Acts 27 (NAV) · Opened

1وَأَخِيراً تَقَرَّرَ أَنْ نُسَافِرَ إِلَى إِيطَالِيَا بَحْراً، فَتَوَلَّى حِرَاسَةَ بُولُسَ وَبَعْضِ السُّجَنَاءِ الآخَرِينَ قَائِدُ مِئَةٍ اسْمُهُ يُولِيُوسُ، يَنْتَمِي إِلَى كَتِيبَةِ أُغُسْطُسَ.When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.

2فَرَكِبْنَا سَفِينَةً قَادِمَةً مِنْ أَدْرَامِيتَ، مُتَّجِهَةً إِلَى مَوَانئِ مُقَاطَعَةِ آسِيَّا. وَرَافَقَنَا فِي الرِّحْلَةِ أَرِسْتَرْخُسُ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ تَسَالُونِيكِي فِي مُقَاطَعَةِ مَقِدُونِيَّةَ.We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.

3وَفِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي وَصَلْنَا إِلَى صَيْدَا. وَعَامَلَ يُولِيُوسُ بُولُسَ مُعَامَلَةً طَيِّبَةً فَسَمَحَ لَهُ بِأَنْ يَزُورَ أَصْدِقَاءَهُ فِي صَيْدَا لِيَتَلَقَّى مِنْهُمْ مَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ.The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.

4وَأَقْلَعْنَا مِنْ مِينَاءِ صَيْدَا، وَسَافَرْنَا بِمُحَاذَاةِ شَوَاطِئِ قُبْرُصَ، لأَنَّ الرِّيحَ كَانَتْ عَكْسَ اتِّجَاهِ سَيْرِنَا.After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

5وَعَبَرْنَا الْبَحْرَ الْمُجَاوِرَ لِمُقَاطَعَتَيْ كِيلِيكِيَّةَ وَبَمْفِيلِيَّةَ، وَوَصَلْنَا إِلَى مِينَاءِ مِيرَا فِي مُقَاطَعَةِ لِيكِيَّةَ.And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.

6وَهُنَاكَ وَجَدَ قَائِدُ الْمِئَةِ سَفِينَةً قَادِمَةً مِنَ الإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةِ مُتَّجِهَةً إِلَى إِيطَالِيَا، فَأَصْعَدَنَا إِلَيْهَا.There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

7وَسَافَرَتِ السَّفِينَةُ عَلَى مَهْلٍ لِعِدَّةِ أَيَّامٍ، وَاقْتَرَبْنَا مِنْ شَاطِئِ كِنِيدُسَ بَعْدَ جَهْدٍ، وَلَكِنَّ الرِّيحَ مَنَعَتْنَا مِنْ دُخُولِ الْمِينَاءِ فَلَمْ نَقْدِرْ أَنْ نَنْزِلَ هُنَاكَ، فَسَافَرْنَا عَلَى مَقْرُبَةٍ مِنْ شَاطِئِ جَزِيرَةِ كَرِيتَ، مُرُوراً بِالْقُرْبِ مِنْ رَأْسِ سَلْمُونِي.After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

8وَبَعْدَ جَهْدٍ وَصَلْنَا إِلَى مَكَانٍ يُدْعَى الْمَوَانِئَ الجَمِيلَةَ بِالْقُرْبِ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ لَسَائِيَةَ.After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

9وَقَضَيْنَا هُنَاكَ مُدَّةً طَوِيلَةً، حَتَّى مَضَى الصَّيْفُ وَأَصْبَحَ السَّفَرُ فِي الْبَحْرِ خَطِراً إِذْ كَانَ الصَّوْمُ أَيْضاً قَدْ مَضَى، فَنَصَحَ بُولُسُ بَحَّارَةَ السَّفِينَةِBy now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,

10قَائِلاً: «أَيُّهَا الرِّجَالُ، أَرَى فِي سَفَرِنَا الآنَ خَطَراً وَخَسَارَةً عَظِيمَةً، لَا عَلَى السَّفِينَةِ وَحُمُولَتِهَا فَقَطْ، بَلْ عَلَى حَيَاتِنَا أَيْضاً».“Men, I can see that our voyage will be filled with disaster and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as well.”

11عَلَى أَنَّ قَائِدَ الْمِئَةِ كَانَ يَمِيلُ إِلَى كَلامِ رُبَّانِ السَّفِينَةِ وَصَاحِبِهَا، لَا إِلَى كَلامِ بُولُسَ.But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.

12وَلَمَّا لَمْ تَكُنِ الْمِينَاءُ صَالِحَةً لِقَضَاءِ فَصْلِ الشِّتَاءِ، فَقَدْ قَرَّرَ مُعْظَمُ الْبَحَّارَةِ أَنْ يُغَادِرُوهَا، آمِلِينَ الْوُصُولَ إِلَى ميِنَاءِ فِينِكْسَ لِقَضَاءِ الشِّتَاءِ فِيهَا، وَقَدْ كَانَتْ هَذِهِ الْمِينَاءُ فِي كَرِيتَ تُوَاجِهُ الْجَنُوبَ وَالشَّمَالَ الْغَرْبِيَّيْنِ.Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, hoping that somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.

13وَهَبَّتْ رِيحٌ خَفِيفَةٌ مِنَ الْجَنُوبِ، فَظَنَّ الْبَحَّارَةُ أَنَّهَا سَتَدْفَعُهُمْ نَحْوَ فِينِكْسَ، فَرَفَعُوا الْمَرْسَاةَ وَأَبْحَرُوا عَلَى مَقْرُبَةٍ مِنْ شَاطِئِ كَرِيتَ.When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.

14وَلَكِنَّ رِيحاً عَاصِفَةً تُعْرَفُ بِالشَّمَالِيَّةِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ هَبَّتْ بَعْدَ قَلِيلٍ،But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.

15فَانْدَفَعَتِ السَّفِينَةُ وَلَمْ تَقْوَ عَلَى مُقَاوَمَةِ الرِّيحِ، فَاسْتَسْلَمْنَا. وَحَمَلَتْنَا الْعَاصِفَةُUnable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.

16إِلَى مَكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ مِنْ جَزِيرَةٍ صَغِيرَةٍ اسْمُهَا كُودَا. وَبَعْدَ جَهْدٍ اسْتَطَعْنَا أَنْ نَرْفَعَ قَارِبَ النَّجَاةِ إِلَى ظَهْرِ السَّفِينَةِ.Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.

17ثُمَّ أَسْرَعَ الْبَحَّارَةُ بِاتِّخَاذِ الاحْتِيَاطَاتِ الضَّرُورِيَّةِ، فَشَدُّوا وَسَطَ السَّفِينَةِ بِالْحِبَالِ. وَخَوْفاً مِنَ الانْجِرَافِ إِلَى شَوَاطِئِ الرِّمَالِ الْمُتَحَرِّكَةِ، أَنْزَلُوا الأَشْرِعَةَ وَالْحِبَالَ، فَأَصْبَحَتِ الرِّيحُ تَدْفَعُ السَّفِينَةَ.After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.

18وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي اشْتَدَّتْ عَلَيْنَا الْعَاصِفَةُ، فَأَخَذُوا يُخَفِّفُونَ مِنَ الْحُمُولَةِ.We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.

19وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ رَمَوْا أَثَاثَ السَّفِينَةِ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ.On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

20وَكَانَتِ الْعَاصِفَةُ تَشْتَدُّ يَوْماً بَعْدَ يَوْمٍ، حَتَّى إِنَّنَا لَمْ نَرَ الشَّمْسَ وَلا النُّجُومَ عِدَّةَ أَيَّامٍ، فَانْقَطَعَ كُلُّ أَمَلٍ فِي النَّجَاةِ.When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.

21وَكَانَ الْمُسَافِرُونَ قَدِ امْتَنَعُوا مُدَّةً طَوِيلَةً عَنْ تَنَاوُلِ الطَّعَامِ، فَتَقَدَّمَ بُولُسُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا الرِّجَالُ، كَانَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَسْمَعُوا كَلامِي وَلا تُقْلِعُوا مِنْ كَرِيتَ، فَتَسْلَمُوا مِنْ هَذَا الْخَطَرِ وَالْخَسَارَةِ.After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.

22وَلَكِنِّي الآنَ أَدْعُوكُمْ لِتَطْمَئِنُّوا، فَلَنْ يَفْقِدَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ حَيَاتَهُ. وَلَكِنَّ السَّفِينَةَ وَحْدَهَا سَتَتَحَطَّمُ.But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.

23فَقَدْ ظَهَرَ لِي هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ مَلاكٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ الَّذِي أَنَا لَهُ وَإِيَّاهُ أَخْدِمُ،For just last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me

24وَقَالَ لِي: لَا تَخَفْ يَا بُولُسُ! فَلابُدَّ أَنْ تَمْثُلَ أَمَامَ الْقَيْصَرِ. وَقَدْ وَهَبَكَ اللهُ حَيَاةَ جَمِيعِ الْمُسَافِرِينَ مَعَكَ!and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’

25فَاطْمَئِنُّوا أَيُّهَا الرِّجَالُ، لأَنِّي أُومِنُ بِاللهِ وَبِأَنَّ مَا قَالَهُ لِي سَيَتِمُّ.So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.

26وَلَكِنْ لابُدَّ أَنْ تَجْنَحَ السَّفِينَةُ إِلَى إِحْدَى الْجُزُرِ».However, we must run aground on some island.”

27وَفِي مُنْتَصَفِ اللَّيْلَةِ الرَّابِعَةَ عَشْرَةَ، وَالرِّيَاحُ تَحْمِلُنَا فِي بَحْرِ أَدْرِيَا إِلَى حَيْثُ لَا نَدْرِي، ظَنَّ الْبَحَّارَةُ أَنَّهُمْ يَقْتَرِبُونَ إِلَى الْبَرِّ.On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.

28فَقَاسُوا عُمْقَ الْمِيَاهِ فَوَجَدُوهُ عِشْرِينَ قَامَةً. وَبَعْدَ قَلِيلٍ قَاسُوا الْعُمْقَ فَوَجَدُوهُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ قَامَةً.They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.

29وَخَافُوا أَنْ تَجْنَحَ السَّفِينَةُ إِلَى الصُّخُورِ، فَأَلْقَوْا مِنْ مُؤَخَّرِهَا أَرْبَعَ مَرَاسٍ، مُنْتَظِرِينَ طُلُوعَ الصَّبَاحِ.Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

30وَحَاوَلَ الْبَحَّارَةُ أَنْ يَهْرُبُوا مِنَ السَّفِينَةِ، فَأَنْزَلُوا قَارِبَ النَّجَاةِ بِحُجَّةِ أَنَّهُمْ سَيُلْقُونَ الْمَرَاسِيَ مِنْ مُقَدَّمِ السَّفِينَةِ.Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.

31فَقَالَ بُولُسُ لِقَائِدِ الْمِئَةِ وَالْجُنُودِ: «إِذَا لَمْ يَبْقَ هَؤُلاءِ الْبَحَّارَةُ فِي السَّفِينَةِ فَلَنْ تَنْجُوا».But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

32فَقَطَعَ الْجُنُودُ حِبَالَ الْقَارِبِ وَتَرَكُوهُ يَسْقُطُ فِي الْمَاءِ.So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.

33وَلَمَّا اقْتَرَبَ طُلُوعُ الصَّبَاحِ، طَلَبَ بُولُسُ إِلَى الْجَمِيعِ أَنْ يَأْكُلُوا، وَقَالَ: «مَرَّتْ أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْماً وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تَأْكُلُونَ شَيْئاً،Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.

34فَأَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى تَنَاوُلِ الطَّعَامِ، لأَنَّهُ يُسَاعِدُكُمْ عَلَى النَّجَاةِ. فَلَنْ يَفْقِدَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ شَعْرَةً مِنْ رَأْسِهِ».So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

35ثُمَّ أَخَذَ رَغِيفاً، وَشَكَرَ اللهَ أَمَامَ الْجَمِيعِ، وَكَسَرَهُ وَابْتَدَأَ يَأْكُلُ،After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.

36فَاطْمَأَنُّوا كُلُّهُمْ وَأَكَلُوا.They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.

37وَكَانَ عَدَدُنَا فِي السَّفِينَةِ مِئَتَيْنِ وَسِتَّةً وَسَبْعِينَ نَفْساً.In all, there were 276 of us on board.

38وَبَعْدَمَا شَبِعُوا رَمُوا بِالْقَمْحِ فِي الْبَحْرِ لِيُخَفِّفُوا حُمُولَةَ السَّفِينَةِ.After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

39وَلَمَّا طَلَعَ النَّهَارُ، لَمْ يَسْتَطِعِ الْبَحَّارَةُ أَنْ يُمَيِّزُوا الْمَكَانَ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ أَبْصَرُوا خَلِيجاً لَهُ شَاطِئٌ، فَقَرَّرُوا أَنْ يَدْفَعُوا السَّفِينَةَ إِلَيْهِ، إِذَا اسْتَطَاعُوا،When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

40فَقَطَعُوا الْمَرَاسِيَ وَتَرَكُوهَا تَغْرَقُ، وَحَلُّوا الْحِبَالَ الَّتِي تَرْبِطُ الدَّفَّةَ، وَرَفَعُوا الشِّرَاعَ الأَمَامِيَّ لِلرِّيحِ، وَاتَّجَهُوا نَحْوَ الشَّاطِئِ.Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.

41وَلَكِنَّ السَّفِينَةَ وَصَلَتْ إِلَى مَكَانٍ قَلِيلِ الْمِيَاهِ بَيْنَ تَيَّارَيْنِ، فَجَنَحُوا بِها إِلَى الشَّاطِئِ، فَارْتَكَزَ مُقَدَّمُهَا وَظَلَّ لَا يَتَحَرَّكُ، فِي حِينِ أَخَذَ مُؤَخَّرُهَا يَتَفَكَّكُ مِنْ عُنْفِ الأَمْوَاجِ.But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.

42وَارْتَأَى الْجُنُودُ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوا السُّجَنَاءَ حَتَّى لَا يَسْبَحَ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ إِلَى الشَّاطِئِ وَيَهْرُبَ،The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

43وَلَكِنَّ قَائِدَ الْمِئَةِ كَانَ يَرْغَبُ فِي إِنْقَاذِ بُولُسَ، فَمَنَعَ جُنُودَهُ مِنْ تَنْفِيذِ رَأْيِهِمْ، وَأَمَرَ الْقَادِرِينَ عَلَى السِّبَاحَةِ أَنْ يَسْبَحُوا إِلَى الشَّاطِئِ قَبْلَ غَيْرِهِمْ،But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

44وَالْبَاقِينَ أَنْ يُحَاوِلُوا الْوُصُولَ إِلَيْهِ عَلَى أَلْوَاحِ السَّفِينَةِ، أَوْ عَلَى قِطَعٍ مِنْ حُطَامِهَا. وَهَكَذَا وَصَلَ الْجَمِيعُ إِلَى الْبَرِّ سَالِمِينَ.The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.

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