Acts 27
1 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.
Mme lwa bofelo dithulaganyo tsa dirwa go re re simolole mosepele wa rona wa go ya kwa Roma ka sekepe; jalo Paulo le magolegwa a mangwe a mantsi ba bewa mo tlhokomelong ya mogolwane yo o neng a bidiwa Julio, leloko la mophato wa badisa.
2 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.
Mme re ne ra tsamaya ka sekepe se se neng se ya kwa Gerika, se se neng se rulaganyeditswe go ema gantsinyana mo mafelong a sekae mo lotshitshing lwa lewatle la Asia. Ke tshwanetse go bolela gore Arisetareka wa Mogerika yo o neng a tswa kwa Thesalonika o ne a na le rona.
3 The next day we touched at Sidon. There Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to visit his friends and refresh himself.
Tsatsi le le latelang erile re ema kwa Sidona, Julio o ne a siame thata mo go Paulo mme a mo letla gore a fologe mo sekepeng a etele ditsala tsa gagwe gore di mo amogele ka boitumelo.
4 Putting to sea from thence we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us;
Mme erile go tloga foo, ra kgorelediwa ke diphefo tse di neng tsa dira gore go nne thata go tlhamalatsa sekepe, jalo ra leba kwa bokone jwa Kupero fa gare ga setlhake le lefatshe,
5 and after sailing across the Cilician and Pamphylian waters, we came to Myra, in Lycia.
mme ra feta go bapa le kgaolo ya Kilikia le Pamfilia, ra ema kwa Mira, mo kgaolong ya Lukia.
6 And there the centurion found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy, and put us on board of her.
Mme foo molaodi wa rona a bona sekepe sa Egepeto se se tswang kwa Alekesanderia, se ya Itale, mme sa re tsaya.
7 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;
Re ne ra tsamaya mo dikgoberegong malatsi a le mantsi, mme la bofelo ra atamela Kinido; mme diphefo di ne di setse di gaketse, jalo ra tabogela kwa Kereta, ra feta mo boemelong dikepe jwa Salamone. Mme erile re ntse re lebaganye le phefo ka bothata jo bogolo re tsamaya re iketlile mo lotshitshing lwa borwa, ra goroga mo felong fa go bidiwang Dinwane Dintle gaufi le motse wa Lusia.
8 and coasting along with difficulty we reached a place called Fair Havens, not far from the town of Lasea.
9 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.
Mme ra nna malatsi a le mantsi koo. Ka nako eo phefo e ne ya nna maswe mo e leng gore re ne re sa kgone go tsamaya mosepele o moleele, gonne ngwaga e ne e tsamaela go fela, mme Paulo a bua le balaodi ba sekepe ka gone.
10 "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."
A re, “Borra, ke dumela gore go tlaa nna mathata kwa pele fa re ka tswelela, gongwe sekepe sa rona se ka nna sa senyega, kgotsa ra latlhegelwa ke morwalo wa rona, ra gobala kgotsa ra a swa.”
11 But the centurion paid greater heed to the master and to the owner than to anything that was spoken by Paul;
Mme le fa gontse jalo batlhokomedi ba magolegwa ba ne ba reetsa molaodi wa sekepe le mong wa sone go na le Paulo.
12 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.
Mme ka gore Dinwane Dintle e ne e le boemelo jo bo mo pepeneneng, lefelo le le sa siamelang go nna mo go lone mariga, bontsi jwa batho ba ba dirang mo sekepeng ba re gakolola gore go ka nna jang fa re leka go tlhatlogela kwa Finekisa go fetsa mariga teng; Finekisa e ne e le boemelo jwa dikepe jo bo siameng bo lebile kwa bokone-bophirima le kwa borwa-bophirima.
13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close in shore.
Mme ka yone nako eo ga simologa phefo e e fokang ka bonya e tswa borwa, mme go ne go lebega e le letsatsi le le siametseng loeto, jalo ba tsamaya ba ikamile lotshitshi lwa lewatle.
14 But it was not long before a furious wind, called Euroclydon, rushed down from the island;
Mme ka bofefo morago ga moo, ga nna le phetogo mo loaping, ga tsoga ledimo la phefo e e nonofileng thata (e ba e bitsang ya Bokone-botlhaba) la kapa sekepe la se phailela kwa teng ga lewatle. La ntlha ba ne ba leka go se lebisa kwa lotshitshing mme ba se ka ba kgona, jalo ba ineela gore phefo e kgweeletse sekepe kwa e yang teng.
15 when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and let her drive.
16 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.
Mme la bofelo ra goroga fa setlhakenyaneng se se neng se bidiwa Jauda, kwa e rileng ka bothata ra tlolela mo mokorong wa namolo o o neng o tswa kwa morago,
17 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.
mme ra fapa sekepe kwa tlase. Badiri mo sekepeng ba ne ba tshaba go phepheulelwa ke phefo kwa go totomelang kwa lotshitshing lwa Afrika. Ba folosa disaile tsa sekepe ba ntse ba phepheulwa ke phefo.
18 And as we were being terribly battered by the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard,
Erile letsatsi le le latelang fa lewatle le kokomoga, badiri mo sekepeng ba simolola go latlhela merwalo mo lewatleng.
19 and on the third day with their own hands they threw the ship’s tackling overboard.
Mme letsatsi le le latelang ba latlhela dilwana tsa bone le sengwe le sengwe se se neng se le gaufi nabo.
20 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.
Dikhuduego tsa lewatle tsa nna dikgolo ka malatsi a le mantsi go fitlhelela la bofelo go sena tsholofelo epe.
21 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.
Mme ka lobaka lo lo leele go ne go sena ope yo o kileng a ja, mme la bofelo Paulo o ne a bitsa badiredi ba sekepe botlhe a re, “Banna, lo ka bo lo ne lwa ntheetsa lantlha mme ra seka ra tloga mo Dinwane Dintle, lo ka bo lo falotse dikgobalo tse le tatlhegelo!
22 "But now take courage. There will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship,
Mme le fa go ntse jalo nametsegang! Ga go ope wa rona yo o tlaa latlhegelwang ke botshelo, ntswa sekepe sone se tlaa nwela.
23 "for last night an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve, stood by me and said.
“Gonne bosigo jo bo fetileng moengele wa Modimo yo ke leng wa gagwe le yo ke mo direlang o ne a ema fa thoko ga me,
24 "‘Fear not, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you the lives of all who are sailing with you.’
a re, ‘Se boife, Paulo, gonne ka boammaaruri o tlaa sekisiwa ke Kaesara! Mo gongwe gape ke eng, Modimo o arabile kopo ya gago mme o tlaa boloka matshelo a botlhe ba ba mo loetong le wena.’
25 "So take courage, men! I believe God, I believe that things will turn out exactly as it has been told me.
Mme jaanong nametsegang! Gonne ke dumela Modimo! Go tlaa nna fela jaaka o buile!
26 "But we must be cast upon a certain island."
Mme le fa go ntse jalo sekepe sa rona se tlaa senyegela fa setlhakeng.”
27 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.
Mme erile e ka nna nako ya bosigo-gare mo bosigong jwa bo lesome le bone jwa khuduego ya lewatle, fa re ntse re phepheulelwa kwa pele le kwa morago mo lewatleng la Aderia, batsamaisi ba sekepe ba belaela gore lefatshe le gaufi.
28 So they sounded and found twenty fathoms; and after a little they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.
Ba ne ba lekeletsa boteng jwa metse mme ba bona e le boteng jwa dikgato di le lekgolo le masome a mabedi. Morago ga sebakanyana ba lekeletsa gape, mme ba bona e le dikgato di le masome a roba bongwe.
29 Then, fearing lest we should run ashore on the rocks, they threw out four anchors from the stern, and longed for day to come.
Mme ka selekanyo se ba itse gore ba gaufi le go phepheulelwa kwa lotshitshing, mme ka ba tshaba mafika a a gaufi le lotshitshi, ba digela diitsetsepelo di le nne ka kwa morago ga sekepe mme ba rapela gore go nne lesedi.
30 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,
Mme batsamaisi ba bangwe ba loga leano la go tlogela sekepe, mme ba fologa mokoro wa phalotsho jaaka o ka re ba ya go tlhoma diitsetsepelo kwa pele.
31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these men remain on the ship, you cannot be saved."
Mme Paulo a raya masole le molaodi a re, “Lo tlaa swa lotlhe fa lo ka seka lwa nna mo sekepeng.”
32 Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the ship’s boat and let her fall off.
Mme masole a kgaola megala a tlogela mokoro wa wa.
33 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.
Erile masa a sa, Paulo a kopa mongwe le mongwe gore a je, a re, “Ga lo ise lo ke lo ame dijo mo dibekeng tse pedi tse di fetileng!
34 "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."
Tsweeng-tsweeng jang sengwe gore lo thusege! Gonne le fa ele thiri ya ditlhogo tsa lona ga e na go nyelela!”
35 When he had so said and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God before them all, and broke it and began to eat.
Mme a tsaya senkgwenyana se se omisitsweng a leboga Modimo fa pele ga bone botlhe, mme a ja.
36 Then they all cheered up and themselves took food.
Ka bofefo mongwe le mongwe a ikutlwa sentle mme ba simolola go ja,
37 There were in the ship two hundred and seventy-six souls, all told.
rotlhe re ne re le makgolo a mabedi le masome a supa le borataro, gonne eo ke yone palo e e neng e le mo sekepeng.
38 After eating a hearty meal, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the wheat overboard.
Erile re sena go ja, badiri ba sekepe ba fokotsa morwalo ka go latlhela mabele mo lewatleng.
39 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.
Mme erile bosa bo sele, ba seka ba tlhaloganya lefatshe gore ke lefe, mme ba bona senwane se se lobota lo papametseng mme ba akanya gore a ba ka tsena fa gare ga mantswe ba phepheulelwa ke phefo kwa lotshitshing.
40 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.
Mme la bofelo ba ikaelela go leka jalo. Ba kgaola diitsetsepelo ba di tlogela mo lewatleng, ba folosa dikgong tse di sokololang sekepe ba pega disaile ba leba kwa lotshitshing.
41 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.
Mme sekepe sa thula totoma ya motlhaba sa totomela. Mpa ya sone ya tsena mo mmung, mme marago a sone a thujwa ke makhubu a metsi.
42 Now the soldiers were planning to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim off and so escape.
Mme masole a buisanya le molaodi wa bone gore ba bolaye magolegwa e se re kgotsa ope wa bone a shapela kwa lotshitshing a falola.
43 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;
Mme Julio ka a ne a batla go boloka Paulo, a ganana le mogopolo oo. Mme a laola gore botlhe ba ba ka kgonang go shapa ba fologe ba shapele kwa ntle,
44 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.
mme ba ba sa kgoneng go shapa ba leke ka dipolanka le dikgong tse di robegileng mo sekepeng. Mme mongwe le mongwe a kgona go falolela kwa lotshitshing.
