1Konečne sa rozhodlo, že sa budeme plaviť loďou do Itálie. Pavla a ešte niekoľkých väzňov zverili dôstojníkovi Júliovi z cisárskeho oddielu.2Nastúpili sme na adramytskú loď, ktorá sa mala plaviť do prístavov v provincii Ázia. Bol s nami aj Aristarchos z Tesaloniky v Macedónsku.3Na druhý deň sme pristávali v Sidone. Július sa správal k Pavlovi veľmi láskavo a dovolil mu navštíviť v meste svojich priateľov, ktorí mu dali všetko, čo potreboval.4Vial nepriaznivý vietor, preto sme sa ďalej plavili medzi Cyprom a pevninou:5preplavili sme sa popri Cilícii a Pamfýlii a napokon sme pristáli v Myre v Lýcii.6Tam našiel dôstojník alexandrijskú loď, ktorá sa plavila do Itálie, a nalodil nás na ňu.7Niekoľko dní bola plavba veľmi namáhavá a horko–ťažko sme sa dostali do miest oproti Knidu. Pre nepriaznivý vietor sme tam nemohli pristáť, preto sme pokračovali v ceste okolo Salmony chránení Krétou.8Po namáhavej plavbe pozdĺž pobrežia sme sa dostali na miesto zvané Dobré prístavy neďaleko mesta Lasea.9Medzitým sme stratili veľa času, bol už začiatok októbra a plavba cez šíre more bola v tomto období nebezpečná. Pavol ako skúsený cestovateľ varoval:10„Priatelia, vidím, že ďalšia plavba bude veľmi namáhavá a ohrozí nielen náklad a loď, ale aj životy nás všetkých.“11Lenže dôstojník dal väčšmi na kapitána a na majiteľa lode ako na Pavlovo varovanie.12Keďže prístav nebol vhodný na prezimovanie, väčšina sa rozhodla plaviť ďalej, dostať sa – ak sa bude dať – do Fénixu a tam zostať cez zimu. Je to vhodný prístav na Kréte, otvorený len na severozápad a juhovýchod.
Nebezpečná plavba
13Práve začal viať od juhu mierny vietor, preto sa nazdávali, že je to ideálny deň na vyplávanie. A tak zdvihli kotvu a plavili sa pozdĺž Kréty.14Ale onedlho sa počasie prudko zmenilo, od Kréty sa prihnal búrlivý severák a zaprel sa do lode tak, že sa nedala ovládať.15Pustili sme sa teda po vetre a dali sme sa ním unášať,16až nás prihnalo k malému ostrovčeku Klauda.17V jeho závetrí sa nám s veľkou námahou podarilo vytiahnuť na palubu záchranný čln, zvyčajne vlečený vzadu. Potom námorníci zabezpečili loď tým, že ju previazali. Báli sa, aby nenarazili na nebezpečné syrtské plytčiny pri africkom pobreží, preto stiahli plachty a dali sa unášať vetrom.18Na druhý deň, keď sa vlny nebezpečne dvíhali a búrka prudko zmietala loďou, námorníci vyhádzali časť nákladu19a na tretí deň aj lodné náradie.20Búrka zúrila niekoľko dní, nebolo vidieť slnko ani hviezdy, postupne sme strácali všetku nádej, že vyviazneme živí.21Keď už dlhší čas nikto na jedlo ani len nepomyslel, zašiel Pavol medzi námorníkov a povedal im: „Priatelia, mali ste ma poslúchnuť a prezimovať na Kréte. Boli by ste si ušetrili mnoho starostí a vyhli sa škode.22Neklesajte však na duchu a nestrácajte nádej, lebo nik z vás nezahynie, iba o loď prídeme.23Dnes v noci sa mi zjavil anjel. Iste ho poslal Boh, ktorému patrím a ktorému slúžim,24a povedal mi:‚Neboj sa, Pavol, určite budeš stáť pred cisárom. Boh ti daroval aj životy všetkých, ktorí sa s tebou plavia.‘25A tak hlavy hore, priatelia! Verím svojmu Bohu, že svoj sľub splní.26Máme sa zachrániť na nejakom ostrove.“27Už štrnástu noc nás víchor hnal Stredozemným morom do neznáma, keď okolo polnoci sa zrazu lodníkom zamarilo, že na obzore sa ukázala nejaká pevnina.28Námorníci spustili olovnicu a namerali hĺbku okolo štyridsať metrov a o kúsok ďalej už len tridsať metrov.29Báli sa, že by sme mohli potme naraziť na nejaké skaliská, preto vzadu spustili štyri kotvy a všetci sme túžobne vyčkávali, kedy sa rozbrieždi.30Námorníci chceli zradne opustiť ohrozenú loď. Spustili na more záchranný čln, akože chcú spustiť kotvy z predku lode,31ale Pavol postrehol ich zámer a povedal dôstojníkovi a vojakom: „Pozor na nich! Ak nezostanú na lodi, nepodarí sa vám zachrániť.“32Tu vojaci presekli laná člna a nechali ho odplávať preč.33Ešte prv ako sa rozvidnelo, povzbudzoval Pavol všetkých na lodi: „Už štrnásty deň takto vyčkávate na záchranu, trpíte hladom, a pritom nič nevezmete do úst.34Radím vám, aby ste sa najedli. Je to pre vaše dobro, inak nebudete vládať vyjsť na breh. Veď som vám povedal, že sa nikomu ani vlas na hlave neskriví.“35Vzal chlieb, pred všetkými zaň nahlas poďakoval Bohu, rozlámal ho a začal jesť.36Všetkých to povzbudilo a takisto sa dali do jedenia.37Bolo nás na lodi dokopy dvestosedemdesiatšesť osôb.38Keď sme sa najedli, námorníci začali vyhadzovať do mora obilie, aby zmenšili ponor lode.39Konečne sa rozvidnelo. Zazreli sme pred sebou pás plochého pobrežia so zálivom, ale nik nepoznal, o akú pevninu ide. No rozhodli sme sa, že ak sa bude dať, pristaneme s loďou v zátoke.40Námorníci odsekli kotvy a nechali ich v mori a zároveň uvoľnili povrazy kormidiel a s prednou plachtou proti vetru zamierili k brehu.41Nabehli však na plytčinu a na nej loď zaviazla. Prova sa pevne zaborila do dna; korma lode bola vystavená náporu prudkých vĺn a pomaly sa začala rozpadávať.42Vojaci už chceli pozabíjať všetkých väzňov, aby niektorý z nich nedoplával na breh a neutiekol.43Ale dôstojník chcel zachrániť Pavla, preto im to nedovolil. Nariadil, aby najprv skočili do vody tí, čo vedia plávať,44a ostatní nech si zadovážia dosky alebo nejaké trosky z lode a na nich nech sa pokúsia dostať na breh. Takto sa nikto neutopil a všetci sa dostali v poriadku na breh.
English Standard Version
Paul Sails for Rome
1And when it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort named Julius.2And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, we put to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.3The next day we put in at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and gave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for.4And putting out to sea from there we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us.5And when we had sailed across the open sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.6There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy and put us on board.7We sailed slowly for a number of days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus, and as the wind did not allow us to go farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone.8Coasting along it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.9Since much time had passed, and the voyage was now dangerous because even the Fast* was already over, Paul advised them,10saying, “Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”11But the centurion paid more attention to the pilot and to the owner of the ship than to what Paul said.12And because the harbor was not suitable to spend the winter in, the majority decided to put out to sea from there, on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing both southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.
The Storm at Sea
13Now when the south wind blew gently, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to the shore.14But soon a tempestuous wind, called the northeaster, struck down from the land.15And when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.16Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda,* we managed with difficulty to secure the ship’s boat.17After hoisting it up, they used supports to undergird the ship. Then, fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the gear,* and thus they were driven along.18Since we were violently storm-tossed, they began the next day to jettison the cargo.19And on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.20When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.21Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss.22Yet now I urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.23For this very night there stood before me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship,24and he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’25So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told.26But we must run aground on some island.”27When the fourteenth night had come, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land.28So they took a sounding and found twenty fathoms.* A little farther on they took a sounding again and found fifteen fathoms.*29And fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.30And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, and had lowered the ship’s boat into the sea under pretense of laying out anchors from the bow,31Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”32Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it go.33As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in suspense and without food, having taken nothing.34Therefore I urge you to take some food. For it will give you strength,* for not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you.”35And when he had said these things, he took bread, and giving thanks to God in the presence of all he broke it and began to eat.36Then they all were encouraged and ate some food themselves.37(We were in all 276* persons in the ship.)38And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
The Shipwreck
39Now when it was day, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, on which they planned if possible to run the ship ashore.40So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders. Then hoisting the foresail to the wind they made for the beach.41But striking a reef,* they ran the vessel aground. The bow stuck and remained immovable, and the stern was being broken up by the surf.42The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any should swim away and escape.43But the centurion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and make for the land,44and the rest on planks or on pieces of the ship. And so it was that all were brought safely to land.
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