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.
When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they proceeded to hand over Paul and a few other prisoners to the custody of Julius, a centurion of the Imperial Regiment.
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.
We embarked in a ship of Adramyttium which was about to sail to the ports of the province of Asia, and put to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, accompanied us.
3 The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
The next day we touched at Sidon. There Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to visit his friends and refresh himself.
4 After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
Putting to sea from thence we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us;
5 And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
and after sailing across the Cilician and Pamphylian waters, we came to Myra, in Lycia.
6 There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
And there the centurion found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy, and put us on board of her.
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.
For many days we sailed slowly, and then arrived with difficulty over against Cnidus; from this point, as the wind did not further favor us, we ran under the lee of Crete, off Cape Salmone;
8 After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
and coasting along with difficulty we reached a place called Fair Havens, not far from the town of Lasea.
9 By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,
By this time the season was far advanced, and sailing had become dangerous (for the Autumn Fast was past); so Paul began to warn them.
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.”
"Sirs," he said to them, "I perceive that the voyage will be attended with injury and serious loss, not only to the cargo and to the ship, but also to our own lives."
11 But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.
But the centurion paid greater heed to the master and to the owner than to anything that was spoken by Paul;
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.
and as the harbor was ill adapted for winter quarters, the majority advised putting out to sea from thence, to see whether they could get to Phoenix and winter there, a harbor on the coast of Crete facing northeast and southeast.
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.
And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close in shore.
14 But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.
But it was not long before a furious wind, called Euroclydon, rushed down from the island;
15 Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.
when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and let her drive.
16 Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.
Then we ran under the lee of a little island named Claudia, where with great difficulty we were able to secure the ship’s boat.
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.
After hauling it aboard, they used ropes to undergird the ship, and since they were fearful lest they should be driven upon the Syrtes, they lowered the gear and lay to.
18 We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
And as we were being terribly battered by the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard,
19 On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
and on the third day with their own hands they threw the ship’s tackling overboard.
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.
Then when for many days neither sun nor stars were seen, and a great tempest still beat upon us, all hope that we should be saved was now taken away from us.
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.
When for a long time they had been without food, Paul stood among them and said. "Men, you ought to have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete, and so have spared yourselves this injury and loss.
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.
"But now take courage. There will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship,
23 For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me
"for last night an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve, stood by me and said.
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.’
"‘Fear not, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you the lives of all who are sailing with you.’
25 So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
"So take courage, men! I believe God, I believe that things will turn out exactly as it has been told me.
26 However, we must run aground on some island.”
"But we must be cast upon a certain island."
27 On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.
It was now the fourteenth night, and we were drifting through the Adriatic Sea when, about midnight, the sailors began to suspect that they were drawing near to some land.
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.
So they sounded and found twenty fathoms; and after a little they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.
29 Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
Then, fearing lest we should run ashore on the rocks, they threw out four anchors from the stern, and longed for day to come.
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.
And when the sailors were trying to flee from the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea under pretext of laying anchors from the bow,
31 But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these men remain on the ship, you cannot be saved."
32 So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.
Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the ship’s boat and let her fall off.
33 Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.
And while day was dawning, Paul kept urging them all to take some food. "This is the fourteenth day," he said, "that you have been on the watch, fasting, having eaten nothing.
34 So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
"So I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety. For there shall not a hair perish from the head of any one of you."
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.
When he had so said and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God before them all, and broke it and began to eat.
36 They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.
Then they all cheered up and themselves took food.
37 In all, there were 276 of us on board.
There were in the ship two hundred and seventy-six souls, all told.
38 After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
After eating a hearty meal, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the wheat overboard.
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.
When it was day they tried in vain to recognize the land, but they spied an inlet with a sandy beach, and they began conferring to see whether they could drive the ship into it.
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.
They cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, and unloosing at the same time the ropes that tied the rudders, they hoisted the foresail to the breeze, and headed for the beach.
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.
But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; the bow struck and remained fixed, but the stern began to break up under the violence of the waves.
42 The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.
Now the soldiers were planning to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim off and so escape.
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.
But the centurion kept them from their purpose, because he wished to save Paul. He gave orders that those who could swim should first jump overboard and get to land;
44 The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.
and that the rest should follow, some on planks and some on other bits of wreckage. And so it came to pass that all escaped safe to the land.
