Acts 27
1 When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.
Mlɔeba la, woɖoe be míadze mɔ ayi Italia kple tɔdziʋu. Wotsɔ Paulo kple gamenɔla bubu aɖewo de asi na Yulio si nye Kaisaro ƒe asrafowo ƒe amegã ɖeka be wòakplɔ wo ayii dedie.
2 Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica being with us.
Míeɖo ʋu aɖe si tso Adramitio, eye wòyina tɔtɔ ge ɖe ʋudzeƒe geɖewo le Asia la hedze mɔ. Makedoniatɔ, Aristako si tso Tesalonika la hã nɔ ʋu la me kpli mí.
3 The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.
Le ŋkeke evea gbe la, míeva ɖo Sidon. Asrafoawo ƒe amegã, Yulio nyo dɔ me na Paulo, ale be wòɖe mɔ nɛ wòɖi tsa de dua me ɖakpɔ xɔlɔ̃awo ɖa, eye wodi eƒe nu hiahiã aɖewo nɛ.
4 Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
Esi míegadze mɔ tso afi ma teti ko la, míedo abala to Kipro ƒukpo la ƒe anyiehe gome, elabena ya sesẽ aɖe ƒo va kpe mí.
5 When we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
Míeto Kilikia kple Pamfilia ŋu, eye míeva ɖi go ɖe Mira le Likia nuto me.
6 There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us on board.
Le afi sia la, míaƒe kplɔla la kpɔ Egipte tɔdziʋu aɖe si tso Aleksandria yina Italia, eye míeɖoe.
7 When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.
Míenɔ tsia dzi, eye míekpe fu ŋkeke geɖewo hafi va ɖo Knido gbɔ lɔƒo. Ya nɔ ƒoƒom sesĩe ale gbegbe be ɖeko míegbɔ eme to Salmone ʋudzeƒe la ŋu heyi Kreta.
8 With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.
Míenɔ ahom gã sia me wònɔ fu ɖem na mí alea heto fugo la ŋu ɖɔɖɔɖɔ va ɖo teƒe aɖe si woyɔna be “Ʋudzeƒe Nyui” la. Teƒe sia te ɖe Lasea dua ŋu.
9 When much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because the Fast had now already gone by, Paul admonished them
Míenɔ afi sia ŋkeke geɖewo. Le ɣeyiɣi siawo me la, ƒudzimɔzɔzɔ yi didiƒewo menɔ bɔbɔe o, elabena ƒea wu enu vɔ, eye ɣeyiɣi sia mee ahom sesẽwo tuna le ƒu dzi. Paulo kpɔe dze sii alea, ale wòyɔ tɔdziʋua kulawo hegblɔ na wo be,
10 and said to them, “Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”
“Amegãwo, edze nam abe ne míeyi míaƒe mɔzɔzɔ sia dzi fifia la, nya aɖe ava dzɔ ɖe mía dzi ene. Ɖewohĩ ʋua anyrɔ, eye míaƒe agbawo abu, amewo axɔ abi, eye ame aɖewo aku gɔ̃ hã.”
11 But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship than to those things which were spoken by Paul.
Ke asrafowo, ame siwo ƒe kpɔkplɔ te gamenɔlawo nɔ la meɖo to Paulo o, ke boŋ wose tɔdziʋua kulawo ƒe amegã ƒe aɖaŋu boŋ.
12 Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking southwest and northwest.
Eye esi wònye be Ʋudzeƒe Nyui sia hã menyo tututu be woanɔ le vuvɔŋɔli me o ta la, tɔdziʋua me nɔla geɖewo lɔ̃ ɖe edzi be yewoadze agbagba ayi ŋgɔ, aɖo Foenike be yewoatsi afi ma le vuvɔŋɔli la. Foenike si nye Kreta ƒe ʋudzeƒe la trɔ mo de dzigbemeɣetoɖoƒe kple anyigbemeɣetoɖoƒe.
13 When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore.
Le ɣe ma ɣi me tututu la, ya aɖe nɔ ƒoƒom tso anyigbeme gome, eye wòdze abe enyo be míadze mɔ ene eya ta wodo abalawo, eye míedze mɔ henɔ go ŋu tom to Kreta ŋkume kekeake.
14 But before long, a stormy wind beat down from shore, which is called Euroclydon.
Sẽe ko la, yame trɔ zi ɖeka, eye ahom sesẽ aɖe si woyɔna be “anyigbemeɣetoɖoƒeya” la ƒo kpe mí tso ƒukpo la dzi.
15 When the ship was caught and couldn’t face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.
Ahom la lɔ ʋu la ɖe nu, ale be ʋua kulawo ɖe asi le eŋu nɛ, eye wòkplɔ mí dzoe.
16 Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.
Mlɔeba la, mieto ƒukpo sue aɖe si woyɔna be “Kauda” la godo, eye to agbagbadzedze geɖe me la, wote ŋu he tɔdziʋu sue si woti kae ɖe ʋu si míeɖo ŋu la,
17 After they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven along.
eye wobla tsɔdziʋu la sesĩe be wòagaʋã alo anɔ ʋuʋum o. Tɔdziʋua kulawo nɔ vɔvɔ̃m be míaƒe ʋua ava ɖo ba alo asi ke le Afrika ƒuta, eya ta woɖiɖi abalawo, ale ya kɔ mí ɖe nu heyii.
18 As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.
Esi ŋu ke, eye ahom la nu ganɔ sesẽm ɖe edzi la, ʋua kulawo fɔ agbawo ƒu gbe ɖe ƒua me.
19 On the third day, they threw out the ship’s tackle with their own hands.
Le ŋkeke etɔ̃a gbe la, wofɔ dɔwɔnu siwo katã le ʋua me la hã ƒu gbe ɖe ƒua me.
20 When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.
Ahom la nu gasẽ ɖe edzi hena ŋkeke geɖewo, eye míete ŋu kpɔ ɣe alo ɣletiviwo le dziŋgɔli me gɔ̃ hã o. Esia na be míebu mɔkpɔkpɔ keŋkeŋ.
21 When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle of them and said, “Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete and have gotten this injury and loss.
Anɔ abe ŋkeke nanewo nye esi ene, ame aɖeke meɖu naneke o, ke mlɔeba la, Paulo yɔ ʋua me nɔlawo ƒo ƒu, eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Ɖe miese nye gbe, eye míetsi Kreta la, anye ne dzɔgbevɔ̃e sia mava mia dzi o.
22 Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
Ke milé dzi ɖe ƒo elabena togbɔ be tɔdziʋua anyrɔ hã la, mía dometɔ aɖeke mele tsɔtsrɔ̃ ge o.
23 For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,
Elabena le zã si va yi me la, nye Mawu si mesubɔna la ɖo eƒe dɔla ɖe gbɔnye wòva gblɔ nam be,
24 saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’
‘Paulo, mègavɔ̃ o, elabena àva ɖo Kaisaro gbɔ dedie be wòadrɔ̃ ʋɔnu wò. Gawu la, Mawu se wò gbedodoɖa, eya ta ame siwo katã le ʋua me kpli wò la atsi agbe’
25 Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.
Eya ta nɔvinyewo, milé dzi ɖe ƒo, elabena mexɔ Mawu dzi se nyuie eye menya be nu si wògblɔ la ava eme tututu.
26 But we must run aground on a certain island.”
Ke ele na mí be míadze go ɖe ƒukpo aɖe dzi.”
27 But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven back and forth in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land.
Tɔdziʋu la ƒe gbagbã le míaƒe ƒudzinɔnɔ ƒe ŋkeke wuienelia ƒe zãtitina lɔƒo, esi ahom la ganɔ mía nyamam le Adria ƒu me la, ʋua kulawo bu xaa be yewote ɖe anyigba aɖe ŋu.
28 They took soundings and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.
Ale woda dzidzeka ɖe ƒua me, eye wokpɔ be tso ƒua dzi yi egɔme anɔ abe mita blaetɔ̃-vɔ-etɔ̃ ko ene. Sẽe la, wogadae eye azɔ la, wokpɔ be anɔ afɔ blaasiekɛ pɛ ko.
29 Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.
Ʋua kulawo nya be madidi hafi míava ɖi go o, ke esi wonɔ vɔvɔ̃m be ɖewohĩ míava ɖi go ɖe agakpewo dome ta la, woda seke ene ɖe ʋua me hedo gbe ɖa na agu ƒe dzedze.
30 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,
Ʋua kula aɖewo wɔ ɖoɖo be yewoasi le tɔdziʋu la me ale woɖiɖi tɔdziʋu sue la ɖe tsia dzi abe seke da ge woyina ene.
31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these stay in the ship, you can’t be saved.”
Ke Paulo gblɔ na asrafoawo kple woƒe amegã be, “Mía tɔwo, ne mia dometɔ aɖe dzo le tɔdziʋua me la, matsi agbe o.”
32 Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat and let it fall off.
Ale asrafoawo lã ka si wosa ɖe tɔdziʋu sue la ŋu be wòge dze tsia dzi.
33 While the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.
Le fɔŋli la, Paulo gblɔ na ameawo be, “Mía tɔwo, kɔsiɖa eve sɔŋ enye esi ame aɖeke meɖu naneke o
34 Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads.”
eya ta meɖe kuku na mi, miɖe dzi ɖi ne miaɖu nu, elabena naneke mele dzɔdzɔ ge ɖe mía dometɔ aɖeke dzi o.”
35 When he had said this and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all; then he broke it and began to eat.
Azɔ Paulo ŋutɔ tsɔ abolo aɖe, eye esi wòdo gbe ɖa, da akpe na Mawu ɖe eta vɔ la, eka ɖe heɖu.
36 Then they all cheered up, and they also took food.
Nu sia do ŋusẽ ʋua me nɔlawo katã, ale be ame sia ame di nane de nu me azɔ.
37 In all, we were two hundred seventy-six souls on the ship.
Ʋua me nɔlawo katã ƒe xexlẽme anɔ ame alafa eve blaadre-vɔ-ade.
38 When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
Esi woɖu nu ɖi ƒo vɔ la, wolɔ bli kotoku mamlɛawo katã ƒu gbe ɖe ƒua me be ʋua nanɔ wodzoe ale be wòaganyrɔ o.
39 When it was day, they didn’t recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it.
Esi ŋu ke la, womekpɔ anyigba dze si o, elabena afu do, gake wokpɔ ƒuta ƒe afi aɖe ɖaa. Esia na be wonɔ ta me bum be ne yewoate ŋui la ne yewoatrɔ ʋu la ayi afi ma.
40 Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.
Mlɔeba la, woɖoe be yewoatee akpɔ, ale wolã sekeawo hegblẽ wo ɖe ƒua me, wotu kuɖɔkawo hã, eye wodo abala heɖo ta gota.
41 But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.
Ke dzɔgbevɔ̃etɔe la, tɔdziʋu la si ke. Eƒe ŋgɔgbe lɔƒo tsi teƒe ɖeka, ale be ahom la hã nɔ eƒe megbe lɔƒo kakam.
42 The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.
Esi wòdzɔ alea ko la, asrafoawo gblɔ na woƒe amegã be wòaɖe mɔ na yewo yewoawu gamemɔlawo katã, ale be wo dometɔ aɖeke nagadzo dze ƒua me, aƒu tsi asi dzo le yewo gbɔ o.
43 But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;
Ke le esi woƒe amegã, Yulio di be yeaɖe Paulo ƒe agbe ta la, melɔ̃ ɖe woƒe susu si wodo ɖa la dzi o. Ke boŋ eɖe gbe be ame siwo nya tsiƒuƒu la nadze agbagba aƒu tsi ayi gota.
44 and the rest should follow, some on planks and some on other things from the ship. So they all escaped safely to the land.
Ke ame mamlɛawo dometɔ aɖewo nanɔ ʋuƒowo dzi, eye bubuwo hã nanɔ ʋua ƒe kakɛwo dzi ayi gota. Ale ame sia ame dze agbagba alea ɖo gota dedie.
