12When the day began to wear away, the twelve came and said to Him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding towns and country, and lodge and get provisions; for we are in a deserted place here." 13But He said to them, "You give them something to eat." And they said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people." 14For there were about five thousand men. Then He said to His disciples, "Make them sit down in groups of fifty." 15And they did so, and made them all sit down. 16Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude. 17So they all ate and were filled, and twelve baskets of the leftover fragments were taken up by them.
١٢فَٱبْتَدَأَ ٱلنَّهَارُ يَمِيلُ. فَتَقَدَّمَ ٱلِٱثْنَا عَشَرَ وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «ٱصْرِفِ ٱلْجَمْعَ لِيَذْهَبُوا إِلَى ٱلْقُرَى وَٱلضِّيَاعِ حَوَالَيْنَا فَيَبِيتُوا وَيَجِدُوا طَعَامًا، لِأَنَّنَا هَهُنَا فِي مَوْضِعٍ خَلَاءٍ». ١٣فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَعْطُوهُمْ أَنْتُمْ لِيَأْكُلُوا». فَقَالُوا: «لَيْسَ عِنْدَنَا أَكْثَرُ مِنْ خَمْسَةِ أَرْغِفَةٍ وَسَمَكَتَيْنِ، إِلَّا أَنْ نَذْهَبَ وَنَبْتَاعَ طَعَامًا لِهَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ كُلِّهِ». ١٤لِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا نَحْوَ خَمْسَةِ آلَافِ رَجُلٍ. فَقَالَ لِتَلَامِيذِهِ: «أَتْكِئُوهُمْ فِرَقًا خَمْسِينَ خَمْسِينَ». ١٥فَفَعَلُوا هَكَذَا، وَأَتْكَأُوا ٱلْجَمِيعَ. ١٦فَأَخَذَ ٱلْأَرْغِفَةَ ٱلْخَمْسَةَ وَٱلسَّمَكَتَيْنِ، وَرَفَعَ نَظَرَهُ نَحْوَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَبَارَكَهُنَّ، ثُمَّ كَسَّرَ وَأَعْطَى ٱلتَّلَامِيذَ لِيُقَدِّمُوا لِلْجَمْعِ. ١٧فَأَكَلُوا وَشَبِعُوا جَمِيعًا. ثُمَّ رُفِعَ مَا فَضَلَ عَنْهُمْ مِنَ ٱلْكِسَرِ ٱثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ قُفَّةً.
Glory be to God forever. Amen.