Asomafoɔ 27
1 Wɔsii gyinaeɛ wieeɛ sɛ yɛnkɔ Italia no, wɔde Paulo ne nneduafoɔ bi hyɛɛ Yulio a ɔyɛ Roma asraafoɔ panin no nsa.
And when it was determined that he should sail into Italy, and that Paul, with the other prisoners, should be delivered to a centurion, named Julius, of the band Augusta,
2 Yɛkɔtenaa ɛhyɛn bi a ɛrekɔ Asia fam no mu wɔ Adramitio. Na Makedoniani Aristarko a ɔfiri Tesalonika no ka yɛn ho.
Going on board a ship of Adrumetum, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia, Aristarchus, the Macedonian of Thessalonica, continuing with us.
3 Adeɛ kyeeɛ no, yɛkɔduruu Sidon. Yulio yɛɛ Paulo adɔeɛ maa ɔkɔsraa ne nnamfo maa wɔmaa no nneɛma a ɛho hia no no.
And the day following we came to Sidon. And Julius treating Paul courteously, permitted him to go to his friends, and to take care of himself.
4 Esiane sɛ yɛtuu wɔ hɔ no na mframa bɔ hyia yɛn no enti, yɛka kɔɔ Kipro nifa fam.
And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
5 Yɛnam ɛpo so kɔfaa Kilikia ne Pamfilia kɔduruu Mira a ɛwɔ Likia mantam mu no mu.
And sailing over the sea of Cilicia, and Pamphylia, we came to Lystra, which is in Lycia:
6 Ɛhɔ na asraafoɔ panin no hunuu ɛhyɛn bi a ɛfiri Aleksandria rekɔ Italia. Enti, ɔde yɛn kɔtenaa mu.
And there the centurion finding a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy, removed us into it.
7 Ɛhyɛn no kɔɔ brɛoo maa yɛdii nna wɔ ɛpo no so. Yɛbrɛeɛ ansa na yɛreduru Knido. Esiane sɛ na mframa bɔ hyia yɛn no enti, yɛfaa Salmoni hyɛngyinabea ka kɔɔ Kreta nifa fam.
And when for many days we had sailed slowly, and were scarce come over against Gnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed near Crete by Salmone:
8 Yɛka kɔɔ mpoano nkakrankakra kɔsii sɛ yɛde ɔbrɛ bɛduruu baabi a wɔfrɛ hɔ Hyɛn Agyinaeɛ a ɛbɛn kuro Lasea.
And with much ado sailing by it, we came into a certain place, which is called Good-havens, nigh to which was the city of Thalassa.
9 Esiane sɛ na afe no rekɔ nʼawieeɛ na saa ɛberɛ no nso ɛpo no so fa yɛ hu no enti, yɛtenaa hɔ kyɛreeɛ. Paulo tuu wɔn fo sɛ,
And when much time was spent, and when sailing now was dangerous, because the fast was now past, Paul comforted them,
10 “Anuanom, mehunu sɛ, sɛ yɛtoa yɛn akwantuo yi so a, yɛbɛhunu amane ama ebia ɛhyɛn no abɔ ama emu nneɛma asɛe ama nnipa ahwere wɔn nkwa.”
Saying to them: Ye men, I see that the voyage beginneth to be with injury and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.
11 Nanso, asraafoɔ panin no antie fo a Paulo tuu wɔn no, na mmom ɔtiee nsɛm a hyɛnkafoɔ no ne ɛhyɛn no wura kaeɛ no.
But the centurion believed the pilot and the master of the ship, more than those things which were said by Paul.
12 Esiane sɛ na hyɛngyinabea hɔ nyɛ mma sɛ wɔbɛtena hɔ awɔberɛ mu no enti, nnipa no bebree pɛɛ sɛ, sɛ ɛbɛtumi a, anka ɛhyɛn no bɛtu afiri hɔ akɔ Foinike. Foinike yɛ hyɛngyinabea a ɛwɔ Kreta a ɛda atifi ne anafoɔ ntam wɔ Atɔeɛ fam. Ɛyɛ baabi a wɔbɛtumi atena hɔ awɔberɛ mu.
And whereas it was not a commodious haven to winter in, the greatest part gave counsel to sail thence, if by any means they might reach Phenice to winter there, which is a haven of Crete, looking towards the southwest and northwest.
13 Mframa a ano nyɛ den bɔ firii anafoɔ fam. Yei maa nnipa no susuu sɛ wɔbɛtumi atoa wɔn akwantuo no so sɛdeɛ wɔahyehyɛ no. Enti, wɔtuu sɛkyɛ no de ɛhyɛn no faa Kreta mpoano.
And the south wind gently blowing, thinking that they had obtained their purpose, when they had loosed from Asson, they sailed close by Crete.
14 Ankyɛre koraa na mframa kɛseɛ bi a wɔfrɛ no “Atifi Apueeɛ Mframa” bɔ firii supɔ no so.
But not long after, there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroaquilo.
15 Mframa no bɔ bunkam faa yɛn ɛhyɛn no so twee no kɔɔ ɛpo no mu. Yɛbɔɔ mmɔden sɛ yɛbɛdane ɛhyɛn no ani na anyɛ yie no, yɛgyae maa mframa no twee no kɔeɛ.
And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up against the wind, giving up the ship to the winds, we were driven.
16 Yɛduruu supɔ ketewa bi a wɔfrɛ no Klauda ho a na ɛhɔ mframa ano nyɛ den mpo no, yɛbrɛeɛ ansa na yɛretumi atwe ɛhyɛn no kodoɔ a ɛsɛn akyire no aba mu.
And running under a certain island, that is called Cauda, we had much work to come by the boat.
17 Ɛhyɛn no mu adwumayɛfoɔ maa so baa ɛhyɛn no mu, kyekyeree no dendeenden. Esiane sɛ na wɔsuro sɛ wɔbɛkɔ akɔtim anwea mu enti, wɔyiyii ɛhyɛn dua no so ntoma maa mframa no bɔɔ ɛhyɛn no kɔɔ baabiara a ɛpɛ.
Which being taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, they let down the sail yard, and so were driven.
18 Mframaden no kɔɔ so bɔeɛ; ɛno enti adeɛ kyeeɛ no, wɔyiyii ɛhyɛn no mu nneɛma no bi to guu ɛpo no mu.
And we being mightily tossed with the tempest, the next day they lightened the ship.
19 Ne nnansa so no, wɔsesaa ɛhyɛn no ho nneɛma no bi to guiɛ.
And the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackling of the ship.
20 Nna bebree twaa mu a na yɛnhunu awia anaa nsoromma a na mframaden no gu so retu. Yei maa yɛn anidasoɔ nyinaa saeɛ.
And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm lay on us, all hope of our being saved was now taken away.
21 Nna bebree twaa mu a na obiara anidie no, Paulo ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Anuanom, sɛ motiee me na yɛantu amfiri Kreta a, anka ɛnyɛ ɛne yɛn amanehunu yi.
And after they had fasted a long time, Paul standing forth in the midst of them, said: You should indeed, O ye men, have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and have gained this harm and loss.
22 Nanso, momma mo bo ntɔ mo yam, ɛfiri sɛ, mo mu biara renwu na mmom, ɛhyɛn no na ɛbɛbɔ.
And now I exhort you to be of good cheer. For there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but only of the ship.
23 Nnora anadwo, Onyankopɔn a mesom no no ɔbɔfoɔ baa me nkyɛn
For an angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, stood by me this night,
24 bɛka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, ‘Paulo, nsuro! Deɛ ɛbɛyɛ biara wobɛduru Kaesare anim ama wadi wʼasɛm. Wɔn a wɔka wo ho yi nso, Onyankopɔn adom enti, biribiara renyɛ wɔn.’
Saying: Fear not, Paul, thou must be brought before Caesar; and behold, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
25 Anuanom, momma mo bo ntɔ mo yam, ɛfiri sɛ, megye Onyankopɔn di na asɛm a waka akyerɛ me no bɛba mu pɛpɛɛpɛ.
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer; for I believe God that it shall so be, as it hath been told me.
26 Nanso, deɛ ɛbɛyɛ biara, ɛhyɛn no bɛbɔ wɔ supɔ bi mpoano.”
And we must come unto a certain island.
27 Ne nnawɔtwe mmienu anadwo no a na mframaden no enti ɛhyɛn no redi akɔneaba wɔ Adria ɛpo so no, ɔdasuo mu na ɛhyɛn no mu adwumayɛfoɔ hunuu sɛ yɛrebɛn asase.
But after the fourteenth night was come, as we were sailing in Adria, about midnight, the shipmen deemed that they discovered some country.
28 Wɔtoo susuhoma hunuu sɛ nsuo no mu tenten yɛ anammɔn ɔha ne aduonu. Ɛyɛɛ kakra a wɔsusuu bio no, wɔhunuu sɛ ɛyɛ anammɔn aduɔkron.
Who also sounding, found twenty fathoms; and going on a little further, they found fifteen fathoms.
29 Esiane sɛ na wɔsuro sɛ anyɛ a ɛhyɛn no bɛpem abotan bi enti, wɔtoo sɛkyɛ ɛnan wɔ ɛhyɛn no akyi twɛn kɔsii adekyeeɛ.
Then fearing lest we should fall upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
30 Ɛhyɛn no mu adwumayɛfoɔ pɛɛ sɛ wɔdwane. Enti, wɔgyaee ɛhyɛn no kodoɔ no sii ɛpo no ani boapa yɛɛ sɛdeɛ wɔrekɔto asɛkyɛ wɔ ɛhyɛn no anim.
But as the shipmen sought to fly out of the ship, having let down the boat into the sea, under colour, as though they would have cast anchors out of the forepart of the ship,
31 Paulo ka kyerɛɛ asraafoɔ panin no ne asraafoɔ a wɔka ne ho no sɛ, “Sɛ ɛhyɛn yi mu adwumayɛfoɔ no dwane a, mobɛwuwu.”
Paul said to the centurion, and to the soldiers: Except these stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.
32 Yei enti, asraafoɔ no twaa ahoma a ɛkyekyere ɛhyɛn no kodoɔ no mu no maa ɛkɔeɛ.
Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
33 Adeɛ reyɛ akye no, Paulo srɛɛ wɔn nyinaa sɛ wɔnnidi. Deɛ ɔkae ne sɛ, “Nnawɔtwe mmienu ni, mo mu biara mfaa aduane nkaa nʼano.
And when it began to be light, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying: This day is the fourteenth day that you have waited, and continued fasting, taking nothing.
34 Mesrɛ mo, obiara nnidi sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, mobɛnya ahoɔden. Biribiara renyɛ obiara.”
Wherefore I pray you to take some meat for your health’s sake; for there shall not an hair of the head of any of you perish.
35 Paulo kasa wieeɛ no, ɔfaa burodo bɔɔ mpaeɛ, daa Onyankopɔn ase wɔ wɔn nyinaa anim na ɔbuu bi diiɛ.
And when he had said these things, taking bread, he gave thanks to God in the sight of them all; and when he had broken it, he began to eat.
36 Amonom hɔ ara, wɔn nyinaa bo tɔɔ wɔn yam ma wɔhyɛɛ aseɛ didiiɛ.
Then were they all of better cheer, and they also took some meat.
37 Nnipa a na yɛwɔ ɛhyɛn no mu no dodoɔ yɛ ahanu ne aduɔson nsia.
And we were in all in the ship, two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
38 Obiara didi meeɛ no, ɛhyɛn no mu adwumayɛfoɔ no too aburoo a ɛwɔ ɛhyɛn no mu no guu ɛpo no mu ma ɛhyɛn no mu yɛɛ hare.
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, casting the wheat into the sea.
39 Adeɛ kyeeɛ no, hyɛn no mu adwumayɛfoɔ no anhunu sɛ wɔaduru mpoano. Wɔhunuu baabi a ɛpo no adidi akɔ asase no mu a nsuo taa hɔ. Enti, wɔyɛɛ wɔn adwene sɛ wɔbɛka hyɛn no akɔ hɔ ama akɔtim.
And when it was day, they knew not the land; but they discovered a certain creek that had a shore, into which they minded, if they could, to thrust in the ship.
40 Ɛno enti, wɔtwitwaa hyɛn no asɛkyɛ nhoma no mu maa asɛkyɛ no guu ɛpo mu. Afei, wɔsanesanee ahoma a ɛkura akyerɛkyerɛkwan no mu na afei wɔsii ntoma a ɛwɔ ɛhyɛn no anim no sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, mframa bɛtumi abɔ hyɛn no akɔ mpoano.
And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves to the sea, loosing withal the rudder bands; and hoisting up the mainsail to the wind, they made towards shore.
41 Nanso, ɛhyɛn no kɔpem anweatam bi ma ɛtimiiɛ. Ɛhyɛn no anim timii dendeenden ɛnna nʼakyi no nso, asorɔkye a na ɛrebɔ no no ma ɛbubuiɛ.
And when we were fallen into a place where two seas met, they run the ship aground; and the forepart indeed, sticking fast, remained unmoveable: but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the sea.
42 Asraafoɔ no yɛɛ wɔn adwene sɛ wɔbɛkunkum nneduafoɔ no nyinaa sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, obiara rennya ɛkwan nnwane.
And the soldiers’ counsel was, that they should kill the prisoners, lest any of them, swimming out, should escape.
43 Nanso, ɛsiane sɛ na asraafoɔ panin no pɛ sɛ ɔgye Paulo nkwa no enti, wamma wɔn ho ɛkwan. Mmom, ɔhyɛɛ sɛ wɔn a wɔbɛtumi adware no ahyɛaseɛ nnware nkɔ mpoano.
But the centurion, willing to save Paul, forbade it to be done; and he commanded that they who could swim, should cast themselves first into the sea, and save themselves, and get to land.
44 Wɔn a aka no nso ntetare mmerɛte ne nnua asinasini a abubu firi hyɛn no mu no so nkɔ mpoano. Saa ɛkwan yi so na yɛnam bɛduruu mpoano nohoa dwoodwoo.
And the rest, some they carried on boards, and some on those things that belonged to the ship. And so it came to pass, that every soul got safe to land.
