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

¹And when it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.

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

²And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail unto the places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

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

³And the next day we touched at Sidon: and Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to go unto his friends and refresh himself.

⁴ከዚያም ተነሥተን ነፋሱ ፊት ለፊት ነበረና በቆጵሮስ ተተግነን ሄድን፤

⁴And putting to sea from thence, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

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

⁵And when we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, [a city] of Lycia.

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

⁶And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy; and he put us therein.

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

⁷And when we had sailed slowly many days, and were come with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not further suffering us, we sailed under the lee of Crete, over against Salmone;

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

⁸and with difficulty coasting along it we came unto a certain place called Fair Havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.

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

⁹And when much time was spent, and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast was now already gone by, Paul admonished them,

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

¹⁰and said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the lading and the ship, but also of our lives.

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

¹¹But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship, than to those things which were spoken by Paul.

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።

¹²And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to put to sea from thence, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter [there; which is] a haven of Crete, looking northeast and south-east.

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

¹³And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close in shore.

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

¹⁴But after no long time there beat down from it a tempestuous wind, which is called Euraquilo:

¹⁵መርከቡም ተነጥቆ ነፋሱን ሲቃወም መሄድ ስላልቻለ ለቀነው ተነዳን።

¹⁵and when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way [to it,] and were driven.

¹⁶ቄዳ በሚሉአትም ደሴት በተተገንን ጊዜ ታንኳይቱን ለመግዛት በጭንቅ ቻልን፤

¹⁶And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat:

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

¹⁷and when they had hoisted it up, they used helps, under-girding the ship; and, fearing lest they should be cast upon the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and so were driven.

¹⁸ነፋሱም በርትቶ ሲያስጨንቀን በማንግሥቱ ከጭነቱ ወደ ባሕር ይጥሉ ነበር፥

¹⁸And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the [the freight] overboard;

¹⁹በሦስተኛውም ቀን የመርከቡን ዕቃ በእጃችን ወረወርን።

¹⁹and the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackling of the ship.

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

²⁰And when neither sun nor stars shone upon [us] for many days, and no small tempest lay on [us,] all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.

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።

²¹And when they had been long without food, then Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss.

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

²²And now I exhort you to be of good cheer; for there shall be no loss of life among you, but [only] of the ship.

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

²³For there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve,

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

²⁴saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Caesar: and lo, God hath granted thee all them that sail with thee.

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

²⁵Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even so as it hath been spoken unto me.

²⁶ነገር ግን ወደ አንዲት ደሴት እንድንወድቅ ያስፈልገናል።

²⁶But we must be cast upon a certain island.

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

²⁷But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven to and fro in the [sea of] Adria, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some country:

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

²⁸and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.

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

²⁹And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.

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

³⁰And as the sailors were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, under color as though they would lay out anchors from the foreship,

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

³¹Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.

³²ያን ጊዜ ወታደሮቹ የታንኳይቱን ገመድ ቈርጠው ትወድቅ ዘንድ ተዉአት።

³²Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.

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

³³And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take some food, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.

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

³⁴Wherefore I beseech you to take some food: for this is for your safety: for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any of you.

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

³⁵And when he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all; and he brake it, and began to eat.

³⁶ሁለም ተጽናንተው ራሳቸው ደግሞ ምግብ ተቀበሉ።

³⁶Then were they all of good cheer, and themselves also took food.

³⁷በመርከቡም ያለን ሁላችን ሁለት መቶ ሰባ ስድስት ነፍስ ነበርን።

³⁷And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.

³⁸በልተውም በጠገቡ ጊዜ ስንዴውን ወደ ባሕር እየጣሉ መርከቡን አቃለሉት።

³⁸And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.

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

³⁹And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they perceived a certain bay with a beach, and they took counsel whether they could drive the ship upon it.

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

⁴⁰And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosing the bands of the rudders; and hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.

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

⁴¹But lighting upon a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the foreship struck and remained unmoveable, but the stern began to break up by the violence [of the waves].

⁴²ወታደሮቹም ከእስረኞች አንድ ስንኳ ዋኝቶ እንዳያመልጥ ይገድሉአቸው ዘንድ ተማከሩ።

⁴²And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any [of them] should swim out, and escape.

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

⁴³But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stayed them from their purpose; and commanded that they who could swim should cast themselves overboard, and get first to the land;

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

⁴⁴and the rest, some on planks, and some on [other] things from the ship. And so it came to pass, that they all escaped safe to the land.