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.
jalapathenāsmākam itoliyādeśaṁ prati yātrāyāṁ niścitāyāṁ satyāṁ te yūliyanāmno mahārājasya saṁghātāntargatasya senāpateḥ samīpe paulaṁ tadanyān katinayajanāṁśca samārpayan|
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.
vayam ādrāmuttīyaṁ potamekam āruhya āśiyādeśasya taṭasamīpena yātuṁ matiṁ kṛtvā laṅgaram utthāpya potam amocayāma; mākidaniyādeśasthathiṣalanīkīnivāsyāristārkhanāmā kaścid jano'smābhiḥ sārddham āsīt|
3 The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
parasmin divase 'smābhiḥ sīdonnagare pote lāgite tatra yūliyaḥ senāpatiḥ paulaṁ prati saujanyaṁ pradarthya sāntvanārthaṁ bandhubāndhavān upayātum anujajñau|
4 After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
tasmāt pote mocite sati sammukhavāyoḥ sambhavād vayaṁ kupropadvīpasya tīrasamīpena gatavantaḥ|
5 And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
kilikiyāyāḥ pāmphūliyāyāśca samudrasya pāraṁ gatvā lūkiyādeśāntargataṁ murānagaram upātiṣṭhāma|
6 There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
tatsthānād itāliyādeśaṁ gacchati yaḥ sikandariyānagarasya potastaṁ tatra prāpya śatasenāpatistaṁ potam asmān ārohayat|
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.
tataḥ paraṁ bahūni dināni śanaiḥ śanaiḥ rgatvā knīdapārśvopasthtiḥ pūrvvaṁ pratikūlena pavanena vayaṁ salmonyāḥ sammukham upasthāya krītyupadvīpasya tīrasamīpena gatavantaḥ|
8 After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
kaṣṭena tamuttīryya lāseyānagarasyādhaḥ sundaranāmakaṁ khātam upātiṣṭhāma|
9 By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,
itthaṁ bahutithaḥ kālo yāpita upavāsadinañcātītaṁ, tatkāraṇāt nauvartmani bhayaṅkare sati paulo vinayena kathitavān,
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.”
he mahecchā ahaṁ niścayaṁ jānāmi yātrāyāmasyām asmākaṁ kleśā bahūnāmapacayāśca bhaviṣyanti, te kevalaṁ potasāmagryoriti nahi, kintvasmākaṁ prāṇānāmapi|
11 But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.
tadā śatasenāpatiḥ pauloktavākyatopi karṇadhārasya potavaṇijaśca vākyaṁ bahumaṁsta|
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.
tat khātaṁ śītakāle vāsārhasthānaṁ na tasmād avācīpratīcordiśoḥ krītyāḥ phainīkiyakhātaṁ yātuṁ yadi śaknuvantastarhi tatra śītakālaṁ yāpayituṁ prāyeṇa sarvve mantrayāmāsuḥ|
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.
tataḥ paraṁ dakṣiṇavāyu rmandaṁ vahatīti vilokya nijābhiprāyasya siddheḥ suyogo bhavatīti buddhvā potaṁ mocayitvā krītyupadvīpasya tīrasamīpena calitavantaḥ|
14 But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.
kintvalpakṣaṇāt parameva urakludonnāmā pratikūlaḥ pracaṇḍo vāyu rvahan pote'lagīt
15 Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.
tasyābhimukhaṁ gantum potasyāśaktatvād vayaṁ vāyunā svayaṁ nītāḥ|
16 Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.
anantaraṁ klaudīnāmna upadvīpasya kūlasamīpena potaṁ gamayitvā bahunā kaṣṭena kṣudranāvam arakṣāma|
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.
te tāmāruhya rajjcā potasyādhobhāgam abadhnan tadanantaraṁ cet poto saikate lagatīti bhayād vātavasanānyamocayan tataḥ poto vāyunā cālitaḥ|
18 We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
kintu kramaśo vāyoḥ prabalatvāt poto dolāyamāno'bhavat parasmin divase potasthāni katipayāni dravyāṇi toye nikṣiptāni|
19 On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
tṛtīyadivase vayaṁ svahastaiḥ potasajjanadravyāṇi nikṣiptavantaḥ|
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.
tato bahudināni yāvat sūryyanakṣatrādīni samācchannāni tato 'tīva vātyāgamād asmākaṁ prāṇarakṣāyāḥ kāpi pratyāśā nātiṣṭhat|
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.
bahudineṣu lokairanāhāreṇa yāpiteṣu sarvveṣāṁ sākṣat paulastiṣṭhan akathayat, he mahecchāḥ krītyupadvīpāt potaṁ na mocayitum ahaṁ pūrvvaṁ yad avadaṁ tadgrahaṇaṁ yuṣmākam ucitam āsīt tathā kṛte yuṣmākam eṣā vipad eṣo'pacayaśca nāghaṭiṣyetām|
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.
kintu sāmprataṁ yuṣmān vinīya bravīmyahaṁ, yūyaṁ na kṣubhyata yuṣmākam ekasyāpi prāṇino hāni rna bhaviṣyati, kevalasya potasya hāni rbhaviṣyati|
23 For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me
yato yasyeśvarasya loko'haṁ yañcāhaṁ paricarāmi tadīya eko dūto hyo rātrau mamāntike tiṣṭhan kathitavān,
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.’
he paula mā bhaiṣīḥ kaisarasya sammukhe tvayopasthātavyaṁ; tavaitān saṅgino lokān īśvarastubhyaṁ dattavān|
25 So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
ataeva he mahecchā yūyaṁ sthiramanaso bhavata mahyaṁ yā kathākathi sāvaśyaṁ ghaṭiṣyate mamaitādṛśī viśvāsa īśvare vidyate,
26 However, we must run aground on some island.”
kintu kasyacid upadvīpasyopari patitavyam asmābhiḥ|
27 On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.
tataḥ param ādriyāsamudre potastathaiva dolāyamānaḥ san itastato gacchan caturdaśadivasasya rātre rdvitīyapraharasamaye kasyacit sthalasya samīpamupatiṣṭhatīti potīyalokā anvamanyanta|
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.
tataste jalaṁ parimāya tatra viṁśati rvyāmā jalānīti jñātavantaḥ| kiñciddūraṁ gatvā punarapi jalaṁ parimitavantaḥ| tatra pañcadaśa vyāmā jalāni dṛṣṭvā
29 Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
cet pāṣāṇe lagatīti bhayāt potasya paścādbhāgataścaturo laṅgarān nikṣipya divākaram apekṣya sarvve sthitavantaḥ|
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.
kintu potīyalokāḥ potāgrabhāge laṅgaranikṣepaṁ chalaṁ kṛtvā jaladhau kṣudranāvam avarohya palāyitum aceṣṭanta|
31 But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
tataḥ paulaḥ senāpataye sainyagaṇāya ca kathitavān, ete yadi potamadhye na tiṣṭhanti tarhi yuṣmākaṁ rakṣaṇaṁ na śakyaṁ|
32 So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.
tadā senāgaṇo rajjūn chitvā nāvaṁ jale patitum adadāt|
33 Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.
prabhātasamaye paulaḥ sarvvān janān bhojanārthaṁ prārthya vyāharat, adya caturdaśadināni yāvad yūyam apekṣamānā anāhārāḥ kālam ayāpayata kimapi nābhuṁgdhaṁ|
34 So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
ato vinaye'haṁ bhakṣyaṁ bhujyatāṁ tato yuṣmākaṁ maṅgalaṁ bhaviṣyati, yuṣmākaṁ kasyacijjanasya śirasaḥ keśaikopi na naṁkṣyati|
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.
iti vyāhṛtya paulaṁ pūpaṁ gṛhītveśvaraṁ dhanyaṁ bhāṣamāṇastaṁ bhaṁktvā bhoktum ārabdhavān|
36 They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.
anantaraṁ sarvve ca susthirāḥ santaḥ khādyāni parpyagṛhlan|
37 In all, there were 276 of us on board.
asmākaṁ pote ṣaṭsaptatyadhikaśatadvayalokā āsan|
38 After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
sarvveṣu lokeṣu yatheṣṭaṁ bhuktavatsu potasthan godhūmān jaladhau nikṣipya taiḥ potasya bhāro laghūkṛtaḥ|
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.
dine jāte'pi sa ko deśa iti tadā na paryyacīyata; kintu tatra samataṭam ekaṁ khātaṁ dṛṣṭvā yadi śaknumastarhi vayaṁ tasyābhyantaraṁ potaṁ gamayāma iti matiṁ kṛtvā te laṅgarān chittvā jaladhau tyaktavantaḥ|
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.
tathā karṇabandhanaṁ mocayitvā pradhānaṁ vātavasanam uttolya tīrasamīpaṁ gatavantaḥ|
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.
kintu dvayoḥ samudrayoḥ saṅgamasthāne saikatopari pote nikṣipte 'grabhāge bādhite paścādbhāge prabalataraṅgo'lagat tena poto bhagnaḥ|
42 The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.
tasmād bandayaśced bāhubhistarantaḥ palāyante ityāśaṅkayā senāgaṇastān hantum amantrayat;
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.
kintu śatasenāpatiḥ paulaṁ rakṣituṁ prayatnaṁ kṛtvā tān tacceṣṭāyā nivartya ityādiṣṭavān, ye bāhutaraṇaṁ jānanti te'gre prollampya samudre patitvā bāhubhistīrttvā kūlaṁ yāntu|
44 The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.
aparam avaśiṣṭā janāḥ kāṣṭhaṁ potīyaṁ dravyaṁ vā yena yat prāpyate tadavalambya yāntu; itthaṁ sarvve bhūmiṁ prāpya prāṇai rjīvitāḥ|
