1 W hen it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.

ثُمَّ تَقَرَّرَ أنْ نُبحِرَ إلَى إيطاليا. حينَئِذٍ تَمَّ تَسلِيمُ بُولُسَ وَبَعضُ السُّجَناءِ الآخَرِينَ إلَى ضابِطٍ رومانيٍّ اسْمُهُ يُوليُوسُ، مِنْ فِرقَةٍ عَسْكَريَّةٍ تابِعِةٍ للإمبراطُورِ.

2 E mbarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea; Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

فَرَكِبنا سَفِينَةً قادِمَةً مِنْ مَدينَةِ أدرامِيتَ تُوشِكُ عَلَى الإبحارِ إلَى المَوانِئِ الَّتي عَلَى امْتِدادِ ساحِلِ أسِيّا. وَانطَلَقنا، وَكانَ مَعَنا أرِستَرْخَسُ، وَهُوَ مَكدُونِيٌّ مِنْ تَسالُونِيكِي.

3 T he next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.

وَفِي اليَومِ التّالِي، رَسَونا فِي صَيدا. وَكانَ يُوليوُسُ لَطِيفاً فِي مُعامَلَتِهِ لِبُولُسَ، وَسَمَحَ لَهُ بِأنْ يَذهَبَ إلَى أصدِقائِهِ لِكَي يَهتَمُّوا بِحاجاتِهِ.

4 P utting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

وَمِنْ هُناكَ انطَلَقنا وَأبحَرنا مُحتَمِينَ بِشَواطِئِ قُبرُصَ، لِأنَّ الرِّياحَ كانَتْ ضِدَّنا.

5 W hen we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

وَأبحَرنا مُقابِلَ كِيلِيكِيَّةَ وَبَمفِيليَةَ، وَوَصَلنا إلَى مِيرا فِي لِيكِيَّةَ.

6 T here the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us on board.

وَهُناكَ وَجَدَ الضّابِطُ سَفِينَةً اسكَندَرِيَّةً مُبحِرَةً إلَى إيطاليا، فَوَضَعَنا عَلَى ظَهرِها.

7 W hen we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

وَأبحَرنا بِبُطءٍ عِدَّةَ أيّامٍ. وَوَصَلنا بِصُعُوبَةٍ إلَى مُقابِلِ كِنِيدُسَ. لَكِنَّ الرِّيحَ لَمْ تَسمَحْ لَنا بِالمُحافَظَةِ عَلَى مَسارِنا إلَى كِنِيدَسَ، فَأبحَرنا مُحتَمِينَ بِجَزِيرَةِ كرِيْتَ مُقابِلَ سَلمُونِي.

8 W ith difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

وَأبحَرنا بِصُعُوبَةٍ عَلَى طُولِ ساحِلِها، حَتَّى وَصَلنا إلَى مَكانٍ يُدعَى «المَرافِئُ الآمِنَةُ» قُربَ بَلدَةِ لَسائِيَّةَ.

9 W hen much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast had now already gone by, Paul admonished them,

وَكانَ وَقتٌ كَثِيرٌ قَدْ ضاعَ. فَقَدْ مَضَى يَومُ الصَّومِ وَكانَ الإبحارُ قَدْ أصبَحَ خَطِراً، فَحَذَّرَهُمْ بُولُسُ

10 a nd said to them, “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.”

وَقالَ: «أيُّها الرِّجالُ، أرَى كارِثَةً فِي انتِظارِ رِحلَتِنا، وَأنَّنا سَنَخسَرُ الكَثِيرَ، لا فِي ما يَتَعَلَّقُ بِالحُمُولَةِ وَالسَّفِينَةِ فَحَسبُ، بَلْ حَياتِنا أيضاً.»

11 B ut the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship than to those things which were spoken by Paul.

لَكِنَّ الضّابِطَ اقتَنَعَ بِكَلامِ قُبطانِ السَّفِينَةِ وَصاحِبِها، وَلَمْ يُصغِ إلَى ما قالَهُ بُولُسُ.

12 B ecause the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking northeast and southeast.

وَبِما أنَّ المِيناءَ لَمْ يَكُنْ مُناسِباً لِقَضاءِ الشِّتاءِ، قَرَّرَ أغلَبُهُمْ أنْ يَنطَلِقُوا إلَى البَحرِ مِنْ هُناكَ. فَقَدْ كانُوا يُرِيدُونَ أنْ يُحاوِلُوا الوُصُولَ إلَى فِينِكسَ إنْ أمكَنَ، لِيَقْضوا الشِّتاءَ هُناكَ. وَفِينِكسُ هِيَ مِيناءٌ فِي جَزِيرَةِ كرِيتَ يُواجِهُ الجَنُوبَ الغَربِيَّ وَالشَّمالَ الغَربِيَّ. العاصِفَة

13 W hen the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore.

وَعِندَما بَدَأتْ تَهُبُّ رِيحٌ جَنُوبِيَّةٌ لَطِيفَةٌ، اعتَقَدُوا أنَّهُمْ نالُوا مُرادَهُمْ. فَرَفَعُوا مِرساةَ السَّفِينَةِ، وَأبحَرُوا عَلَى طُولِ ساحِلِ كرِيتَ.

14 B ut before long, a stormy wind beat down from shore, which is called Euroclydon.

لَكِنْ لَمْ يَمضِ وَقتٌ طَوِيلٌ حَتَّى اجتاحَتهُمْ مِنَ الجَزِيرَةِ رِيحٌ أشبَهُ بِالإعصارِ تُسَمَّى «الشَّمالِيَّةَ الشَّرقِيَّةَ.»

15 W hen the ship was caught, and couldn’t face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven along.

فَعَلِقَتِ السَّفِينَةُ فِي هَذا الإعصارِ. وَلَمْ تَتَمَكَّنْ مِنَ التَّقَدُّمِ باتِّجاهِ الرِّيحِ، فَاسْتَسلَمنا لَها، فَصارَتْ تَقُودُنا.

16 R unning under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.

وَبَينَما كُنّا نُبحِرُ مُحتَمِينَ بِجَزِيرَةٍ صَغِيرَةٍ اسْمُها كَلَوْدِي، تَمَكَّنّا بِصُعُوبَةٍ مِنْ تَأمِينِ قارِبِ النَّجاةِ.

17 A fter they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven along.

فَلَمّا رَفَعُوهُ، استَخدَمُوا حِبالاً لِتَثبِيتِ السَّفِينَةِ. وَلِأنَّهُمْ خافُوا أنْ يُصدَمُوا بِرِمالِ سِيترِسَ، أنزَلُوا المِرساةَ. وَتَرَكُوا السَّفِينَةَ لِلأمواجِ تَسُوقُها كَيفَما تَشاءُ.

18 A s we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.

وَلِأنَّ العاصِفَةَ كانَتْ تَضرِبُنا بِعُنفٍ شَدِيدٍ، بَدَأُوا فِي اليَومِ التّالِي بِإلقاءِ الحُمُولَةِ مِنْ عَلَى ظَهرِ السَّفِينَةِ.

19 O n the third day, they threw out the ship’s tackle with their own hands.

وَفِي اليَومِ الثّالِثِ رَمُوا عُدَّةَ السَّفِينَةِ إلَى البَحرِ بِأيدِيهِمْ.

20 W hen neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.

وَلَمْ تَظهَرِ الشَّمسُ وَلا النُّجُومُ أيّاماً كَثِيرَةً. وَكانَتِ العاصِفَةُ تُواجِهُنا بِشِدَّةٍ. وَأخِيراً فَقَدنا كُلَّ أمَلٍ بِإمكانِيَّةِ النَّجاةِ.

21 W hen they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle of them, and said, “Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss.

وَلَمْ يَكُنْ أحَدٌ قَدْ أكَلَ شَيئاً مُنذُ زَمَنٍ طَوِيلٍ. فَوَقَفَ بُولُسُ أمامَهُمْ وَقالَ: «أيُّها الرِّجالُ، كانَ عَلَيكُمْ أنْ تَأخُذُوا بِنَصِيحَتِي بِعَدَمِ الإبحارِ مِنْ كرِيتَ، فَلَو أنَّكُمْ فَعَلْتُمْ هَذا لَتَجَنَّبتُمْ هَذا الضَّرَرَ وَهَذِهِ الخَسارَةَ.

22 N ow I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

لَكِنِّي الآنَ أحُثُّكُمْ عَلَى أنْ تَتَشَجَّعُوا لِأنَّهُ ما مِنْ أحَدٍ مِنكُمْ سَيَفقِدُ حَياتَهُ، وَلَنْ نَفْقِدَ إلّا السَّفِينَةَ.

23 F or there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,

فَفِي اللَّيلَةِ الماضِيَةِ وَقَفَ إلَى جانِبِي مَلاكٌ مِنْ عِندِ اللهِ الَّذِي أنتَمِي إلَيهِ وَأخدِمُهُ،

24 s aying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’

وَقالَ لِي: ‹لا تَخَفْ يا بُولُسُ، إذْ يَنبَغِي أنْ تَقِفَ أمامَ القَيصَرِ. وَاللهُ يَعِدُكَ بِأنْ يَحفَظَ حَياةَ جَمِيعِ الَّذِينَ مَعكَ.›

25 T herefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.

فَتَشَجَّعُوا أيُّها الرِّجالُ فَلِي إيمانٌ بِاللهِ بِأنَّ الأُمُورَ سَتَحدُثُ تَماماً كَما قِيلَ لِي.

26 B ut we must run aground on a certain island.”

لَكِنْ لا بُدَّ أنْ نَرسُوَ عَلَى جَزِيرَةٍ ما.»

27 B ut when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven back and forth in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land.

وَلَمّا جاءَتِ اللَّيلَةُ الرّابِعَةَ عَشْرَةَ، كانَتِ الرِّياحُ تَدفَعُنا هُنا وَهُناكَ فِي بَحرِ أدرِيا. وَنَحْوَ مُنتَصَفِ اللَّيلِ أحَسَّ البَحّارَةُ أنَّ اليابِسَةَ كانَتْ قَرِيبَةً.

28 T hey took soundings, and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.

فَأخَذُوا قِياسَ عُمقِ الماءِ فَوَجَدُوا أنَّهُ نَحوَ عِشرِينَ قامَةً، وَبَعدَ فَترَةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ قاسُوهُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى، فَوَجَدُوهُ نَحوَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ قامَةً.

29 F earing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.

وَإذْ كانُوا يَخشَونَ أنْ نَصطَدِمَ بِساحِلٍ صَخريٍّ، ألقَوْا أربَعَ مَراسٍ مِنْ خَلفِ السَّفِينَةِ، وَصَلُّوا أنْ يَطلَعَ النَّهارُ عَلَيهِمْ.

30 A s the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,

وَحاوَلَ البَحّارَةُ أنْ يهرُبُوا مِنَ السَّفِينَةِ. فَأنزَلُوا قارِبَ النَّجاةِ إلَى البَحرِ، مُتَظاهِرِينَ بِأنَّهُمْ سَيُنزِلُونَ بَعضَ المَراسِي مِنَ الجِهَةِ الأمامِيَّةِ لِلسَّفِينَةِ.

31 P aul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these stay in the ship, you can’t be saved.”

لَكِنَّ بُولُسَ قالَ لِلضّابِطِ وَلِلجُنُودِ: «إذا لَمْ يَبقَ هَؤُلاءِ عَلَى ظَهرِ السَّفِينَةِ، فَلَنْ تَتَمَكَّنُوا أنْتُمْ مِنَ النَّجاةِ.»

32 T hen the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let it fall off.

فَقَطَعَ الجُنُودُ حِبالَ قارِبِ النَّجاةِ وَتَرَكُوهُ يَسقُطُ.

33 W hile the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.

وَقَبلَ طُلُوعِ النَّهارِ، حَثَّهُمْ بُولُسُ جَمِيعاً عَلَى أنْ يَتَناوَلُوا بَعضَ الطَّعامِ فَقالَ: «هَذا هُوَ اليَومُ الرّابِعَ عَشَرَ الَّذِي انتَظَرتُمْ فِيهِ فِي قَلَقٍ دُونَ طَعامٍ، وَلَمْ تَأكُلُوا شَيئاً.

34 T herefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads.”

أمّا الآنَ، فَإنِّي أحُثُّكُمْ عَلَى تَناوُلِ بَعضِ الطَّعامِ لِأنَّكُمْ تَحتاجُونَ إلَيهِ مِنْ أجلِ نَجاتِكُمْ. فَلَنْ تَسْقُطَ شَعرَةٌ واحِدَةٌ مِنْ رَأسِ واحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ.»

35 W hen he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it, and began to eat.

وَبَعدَ أنْ قالَ هَذا، أخَذَ بَعضَ الخُبزِ، وَشَكَرَ اللهَ أمامَهُمْ جَمِيعاً، ثُمَّ قَسَمَهُ وَبَدَأ يَأكُلُ.

36 T hen they all cheered up, and they also took food.

فَتَشَجَّعُوا كُلُّهُمْ، وَتَناوَلُوا هُمْ أنفُسُهُمْ بَعضَ الطَّعامِ.

37 I n all, we were two hundred seventy-six souls on the ship.

وَكانَ مَجمُوعُنا فِي السَّفِينَةِ مِئَتَينِ وَسِتَّةً وَسَبعِينَ شَخصاً.

38 W hen they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.

وَبَعدَ أنْ تَناوَلُوا ما يَكفِي مِنَ الطَّعامِ، خَفَّفُوا حِملَ السَّفِينَةِ بِأنْ ألقَوْا الحُبُوبَ فِي البَحرِ. تَحَطُّمُ السَّفِينَة

39 W hen it was day, they didn’t recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it.

وَلَمّا طَلَعَ النَّهارُ، لَمْ يَستَطِيعُوا أنْ يُمَيِّزُوا الأرْضَ الَّتِي اقتَرَبُوا مِنها، لَكِنَّهُمْ لاحَظُوا خَلِيجاً لَهُ شاطِئٌ، فَقَرَّرُوا أنْ يُحاوِلوا تَوجيهَ السَّفِينَةِ إليهِ.

40 C asting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.

فَحَلُّوا المَراسِيَ وَتَرَكُوها تَسقُطُ فِي البَحرِ، وَحَلُّوا الحِبالَ الَّتِي تُمسِكُ بِدَفَّتَي السَّفِينَةِ. ثُمَّ رَفَعُوا الشِّراعَ الأمامِيَّ فِي وَجهِ الرِّيحِ لِكَيْ تَدْفَعَهُمْ إلَى الشّاطِئِ.

41 B ut coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.

لَكِنَّهُم ارتَطَمُوا بِمُرتَفَعٍ رَملِيٍّ، فَغَرَزَتِ السَّفِينَةُ فِيهِ، فَعَلِقَتْ مُقَدَّمَتُها وَوَقَفَتْ دُونَ حِراكٍ. وَكانَ الجُزءُ الخَلفِيُّ مِنَ السَّفِينَةِ يَتَكَسَّرُ تَحتَ قُوَّةِ الأمواجِ.

42 T he soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.

فَخَطَّطَ الجُنُودُ لِقَتلِ السُّجَناءِ لِئَلّا يَسبَحُوا بَعِيداً وَيَهرُبُوا.

43 B ut the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;

لَكِنَّ الضّابِطَ أرادَ أنْ يُنقِذَ بُولُسَ، فَمَنَعَهُمْ مِنْ تَنفِيذِ خِطَّتِهِمْ. فَأمَرَ القادِرِينَ عَلَى السِّباحَةِ بِأنْ يَقفِزُوا مِنْ فَوقِ السَّفِينَةِ أوَّلاً وَيَتَّجِهُوا إلَى البَرِّ.

44 a nd the rest should follow, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. So they all escaped safely to the land.

أمّا البَقِيَّةُ فَكانَ عَلَيهِمْ أنْ يَصِلُوا إلَى البَرِّ عَلَى ألواحٍ خَشَبِيَّةٍ أوْ عَلَى قِطَعٍ مِنَ السَّفِينَةِ. وَهَكَذا وَصَلَ الجَمِيعُ إلَى البَرِّ سالِمِينَ.