John 9

9 ¹As Jesus dey pass, e see one man wey be blind from di time im mama born am. ²Im disciples ask am, “Rabbi, na who sin, dis man or im papa and mama, wey make dem born am blind?”

³“Na neither dis man nor im papa and mama sin,” Jesus answer, “but dis one happen so dat di works of our Papa go show for im life. ^a a v3 Jesus refuse to read di man blindness as punishment for sin. E point instead to our Papa, wey im redeem-work go show for di very place wey di world only see failure. ⁴We must do di works of di one wey send me while e still be day; night dey come, wey nobody fit work. ⁵As long as I dey for dis world, I be di light of di world.”

⁶As e talk dis one, e spit for ground, use di saliva make mud, and rub am for di man eyes.

⁷E tell am, “Go, wash for di pool of Siloam” (wey mean Sent). So di man go, wash, and come back dey see.

⁸Im neighbours and dose wey don see am dey beg before talk say, “No be dis one wey dey sidon dey beg?” ⁹Some talk say, “Na am be dat.” Others talk say, “No o, e just resemble am.” But e keep dey talk say, “Na me be di one.”

¹⁰So dem ask am, “Then how your eyes take open?”

¹¹E answer, “Di man wey dem dey call Jesus make mud, rub am for my eyes, and tell me, ‘Go Siloam go wash.’ So I go, wash, and I fit see.”

¹²Dem talk give am, “Where e dey?” E talk say, “I no know.”

¹³Dem carry di man wey be blind before go meet di Pharisees. ¹⁴Now na Sabbath day when Jesus make di mud and open im eyes. ¹⁵So di Pharisees too ask am again how e take begin see. E tell dem, “E put mud for my eyes, and I wash, and I dey see.”

¹⁶Some Pharisees talk say, “Dis man no be from God—e no dey keep di Sabbath.” Others talk say, “How man wey be sinner fit do dis kind signs?” So dem divide among demself.

¹⁷Dem ask di blind man again, “Wetin you talk about am, since na im open your eyes?” E talk say, “E be prophet.”

¹⁸Di Jews no believe say e bin blind and come begin see, until dem call di papa and mama of di man wey begin see. ¹⁹Dem ask dem, “Na dis one be your pikin wey una talk say dem born am blind? Then how e come dey see now?”

²⁰Im papa and mama answer, “We know say dis na our pikin and say dem born am blind. ²¹But how e come dey see now, we no know; or who open im eyes, we no know. Ask am—e don grow reach; e go talk for imself.” ²²Im papa and mama talk dis one because dem dey fear di Jews, since di Jews don already gree say if anybody confess Jesus as di Christ, dem go comot am from di synagogue. ^b b v22 To comot person from di synagogue mean total social and religious cut-off from di Jewish community. ²³Na dat make im papa and mama talk say, “E don grow reach; ask am.”

²⁴So dem call di man wey bin blind again and talk say, “Give God di glory. We know say dis man na sinner.”

²⁵E answer, “Weda e be sinner, I no know. One thing I know: I bin blind, now I dey see.”

²⁶Dem talk give am, “Wetin e do you? How e take open your eyes?”

²⁷E answer dem, “I don already tell una, and una no listen. Why una wan hear am again? Una too wan become im disciples?”

²⁸And dem insult am, dey talk say, “Na you be im disciple, but we na disciples of Moses. ²⁹We know say God talk to Moses, but dis man, we no know where e come from.”

³⁰Di man answer dem, “See di wonderful thing: una no know where e come from, yet e open my eyes. ³¹We know say God no dey listen to sinners, but if anybody dey reverence God and dey do im will, God dey listen to am. ³²Since di world begin, nobody don ever hear say person open di eyes of somebody wey dem born blind. ³³If dis man no be from God, e no fit do anything.”

³⁴Dem answer am, “Na inside sin dem born you complete, yet you dey teach us?” and dem throw am comot.

You Believe?

³⁵Jesus hear say dem don throw am comot, and when e find am, e talk say, “You believe for di Pikin of Man?”

³⁶E answer, “And na who be am, oga, so dat I fit believe for am?”

³⁷Jesus talk give am, “You don see am, and na im be di one wey dey talk with you.”

³⁸E talk say, “Oga, I believe,” and e worship am.

³⁹Jesus talk say, “I come inside dis world for judgment, so dat dose wey no dey see go see, and dose wey dey see go turn blind.”

⁴⁰Some Pharisees wey dey with am hear dis one and talk say, “We too be blind?”

⁴¹Jesus tell dem, “If una be blind, una nor for get sin; but since una dey talk say, ‘We dey see,’ una sin remain.”