Acts 27

1 When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.

1 他们决定让我们坐船去意大利，于是将保罗和其他囚犯都交给一位皇家兵团的百夫长犹流看管。

2 We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.

2 有一艘亚大米田的船准备沿着亚细亚海岸航行。我们上船启航，同行的还有帖撒罗尼迦的马其顿人亚里达古。

3 The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.

3 第二天，船停泊在西顿港，犹流宽待保罗，准许他探望当地的朋友，接受他们的照应。

4 After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

4 我们从那里启航后，由于遇到逆风，便沿着塞浦路斯的背风岸前行，

5 And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.

5 经过基利迦和旁非利亚附近的海域，来到吕迦的每拉。

6 There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

6 百夫长在那里找到一艘从亚历山大驶往意大利的船，他吩咐我们搭乘那艘船。

7 After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

7 一连多日船速十分缓慢，好不容易才驶近革尼土。因为强风船无法前行，我们只好沿着克里特背风岸航行，经过撒摩尼角。

8 After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

8 船沿着海岸行进，几经艰难才到达拉西亚城附近的佳澳。

9 By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,

9 我们耽误了不少日子，由于禁食的节期 已过，航行很危险，保罗就劝告众人说：

10 “Men, I can see that our voyage will be filled with disaster and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as well.”

10 “各位，照我看来，我们如果继续航行，不只会损失货物和船只，甚至连我们的性命也难保。”

11 But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.

11 但那百夫长只相信船主和舵手的话，不接受保罗的劝告。

12 Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, hoping that somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.

12 由于佳澳港不适宜过冬，大部分人赞成启航，以为或许可以赶到菲尼基过冬。菲尼基是克里特的一个港口，一面向西南，一面向西北。

13 When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.

13 那时，南风徐徐吹来，他们以为能继续航行，于是起锚沿着克里特行进。

14 But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.

14 可是出发不久，从岛上刮来一股猛烈的东北风 ，

15 Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.

15 船被刮得失去控制，我们只好任船随风漂流。

16 Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.

16 船沿着一个叫高达的小岛的背风面前进，大家好不容易才控制住救生船。

17 After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.

17 水手把救生船拉上甲板后，又用绳索加固船身。因为怕船会在赛耳底搁浅，于是收起船帆，任船漂流。

18 We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.

18 第二天，风浪依然猛烈，他们开始把货物抛进海里。

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

19 第三天，他们又亲手把船上的用具也抛掉了。

20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.

20 一连好几天都看不到太阳、星辰，加上风浪肆虐，我们完全放弃了得救的指望。

21 After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.

21 这时大家已经多日没有进食，保罗站在他们当中说：“各位当初如果肯听我劝，不离开克里特，就不会遭受这些损失了。

22 But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.

22 现在我劝各位放心，你们无人会丧命，只是这艘船保不住了。

23 For just last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me

23 因为昨天晚上，我所归属、所事奉的上帝差遣天使站在我身旁，

24 and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’

24 对我说，‘保罗，不用怕，你一定会站在凯撒面前，并且上帝已经赐平安给所有和你同船的人。’

25 So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.

25 所以请各位放心，我深信上帝所说的话必然会成就。

26 However, we must run aground on some island.”

26 只是我们一定会在某个岛上搁浅。”

27 On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.

27 第十四天的晚上，我们在亚得里亚海漂来漂去。到了午夜时分，水手觉得离陆地不远了，

28 They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.

28 就探测水深，结果约三十七米深，过了一会儿再测水深，只有二十七米左右。

29 Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

29 他们怕会触礁，就从船尾抛下四个锚，期待天亮。

30 Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.

30 水手们想要弃船逃生，假装要从船头抛锚，却偷偷地把救生船放到海里。

31 But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

31 保罗对百夫长和士兵们说：“除非他们留在船上，否则你们都活不了！”

32 So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.

32 士兵就砍断绳索，让救生船漂走。

33 Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.

33 到了黎明时分，保罗劝大家吃东西，说：“你们提心吊胆、不思饮食已经十四天了。

34 So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

34 我劝你们吃点东西，好活下去，你们必定毫发无损。”

35 After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.

35 保罗说完后拿起饼，当众感谢上帝，然后掰开吃。

36 They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.

36 于是大家都振作起来，吃了些东西。

37 In all, there were 276 of us on board.

37 船上共有二百七十六人。

38 After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

38 吃饱了以后，为了要减轻船的重量，他们把麦子抛进海里。

39 When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

39 天亮的时候，水手发现了一片不认识的陆地，看见一个有沙滩的海湾，便决定尽可能在那里靠岸。

40 Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.

40 于是砍断锚索，把锚扔进海里，同时松开舵绳，升起前帆，顺着风势驶向那沙滩。

41 But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.

41 可是，遇到两流交汇的水域，船就搁浅了，船头卡在那里不能动弹，船尾被大浪撞裂了。

42 The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

42 士兵们想把囚犯全杀掉，怕有人乘机游泳逃走。

43 But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

43 但百夫长为了救保罗，不准他们轻举妄动，下令会游泳的先跳到海里游上岸。

44 The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.

44 其余的人利用木板和船体的碎片游上岸。结果，全船的人都平安上岸。