Acts 27 (AVD) · Opened

1فَلَمَّا ٱسْتَقَرَّ ٱلرَّأْيُ أَنْ نُسَافِرَ فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ إِلَى إِيطَالِيَا، سَلَّمُوا بُولُسَ وَأَسْرَى آخَرِينَ إِلَى قَائِدِ مِئَةٍ مِنْ كَتِيبَةِ أُوغُسْطُسَ ٱسْمُهُ يُولِيُوسُ.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.

2فَصَعِدْنَا إِلَى سَفِينَةٍ أَدْرَامِيتِينِيَّةٍ، وَأَقْلَعْنَا مُزْمِعِينَ أَنْ نُسَافِرَ مَارِّينَ بِٱلْمَوَاضِعِ ٱلَّتِي فِي أَسِيَّا. وَكَانَ مَعَنَا أَرِسْتَرْخُسُ، رَجُلٌ مَكِدُونِيٌّ مِنْ تَسَالُونِيكِي.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 ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْآخَرِ أَقْبَلْنَا إِلَى صَيْدَاءَ، فَعَامَلَ يُولِيُوسُ بُولُسَ بِٱلرِّفْقِ، وَأَذِنَ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ إِلَى أَصْدِقَائِهِ لِيَحْصُلَ عَلَى عِنَايَةٍ مِنْهُمْ.The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.

4ثُمَّ أَقْلَعْنَا مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَسَافَرْنَا فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ مِنْ تَحْتِ قُبْرُسَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرِّيَاحَ كَانَتْ مُضَادَّةً.After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

5وَبَعْدَ مَا عَبَرْنَا ٱلْبَحْرَ ٱلَّذِي بِجَانِبِ كِيلِيكِيَّةَ وَبَمْفِيلِيَّةَ، نَزَلْنَا إِلَى مِيرَا لِيكِيَّةَ.And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.

6فَإِذْ وَجَدَ قَائِدُ ٱلْمِئَةِ هُنَاكَ سَفِينَةً إِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةً مُسَافِرَةً إِلَى إِيطَالِيَا أَدْخَلَنَا فِيهَا.There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

7وَلَمَّا كُنَّا نُسَافِرُ رُوَيْدًا أَيَّامًا كَثِيرَةً، وَبِٱلْجَهْدِ صِرْنَا بِقُرْبِ كِنِيدُسَ، وَلَمْ تُمَكِّنَّا ٱلرِّيحُ أَكْثَرَ، سَافَرْنَا مِنْ تَحْتِ كِرِيتَ بِقُرْبِ 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.

8وَلَمَّا تَجَاوَزْنَاهَا بِٱلْجَهْدِ جِئْنَا إِلَى مَكَانٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ «ٱلْمَوَانِي ٱلْحَسَنَةُ» ٱلَّتِي بِقُرْبِهَا مَدِينَةُ لَسَائِيَةَ.After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

9وَلَمَّا مَضَى زَمَانٌ طَوِيلٌ، وَصَارَ ٱلسَّفَرُ فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ خَطِرًا، إِذْ كَانَ ٱلصَّوْمُ أَيْضًا قَدْ مَضَى، جَعَلَ بُولُسُ يُنْذِرُهُمْBy now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,

10قَائِلًا: «أَيُّهَا ٱلرِّجَالُ، أَنَا أَرَى أَنَّ هَذَا ٱلسَّفَرَ عَتِيدٌ أَنْ يَكُونَ بِضَرَرٍ وَخَسَارَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، لَيْسَ لِلشَّحْنِ وَٱلسَّفِينَةِ فَقَطْ، بَلْ لِأَنْفُسِنَا أَيْضًا».“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.”

11وَلَكِنْ كَانَ قَائِدُ ٱلْمِئَةِ يَنْقَادُ إِلَى رُبَّانِ ٱلسَّفِينَةِ وَإِلَى صَاحِبِهَا أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا إِلَى قَوْلِ بُولُسَ.But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.

12وَلِأَنَّ ٱلْمِينَا لَمْ يَكُنْ مَوْقِعُهَا صَالِحًا لِلْمَشْتَى، ٱسْتَقَرَّ رَأْيُ أَكْثَرِهِمْ أَنْ يُقْلِعُوا مِنْ هُنَاكَ أَيْضًا، عَسَى أَنْ يُمْكِنَهُمُ ٱلْإِقْبَالُ إِلَى فِينِكْسَ لِيَشْتُوا فِيهَا. وَهِيَ مِينَا فِي كِرِيتَ تَنْظُرُ نَحْوَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ وَٱلشَّمَالِ ٱلْغَرْبِيَّيْنِ.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.

13فَلَمَّا نَسَّمَتْ رِيحٌ جَنُوبٌ، ظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ مَلَكُوا مَقْصَدَهُمْ، فَرَفَعُوا ٱلْمِرْسَاةَ وَطَفِقُوا يَتَجَاوَزُونَ كِرِيتَ عَلَى أَكْثَرِ قُرْبٍ.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.

14وَلَكِنْ بَعْدَ قَلِيلٍ هَاجَتْ عَلَيْهَا رِيحٌ زَوْبَعِيَّةٌ يُقَالُ لَهَا «أُورُوكْلِيدُونُ».But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.

15فَلَمَّا خُطِفَتِ ٱلسَّفِينَةُ وَلَمْ يُمْكِنْهَا أَنْ تُقَابِلَ ٱلرِّيحَ، سَلَّمْنَا، فَصِرْنَا نُحْمَلُ.Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.

16فَجَرَيْنَا تَحْتَ جَزِيرَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا «كَلَوْدِي» وَبِٱلْجَهْدِ قَدِرْنَا أَنْ نَمْلِكَ ٱلْقَارِبَ.Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.

17وَلَمَّا رَفَعُوهُ طَفِقُوا يَسْتَعْمِلُونَ مَعُونَاتٍ، حَازِمِينَ ٱلسَّفِينَةَ، وَإِذْ كَانُوا خَائِفِينَ أَنْ يَقَعُوا فِي ٱلسِّيرْتِسِ، أَنْزَلُوا ٱلْقُلُوعَ، وَهَكَذَا كَانُوا يُحْمَلُونَ.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.

18وَإِذْ كُنَّا فِي نَوْءٍ عَنِيفٍ، جَعَلُوا يُفَرِّغُونَ فِي ٱلْغَدِ.We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.

19وَفِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ رَمَيْنَا بِأَيْدِينَا أَثَاثَ ٱلسَّفِينَةِ.On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

20وَإِذْ لَمْ تَكُنِ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَلَا ٱلنُّجُومُ تَظْهَرُ أَيَّامًا كَثِيرَةً، وَٱشْتَدَّ عَلَيْنَا نَوْءٌ لَيْسَ بِقَلِيلٍ، ٱنْتُزِعَ أَخِيرًا كُلُّ رَجَاءٍ فِي نَجَاتِنَا.When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.

21فَلَمَّا حَصَلَ صَوْمٌ كَثِيرٌ، حِينَئِذٍ وَقَفَ بُولُسُ فِي وَسْطِهِمْ وَقَالَ: «كَانَ يَنْبَغِي أَيُّهَا ٱلرِّجَالُ أَنْ تُذْعِنُوا لِي، وَلَا تُقْلِعُوا مِنْ كِرِيتَ، فَتَسْلَمُوا مِنْ هَذَا ٱلضَّرَرِ وَٱلْخَسَارَةِ.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.

22وَٱلْآنَ أُنْذِرُكُمْ أَنْ تُسَرُّوا، لِأَنَّهُ لَا تَكُونُ خَسَارَةُ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْكُمْ، إِلَّا ٱلسَّفِينَةَ.But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.

23لِأَنَّهُ وَقَفَ بِي هَذِهِ ٱللَّيْلَةَ مَلَاكُ ٱلْإِلَهِ ٱلَّذِي أَنَا لَهُ وَٱلَّذِي أَعْبُدُهُ،For just last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me

24قَائِلًا: لَا تَخَفْ يَا بُولُسُ. يَنْبَغِي لَكَ أَنْ تَقِفَ أَمَامَ قَيْصَرَ. وَهُوَذَا قَدْ وَهَبَكَ ٱللهُ جَمِيعَ ٱلْمُسَافِرِينَ 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.’

25لِذَلِكَ سُرُّوا أَيُّهَا ٱلرِّجَالُ، لِأَنِّي أُومِنُ بِٱللهِ أَنَّهُ يَكُونُ هَكَذَا كَمَا قِيلَ لِي.So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.

26وَلَكِنْ لَا بُدَّ أَنْ نَقَعَ عَلَى جَزِيرَةٍ».However, we must run aground on some island.”

27فَلَمَّا كَانَتِ ٱللَّيْلَةُ ٱلرَّابِعَةَ عَشْرَةَ، وَنَحْنُ نُحْمَلُ تَائِهِينَ فِي بَحْرِ أَدْرِيَا، ظَنَّ ٱلنُّوتِيَّةُ، نَحْوَ نِصْفِ ٱللَّيْلِ، أَنَّهُمُ ٱقْتَرَبُوا إِلَى بَرٍّ.On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.

28فَقَاسُوا وَوَجَدُوا عِشْرِينَ قَامَةً. وَلَمَّا مَضَوْا قَلِيلًا قَاسُوا أَيْضًا فَوَجَدُوا 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.

29وَإِذْ كَانُوا يَخَافُونَ أَنْ يَقَعُوا عَلَى مَوَاضِعَ صَعْبَةٍ، رَمَوْا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤَخَّرِ أَرْبَعَ مَرَاسٍ، وَكَانُوا يَطْلُبُونَ أَنْ يَصِيرَ ٱلنَّهَارُ.Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

30وَلَمَّا كَانَ ٱلنُّوتِيَّةُ يَطْلُبُونَ أَنْ يَهْرُبُوا مِنَ ٱلسَّفِينَةِ، وَأَنْزَلُوا ٱلْقَارِبَ إِلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ بِعِلَّةِ أَنَّهُمْ مُزْمِعُونَ أَنْ يَمُدُّوا مَرَاسِيَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَدَّمِ،Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.

31قَالَ بُولُسُ لِقَائِدِ ٱلْمِئَةِ وَٱلْعَسْكَرِ: «إِنْ لَمْ يَبْقَ هَؤُلَاءِ فِي ٱلسَّفِينَةِ فَأَنْتُمْ لَا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَنْجُوا».But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

32حِينَئِذٍ قَطَعَ ٱلْعَسْكَرُ حِبَالَ ٱلْقَارِبِ وَتَرَكُوهُ يَسْقُطُ.So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.

33وَحَتَّى قَارَبَ أَنْ يَصِيرَ ٱلنَّهَارُ كَانَ بُولُسُ يَطْلُبُ إِلَى ٱلْجَمِيعِ أَنْ يَتَنَاوَلُوا طَعَامًا، قَائِلًا: «هَذَا هُوَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلرَّابِعَ عَشَرَ، وَأَنْتُمْ مُنْتَظِرُونَ لَا تَزَالُونَ صَائِمِينَ، وَلَمْ تَأْخُذُوا شَيْئًا.Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.

34لِذَلِكَ أَلْتَمِسُ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ تَتَنَاوَلُوا طَعَامًا، لِأَنَّ هَذَا يَكُونُ مُفِيدًا لِنَجَاتِكُمْ، لِأَنَّهُ لَا تَسْقُطُ شَعْرَةٌ مِنْ رَأْسِ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ».So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

35وَلَمَّا قَالَ هَذَا أَخَذَ خُبْزًا وَشَكَرَ ٱللهَ أَمَامَ ٱلْجَمِيعِ، وَكَسَّرَ، وَٱبْتَدَأَ 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.

36فَصَارَ ٱلْجَمِيعُ مَسْرُورِينَ وَأَخَذُوا هُمْ أَيْضًا طَعَامًا.They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.

37وَكُنَّا فِي ٱلسَّفِينَةِ جَمِيعُ ٱلْأَنْفُسِ مِئَتَيْنِ وَسِتَّةً وَسَبْعِينَ.In all, there were 276 of us on board.

38وَلَمَّا شَبِعُوا مِنَ ٱلطَّعَامِ طَفِقُوا يُخَفِّفُونَ ٱلسَّفِينَةَ طَارِحِينَ ٱلْحِنْطَةَ فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ.After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

39وَلَمَّا صَارَ ٱلنَّهَارُ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَعْرِفُونَ ٱلْأَرْضَ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ أَبْصَرُوا خَلِيجًا لَهُ شَاطِئٌ، فَأَجْمَعُوا أَنْ يَدْفَعُوا إِلَيْهِ ٱلسَّفِينَةَ إِنْ أَمْكَنَهُمْ.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.

40فَلَمَّا نَزَعُوا ٱلْمَرَاسِيَ تَارِكِينَ إِيَّاهَا فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ، وَحَلُّوا رُبُطَ ٱلدَّفَّةِ أَيْضًا، رَفَعُوا قِلْعًا لِلرِّيحِ ٱلْهَابَّةِ، وَأَقْبَلُوا إِلَى ٱلشَّاطِئِ.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.

41وَإِذْ وَقَعُوا عَلَى مَوْضِعٍ بَيْنَ بَحْرَيْنِ، شَطَّطُوا ٱلسَّفِينَةَ، فَٱرْتَكَزَ ٱلْمُقَدَّمُ وَلَبِثَ لَا يَتَحَرَّكُ. وَأَمَّا ٱلْمُؤَخَّرُ فَكَانَ يَنْحَلُّ مِنْ عُنْفِ ٱلْأَمْوَاجِ.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.

42فَكَانَ رَأْيُ ٱلْعَسْكَرِ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوا ٱلْأَسْرَى لِئَلَّا يَسْبَحَ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ فَيَهْرُبَ.The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

43وَلَكِنَّ قَائِدَ ٱلْمِئَةِ، إِذْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُخَلِّصَ بُولُسَ، مَنَعَهُمْ مِنْ هَذَا ٱلرَّأْيِ، وَأَمَرَ أَنَّ ٱلْقَادِرِينَ عَلَى ٱلسِّبَاحَةِ يَرْمُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ أَوَّلًا فَيَخْرُجُونَ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ،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.

44وَٱلْبَاقِينَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى أَلْوَاحٍ وَبَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى قِطَعٍ مِنَ ٱلسَّفِينَةِ. فَهَكَذَا حَدَثَ أَنَّ ٱلْجَمِيعَ نَجَوْا إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ.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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