15 Kodwa kuthe sekuntambama abafundi bakhe baya kuye bathi: “Indawo le ikhatshana lemizi futhi lesikhathi sesihambile. Tshela abantu bahambe ukuze bayengena ezigabeni eziseduze bazithengele ukudla.”+ 16 Loba kunjalo uJesu wathi kubo: “Akulasizatho sokuthi bahambe, bapheni lina ukudla.” 17 Bathi kuye: “Asilalutho lapha ngaphandle kwezinkwa ezinhlanu lenhlanzi ezimbili.” 18 Yena wathi: “Kuletheni lapha.” 19 Watshela abantu ukuthi bahlale etshanini. Wasethatha izinkwa ezinhlanu lenhlanzi ezimbili wakhangela phezulu wathandaza.*+ Wasehlephuna izinkwa waqalisa ukuzinika abafundi bakhe, abafundi bazipha abantu. 20 Ngakho bonke badla basutha njalo babutha iziqephu ezazisele zagcwala amabhasikiti angu-12.+ 21 Abadlayo kwakungamadoda angaba ngu-5 000 kanye labesifazana labantwana abancane.+

12 Ilanga lathi selisiyatshona, abaliTshumi Lambili bamlanda bathi kuye: “Tshela abantu bazihambele ukuze bayengena emizini lasezigabeni eziseduze badinge ukudla lendawo yokuphumula ngoba lapha esikhona kukhatshana lemizi.”+ 13 Kodwa wathi kubo: “Bapheni lina ukudla.”+ Bathi kuye: “Silezinkwa ezinhlanu lenhlanzi ezimbili kuphela, ngaphandle nxa kumele thina sihambe siyethenga ukudla okungenela bonke abantu laba.” 14 Khonapho kwakulamadoda angaba ngu-5 000. Kodwa yena wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Bahlaliseni phansi babe ngamaqembu alabantu abangaba ngu-50.” 15 Benza njalo, babahlalisa phansi bonke. 16 Wathatha izinkwa lezo ezinhlanu lenhlanzi ezimbili wakhangela phezulu wathandaza.* Wasezihlephuna waqalisa ukuzinika abafundi bakhe ukuze bazinike abantu. 17 Ngakho bonke badla basutha njalo babutha amabhasikiti angu-12 eziqephu ezazisele.+