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1And when it was determined that he should sail into Italy, and that Paul, with the other prisoners, should be delivered to a centurion, named Julius, of the band Augusta,

2Going on board a ship of Adrumetum, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia, Aristarchus, the Macedonian of Thessalonica, continuing with us.

3And the day following we came to Sidon. And Julius treating Paul courteously, permitted him to go to his friends, and to take care of himself.

4And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

5And sailing over the sea of Cilicia, and Pamphylia, we came to Lystra, which is in Lycia:

6And there the centurion finding a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy, removed us into it.

7And when for many days we had sailed slowly, and were scarce come over against Gnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed near Crete by Salmone:

8And with much ado sailing by it, we came into a certain place, which is called Good-havens, nigh to which was the city of Thalassa.

9And when much time was spent, and when sailing now was dangerous, because the fast was now past, Paul comforted them,

10Saying to them: Ye men, I see that the voyage beginneth to be with injury and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.

11But the centurion believed the pilot and the master of the ship, more than those things which were said by Paul.

12And whereas it was not a commodious haven to winter in, the greatest part gave counsel to sail thence, if by any means they might reach Phenice to winter there, which is a haven of Crete, looking towards the southwest and northwest.

13And the south wind gently blowing, thinking that they had obtained their purpose, when they had loosed from Asson, they sailed close by Crete.

14But not long after, there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroaquilo.

15And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up against the wind, giving up the ship to the winds, we were driven.

16And running under a certain island, that is called Cauda, we had much work to come by the boat.

17Which being taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, they let down the sail yard, and so were driven.

18And we being mightily tossed with the tempest, the next day they lightened the ship.

19And the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackling of the ship.

20And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm lay on us, all hope of our being saved was now taken away.

21And after they had fasted a long time, Paul standing forth in the midst of them, said: You should indeed, O ye men, have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and have gained this harm and loss.

22And now I exhort you to be of good cheer. For there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but only of the ship.

23For an angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, stood by me this night,

24Saying: Fear not, Paul, thou must be brought before Caesar; and behold, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

25Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer; for I believe God that it shall so be, as it hath been told me.

26And we must come unto a certain island.

27But after the fourteenth night was come, as we were sailing in Adria, about midnight, the shipmen deemed that they discovered some country.

28Who also sounding, found twenty fathoms; and going on a little further, they found fifteen fathoms.

29Then fearing lest we should fall upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

30But as the shipmen sought to fly out of the ship, having let down the boat into the sea, under colour, as though they would have cast anchors out of the forepart of the ship,

31Paul said to the centurion, and to the soldiers: Except these stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.

32Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.

33And when it began to be light, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying: This day is the fourteenth day that you have waited, and continued fasting, taking nothing.

34Wherefore I pray you to take some meat for your health’s sake; for there shall not an hair of the head of any of you perish.

35And when he had said these things, taking bread, he gave thanks to God in the sight of them all; and when he had broken it, he began to eat.

36Then were they all of better cheer, and they also took some meat.

37And we were in all in the ship, two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.

38And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, casting the wheat into the sea.

39And when it was day, they knew not the land; but they discovered a certain creek that had a shore, into which they minded, if they could, to thrust in the ship.

40And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves to the sea, loosing withal the rudder bands; and hoisting up the mainsail to the wind, they made towards shore.

41And when we were fallen into a place where two seas met, they run the ship aground; and the forepart indeed, sticking fast, remained unmoveable: but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the sea.

42And the soldiers’ counsel was, that they should kill the prisoners, lest any of them, swimming out, should escape.

43But the centurion, willing to save Paul, forbade it to be done; and he commanded that they who could swim, should cast themselves first into the sea, and save themselves, and get to land.

44And the rest, some they carried on boards, and some on those things that belonged to the ship. And so it came to pass, that every soul got safe to land.

1Ut autem judicatum est navigare eum in Italiam, et tradi Paulum cum reliquis custodiis centurioni nomine Julio cohortis Augustæ,

2ascendentes navem Adrumetinam, incipientes navigare circa Asiæ loca, sustulimus, perseverante nobiscum Aristarcho Macedone Thessalonicensi.

3Sequenti autem die devenimus Sidonem. Humane autem tractans Julius Paulum, permisit ad amicos ire, et curam sui agere.

4Et inde cum sustulissemus, subnavigavimus Cyprum, propterea quod essent venti contrarii.

5Et pelagus Ciliciæ et Pamphyliæ navigantes, venimus Lystram, quæ est Lyciæ:

6et ibi inveniens centurio navem Alexandrinam navigantem in Italiam, transposuit nos in eam.

7Et cum multis diebus tarde navigaremus, et vix devenissemus contra Gnidum, prohibente nos vento, adnavigavimus Cretæ juxta Salmonem:

8et vix juxta navigantes, venimus in locum quemdam qui vocatur Boniportus, cui juxta erat civitas Thalassa.

9Multo autem tempore peracto, et cum jam non esset tuta navigatio eo quod et jejunium jam præteriisset, consolabatur eos Paulus,

10dicens eis: Viri, video quoniam cum injuria et multo damno non solum oneris, et navis, sed etiam animarum nostrarum incipit esse navigatio.

11Centurio autem gubernatori et nauclero magis credebat, quam his quæ a Paulo dicebantur.

12Et cum aptus portus non esset ad hiemandum, plurimi statuerunt consilium navigare inde, si quomodo possent, devenientes Phœnicen hiemare, portum Cretæ respicientem ad Africum et ad Corum.

13Aspirante autem austro, æstimantes propositum se tenere, cum sustulissent de Asson, legebant Cretam.

14Non post multum autem misit se contra ipsam ventus typhonicus, qui vocatur Euroaquilo.

15Cumque arrepta esset navis, et non posset conari in ventum, data nave flatibus, ferebamur.

16In insulam autem quamdam decurrentes, quæ vocatur Cauda, potuimus vix obtinere scapham.

17Qua sublata, adjutoriis utebantur, accingentes navem, timentes ne in Syrtim inciderent, summisso vase sic ferebantur.

18Valida autem nobis tempestate jactatis, sequenti die jactum fecerunt:

19et tertia die suis manibus armamenta navis projecerunt.

20Neque autem sole, neque sideribus apparentibus per plures dies, et tempestate non exigua imminente, jam ablata erat spes omnis salutis nostræ.

21Et cum multa jejunatio fuisset, tunc stans Paulus in medio eorum, dixit: Oportebat quidem, o viri, audito me, non tollere a Creta, lucrique facere injuriam hanc et jacturam.

22Et nunc suadeo vobis bono animo esse: amissio enim nullius animæ erit ex vobis, præterquam navis.

23Astitit enim mihi hac nocte angelus Dei, cujus sum ego, et cui deservio,

24dicens: Ne timeas, Paule: Cæsari te oportet assistere: et ecce donavit tibi Deus omnes qui navigant tecum.

25Propter quod bono animo estote, viri: credo enim Deo quia sic erit, quemadmodum dictum est mihi.

26In insulam autem quamdam oportet nos devenire.

27Sed posteaquam quartadecima nox supervenit, navigantibus nobis in Adria circa mediam noctem, suspicabantur nautæ apparere sibi aliquam regionem.

28Qui et summittentes bolidem, invenerunt passus viginti: et pusillum inde separati, invenerunt passus quindecim.

29Timentes autem ne in aspera loca incideremus, de puppi mittentes anchoras quatuor, optabant diem fieri.

30Nautis vero quærentibus fugere de navi, cum misissent scapham in mare, sub obtentu quasi inciperent a prora anchoras extendere,

31dixit Paulus centurioni et militibus: Nisi hi in navi manserint, vos salvi fieri non potestis.

32Tunc absciderunt milites funes scaphæ, et passi sunt eam excidere.

33Et cum lux inciperet fieri, rogabat Paulus omnes sumere cibum, dicens: Quartadecima die hodie exspectantes jejuni permanetis, nihil accipientes.

34Propter quod rogo vos accipere cibum pro salute vestra: quia nullius vestrum capillus de capite peribit.

35Et cum hæc dixisset, sumens panem, gratias egit Deo in conspectu omnium: et cum fregisset, cœpit manducare.

36Animæquiores autem facti omnes, et ipsi sumpserunt cibum.

37Eramus vero universæ animæ in navi ducentæ septuaginta sex.

38Et satiati cibo alleviabant navem, jactantes triticum in mare.

39Cum autem dies factus esset, terram non agnoscebant: sinum vero quemdam considerabant habentem littus, in quem cogitabant si possent ejicere navem.

40Et cum anchoras sustulissent, committebant se mari, simul laxantes juncturas gubernaculorum: et levato artemone secundum auræ flatum, tendebant ad littus.

41Et cum incidissemus in locum dithalassum, impegerunt navem: et prora quidem fixa manebat immobilis, puppis vero solvebatur a vi maris.

42Militum autem consilium fuit ut custodias occiderent, ne quis cum enatasset, effugeret.

43Centurio autem volens servare Paulum, prohibuit fieri: jussitque eos qui possent natare, emittere se primos, et evadere, et ad terram exire:

44et ceteros, alios in tabulis ferebant, quosdam super ea quæ de navi erant. Et sic factum est, ut omnes animæ evaderent ad terram.

1Then it was decided to send him by ship to Italy, and that Paul, with the others in custody, should be delivered to a centurion named Julius, of the cohort of Augusta.

2After climbing aboard a ship from Adramyttium, we set sail and began to navigate along the ports of Asia, with Aristarchus, the Macedonian from Thessalonica, joining us.

3And on the following day, we arrived at Sidon. And Julius, treating Paul humanely, permitted him to go to his friends and to look after himself.

4And when we had set sail from there, we navigated below Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

5And navigating though the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we arrived at Lystra, which is in Lycia.

6And there the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing to Italy, and he transferred us to it.

7And when we had sailed slowly for many days and had barely arrived opposite Cnidus, for the wind was hindering us, we sailed to Crete, near Salmone.

8And barely being able to sail past it, we arrived at a certain place, which is called Good Shelter, next to which was the city of Lasea.

9Then, after much time had passed, and since sailing would no longer be prudent because the Fast Day had now passed, Paul consoled them,

10and he said to them: “Men, I perceive that the voyage is now in danger of injury and much damage, not only to the cargo and the ship, but also to our own lives.”

11But the centurion put more trust in the captain and the navigator of the ship, than in the things being said by Paul.

12And since it was not a fitting port in which to winter, the majority opinion was to sail from there, so that somehow they might be able to arrive at Phoenicia, in order to winter there, at a port of Crete, which looks out toward the southwest and northwest.

13And since the south wind was blowing gently, they thought that they might reach their goal. And after they had set out from Asson, they weighed anchor at Crete.

14But not long afterward, a violent wind came against them, which is called the Northeast Wind.

15And once the ship had been caught in it and was not able to strive against the wind, giving over the ship to the winds, we were driven along.

16Then, being forced along a certain island, which is called the Tail, we were barely able to hold on to the ship’s lifeboat.

17When this was taken up, they used it to assist in securing the ship. For they were afraid that they might run aground. And having lowered the sails, they were being driven along in this way.

18Then, since we were being tossed about strongly by the tempest, on the following day, they threw the heavy items overboard.

19And on the third day, with their own hands, they threw the equipment of the ship overboard.

20Then, when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no end to the storm was imminent, all hope for our safety was now taken away.

21And after they had fasted for a long time, Paul, standing in their midst, said: “Certainly, men, you should have listened to me and not set out from Crete, so as to cause this injury and loss.

22And now, let me persuade you to be courageous in soul. For there shall be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

23For an Angel of God, who is assigned to me and whom I serve, stood beside me this night,

24saying: ‘Do not be afraid, Paul! It is necessary for you to stand before Caesar. And behold, God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.’

25Because of this, men, be courageous in soul. For I trust God that this will happen in the same way that it has been told to me.

26But it is necessary for us to arrive at a certain island.”

27Then, after the fourteenth night arrived, as we were navigating in the sea of Adria, about the middle of the night, the sailors believed that they saw some portion of the land.

28And upon dropping a weight, they found a depth of twenty paces. And some distance from there, they found a depth of fifteen paces.

29Then, fearing that we might happen upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and they were hoping for daylight to arrive soon.

30Yet truly, the sailors were seeking a way to flee from the ship, for they had lowered a lifeboat into the sea, on the pretext that they were attempting to cast anchors from the bow of the ship.

31So Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these men remain in the ship, you will not be able to be saved.”

32Then the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat, and they allowed it to fall.

33And when it began to be light, Paul requested that they all take food, saying: “This is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and continuing to fast, taking nothing.

34For this reason, I beg you to accept food for the sake of your health. For not a hair from the head of any of you shall perish.”

35And when he had said these things, taking bread, he gave thanks to God in the sight of them all. And when he had broken it, he began to eat.

36Then they all became more peaceful in soul. And they also took food.

37Truly, we were two hundred and seventy-six souls on the ship.

38And having been nourished with food, they lightened the ship, casting the wheat into the sea.

39And when day had arrived, they did not recognize the landscape. Yet truly, they caught sight of a certain narrow inlet having a shore, into which they thought it might be possible to force the ship.

40And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves to the sea, at the same time loosing the restraints of the rudders. And so, raising the mainsail to the gusting wind, they pressed on toward the shore.

41And when we happened upon a place open to two seas, they ran the ship aground. And indeed, the bow, being immobilized, remained fixed, but truly the stern was broken by the violence of the sea.

42Then the soldiers were in agreement that they should kill the prisoners, lest anyone, after escaping by swimming, might flee.

43But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, prohibited it from being done. And he ordered those who were able to swim to jump in first, and to escape, and to get to the land.

44And as for the others, some they carried on boards, and others on those things that belonged to the ship. And so it happened that every soul escaped to the land.