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 非斯都既然定规了，叫我们坐船往意大利去，便将保罗和别的囚犯交给御营里的一个百夫长，名叫犹流。

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 有一只亚大米田的船，要沿着亚细亚一带地方的海边走，我们就上了那船开行；有马其顿的帖撒罗尼迦人亚里达古和我们同去。

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，到了西顿；犹流宽待保罗，准他往朋友那里去，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 从那里又开船，因为风不顺，就贴着塞浦路斯背风岸行去。

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

5 过了基利家、旁非利亚前面的海，就到了吕家的每拉。

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

6 在那里，百夫长遇见一只亚历山大的船，要往意大利去，便叫我们上了那船。

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，船行得慢，仅仅来到革尼土的对面。因为被风拦阻，就贴着克里特背风岸，从撒摩尼对面行过。

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

8 我们沿岸行走，仅仅来到一个地方，名叫佳澳；离那里不远，有拉西亚城。

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 走的日子多了，已经过了禁食的节期，行船又危险，保罗就劝众人说：

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 「众位，我看这次行船，不但货物和船要受损伤，大遭破坏，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 但百夫长信从掌船的和船主，不信从保罗所说的。

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 且因在这海口过冬不便，船上的人就多半说，不如开船离开这地方，或者能到菲尼基过冬。菲尼基是克里特的一个海口，一面朝东北，一面朝东南。

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 这时，微微起了南风，他们以为得意，就起了锚，贴近克里特行去。

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

14 不多几时，狂风从岛上扑下来；那风名叫「友拉革罗」。

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

15 船被风抓住，敌不住风，我们就任风刮去。

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

16 贴着一个小岛的背风岸奔行，那岛名叫高大，在那里仅仅收住了小船。

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 既然把小船拉上来，就用缆索捆绑船底，又恐怕在赛耳底沙滩上搁了浅，就落下篷来，任船飘去。

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

18 我们被风浪逼得甚急，第二天众人就把货物抛在海里。

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

19 到第三天，他们又亲手把船上的器具抛弃了。

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 太阳和星辰多日不显露，又有狂风大浪催逼，我们得救的指望就都绝了。

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 众人多日没有吃什么，保罗就出来站在他们中间，说：「众位，你们本该听我的话，不离开克里特，免得遭这样的伤损破坏。

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 现在我还劝你们放心，你们的性命一个也不失丧，惟独失丧这船。

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

23 因我所属所事奉的 神，他的使者昨夜站在我旁边，说：

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 『保罗，不要害怕，你必定站在凯撒面前，并且与你同船的人， 神都赐给你了。』

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

25 所以众位可以放心，我信 神他怎样对我说，事情也要怎样成就。

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

26 只是我们必要撞在一个岛上。」

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

27 到了第十四天夜间，船在亚得里亚海飘来飘去。约到半夜，水手以为渐近旱地，

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 就探深浅，探得有十二丈；稍往前行，又探深浅，探得有九丈。

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

29 恐怕撞在石头上，就从船尾抛下四个锚，盼望天亮。

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 水手想要逃出船去，把小船放在海里，假作要从船头抛锚的样子。

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

31 保罗对百夫长和兵丁说：「这些人若不等在船上，你们必不能得救。」

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

32 于是兵丁砍断小船的绳子，由它飘去。

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 天渐亮的时候，保罗劝众人都吃饭，说：「你们悬望忍饿不吃什么，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 所以我劝你们吃饭，这是关乎你们救命的事；因为你们各人连一根头发也不至于损坏。」

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 保罗说了这话，就拿着饼，在众人面前祝谢了 神，擘开吃。

36 They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.

36 于是他们都放下心，也就吃了。

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

37 我们在船上的共有二百七十六个人。

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

38 他们吃饱了，就把船上的麦子抛在海里，为要叫船轻一点。

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 到了天亮，他们不认识那地方，但见一个海湾，有岸可登，就商议能把船拢进去不能。

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 于是砍断缆索，弃锚在海里；同时也松开舵绳，拉起头篷，顺着风向岸行去。

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 但遇着两水夹流的地方，就把船搁了浅；船头胶住不动，船尾被浪的猛力冲坏。

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

42 兵丁的意思要把囚犯杀了，恐怕有洑水脱逃的。

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 但百夫长要救保罗，不准他们任意而行，就吩咐会洑水的，跳下水去先上岸；

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

44 其余的人可以用板子或船上的零碎东西上岸。这样，众人都得了救，上了岸。