¹Zvino kwakati kwatemwa kuti tiende Itaria nechikepe, vakakumikidza Pauro nevamwe vasungwa kuna Jurio mukuru wezana, wehondo yaAgasito.

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,

²Zvino takati tapinda muchikepe cheAdhiramitiyamu, chaiva choda kuenda nepamisha yemahombekombe eAsia, tikabva muchikepe Arisitako muMakedhonia weTesaronika anesu.

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,

³Fume tikabata Sidhoni, Juriasi akaitira Pauro zvakanaka, akamutendera kuti aende kushamwari dzake, kuti abatsirwe.

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.

⁴Takati tabva ipapo, tikapfuura nechikepe nenyasi kweSaipuresi, nekuti mhepo yaitipikisa.

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

⁵Zvino takati tayambuka gungwa reKirikia nePamufiriya, takasvika Maira yeRisia.

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

⁶Ipapo mukuru wezana akawana chikepe cheAreksandira chaienda Itaria, ndokutipinzamo.

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

⁷Zvino takati tananaira nechikepe mazuva mazhinji, tikasvika pakatarisana neKinido nemanainai, mhepo isingatitenderi, tikapfuura nenyasi kweKirete, mhiri kwakatarisana neSarimoni.

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,

⁸Tikapapfuura nemanainai, ndokusvika pane imwe nzvimbo panonzi Zororo Rakanaka, pedo neguta reRasea.

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

⁹Zvino nguva huru yakati yapfuura, nekufamba nechikepe kwava nenjodzi, nekuti kutsanya kwakange kwatopfuura, Pauro akavakurudzira,

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

¹⁰achiti kwavari: Varume, ndinoona kuti rwendo urwu ruchava nekukuvara nekurashikirwa kukuru, zvisati zviri zvemutoro nechikepe chete, asi nekweupenyu hweduwo.

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;`

¹¹Asi mukuru wezana wakateerera mufambisi wechikepe nemwene wechikepe, kupfuura zvinhu zvakarehwa naPauro.

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

¹²Zvino sezvo zororo rakange risina kunaka kugara muchando, vazhinji vavo vakayambira kuti pabviwe, zvimwe vangasvika Fenikisi vagarepo muchando; ndiro zororo reKirete, rakange rakatarira chamhembe mavirira nemaodzanyemba mavirira.

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,

¹³Zvino mhepo yechamhembe yakati ichirira zvishoma, vakafunga kuti vawana vavariro yavo, vakabvisa zvisungo zvechikepe, vakatevedza Kirita nechikepe.

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

¹⁴Asi pasina nguva kwakasimuka mhepo ine simba ichipikisa, yainzi Yuro-kiridhoni*;

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

¹⁵Zvino chikepe chakati chabatwa, chisingagoni kumirisana nemhepo tikachirega chichienda.

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

¹⁶Zvino takamhanya zasi kwechimwe chiwi chiduku, chinonzi Kraudha, tikakwanisa kusungira chikepe nemutsutsuru.

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

¹⁷Vakati vachisimudza, vakashandisa zvibatsiro, vakasunga chikepe nepasi; vachitya kuti vacharasikira pajecha reSitisi, vakaderedza maseiri, ndokungotorwa.

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.

¹⁸Zvino isu tichatambudzwa kwazvo nedutu remhepo, fume vakabudisa nhumbi kunze;

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

¹⁹nezuva retatu, takarasa zvombo zvechikepe nemaoko edu.

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

²⁰Zvino hakuna kuonekwa zuva kana nyeredzi mazuva mazhinji, nedutu risati riri duku remhepo richingosimba, kubva ipapo tariro yose yekuti tichaponeswa ikapera.

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.

²¹Zvino vakati vagara nguva refu vasingadyi, Pauro akamira pakati pavo, akati: Varume, mungadai makanditeerera mukasabva Kirete, mukapukunyuka kutambudzika nekurashikirwa uku.

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;

²²Asi zvino ndinokusimudzirai kuti mutsunge moyo; nekuti hakungavi nekurashikirwa neupenyu pakati penyu, asi chikepe.

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

²³Nekuti usiku hwuno kwakamira neni mutumwa waMwari, wandiri wake, newandinoshumira,

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

²⁴achiti: Usatya Pauro; unofanira kumiswa pamberi paKesari; zvino tarira, Mwari wakupa vose vanofamba newe muchikepe.

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

²⁵Naizvozvo varume, tsungai moyo; nekuti ndinotenda Mwari kuti zvichava sezvandaudzwa.

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

²⁶Asi tinofanira kukandirwa pane chimwe chiwi.

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

²⁷Zvino usiku hwegumi neuna hwakati hwasvika, tichangozvuzvurudzwa kukwira nekuburuka muAdhira, panenge pakati peusiku vafambisi vechikepe vakafunga kuti voswedera kune imwe nyika.

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;

²⁸Vakakanda gavi rekuyera vakawana mafadomi* makumi maviri; vakati vapfuura zvishoma, ndokukandazve gavi rekuyera, vakawana mafadomi* gumi nemashanu;

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

²⁹zvino vakatya kuti zvimwe tichawira pamabwe, vakakanda zvimiso zvina neshure kwechikepe, vakashuva kuedza.

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

³⁰Zvino vafambisi vechikepe vakati vachida kutiza muchikepe, vaburusira igwa mugungwa, vachiita sevanenge vokanda zvimiso mberi kwechikepe.

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,

³¹Pauro akati kumukuru wezana nekumauto: Kana ava vakasagara muchikepe, hamugoni kuponeswa.

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

³²Ipapo mauto akagura mabote egwa vakarirega rikawa.

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

³³Zvino kwakati koedza, Pauro akakumbirisa vose kuti vadye, achiti: Nhasi izuva regumi nechina, ramakagara muchitsanya, musingadyi chinhu.

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,

³⁴Saka ndinokukumbirisai kuti mudye, nekuti ndezvekuzviponesa; nekuti hakuna ruvhudzi rumwe ruchawa pamusoro weumwe wenyu.

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;`

³⁵Wakati areva zvinhu izvi akatora chingwa akavonga kuna Mwari pamberi pavo vose, akati achimedura akatanga kudya.

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

³⁶Zvino vakatsunga moyo vose vakatorawo chikafu.

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

³⁷Zvino taiva tose muchikepe mweya mazana maviri nemakumi manomwe nevatanhatu.

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

³⁸Zvino vakati vadya vakaguta, vakarerusa chikepe vachikandira zviyo mugungwa.

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

³⁹Kwakati kwaedza, vakasaziva nyika; asi vakaona zororo raiva nejecha, vakarangana kana zvaibvira kuitika, kuti vaise chikepe pariri.

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,

⁴⁰Ipapo vakagura zvimiso, vakazviisa mugungwa, vakasunungura zvisungo zvekudzoresa nazvo, vakasimudzira seiri repamberi kumhepo, vakaruramira kumahombekombe.

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,

⁴¹Zvino vakati vachisvika panzvimbo pamasanganirano emakungwa maviri, vakagumhirisa chikepe pasi; muromo ukabatwa kwazvo usingazununguki, asi rutivi rweshure rukavhunika nesimba remafungu.

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.

⁴²Zvino zano remauto raiva rekuuraya vasungwa, kuti zvimwe vamwe vangashambira vakatiza.

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

⁴³Asi mukuru wezana achida kuponesa Pauro, akavadzivisa pazvinangwa zvavo; akaraira kuti vanogona kushambira, vatange kuzviwisira mugungwa, vaende kunyika;

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,

⁴⁴vamwe vakasara, vamwe pamatanda, vamwe panezvimwe zvipenga zvechikepe. Saizvozvo zvakaitika kuti vose vakapukunyukira kunyika vari vapenyu.

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.