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 27:1 And Festos commanded concerning him that he should be sent unto Caesar in Italia. And he delivered Paulos, and other prisoners with him, to a certain man, a centurion of the band of Sebaste, whose name was Julios.

 27:1 And Festus commanded, respecting him, that he should be sent to Italy, unto Caesar. And he delivered Paul, and other prisoners with him, to a certain man, a centurion of the Augustan cohort, whose name was Julius.

 27:2 And when he would proceed, we went down to a ship which was from Adramantos the city, to go to the region of Asia. And Aristarkos, a Makedonoya who was of Thessalunike the city, entered the ship with us.

 27:2 And when we were to depart, we embarked in a ship which was from the city of Adramyttium, and was going to the country of Asia. And there embarked with us in the ship, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of the city of Thessalonica.

 27:3 And the day after we came to Tsaidon. And the centurion behaved with kindness towards Paulos, and permitted him to go to his friends and be refreshed.

 27:3 And the next day, we arrived at Zidon. And the centurion treated Paul with kindness, and permitted him to visit his friends and be refreshed.

 27:4 And from thence we voyaged; and because the winds were contrary we made a circuit unto Cypros.

 27:4 And on sailing from there, because the winds were against us, we sailed around to Cyprus.

 27:5 And we went through the sea of Cilicia and of Pamphulia, and came to Mura, a city of Lukia.

 27:5 And we passed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, and arrived at Myra, a city of Lycia.

 27:6 And the centurion found there a ship from Aleksandria which was going to Italia, and he placed us in her.

 27:6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria, which was going to Italy; and he set us on board of it.

 27:7 And because she sailed heavily, (after) many days we had scarce come over against Knidos the island, and as the wind did not permit us to go directly, we went round by Kreta against Salmona the city;

 27:7 And as it was hard navigating, we had scarcely arrived, after many days, over against the isle of Cnidos. And, because the wind would not allow us to pursue a straight course, we sailed around by Crete, [and came] opposite the city of Salmone.

 27:8 and hardly-voyaging we passing around it came to the place which is called the Fair Havens.

 27:8 And with difficulty, after sailing about it, we arrived at a place called the Fair Havens, near to which was the city called Lassa.

 27:9 ¶ AND it was nigh to the city named Lasia. And we were there much time, until the day when the day of the fast of the Jihudoyee had also passed, and there had become danger for one to voyage by sea. And Paulos counselled them

 27:9 And we were there a long time, and till after the day of the Jewish fast. And it was hazardous [then] for any one to go by sea; and Paul counselled them,

 27:10 and said, Men, I perceive that with distress and much loss we are to voyage, not only to the burden of the ship, but also to our own lives.

 27:10 and said: Men, I perceive that our voyage will be [attended] with peril, and with much loss, not only of the cargo of our ship, but also of our lives.

 27:11 But the centurion hearkened to the governor and to the lord of the ship rather than to the counsel of Paulos.

 27:11 But the centurion listened to the pilot, and to the owner of the ship, more than to the words of Paul.

 27:12 And because that haven was not convenient to winter in, many of us desired to proceed thence, and if possible to come and winter in a certain harbour in Kreta, called Phoniks, and which looked to the south.

 27:12 And, because that harbor was not commodious for wintering in, many of us were desirous to sail from it, and if possible, to reach and to winter in a certain harbor of Crete, which was called Phenice, and which opened towards the south.

 27:13 And when the wind of the south blew, and we thought we could come as we desired, we sailed round Kreta.

 27:13 And when the south wind breezed up, and they hoped to arrive as they desired, we began to sail around Crete.

 27:14 And after a little there came forth against us a blowing of the tempest which is called Tuphonikos Euroklidon;

 27:14 And shortly after, a tempest of wind arose upon us, called Typhonic Euroclydon.

 27:15 and the ship was carried away, and could not stand against the wind, and we gave her into its hand.

 27:15 And the ship was whirled about by the wind, and could not keep head to it; and we resigned [the ship] to its power.

 27:16 And when we had passed a certain isle that is called Cyra; we could scarcely take up the boat.

 27:16 And when we had passed a certain island, called Cyra, we could hardly retain the boat.

 27:17 And when we had uplifted her, we girded and strengthened the ship. And because we feared lest we should fall into the precipitancy of the sea, we brought down the sails, and so went forward.

 27:17 And after hoisting it [on board], we girded the ship around [the waist], and made it strong. And, because we were afraid of falling upon a precipice of the sea, we pulled own the sail; and so we drifted.

 27:18 And while there rose against us the hard tempest, the next day we threw the goods into the sea.

 27:18 And as the storm raged violently upon us, we the next day threw goods into the sea.

 27:19 And the third day the things of the ship itself we cast forth.

 27:19 And on the third day, with our own hands, we threw away the tackling of the ship.

 27:20 And when the storm had held more days, and neither the sun was seen, nor the moon, nor stars, the hope that we should be saved at all was cut off.

 27:20 And as the storm held on for many days, and as no sun was visible, nor moon, nor stars, all hope of our surviving was wholly cut off.

 27:21 And while no man had taken any food, then stood Paulos among them, and said, Men, if you had been persuaded by me, you would not have voyaged from Kreta, and we should have been exempted from loss, and from this distress.

 27:21 And as no one had taken a meal of food, Paul now stood up in the midst of them, and said: If ye had given heed to me, O men, we should not have sailed from Crete, and we should have been exempt from this loss and peril.

 27:22 Yet now I counsel you to be without anxiety; for not one of you will perish, but the ship only.

 27:22 And now, I counsel you to be without anxiety; for not a soul of you will be lost, but only the ship.

 27:23 For in this night there appeared to me the angel of Aloha, (of) him whose I am, and whom I serve.

 27:23 For there appeared to me this night, the angel of that God whose I am, and whom I serve;

 27:24 And he said to me, Fear not, Paulos, for thou art to stand before Caesar; and, behold, Aloha hath given thee the gift of all who voyage with thee.

 27:24 and he said to me: Fear not, Paul; for thou art yet to stand before Caesar; and, lo, God hath made a gift to thee of all them that sail with thee.

 27:25 Therefore, men, take courage; for I believe Aloha, that so it shall be as he hath told me.

 27:25 Therefore, men, be ye courageous; for I confide in God, that it will be as was told to me.

 27:26 Nevertheless, upon a certain island we have to be cast.

 27:26 Yet we are to be cast upon a certain island.

 27:27 ¶ AND after fourteen days (in) which we had wandered and been beaten in the sea of Hadrios, in the dividing of the night, the mariners thought that we drew nigh to land.

 27:27 And after the fourteen days of our roaming and tossing on the Adriatic sea, at midnight, the sailors conceived that they approached land.

 27:28 And they cast the lead, and found twenty cubits; and again a little they proceeded, and found fifteen cubits.

 27:28 And they cast the lead, and found twenty fathoms. And again they advanced a little, and they found fifteen fathoms.

 27:29 And fearing lest we should be found in a place in which were rocks, they cast forth from the hinder part of the ship four anchors, and prayed that it would become day.

 27:29 And as we feared lest we should be caught in places where were rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern of the ship, and prayed for the morning.

 27:30 But the mariners sought to escape from the ship, and lowered from her the boat into the sea, on the pretext that they would go in her, and bind the ship to the land.

 27:30 And the sailors sought to flee out of the ship. And from it they lowered down the boat into the sea, under pretence that they were going in it to make fast the ship to the land.

 27:31 And when Paulos saw, he said to the centurion and to the soldiers, If these in the ship remain not, you cannot be saved.

 27:31 And when Paul saw [it], he said to the centurion and to the soldiers: Unless these remain in the ship, ye cannot be saved.

 27:32 Then cut the soldiers the cable of the boat from the ship, and let her drive.

 27:32 Then the soldiers cut the boat rope from the ship, and let the boat go adrift.

 27:33 But Paulos himself, until it was morning, persuaded all of them to take food, saying to them, To-day it is fourteen days (in which) from danger you have tasted nothing.

 27:33 And while it was not yet morning, Paul advised them all to take food, saying to them: In consequence of the peril, it is now the fourteenth day that ye have tasted nothing.

 27:34 Wherefore I beseech you receive meat for the establishment of your lives; for a hair of the head of one of you will not perish.

 27:34 Therefore I entreat you, to take food for the sustenance of your life; for not a hair from the head of any of you, will perish.

 27:35 And when these he had said, he took bread, and praised Aloha before them all, and he broke and began to eat.

 27:35 And having said these things, he took bread, and gave glory to God before them all; and he broke [it], and began to eat.

 27:36 And they were all comforted, and received food.

 27:36 And they were all consoled; and they took nourishment.

 27:37 But we were in the ship two hundred and seventy and six souls.

 27:37 And there were of us in the ship two hundred and seventy-six souls.

 27:38 And when they were satisfied with food, they lightened the ship, and took up the wheat and sent it into the sea.

 27:38 And when they were satisfied with food, they lightened the ship, and took the wheat and cast it into the sea.

 27:39 And when it was day, the sailors knew not what land it was; but they saw along the coast a certain inlet of the sea, (into) which they purposed if possible to drive the ship.

 27:39 And when it was day, the sailors knew not what land it was: but they saw on the margin of the land an inlet of the sea; whither, if possible they intended to drive the ship.

 27:40 And they cut the anchors from the ship, and left them in the sea, and they loosed the bands of the oars, and raised a small sail to the wind which blew, and went forward to the face of the land.

 27:40 And they cut away the anchors from the ship, and left them in the sea. And they loosened the bands of the rudder, and hoisted a small sail to the breeze, and made way towards the land.

 27:41 And the ship struck on a high place between two depths of the sea, and infixed herself in it; and her forepart stood upon it, and was immovable, but her afterpart was loosed from the violence of the waves.

 27:41 And the ship struck upon a shoal between two channels of the sea, and stuck fast upon it. And the forward part rested upon it, and was immovable; but the after part was shattered by the violence of the waves.

 27:42 And the soldiers would have killed the prisoners, lest they should cast forth to swim, and escape from them;

 27:42 And the soldiers were disposed to slay the prisoners; lest they should resort to swimming, and escape from them.

 27:43 and the centurion restrained them from this, because he was willing to save Paulos. And those who could cast forth to swim he commanded to be the first to swim, and to pass to the land.

 27:43 But the centurion kept them from it, because he was desirous to preserve Paul. And those who were able to swim, he commanded to swim off first, and pass to the land.

 27:44 And the rest, on boards, and on other timbers of the ship, passed; and thus all of them escaped to land.

 27:44 And the rest, he made to transport themselves on planks, and on other timbers of the ship. And so they all escaped safe to land.