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.
And Festos commanded concerning him that he should be sent unto Caesar in Italia. And he delivered Paulos, and other prisoners with him, to a certain man, a centurion of the band of Sebaste, whose name was Julios.
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.
And when he would proceed, we went down to a ship which was from Adramantos the city, to go to the region of Asia. And Aristarkos, a Makedonoya who was of Thessalunike the city,
3 The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
entered the ship with us. And the day after we came to Tsaidon. And the centurion behaved with kindness towards Paulos, and permitted him to go to his friends and be refreshed.
4 After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
And from thence we voyaged; and because the winds were contrary we made a circuit unto Cypros.
5 And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
And we went through the sea of Cilicia and of Pamphulia, and came to Mura, a city of Lukia.
6 There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
And the centurion found there a ship from Aleksandria which was going to Italia, and he placed us in 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.
And because she sailed heavily, (after) many days we had scarce come over against Knidos the island, and as the wind did not permit us to go directly, we went round by Kreta against Salmona the city;
8 After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
and hardly voyaging we passing around it came to the place which is called the Fair Havens. AND it was nigh to the city named Lasia.
9 By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,
And we were there much time, until the day when the day of the fast of the Jihudoyee had also passed, and there had become danger for one to voyage by sea. And Paulos counselled 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.”
and said, Men, I perceive that with distress and much loss we are to voyage, not only to the burden of 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 hearkened to the governor and to the lord of the ship rather than to the counsel of Paulos.
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 because that haven was not convenient to winter in, many of us desired to proceed thence, and if possible to come and winter in a certain harbour in Kreta, called Phoniks, and which looked to the south.
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 wind of the south blew, and we thought we could come as we desired, we sailed round Kreta.
14 But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.
And after a little there came forth against us a blowing of the tempest which is called Tuphonikos Euroklidon;
15 Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.
and the ship was carried away, and could not stand against the wind, and we gave her into its hand.
16 Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.
And when we had passed a certain isle that is called Cyra; we could scarcely take up the 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.
And when we had uplifted her, we girded and strengthened the ship. And because we feared lest we should fall into the precipitancy of the sea, we brought down the sails, and so went forward. i
18 We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
And while there rose against us the hard tempest, the next day we threw the goods into the sea.
19 On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
And the third day the things of the ship itself we cast forth. And when the storm had held more days,
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.
and neither the sun was seen, nor the moon, nor stars, the hope that we should be saved at all was cut off.
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.
And while no man had taken any food, then stood Paulos among them, and said, Men, if you had been persuaded by me, you would not have voyaged from Kreta, and we should have been exempted from loss, and from this distress.
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.
Yet now I counsel you to be without anxiety; for not one of you will perish, but the ship only.
23 For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me
For in this night there appeared to me the angel of Aloha, (of) him whose I am, and whom I serve.
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.’
And he said to me, Fear not, Paulos, for thou art to stand before Caesar; and, behold, Aloha hath given thee the gift of all who voyage with thee.
25 So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
Therefore, men, take courage; for I believe Aloha, that so it shall be as he hath told me.
26 However, we must run aground on some island.”
Nevertheless, upon a certain island we have to be cast.
27 On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.
AND after fourteen days (in) which we had wandered and been beaten in the sea of Hadrios, in the dividing of the night, the mariners thought that we drew nigh to 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.
And they cast the lead, and found twenty cubits; and again a little they proceeded, and found fifteen cubits.
29 Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
And fearing lest we should be found in a place in which were rocks, they cast forth from the hinder part of the ship four anchors, and prayed that it would become day.
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.
But the mariners sought to escape from the ship, and lowered from her the boat into the sea, on the pretext that they would go in her, and bind the ship to the land.
31 But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
And when Paulos saw, he said to the centurion and to the soldiers, If these in the ship remain not, you cannot be saved.
32 So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.
Then cut the soldiers the cable of the boat from the ship, and let her drive.
33 Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.
But Paulos himself, until it was morning, persuaded all of them to take food, saying to them, To-day it is fourteen days (in which) from danger you have tasted nothing.
34 So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
Wherefore I beseech you receive meat for the establishment of your lives; for a hair of the head of one of you will not perish.
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.
And when these he had said, he took bread, and praised Aloha before them all, and he broke and began to eat.
36 They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.
And they were all comforted, and received food.
37 In all, there were 276 of us on board.
But we were in the ship two hundred and seventy and six souls.
38 After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
And when they were satisfied with food, they lightened the ship, and took up the wheat and sent it into the sea.
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.
And when it was day, the sailors knew not what land it was; but they saw along the coast a certain inlet of the sea, (into) which they purposed if possible to drive the ship.
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.
And they cut the anchors from the ship, and left them in the sea, and they loosed the bands of the oars, and raised a small sail to the wind which blew, and went forward to the face of the land.
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.
And the ship struck on a high place between two depths of the sea, and infixed herself in it; and her forepart stood upon it, and was immovable, but her afterpart was loosed from the violence of the waves.
42 The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.
And the soldiers would have killed the prisoners, lest they should cast forth to swim, and escape from them;
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.
and the centurion restrained them from this, because he was willing to save Paulos. And those who could cast forth to swim he commanded to be the first to swim, and to pass to the 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 the rest, on boards, and on other timbers of the ship, passed; and thus all of them escaped to land.
