Dɔwɔwɔwo 27
1 Mlɔeba la, woɖoe be míadze mɔ ayi Italia kple tɔdziʋu. Wotsɔ Paulo kple gamenɔla bubu aɖewo de asi na Yulio si nye Kaisaro ƒe asrafowo ƒe amegã ɖeka be wòakplɔ wo ayii dedie.
And when our sailing to Italy was determined, they were delivering up both Paul and certain others, prisoners, to a centurion, by name Julius, of the band of Sebastus,
2 Míeɖo ʋu aɖe si tso Adramitio, eye wòyina tɔtɔ ge ɖe ʋudzeƒe geɖewo le Asia la hedze mɔ. Makedoniatɔ, Aristako si tso Tesalonika la hã nɔ ʋu la me kpli mí.
and having embarked in a ship of Adramyttium, we, being about to sail by the coasts of Asia, did set sail, there being with us Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica,
3 Le ŋkeke evea gbe la, míeva ɖo Sidon. Asrafoawo ƒe amegã, Yulio nyo dɔ me na Paulo, ale be wòɖe mɔ nɛ wòɖi tsa de dua me ɖakpɔ xɔlɔ̃awo ɖa, eye wodi eƒe nu hiahiã aɖewo nɛ.
on the next [day] also we touched at Sidon, and Julius, courteously treating Paul, did permit [him], having gone on unto friends, to receive [their] care.
4 Esi míegadze mɔ tso afi ma teti ko la, míedo abala to Kipro ƒukpo la ƒe anyiehe gome, elabena ya sesẽ aɖe ƒo va kpe mí.
And thence, having set sail, we sailed under Cyprus, because of the winds being contrary,
5 Míeto Kilikia kple Pamfilia ŋu, eye míeva ɖi go ɖe Mira le Likia nuto me.
and having sailed over the sea over-against Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myria of Lycia,
6 Le afi sia la, míaƒe kplɔla la kpɔ Egipte tɔdziʋu aɖe si tso Aleksandria yina Italia, eye míeɖoe.
and there the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria, sailing to Italy, did put us into it,
7 Míenɔ tsia dzi, eye míekpe fu ŋkeke geɖewo hafi va ɖo Knido gbɔ lɔƒo. Ya nɔ ƒoƒom sesĩe ale gbegbe be ɖeko míegbɔ eme to Salmone ʋudzeƒe la ŋu heyi Kreta.
and having sailed slowly many days, and with difficulty coming over-against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over-against Salmone,
8 Míenɔ ahom gã sia me wònɔ fu ɖem na mí alea heto fugo la ŋu ɖɔɖɔɖɔ va ɖo teƒe aɖe si woyɔna be “Ʋudzeƒe Nyui” la. Teƒe sia te ɖe Lasea dua ŋu.
and hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called 'Fair Havens,' nigh to which was the city [of] Lasaea.
9 Míenɔ afi sia ŋkeke geɖewo. Le ɣeyiɣi siawo me la, ƒudzimɔzɔzɔ yi didiƒewo menɔ bɔbɔe o, elabena ƒea wu enu vɔ, eye ɣeyiɣi sia mee ahom sesẽwo tuna le ƒu dzi. Paulo kpɔe dze sii alea, ale wòyɔ tɔdziʋua kulawo hegblɔ na wo be,
And much time being spent, and the sailing being now dangerous — because of the fast also being already past — Paul was admonishing,
10 “Amegãwo, edze nam abe ne míeyi míaƒe mɔzɔzɔ sia dzi fifia la, nya aɖe ava dzɔ ɖe mía dzi ene. Ɖewohĩ ʋua anyrɔ, eye míaƒe agbawo abu, amewo axɔ abi, eye ame aɖewo aku gɔ̃ hã.”
saying to them, 'Men, I perceive that with hurt, and much damage, not only of the lading and of the ship, but also of our lives — the voyage is about to be;'
11 Ke asrafowo, ame siwo ƒe kpɔkplɔ te gamenɔlawo nɔ la meɖo to Paulo o, ke boŋ wose tɔdziʋua kulawo ƒe amegã ƒe aɖaŋu boŋ.
but the centurion to the pilot and to the shipowner gave credence more than to the things spoken by Paul;
12 Eye esi wònye be Ʋudzeƒe Nyui sia hã menyo tututu be woanɔ le vuvɔŋɔli me o ta la, tɔdziʋua me nɔla geɖewo lɔ̃ ɖe edzi be yewoadze agbagba ayi ŋgɔ, aɖo Foenike be yewoatsi afi ma le vuvɔŋɔli la. Foenike si nye Kreta ƒe ʋudzeƒe la trɔ mo de dzigbemeɣetoɖoƒe kple anyigbemeɣetoɖoƒe.
and the haven being incommodious to winter in, the more part gave counsel to sail thence also, if by any means they might be able, having attained to Phenice, [there] to winter, [which is] a haven of Crete, looking to the south-west and north-west,
13 Le ɣe ma ɣi me tututu la, ya aɖe nɔ ƒoƒom tso anyigbeme gome, eye wòdze abe enyo be míadze mɔ ene eya ta wodo abalawo, eye míedze mɔ henɔ go ŋu tom to Kreta ŋkume kekeake.
and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained [their] purpose, having lifted anchor, they sailed close by Crete,
14 Sẽe ko la, yame trɔ zi ɖeka, eye ahom sesẽ aɖe si woyɔna be “anyigbemeɣetoɖoƒeya” la ƒo kpe mí tso ƒukpo la dzi.
and not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, that is called Euroclydon,
15 Ahom la lɔ ʋu la ɖe nu, ale be ʋua kulawo ɖe asi le eŋu nɛ, eye wòkplɔ mí dzoe.
and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given [her] up, we were borne on,
16 Mlɔeba la, mieto ƒukpo sue aɖe si woyɔna be “Kauda” la godo, eye to agbagbadzedze geɖe me la, wote ŋu he tɔdziʋu sue si woti kae ɖe ʋu si míeɖo ŋu la,
and having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,
17 eye wobla tsɔdziʋu la sesĩe be wòagaʋã alo anɔ ʋuʋum o. Tɔdziʋua kulawo nɔ vɔvɔ̃m be míaƒe ʋua ava ɖo ba alo asi ke le Afrika ƒuta, eya ta woɖiɖi abalawo, ale ya kɔ mí ɖe nu heyii.
which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall on the quicksand, having let down the mast — so were borne on.
18 Esi ŋu ke, eye ahom la nu ganɔ sesẽm ɖe edzi la, ʋua kulawo fɔ agbawo ƒu gbe ɖe ƒua me.
And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding [day] they were making a clearing,
19 Le ŋkeke etɔ̃a gbe la, wofɔ dɔwɔnu siwo katã le ʋua me la hã ƒu gbe ɖe ƒua me.
and on the third [day] with our own hands the tackling of the ship we cast out,
20 Ahom la nu gasẽ ɖe edzi hena ŋkeke geɖewo, eye míete ŋu kpɔ ɣe alo ɣletiviwo le dziŋgɔli me gɔ̃ hã o. Esia na be míebu mɔkpɔkpɔ keŋkeŋ.
and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.
21 Anɔ abe ŋkeke nanewo nye esi ene, ame aɖeke meɖu naneke o, ke mlɔeba la, Paulo yɔ ʋua me nɔlawo ƒo ƒu, eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Ɖe miese nye gbe, eye míetsi Kreta la, anye ne dzɔgbevɔ̃e sia mava mia dzi o.
And there having been long fasting, then Paul having stood in the midst of them, said, 'It behoved [you], indeed, O men — having hearkened to me — not to set sail from Crete, and to save this hurt and damage;
22 Ke milé dzi ɖe ƒo elabena togbɔ be tɔdziʋua anyrɔ hã la, mía dometɔ aɖeke mele tsɔtsrɔ̃ ge o.
and now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of life among you — but of the ship;
23 Elabena le zã si va yi me la, nye Mawu si mesubɔna la ɖo eƒe dɔla ɖe gbɔnye wòva gblɔ nam be,
for there stood by me this night a messenger of God — whose I am, and whom I serve —
24 ‘Paulo, mègavɔ̃ o, elabena àva ɖo Kaisaro gbɔ dedie be wòadrɔ̃ ʋɔnu wò. Gawu la, Mawu se wò gbedodoɖa, eya ta ame siwo katã le ʋua me kpli wò la atsi agbe’
saying, Be not afraid Paul; before Caesar it behoveth thee to stand; and, lo, God hath granted to thee all those sailing with thee;
25 Eya ta nɔvinyewo, milé dzi ɖe ƒo, elabena mexɔ Mawu dzi se nyuie eye menya be nu si wògblɔ la ava eme tututu.
wherefore be of good cheer, men! for I believe God, that so it shall be, even as it hath been spoken to me,
26 Ke ele na mí be míadze go ɖe ƒukpo aɖe dzi.”
and on a certain island it behoveth us to be cast.'
27 Tɔdziʋu la ƒe gbagbã le míaƒe ƒudzinɔnɔ ƒe ŋkeke wuienelia ƒe zãtitina lɔƒo, esi ahom la ganɔ mía nyamam le Adria ƒu me la, ʋua kulawo bu xaa be yewote ɖe anyigba aɖe ŋu.
And when the fourteenth night came — we being borne up and down in the Adria — toward the middle of the night the sailors were supposing that some country drew nigh to them;
28 Ale woda dzidzeka ɖe ƒua me, eye wokpɔ be tso ƒua dzi yi egɔme anɔ abe mita blaetɔ̃-vɔ-etɔ̃ ko ene. Sẽe la, wogadae eye azɔ la, wokpɔ be anɔ afɔ blaasiekɛ pɛ ko.
and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,
29 Ʋua kulawo nya be madidi hafi míava ɖi go o, ke esi wonɔ vɔvɔ̃m be ɖewohĩ míava ɖi go ɖe agakpewo dome ta la, woda seke ene ɖe ʋua me hedo gbe ɖa na agu ƒe dzedze.
and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were wishing day to come.
30 Ʋua kula aɖewo wɔ ɖoɖo be yewoasi le tɔdziʋu la me ale woɖiɖi tɔdziʋu sue la ɖe tsia dzi abe seke da ge woyina ene.
And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretence as [if] out of the foreship they are about to cast anchors,
31 Ke Paulo gblɔ na asrafoawo kple woƒe amegã be, “Mía tɔwo, ne mia dometɔ aɖe dzo le tɔdziʋua me la, matsi agbe o.”
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, 'If these do not remain in the ship — ye are not able to be saved;'
32 Ale asrafoawo lã ka si wosa ɖe tɔdziʋu sue la ŋu be wòge dze tsia dzi.
then the soldiers did cut off the ropes of the boat, and suffered it to fall off.
33 Le fɔŋli la, Paulo gblɔ na ameawo be, “Mía tɔwo, kɔsiɖa eve sɔŋ enye esi ame aɖeke meɖu naneke o
And till the day was about to be, Paul was calling upon all to partake of nourishment, saying, 'Fourteen days to-day, waiting, ye continue fasting, having taken nothing,
34 eya ta meɖe kuku na mi, miɖe dzi ɖi ne miaɖu nu, elabena naneke mele dzɔdzɔ ge ɖe mía dometɔ aɖeke dzi o.”
wherefore I call upon you to take nourishment, for this is for your safety, for of not one of you shall a hair from the head fall;'
35 Azɔ Paulo ŋutɔ tsɔ abolo aɖe, eye esi wòdo gbe ɖa, da akpe na Mawu ɖe eta vɔ la, eka ɖe heɖu.
and having said these things, and having taken bread, he gave thanks to God before all, and having broken [it], he began to eat;
36 Nu sia do ŋusẽ ʋua me nɔlawo katã, ale be ame sia ame di nane de nu me azɔ.
and all having become of good cheer, themselves also took food,
37 Ʋua me nɔlawo katã ƒe xexlẽme anɔ ame alafa eve blaadre-vɔ-ade.
(and we were — all the souls in the ship — two hundred, seventy and six),
38 Esi woɖu nu ɖi ƒo vɔ la, wolɔ bli kotoku mamlɛawo katã ƒu gbe ɖe ƒua me be ʋua nanɔ wodzoe ale be wòaganyrɔ o.
and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.
39 Esi ŋu ke la, womekpɔ anyigba dze si o, elabena afu do, gake wokpɔ ƒuta ƒe afi aɖe ɖaa. Esia na be wonɔ ta me bum be ne yewoate ŋui la ne yewoatrɔ ʋu la ayi afi ma.
And when the day came, they were not discerning the land, but a certain creek were perceiving having a beach, into which they took counsel, if possible, to thrust forward the ship,
40 Mlɔeba la, woɖoe be yewoatee akpɔ, ale wolã sekeawo hegblẽ wo ɖe ƒua me, wotu kuɖɔkawo hã, eye wodo abala heɖo ta gota.
and the anchors having taken up, they were committing [it] to the sea, at the same time — having loosed the bands of the rudders, and having hoisted up the mainsail to the wind — they were making for the shore,
41 Ke dzɔgbevɔ̃etɔe la, tɔdziʋu la si ke. Eƒe ŋgɔgbe lɔƒo tsi teƒe ɖeka, ale be ahom la hã nɔ eƒe megbe lɔƒo kakam.
and having fallen into a place of two seas, they ran the ship aground, and the fore-part, indeed, having stuck fast, did remain immoveable, but the hinder-part was broken by the violence of the waves.
42 Esi wòdzɔ alea ko la, asrafoawo gblɔ na woƒe amegã be wòaɖe mɔ na yewo yewoawu gamemɔlawo katã, ale be wo dometɔ aɖeke nagadzo dze ƒua me, aƒu tsi asi dzo le yewo gbɔ o.
And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out should escape,
43 Ke le esi woƒe amegã, Yulio di be yeaɖe Paulo ƒe agbe ta la, melɔ̃ ɖe woƒe susu si wodo ɖa la dzi o. Ke boŋ eɖe gbe be ame siwo nya tsiƒuƒu la nadze agbagba aƒu tsi ayi gota.
but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, hindered them from the counsel, and did command those able to swim, having cast themselves out first — to get unto the land,
44 Ke ame mamlɛawo dometɔ aɖewo nanɔ ʋuƒowo dzi, eye bubuwo hã nanɔ ʋua ƒe kakɛwo dzi ayi gota. Ale ame sia ame dze agbagba alea ɖo gota dedie.
and the rest, some indeed upon boards, and some upon certain things of the ship; and thus it came to pass that all came safe unto the land.
