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The Voyage to Rome Begins

¹And when ⚓it was decided that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to one named Julius, a centurion of the Augustan Regiment. ²So, entering a ship of Adramyttium, we put to sea, meaning to sail along the coasts of Asia. ⚓Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, was with us. ³And the next day we landed at Sidon. And Julius ⚓treated Paul kindly and gave him liberty to go to his friends and receive care. ⁴When we had put to sea from there, we sailed under the shelter of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. ⁵And when we had sailed over the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. ⁶There the centurion found ⚓an Alexandrian ship sailing to Italy, and he put us on board.
⁷When we had sailed slowly many days, and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus, the wind not permitting us to proceed, we sailed under the shelter of⚓Crete off Salmone. ⁸Passing it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

Paul’s Warning Ignored

⁹Now when much time had been spent, and sailing was now dangerous ⚓because the Fast was already over, Paul advised them, ¹⁰saying, “Men, I perceive that this voyage will end with disaster and much loss, not only of the cargo and ship, but also our lives.” ¹¹Nevertheless the centurion was more persuaded by the helmsman and the owner of the ship than by the things spoken by Paul. ¹²And because the harbor was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised to set sail from there also, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete opening toward the southwest and northwest, and winter there.

In the Tempest

¹³When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their desire, putting out to sea, they sailed close by Crete. ¹⁴But not long after, a tempestuous head wind arose, called Euroclydon. ¹⁵So when the ship was caught, and could not head into the wind, we let her drive. ¹⁶And running under the shelter of an island called Clauda, we secured the skiff with difficulty. ¹⁷When they had taken it on board, they used cables to undergird the ship; and fearing lest they should run aground on the Syrtis Sands, they struck sail and so were driven. ¹⁸And because we were exceedingly tempest-tossed, the next day they lightened the ship. ¹⁹On the third day⚓we threw the ship’s tackle overboard with our own hands. ²⁰Now when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest beat on us, all hope that we would be saved was finally given up.
²¹But after long abstinence from food, then Paul stood in the midst of them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me, and not have sailed from Crete and incurred this disaster and loss. ²²And now I urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. ²³⚓For there stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong and ⚓whom I serve, ²⁴saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar; and indeed God has granted you all those who sail with you.’ ²⁵Therefore take heart, men, ⚓for I believe God that it will be just as it was told me. ²⁶However, ⚓we must run aground on a certain island.”
²⁷Now when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven up and down in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors sensed that they were drawing near some land. ²⁸And they took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and when they had gone a little farther, they took soundings again and found it to be fifteen fathoms. ²⁹Then, fearing lest we should run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern, and prayed for day to come. ³⁰And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, when they had let down the skiff into the sea, under pretense of putting out anchors from the prow, ³¹Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.” ³²Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the skiff and let it fall off.
³³And as day was about to dawn, Paul implored them all to take food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you have waited and continued without food, and eaten nothing. ³⁴Therefore I urge you to take nourishment, for this is for your survival, ⚓since not a hair will fall from the head of any of you.” ³⁵And when he had said these things, he took bread and ⚓gave thanks to God in the presence of them all; and when he had broken it he began to eat. ³⁶Then they were all encouraged, and also took food themselves. ³⁷And in all we were two hundred and seventy-six ⚓persons on the ship. ³⁸So when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship and threw out the wheat into the sea.

Shipwrecked on Malta

³⁹When it was day, they did not recognize the land; but they observed a bay with a beach, onto which they planned to run the ship if possible. ⁴⁰And they let go the anchors and left them in the sea, meanwhile loosing the rudder ropes; and they hoisted the mainsail to the wind and made for shore. ⁴¹But striking a place where two seas met, ⚓they ran the ship aground; and the prow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the violence of the waves.
⁴²And the soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim away and escape. ⁴³But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, kept them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should jump overboard first and get to land, ⁴⁴and the rest, some on boards and some on parts of the ship. And so it was ⚓that they all escaped safely to land.

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Y-Pôl Hăn Ta Ƀon Rôm

¹Jêh tâm nchră ma nau ăn hên ncho kŭmpăn hăn ta n'gor Italy, bu jao Y-Pôl ndrel ma du huê bu nă êng, ma du huê kôranh tahan, amoh păng Y-Julius tâm phung tahan Ôgust. ²Hên ncho kŭmpăn tă bơh Adramit mra tĭng njŏ kơh rlai n'gor Asi. Hên hăn jêh ri geh Y-Aristar, du huê Mêsêdôn tă bơh ƀon Têsalônik ndrel ma hên. ³Nar pakơi hên tât ta ƀon Sidôn, jêh ri Y-Julius ƀư ueh ma Y-Pôl, ăn păng khâl phung mĭt jiăng păng, jêh ri dơi dơn ndơ bu ăn kơl. ⁴Tă bơh nây hên hăn njŏ kơh kôdak Chiprơ, yorlah sialn njach ta năp hên. ⁵Tơlah jêh hăn rgăn dak mƀŭt n'gor Silisi jêh ri n'gor Pamphili, hên tât ta ƀon Mira tâm n'gor Lisi. ⁶Ta nây kôranh tahan saơ du mlâm kŭmpăn, tă bơh ƀon Aleksandri hăn ta n'gor Italy, jêh ri păng ăn hên ncho kŭmpăn nây. ⁷Hên ncho kŭmpăn hăn mbrơi jŏ nar, ma nau jêr ngăn hên tât ta năp ƀon Knit, ƀiălah sial mpuh mâu ăn hên veh ta nây ôh. Pôri hên hăn njŏ kơh kôdak Kret dăch ƀon Salmôn. ⁸Hên rgăn ta nây ma nau jêr, jêh ri tât ta ntŭk bu rnha ntŭk jưh ueh, dăch đah ƀon toyh Lasê.
⁹Jŏ nar rlau jêh, jêh ri ncho kŭmpăn nsong ma nau jêr, yorlah yan ver sông sa rlau lôch jêh, yor nây Y-Pôl mbơh lor ma phung êng tâm kŭmpăn pô aơ: ¹⁰"Hơi lĕ rngôch phung khân may, gâp saơ nau he nsong aơ jêng jêr ngăn, jêh ri geh nau roh, mâu di knŏng ma ndô ndơ jêh ri kŭmpăn, ƀiălah nđâp ma săk jăn he nơm lĕ." ¹¹Ƀiălah kôranh tahan tông ngăn nau nơm gai, jêh ri kôranh kŭmpăn ma nau Y-Pôl mbơh. ¹²Ntŭk jưh nây mâu ueh ăn kŭmpăn veh, dôl tâm yan sĭt puh. Pôri âk bunuyh mĭn, ăn kŭmpăn srôih hăn tât ta ƀon Phênik, ntŭk jưh padâng, gay ăn kŭmpăn veh gŭ ta nây dôl yan sĭt puh. ¹³Khêp geh sial rngân khôm bơh rđŭng, khân păng mĭn dơi hăn tât ta ntŭk khân păng ŭch, pôri khân păng yơk loih nkân kŭmpăn, jêh ri njŏ hăn dăch kơh kôdak Kret.

Sial Chuănh Kŭmpăn Ngâm

¹⁴Ƀiălah ƀâtlât ta nây geh sial ktang ngăn bu rnha Ơrakilôn khôm leo bơh kôdak nây. ¹⁵Sial njach kŭmpăn, mâu hôm dơi tâm jach đah sial ôh, pôri hên ăn kŭmpăn hăn tĭng nâm sial rdu yơh. ¹⁶Hên rgăn padâng kôdak jê̆ amoh Klôda, jêh ri jêr ngăn hên dơi kuăn rdâng kŭmpăn. ¹⁷Jêh têk kŭmpăn klơ, bu sŏk rse kât ăn nâp, klach khan ta choih Sirtơ, bu njŭr bok kŭmpăn jêh ri ăn sial khôm dah ŭch. ¹⁸Nar ôi taơ sial ăt hôm ktang tâm ban lĕ, jêh ri bu klŭp lơi tâm dak mƀŭt ndô ndơ kŭmpăn rdeng. ¹⁹Nar pe, ti hên nơm klŭp lơi ndơ bu dŏng tâm kŭmpăn. ²⁰Dôl tâm lĕ nar mâu geh nchrat nar, mănh mâu geh lĕ, sial ktang ngăn tât hên mâu hôm kâp gân ma nau dơi klaih ôh.
²¹Jŏ nar jêh phung gŭ tâm kŭmpăn mâu geh sông sa. Pôri Y-Pôl dâk ta nklang khân păng jêh ri lah: "Hơi lĕ rngôch phung khân may, tơlah khân may tông jêh ma gâp, jêh ri mâu luh tă bơh kôdak Kret, he klaih bơh nau jêr, jêh ri nau roh aơ. ²²Aƀaơ gâp ntăm ma khân may, lơi ăn khân may rdja nuih n'hâm yorlah mâu geh du huê tâm phung he mra roh ôh, ƀiălah knŏng kŭmpăn mra roh dơm. ²³Măng aơ geh du huê tông păr ueh Brah Ndu gâp, jêh ri ma Brah Ndu nây gâp pah kan, tâm mpơl ma gâp jêh ri lah: ²⁴'Hơi Y-Pôl lơi klach ôh, may mra hăn tât ta năp Sêsar, jêh ri aơ, Brah Ndu hŏ ăn ma may lĕ rngôch phung ncho kŭmpăn ndrel ma may.' ²⁵Hơi lĕ rngôch phung khân may, lơi klach ôh, yorlah gâp chroh ma Brah Ndu gay ma nanê̆ nau păng lah jêh ma gâp. ²⁶Ƀiălah nanê̆ kŭmpăn mra nkhŭt he ta du ntŭk kôdak."
²⁷Geh jât ma puăn năng jêh kŭmpăn hên ăt hôm nthông ta dak mƀŭt Adritik. Klong măng phung rmăk kŭmpăn ntôn lah dăch tât ta kơh. ²⁸Pôri jêh khân păng njŭr ndơ veh jêh ri gĭt nau jru bar jât laih, trơn ƀah đah nây khân păng veh tay jêh ri gĭt nau jru jât ma prăm laih. ²⁹Klach nchênh đah lŭ, tă ta bôk ntŭk gai kŭmpăn khân păng klŭp puăn glo loih nkân tâm dak mƀŭt jêh ri khân păng vơh vơl gay trôk gơnh ang. ³⁰Ƀiălah phung rmăk ŭch joi nau du ntŭng bơh kŭmpăn. Khân păng njŭr duk tâm dak mƀŭt, jan lah đuh glo loih nkân kŭmpăn. ³¹Y-Pôl lah ma kôranh tahan pô aơ: "Tơlah phung bunuyh aơ mâu gŭ tâm kŭmpăn, khân may mâu dơi klaih ôh." ³²Pôri phung tahan siăt lơi rse kât duk jêh ri ăn păng tŭp. ³³Dôl gŭ kâp trôk ang, Y-Pôl đă lĕ rngôch khân păng sông sa. Păng lah pô aơ: "Aƀaơ aơ geh jêh jât ma puăn nar khân may gŭ kâp jêh ri ât mâu geh sông sa. ³⁴Gâp jă khân may sông sa, yorlah nau nây jêng khlay ma nau rêh khân may, jêh ri mâu geh du huê tâm phung khân may mra roh du mbrai sŏk ta klơ bôk păng?" ³⁵Jêh ngơi pô nây Y-Pôl sŏk kapŭng, lah ueh ma Brah Ndu ta năp lĕ rngôch jêh ri sa. ³⁶Pôri lĕ rngôch n'hao nuih jêh ri sông sa yơh. ³⁷Lĕ rngôch phung hên tâm kŭmpăn nây geh bar rhiăng pơh jât ma prau nuyh. ³⁸Jêh hơm sa khân păng nkhŭt lơi ba kapŭng tâm dak mƀŭt gay ma n'gơch oi kŭmpăn.
³⁹Lah trôk ang jêh khân păng mâu gĭt nal neh ôh, ƀiălah jêh khân păng saơ ntŭk dak rnhuĭl geh kơh choih, khân păng mĭn ŭch nkân kŭmpăn ta nây tơlah dơi. ⁴⁰Khân păng doh lơi rse kât loih nkân, chalơi tâm dak mƀŭt, jêh ri khân păng mƀơk lĕ rse kât ndơ gai kŭmpăn. Jêh ri khân păng n'hao bok pakơi ndre sial, gay hăn ta kơh. ⁴¹Ƀiălah khân păng mâp ntŭk dak tâm chruh jêh ri khan kŭmpăn ta nây. Bôk kŭmpăn khan drŭp tâm choih, mâu blau mpât ôh, ƀiălah bŭt kŭmpăn dak rpuh njach ktang ƀư rai lơi. ⁴²Phung tahan mĭn ŭch nkhĭt lơi phung bu nă klach lah ƀaƀă nchuăt du ta kơh. ⁴³Ƀiălah kôranh tahan ŭch rklaih Y-Pôl buay nau nây. Păng ntăm ma phung blau re nsăt lor tâm dak leo hăn ta kơh. ⁴⁴Bi ma phung êng păng ăn ƀaƀă hao ta klơ kđar, jêh ri ƀaƀă hao ta mpir kŭmpăn pôri lĕ rngôch khân păng tât ta kơh, mâu geh tât nau mhĭk ôh.