John 9 #catechesis/bible/john
[!abstract] He gives sight to the man born blind.
Book: John · ← John 8 · John 10 →
1
GR Καὶ παράγων εἶδεν ἄνθρωπον τυφλὸν ἐκ γενετῆς.
LA Et præteriens Jesus vidit hominem cæcum a nativitate:
EN And Jesus passing by, saw a man who was blind from his birth.
^1
2
GR καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες: ῥαββί, τίς ἥμαρτεν, οὗτος ἢ οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ, ἵνα τυφλὸς γεννηθῇ;
LA et interrogaverunt eum discipuli ejus: Rabbi, quis peccavit, hic, aut parentes ejus, ut cæcus nasceretur?
EN And his disciples asked him: “Rabbi, who has sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?”
^2
3
GR ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς: οὔτε οὗτος ἥμαρτεν οὔτε οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ, ἀλλ’ ἵνα φανερωθῇ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ.
LA Respondit Jesus: Neque hic peccavit, neque parentes ejus: sed ut manifestentur opera Dei in illo.
EN Jesus answered: “Neither has this man sinned, nor his parents; but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
^3
4
GR ἡμᾶς δεῖ ἐργάζεσθαι τὰ ἔργα τοῦ πέμψαντός με ἕως ἡμέρα ἐστίν: ἔρχεται νὺξ ὅτε οὐδεὶς δύναται ἐργάζεσθαι.
LA Me oportet operari opera ejus qui misit me, donec dies est: venit nox, quando nemo potest operari:
EN I must work the works of him that sent me, whilst it is day; the night comes, when no man can work.
^4
5
GR ὅταν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ὦ, φῶς εἰμι τοῦ κόσμου.
LA quamdiu sum in mundo, lux sum mundi.
EN As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
^5
6
GR ταῦτα εἰπὼν ἔπτυσεν χαμαὶ καὶ ἐποίησεν πηλὸν ἐκ τοῦ πτύσματος, καὶ ἐπέθηκεν αὐτοῦ τὸν πηλὸν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς,
LA Hæc cum dixisset, exspuit in terram, et fecit lutum ex sputo, et linivit lutum super oculos ejus,
EN When he had said these things, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and spread the clay upon his eyes,
^6
7
GR καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ: ὕπαγε νίψαι εἰς τὴν κολυμβήθραν τοῦ Σιλωάμ, ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται ἀπεσταλμένος. ἀπῆλθεν οὖν καὶ ἐνίψατο, καὶ ἦλθεν βλέπων.
LA et dixit ei: Vade, lava in natatoria Siloë (quod interpretatur Missus). Abiit ergo, et lavit, et venit videns.
EN and said to him: “Go, wash in the pool of Siloe,” which is interpreted, Sent. He went therefore and washed, and he came seeing.
^7
8
GR Οἱ οὖν γείτονες καὶ οἱ θεωροῦντες αὐτὸν τὸ πρότερον, ὅτι προσαίτης ἦν, ἔλεγον: οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ καθήμενος καὶ προσαιτῶν;
LA Itaque vicini, et qui viderant eum prius quia mendicus erat, dicebant: Nonne hic est qui sedebat, et mendicabat? Alii dicebant: Quia hic est.
EN The neighbours, therefore, and they who had seen him before that he was a beggar, said: “Is not this he that sat and begged?” Some said: “This is he.”
^8
9
GR ἄλλοι ἔλεγον ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν: ἄλλοι ἔλεγον: οὐχί, ἀλλὰ ὅμοιος αὐτῷ ἐστιν. ἐκεῖνος ἔλεγεν ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι.
LA Alii autem: Nequaquam, sed similis est ei. Ille vero dicebat: Quia ego sum.
EN But others said: “No, but he is like him.” But he said: “I am he.”
^9
10
GR ἔλεγον οὖν αὐτῷ: πῶς οὖν ἠνεῴχθησάν σου οἱ ὀφθαλμοί;
LA Dicebant ergo ei: Quomodo aperti sunt tibi oculi?
EN They said therefore to him: “How were your eyes opened?”
^10
11
GR ἀπεκρίθη ἐκεῖνος: ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ λεγόμενος Ἰησοῦς πηλὸν ἐποίησεν καὶ ἐπέχρισέν μου τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς καὶ εἶπέν μοι ὅτι ὕπαγε εἰς τὸν Σιλωὰμ καὶ νίψαι: ἀπελθὼν οὖν καὶ νιψάμενος ἀνέβλεψα.
LA Respondit: Ille homo qui dicitur Jesus, lutum fecit: et unxit oculos meos, et dixit mihi: Vade ad natatoria Siloë, et lava. Et abii, et lavi, et video.
EN He answered: “That man that is called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me: ‘Go to the pool of Siloe and wash.’ And I went, I washed, and I see.”
^11
12
GR καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ: ποῦ ἐστιν ἐκεῖνος; λέγει: οὐκ οἶδα.
LA Et dixerunt ei: Ubi est ille? Ait: Nescio.
EN And they said to him: “Where is he?” He said: “I know not.”
^12
13
GR Ἄγουσιν αὐτὸν πρὸς τοὺς Φαρισαίους, τόν ποτε τυφλόν.
LA Adducunt eum ad pharisæos, qui cæcus fuerat.
EN They brought him that had been blind to the Pharisees.
^13
14
GR ἦν δὲ σάββατον ἐν ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ τὸν πηλὸν ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ ἀνέῳξεν αὐτοῦ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς.
LA Erat autem sabbatum quando lutum fecit Jesus, et aperuit oculos ejus.
EN Now it was the sabbath, when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.
^14
15
GR πάλιν οὖν ἠρώτων αὐτὸν καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι πῶς ἀνέβλεψεν. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς: πηλὸν ἐπέθηκέν μου ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς, καὶ ἐνιψάμην, καὶ βλέπω.
LA Iterum ergo interrogabant eum pharisæi quomodo vidisset. Ille autem dixit eis: Lutum mihi posuit super oculos, et lavi, et video.
EN Again therefore the Pharisees asked him how he had received his sight. But he said to them: “He put clay upon my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”
^15
16
GR ἔλεγον οὖν ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων τινές: οὐκ ἔστιν οὗτος παρὰ θεοῦ ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ὅτι τὸ σάββατον οὐ τηρεῖ. ἄλλοι δὲ ἔλεγον: πῶς δύναται ἄνθρωπος ἁμαρτωλὸς τοιαῦτα σημεῖα ποιεῖν; καὶ σχίσμα ἦν ἐν αὐτοῖς.
LA Dicebant ergo ex pharisæis quidam: Non est hic homo a Deo, qui sabbatum non custodit. Alii autem dicebant: Quomodo potest homo peccator hæc signa facere? Et schisma erat inter eos.
EN Some therefore of the Pharisees said: “This man is not of God, who keeps not the sabbath.” But others said: “How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles?” And there was a division among them.
^16
17
GR λέγουσιν οὖν τῷ τυφλῷ πάλιν: τί σὺ λέγεις περὶ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἠνέῳξέν σου τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν ὅτι προφήτης ἐστίν.
LA Dicunt ergo cæco iterum: Tu quid dicis de illo qui aperuit oculos tuos? Ille autem dixit: Quia propheta est.
EN They said therefore to the blind man again: “What do you say of him that has opened your eyes?” And he said: “He is a prophet.”
^17
18
GR οὐκ ἐπίστευσαν οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι περὶ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἦν τυφλὸς καὶ ἀνέβλεψεν, ἕως ὅτου ἐφώνησαν τοὺς γονεῖς αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἀναβλέψαντος,
LA Non crediderunt ergo Judæi de illo, quia cæcus fuisset et vidisset, donec vocaverunt parentes ejus, qui viderat:
EN The Jews then did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight,
^18
19
GR καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτοὺς λέγοντες: οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς ὑμῶν, ὃν ὑμεῖς λέγετε ὅτι τυφλὸς ἐγεννήθη; πῶς οὖν βλέπει ἄρτι;
LA et interrogaverunt eos, dicentes: Hic est filius vester, quem vos dicitis quia cæcus natus est? quomodo ergo nunc videt?
EN and asked them, saying: “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”
^19
20
GR ἀπεκρίθησαν οὖν οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπαν: οἴδαμεν ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς ἡμῶν καὶ ὅτι τυφλὸς ἐγεννήθη:
LA Responderunt eis parentes ejus, et dixerunt: Scimus quia hic est filius noster, et quia cæcus natus est:
EN His parents answered them and said: “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.
^20
21
GR πῶς δὲ νῦν βλέπει οὐκ οἴδαμεν, ἢ τίς ἤνοιξεν αὐτοῦ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἡμεῖς οὐκ οἴδαμεν: αὐτὸν ἐρωτήσατε, ἡλικίαν ἔχει, αὐτὸς περὶ ἑαυτοῦ λαλήσει.
LA quomodo autem nunc videat, nescimus: aut quis ejus aperuit oculos, nos nescimus; ipsum interrogate: ætatem habet, ipse de se loquatur.
EN But how he now sees, we know not; or who has opened his eyes, we know not. Ask him. He is of age. Let him speak for himself.”
^21
22
GR ταῦτα εἶπαν οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ ὅτι ἐφοβοῦντο τοὺς Ἰουδαίους: ἤδη γὰρ συνετέθειντο οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἵνα ἐάν τις αὐτὸν ὁμολογήσῃ Χριστόν, ἀποσυνάγωγος γένηται.
LA Hæc dixerunt parentes ejus, quoniam timebant Judæos: jam enim conspiraverunt Judæi, ut si quis eum confiteretur esse Christum, extra synagogam fieret.
EN These things his parents said, because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed among themselves that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
^22
23
GR διὰ τοῦτο οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ εἶπαν ὅτι ἡλικίαν ἔχει, αὐτὸν ἐπερωτήσατε.
LA Propterea parentes ejus dixerunt: Quia ætatem habet, ipsum interrogate.
EN Therefore did his parents say: “He is of age. Ask him.”
^23
24
GR Ἐφώνησαν οὖν τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐκ δευτέρου, ὃς ἦν τυφλὸς, καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ: δὸς δόξαν τῷ θεῷ: ἡμεῖς οἴδαμεν ὅτι οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἁμαρτωλός ἐστιν.
LA Vocaverunt ergo rursum hominem qui fuerat cæcus, et dixerunt ei: Da gloriam Deo: nos scimus quia hic homo peccator est.
EN They therefore called the man again that had been blind and said to him: “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”
^24
25
GR ἀπεκρίθη οὖν ἐκεῖνος: εἰ ἁμαρτωλός ἐστιν οὐκ οἶδα: ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι τυφλὸς ὢν ἄρτι βλέπω.
LA Dixit ergo eis ille: Si peccator est, nescio; unum scio, quia cæcus cum essem, modo video.
EN He said therefore to them: “If he be a sinner, I know not. One thing I know, that whereas I was blind now I see.”
^25
26
GR εἶπον οὖν αὐτῷ: τί ἐποίησέν σοι; πῶς ἤνοιξέν σου τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς;
LA Dixerunt ergo illi: Quid fecit tibi? quomodo aperuit tibi oculos?
EN They said then to him: “What did he to you? How did he open your eyes?”
^26
27
GR ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς: εἶπον ὑμῖν ἤδη καὶ οὐκ ἠκούσατε: τί πάλιν θέλετε ἀκούειν; μὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς θέλετε αὐτοῦ μαθηταὶ γενέσθαι;
LA Respondit eis: Dixi vobis jam, et audistis: quod iterum vultis audire? numquid et vos vultis discipuli ejus fieri?
EN He answered them: “I have told you already, and you have heard. Why would you hear it again? Will you also become his disciples?”
^27
28
GR καὶ ἐλοιδόρησαν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπον: σὺ μαθητὴς εἶ ἐκείνου, ἡμεῖς δὲ τοῦ Μωϋσέως ἐσμὲν μαθηταί:
LA Maledixerunt ergo ei, et dixerunt: Tu discipulus illius sis: nos autem Moysi discipuli sumus.
EN They reviled him therefore and said: “You are his disciple, but we are the disciples of Moses.
^28
29
GR ἡμεῖς οἴδαμεν ὅτι Μωϋσεῖ λελάληκεν ὁ θεός, τοῦτον δὲ οὐκ οἴδαμεν πόθεν ἐστίν.
LA Nos scimus quia Moysi locutus est Deus; hunc autem nescimus unde sit.
EN We know that God spoke to Moses: but as to this man, we know not from whence he is.”
^29
30
GR ἀπεκρίθη ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς: ἐν τούτῳ γὰρ τὸ θαυμαστόν ἐστιν, ὅτι ὑμεῖς οὐκ οἴδατε πόθεν ἐστίν, καὶ ἤνοιξέν μου τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς.
LA Respondit ille homo, et dixit eis: In hoc enim mirabile est quia vos nescitis unde sit, et aperuit meos oculos:
EN The man answered and said to them: “Why, herein is a wonderful thing, that you know not from whence he is, and he has opened my eyes.
^30
31
GR οἴδαμεν ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ἁμαρτωλῶν οὐκ ἀκούει, ἀλλ’ ἐάν τις θεοσεβὴς ᾖ καὶ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιῇ, τούτου ἀκούει.
LA scimus autem quia peccatores Deus non audit: sed si quis Dei cultor est, et voluntatem ejus facit, hunc exaudit.
EN Now we know that God does not hear sinners. But if a man is a server of God and does his will, him he hears.
^31
32
GR ἐκ τοῦ αἰῶνος οὐκ ἠκούσθη ὅτι ἠνέῳξέν τις ὀφθαλμοὺς τυφλοῦ γεγεννημένου:
LA A sæculo non est auditum quia quis aperuit oculos cæci nati.
EN From the beginning of the world it has not been heard, that any man has opened the eyes of one born blind.
^32
33
GR εἰ μὴ ἦν οὗτος παρὰ θεοῦ, οὐκ ἠδύνατο ποιεῖν οὐδέν.
LA Nisi esset hic a Deo, non poterat facere quidquam.
EN Unless this man were of God, he could not do anything.”
^33
34
GR ἀπεκρίθησαν καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ: ἐν ἁμαρτίαις σὺ ἐγεννήθης ὅλος, καὶ σὺ διδάσκεις ἡμᾶς; καὶ ἐξέβαλον αὐτὸν ἔξω.
LA Responderunt, et dixerunt ei: In peccatis natus es totus, et tu doces nos? Et ejecerunt eum foras.
EN They answered and said to him: “You were wholly born in sins, and you teach us?” And they cast him out.
^34
35
GR Ἤκουσεν Ἰησοῦς ὅτι ἐξέβαλον αὐτὸν ἔξω, καὶ εὑρὼν αὐτὸν εἶπεν: σὺ πιστεύεις εἰς τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου;
LA Audivit Jesus quia ejecerunt eum foras: et cum invenisset eum, dixit ei: Tu credis in Filium Dei?
EN Jesus heard that they had cast him out. And when he had found him, he said to him: “Do you believe in the Son of God?”
^35
36
GR ἀπεκρίθη ἐκεῖνος [καὶ εἶπεν]: καὶ τίς ἐστιν, κύριε, ἵνα πιστεύσω εἰς αὐτόν;
LA Respondit ille, et dixit: Quis est, Domine, ut credam in eum?
EN He answered, and said: “Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?”
^36
37
GR εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς: καὶ ἑώρακας αὐτὸν, καὶ ὁ λαλῶν μετὰ σοῦ ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν.
LA Et dixit ei Jesus: Et vidisti eum, et qui loquitur tecum, ipse est.
EN And Jesus said to him: “You have both seen him, and it is he that talks with you.”
^37
38
GR ὁ δὲ ἔφη: πιστεύω, κύριε: καὶ προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ.
LA At ille ait: Credo, Domine. Et procidens adoravit eum.
EN And he said: “I believe, Lord.” And falling down, he adored him.
^38
39
GR καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς: εἰς κρίμα ἐγὼ εἰς τὸν κόσμον τοῦτον ἦλθον, ἵνα οἱ μὴ βλέποντες βλέπωσιν καὶ οἱ βλέποντες τυφλοὶ γένωνται.
LA Et dixit Jesus: In judicium ego in hunc mundum veni: ut qui non vident videant, et qui vident cæci fiant.
EN And Jesus said: “For judgment I have come into this world: that they who see not may see, and they who see may become blind.”
^39
[!note]- I am come, etc…
Not that Christ came for that end, that any one should be made blind: but that the Jews, by the abuse of his coming, and by their not receiving him, brought upon themselves this judgment of blindness.
40
GR ἤκουσαν ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων ταῦτα οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ὄντες, καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ: μὴ καὶ ἡμεῖς τυφλοί ἐσμεν;
LA Et audierunt quidam ex pharisæis qui cum ipso erant, et dixerunt ei: Numquid et nos cæci sumus?
EN And some of the Pharisees, who were with him, heard. And they said unto him: “Are we also blind?”
^40
41
GR εἶπεν αὐτοῖς [ὁ] Ἰησοῦς: εἰ τυφλοὶ ἦτε, οὐκ ἂν εἴχετε ἁμαρτίαν: νῦν δὲ λέγετε ὅτι βλέπομεν: ἡ ἁμαρτία ὑμῶν μένει.
LA Dixit eis Jesus: Si cæci essetis, non haberetis peccatum. Nunc vero dicitis, Quia videmus: peccatum vestrum manet.
EN Jesus said to them: “If you were blind, you should not have sin. But now you say: ‘We see.’ Your sin remains.”
^41
[!note]- If you were blind, etc…
If you were invincibly ignorant, and had neither read the scriptures, nor seen my miracles, you would not be guilty of the sin of infidelity. But now, as you boast of your knowledge of the scriptures, you are inexcusable.
