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

¹When 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።

²Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to 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።

³The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.

⁴ከዚያም ተነሥተን ነፋሱ ፊት ለፊት ነበረና በቆጵሮስ ተተግነን ሄድን፤

⁴Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

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

⁵When 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።

⁶There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us on board.

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

⁷When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

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

⁸With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

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

⁹When much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast had 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 to them, “Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury 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 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።

¹²Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking northeast and southeast.

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

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

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

¹⁴But before long, a stormy wind beat down from shore, which is called Euroclydon. Or, “a northeaster.”

¹⁵መርከቡም ተነጥቆ ነፋሱን ሲቃወም መሄድ ስላልቻለ ለቀነው ተነዳን።

¹⁵When the ship was caught, and couldn’t face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven along.

¹⁶ቄዳ በሚሉአትም ደሴት በተተገንን ጊዜ ታንኳይቱን ለመግዛት በጭንቅ ቻልን፤

¹⁶Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, 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።

¹⁷After they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven along.

¹⁸ነፋሱም በርትቶ ሲያስጨንቀን በማንግሥቱ ከጭነቱ ወደ ባሕር ይጥሉ ነበር፥

¹⁸As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.

¹⁹በሦስተኛውም ቀን የመርከቡን ዕቃ በእጃችን ወረወርን።

¹⁹On the third day, they threw out the ship’s tackle with their own hands.

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

²⁰When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would 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።

²¹When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle of them, and said, “Sirs, you should have listened to 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።

²²Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will 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, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,

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

²⁴saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’

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

²⁵Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.

²⁶ነገር ግን ወደ አንዲት ደሴት እንድንወድቅ ያስፈልገናል።

²⁶But we must run aground on a certain island.”

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

²⁷But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven back and forth in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land.

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

²⁸They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms. 20 fathoms = 120 feet = 36.6 meters After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms. 15 fathoms = 90 feet = 27.4 meters

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

²⁹Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.

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

³⁰As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,

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

³¹Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these stay in the ship, you can’t be saved.”

³²ያን ጊዜ ወታደሮቹ የታንኳይቱን ገመድ ቈርጠው ትወድቅ ዘንድ ተዉአት።

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

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

³³While the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take some food, saying, “This day is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.

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

³⁴Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads.”

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

³⁵When he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it, and began to eat.

³⁶ሁለም ተጽናንተው ራሳቸው ደግሞ ምግብ ተቀበሉ።

³⁶Then they all cheered up, and they also took food.

³⁷በመርከቡም ያለን ሁላችን ሁለት መቶ ሰባ ስድስት ነፍስ ነበርን።

³⁷In all, we were two hundred seventy-six souls on the ship.

³⁸በልተውም በጠገቡ ጊዜ ስንዴውን ወደ ባሕር እየጣሉ መርከቡን አቃለሉት።

³⁸When 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።

³⁹When it was day, they didn’t recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it.

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

⁴⁰Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. 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 coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.

⁴²ወታደሮቹም ከእስረኞች አንድ ስንኳ ዋኝቶ እንዳያመልጥ ይገድሉአቸው ዘንድ ተማከሩ።

⁴²The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would 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, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;

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

⁴⁴and the rest should follow, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. So it happened that they all escaped safely to the land.