Evangelho segundo São João 9

SAGRADA BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Caminhando, viu Jesus um cego de nascença.	1 And Jesus, while passing by, saw a man blind from birth.
2 Os seus discípulos indagaram dele: Mestre, quem pecou, este homem ou seus pais, para que nascesse cego?	2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?”
3 Jesus respondeu: Nem este pecou nem seus pais, mas é necessário que nele se manifestem as obras de Deus.	3 Jesus responded: “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but it was so that the works of God would be made manifest in him.
4 Enquanto for dia, cumpre-me terminar as obras daquele que me enviou. Virá a noite, na qual já ninguém pode trabalhar.	4 I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day: the night is coming, when no one is able to work.
5 Por isso, enquanto estou no mundo, sou a luz do mundo.	5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6 Dito isso, cuspiu no chão, fez um pouco de lodo com a saliva e com o lodo ungiu os olhos do cego.	6 When he had said these things, he spat on the ground, and he made clay from the spittle, and he smeared the clay over his eyes.
7 Depois lhe disse: Vai, lava-te na piscina de Siloé {esta palavra significa emissário}. O cego foi, lavou-se e voltou vendo.	7 And he said to him: “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated as: one who has been sent). Therefore, he went away and washed, and he returned, seeing.
8 Então os vizinhos e aqueles que antes o tinham visto mendigar perguntavam: Não é este aquele que, sentado, mendigava?	8 And so the bystanders and those who had seen him before, when he was a beggar, said, “Is this not the one who was sitting and begging?” Some said, “This is he.”
9 Respondiam alguns: É ele. Outros contestavam: De nenhum modo, é um parecido com ele. Ele, porém, dizia: Sou eu mesmo.	9 But others said, “Certainly not, but he is similar to him.” Yet truly, he himself said, “I am he.”
10 Perguntaram-lhe, então: Como te foram abertos os olhos?	10 Therefore, they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”
11 Respondeu ele: Aquele homem que se chama Jesus fez lodo, ungiu-me os olhos e disse-me: Vai à piscina de Siloé e lava-te. Fui, lavei-me e vejo.	11 He responded: “That man who is called Jesus made clay, and he anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ And I went, and I washed, and I see.”
12 Interrogaram-no: Onde está esse homem? Respondeu: Não o sei.	12 And they said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”
13 Levaram então o que fora cego aos fariseus.	13 They brought the one who had been blind to the Pharisees.
14 Ora, era sábado quando Jesus fez o lodo e lhe abriu os olhos.	14 Now it was the Sabbath, when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.
15 Os fariseus indagaram dele novamente de que modo ficara vendo. Respondeu-lhes: Pôs-me lodo nos olhos, lavei-me e vejo.	15 Therefore, again the Pharisees questioned him as to how he had seen. And he said to them, “He placed clay over my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”
16 Diziam alguns dos fariseus: Este homem não é o enviado de Deus, pois não guarda sábado. Outros replicavam: Como pode um pecador fazer tais prodígios? E havia desacordo entre eles.	16 And so certain Pharisees said: “This man, who does not keep the Sabbath, is not from God.” But others said, “How could a sinful man accomplish these signs?” And there was a schism among them.
17 Perguntaram ainda ao cego: Que dizes tu daquele que te abriu os olhos? É um profeta, respondeu ele.	17 Therefore, they spoke again to the blind man, “What do you say about him who opened your eyes?” Then he said, “He is a Prophet.”
18 Mas os judeus não quiseram admitir que aquele homem tivesse sido cego e que tivesse recobrado a vista, até que chamaram seus pais.	18 Therefore, the Jews did not believe, about him, that he had been blind and had seen, until they called the parents of him who had seen.
19 E os interrogaram: É este o vosso filho? Afirmais que ele nasceu cego? Pois como é que agora vê?	19 And they questioned them, saying: “Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how is it that he now sees?”
20 Seus pais responderam: Sabemos que este é o nosso filho e que nasceu cego.	20 His parents responded to them and said: “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.
21 Mas não sabemos como agora ficou vendo, nem quem lhe abriu os olhos. Perguntai-o a ele. Tem idade. Que ele mesmo explique.	21 But how it is that he now sees, we do not know. And who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough. Let him speak for himself.”
22 Seus pais disseram isso porque temiam os judeus, pois os judeus tinham ameaçado expulsar da sinagoga todo aquele que reconhecesse Jesus como o Cristo.	22 His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already conspired, so that if anyone were to confess him to be the Christ, he would be expelled from the synagogue.
23 Por isso é que seus pais responderam: Ele tem idade, perguntai-lho.	23 It was for this reason that his parents said: “He is old enough. Ask him.”
24 Tornaram a chamar o homem que fora cego, dizendo-lhe: Dá glória a Deus! Nós sabemos que este homem é pecador.	24 Therefore, they again called the man who had been blind, and they said to him: “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”
25 Disse-lhes ele: Se esse homem é pecador, não o sei... Sei apenas isto: sendo eu antes cego, agora vejo.	25 And so he said to them: “If he is a sinner, I do not know it. One thing I do know, that although I was blind, now I see.”
26 Perguntaram-lhe ainda uma vez: Que foi que ele te fez? Como te abriu os olhos?	26 Then they said to him: “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
27 Respondeu-lhes: Eu já vo-lo disse e não me destes ouvidos. Por que quereis tornar a ouvir? Quereis vós, porventura, tornar-vos também seus discípulos?...	27 He answered them: “I have already told you, and you heard it. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?”
28 Então eles o cobriram de injúrias e lhe disseram: Tu que és discípulo dele! Nós somos discípulos de Moisés.	28 Therefore, they cursed him and said: “You be his disciple. But we are disciples of Moses.
29 Sabemos que Deus falou a Moisés, mas deste não sabemos de onde ele é.	29 We know that God spoke to Moses. But this man, we do not know where he is from.”
30 Respondeu aquele homem: O que é de admirar em tudo isso é que não saibais de onde ele é, e entretanto ele me abriu os olhos.	30 The man responded and said to them: “Now in this is a wonder: that you do not know where he is from, and yet he has opened my eyes.
31 Sabemos, porém, que Deus não ouve a pecadores, mas atende a quem lhe presta culto e faz a sua vontade.	31 And we know that God does not hear sinners. But if anyone is a worshipper of God and does his will, then he heeds him.
32 Jamais se ouviu dizer que alguém tenha aberto os olhos a um cego de nascença.	32 From ancient times, it has not been heard that anyone has opened the eyes of someone born blind.
33 Se esse homem não fosse de Deus, não poderia fazer nada.	33 Unless this man were of God, he would not be able to do any such thing.”
34 Responderam-lhe eles: Tu nasceste todo em pecado e nos ensinas?... E expulsaram-no.	34 They responded and said to him, “You were born entirely in sins, and you would teach us?” And they cast him out.
35 Jesus soube que o tinham expulsado e, havendo-o encontrado, perguntou-lhe: Crês no Filho do Homem?	35 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?”
36 Respondeu ele: Quem é ele, Senhor, para que eu creia nele?	36 He responded and said, “Who is he, Lord, so that I may believe in him?”
37 Disse-lhe Jesus: Tu o vês, é o mesmo que fala contigo!	37 And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen him, and he is the one who is speaking with you.”
38 Creio, Senhor, disse ele. E, prostrando-se, o adorou.	38 And he said, “I believe, Lord.” And falling prostrate, he worshipped him.
39 Jesus então disse: Vim a este mundo para fazer uma discriminação: os que não vêem vejam, e os que vêem se tornem cegos.	39 And Jesus said, “I came into this world in judgment, so that those who do not see, may see; and so that those who see, may become blind.”
40 Alguns dos fariseus, que estavam com ele, ouviram-no e perguntaram-lhe: Também nós somos, acaso, cegos?...	40 And certain Pharisees, who were with him, heard this, and they said to him, “Are we also blind?”
41 Respondeu-lhes Jesus: Se fôsseis cegos, não teríeis pecado, mas agora pretendeis ver, e o vosso pecado subsiste.	41 Jesus said to them: “If you were blind, you would not have sin. Yet now you say, ‘We see.’ So your sin persists.”