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’.
さて、わたしたちが、舟でイタリヤに行くことが決まった時、パウロとそのほか数人の囚人とは、近衛隊の百卒長ユリアスに託された。
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.
そしてわたしたちは、アジヤ沿岸の各所に寄港することになっているアドラミテオの舟に乗り込んで、出帆した。テサロニケのマケドニヤ人アリスタルコも同行した。
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].
次の日、シドンに入港したが、ユリアスは、パウロを親切に取り扱い、友人をおとずれてかんたいを受けることを、許した。
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].
それからわたしたちは、ここから船出したが、逆風にあったので、クプロの島かげを航行し、
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].
キリキヤとパンフリヤの沖を過ぎて、ルキヤのミラに入港した。
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].
そこに、イタリヤ行きのアレキサンドリヤの舟があったので、百卒長は、わたしたちをその舟に乗り込ませた。
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.
幾日ものあいだ、舟の進みがおそくて、わたしたちは、かろうじてクニドの沖合にきたが、風がわたしたちの行く手をはばむので、サルモネの沖、クレテの島かげを航行し、
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].
その岸に沿って進み、かろうじて「良き港」と呼ばれる所に着いた。その近くにラサヤの町があった。
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],
長い時が経過し、断食期も過ぎてしまい、すでに航海が危険な季節になったので、パウロは人々に警告して言った、
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.”
「皆さん、わたしの見るところでは、この航海では、積荷や船体ばかりでなく、われわれの生命にも、危害と大きな損失が及ぶであろう」。
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.
しかし百卒長は、パウロの意見よりも、船長や船主の方を信頼した。
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].
なお、この港は冬を過ごすのに適しないので、大多数の者は、ここから出て、できればなんとかして、南西と北西とに面しているクレテのピニクス港に行って、そこで冬を過ごしたいと主張した。
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].
時に、南風が静かに吹いてきたので、彼らは、この時とばかりにいかりを上げて、クレテの岸に沿って航行した。
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.”
すると間もなく、ユーラクロンと呼ばれる暴風が、島から吹きおろしてきた。
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.
そのために、舟が流されて風に逆らうことができないので、わたしたちは吹き流されるままに任せた。
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.
それから、クラウダという小島の陰に、はいり込んだので、わたしたちは、やっとのことで小舟を処置することができ、
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.
それを舟に引き上げてから、綱で船体を巻きつけた。また、スルテスの洲に乗り上げるのを恐れ、帆をおろして流れるままにした。
わたしたちは、暴風にひどく悩まされつづけたので、次の日に、人々は積荷を捨てはじめ、
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].
三日目には、船具までも、てずから投げすてた。
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.
幾日ものあいだ、太陽も星も見えず、暴風は激しく吹きすさぶので、わたしたちの助かる最後の望みもなくなった。
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].
みんなの者は、長いあいだ食事もしないでいたが、その時、パウロが彼らの中に立って言った、「皆さん、あなたがたが、わたしの忠告を聞きいれて、クレテから出なかったら、このような危害や損失を被らなくてすんだはずであった。
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.
だが、この際、お勧めする。元気を出しなさい。舟が失われるだけで、あなたがたの中で生命を失うものは、ひとりもいないであろう。
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.
昨夜、わたしが仕え、また拝んでいる神からの御使が、わたしのそばに立って言った、
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].’
『パウロよ、恐れるな。あなたは必ずカイザルの前に立たなければならない。たしかに神は、あなたと同船の者を、ことごとくあなたに賜わっている』。
25 So cheer up, [my] friends, because I believe that God will make this happen, exactly as [the angel] told me.
だから、皆さん、元気を出しなさい。万事はわたしに告げられたとおりに成って行くと、わたしは、神かけて信じている。
26 However, [the ship] will crash on some island, [and] we [(inc)] will go ashore [there].”
われわれは、どこかの島に打ちあげられるに相違ない」。
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.
わたしたちがアドリヤ海に漂ってから十四日目の夜になった時、真夜中ごろ、水夫らはどこかの陸地に近づいたように感じた。
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.
そこで、水の深さを測ってみたところ、二十ひろであることがわかった。それから少し進んで、もう一度測ってみたら、十五ひろであった。
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].
わたしたちが、万一暗礁に乗り上げては大変だと、人々は気づかって、ともから四つのいかりを投げおろし、夜の明けるのを待ちわびていた。
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.
その時、水夫らが舟から逃げ出そうと思って、へさきからいかりを投げおろすと見せかけ、小舟を海におろしていたので、
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.”
パウロは、百卒長や兵卒たちに言った、「あの人たちが、舟に残っていなければ、あなたがたは助からない」。
32 So the soldiers cut the ropes and let the lifeboat fall into the water.
そこで兵卒たちは、小舟の綱を断ち切って、その流れて行くままに任せた。
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.
夜が明けかけたころ、パウロは一同の者に、食事をするように勧めて言った、「あなたがたが食事もせずに、見張りを続けてから、何も食べないで、きょうが十四日目に当る。
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].”
だから、いま食事を取ることをお勧めする。それが、あなたがたを救うことになるのだから。たしかに髪の毛ひとすじでも、あなたがたの頭から失われることはないであろう」。
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].
彼はこう言って、パンを取り、みんなの前で神に感謝し、それをさいて食べはじめた。
36 The [rest of us] became encouraged, so we [(exc)] all ate some food.
そこで、みんなの者も元気づいて食事をした。
37 Altogether there were 276 of us [SYN] on the ship.
舟にいたわたしたちは、合わせて二百七十六人であった。
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.
みんなの者は、じゅうぶんに食事をした後、穀物を海に投げすてて舟を軽くした。
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].
夜が明けて、どこの土地かよくわからなかったが、砂浜のある入江が見えたので、できれば、それに舟を乗り入れようということになった。
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.
そこで、いかりを切り離して海に捨て、同時にかじの綱をゆるめ、風に前の帆をあげて、砂浜にむかって進んだ。
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.
ところが、潮流の流れ合う所に突き進んだため、舟を浅瀬に乗りあげてしまって、へさきがめり込んで動かなくなり、ともの方は激浪のためにこわされた。
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].
兵卒たちは、囚人らが泳いで逃げるおそれがあるので、殺してしまおうと図ったが、
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.
百卒長は、パウロを救いたいと思うところから、その意図をしりぞけ、泳げる者はまず海に飛び込んで陸に行き、
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.
その他の者は、板や舟の破片に乗って行くように命じた。こうして、全部の者が上陸して救われたのであった。
