Feeding Five Thousand
(Matthew 14.13-21Mark 6.30-44Luke 9.10-17)1 Jesus crossed Lake Galilee, which was also known as Lake Tiberias. 2 A large crowd had seen him work miracles to heal the sick, and those people went with him. 3-4 It was almost time for the Jewish festival of Passover, and Jesus went up on a mountain with his disciples and sat down.
5 When Jesus saw the large crowd coming toward him, he asked Philip, “Where will we get enough food to feed all these people?” 6 He said this to test Philip, since he already knew what he was going to do.
7 Philip answered, “Don't you know that it would take almost a year's wages just to buy only a little bread for each of these people?”
8 Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the disciples. He spoke up and said, 9 “There is a boy here who has five small loaves of barley bread and two fish. But what good is that with all these people?”
10 The ground was covered with grass, and Jesus told his disciples to tell everyone to sit down. About 5,000 men were in the crowd. 11 Jesus took the bread in his hands and gave thanks to God. Then he passed the bread to the people, and he did the same with the fish, until everyone had plenty to eat.
12 The people ate all they wanted, and Jesus told his disciples to gather up the leftovers, so that nothing would be wasted. 13 The disciples gathered them up and filled twelve large baskets with what was left over from the five barley loaves.
14 After the people had seen Jesus work this miracle, they began saying, “This must be the Prophet who is to come into the world!” 15 Jesus realized that they would try to force him to be their king. So he went up on a mountain, where he could be alone.
Jesus Walks on the Water
(Matthew 14.22-27Mark 6.45-52)16 That evening, Jesus' disciples went down to the lake. 17 They got into a boat and started across for Capernaum. Later that evening Jesus had still not come to them, 18 and a strong wind was making the water rough.
19 When the disciples had rowed for five or six kilometers, they saw Jesus walking on the water. He kept coming closer to the boat, and they were terrified. 20 But he said, “I am Jesus! Don't be afraid!” 21 The disciples wanted to take him into the boat, but suddenly the boat reached the shore where they were headed.
The Bread That Gives Life
22 The people who had stayed on the east side of the lake knew that only one boat had been there. They also knew that Jesus had not left in it with his disciples. But the next day 23 some boats from Tiberias sailed near the place where the crowd had eaten the bread for which the Lord had given thanks. 24 They saw that Jesus and his disciples had left. Then they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to look for Jesus. 25 They found him on the west side of the lake and asked, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”
26 Jesus answered, “I tell you for certain that you are not looking for me because you saw the miracles, but because you ate all the food you wanted. 27 Don't work for food that spoils. Work for food that gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because God the Father has given him the right to do so.”
28 “What exactly does God want us to do?” the people asked.
29 Jesus answered, “God wants you to have faith in the one he sent.”
30 They replied, “What miracle will you work, so that we can have faith in you? What will you do? 31 For example, when our ancestors were in the desert, they were given manna to eat. It happened just as the Scriptures say, ‘God gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”
32 Jesus then told them, “I tell you for certain that Moses wasn't the one who gave you bread from heaven. My Father is the one who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 And the bread that God gives is the one who came down from heaven to give life to the world.”
34 The people said, “Sir, give us this bread and don't ever stop!”
35 Jesus replied:
I am the bread that gives life! No one who comes to me will ever be hungry. No one who has faith in me will ever be thirsty. 36 I have told you already that you have seen me and still do not have faith in me. 37 Everything and everyone that the Father has given me will come to me, and I won't turn any of them away.
38 I didn't come from heaven to do what I want! I came to do what the Father wants me to do. He sent me, 39 and he wants to make certain that none of the ones he has given me will be lost. Instead, he wants me to raise them to life on the last day. 40 My Father wants everyone who sees the Son to have faith in him and to have eternal life. Then I will raise them to life on the last day.
41 The people started grumbling because Jesus had said he was the bread that had come down from heaven. 42 They were asking each other, “Isn't he Jesus, the son of Joseph? Don't we know his father and mother? How can he say that he has come down from heaven?”
43 Jesus told them:
Stop grumbling! 44 No one can come to me, unless the Father who sent me makes them want to come. But if they do come, I will raise them to life on the last day. 45 One of the prophets wrote, “God will teach all of them.” And so everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him will come to me.
46 The only one who has seen the Father is the one who has come from him. No one else has ever seen the Father. 47 I tell you for certain that everyone who has faith in me has eternal life.
48 I am the bread that gives life! 49 Your ancestors ate manna in the desert, and later they died. 50 But the bread from heaven has come down, so that no one who eats it will ever die. 51 I am that bread from heaven! Everyone who eats it will live forever. My flesh is the life-giving bread I give to the people of this world.
52 They started arguing with each other and asked, “How can he give us his flesh to eat?”
53 Jesus answered:
I tell you for certain that you won't live unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man. 54 But if you do eat my flesh and drink my blood, you will have eternal life, and I will raise you to life on the last day. 55 My flesh is the true food, and my blood is the true drink. 56 If you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you are one with me, and I am one with you.
57 The living Father sent me, and I have life because of him. Now everyone who eats my flesh will live because of me. 58 The bread that comes down from heaven isn't like what your ancestors ate. They died, but whoever eats this bread will live forever.
59 Jesus was teaching in a synagogue in Capernaum when he said these things.
The Words of Eternal Life
60 Many of Jesus' disciples heard him and said, “This is too hard for anyone to understand.”
61 Jesus knew that his disciples were grumbling. So he asked, “Does this bother you? 62 What if you should see the Son of Man go up to heaven where he came from? 63 The Spirit is the one who gives life! Human strength can do nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are from that life-giving Spirit. 64 But some of you refuse to have faith in me.” Jesus said this, because from the beginning he knew who would have faith in him. He also knew which one would betray him.
65 Then Jesus said, “You cannot come to me, unless the Father makes you want to come. That is why I have told these things to all of you.”
66 Because of what Jesus said, many of his disciples turned their backs on him and stopped following him. 67 Jesus then asked his twelve disciples if they also were going to leave him. 68 Simon Peter answered, “Lord, there is no one else that we can go to! Your words give eternal life. 69 We have faith in you, and we are sure that you are God's Holy One.”
70 Jesus told his disciples, “I chose all twelve of you, but one of you is a demon!” 71 Jesus was talking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. He would later betray Jesus, even though he was one of the twelve disciples.
Yeesu ye kee wuli luulu domorindi
(Matiyu 14:13-21Maaka 6:30-44Luka 9:10-17)1 Ñiŋ kuwolu koolaa, Yeesu teyita Kalilee Baa kara doo la, ì ka a fo daameŋ fanaa ye Tiberiyas Baa. 2 Kafu baa tuta a nooma la, kaatu ì ye taamanseeroolu je le, a ye mennu ke kuurantoolu la ka ì kendeyandi. 3 Yeesu taata konkoo kaŋ, a siita jee, a niŋ a la saayiboolu. 4 Wo waatoo la Yahuudoolu la juuraloo sutiyaata le, ì ka a fo meŋ ye Maariyo Tambi Tumoo Juuraloo*.
5 Kabiriŋ Yeesu ye a kuŋo wuli, a ye kafu baa je naa la a kaŋ. Bituŋ a ko Filipi ye ko, “Ǹ si mbuuroo saŋ noo mintoo le, fo ñiŋ moolu si domoroo ke?” 6 Yeesu ye ñiŋ fo le ka Filipi kotobo, kaatu ate faŋo ye a loŋ ne, a be naa meŋ ke la. 7 Wo to le Filipi ye a jaabi ko, “Mbuuroo denaari keme fula te a ke noo la, ì moo-wo-moo ye domandiŋ faŋo soto.” 8 A la saayibe kiliŋ, meŋ too mu Anduru ti, Simoni Pita baadiŋo, ko a ye ko, 9 “Kambaanoo doo le be jaŋ, meŋ ye mbuuru kuŋ luulu soto, aniŋ ñee muru fula. Fo wolu si ñiŋ moo jamaalu bee sii noo baŋ?” 10 Bituŋ Yeesu ko ì ye ko, “Ali moolu sindi duuma.” Wo waatoo la, ñaama jamaa le be wo dulaa to, bituŋ moolu siita jee. Kewolu mennu tarata jee, wolu kaañanta kee wuli luulu le fee. 11 Wo to le Yeesu ye mbuuru kuŋolu taa. Kabiriŋ a ye tenturoo dii Alla la, a ye ì talaa moolu teema, ì be siiriŋ daameŋ to. A ye ñee muroolu fanaa ke wo le ñaama, moolu lafita nankamoo meŋ na. 12 Kabiriŋ ì ye domoroo ke fo ì konoolu faata, Yeesu ye a la saayiboolu yaamari ko, “Ali mbuuru kuntu toolu bee kafu ñoo ma, mennu tuta jee, fo ì kana tiñaa.” 13 Bituŋ saayiboolu ye ì kafu ñoo ma. Ì ye sinsiŋ taŋ niŋ fula le fandi niŋ mbuuru kuntu toolu la, mennu tuta wo mbuuru kuŋ luuloo to.
14 Kabiriŋ moolu ye ñiŋ taamanseeroo je, Yeesu ye meŋ ke, ì ko, “Tooñaa, ñiŋ ne mu wo annabiyomoo ti, meŋ ñanta naa la ñiŋ duniyaa kono.”
15 Bari Yeesu ye a loŋ ne ko, wo moolu lafita naa la le ka a muta ka a diyaakuyaa ke mansakewo ti. Wo kamma la a bota jee kotenke, a taata konkoo kaŋ, a dammaa.
Yeesu taamata baajiyo kaŋ
(Matiyu 14:22-33Maaka 6:45-52)16 Kabiriŋ wulaaroo siita, a la saayiboolu taata baa daala. 17 Diboo dunta, bari Yeesu maŋ naa ì kaŋ foloo. Ì dunta kuluŋo kono, ì ye tintoo bula ka taa Kapanawumu Baa kara doo la. 18 Bituŋ foño baa naata wuli baa kono, baa naata kuyaa baake. 19 Biriŋ ì ye kuluŋo jaa fo kilomeetari luulu waraŋ wooro ñoŋ na, ì ye Yeesu je. A be taama la baajiyo kaŋ, a be kuluŋo waliŋ kaŋ. Bituŋ ì bee silata baake, 20 bari Yeesu ko ì ye ko, “Nte le mu, ali kana sila!” 21 Bituŋ ì seewoota ka a bulandi kuluŋo kono. Wo loo niŋ baroo teema, kuluŋo futata tintoo to, ì ka taa daameŋ to.
Yeesu le mu baluwo mbuuroo ti
22 Wo saamoo, kafoo meŋ tuta baa kara doo la, ì ye a je le ko, kuluŋ kiliŋ ne be nuŋ jee. Aduŋ ì ye a je le fanaa ko, Yeesu maŋ duŋ wo kuluŋo kono, bari a la saayiboolu dammaa le dunta jee, ì taata. 23 Bari kuluŋ doolu naata le ka bo Tiberiyas meŋ be wo dulaa daala, moolu ye mbuuroo domo daameŋ Maariyo la tenturoo koolaa. 24 Kabiriŋ kafoo ye a je ko, Yeesu te jee, a la saayiboolu fanaa te jee, ì dunta kuluŋolu kono, ì naata Kapanawumu ka Yeesu ñini.
25 Kabiriŋ ì ye Yeesu tara baa kara doo la, ì ko a ye ko, “Karammoo, waati jumaa le i naata jaŋ?” 26 Wo to le Yeesu ye ì jaabi ko, “Tooñaa-tooñaa, m be a fo la ali ye, ali ka n ñini meŋ na, a maŋ ke taamanseeroolu ti, ali ye mennu je, bari ali ye mbuuroo meŋ domo fo ali konoo faata. 27 Ali kana bataa domoroo kunna, meŋ waatindiŋ doroŋ, a ye baŋ. Bari ali bataa domoroo kunna, meŋ te baŋ na, bari a ka badaa-badaa baluwo dii. Moo Dinkewo* be wo le dii la ali la, kaatu Alla a Faamaa faŋo ye a tomboŋ wo le kamma.”
28 Bituŋ ì ye a ñininkaa ko, “Ǹ ñanta muŋ ne baara la ka Alla la lafoo ke?” 29 Yeesu ye ì jaabi ko, “Ali ñanta laa la ate le la, Alla ye meŋ kii. Ñiŋ ne mu kuwo ti, Alla lafita meŋ na.” 30 Bituŋ ì ko a ye ko, “Wo to ite be muŋ taamanseeri le ke la, fo ǹ si a je, aniŋ ŋà laa i la? I be muŋ ne ke la? 31 M̀ mumuñolu ye manna* le domo keñewuloo* kono, ko a be safeeriŋ ñaameŋ: ‘A ye mbuuroo dii ì la ka bo Arijana kono ka a domo.’ ” 32 Bituŋ Yeesu ko ì ye ko, “Tooñaa-tooñaa, m be a fo la ali ye, a maŋ ke ko, Musa ye mbuuroo meŋ dii ali la bota Arijana, bari m Faamaa le ka mbuuru tooñaa dii ali la ka bo Arijana kono. 33 Kaatu Alla la mbuuroo le mu ate ti, meŋ bota Arijana kono, aduŋ a ka baluwo le dii duniyaa la.”
34 Bituŋ ì ko a ye ko, “Maariyo, wo to ñiŋ mbuuroo dii ǹ na waati-wo-waati.” 35 Wo to le Yeesu ko ì ye ko, “Nte le mu baluwo mbuuroo ti. Moo meŋ naata nte kaŋ, konkoo nene te wo muta la. Aduŋ moo meŋ laata nte la, mindoo nene te wo muta la. 36 Bari m be a fo la ali ye, alitolu ye nte je le, bari hani wo, ali maŋ laa. 37 M Faamaa ye moolu mennu bee dii nte la, wolu bee be naa la n kaŋ ne. Aduŋ moo-wo-moo meŋ naata nte kaŋ, tooñaa, n te wo bayi la muk. 38 Kaatu nte maŋ bo naŋ Arijana kono ka m fansuŋ lafoo ke, bari ka ate la lafoo ke, meŋ ye n kii. 39 Aduŋ ñiŋ ne mu a la lafoo ti, meŋ ye n kii, ko n kana moo-wo-moo tu jee, a ye meŋ dii n na, bari n si a wulindi luŋ labaŋo la. 40 Kaatu ñiŋ ne mu m Faamaa la lafoo ti ko, moo-wo-moo meŋ ye Dinkewo je, aduŋ a laata a la, wo maarii be badaa-badaa baluwo soto la le. Aduŋ m be a wulindi la le luŋ labaŋo la.”
41 Bituŋ Yahuudoolu ye a la kuwo ŋunuŋunu, kaatu a ko, ate le mu mbuuroo ti, meŋ bota naŋ Arijana kono. 42 Ì ko, “Fo ñiŋ maŋ ke Yeesu ti baŋ, Yusufa dinkewo, ŋà meŋ faamaa niŋ a baamaa loŋ? Saayiŋ, ate si a fo noo ñaadii le ko, ate bota naŋ Arijana le?”
43 Wo to le Yeesu ye ì jaabi ko, “Ali kana a ŋunuŋunu ñoo ye. 44 Moo te naa noo la nte kaŋ, fo niŋ m Faamaa meŋ ye n kii, ye wo maarii naati n kaŋ. Aduŋ m be wo maarii wulindi la le luŋ labaŋo la. 45 A safeeta le nuŋ annabiyomoolu la kitaaboolu kono ko: ‘Alla be ì bee karandi la le.’ Moo meŋ ka i lamoyi m Faamaa la, a ka karaŋ a bulu, wo maarii le ka naa nte kaŋ. 46 Moo nene maŋ Faamaa je, fo kiliŋo meŋ bota naŋ Alla yaa. Ate le ye Faamaa je. 47 Tooñaa-tooñaa, m be a fo la ali ye, moo meŋ laata nte la, wo le ye badaa-badaa baluwo soto. 48 Nte le mu baluwo mbuuroo ti. 49 Ali mumuñolu ye manna domo le nuŋ keñewuloo kono, aduŋ ì faata. 50 Bari ñiŋ ne mu mbuuroo ti, meŋ jiita naŋ ka bo Arijana kono fo moolu si a domo, aduŋ niŋ meŋ ye a domo, wo te faa la. 51 Nte le mu baluwo mbuuroo ti, meŋ jiita naŋ ka bo Arijana kono. Niŋ moo meŋ ye ñiŋ mbuuroo domo, wo be baluu la le fo abadaa. Aduŋ ñiŋ mbuuroo, nte be meŋ dii la, wo mu m balajaatoo le ti. M be a dii la le fo duniyaa moolu si baluwo soto.”
52 Bituŋ Yahuudoolu kamfaatoo ko ñoo ye ko, “Ñiŋ kewo si a balajaatoo dii ǹ na noo ñaadii le ka a domo?” 53 Wo to le Yeesu ko ì ye ko, “Tooñaa-tooñaa, m be a fo la ali ye, fo niŋ ali ye Moo Dinkewo balajaatoo domo, aniŋ ali ye a yeloo miŋ, niŋ wo nte, ali te baluwo soto la ali faŋolu kono. 54 Moo meŋ ye nte balajaatoo domo, aniŋ a ye n yeloo miŋ, wo maarii ye badaa-badaa baluwo soto le, aduŋ m be a wulindi la le luŋ labaŋo la. 55 Kaatu nte balajaatoo le mu domori tooñaa ti, aduŋ n yeloo le mu miŋ feŋ tooñaa ti. 56 Moo meŋ ye nte balajaatoo domo, aniŋ a ye n yeloo miŋ, wo maarii be tu la m fee le, aduŋ nte fanaa be tu la a fee le.
57 “Ko m Faamaa meŋ be baluuriŋ ye nte kii naŋ ñaameŋ, aduŋ nte baluuta m Faamaa la kuwo kamma la, wo to moo meŋ fanaa ka nte domo, wo be baluu la le nte la kuwo kamma la. 58 Ñiŋ ne mu mbuuroo ti, meŋ bota naŋ Arijana kono. A maŋ ke ko mbuuroo, ali mumuñolu ye meŋ domo, aduŋ ì faata. Bari moo meŋ ka ñiŋ mbuuroo domo, wo be baluu la le fo abadaa.”
59 Yeesu ye ñiŋ kuwolu le fo, kabiriŋ a be karandiroo kaŋ nuŋ ì la diina bendulaa* kono, Kapanawumu saatewo to.
Yeesu noomalanka jamaa ye a bula
60 Kabiriŋ a noomalanka jamaa ye ñiŋ kumoolu moyi, ì ko, “Ñiŋ mu kuma koleŋ baa le ti. Jumaa le si ñiŋ muta noo?” 61 Bari Yeesu ye a loŋ ne ko, a noomalankoolu be ŋunuŋunu kaŋ a la ñiŋ kumoolu la le. A ko ì ye ko, “Fo ali ye ñiŋ kumoolu muta kasi le ti baŋ? 62 Wo to silaŋ duŋ, niŋ ali ye Moo Dinkewo je sele la ka taa dulaa to, a be nuŋ daameŋ? 63 Nooroo le ka baluwo dii, bari balajaatoo maŋ tinee soto. Ŋa kumoolu mennu fo ali ye, wolu mu nooroo le ti aniŋ baluwo. 64 Bari moo doolu be ali kono le, mennu maŋ laa.” Baawo Yeesu ye a loŋ ne kabiriŋ foloodulaa to, mennu maŋ laa ate la, aniŋ moo meŋ be a jamfaa la. 65 Bituŋ a ko, “Wo kamma la m be a fo la ali ye, moo te naa noo la nte kaŋ, fo niŋ m Faamaa ye siloo dii meŋ na.”
66 Ka bo ñiŋ waatoo la Yeesu noomalanka jamaa ye a bula, ì niŋ a maŋ taa ñoo la kotenke. 67 Wo kamma la Yeesu ko a la saayibe taŋ niŋ fuloo ye ko, “Fo alitolu fanaa lafita taa la le baŋ?” 68 Bituŋ Simoni Pita ye a jaabi ko, “M Maarii, m̀ be taa jumaa le yaa? Ite le ye badaa-badaa baluwo kumoolu soto. 69 Aduŋ ǹ laata le, aniŋ ŋà a loŋ ne ko, ite le mu Alla la Senuŋ Baa ti.” 70 Wo to le Yeesu ye ì jaabi ko, “Nte le faŋo ye alitolu moo taŋ niŋ fuloo tomboŋ, fo wo nte? Aduŋ kiliŋ be ali kono, meŋ mu seetaanoo ti.” 71 A ye Yudas le la kuwo fo, Simoni Isikariyoti dinkewo. Hani a be saayibe taŋ niŋ fuloo kono, bari ate le be naa Yeesu jamfaa la.
