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’.
| سرانجام ترتیبی دادند که ما را با کشتی به ایتالیا بفرستند. پولس و چند زندانی دیگر را به افسری به نام یولیوس که از افسران گارد امپراتوری بود، تحویل دادند. |
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.
| ما سوار کشتی‌ای شدیم که از آدرامیتیوم آمده بود و قرار بود در چند بندر در ایالت آسیا لنگر بیندازد. پس سفر دریایی خود را با آن آغاز کردیم. آریستارخوس، از شهر تسالونیکی واقع در ایالت مقدونیه نیز ما را در این سفر همراهی می‌کرد. |
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].
| روز بعد که در بندر صیدون لنگر انداختیم، یولیوس با پولس بسیار خوش‌رفتاری کرد و اجازه داد که به دیدن دوستانش برود و تا موقع حرکت کشتی میهمان آنان باشد. |
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].
| از آنجا باز راه دریا را در پیش گرفتیم ولی باد مخالف چنان شدید بود که کشتی از مسیرش خارج شد. پس مجبور شدیم از شمال قبرس که باد پناه بود حرکت کنیم. |
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].
| از آبهای ایالات قیلیقیه و پمفلیه که گذشتیم، در میرا پیاده شدیم که در ایالت لیکیه واقع است. |
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].
| در آنجا افسر ما یک کشتی مصری پیدا کرد که از اسکندریه می‌آمد و عازم ایتالیا بود. پس ما را سوار آن کرد. |
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.
| پس از چند روز که دریا متلاطم بود، بالاخره به بندر قنیدوس نزدیک شدیم. ولی کولاک به قدری شدید بود که مجبور شدیم مسیر خود را تغییر دهیم و به طرف جزیرهٔ کریت برویم. از بندر سلمونی گذشتیم |
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].
| و با زحمت بسیار آهسته‌آهسته در جهت مخالف باد به طرف ساحل جنوبی پیش رفتیم تا به بندر زیبا رسیدیم که نزدیک شهر لسائیه بود. |
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],
| ما وقت زیادی را به هدر دادیم، و دیگر سفر دریایی خطرناک شده بود، زیرا روز کفاره گذشته بود. پولس این موضوع را به مسئولان کشتی تذکر داد و گفت: |
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.”
| «ای مردان، به عقیدۀ من، سفرمان فاجعه‌بار خواهد بود و صدمۀ بسیاری به کشتی و بار آن وارد خواهد شد، حتی به جان ما نیز.» |
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.
| ولی افسری که مسئول زندانیان بود به ناخدا و صاحب کشتی بیشتر گوش می‌داد تا به پولس. |
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].
| و چون بندر زیبا پناهگاه خوبی نبود و نمی‌شد زمستان را در آنجا گذراند، اکثر کارکنان کشتی مصلحت دانستند که به فینیکس بروند تا زمستان را در آنجا به سر برند. فینیکس از بنادر خوب کریت بود و هم رو به شمال غربی و هم رو به جنوب غربی داشت. |
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].
| در همان وقت از جنوب، باد ملایمی وزید و گمان کردند برای سفر روز خوبی است. پس، لنگر کشتی را کشیدند و در طول ساحل حرکت کردیم. |
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.”
| اما طولی نکشید که ناگهان هوا تغییر کرد. باد شدیدی معروف به باد شمال شرقی، از جانب جزیره به سوی ما وزیدن گرفت. |
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.
| توفان کشتی را به طرف دریا راند. آنها اول سعی کردند کشتی را به ساحل برسانند ولی موفق نشدند. به‌ناچار کشتی را به حال خود رها کردند تا ببینند چه پیش می‌آید. باد تند هم آن را به جلو می‌راند. |
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.
| بالاخره کشتی را به جنوب جزیرهٔ کوچکی رساندیم به نام کلودا، و در آنجا با هزار زحمت قایق نجات را که در عقب کشتی بود، روی کشتی آوردند. |
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.
| سپس کشتی را با طناب محکم بستند تا بدنهٔ آن بیشتر دوام بیاورد. از ترس اینکه مبادا کشتی در شنزار ساحل آفریقا گیر کند، بادبانهای آن را پایین کشیدند و گذاشتند تا باد تند آن را به پیش براند. |
| روز بعد که دریا توفانی‌تر بود، بار کشتی را به دریا ریختند. |
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].
| فردای آن روز هم لوازم یدکی کشتی و هر چه را که به دستشان رسید، به دریا ریختند. |
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.
| روزها یکی پس از دیگری سپری می‌شد، بدون این که رنگ آفتاب یا ستارگان را ببینیم. باد همچنان با شدت می‌خروشید و دمی فرو نمی‌نشست. همه امیدشان را از دست داده بودند. |
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].
| برای مدت زیادی هیچ‌کس لب به غذا نزده بود، تا اینکه پولس کارکنان کشتی را دور خود جمع کرد و گفت: «آقایان، اگر از همان اول به من گوش می‌دادید و از بندر زیبا جدا نمی‌شدید، این همه ضرر و زیان نمی‌دیدید! |
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.
| ولی حالا غصه نخورید؛ حتی اگر کشتی غرق شود، به جان هیچ‌یک از ما ضرری نخواهد رسید. |
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.
| چون دیشب فرشتهٔ آن خدایی که از آن او هستم و خدمتش می‌کنم، در کنارم ایستاد |
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].’
| و گفت:”پولس، نترس چون تو حتماً به حضور قیصر خواهی رسید! علاوه بر این، خدا به درخواست تو، زندگی تمام همسفرانت را نجات خواهد داد.“ |
25 So cheer up, [my] friends, because I believe that God will make this happen, exactly as [the angel] told me.
| «پس دل و جرأت داشته باشید! من به خدا ایمان دارم. هر چه خدا فرموده است، همان خواهد شد! |
26 However, [the ship] will crash on some island, [and] we [(inc)] will go ashore [there].”
| ولی این را نیز بدانید که در یک جزیره، کشتی ما از هم متلاشی خواهد شد.» |
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.
| پس از چهارده روز توفان، در یک نیمه‌شب هولناک، در حالی که در دریای آدریاتیک دستخوش موجهای کوه‌پیکر دریا بودیم، دریانوردان احساس کردند که به خشکی نزدیک شده‌ایم. |
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.
| عمق آب را که اندازه گرفتند، معلوم شد چهل متر است. کمی بعد باز اندازه گرفتند و معلوم شد فقط سی متر است. |
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].
| با این حساب ترسیدند کشتی به تخته‌سنگهای ساحل بخورد، بنابراین از پشت کشتی چهار لنگر به دریا انداختند و دعا می‌کردند هر چه زودتر روز شود. |
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.
| چند نفر از ملاحان می‌خواستند کشتی را رها کنند و بگریزند. پس به این بهانه که می‌خواهند لنگرهای جلوی کشتی را به آب بیندازند، قایق نجات را به آب انداختند. |
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.”
| اما پولس به سربازان و افسر فرماندهٔ آنان گفت: «اگر ملاحان در کشتی نمانند، همهٔ شما از بین خواهید رفت.» |
32 So the soldiers cut the ropes and let the lifeboat fall into the water.
| پس سربازان طنابهای قایق نجات را بریدند و آن را در دریا رها کردند تا کسی فرار نکند. |
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.
| وقتی هوا روشن شد، پولس به همه التماس کرد که چیزی بخورند و گفت: «دو هفته است که شما لب به غذا نزده‌اید. |
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].”
| خواهش می‌کنم برای سلامتی خودتان چیزی بخورید. چون مویی از سر شما کم نخواهد شد!» |
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].
| آنگاه نانی برداشت، در مقابل همه از خدا تشکر کرد و تکه‌ای از آن را خورد. |
36 The [rest of us] became encouraged, so we [(exc)] all ate some food.
| ناگهان همه احساس کردند که حالشان بهتر شده و مشغول خوردن شدند. |
37 Altogether there were 276 of us [SYN] on the ship.
| در کشتی جمعاً دویست و هفتاد و شش نفر بودیم. |
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.
| کارکنان کشتی پس از صرف غذا، تمام گندمی را که در کشتی بود، به دریا ریختند و کشتی سبک‌تر شد. |
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].
| وقتی روز شد، نتوانستند بدانند آنجا کجاست. ولی خلیجی دیدند با ساحلی شنی. نمی‌دانستند آیا می‌توانند از میان تخته سنگها کشتی را به ساحل برسانند یا نه. |
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.
| بالاخره تصمیم گرفتند امتحان کنند. پس لنگرها را بریدند و در دریا رها کردند. سکان کشتی را شل کردند، بادبانهای جلو را بالا کشیدند و یکراست به طرف ساحل پیش رفتند. |
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.
| اما کشتی به سدی از شن و گل در زیر آب برخورد و به گل نشست. دماغهٔ کشتی در شن فرو رفت و قسمت عقب آن در اثر امواج شدید متلاشی شد. |
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].
| سربازان به افسر فرماندهٔ خود توصیه کردند که اجازه دهد زندانیان را بکشند، مبادا کسی شناکنان به ساحل برسد و فرار کند! |
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.
| اما یولیوس موافقت نکرد چون می‌خواست پولس را نجات دهد. سپس به تمام کسانی که می‌توانستند شنا کنند دستور داد به داخل آب بپرند و خود را به خشکی برسانند، |
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.
| و بقیه سعی کنند روی تخته‌پاره‌ها و قطعات کشتی به دنبال آنان بروند. به این ترتیب همگی به سلامت به ساحل رسیدند! |
