Acts 27
1 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’.
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 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.
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 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].
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 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].
从那里又开船，因为风不顺，就贴着塞浦路斯背风岸行去。
5 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].
过了基利家、旁非利亚前面的海，就到了吕家的每拉。
6 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].
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 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.
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 [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].
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 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],
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 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.”
“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 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.
但百夫长信从掌船的和船主，不信从保罗所说的。
12 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].
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 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].
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 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.”
不多几时，狂风从岛上扑下来；那风名叫“友拉革罗”。
15 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.
船被风抓住，敌不住风，我们就任风刮去。
16 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.
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 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.
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。
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 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].
到第三天，他们又亲手把船上的器具抛弃了。
20 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.
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 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].
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, do not be afraid, because none of us will die. [The storm] will destroy the ship but not us.
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 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.
因我所属所事奉的 神，他的使者昨夜站在我旁边，说：
24 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].’
‘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 cheer up, [my] friends, because I believe that God will make this happen, exactly as [the angel] told me.
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, [the ship] will crash on some island, [and] we [(inc)] will go ashore [there].”
只是我们必要撞在一个岛上。”
27 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.
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 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.
就探深浅，探得有十二丈；稍往前行，又探深浅，探得有九丈。
29 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].
恐怕撞在石头上，就从船尾抛下四个锚，盼望天亮。
30 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.
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 army officer and soldiers, “If the sailors do not stay in the ship, you have no hope of being saved.”
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 and let the lifeboat fall into the water.
于是兵丁砍断小船的绳子，由它飘去。
33 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.
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, [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].”
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 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].
保罗说了这话，就拿着饼，在众人面前祝谢了 神，擘开吃。
36 The [rest of us] became encouraged, so we [(exc)] all ate some food.
于是他们都放下心，也就吃了。
37 Altogether there were 276 of us [SYN] on the ship.
我们在船上的共有二百七十六个人。
38 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.
他们吃饱了，就把船上的麦子抛在海里，为要叫船轻一点。
39 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].
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 [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.
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 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.
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 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].
兵丁的意思要把囚犯杀了，恐怕有洑水脱逃的。
43 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.
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 [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.
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。
