Yochanan 9
9
1And passing along, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach saw a man ivver (blind) from birth.
2The talmidim of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach asked him, Rebbe, who committed averos, this man or the horim (parents) of him, that he was born ivver?#9:2 Ezek 18:20; Ex 20:5; Job 21:19
3In reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, Neither this man sinned nor the horim of him, but that the pe'ulot of Hashem may be manifested in him.
4It is necessary for us to work the pe'ulot of the One having sent me while it is Yom. Lailah comes when no one is able to work.#9:4 Jer 13:16
5As long as I am in the Olam Hazeh, I am the Ohr HaOlam.
6Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva and he anointed the clay upon the manʼs eyes,
7And said to him, Go wash in the pool of Shiloach!#9:7 2Kgs 5:10 — The name means sent — He went therefore and washed and came seeing.#9:7 Isa 35:5
8Therefore, the shchenim and the ones seeing the man who was formerly a betler, came, saying, Is this not the man who was sitting and begging?
9Some were saying, This is the one! Others were saying, No, but it is a man like him. But the man was saying, I am the one!
10Therefore, the people were saying to him, How, then, were your eyes opened?
11In reply, the man said, The one called Yehoshua took clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, Go to Shiloach#9:11 2Kgs 5:10 and wash. Therefore, having gone, and having washed, I saw!
12And they said to him, Where is that one? The man says to them, I do not have da'as of that.
13The people lead the man to the Perushim…the man who had formerly been ivver (blind).
14Now the time period Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach took the clay and opened his eyes was a Shabbos.
15Then again also the Perushim were asking him how his eyes were opened, and the man said to them, The man placed clay on my eyes and I washed, and I see.
16Therefore some of the Perushim were saying, This man is not from Hashem, because he is Mechallel Shabbos (desecrating Shabbos). But others were saying, How is a man who is a choteh (sinner) able to do such otot? There was a machloket (division of dissension) among them.
17Therefore, they say to the ivver (blind man) again, What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes? And the man said, He is a Navi.
18Therefore, those of Yehudah did not believe that the man had been ivver (blind) until they called the horim of the man whose eyes were opened.
19And they asked the horim, saying, Is this the ben of you, whom you say was born ivver? How, therefore, does he now have sight?
20In reply, therefore, his horim said, We have da'as that this man is the ben of us and that he was born ivver,
21But how he sees now we do not have da'as nor do we have da'as of who opened his eyes. Interrogate him. Heʼs a [Bar Mitzvah] bar da'as (he is of age). He will speak for himself.
22His horim said these things, because they were fearing those of Yehudah, for already those of Yehudah had agreed that if any person made hoda'ah (confession) of him to be the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, that person would be put under cherem ban from the shul.
23Therefore, his horim said, He has reached his religious majority and is of age. Interrogate him.
24They called a second time, therefore, the man who had been ivver (blind) and said to him, V'ten lo todah. (Give glory to G-d)#9:24 Josh 7:19 We have da'as that this man is a choteh (sinner).#9:24 Ps 68:35; Josh 7:19
25In reply, therefore, he said, If he is a choteh (sinner), of that I don't have da'as. Of one thing I do have da'as, that though I was ivver, now I see.
26They said, therefore, to him, What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?
27The man answered them, I told you already, and you do not listen. Why again do you want to hear? Surely you do not want to become his talmidim also?
28And they reviled him and said, You are a talmid of that man, but we are talmidim of Moshe Rabbeinu.#9:28 Num 12:2,8
29We have da'as that Hashem has spoken to Moshe Rabbeinu, but this man, we do not have da'as from where he comes.
30In reply, the man said to them, Here is a real cheftza! That you do not have da'as from where he comes, and he opened my eyes!
31We have da'as that G-d does not listen to chote'im (sinners), but if anyone has chassidus, is a yore-shomayim and does the ratzon (will) of Him, this one Hashem hears.#9:31 Ps 18:23-32; 34:15,16; 66:18; 145:19-20; 51:5 [7]; Prov 15:8,29; Isa 1:15; 59:1-2
32Never vi-bahlt the Bri'at HaOlam (the Creation of the World) it was heard of that anyone opened the eyes of an ivver (blind man) having been born thus.
33If this man was not from Hashem, he would not be able to do anything.
34They answered and said to him, You were born totally B'AVON (in sin)#9:34 Ps 51:5 [7] and you teach us? And they threw him out.
35Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach heard that they threw him out, and, having found him, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, Do you have emunah (faith) in the Bar Enosh?#9:35 Dan 7:13
36In reply, the man said, And who is he, Adoni, that I may have emunah in him?
37And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, You have seen him, and the one speaking with you is he.
38And the man said, Ani ma'amin, Adoni. And he fell down prostrate before him.
39And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, For the sake of Mishpat, I came into the Olam Hazeh, that the ones who are ivrim (blind ones) may see, and the ones seeing may become ivrim.
40Some of the Perushim heard these things, the ones being with him, and they said to him, Surely we are not ivrim, are we?
41Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, If you were ivrim (blind men), you would not have chet, but now vi-bahlt (since) you say, We see, the avon#9:41 Psalm 51 of you remains.
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THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE
FOURTH EDITION © Artists For Israel Intl Inc., 2002-2011, 2021.
John 9
9
1And passing by, he saw a man blind from birth,
2and his disciples asked him, saying, ‘Rabbi, who did sin, this one or his parents, that he should be born blind?’
3Jesus answered, ‘Neither did this one sin nor his parents, but that the works of God may be manifested in him;
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: —
5when I am in the world, I am a light of the world.’
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,
7‘Go away, wash at the pool of Siloam,’ which is, interpreted, Sent. He went away, therefore, and did wash, and came seeing;
8the neighbours, therefore, and those seeing him before, that he was blind, said, ‘Is not this he who is sitting and begging?’
9others said — ‘This is he;’ and others — ‘He is like to him;’ he himself said, — ‘I am [he].’
10They said, therefore, to him, ‘How were thine eyes opened?’
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;’
12they said, therefore, to him, ‘Where is that one?’ he saith, ‘I have not known.’
13They bring him to the Pharisees who once [was] blind,
14and it was a sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
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.’
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.
17They said to the blind man again, ‘Thou — what dost thou say of him — that he opened thine eyes?’
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,
19and they asked them, saying, ‘Is your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind? how then now doth he see?’
20His parents answered them and said, ‘We have known that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
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.’
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;
23because of this his parents said — ‘He is of age, ask him.’
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;’
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.’
26And they said to him again, ‘What did he to thee? how did he open thine eyes?’
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?’
28They reviled him, therefore, and said, ‘Thou art his disciple, and we are Moses' disciples;
29we have known that God hath spoken to Moses, but this one — we have not known whence he is.’
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!
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;
32from the age it was not heard, that any one did open eyes of one who hath been born blind;
33if this one were not from God, he were not able to do anything.’
34They answered and said to him, ‘In sins thou wast born altogether, and thou dost teach us!’ and they cast him forth without.
35Jesus heard that they cast him forth without, and having found him, he said to him, ‘Dost thou believe in the Son of God?’
36he answered and said, ‘Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?’
37And Jesus said to him, ‘Thou hast both seen him, and he who is speaking with thee is he;’
38and he said, ‘I believe, sir,’ and bowed before him.
39And Jesus said, ‘For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.’
40And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, ‘Are we also blind?’
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.
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