Etheridge - John - 9

9:1  AND as he was passing, he saw a man blind from the womb of his mother.

9:2  And his disciples asked him, saying, Raban, who sinned, this or his parents, that blind he should have been born?

9:3  Jeshu saith to them, Neither he sinned, nor his parents; but that there might be seen in him the works of Aloha.

9:4  Me it behoveth to do the works of Him who sent me, while it is to-day: the night cometh when man cannot work.

9:5  So long as I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.

9:6  And when he had said these things, he spat upon the ground, and formed clay from his spittle, and rubbed upon the eyes of the blind,

9:7  and said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Shilucha. And he went, washed, and came seeing.

9:8  But his neighbours, and they who had seen (him) aforetime as he begged, said, Is not this he who sat and begged?

9:9  Some said, It is he; and some said, It is not, but one like him; but he said, I am he.

9:10  They say to him, How were thine eyes opened?

9:11  He answered and said to them, The man whose name is Jeshu made clay, and rubbed upon mine eyes, and said to me, Go, wash in the waters of Shilucha; and I went, washed, and received sight.

9:12  They say to him, Where is he? He saith to them, I know not.

9:13  They brought him who from the beginning was blind to the Pharishee.

9:14  Now it was shabath when Jeshu made the clay and opened his eyes:

9:15  and again the Pharishee questioned him, How didst thou receive sight? He said to them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and received sight.

9:16  And some of the Pharishee said, This man is not from Aloha; for the shabath he keepeth not. But others said, How can a man, a sinner, perform these signs? And there was a division among them.

9:17  They say again to the blind, What sayest thou concerning him, because he hath opened thine eyes? He saith to them, I say that he is the Prophet.

9:18  But believed not concerning him the Jihudoyee that blind he had been and made-to-see, until they called the parents of him who had been made to see,

9:19  and asked them, If this is your son who, you say, was born blind, how now doth he see?

9:20  His parents answered and said, We know that this (is) our son, and that blind he was born.

9:21  But how he now seeth, or who hath opened his eyes, we know not. He also hath entered on his years, ask him: he for himself shall speak.

9:22  These words said his parents, because they feared the Jihudoyee; for the Jihudoyee had determined that if any man should confess him that he was the Meshicha, they would cast him out of the synagogue:

9:23  on this account said his parents, He hath entered on his years, ask him.

9:24  And they called the second time the man who had been blind, and said to him, Glorify Aloha: for we know that this man is a sinner.

9:25  He answered and said to them, Whether he be a sinner, I know not; but one (thing) I know, that I have been blind, and now, behold, I see.

9:26  They say to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he to thee thine eyes?

9:27  He saith to them, I told you, and you heard not: what will you hear? Are you also willing disciples to him to become?

9:28  But they reviled him, and said to him, Thou art the disciple of him; but we are the disciples of Musha.

9:29  And we know that with Musha Aloha spake; but for this, we know not whence he is.

9:30  Answered the man and said to them, At this then we must wonder, that you know not from whence he is, and (yet) mine eyes he hath opened!

9:31  But we know that Aloha the voice of sinners heareth not; but if any man fear him and do his will, him he heareth.

9:32  From of old it hath not been heard that a man hath opened the eyes of one born blind.

9:33  If this were not from Aloha, he could not this have done.

9:34  They answered and say to him, Thou altogether wast born in sins, and art thou teaching us? And they cast him without.

9:35  Jeshu heard that they had cast him without, and he found him, and said to him, Dost thou believe on the Son of Aloha?

9:36  He who had been cured answered and said, Who (is he), my Lord, that I may believe in him?

9:37  Jeshu said to him, Thou hast SEEN him, and He who talketh with thee is He.

9:38  He said, I believe, my Lord! And, falling, he adored him.

9:39  Jeshu said to them, For the judgment of this world am I come, that they who see not may see, and they who see may be made blind.

9:40  And some of the Pharishee who were with him heard these (words), and they said to him, Are we blind also?

9:41  Jeshu saith to them, If blind you were, you would have no sin; but now you say, We see: therefore your sin is confirmed.