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.
Ὡς δὲ ἐκρίθη τοῦ ἀποπλεῖν ἡμᾶς εἰς τὴν Ἰταλίαν, παρεδίδουν τόν τε Παῦλον καί τινας ἑτέρους δεσμώτας, ἑκατοντάρχῃ ὀνόματι Ἰουλίῳ, σπείρης Σεβαστῆς.
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.
Ἐπιβάντες δὲ πλοίῳ Ἀδραμυντηνῷ, μέλλοντι πλεῖν εἰς τοὺς κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν τόπους ἀνήχθημεν, ὄντος σὺν ἡμῖν Ἀριστάρχου, Μακεδόνος Θεσσαλονικέως.
3 The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
Τῇ τε ἑτέρᾳ κατήχθημεν εἰς Σιδῶνα, φιλανθρώπως τε ὁ Ἰούλιος τῷ Παύλῳ χρησάμενος, ἐπέτρεψεν πρὸς τοὺς φίλους πορευθέντι, ἐπιμελείας τυχεῖν.
4 After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
Κἀκεῖθεν ἀναχθέντες, ὑπεπλεύσαμεν τὴν Κύπρον, διὰ τὸ τοὺς ἀνέμους εἶναι ἐναντίους.
5 And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
Τό τε πέλαγος τὸ κατὰ τὴν Κιλικίαν καὶ Παμφυλίαν διαπλεύσαντες, κατήλθαμεν εἰς Μύρα τῆς Λυκίας.
6 There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
Κἀκεῖ εὑρὼν ὁ ἑκατοντάρχης πλοῖον Ἀλεξανδρῖνον, πλέον εἰς τὴν Ἰταλίαν, ἐνεβίβασεν ἡμᾶς εἰς αὐτό.
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.
Ἐν ἱκαναῖς δὲ ἡμέραις, βραδυπλοοῦντες καὶ μόλις, γενόμενοι κατὰ τὴν Κνίδον, μὴ προσεῶντος ἡμᾶς τοῦ ἀνέμου, ὑπεπλεύσαμεν τὴν Κρήτην κατὰ Σαλμώνην.
8 After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
Μόλις τε παραλεγόμενοι αὐτὴν, ἤλθομεν εἰς τόπον τινὰ καλούμενον Καλοὺς Λιμένας, ᾧ ἐγγὺς πόλις ἦν Λασαία.
9 By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,
Ἱκανοῦ δὲ χρόνου διαγενομένου, καὶ ὄντος ἤδη ἐπισφαλοῦς τοῦ πλοὸς, διὰ τὸ καὶ τὴν νηστείαν ἤδη παρεληλυθέναι, παρῄνει ὁ Παῦλος
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.”
λέγων αὐτοῖς, “Ἄνδρες, θεωρῶ ὅτι μετὰ ὕβρεως καὶ πολλῆς ζημίας, οὐ μόνον τοῦ φορτίου καὶ τοῦ πλοίου, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν, μέλλειν ἔσεσθαι τὸν πλοῦν.”
11 But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.
Ὁ δὲ ἑκατοντάρχης τῷ κυβερνήτῃ καὶ τῷ ναυκλήρῳ μᾶλλον ἐπείθετο, ἢ τοῖς ὑπὸ Παύλου λεγομένοις.
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.
Ἀνευθέτου δὲ τοῦ λιμένος ὑπάρχοντος πρὸς παραχειμασίαν, οἱ πλείονες ἔθεντο βουλὴν ἀναχθῆναι ἐκεῖθεν, εἴ πως δύναιντο, καταντήσαντες εἰς Φοίνικα, παραχειμάσαι λιμένα τῆς Κρήτης, βλέποντα κατὰ λίβα καὶ κατὰ χῶρον.
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.
Ὑποπνεύσαντος δὲ νότου, δόξαντες τῆς προθέσεως κεκρατηκέναι, ἄραντες ἆσσον παρελέγοντο τὴν Κρήτην.
14 But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.
Μετʼ οὐ πολὺ δὲ, ἔβαλεν κατʼ αὐτῆς ἄνεμος τυφωνικὸς, ὁ καλούμενος Εὐρακύλων.
15 Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.
Συναρπασθέντος δὲ τοῦ πλοίου, καὶ μὴ δυναμένου ἀντοφθαλμεῖν τῷ ἀνέμῳ, ἐπιδόντες ἐφερόμεθα.
16 Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.
Νησίον δέ τι ὑποδραμόντες, καλούμενον Κλαῦδα, ἰσχύσαμεν μόλις περικρατεῖς γενέσθαι τῆς σκάφης,
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.
ἣν ἄραντες, βοηθείαις ἐχρῶντο, ὑποζωννύντες τὸ πλοῖον. Φοβούμενοί τε μὴ εἰς τὴν Σύρτιν ἐκπέσωσιν, χαλάσαντες τὸ σκεῦος, οὕτως ἐφέροντο.
18 We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
Σφοδρῶς δὲ χειμαζομένων ἡμῶν, τῇ ἑξῆς ἐκβολὴν ἐποιοῦντο,
19 On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ, αὐτόχειρες τὴν σκευὴν τοῦ πλοίου ἔρριψαν.
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.
Μήτε δὲ ἡλίου μήτε ἄστρων ἐπιφαινόντων ἐπὶ πλείονας ἡμέρας, χειμῶνός τε οὐκ ὀλίγου ἐπικειμένου, λοιπὸν περιῃρεῖτο ἐλπὶς πᾶσα, τοῦ σῴζεσθαι ἡμᾶς.
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.
Πολλῆς τε ἀσιτίας ὑπαρχούσης, τότε σταθεὶς ὁ Παῦλος ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν εἶπεν, “Ἔδει μέν, ὦ ἄνδρες, πειθαρχήσαντάς μοι, μὴ ἀνάγεσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς Κρήτης, κερδῆσαί τε τὴν ὕβριν ταύτην, καὶ τὴν ζημίαν.
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.
Καὶ τὰ νῦν παραινῶ ὑμᾶς εὐθυμεῖν, ἀποβολὴ γὰρ ψυχῆς οὐδεμία ἔσται ἐξ ὑμῶν, πλὴν τοῦ πλοίου.
23 For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me
Παρέστη γάρ μοι ταύτῃ τῇ νυκτὶ τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ, οὗ εἰμι, ᾧ καὶ λατρεύω, ἄγγελος
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.’
λέγων, ‘Μὴ φοβοῦ, Παῦλε· Καίσαρί σε δεῖ παραστῆναι, καὶ ἰδοὺ, κεχάρισταί σοι ὁ ˚Θεὸς πάντας τοὺς πλέοντας μετὰ σοῦ.’
25 So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
Διὸ εὐθυμεῖτε, ἄνδρες, πιστεύω γὰρ τῷ ˚Θεῷ ὅτι οὕτως ἔσται, καθʼ ὃν τρόπον λελάληταί μοι.
26 However, we must run aground on some island.”
Εἰς νῆσον δέ τινα, δεῖ ἡμᾶς ἐκπεσεῖν.”
27 On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.
Ὡς δὲ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτη νὺξ ἐγένετο, διαφερομένων ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ Ἀδρίᾳ, κατὰ μέσον τῆς νυκτὸς, ὑπενόουν οἱ ναῦται προσάγειν τινὰ αὐτοῖς χώραν.
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.
Καὶ βολίσαντες, εὗρον ὀργυιὰς εἴκοσι, βραχὺ δὲ διαστήσαντες, καὶ πάλιν βολίσαντες, εὗρον ὀργυιὰς δεκαπέντε.
29 Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
Φοβούμενοί τε μή που κατὰ τραχεῖς τόπους ἐκπέσωμεν, ἐκ πρύμνης ῥίψαντες ἀγκύρας τέσσαρας, ηὔχοντο ἡμέραν γενέσθαι.
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.
Τῶν δὲ ναυτῶν ζητούντων φυγεῖν ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου, καὶ χαλασάντων τὴν σκάφην εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, προφάσει ὡς ἐκ πρώρας, ἀγκύρας μελλόντων ἐκτείνειν,
31 But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
εἶπεν ὁ Παῦλος τῷ ἑκατοντάρχῃ καὶ τοῖς στρατιώταις, “Ἐὰν μὴ οὗτοι μείνωσιν ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ, ὑμεῖς σωθῆναι οὐ δύνασθε.”
32 So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.
Τότε ἀπέκοψαν οἱ στρατιῶται τὰ σχοινία τῆς σκάφης, καὶ εἴασαν αὐτὴν ἐκπεσεῖν.
33 Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.
Ἄχρι δὲ οὗ ἡμέρα ἤμελλεν γίνεσθαι, παρεκάλει ὁ Παῦλος ἅπαντας, μεταλαβεῖν τροφῆς λέγων, “Τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτην σήμερον ἡμέραν, προσδοκῶντες ἄσιτοι διατελεῖτε, μηθὲν προσλαβόμενοι.
34 So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
Διὸ παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς μεταλαβεῖν τροφῆς, τοῦτο γὰρ πρὸς τῆς ὑμετέρας σωτηρίας ὑπάρχει· οὐδενὸς γὰρ ὑμῶν θρὶξ ἀπὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς ἀπολεῖται.”
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.
Εἴπας δὲ ταῦτα, καὶ λαβὼν ἄρτον, εὐχαρίστησεν τῷ ˚Θεῷ ἐνώπιον πάντων, καὶ κλάσας, ἤρξατο ἐσθίειν.
36 They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.
Εὔθυμοι δὲ γενόμενοι πάντες, καὶ αὐτοὶ προσελάβοντο τροφῆς.
37 In all, there were 276 of us on board.
Ἤμεθα δὲ αἱ πᾶσαι ψυχαὶ ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ, διακόσιαι ἑβδομήκοντα ἕξ.
38 After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
Κορεσθέντες δὲ τροφῆς, ἐκούφιζον τὸ πλοῖον, ἐκβαλλόμενοι τὸν σῖτον εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν.
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.
Ὅτε δὲ ἡμέρα ἐγένετο, τὴν γῆν οὐκ ἐπεγίνωσκον, κόλπον δέ τινα κατενόουν ἔχοντα αἰγιαλὸν, εἰς ὃν ἐβουλεύοντο, εἰ δύναιντο ἐκσῶσαι τὸ πλοῖον.
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.
Καὶ τὰς ἀγκύρας περιελόντες, εἴων εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, ἅμα ἀνέντες τὰς ζευκτηρίας τῶν πηδαλίων, καὶ ἐπάραντες τὸν ἀρτέμωνα τῇ πνεούσῃ, κατεῖχον εἰς τὸν αἰγιαλόν.
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.
Περιπεσόντες δὲ εἰς τόπον διθάλασσον, ἐπέκειλαν τὴν ναῦν, καὶ ἡ μὲν πρῷρα ἐρείσασα ἔμεινεν ἀσάλευτος, ἡ δὲ πρύμνα ἐλύετο ὑπὸ τῆς βίας.
42 The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.
Τῶν δὲ στρατιωτῶν, βουλὴ ἐγένετο ἵνα τοὺς δεσμώτας ἀποκτείνωσιν, μή τις ἐκκολυμβήσας διαφύγῃ.
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.
Ὁ δὲ ἑκατοντάρχης βουλόμενος διασῶσαι τὸν Παῦλον, ἐκώλυσεν αὐτοὺς τοῦ βουλήματος, ἐκέλευσέν τε τοὺς δυναμένους κολυμβᾶν, ἀπορίψαντας πρώτους, ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐξιέναι,
44 The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.
καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς, οὓς μὲν ἐπὶ σανίσιν, οὓς δὲ ἐπί τινων τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ πλοίου. Καὶ οὕτως ἐγένετο, πάντας διασωθῆναι ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.
