¹And 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,

¹ወደ ኢጣሊያም በመርከብ እንሄድ ዘንድ በተቈረጠ ጊዜ፥ ጳውሎስንና ሌሎችን እስረኞች ከአውግስጦስ ጭፍራ ለነበረ ዩልዮስ ለሚሉት ለመቶ አለቃ አሳልፈው ሰጡአቸው።

²and 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,

²በእስያም ዳርቻ ወዳሉ ስፍራዎች ይሄድ ዘንድ ባለው በአድራሚጢስ መርከብ ገብተን ተነሣን፤ የመቄዶንያም ሰው የሆነ የተሰሎንቄው አርስጥሮኮስ ከእኛ ጋር ነበረ።

³on 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.

³በነገውም ወደ ሲዶና ስንደርስ ዩልዮስ ለጳውሎስ ቸርነት አድርጎ እርዳታቸውን ይቀበል ዘንድ ወደ ወዳጆቹ እንዲሄድ ፈቀደለት።

⁴And thence, having set sail, we sailed under Cyprus, because of the winds being contrary,

⁴ከዚያም ተነሥተን ነፋሱ ፊት ለፊት ነበረና በቆጵሮስ ተተግነን ሄድን፤

⁵and having sailed over the sea over-against Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myria of Lycia,

⁵በኪልቅያና በጵንፍልያም አጠገብ ያለውን ባሕር ከተሻገርን በኋላ በሉቅያ ወዳለ ወደ ሙራ ደረስን።

⁶and there the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria, sailing to Italy, did put us into it,

⁶የመቶ አለቃውም በዚያ ወደ ኢጣሊያ የሚሄድ የእስክንድርያውን መርከብ አግኝቶ ወደ እርሱ አገባን።

⁷and having sailed slowly many days, and with difficulty coming over-against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over-against Salmone,

⁷ብዙ ቀንም እያዘገምን ሄደን በጭንቅ ወደ ቀኒዶስ አንጻር ደረስን፤ ነፋስም ስለ ከለከለን በቀርጤስ ተተግነን በሰልሙና አንጻር ሄድን፤

⁸and hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called `Fair Havens,` nigh to which was the city [of] Lasaea.

⁸በጭንቅም ጥግ ጥጉን አልፈን ለላሲያ ከተማ ወደ ቀረበች መልካም ወደብ ወደሚሉአት ስፍራ መጣን።

⁹And much time being spent, and the sailing being now dangerous — because of the fast also being already past — Paul was admonishing,

⁹ብዙ ጊዜም ካለፈ በኋላ፥ የጦም ወራት አሁን አልፎ ስለ ነበረ በመርከብ ለመሄድ አሁን የሚያስፈራ ነበርና ጳውሎስ።

¹⁰saying 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;`

¹⁰እናንተ ሰዎች ሆይ፥ ይህ ጕዞ በጥፋትና በብዙ ጕዳት እንዲሆን አያለሁ፤ ጥፋቱም በገዛ ሕይወታችን ነው እንጂ በጭነቱና በመርከቡ ብቻ አይደለም ብሎ መከራቸው።

¹¹but the centurion to the pilot and to the shipowner gave credence more than to the things spoken by Paul;

¹¹የመቶ አለቃው ግን ጳውሎስ ከተናገረው ይልቅ የመርከብ መሪውንና የመርከቡን ባለቤት ያምን ነበር።

¹²and 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,

¹²ያም ወደብ ይከርሙበት ዘንድ የማይመች ስለ ሆነ፥ የሚበዙቱ ቢቻላቸው በሰሜንና በደቡብ ምዕራብ ትይዩ ወዳለው ፍንቄ ወደሚሉት ወደ ቀርጤስ ወደብ ደርሰው ይከርሙ ዘንድ ከዚያ እንዲነሡ መከሩ።

¹³and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained [their] purpose, having lifted anchor, they sailed close by Crete,

¹³ልከኛም የደቡብ ነፋስ በነፈሰ ጊዜ፥ እንዳሰቡት የሆነላቸው መስሎአቸው ተነሡ በቀርጤስም አጠገብ ጥግ ጥጉን አለፉ።

¹⁴and not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, that is called Euroclydon,

¹⁴ነገር ግን እጅግ ሳይዘገይ አውራቂስ የሚሉት ዓውሎ ነፋስ ከዚያ ወረደባቸው፤

¹⁵and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given [her] up, we were borne on,

¹⁵መርከቡም ተነጥቆ ነፋሱን ሲቃወም መሄድ ስላልቻለ ለቀነው ተነዳን።

¹⁶and having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,

¹⁶ቄዳ በሚሉአትም ደሴት በተተገንን ጊዜ ታንኳይቱን ለመግዛት በጭንቅ ቻልን፤

¹⁷which 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.

¹⁷ወደ ላይም ካወጡአት በኋላ መርከቡን በገመድ አስታጥቀው አጸኑ፤ ስርቲስም ወደሚሉት ወደ አሸዋ እንዳይወድቁ ፈርተው ሸራውን አውርደው እንዲሁ ተነዱ።

¹⁸And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding [day] they were making a clearing,

¹⁸ነፋሱም በርትቶ ሲያስጨንቀን በማንግሥቱ ከጭነቱ ወደ ባሕር ይጥሉ ነበር፥

¹⁹and on the third [day] with our own hands the tackling of the ship we cast out,

¹⁹በሦስተኛውም ቀን የመርከቡን ዕቃ በእጃችን ወረወርን።

²⁰and 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.

²⁰ብዙ ቀንም ፀሐይን ከዋክብትንም ሳናይ ትልቅ ነፋስም ሲበረታብን ጊዜ፥ ወደ ፊት እንድናለን የማለት ተስፋ ሁሉ ተቈረጠ።

²¹And 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;

²¹ሳይበሉም ብዙ ቀን ከቆዩ በኋላ፥ ያን ጊዜ ጳውሎስ በመካከላቸው ቆሞ እንዲህ አለ። እናንተ ሰዎች ሆይ፥ ሰምታችሁኝ በሆነ ኖሮ ከቀርጤስ እንዳትነሡ ይህንም ጥፋትና ጕዳት እንዳታገኙ ይገባችሁ ነበር።

²²and now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of life among you — but of the ship;

²²አሁንም። አይዞአችሁ ብዬ እመክራችኋለሁ፤ ይህ መርከብ እንጂ ከእናንተ አንድ ነፍስ እንኳ አይጠፋምና።

²³for there stood by me this night a messenger of God — whose I am, and whom I serve —

²³የእርሱ የምሆንና ደግሞ የማመልከው የእግዚአብሔር መልአክ በዚች ሌሊት በአጠገቤ ቆሞ ነበርና፥ እርሱም።

²⁴saying, Be not afraid Paul; before Caesar it behoveth thee to stand; and, lo, God hath granted to thee all those sailing with thee;

²⁴ጳውሎስ ሆይ፥ አትፍራ፤ በቄሣር ፊት ልትቆም ይገባሃል፤ እነሆም፥ እግዚአብሔር ከአንተ ጋር የሚሄዱትን ሁሉ ሰጥቶሃል አለኝ።

²⁵wherefore be of good cheer, men! for I believe God, that so it shall be, even as it hath been spoken to me,

²⁵ስለዚህ እናንተ ሰዎች ሆይ፥ አይዞአችሁ፤ እንደ ተናገረኝ እንዲሁ እንዲሆን እግዚአብሔርን አምናለሁና።

²⁶and on a certain island it behoveth us to be cast.`

²⁶ነገር ግን ወደ አንዲት ደሴት እንድንወድቅ ያስፈልገናል።

²⁷And 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;

²⁷በአሥራ አራተኛውም ሌሊት በአድርያ ባሕር ወዲህና ወዲያ ስንነዳ፥ መርከበኞች በእኩለ ሌሊት ወደ አንድ ምድር የቀረቡ መሰላቸው።

²⁸and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,

²⁸መለኪያ ገመድም ቢጥሉ ሀያ በሰው ቁመት አገኙ ጥቂትም ቆይተው ሁለተኛ ቢጥሉ አሥራ አምስት በሰው ቁመት አገኙ፤

²⁹and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were wishing day to come.

²⁹ድንጋያማም ወደ ሆነ ስፍራ እንዳይወድቁ ፈርተው፥ ከመርከቡ በስተኋላ አራት መልሕቅ አወረዱ፥ ቀንም እንዲሆን ተመኙ።

³⁰And 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,

³⁰መርከበኞቹም ከመርከቡ ይሸሹ ዘንድ ፈልገው ከመርከቡ በስተ ፊት መልሕቅ መጣል እንዳላቸው አመካኝተው ታንኳይቱን ወደ ባሕር ባወረዱ ጊዜ፥

³¹Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, `If these do not remain in the ship — ye are not able to be saved;`

³¹ጳውሎስ ለመቶ አለቃውና ለወታደሮቹ። እነዚህ በመርከቡ ካልቆዩ እናንተ ትድኑ ዘንድ አትችሉም አላቸው።

³²then the soldiers did cut off the ropes of the boat, and suffered it to fall off.

³²ያን ጊዜ ወታደሮቹ የታንኳይቱን ገመድ ቈርጠው ትወድቅ ዘንድ ተዉአት።

³³And 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,

³³ቀንም ሲነጋ ጳውሎስ ምግብ ይበሉ ዘንድ ሁሉን ይለምን ነበር፥ እንዲህም አላቸው። እየጠበቃችሁ ምንም ሳትቀበሉ ጦማችሁን ከሰነበታችሁ ዛሬ አሥራ አራተኛ ቀናችሁ ነው።

³⁴wherefore 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;`

³⁴ሰለዚህ ምግብ ትበሉ ዘንድ እለምናችኋለሁ፤ ይህ ለደኅንነታችሁ ይሆናልና፤ ከእናንተ ከአንዱ የራስ ጠጕር እንኳ አትጠፋምና።

³⁵and having said these things, and having taken bread, he gave thanks to God before all, and having broken [it], he began to eat;

³⁵ይህንም ብሎ እንጀራን ይዞ በሁሉ ፊት እግዚአብሔርን አመሰገነ ቈርሶም ይበላ ዘንድ ጀመረ።

³⁶and all having become of good cheer, themselves also took food,

³⁶ሁለም ተጽናንተው ራሳቸው ደግሞ ምግብ ተቀበሉ።

³⁷(and we were — all the souls in the ship — two hundred, seventy and six),

³⁷በመርከቡም ያለን ሁላችን ሁለት መቶ ሰባ ስድስት ነፍስ ነበርን።

³⁸and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.

³⁸በልተውም በጠገቡ ጊዜ ስንዴውን ወደ ባሕር እየጣሉ መርከቡን አቃለሉት።

³⁹And 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,

³⁹በነጋም ጊዜ ምድሩን አላወቁትም፥ ነገር ግን የአሸዋ ዳር ያለውን የባሕር ስርጥ ተመለከቱ፥ ቢቻላቸውም መርከቡን ወደዚያ ይገፉ ዘንድ ቈረጡ።

⁴⁰and 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,

⁴⁰መልሕቆቹንም ፈትተው በባሕር ተዉአቸው፥ ያን ጊዜም የመቅዘፊያውን ማሠሪያ ፈቱት፤ ታናሹንም ሸራ ለነፋስ ከፍ አድርገው ወደ ዳር አቅንተው ይሄዱ ዘንድ ጀመሩ።

⁴¹and 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.

⁴¹ነገር ግን ሁለት ባሕር በተገናኙበት ስፍራ ወድቀው መርከቡን በዲብ ላይ ነዱ፤ በስተ ፊቱም ተተክሎ የማይነቃነቅ ሆነ፥ በስተ ኋላው ግን ከማዕበሉ ግፊያ የተነሣ ይሰበር ነበር።

⁴²And the soldiers` counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out should escape,

⁴²ወታደሮቹም ከእስረኞች አንድ ስንኳ ዋኝቶ እንዳያመልጥ ይገድሉአቸው ዘንድ ተማከሩ።

⁴³but 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,

⁴³የመቶ አለቃው ግን ጳውሎስን ያድነው ዘንድ አስቦ ምክራቸውን ከለከለ፤ ዋና የሚያውቁትም ከመርከብ ራሳቸውን እየወረወሩ አስቀድመው ወደ ምድር ይወጡ ዘንድ፥

⁴⁴and 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.

⁴⁴የቀሩትም እኵሌቶቹ በሳንቃዎች ላይ እኵሌቶቹም በመርከቡ ስባሪ ይወጡ ዘንድ አዘዘ። እንዲሁም ሁሉ በደኅና ወደ ምድር ደረሱ።