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.
As it was decided that we were to sail to Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were put in charge of a centurion of the Augustan Guard, named Julius.
2 Eta iganic Adramytteco vnci batetara, Asiaco comarquetara ioaitera parti guentecen, eta gurequin cen Aristarche Macedo Thessaloniceanoa.
We went on board a ship from Adramyttium, which was on the point of sailing to the ports along the coast of Roman Asia, and put to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, went with us.
3 Eta ondoco egunean arriua guentecen Sidonera, eta Iulioc humanoqui Paul tractaturic, permetti ceçan adisquidetarat ioanic, heçaz tracta ledin.
The next day we put in to Sidon, where Julius treated Paul in a friendly manner, and allowed him to go to see his friends and receive their hospitality.
4 Guero handic partituric Cypre beherera io gueneçan, ceren haice contreac baitziraden.
Putting to sea again, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the wind was against us;
5 Eta Ciliciaren eta Pamphyliaren aurkan den itsassora iraganic, ethor guentecen Myra Lyciaco hirira.
and, after crossing the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we reached Myra in Lycia.
6 Eta han Centenerac eridenic Alexandriaco vnci Italiarát ioaiten cen-bat, hartara sar eraci guençan
There the Roman officer found an Alexandrian ship on her way to Italy, and put us on board of her.
7 Eta anhitz egunez baratch ioaiten guenela, eta nequez Gnidaco aurkara helduric, haiceac permettitzen etzeraucularic, iragan guentecen Creta beherera Salmonen aurkán.
For several days our progress was slow, and it was only with difficulty that we arrived off Cnidus. As the wind was still unfavorable when we came off Cape Salmone, we sailed under the lee of Crete,
8 Eta nequez hura iragaiten guenduela, ethor guentecen Portu-ederrac deitzen den leku batetara, ceinen aldean baitzén Laseaco hiria.
and with difficulty, by keeping close in shore, we reached a place called ‘Fair Havens,’ near which was the town of Lasea.
9 Eta ceren anhitz dembora iragan baitzén, eta ia vrean ioaitea perilós, ceren ia barura-ere iragan baitzén, conseillatzen cituen Paulec,
This had taken a considerable time, and sailing was already dangerous, for the Fast was already over; and so Paul gave this warning.
10 Ciostela, Guiçonác, badacussat ecen itsassoan ioaitea ez solament cargaren eta vnciaren, baina gure vicién-ere peril eta calte handirequin içanen dela.
“My friends,” he said, “I see that this voyage will be attended with injury and much damage, not only to the cargo and the ship, but to our own lives also.”
11 Baina Centenerac sinhestenago çuen gobernaçalea eta pilotua, ecen ez Paulec erraiten cituen gauçác.
The Roman officer, however, was more influenced by the captain and the owner than by what was said by Paul.
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.
And, as the harbor was not a suitable one to winter in, the majority were in favor of continuing the voyage, in hope of being able to reach Phoenix, and winter there. Phoenix was a Cretan harbor, open to the north-east and south-east.
13 Orduan egu-erdi haicea emequi altchatzen hassiric, bere intentionearen complimenduan ciradela vstez, partituric, costabazterca ceçaten aldetsuaz Creta.
So, when a light wind sprang up from the south, thinking that they had found their opportunity, they weighed anchor and kept along the coast of Crete, close in shore.
14 Baina handic sarrisco altcha cedin harenganaco aldetic haice tempestateçu Euroclydon deitzen den-bat.
But shortly afterward a hurricane came down on us off the land – a north-easter, as it is called.
15 Eta vncia haiceaz eraman içan cenean, hala non contra ecin ioan baitzaiten, haiceari vncia abandonnaturic eramaiten guenén.
The ship was caught by it and was unable to keep her head to the wind, so we had to give way and let her drive before it.
16 Eta Clauda deitzen den islato baten beherera iragan guenenean, nequez batelaren iabe içan ahal guenen.
Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we only just managed to secure the ship’s boat,
17 Hura tiraturic marineréc remedio guciac bilhatzen cituztén, vncia beheretic hersturic: eta Syrtera eror beldurrez, velác erautsiric, berahala eramaiten ciraden.
and, after hoisting it on board, the men frapped the ship. But, afraid of being driven on to the Syrtis Sands, they lowered the yard, and then drifted.
18 Eta ceren tempestate handiz tormentatzen baiquenén biharamunean egoizte eguin ceçaten
So violently were we tossed about by the storm, that the next day they began throwing the cargo overboard,
19 Guero hereneco egunean gueuroc gure escuz vncico apparaillua egotz gueneçan.
and, on the following day, threw out the ship’s tackle with their own hands.
20 Eta nola ez iguzquiric ez içarric anhitz egunez ezpaitzequigun aguer, eta tempestate handiac hertsen baiquentuen guehiagoric salua ahal guentezquelaco sperança gucia gal gueneçan.
As neither sun nor stars were visible for several days, and, as the gale still continued severe, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.
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.
It was then, when they had gone a long time without food, that Paul came forward, and said, “My friends, you should have listened to me, and not have sailed from Crete and so incurred this injury and damage.
22 Baina orain exhortatzen çaituztét çareten bihotz onetaco, ecen çuetaric baten-ere galtzeric ezta içanen, vnciarenic baicen.
Yet, even as things are, I beg you not to lose courage, for there will not be a single life lost among you – only the ship.
23 Ecen presentatu içan da ene aitzinean gau hunetan Iaincoaren Aingueruä, ceinena bainaiz ni, eta cein cerbitzatzen baitut,
For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong, and whom I serve, stood by me, and said –
24 Ciostala, Paul, eztuala beldurric, Cesari presentatu behar atzayó: eta horrá, eman drauzquic Iaincoac hirequin vncian diraden guciac.
‘Have no fear, Paul; you must appear before the Emperor, and God himself has given you the lives of all your fellow voyagers.’
25 Hunetacotz bihotz on auçue, guiçonác: ecen sinhesten dut Iaincoa, nola niri erran içan baitzait hala içanen dela.
Therefore, courage, my friends! For I believe God, that everything will happen exactly as I have been told.
26 Baina cembeit islatara egotzi behar gara.
We will, however, have to be driven on some island.”
27 Bada hamalaurgarren gauä ethor cedinean, hara huna erabilten guenela itsas Adriaticoan, gauären erditsuan, estima ceçaten marineréc, ecen hurbiltzen litzeyela cembeit comarca.
It was now the fourteenth night of the storm, and we were drifting about in the Adriatic Sea, when, about midnight, the sailors began to suspect that they were drawing near 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 took soundings, and found twenty fathoms of water. After waiting a little, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.
29 Eta beldurrez leku gaitzetara eror litecen laur angura vnci guibeletic egotziric, desiratzen çutén eguna ethor ledin.
Then, as they were afraid of our being driven on some rocky coast, they let go four anchors from the stern, and longed for daylight.
30 Eta marinerac vncitic ihes eguin nahiz çabiltzala, batela itsassora erautsiric, aleguia hec angurác vnci aitzinetic hedaturen.
The sailors wanted to leave the ship, and had lowered the boat, on pretense of running out anchors from the bows,
31 Erran ciecén Paulec Centenerari eta gendarmesey, Baldin hauc vncian ezpadaude, çuec ecin salua çaitezquete.
when Paul said to the Roman officer and his men, “Unless the sailors remain on board, you cannot be saved.”
32 Orduan gendarmeséc ebaqui citzaten batelaren kordác, eta vtzi ceçaten beherera erortera.
So the soldiers cut the ropes which held the boat, and let her drift away.
33 Eta arguiaren gainera exhortatzen cituen Paulec guciac, ian leçaten, cioela, Egun haur da hamalaurgarrena, baruric beha çaudetela eta deus hartu eztuçuela.
In the interval before daybreak Paul kept urging them all to take something to eat. “It is a fortnight today,” he said, “that, owing to your anxiety, you have gone without food, taking nothing.
34 Hunegatic exhortatzen çaituztet har deçaçuen iatera: ceren haur çuen emparatzeari appertenitzen baitzayó: ecen çuetaric baten-ere burutic bilobat ezta galduren.
So I beg you to take something to eat; your safety depends on it, for not one of you will lose even a hair of his head.”
35 Eta gauça hauc erranic, eta oguia harturic gratiác renda cietzón Iaincoari gucién aitzinean: eta hautsiric, has cedin iaten.
With these words he took some bread, and, after saying the thanksgiving to God before them all, broke it in pieces, and began to eat;
36 Eta guciéc bihotz harturic, har ceçaten hec-ere iateco.
and the men all felt cheered and had something to eat themselves.
37 Eta baguinén arima guciac vncian, ber-ehun eta hiruroguey eta hamassey.
There were about seventy-six of us on board, all told.
38 Eta viandaz ressasiaturic, arind ceçaten vncia, ogui-bihia itsassora egoizten lutela.
After satisfying their hunger, they further lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
39 Eta eguna ethorri cenean, herria etzeçaten eçagut: baina portu itsas adar çuen bati ohart cequizquión, hartara, eguin albalute, vncia egotzi aiher ciraden.
When daylight came, they could not make out what land it was, but, observing a creek in which there was a beach, they consulted as to whether they could run the ship safely into it.
40 Eta angurác altchaturic itsassoari vncia abandonna cieçoten, gobernaillén iunctadurac-ere lachaturic, eta haiceari vela altchaturic, tiratzen ari ciraden costara.
Then they cast off, and abandoned the anchors, and at the same time unlashed the gear of the steering oars, hoisted the foresail to the wind, and made for the beach.
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.
They got, however, into a kind of channel, and there ran the ship aground. The bows stuck fast and could not be moved, while the stern began breaking up under the strain.
42 Orduan gendarmesén conseillua cen presonerén hiltzera, beldurrez cembeit igueri saluaturic itzur ledin.
The advice of the soldiers was that the prisoners should be killed, so that none of them could swim away and make their 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 the Roman officer, anxious to save Paul, prevented their carrying out their intention, and ordered that those who could swim should be the first to jump into the sea and try to reach the shore;
44 Eta berceac, batzu taula gainetan, batzu vnci çapoetan: eta halatan eguin cedin guciac salburic empara baitzitecen lurrera.
and that the rest should follow, some on planks, and others on different pieces of the ship. In these various ways everyone managed to get safely ashore.
