Acts 27
1 When [the Governor and those who advised him] decided that it was time for us [(exc)] to get on a ship and go to Italy, they put Paul and some other prisoners into the hands/care of an army captain whose name was Julius. [He was the one who would guard us on the journey]. Julius was [an officer] in charge of [a group of] 100 [soldiers that people called] ‘the Emperor Augustus Group’.
定了要我們坐船往義大利去，就將保祿和一些別的囚犯，交給皇家營裏的一個百夫長，他名叫猶里約。
2 So we got on a ship that had come from Adramyttium [city in Asia province. The ship] was going to [return there, stopping at] cities along the coast of Asia [province]. Aristarchus, [a fellow believer who was] from Thessalonica [city] in Macedonia [province], went with us.
有一隻由阿得辣米特來的船，要開往亞細亞沿岸一帶地方去。我們上去，便開了船，同我們一起的，還有馬其頓的得撒洛尼人阿黎斯塔苛。
3 The day after [the ship sailed], we arrived at Sidon [city]. Julius kindly told Paul that he could go and see his friends [who lived there], so that they could give him whatever he might need. [So Paul visited the believers there].
第二天，我們在漆冬靠了岸，猶里約優待保祿，准他到朋友那裏去獲得照應。
4 Then the ship left [Sidon], but the winds were blowing against us [(exc)], so [the ship] went along [the north] side of Cyprus [Island], the side that is sheltered [from the wind].
我們又從那裏開了船，因為是逆風，便沿塞浦路斯背風的海面航行，
5 After that, we crossed over the sea close to the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia [provinces. The ship] arrived at Myra [city, which is] in Lycia [province]. [We got off the ship there].
橫渡基里基雅和旁非里雅一帶的海面，便到了里基雅的米辣。
6 In Myra, [people told] Julius that a ship [was there that had come] from Alexandria [city] and would [soon] sail to Italy. So he arranged for us to get [on that ship], [and we left].
百夫長在那裏找到一隻由亞歷山大里亞來，要開往義大利的船，便叫我們上了那船。
7 We sailed slowly for several days and finally arrived close to the coast [of Asia province], near Cnidus [town. After that], the wind [was very strong and] did not allow the ship to move straight ahead [westward. So instead], we sailed [southward] along the side of Crete [Island that is] sheltered [from the wind], and we passed [near Cape] Salmone.
我們一連多日緩慢航行，僅到了克尼多對面，因為風阻止我們，我們就靠著克里特背風的海面，在撒耳摩訥旁邊航行，
8 [The wind was still strong, and it prevented the ship from moving ahead fast]. So we moved slowly along the coast [of Crete], and we arrived at a harbor that was called Fair Havens, near Lasea [town].
我們沿岸而行，方纔來到一個名叫良港的地方，拉撒雅城就在附近。
9 Much time had passed, so it would have been dangerous if we [(exc)] had traveled [farther] by ship [because after that time of the year] [MTY] [the sea often became very stormy]. So Paul said to the men [on the ship],
歷時既久，航海已很危險，因為禁食節已過了，保祿就勸告他們說：
10 “Men, I perceive that [if we(inc) travel by ship] now, it will be disastrous for us. A storm may destroy the ship and the cargo, and possibly we will drown.”
「諸位同人！我看這次航行，不但貨物和船，就是連我們的性命，也將要遭受災害和重大的損失。」
11 But the officer [did not listen to] what Paul said. Instead, he decided to do what the pilot [of the ship] and the owner of the ship advised.
可是，百夫長寧信從舵手和船主，不聽保祿所說的話。
12 The harbor where the ship had stopped was not a good place to remain during the winter [when the weather frequently becomes stormy. So most of the people on the ship decided that we(exc) should leave there, because they hoped that we] could stay at Phoenix [port] during the winter, if we could possibly arrive there. That harbor was open to the sea in two directions, [but the strong winds did not blow there].
又因為這港口不適於過冬，大多數人便提議由這裏開船，或者能到腓尼斯去過冬，腓尼斯是克里特的一個港口，面朝西南和西北。
13 Then a gentle wind began to blow [from the south], and the [crew members] thought that they could travel as they had decided [to do. So] they lifted [the anchor up out of the sea], and the ship sailed [westward] along the [southern] shore of Crete [Island].
那時，南風徐徐吹來，大家以為對目的地已有了把握，就起錨沿著克里特航行。
14 But after a while, a wind that was very strong blew across the island [from the north side and hit the ship. That wind was called] {[People] called that wind} “the Northeast Wind.”
可是，過了不久，有一種稱為「東北風」的颶風，向島上衝來。
15 It blew strongly against the [front of] the ship. The result was that we could not keep going in the direction [in which we had been going]. So the sailors let the wind move the ship in the direction [that the wind] was blowing.
船被颶風捲去，不能頂風而行，我們只好任風飄流。
16 The ship then passed a small island named Cauda. We passed along the side [of the island that] sheltered [the ship from the wind]. Then [while the ship was moving along], the sailors lifted the lifeboat up [out of the water] and tied it [on the deck. But the strong wind made it] difficult even to do that.
當我們貼著一個名叫克勞達小島的背風處疾駛時，纔能將小艇把持住，
17 After the sailors [hoisted/lifted] the lifeboat onto the ship, they tied ropes around the ship’s hull to strengthen the ship. The sailors were afraid that, [because the wind was pushing the ship], it might run onto the sandbanks off the coast of Libya to the south [and get stuck there. So] they lowered the largest sail [so that the ship would move slower. Even so], the wind continued to move the ship along. [The wind and the waves] continued to toss the ship about roughly, so on the next day the sailors began to throw overboard the things that the ship was carrying.
水手們把小艇拉上來，用纜索把船綁好、又怕撞在敘爾提淺灘上，便落下船具，這樣任船飄蕩。
我們被風浪巔簸得太厲害，第二天我們便將貨物拋去；
19 On the third [day after the stormy wind had begun to blow], the sailors/we [MTY] threw overboard [most of] the sails, ropes, and poles, [in order to make the ship lighter].
第三天他們又親手把船上的用具也拋棄了。
20 The wind continued to blow very strongly, [and the sky was full of dark clouds] day and night. We could not see the sun or the stars for many days, [so we could not determine where we were. And the wind] continued to blow violently. So we [(exc)] finally thought that we would drown in the sea.
好多天看不見太陽，看不見星辰，狂暴的風仍不見小，從此我們獲救的希望，全都消失了。
21 None of us on the ship had eaten for many days. [Then one day], Paul stood up in front of us and said, “[Friends], you should have listened to me [when I said] that we [(inc)] should not sail from Crete. Then we would have been safe, and the ship and its cargo would be in good condition [LIT].
眾人好久已沒有吃飯，保祿便站在他們中間說：「諸位同人，你們本該聽我的話，不該從克里特開船，而遭受這場災害和損失。
22 But now, I urge you, do not be afraid, because none of us will die. [The storm] will destroy the ship but not us.
雖然如此，我現在仍勸你們放心，因為除這隻船外，你們中沒有一個會喪命的，
23 I [know this], because last night God, the one to whom I belong and whom I serve, [sent] an angel [who came and] stood by me.
因為我所歸屬和所事奉的天主的使者，今夜曾顯現給我，
24 The angel said to me, ‘Paul, do not be afraid! You [(sg)] must [go to Rome] and stand before the Emperor there [so that he can judge you]. I want you to know that God has made it clear to me that all those who are traveling by ship with you [will also survive].’
說保祿! 不要害怕，你必要站在凱撒面前。看，一切和你同船的人，天主都已賜給你了。
25 So cheer up, [my] friends, because I believe that God will make this happen, exactly as [the angel] told me.
因此，諸位同人！請放心好了，因為我信天主對我怎樣說，也必怎樣成就；
26 However, [the ship] will crash on some island, [and] we [(inc)] will go ashore [there].”
不過我們必要擱淺在一個島上。」
27 On the fourteenth night [after the storm had begun, the ship] was still being blown {the wind was still blowing [the ship]} across the Adriatic sea. About midnight, the sailors sensed that the ship was getting close to land.
到了第十四天夜裏，我們在亞得里亞海飄來飄去；約在半夜時分，水手們猜想離一處陸地近了，
28 So they lowered [a weight on a rope] to measure how deep [the water was]. When they pulled the rope up again, they measured it and saw that the water was (120 ft./37 meters) deep. They went a little farther and lowered the rope again. [That time], they saw that the water was [only] about (90 ft./28 meters) deep.
便拋下測鉛，得知水深二十尋；隔了一會，又拋下測鉛，得知水深十五尋。
29 They were afraid that the [ship] might go onto some rocks, so they threw out four anchors from the [ship’s] stern/back and continued to wish/pray that it would soon be dawn [so that they could see where the ship was going].
他們又怕我們碰在礁石上，就從船尾拋下四個錨，切望天亮。
30 Some of the sailors were planning to escape from the ship, so they lowered the lifeboat into the sea. In order [that no one would know what they planned to do], they pretended [that] they wanted to lower some anchors from the [ship’s] front/bow.
水手想法離船逃走，便將小艇繫到海裏，假裝要從船頭拋錨的樣子，
31 But Paul said to the army officer and soldiers, “If the sailors do not stay in the ship, you have no hope of being saved.”
保祿就給百夫長和士兵說：「這些人若不留在船上，你們便不能獲救。」
32 So the soldiers cut the ropes and let the lifeboat fall into the water.
那時，士兵便割斷小艇的纜索，任它沉沒。
33 Just before dawn, Paul urged everyone [on the ship] to eat some food. He said, “For the past 14 days you have been waiting and watching and not eating anything.
從那時直到天亮，保祿一直勸眾人用飯說：「你們一直忍饑期待，沒有吃什麼，到今天已是第十四天了。
34 So, [now] I urge you to eat some food. We [(inc)] need to do that in order to stay alive. I [tell you to do that because I know that] none of you will drown [IDM].”
所以我勸你們用飯；這與你們獲救有關，因為連你們頭上的頭髮也不會失掉一根。」
35 After Paul had said that, while everyone was watching, he took some bread and thanked God [for it. Then he broke the bread and began to eat some of it].
保祿說了這話，便拿起餅來，在眾人前，感謝了天主，然後擘開，開始吃。
36 The [rest of us] became encouraged, so we [(exc)] all ate some food.
於是眾人都放了心，也都用了飯。
37 Altogether there were 276 of us [SYN] on the ship.
當時我們在船上的，共有二百七十六人。
38 When everyone had eaten as much as they wanted, they threw the grain [that the ship was carrying] into the sea, and this made the ship lighter.
眾人都吃飽了飯，便把麥子拋在海裏，使船輕些。
39 At dawn, [we(exc) could see] land, [but the sailors] did not recognize [the place]. However, they could see that there was a bay and [a wide area of] sand at the water’s edge. They planned that, if it was possible, they would steer the ship onto [the beach].
當天亮時，他們不認得那陸地，但瞥見一個有岸邊的海灣，如果可能，就願意把船駛進去。
40 [So some of the sailors] cut the anchor [ropes and] let the anchors fall into the sea. At the same time, [other sailors] untied the [ropes that] fastened the rudders, [so that they could steer the ship again]. Then [the sailors] raised the sail at the front/bow of the ship so that the wind [would blow the ship forward], and the ship headed towards the shore.
於是將錨割斷，棄在海裏，同時鬆開舵繩，拉上前帆，順著風，向岸邊前進。
41 But the ship hit a sandbank. The front of the ship stuck there and could not move, and big waves beat against the back of the ship and it began to break apart.
不料卻碰到一道沙灘，兩邊有海，竟把船擱淺了，船頭陷入，膠定不動，船尾卻被浪濤猛力衝壞。
42 The soldiers said [to one another, “Let’s] kill [all] the prisoners [on the ship], so that they will not [be able to] swim [away and] escape.” [They planned to do that because they were sure] that officials [would order them to be executed if they let the prisoners escape].
那時士兵主張要把囚犯殺掉，免得有人泅水逃走；
43 But [Julius], the army captain, wanted to save Paul, so he stopped the soldiers from doing what they planned to do. Instead, he [commanded] first that everyone who could swim should jump into the water and swim to land.
可是百夫長卻願救保祿，便阻止他們任意行事，遂命令會泅水的先跳入水中，先行登陸，
44 [Then he told] the others [to hold] onto planks or pieces from the ship [and go towards shore. We(exc) did what he said, and] in that way all of us arrived safely on land.
至於其餘的人，有的用木板，有的憑船上的零碎東西：這樣眾人都登了陸，得了救。
