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

¹But when it had been determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered up Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion, by name Julius, of Augustus' company.

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

²And going on board a ship of Adramyttium about to navigate by the places along Asia, we set sail, 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 arrived at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and suffered him to go to his friends and refresh himself.

⁴ከዚያም ተነሥተን ነፋሱ ፊት ለፊት ነበረና በቆጵሮስ ተተግነን ሄድን፤

⁴And setting sail 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 having sailed over the waters of Cilicia and Pamphylia we came to Myra in Lycia:

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

⁶and there the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria sailing to Italy, he made us go on board her.

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

⁷And sailing slowly for many days, and having with difficulty got abreast of Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under the lee of Crete abreast of Salmone;

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

⁸and coasting it with difficulty we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near to which was [the] city of Lasaea.

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

⁹And much time having now been spent, and navigation being already dangerous, because the fast also was already past, Paul counselled them,

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

¹⁰saying, Men, I perceive that the navigation will be with disaster and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.

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

¹¹But the centurion believed rather the helmsman and the shipowner than what was said 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 the harbour being ill adapted to winter in, the most counselled to set sail thence, if perhaps they might reach Phoenice to winter in, a port of Crete looking north-east and south-east.

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

¹³And [the] south wind blowing gently, supposing that they had gained their object, having weighed anchor they sailed close in shore along Crete.

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

¹⁴But not long after there came down it a hurricane called Euroclydon.

¹⁵መርከቡም ተነጥቆ ነፋሱን ሲቃወም መሄድ ስላልቻለ ለቀነው ተነዳን።

¹⁵And the ship being caught and driven, and not able to bring her head to the wind, letting her go we were driven [before it].

¹⁶ቄዳ በሚሉአትም ደሴት በተተገንን ጊዜ ታንኳይቱን ለመግዛት በጭንቅ ቻልን፤

¹⁶But running under the lee of a certain island called Clauda, we were with difficulty able to make ourselves masters of the boat;

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

¹⁷which having hoisted up, they used helps, frapping the ship; and fearing lest they should run into Syrtis and run aground, and having lowered the gear they were so driven.

¹⁸ነፋሱም በርትቶ ሲያስጨንቀን በማንግሥቱ ከጭነቱ ወደ ባሕር ይጥሉ ነበር፥

¹⁸But the storm being extremely violent on us, on the next day they threw cargo overboard,

¹⁹በሦስተኛውም ቀን የመርከቡን ዕቃ በእጃችን ወረወርን።

¹⁹and on the third day with their own hands they cast away the ship furniture.

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

²⁰And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm lying on us, in the end all hope of our being saved was 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 a long while without taking food, Paul then standing up in the midst of them said, Ye ought, O men, to have hearkened to me, and not have made sail from Crete and have gained this disaster and loss.

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

²²And now I exhort you to be of good courage, for there shall be no loss at all of life of [any] of you, only of the ship.

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

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

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 behold, God has granted to thee all those that sail with thee.

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

²⁵Wherefore be of good courage, men, for I believe God that thus it shall be, as it has been said to me.

²⁶ነገር ግን ወደ አንዲት ደሴት እንድንወድቅ ያስፈልገናል።

²⁶But we must be cast ashore on a certain island.

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

²⁷And when the fourteenth night was come, we being driven about in Adria, towards the middle of the night the sailors supposed that some land neared them,

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

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

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

²⁹and fearing lest we should be cast on rocky places, casting four anchors out of the stern, they wished that day were come.

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

³⁰But the sailors wishing to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat into the sea under pretext of being about to carry out anchors from the prow,

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

³¹Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, Unless 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.

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

³³And while it was drawing on to daylight, Paul exhorted them all to partake of food, saying, Ye have passed the fourteenth day watching in expectation without taking food.

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

³⁴Wherefore I exhort you to partake of food, for this has to do with your safety; for not a hair from the head of any one of you shall perish.

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

³⁵And, having said these things and taken a loaf, he gave thanks to God before all, and having broken it began to eat.

³⁶ሁለም ተጽናንተው ራሳቸው ደግሞ ምግብ ተቀበሉ።

³⁶And all taking courage, themselves also took food.

³⁷በመርከቡም ያለን ሁላችን ሁለት መቶ ሰባ ስድስት ነፍስ ነበርን።

³⁷And we were in the ship, all the souls, two hundred and seventy-six.

³⁸በልተውም በጠገቡ ጊዜ ስንዴውን ወደ ባሕር እየጣሉ መርከቡን አቃለሉት።

³⁸And having satisfied themselves with food, they lightened the ship, casting 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 did not recognise the land; but they perceived a certain bay having a strand, on which they were minded, if they should be able, to run the ship ashore;

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

⁴⁰and, having cast off the anchors, they left [them] in the sea, at the same time loosening the lashings of the rudders, and hoisting the foresail to the wind, they made for the strand.

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

⁴¹And falling into a place where two seas met they ran the ship aground, and the prow having stuck itself fast remained unmoved, but the stern was broken by the force of the waves.

⁴²ወታደሮቹም ከእስረኞች አንድ ስንኳ ዋኝቶ እንዳያመልጥ ይገድሉአቸው ዘንድ ተማከሩ።

⁴²And [the] counsel of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one should swim off and escape.

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

⁴³But the centurion, desirous of saving Paul, hindered them of their purpose, and commanded those who were able to swim, casting themselves first [into the sea], to get out on land;

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

⁴⁴and the rest, some on boards, some on some of the things [that came] from the ship; and thus it came to pass that all got safe to land.