Kisah Para Rasul 27
1 Setelah diputuskan, bahwa kami akan berlayar ke Italia, maka Paulus dan beberapa orang tahanan lain diserahkan kepada seorang perwira yang bernama Yulius dari pasukan Kaisar.
As it was decided that we were to sail to Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were put in charge of a centurion of the Augustan Guard, named Julius.
2 Kami naik ke sebuah kapal dari Adramitium yang akan berangkat ke pelabuhan-pelabuhan di sepanjang pantai Asia, lalu kami bertolak. Aristarkhus, seorang Makedonia dari Tesalonika, menyertai kami.
We went on board a ship from Adramyttium, which was on the point of sailing to the ports along the coast of Roman Asia, and put to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, went with us.
3 Pada keesokan harinya kami singgah di Sidon. Yulius memperlakukan Paulus dengan ramah dan memperbolehkannya mengunjungi sahabat-sahabatnya, supaya mereka melengkapkan keperluannya.
The next day we put in to Sidon, where Julius treated Paul in a friendly manner, and allowed him to go to see his friends and receive their hospitality.
4 Oleh karena angin sakal kami berlayar dari situ menyusur pantai Siprus.
Putting to sea again, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the wind was against us;
5 Dan setelah mengarungi laut di depan Kilikia dan Pamfilia, sampailah kami di Mira, di daerah Likia.
and, after crossing the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we reached Myra in Lycia.
6 Di situ perwira kami menemukan sebuah kapal dari Aleksandria yang hendak berlayar ke Italia. Ia memindahkan kami ke kapal itu.
There the Roman officer found an Alexandrian ship on her way to Italy, and put us on board of her.
7 Selama beberapa hari berlayar, kami hampir-hampir tidak maju dan dengan susah payah kami mendekati Knidus. Karena angin tetap tidak baik, kami menyusur pantai Kreta melewati tanjung Salmone.
For several days our progress was slow, and it was only with difficulty that we arrived off Cnidus. As the wind was still unfavorable when we came off Cape Salmone, we sailed under the lee of Crete,
8 Sesudah kami dengan susah payah melewati tanjung itu, sampailah kami di sebuah tempat bernama Pelabuhan Indah, dekat kota Lasea.
and with difficulty, by keeping close in shore, we reached a place called ‘Fair Havens,’ near which was the town of Lasea.
9 Sementara itu sudah banyak waktu yang hilang. Waktu puasa sudah lampau dan sudah berbahaya untuk melanjutkan pelayaran. Sebab itu Paulus memperingatkan mereka, katanya:
This had taken a considerable time, and sailing was already dangerous, for the Fast was already over; and so Paul gave this warning.
10 "Saudara-saudara, aku lihat, bahwa pelayaran kita akan mendatangkan kesukaran-kesukaran dan kerugian besar, bukan saja bagi muatan dan kapal, tetapi juga bagi nyawa kita."
“My friends,” he said, “I see that this voyage will be attended with injury and much damage, not only to the cargo and the ship, but to our own lives also.”
11 Tetapi perwira itu lebih percaya kepada jurumudi dan nakhoda dari pada kepada perkataan Paulus.
The Roman officer, however, was more influenced by the captain and the owner than by what was said by Paul.
12 Karena pelabuhan itu tidak baik untuk tinggal di situ selama musim dingin, maka kebanyakan dari mereka lebih setuju untuk berlayar terus dan mencoba mencapai kota Feniks untuk tinggal di situ selama musim dingin. Kota Feniks adalah sebuah pelabuhan pulau Kreta, yang terbuka ke arah barat daya dan ke arah barat laut.
And, as the harbor was not a suitable one to winter in, the majority were in favor of continuing the voyage, in hope of being able to reach Phoenix, and winter there. Phoenix was a Cretan harbor, open to the north-east and south-east.
13 Pada waktu itu angin sepoi-sepoi bertiup dari selatan. Mereka menyangka, bahwa maksud mereka sudah tentu akan tercapai. Mereka membongkar sauh, lalu berlayar dekat sekali menyusur pantai Kreta.
So, when a light wind sprang up from the south, thinking that they had found their opportunity, they weighed anchor and kept along the coast of Crete, close in shore.
14 Tetapi tidak berapa lama kemudian turunlah dari arah pulau itu angin badai, yang disebut angin "Timur Laut".
But shortly afterward a hurricane came down on us off the land – a north-easter, as it is called.
15 Kapal itu dilandanya dan tidak tahan menghadapi angin haluan. Karena itu kami menyerah saja dan membiarkan kapal kami terombang-ambing.
The ship was caught by it and was unable to keep her head to the wind, so we had to give way and let her drive before it.
16 Kemudian kami hanyut sampai ke pantai sebuah pulau kecil bernama Kauda, dan di situ dengan susah payah kami dapat menguasai sekoci kapal itu.
Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we only just managed to secure the ship’s boat,
17 Dan setelah sekoci itu dinaikkan ke atas kapal, mereka memasang alat-alat penolong dengan meliliti kapal itu dengan tali. Dan karena takut terdampar di beting Sirtis, mereka menurunkan layar dan membiarkan kapal itu terapung-apung saja.
and, after hoisting it on board, the men frapped the ship. But, afraid of being driven on to the Syrtis Sands, they lowered the yard, and then drifted.
18 Karena kami sangat hebat diombang-ambingkan angin badai, maka pada keesokan harinya mereka mulai membuang muatan kapal ke laut.
So violently were we tossed about by the storm, that the next day they began throwing the cargo overboard,
19 Dan pada hari yang ketiga mereka membuang alat-alat kapal dengan tangan mereka sendiri.
and, on the following day, threw out the ship’s tackle with their own hands.
20 Setelah beberapa hari lamanya baik matahari maupun bintang-bintang tidak kelihatan, dan angin badai yang dahsyat terus-menerus mengancam kami, akhirnya putuslah segala harapan kami untuk dapat menyelamatkan diri kami.
As neither sun nor stars were visible for several days, and, as the gale still continued severe, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.
21 Dan karena mereka beberapa lamanya tidak makan, berdirilah Paulus di tengah-tengah mereka dan berkata: "Saudara-saudara, jika sekiranya nasihatku dituruti, supaya kita jangan berlayar dari Kreta, kita pasti terpelihara dari kesukaran dan kerugian ini!
It was then, when they had gone a long time without food, that Paul came forward, and said, “My friends, you should have listened to me, and not have sailed from Crete and so incurred this injury and damage.
22 Tetapi sekarang, juga dalam kesukaran ini, aku menasihatkan kamu, supaya kamu tetap bertabah hati, sebab tidak seorangpun di antara kamu yang akan binasa, kecuali kapal ini.
Yet, even as things are, I beg you not to lose courage, for there will not be a single life lost among you – only the ship.
23 Karena tadi malam seorang malaikat dari Allah, yaitu dari Allah yang aku sembah sebagai milik-Nya, berdiri di sisiku,
For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong, and whom I serve, stood by me, and said –
24 dan ia berkata: Jangan takut, Paulus! Engkau harus menghadap Kaisar; dan sesungguhnya oleh karunia Allah, maka semua orang yang ada bersama-sama dengan engkau di kapal ini akan selamat karena engkau.
‘Have no fear, Paul; you must appear before the Emperor, and God himself has given you the lives of all your fellow voyagers.’
25 Sebab itu tabahkanlah hatimu, saudara-saudara! Karena aku percaya kepada Allah, bahwa semuanya pasti terjadi sama seperti yang dinyatakan kepadaku.
Therefore, courage, my friends! For I believe God, that everything will happen exactly as I have been told.
26 Namun kita harus mendamparkan kapal ini di salah satu pulau."
We will, however, have to be driven on some island.”
27 Malam yang keempat belas sudah tiba dan kami masih tetap terombang-ambing di laut Adria. Tetapi kira-kira tengah malam anak-anak kapal merasa, bahwa mereka telah dekat daratan.
It was now the fourteenth night of the storm, and we were drifting about in the Adriatic Sea, when, about midnight, the sailors began to suspect that they were drawing near land.
28 Lalu mereka mengulurkan batu duga, dan ternyata air di situ dua puluh depa dalamnya. Setelah maju sedikit mereka menduga lagi dan ternyata lima belas depa.
So they took soundings, and found twenty fathoms of water. After waiting a little, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.
29 Dan karena takut, bahwa kami akan terkandas di salah satu batu karang, mereka membuang empat sauh di buritan, dan kami sangat berharap mudah-mudahan hari lekas siang.
Then, as they were afraid of our being driven on some rocky coast, they let go four anchors from the stern, and longed for daylight.
30 Akan tetapi anak-anak kapal berusaha untuk melarikan diri dari kapal. Mereka menurunkan sekoci, dan berbuat seolah-olah mereka hendak melabuhkan beberapa sauh di haluan.
The sailors wanted to leave the ship, and had lowered the boat, on pretense of running out anchors from the bows,
31 Karena itu Paulus berkata kepada perwira dan prajurit-prajuritnya: "Jika mereka tidak tinggal di kapal, kamu tidak mungkin selamat."
when Paul said to the Roman officer and his men, “Unless the sailors remain on board, you cannot be saved.”
32 Lalu prajurit-prajurit itu memotong tali sekoci dan membiarkannya hanyut.
So the soldiers cut the ropes which held the boat, and let her drift away.
33 Ketika hari menjelang siang, Paulus mengajak semua orang untuk makan, katanya: "Sudah empat belas hari lamanya kamu menanti-nanti saja, menahan lapar dan tidak makan apa-apa.
In the interval before daybreak Paul kept urging them all to take something to eat. “It is a fortnight today,” he said, “that, owing to your anxiety, you have gone without food, taking nothing.
34 Karena itu aku menasihati kamu, supaya kamu makan dahulu. Hal itu perlu untuk keselamatanmu. Tidak seorangpun di antara kamu akan kehilangan sehelaipun dari rambut kepalanya."
So I beg you to take something to eat; your safety depends on it, for not one of you will lose even a hair of his head.”
35 Sesudah berkata demikian, ia mengambil roti, mengucap syukur kepada Allah di hadapan semua mereka, memecah-mecahkannya, lalu mulai makan.
With these words he took some bread, and, after saying the thanksgiving to God before them all, broke it in pieces, and began to eat;
36 Maka kuatlah hati semua orang itu, dan merekapun makan juga.
and the men all felt cheered and had something to eat themselves.
37 Jumlah kami semua yang di kapal itu dua ratus tujuh puluh enam jiwa.
There were about seventy-six of us on board, all told.
38 Setelah makan kenyang, mereka membuang muatan gandum ke laut untuk meringankan kapal itu.
After satisfying their hunger, they further lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
39 Dan ketika hari mulai siang, mereka melihat suatu teluk yang rata pantainya. Walaupun mereka tidak mengenal daratan itu, mereka memutuskan untuk sedapat mungkin mendamparkan kapal itu ke situ.
When daylight came, they could not make out what land it was, but, observing a creek in which there was a beach, they consulted as to whether they could run the ship safely into it.
40 Mereka melepaskan tali-tali sauh, lalu meninggalkan sauh-sauh itu di dasar laut. Sementara itu mereka mengulurkan tali-tali kemudi, memasang layar topang, supaya angin meniup kapal itu menuju pantai.
Then they cast off, and abandoned the anchors, and at the same time unlashed the gear of the steering oars, hoisted the foresail to the wind, and made for the beach.
41 Tetapi mereka melanggar busung pasir, dan terkandaslah kapal itu. Haluannya terpancang dan tidak dapat bergerak dan buritannya hancur dipukul oleh gelombang yang hebat.
They got, however, into a kind of channel, and there ran the ship aground. The bows stuck fast and could not be moved, while the stern began breaking up under the strain.
42 Pada waktu itu prajurit-prajurit bermaksud untuk membunuh tahanan-tahanan, supaya jangan ada seorangpun yang melarikan diri dengan berenang.
The advice of the soldiers was that the prisoners should be killed, so that none of them could swim away and make their escape.
43 Tetapi perwira itu ingin menyelamatkan Paulus. Karena itu ia menggagalkan maksud mereka, dan memerintahkan, supaya orang-orang yang pandai berenang lebih dahulu terjun ke laut dan naik ke darat,
But the Roman officer, anxious to save Paul, prevented their carrying out their intention, and ordered that those who could swim should be the first to jump into the sea and try to reach the shore;
44 dan supaya orang-orang lain menyusul dengan mempergunakan papan atau pecahan-pecahan kapal. Demikianlah mereka semua selamat naik ke darat.
and that the rest should follow, some on planks, and others on different pieces of the ship. In these various ways everyone managed to get safely ashore.
