Acts 27 (RV09) · Opened

1MAS como fué determinado que habíamos de navegar para Italia, entregaron á Pablo y á algunos otros presos á un centurión, llamado Julio, de la compañía Augusta.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.

2Así que, embarcándonos en una nave Adrumentina, partimos, estando con nosotros Aristarco, Macedonio de Tesalónica, para navegar junto á los lugares de Asia.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.

3Y otro día llegamos á Sidón; y Julio, tratando á Pablo con humanidad, permitióle que fuese á los amigos, para ser de ellos asistido.The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.

4Y haciéndonos á la vela desde allí, navegamos bajo de Cipro, porque los vientos eran contrarios.After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

5Y habiendo pasado la mar de Cilicia y Pamphylia, arribamos á Mira, ciudad de Licia.And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.

6Y hallando allí el centurión una nave Alejandrina que navegaba á Italia, nos puso en ella.There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

7Y navegando muchos días despacio, y habiendo apenas llegado delante de Gnido, no dejándonos el viento, navegamos bajo de Creta, junto á Salmón.After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

8Y costeándola difícilmente, llegamos á un lugar que llaman Buenos Puertos, cerca del cual estaba la ciudad de Lasea.After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

9Y pasado mucho tiempo, y siendo ya peligrosa la navegación, porque ya era pasado el ayuno, Pablo amonestaba,By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,

10Diciéndoles: Varones, veo que con trabajo y mucho daño, no sólo de la cargazón y de la nave, mas aun de nuestras personas, habrá de ser la navegación.“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.”

11Mas el centurión creía más al piloto y al patrón de la nave, que á lo que Pablo decía.But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.

12Y no habiendo puerto cómodo para invernar, muchos acordaron pasar aún de allí, por si pudiesen arribar á Fenice é invernar allí, que es un puerto de Creta que mira al Nordeste y Sudeste.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.

13Y soplando el austro, pareciéndoles que ya tenían lo que deseaban, alzando velas, iban cerca de la costa de Creta.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.

14Mas no mucho después dió en ella un viento repentino, que se llama Euroclidón.But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.

15Y siendo arrebatada la nave, y no pudiendo resistir contra el viento, la dejamos, y éramos llevados.Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.

16Y habiendo corrido á sotavento de una pequeña isla que se llama Clauda, apenas pudimos ganar el esquife:Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.

17El cual tomado, usaban de remedios, ciñendo la nave; y teniendo temor de que diesen en la Sirte, abajadas las velas, eran así llevados.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.

18Mas siendo atormentados de una vehemente tempestad, al siguiente día alijaron;We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.

19Y al tercer día nosotros con nuestras manos arrojamos los aparejos de la nave.On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

20Y no pareciendo sol ni estrellas por muchos días, y viniendo una tempestad no pequeña, ya era perdida toda la esperanza de nuestra salud.When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.

21Entonces Pablo, habiendo ya mucho que no comíamos, puesto en pie en medio de ellos, dijo: Fuera de cierto conveniente, oh varones, haberme oído, y no partir de Creta, y evitar este inconveniente y daño.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.

22Mas ahora os amonesto que tengáis buen ánimo; porque ninguna pérdida habrá de persona de vosotros, sino solamente de la nave.But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.

23Porque esta noche ha estado conmigo el ángel del Dios del cual yo soy, y al cual sirvo,For just last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me

24Diciendo: Pablo, no temas; es menester que seas presentado delante de César; y he aquí, Dios te ha dado todos los que navegan contigo.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.’

25Por tanto, oh varones, tened buen ánimo; porque yo confío en Dios que será así como me ha dicho;So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.

26Si bien es menester que demos en una isla.However, we must run aground on some island.”

27Y venida la décimacuarta noche, y siendo llevados por el mar Adriático, los marineros á la media noche sospecharon que estaban cerca de alguna tierra;On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.

28Y echando la sonda, hallaron veinte brazas; y pasando un poco más adelante, volviendo á echar la sonda, hallaron quince brazas.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.

29Y habiendo temor de dar en lugares escabrosos, echando cuatro anclas de la popa, deseaban que se hiciese de día.Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

30Entonces procurando los marineros huir de la nave, echado que hubieron el esquife á la mar, aparentando como que querían largar las anclas de proa,Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.

31Pablo dijo al centurión y á los soldados: Si éstos no quedan en la nave, vosotros no podéis salvaros.But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

32Entonces los soldados cortaron los cabos del esquife, y dejáronlo perder.So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.

33Y como comenzó á ser de día, Pablo exhortaba á todos que comiesen, diciendo: Este es el décimocuarto día que esperáis y permanecéis ayunos, no comiendo nada.Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.

34Por tanto, os ruego que comáis por vuestra salud: que ni aun un cabello de la cabeza de ninguno de vosotros perecerá.So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

35Y habiendo dicho esto, tomando el pan, hizo gracias á Dios en presencia de todos, y partiendo, comenzó á comer.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.

36Entonces todos teniendo ya mejor ánimo, comieron ellos también.They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.

37Y éramos todas las personas en la nave doscientas setenta y seis.In all, there were 276 of us on board.

38Y satisfechos de comida, aliviaban la nave, echando el grano á la mar.After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

39Y como se hizo de día, no conocían la tierra: mas veían un golfo que tenía orilla, al cual acordaron echar, si pudiesen, la nave.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.

40Cortando pues las anclas, las dejaron en la mar, largando también las ataduras de los gobernalles; y alzada la vela mayor al viento, íbanse á la orilla.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.

41Mas dando en un lugar de dos aguas, hicieron encallar la nave; y la proa, hincada, estaba sin moverse, y la popa se abría con la fuerza de la mar.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.

42Entonces el acuerdo de los soldados era que matasen los presos, porque ninguno se fugase nadando.The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

43Mas el centurión, queriendo salvar á Pablo, estorbó este acuerdo, y mandó que los que pudiesen nadar, se echasen los primeros, y saliesen á tierra;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.

44Y los demás, parte en tablas, parte en cosas de la nave. Y así aconteció que todos se salvaron saliendo á tierra.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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