< 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.
जलपथेनास्माकम् इतोलियादेशं प्रति यात्रायां निश्चितायां सत्यां ते यूलियनाम्नो महाराजस्य संघातान्तर्गतस्य सेनापतेः समीपे पौलं तदन्यान् कतिनयजनांश्च समार्पयन्।
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.
वयम् आद्रामुत्तीयं पोतमेकम् आरुह्य आशियादेशस्य तटसमीपेन यातुं मतिं कृत्वा लङ्गरम् उत्थाप्य पोतम् अमोचयाम; माकिदनियादेशस्थथिषलनीकीनिवास्यारिस्तार्खनामा कश्चिद् जनोऽस्माभिः सार्द्धम् आसीत्।
3 The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
परस्मिन् दिवसे ऽस्माभिः सीदोन्नगरे पोते लागिते तत्र यूलियः सेनापतिः पौलं प्रति सौजन्यं प्रदर्थ्य सान्त्वनार्थं बन्धुबान्धवान् उपयातुम् अनुजज्ञौ।
4 After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
तस्मात् पोते मोचिते सति सम्मुखवायोः सम्भवाद् वयं कुप्रोपद्वीपस्य तीरसमीपेन गतवन्तः।
5 And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
किलिकियायाः पाम्फूलियायाश्च समुद्रस्य पारं गत्वा लूकियादेशान्तर्गतं मुरानगरम् उपातिष्ठाम।
6 There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
तत्स्थानाद् इतालियादेशं गच्छति यः सिकन्दरियानगरस्य पोतस्तं तत्र प्राप्य शतसेनापतिस्तं पोतम् अस्मान् आरोहयत्।
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.
ततः परं बहूनि दिनानि शनैः शनैः र्गत्वा क्नीदपार्श्वोपस्थ्तिेः पूर्व्वं प्रतिकूलेन पवनेन वयं सल्मोन्याः सम्मुखम् उपस्थाय क्रीत्युपद्वीपस्य तीरसमीपेन गतवन्तः।
8 After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
कष्टेन तमुत्तीर्य्य लासेयानगरस्याधः सुन्दरनामकं खातम् उपातिष्ठाम।
9 By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,
इत्थं बहुतिथः कालो यापित उपवासदिनञ्चातीतं, तत्कारणात् नौवर्त्मनि भयङ्करे सति पौलो विनयेन कथितवान्,
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.”
हे महेच्छा अहं निश्चयं जानामि यात्रायामस्याम् अस्माकं क्लेशा बहूनामपचयाश्च भविष्यन्ति, ते केवलं पोतसामग्र्योरिति नहि, किन्त्वस्माकं प्राणानामपि।
11 But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.
तदा शतसेनापतिः पौैेलोक्तवाक्यतोपि कर्णधारस्य पोतवणिजश्च वाक्यं बहुमंस्त।
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.
तत् खातं शीतकाले वासार्हस्थानं न तस्माद् अवाचीप्रतीचोर्दिशोः क्रीत्याः फैनीकियखातं यातुं यदि शक्नुवन्तस्तर्हि तत्र शीतकालं यापयितुं प्रायेण सर्व्वे मन्त्रयामासुः।
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.
ततः परं दक्षिणवायु र्मन्दं वहतीति विलोक्य निजाभिप्रायस्य सिद्धेः सुयोगो भवतीति बुद्ध्वा पोतं मोचयित्वा क्रीत्युपद्वीपस्य तीरसमीपेन चलितवन्तः।
14 But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.
किन्त्वल्पक्षणात् परमेव उरक्लुदोन्नामा प्रतिकूलः प्रचण्डो वायु र्वहन् पोतेऽलगीत्
15 Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.
तस्याभिमुखं गन्तुम् पोतस्याशक्तत्वाद् वयं वायुना स्वयं नीताः।
16 Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.
अनन्तरं क्लौदीनाम्न उपद्वीपस्य कूलसमीपेन पोतं गमयित्वा बहुना कष्टेन क्षुद्रनावम् अरक्षाम।
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.
ते तामारुह्य रज्ज्चा पोतस्याधोभागम् अबध्नन् तदनन्तरं चेत् पोतो सैकते लगतीति भयाद् वातवसनान्यमोचयन् ततः पोतो वायुना चालितः।
18 We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
किन्तु क्रमशो वायोः प्रबलत्वात् पोतो दोलायमानोऽभवत् परस्मिन् दिवसे पोतस्थानि कतिपयानि द्रव्याणि तोये निक्षिप्तानि।
19 On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
तृतीयदिवसे वयं स्वहस्तैः पोतसज्जनद्रव्याणि निक्षिप्तवन्तः।
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.
ततो बहुदिनानि यावत् सूर्य्यनक्षत्रादीनि समाच्छन्नानि ततो ऽतीव वात्यागमाद् अस्माकं प्राणरक्षायाः कापि प्रत्याशा नातिष्ठत्।
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.
बहुदिनेषु लोकैरनाहारेण यापितेषु सर्व्वेषां साक्षत् पौलस्तिष्ठन् अकथयत्, हे महेच्छाः क्रीत्युपद्वीपात् पोतं न मोचयितुम् अहं पूर्व्वं यद् अवदं तद्ग्रहणं युष्माकम् उचितम् आसीत् तथा कृते युष्माकम् एषा विपद् एषोऽपचयश्च नाघटिष्येताम्।
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.
किन्तु साम्प्रतं युष्मान् विनीय ब्रवीम्यहं, यूयं न क्षुभ्यत युष्माकम् एकस्यापि प्राणिनो हानि र्न भविष्यति, केवलस्य पोतस्य हानि र्भविष्यति।
23 For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me
यतो यस्येश्वरस्य लोकोऽहं यञ्चाहं परिचरामि तदीय एको दूतो ह्यो रात्रौ ममान्तिके तिष्ठन् कथितवान्,
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.’
हे पौल मा भैषीः कैसरस्य सम्मुखे त्वयोपस्थातव्यं; तवैतान् सङ्गिनो लोकान् ईश्वरस्तुभ्यं दत्तवान्।
25 So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
अतएव हे महेच्छा यूयं स्थिरमनसो भवत मह्यं या कथाकथि सावश्यं घटिष्यते ममैतादृशी विश्वास ईश्वरे विद्यते,
26 However, we must run aground on some island.”
किन्तु कस्यचिद् उपद्वीपस्योपरि पतितव्यम् अस्माभिः।
27 On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.
ततः परम् आद्रियासमुद्रे पोतस्तथैव दोलायमानः सन् इतस्ततो गच्छन् चतुर्दशदिवसस्य रात्रे र्द्वितीयप्रहरसमये कस्यचित् स्थलस्य समीपमुपतिष्ठतीति पोतीयलोका अन्वमन्यन्त।
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.
ततस्ते जलं परिमाय तत्र विंशति र्व्यामा जलानीति ज्ञातवन्तः। किञ्चिद्दूरं गत्वा पुनरपि जलं परिमितवन्तः। तत्र पञ्चदश व्यामा जलानि दृष्ट्वा
29 Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
चेत् पाषाणे लगतीति भयात् पोतस्य पश्चाद्भागतश्चतुरो लङ्गरान् निक्षिप्य दिवाकरम् अपेक्ष्य सर्व्वे स्थितवन्तः।
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.
किन्तु पोतीयलोकाः पोताग्रभागे लङ्गरनिक्षेपं छलं कृत्वा जलधौ क्षुद्रनावम् अवरोह्य पलायितुम् अचेष्टन्त।
31 But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
ततः पौलः सेनापतये सैन्यगणाय च कथितवान्, एते यदि पोतमध्ये न तिष्ठन्ति तर्हि युष्माकं रक्षणं न शक्यं।
32 So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.
तदा सेनागणो रज्जून् छित्वा नावं जले पतितुम् अददात्।
33 Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.
प्रभातसमये पौलः सर्व्वान् जनान् भोजनार्थं प्रार्थ्य व्याहरत्, अद्य चतुर्दशदिनानि यावद् यूयम् अपेक्षमाना अनाहाराः कालम् अयापयत किमपि नाभुंग्धं।
34 So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
अतो विनयेेऽहं भक्ष्यं भुज्यतां ततो युष्माकं मङ्गलं भविष्यति, युष्माकं कस्यचिज्जनस्य शिरसः केशैकोपि न नंक्ष्यति।
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.
इति व्याहृत्य पौलं पूपं गृहीत्वेश्वरं धन्यं भाषमाणस्तं भंक्त्वा भोक्तुम् आरब्धवान्।
36 They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.
अनन्तरं सर्व्वे च सुस्थिराः सन्तः खाद्यानि पर्प्यगृह्लन्।
37 In all, there were 276 of us on board.
अस्माकं पोते षट्सप्तत्यधिकशतद्वयलोका आसन्।
38 After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
सर्व्वेषु लोकेषु यथेष्टं भुक्तवत्सु पोतस्थन् गोधूमान् जलधौ निक्षिप्य तैः पोतस्य भारो लघूकृतः।
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.
दिने जातेऽपि स को देश इति तदा न पर्य्यचीयत; किन्तु तत्र समतटम् एकं खातं दृष्ट्वा यदि शक्नुमस्तर्हि वयं तस्याभ्यन्तरं पोतं गमयाम इति मतिं कृत्वा ते लङ्गरान् छित्त्वा जलधौ त्यक्तवन्तः।
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.
तथा कर्णबन्धनं मोचयित्वा प्रधानं वातवसनम् उत्तोल्य तीरसमीपं गतवन्तः।
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.
किन्तु द्वयोः समुद्रयोः सङ्गमस्थाने सैकतोपरि पोते निक्षिप्ते ऽग्रभागे बाधिते पश्चाद्भागे प्रबलतरङ्गोऽलगत् तेन पोतो भग्नः।
42 The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.
तस्माद् बन्दयश्चेद् बाहुभिस्तरन्तः पलायन्ते इत्याशङ्कया सेनागणस्तान् हन्तुम् अमन्त्रयत्;
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.
किन्तु शतसेनापतिः पौलं रक्षितुं प्रयत्नं कृत्वा तान् तच्चेष्टाया निवर्त्य इत्यादिष्टवान्, ये बाहुतरणं जानन्ति तेऽग्रे प्रोल्लम्प्य समुद्रे पतित्वा बाहुभिस्तीर्त्त्वा कूलं यान्तु।
44 The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.
अपरम् अवशिष्टा जनाः काष्ठं पोतीयं द्रव्यं वा येन यत् प्राप्यते तदवलम्ब्य यान्तु; इत्थं सर्व्वे भूमिं प्राप्य प्राणै र्जीविताः।

< Acts 27 >