gran multitud se reunió para escucharlo hablar. Le habló a la gente maravillas del amor de Dios y de Su Reino que vendría un día a la Tierra.
One day, Jesus was on
a hillside. A great crowd had gathered to listen to Him speak. He told them wonderful things about God’s love and His kingdom that was to come one day. Luego de muchas horas, la gente empezó a tener hambre. Los discípulos se preocuparon. Dijeron, “Maestro, la gente debe volver a su casa a comer. ¡Es tarde y tienen mucho hambre!” Pero Jesús tenía otro plan. “¿Por qué no les dan algo de comer?” les dijo.
After many hours had passed,
the disciples said “Master, the people should be sent home to eat. It’s getting late and they will be very hungry!” But Jesus had something else in mind. “Why don’t you give them something to eat?” He said. Respondieron los discípulos. “Bueno, un niño aquí tiene cinco panes y dos peces, ¡pero eso no basta para alimentar a miles de personas!”
The disciples said, “Well,
there’s a young boy here with five little rolls of bread and two fish, but that’s not enough to feed thousands of people!” Jesús sonrió. Ese poquito de comida era lo que necesitaba para hacer el milagro. Cerró los ojos y oró a Dios, Su Padre. Luego bendijo la comida. “Ahora lleven la comida y empiecen a distribuirla,” les dijo a los discípulos.
Jesus smiled. That little bit of
food was just what He needed to do a miracle. He prayed to God, His Father. Then He said a blessing for the food. “Now take the food and start passing it out”, He instructed His disciples. La gente se sentó sobre la ladera de la colina. Más de cinco mil se reunieron a escuchar a Jesús ese día, ¡y todos comieron! De cinco panes y dos peces. ¡Y hasta sobró comida! ¡Un milagro estupendo!
The people sat down all
along the hillside. Over five thousand people had gathered to hear Jesus that day, and every single one was fed! There was even food left over! What a wonderful miracle! Speak – hablar Thousands – miles Kingdom – Reino Prayed – oró Late – tarde Food – comida Hungry – hambre God – Dios Eat – comer Miracle – milagro Disciples – discípulos Left over – sobró Five – cinco Bread – panes Two – dos Fish – peces