Eginak 27
1 Ordenatu içan cenean gu Italiarát embarcaturen guenela, eman cietzoten bay Paul bay berce presonér batzu Iulio deitzen cen Centener Augustoren bandaco bati.
When [the Governor and those who advised him] decided that it was time for us [(exc)] to get on a ship and go to Italy, they put Paul and some other prisoners into the hands/care of an army captain whose name was Julius. [He was the one who would guard us on the journey]. Julius was [an officer] in charge of [a group of] 100 [soldiers that people called] ‘the Emperor Augustus Group’.
2 Eta iganic Adramytteco vnci batetara, Asiaco comarquetara ioaitera parti guentecen, eta gurequin cen Aristarche Macedo Thessaloniceanoa.
So we got on a ship that had come from Adramyttium [city in Asia province. The ship] was going to [return there, stopping at] cities along the coast of Asia [province]. Aristarchus, [a fellow believer who was] from Thessalonica [city] in Macedonia [province], went with us.
3 Eta ondoco egunean arriua guentecen Sidonera, eta Iulioc humanoqui Paul tractaturic, permetti ceçan adisquidetarat ioanic, heçaz tracta ledin.
The day after [the ship sailed], we arrived at Sidon [city]. Julius kindly told Paul that he could go and see his friends [who lived there], so that they could give him whatever he might need. [So Paul visited the believers there].
4 Guero handic partituric Cypre beherera io gueneçan, ceren haice contreac baitziraden.
Then the ship left [Sidon], but the winds were blowing against us [(exc)], so [the ship] went along [the north] side of Cyprus [Island], the side that is sheltered [from the wind].
5 Eta Ciliciaren eta Pamphyliaren aurkan den itsassora iraganic, ethor guentecen Myra Lyciaco hirira.
After that, we crossed over the sea close to the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia [provinces. The ship] arrived at Myra [city, which is] in Lycia [province]. [We got off the ship there].
6 Eta han Centenerac eridenic Alexandriaco vnci Italiarát ioaiten cen-bat, hartara sar eraci guençan
In Myra, [people told] Julius that a ship [was there that had come] from Alexandria [city] and would [soon] sail to Italy. So he arranged for us to get [on that ship], [and we left].
7 Eta anhitz egunez baratch ioaiten guenela, eta nequez Gnidaco aurkara helduric, haiceac permettitzen etzeraucularic, iragan guentecen Creta beherera Salmonen aurkán.
We sailed slowly for several days and finally arrived close to the coast [of Asia province], near Cnidus [town. After that], the wind [was very strong and] did not allow the ship to move straight ahead [westward. So instead], we sailed [southward] along the side of Crete [Island that is] sheltered [from the wind], and we passed [near Cape] Salmone.
8 Eta nequez hura iragaiten guenduela, ethor guentecen Portu-ederrac deitzen den leku batetara, ceinen aldean baitzén Laseaco hiria.
[The wind was still strong, and it prevented the ship from moving ahead fast]. So we moved slowly along the coast [of Crete], and we arrived at a harbor that was called Fair Havens, near Lasea [town].
9 Eta ceren anhitz dembora iragan baitzén, eta ia vrean ioaitea perilós, ceren ia barura-ere iragan baitzén, conseillatzen cituen Paulec,
Much time had passed, so it would have been dangerous if we [(exc)] had traveled [farther] by ship [because after that time of the year] [MTY] [the sea often became very stormy]. So Paul said to the men [on the ship],
10 Ciostela, Guiçonác, badacussat ecen itsassoan ioaitea ez solament cargaren eta vnciaren, baina gure vicién-ere peril eta calte handirequin içanen dela.
“Men, I perceive that [if we(inc) travel by ship] now, it will be disastrous for us. A storm may destroy the ship and the cargo, and possibly we will drown.”
11 Baina Centenerac sinhestenago çuen gobernaçalea eta pilotua, ecen ez Paulec erraiten cituen gauçác.
But the officer [did not listen to] what Paul said. Instead, he decided to do what the pilot [of the ship] and the owner of the ship advised.
12 Eta ceren portua ezpaitzen leku onean neguären iragaiteco, guehiagoac opinionetaco ciraden handic-ere partitzera, neholere Phenicera arriua ahal litezquenez, han neguären iragaiteco, cein baita Africaco eta Choroco haiceari dagocan Cretaco portubat.
The harbor where the ship had stopped was not a good place to remain during the winter [when the weather frequently becomes stormy. So most of the people on the ship decided that we(exc) should leave there, because they hoped that we] could stay at Phoenix [port] during the winter, if we could possibly arrive there. That harbor was open to the sea in two directions, [but the strong winds did not blow there].
13 Orduan egu-erdi haicea emequi altchatzen hassiric, bere intentionearen complimenduan ciradela vstez, partituric, costabazterca ceçaten aldetsuaz Creta.
Then a gentle wind began to blow [from the south], and the [crew members] thought that they could travel as they had decided [to do. So] they lifted [the anchor up out of the sea], and the ship sailed [westward] along the [southern] shore of Crete [Island].
14 Baina handic sarrisco altcha cedin harenganaco aldetic haice tempestateçu Euroclydon deitzen den-bat.
But after a while, a wind that was very strong blew across the island [from the north side and hit the ship. That wind was called] {[People] called that wind} “the Northeast Wind.”
15 Eta vncia haiceaz eraman içan cenean, hala non contra ecin ioan baitzaiten, haiceari vncia abandonnaturic eramaiten guenén.
It blew strongly against the [front of] the ship. The result was that we could not keep going in the direction [in which we had been going]. So the sailors let the wind move the ship in the direction [that the wind] was blowing.
16 Eta Clauda deitzen den islato baten beherera iragan guenenean, nequez batelaren iabe içan ahal guenen.
The ship then passed a small island named Cauda. We passed along the side [of the island that] sheltered [the ship from the wind]. Then [while the ship was moving along], the sailors lifted the lifeboat up [out of the water] and tied it [on the deck. But the strong wind made it] difficult even to do that.
17 Hura tiraturic marineréc remedio guciac bilhatzen cituztén, vncia beheretic hersturic: eta Syrtera eror beldurrez, velác erautsiric, berahala eramaiten ciraden.
After the sailors [hoisted/lifted] the lifeboat onto the ship, they tied ropes around the ship’s hull to strengthen the ship. The sailors were afraid that, [because the wind was pushing the ship], it might run onto the sandbanks off the coast of Libya to the south [and get stuck there. So] they lowered the largest sail [so that the ship would move slower. Even so], the wind continued to move the ship along. [The wind and the waves] continued to toss the ship about roughly, so on the next day the sailors began to throw overboard the things that the ship was carrying.
18 Eta ceren tempestate handiz tormentatzen baiquenén biharamunean egoizte eguin ceçaten
19 Guero hereneco egunean gueuroc gure escuz vncico apparaillua egotz gueneçan.
On the third [day after the stormy wind had begun to blow], the sailors/we [MTY] threw overboard [most of] the sails, ropes, and poles, [in order to make the ship lighter].
20 Eta nola ez iguzquiric ez içarric anhitz egunez ezpaitzequigun aguer, eta tempestate handiac hertsen baiquentuen guehiagoric salua ahal guentezquelaco sperança gucia gal gueneçan.
The wind continued to blow very strongly, [and the sky was full of dark clouds] day and night. We could not see the sun or the stars for many days, [so we could not determine where we were. And the wind] continued to blow violently. So we [(exc)] finally thought that we would drown in the sea.
21 Baina dembora lucez ian gaberic egon içan ciradenean, orduan çutic Paulec hayén artean, erran ceçan, O guiçonác, behar çatequeen ni sinhetsiric Cretatic ezquinén partitu, eta ihes eguin peril eta calte huni.
None of us on the ship had eaten for many days. [Then one day], Paul stood up in front of us and said, “[Friends], you should have listened to me [when I said] that we [(inc)] should not sail from Crete. Then we would have been safe, and the ship and its cargo would be in good condition [LIT].
22 Baina orain exhortatzen çaituztét çareten bihotz onetaco, ecen çuetaric baten-ere galtzeric ezta içanen, vnciarenic baicen.
But now, I urge you, do not be afraid, because none of us will die. [The storm] will destroy the ship but not us.
23 Ecen presentatu içan da ene aitzinean gau hunetan Iaincoaren Aingueruä, ceinena bainaiz ni, eta cein cerbitzatzen baitut,
I [know this], because last night God, the one to whom I belong and whom I serve, [sent] an angel [who came and] stood by me.
24 Ciostala, Paul, eztuala beldurric, Cesari presentatu behar atzayó: eta horrá, eman drauzquic Iaincoac hirequin vncian diraden guciac.
The angel said to me, ‘Paul, do not be afraid! You [(sg)] must [go to Rome] and stand before the Emperor there [so that he can judge you]. I want you to know that God has made it clear to me that all those who are traveling by ship with you [will also survive].’
25 Hunetacotz bihotz on auçue, guiçonác: ecen sinhesten dut Iaincoa, nola niri erran içan baitzait hala içanen dela.
So cheer up, [my] friends, because I believe that God will make this happen, exactly as [the angel] told me.
26 Baina cembeit islatara egotzi behar gara.
However, [the ship] will crash on some island, [and] we [(inc)] will go ashore [there].”
27 Bada hamalaurgarren gauä ethor cedinean, hara huna erabilten guenela itsas Adriaticoan, gauären erditsuan, estima ceçaten marineréc, ecen hurbiltzen litzeyela cembeit comarca.
On the fourteenth night [after the storm had begun, the ship] was still being blown {the wind was still blowing [the ship]} across the Adriatic sea. About midnight, the sailors sensed that the ship was getting close to land.
28 Baina plomua hundarrera egotziric, eriden ceçaten hoguey braça, eta handic appurbat guibeleraturic, eta berriz plomua hundarrera egotziric, eriden ceçaten hamaborz braça.
So they lowered [a weight on a rope] to measure how deep [the water was]. When they pulled the rope up again, they measured it and saw that the water was (120 ft./37 meters) deep. They went a little farther and lowered the rope again. [That time], they saw that the water was [only] about (90 ft./28 meters) deep.
29 Eta beldurrez leku gaitzetara eror litecen laur angura vnci guibeletic egotziric, desiratzen çutén eguna ethor ledin.
They were afraid that the [ship] might go onto some rocks, so they threw out four anchors from the [ship’s] stern/back and continued to wish/pray that it would soon be dawn [so that they could see where the ship was going].
30 Eta marinerac vncitic ihes eguin nahiz çabiltzala, batela itsassora erautsiric, aleguia hec angurác vnci aitzinetic hedaturen.
Some of the sailors were planning to escape from the ship, so they lowered the lifeboat into the sea. In order [that no one would know what they planned to do], they pretended [that] they wanted to lower some anchors from the [ship’s] front/bow.
31 Erran ciecén Paulec Centenerari eta gendarmesey, Baldin hauc vncian ezpadaude, çuec ecin salua çaitezquete.
But Paul said to the army officer and soldiers, “If the sailors do not stay in the ship, you have no hope of being saved.”
32 Orduan gendarmeséc ebaqui citzaten batelaren kordác, eta vtzi ceçaten beherera erortera.
So the soldiers cut the ropes and let the lifeboat fall into the water.
33 Eta arguiaren gainera exhortatzen cituen Paulec guciac, ian leçaten, cioela, Egun haur da hamalaurgarrena, baruric beha çaudetela eta deus hartu eztuçuela.
Just before dawn, Paul urged everyone [on the ship] to eat some food. He said, “For the past 14 days you have been waiting and watching and not eating anything.
34 Hunegatic exhortatzen çaituztet har deçaçuen iatera: ceren haur çuen emparatzeari appertenitzen baitzayó: ecen çuetaric baten-ere burutic bilobat ezta galduren.
So, [now] I urge you to eat some food. We [(inc)] need to do that in order to stay alive. I [tell you to do that because I know that] none of you will drown [IDM].”
35 Eta gauça hauc erranic, eta oguia harturic gratiác renda cietzón Iaincoari gucién aitzinean: eta hautsiric, has cedin iaten.
After Paul had said that, while everyone was watching, he took some bread and thanked God [for it. Then he broke the bread and began to eat some of it].
36 Eta guciéc bihotz harturic, har ceçaten hec-ere iateco.
The [rest of us] became encouraged, so we [(exc)] all ate some food.
37 Eta baguinén arima guciac vncian, ber-ehun eta hiruroguey eta hamassey.
Altogether there were 276 of us [SYN] on the ship.
38 Eta viandaz ressasiaturic, arind ceçaten vncia, ogui-bihia itsassora egoizten lutela.
When everyone had eaten as much as they wanted, they threw the grain [that the ship was carrying] into the sea, and this made the ship lighter.
39 Eta eguna ethorri cenean, herria etzeçaten eçagut: baina portu itsas adar çuen bati ohart cequizquión, hartara, eguin albalute, vncia egotzi aiher ciraden.
At dawn, [we(exc) could see] land, [but the sailors] did not recognize [the place]. However, they could see that there was a bay and [a wide area of] sand at the water’s edge. They planned that, if it was possible, they would steer the ship onto [the beach].
40 Eta angurác altchaturic itsassoari vncia abandonna cieçoten, gobernaillén iunctadurac-ere lachaturic, eta haiceari vela altchaturic, tiratzen ari ciraden costara.
[So some of the sailors] cut the anchor [ropes and] let the anchors fall into the sea. At the same time, [other sailors] untied the [ropes that] fastened the rudders, [so that they could steer the ship again]. Then [the sailors] raised the sail at the front/bow of the ship so that the wind [would blow the ship forward], and the ship headed towards the shore.
41 Baina eroriric bi vr lasterrec encontru eguiten çuten leku batetara, trebuca cequién vncia: eta vnci aitzinea landaturic tinc cegoen: eta vnci guibela hausten cen baguén botherez.
But the ship hit a sandbank. The front of the ship stuck there and could not move, and big waves beat against the back of the ship and it began to break apart.
42 Orduan gendarmesén conseillua cen presonerén hiltzera, beldurrez cembeit igueri saluaturic itzur ledin.
The soldiers said [to one another, “Let’s] kill [all] the prisoners [on the ship], so that they will not [be able to] swim [away and] escape.” [They planned to do that because they were sure] that officials [would order them to be executed if they let the prisoners escape].
43 Baina Centenerac Paul emparatu nahiz, harçara citzan conseillu hartaric, eta mana ceçan igueri ahal laiditenac, bere buruäc egotziric lehenic, lurrera empara litecen:
But [Julius], the army captain, wanted to save Paul, so he stopped the soldiers from doing what they planned to do. Instead, he [commanded] first that everyone who could swim should jump into the water and swim to land.
44 Eta berceac, batzu taula gainetan, batzu vnci çapoetan: eta halatan eguin cedin guciac salburic empara baitzitecen lurrera.
[Then he told] the others [to hold] onto planks or pieces from the ship [and go towards shore. We(exc) did what he said, and] in that way all of us arrived safely on land.
