Acts 27
1 When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
Nikwakayeyegwa kuti twelede kuyaku Itali abwaato bakasala Pawulu abamwi baange kumwendelezi wabasilumamba utegwa Juliyasi wamunkamu.
2 We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
Twakanjila mubwato buzwa ku Adilamatiyamu oobo bwakali bwaba afwifwi kuti bunyampuke bwakali kuyoyinda kunkomwe ya Eziya. Mpawo twakayinka kulwizi. Alisitachasi uzwaku Tesalonika mu Masedoniya wakeenda andiswe.
3 The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
Mubuzuba butobela twakasika kuchisi cha Sidoni, oko Juliyasi nkwakakujata Pawulo cabuuya alimwi akumuzumizya kuti ayiinke kubenzinyina kuyotambula kubambwa.
4 After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
Kuzwa awo twakaya kulwizi twakuyamba muunsi ankoomwe yaku Sayipulasi, afwifwi akukasuwa, nkambo luuwo lwakalikututonta.
5 And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
Nitwakeenda katutimbula lwizi nitwakazoinda ku Silisiya alimwi aku Pamfiliya, twakasika ku Mayila, chisi chaku Lusiya.
6 There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
Nkuko ooko mwendelezi nkwakajana bwaato buzwa ku Alekizandiliya obo bwakalikuya ku Itali. Mpawo watubika mumo.
7 After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.
Nitwakali kweenda bunini abunini kwamazuba mayingi, twakazomaninsizya twasika mubuyumuyumu afwifwi a Sinidusi alimwi luuwo telwakazotuzumizya pe kuti twinde nzila eeyo, twakeenda katuyabuya alubazu lwankomwe yaku Kkilete, kumbali lya Salimone.
8 After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
Twakeenda mumo omo munkomwe mubuyumuyumu, mane twakusika kubusena bumwi butegwa Majulu mabotu, buli afwifwi achisi cha Laseya.
9 By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,
Twakali twamana chiindi chilamfu, chiindi chakulyiimya kwama Juda achilacho chakali chayinda, alimwi kwakali kwatentuusya lino kweenda. Mpawo Pawulu wakabachenjezya,
10 “Men, I can see that our voyage will be filled with disaster and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as well.”
wati, “nibaluumi, ndibwene kuti lweendo ndutuyanda kubweza lulakulichisa akuswekelwa kupati, pepe zinyampwidwe nikuba bwato luzutu, pesi abuumi bwesu.”
11 But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.
Pesi mwendelezi wakaswilizya kapati kuli sikwenzya bwaato akulimuna bwaato kwinda eezyo zyaakambwa a Pawulu.
12 Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.
Nkambo chito techakali chuubila pe kuti bukkale mpawo chilinu choonse, bamwi bayiingi bakapa muzezo wakuti tweende kuzwa aawa, ambweni dozyakonzeka ngatuyosika kuchisi cha-Foyenikisi, kuti tukakkale chiindi chachilimo nkuko. Foyenikisi nchito cha Kkilete, chilangide koonse kumusaansa akububbila alimwi kumbo -akububbila.
13 When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.
Eelyo luuwo lwakumusansa nilwakatanguna kuunga kwachumunizi, basibwato bakayeeya mbuli kuti bakali bachijana nchibakalikuyanda. Lino bakanyamuna bbwe lyakwimikizya bwato mpawo beenda kabatobezya Kkilete, afwifwi ankomwe.
14 But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.
Pesi nikwakayinda kayindi kanini kwakaza muuwo mupati uutegwa Notisita, wakatanguna kuuma aansi kuzwa kusuwa.
15 Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.
Eelyo bwaato nibwakajatwa amuuwo mupati zyakukachilwa kuyakunembo muluuwo, twakayinzizya muuwo mupati ooyu mwenya alimwi wakatuchuunda twatobelezya muuwo.
16 Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.
Twakeenda munkomwe munsi akasuwa kanini kategwa Kkawunda, alimwi abuyumuyumu twakazokonzya kusika akaato kakuvunwa.
17 After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.
Eelyo nibakaanga Kaato, bakabelesya minchinda yako mpawo bazojatanisya amwi kubulambo bwabwato. Bakalikuyowa kuti ngabayosisigwa kumuse waku Sayitisi, lino bakalosya minchinda wangidwe bbwe wabwato alimwi bakatontwa kabayabuya.
18 We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
Twakatamamizigwa mbubobu amuuwo mupati zyakuti buzuba bwakatobela bakatanguna kubwala mpasya mukati mulwizi.
19 On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
Mubuzuba bwachitaatu bantu bakalimubwato bakabwaala zintu zyakali mubwato amaboko aabo.
20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.
Eelyo izuba anyenyezi nizyakatatumunikila kwamazuba mayingi, alimwi muuwo mupati kuchuuma alindiswe, bulangilizi boonse bwakuti twelede kufutulwa bwakamana.
21 After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.
Nibakeenda kwachiindi chilamfu kabatakwe chakulya pe, eelyo Pawulu wakayimikila akati kabantu wati, “Nobakwesu, mwalelede kunditelela, alimwi temwalelede kwenda kamuzida kuKkilete pe, eezi zyakuti mujane kulichisa alimwi kuswekelwa.
22 But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.
Lino ndamusimya kuti nywebo mube abusungu, nkaambo takwe nikutabewo pe kuswekelwa buumi akati kanu, pesi biyo kuswekelwa kwabwaato.
23 For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me
Busiku bwayinda mungeelo wa Leza ooyo ngundili kulinguwe, ooyo alimwi ngundikomba — mungelo wakwe wakaliimvwi aambali lyangu
24 and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’
alimwi wati, 'Utayoowi, Pawulu, weelede kuyoyimikila kunembo lyaKayisa, alimwi ukabone Leza mubuya mbwakapa kuli nduwe abo boonse balimulwendo anduwe.'
25 So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
Linobu mube abusungu, nobakwesu! Nkaambo ndisyoma Leza kuti chiyochitika mbuli mbuchakaambwa kulindime.
26 However, we must run aground on some island.”
Pesi twelede kuchijana munyika amutusuwa.'
27 On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.
Eelyo busiku bwakkumi abwaane nibwakasika, mbuli mbutwali kuchundilwa kulubazu olu alimwi mukati kalwiizi lwa Adiliyatiki, kubanga mpakati kabusiku basilwendo bakayeeya kuti bamba kusika kunyika.
28 They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.
Bakabeza zipimyo alimwi bakajana kuti maboko ali kkumi amusanu.
29 Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
Bakayoowa kuti ambweni anga tulawuminina amabwe, lino bakawaala mabwe akwimikizya bwaato aanze kuzwa munsi alimwi bakakomba kuti kucha ambweni kulafwambana kusika.
30 Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.
Bakali mubwaato bakalikulanga nzila yakusiya bwato alimwi bakalosya kaato kulwizi, alimwi bakabaanga balabwaala mabwe abwaato kuzwa kunembo.
31 But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
Pesi Pawulu wakati kumwendelezi akuli basilumamba, “kunze akuti baalumi aaba bakkale mubwaato, takwe nimunga mulafutuka pe.”
32 So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.
Eelyo basilumamba bakadunsuula minchiinda yakaato alimwi bakaleka kayabuya.
33 Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.
Nikwakaamba kucha, Pawulo wakabasungwazya boonse kuti babweze chakulya. Wakamba kuti, “Eli zuba ndyakkumi aane kamuswini kulindilizya kamutakwe chakulya pe — takwe nchimulide pe.
34 So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
Eelyo ndamukombelezya kuti mwabane chakulya, nkambo oolu ndulufutuka lwanu. Ko takukwe anaba umwi akati kanu utaswekelwe inzeeta imwi yasusu kuzwa kumutwe wakwe.”
35 After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.
Naakamana kwaamba eezi, wakabweza chinkwa alimwi walumba Leza mumeso aboonse. Eelyo wakakwamuna chinkwa alimwi watalika kulya.
36 They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.
Eelyo bakasungwazigwa boonse mpawo abalabo bakabweza chakulya.
37 In all, there were 276 of us on board.
Twakali myaanda ibili ilamakkumi musanu aabili amusanu awumwi myuuya yakali mubwaato.
38 After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
Nibakalya achakwelela, bakachita kuti bwaato buubilwe akubwaala mayila mulwizi.
39 When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.
Nikwakaba buunsi, tebakibonape nyika, pesi bakabona tyebe lilankomwe, alimwi bakayowesya kuti anga balayinzya bwaato na ataala.
40 Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.
Mpawo bakanenga zyatendela zijazyo alimwi bakasiya mukati kalwizi. Muchindi chimwi biyo eecho bakangununa minchiinda yazitabilisyo kuluuwo; alimwi bakayinka kunkomwe.
41 But the vessel struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.
Pesi bwaato bwakajimpa aansi mpawo bweenda anyika. Chakumpela chabwato chakapatila alimwi chachaala kachitanyamuki pe, alimwi chaansi chakatyolwa anguzu zyamayuwe.
42 The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.
Mabaambe abasilumaamba akali kujaya baange kuchitila kuti kutabi naba omwe uunga ulayamba mpawo achije.
43 But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.
Pesi mweendelezi wakalikuyanda kufutula Pawulo, mpawo wakayimikizya mabambe aabo; alimwi wakalayilila aabo bakalikukonzya kuyamba kuti basotokele kuunze alimwi basike anyika.
44 The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.
Eelyo boonse baalumi beelede kutobela, bamwi ajulu azimwi zintu zyakali mubwato. Munzila eeyi zyakachitika kuti toonse tusike obotu anyika.
