቃለሁ አለ።

²⁶And they said to him again, `What did he to thee? how did he open thine eyes?`

²⁶ደግመውም። ምን አደረገልህ? እንዴትስ ዓይኖችህን ከፈተ? አሉት።

²⁷He answered them, `I told you already, and ye did not hear; why again do ye wish to hear? do ye also wish to become his disciples?`

²⁷እርሱም መልሶ። አስቀድሜ ነገርኋችሁ አልሰማችሁምም፤ ስለ ምን ዳግመኛ ልትሰሙ ትወዳላችሁ? እናንተ ደግሞ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ልትሆኑ ትወዳላችሁን? አላቸው።

²⁸They reviled him, therefore, and said, `Thou art his disciple, and we are Moses` disciples;

²⁸ተሳድበውም። አንተ የእርሱ ደቀ መዝሙር ነህ፥ እኛ ግን የሙሴ ደቀ መዛሙርት ነን፤

²⁹we have known that God hath spoken to Moses, but this one — we have not known whence he is.`

²⁹እግዚአብሔር ሙሴን እንደ ተናገረው እኛ እናውቃለን፥ ይህ ሰው ግን ከወዴት እንደ ሆነ አናውቅም አሉት።

³⁰The man answered and said to them, `Why, in this is a wonderful thing, that ye have not known whence he is, and he opened my eyes!

³⁰ሰውዬው መለሰ እንዲህም አላቸው። ከወዴት እንደ ሆነ እናንተ አለማወቃችሁ ይህ ድንቅ ነገር ነው፥ ዳሩ ግን ዓይኖቼን ከፈተ።

³¹and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear;

³¹እግዚአብሔርን የሚፈራ ፈቃዱንም የሚያደርግ ቢኖር ያንን እግዚአብሔር ይሰማዋል እንጂ ኃጢአተኞችን እንዳይሰማ እናውቃለን።

³²from the age it was not heard, that any one did open eyes of one who hath been born blind;

³²ዕውር ሆኖ የተወለደውን ዓይኖች ማንም እንደ ከፈተ ዓለም ከተፈጠረ ጀምሮ አልተሰማም፤

³³if this one were not from God, he were not able to do anything.`

³³ይህ ሰው ከእግዚአብሔር ባይሆን ምንም ሊያደርግ ባልቻለም ነበር።

³⁴They answered and said to him, `In sins thou wast born altogether, and thou dost teach us!` and they cast him forth without.

³⁴መልሰው። አንተ ሁለንተናህ በኃጢአት ተወለድህ፥ አንተም እኛን ታስተምረናለህን? አሉት። ወደ ውጭም አወጡት።

³⁵Jesus heard that they cast him forth without, and having found him, he said to him, `Dost thou believe in the Son of God?`

³⁵ኢየሱስም ወደ ውጭ እንዳወጡት ሰማ ሲያገኘውም። አንተ በእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ታምናለህን? አለው።

³⁶he answered and said, `Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?`

³⁶እርሱም መልሶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ በእርሱ አምን ዘንድ ማን ነው? አለ።

³⁷And Jesus said to him, `Thou hast both seen him, and he who is speaking with thee is he;`

³⁷ኢየሱስም። አይተኸዋልም ከአንተ ጋርም የሚናገረው እርሱ ነው አለው።

³⁸and he said, `I believe, sir,` and bowed before him.

³⁸እርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አምናለሁ አለ፤ ሰገደለትም።

³⁹And Jesus said, `For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.`

³⁹ኢየሱስም። የማያዩ እንዲያዩ የሚያዩም እንዲታወሩ እኔ ወደዚህ ዓለም ለፍርድ መጣሁ አለ።

⁴⁰And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, `Are we also blind?`

⁴⁰ከፈሪሳውያንም ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩት ይህን ሰምተው። እኛ ደግሞ ዕውሮች ነንን? አሉት።

⁴¹Jesus said to them, `If ye were blind, ye were not having had sin, but now ye say — We see, therefore doth your sin remain.

⁴¹ኢየሱስም አላቸው። ዕውሮችስ ብትሆኑ ኃጢአት ባልሆነባችሁም ነበር፤ አሁን ግን። እናያለን ትላላችሁ፤ ኃጢአታችሁ ይኖራል።