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 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?”
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.”
Yeesu ye finkintewo kendeyandi
1 Kabiriŋ Yeesu be tambi kaŋ, a ye kewo je, meŋ finkiriŋo wuluuta. 2 A la saayiboolu ye a ñininkaa ko, “Karammoo, jumaa le ye junuboo ke, ñiŋ kewo waraŋ a wuluulaalu, meŋ ye a tinna a wuluuta finkinteeyaa kono?” 3 Bituŋ Yeesu ye ì jaabi ko, “A maŋ ke ko, ñiŋ kewo waraŋ a wuluulaalu le ye junuboo ke, bari ñiŋ keta le, fo Alla la dookuwo si je noo a la kuwo to. 4 Alla meŋ ye n kii, ǹ si a la dookuwo ke tiloo waatoo la, kaatu suutoo be naa le, moo te dookuwo ke noo la meŋ na. 5 M be duniyaa kono waatoo meŋ na, nte le mu duniyaa la maloo ti.” 6 A la ñiŋ kumoolu foriŋ koolaa, a ye daajiyo tupi bankoo to, a ye bankoo niŋ daajiyo ñaami ka ke potoo ti, a ye a moosi finkintewo ñaalu bala. 7 Bituŋ a ko a ye ko, “Taa, i ye i ñaalu kuu Silowamu Daloo to.” Ñiŋ daloo too kotoo mu ñiŋ ti: Ì ye meŋ kii.
Bituŋ finkintewo taata a ñaalu kuu. Wo to le a muruta naŋ, a be jeroo ke kaŋ. 8 Bituŋ a siiñoolu aniŋ mennu ye a je nuŋ sadaadaanoo la, ì ko, “Fo ñiŋ ne maŋ ke wo kewo ti baŋ, meŋ ka sii nuŋ sadaadaanoo la?” 9 Doolu ko, “Ate le mu.” Doolu ko, “Hanii, a mulunta ate le la.” Wo to le a ko ì ye ko, “Nte le mu.” 10 Bituŋ ì ko a ye ko, “I ñaalu yeleta ñaadii le?” 11 A ye ì jaabi ko, “Kewo, ì ka a fo meŋ ye Yeesu, wo le ye potoo ñaami, a ye a moosi n ñaalu bala. Bituŋ a ko n ye ko, ‘Taa Silowamu Daloo to, i ye i kuu.’ Wo to le, n taata n kuu jee. Bituŋ ŋa jeroo ke.” 12 Ì ko a ye ko, “A be mintoo le?” A ye ì jaabi ko, “Nte maŋ a loŋ.”
Farisewolu ye kendeyandiroo kuwo kisikisi
13 Wo to le ì ye kewo samba Farisewolu* yaa, meŋ tarata finkiriŋ nuŋ. 14 Luŋo meŋ Yeesu ye potoo ñaami, a ye finkintewo ñaalu yelendi, wo keta nuŋ Loobula Luŋo le ti. 15 Bituŋ Farisewolu fanaa ye a ñininkaa, a ye jeroo ke ñaadii le. Kewo ko ì ye ko, “A ye potoo le ke n ñaalu bala, ŋa ì kuu, bituŋ ŋa jeroo ke.” 16 Wo to le Farisewolu doolu ko, “Ñiŋ kewo maŋ bo Alla yaa, kaatu a maŋ Loobula Luŋo muta.” Bari doolu ko, “Junubekelaa si ñiŋ ñoŋ kaawakuwolu ke noo ñaadii le?” Bituŋ kannawaaliyo naata ke ì teema.
17 Wo kamma la ì ye finkintewo ñininkaa kotenke ko, “Ite ye muŋ ne fo a la kuwo to, baawo a ye i ñaalu yelendi le?” Bituŋ a ko ì ye ko, “Annabiyomoo le mu.”
18 Bari Yahuudoolu maŋ laa kewo la kuwo la ko, a mu finkintewo le ti nuŋ, saayiŋ a ka jeroo ke, bituŋ ì naata a wuluulaalu kumandi. 19 Ì ye ì ñininkaa ko, “Fo ñiŋ mu ali dinkewo le ti baŋ? Fo alitolu ko, a wuluuta finkinteeyaa le kono baŋ? Wo to a ye jeroo ke noo ñaadii le saayiŋ?” 20 Bituŋ a wuluulaalu ye ì jaabi ko, “Ŋà a loŋ ne ko, ñiŋ mu ǹ dinkewo le ti, aduŋ a wuluuta finkinteeyaa le kono. 21 Bari a ye jeroo ke ñaameŋ saayiŋ, m̀ maŋ wo loŋ, sako meŋ ye a ñaalu yelendi. Ali a faŋo ñininkaa, keebaa le mu. A si diyaamu noo a faŋo ye le.” 22 A wuluulaalu ye wo kumoolu fo le, kaatu ì silata Yahuudoolu le la. Baawo wolu kambenta le ko, niŋ meŋ ye a seedeyaa ko, Yeesu mu Alimasiihu* le ti, ì be wo maarii bayi la ì la diina kafoo kono le. 23 Wo le ye a tinna a wuluulaalu ko, “A mu keebaa le ti, ali a faŋo ñininkaa.”
24 Bituŋ ì ye kewo kumandi fulanjanke, meŋ finkita nuŋ. Ì ko a ye ko, “Horomoo dii Alla la, i ye tooñaa fo! Ŋà a loŋ ne ko, ñiŋ kewo mu junubekelaa le ti.” 25 A ye ì jaabi ko, “Fo a mu junubekelaa le ti, nte maŋ wo loŋ, bari kuu kiliŋ, ŋa meŋ loŋ, nte finkita le nuŋ, bari saayiŋ n ka jeroo ke le.” 26 Bituŋ ì ko a ye ko, “A ye muŋ ne ke i la? A ye i ñaalu yelendi ñaadii le?” 27 A ye ì jaabi ko, “Ŋa a fo ali ye le, ali maŋ ali tuloolu loo. Muŋ ne ye a tinna ali lafita ka a moyi kotenke? Fo ali fanaa lafita ke la a noomalankoolu le ti baŋ?” 28 Bituŋ ì ye a neŋ ko, “Ite le mu a noomalankoo ti, bari ntolu mu Musa noomalankoolu le ti. 29 Kaatu ŋà a loŋ ne ko, Alla diyaamuta Musa ye le. Bari m̀ maŋ a loŋ, ñiŋ kewo bota naŋ daameŋ to.” 30 Wo to le kewo ye ì jaabi ko, “Bari ñiŋ mu jaakali kuu baa le ti! Ali maŋ a loŋ, a bota naŋ daameŋ to, aduŋ a ye n ñaalu yelendi. 31 Ŋà a loŋ ne ko, Alla buka junubekelaa lamoyi. Bari a ka moo le lamoyi, meŋ ye Alla ñaasilaŋo soto, aniŋ meŋ ka a la lafoo ke. 32 Kabiriŋ duniyaa foloodulaa to, moo nene maŋ a moyi ko, moo ye moo ñaalu yelendi, meŋ wuluuta finkinteeyaa kono. 33 Niŋ ñiŋ kewo maŋ bo naŋ Alla yaa, a te feŋ ke noo la.”
34 Ì ye a jaabi ko, “Ite wuluuta junuboo le kono, i lafita ka ntolu karandi!” Bituŋ ì ye a bayi.
Yahuudi kuntiyolu la finkinteeyaa
35 Yeesu ye a moyi ko, Yahuudoolu ye wo kewo bayi le. Biriŋ Yeesu naata a je, a ko a ye ko, “Fo ite laata Moo Dinkewo* la le baŋ?” 36 Kewo ye a jaabi ko, “Maariyo, jumaa le mu wo ti, fo nte si laa a la?” 37 Wo to le Yeesu ko a ye ko, “Ite ye a je le. I niŋ meŋ be diyaamu kaŋ, wo le mu.” 38 Bituŋ kewo ko, “M Maarii, nte laata le!” Aduŋ a ye a batu.
39 Wo to le Yeesu ko, “Nte naata ñiŋ duniyaa kono kiitiyo le la, fo moolu mennu maŋ jeroo ke, ì si jeroo ke, aduŋ moolu mennu ye jeroo ke, ì si finki.” 40 Farisewolu doolu, mennu tarata jee, ì ye wo kumoolu moyi. Ì ko a ye ko, “Fo ite lafita a fo la le ko, m̀ fanaa finkita le baŋ?” 41 Wo to le Yeesu ko ì ye ko, “Niŋ ali finkita, ali te tuumi la junuboo la. Bari saayiŋ ali ko, ali ka jeroo ke le, wo kamma la, ali la junuboolu be tu la ali fee le.”
