IZenzo
27:1 Ke kaloku, kwakugqitywa kwelokuba sisuke ngomkhombe siye kwelaseItali, bona
wamnikela uPawulos kwanabanye ababanjwa abathile kuYuliyo, ogama linguYuliyo
umthetheli-khulu webutho lika-Agasto.
27:2 Sangena emkhombeni waseAdramitiyo, sanduluka, siza kudlula.
kumanxweme aseAsiya; enye inguAristarko, umMakedoni waseTesalonika, eyiye
unathi.
27:3 Sathi ngengomso saya kufika eTsidon; Waza uYuliyo wamphatha ngobubele
UPawulos, wamvumela ukuba aye ezihlotyeni zakhe, ongiwe.
27:4 Sanduluka apho, sahamba ngomkhombe, sabetha ezantsi kweSipro, ngenxa yokuba
imimoya yayivela ngaphambili.
27:5 Ke kaloku, sakuba sicanda kulwandle lwaseKiliki nasePamfili, safika elwandle.
UMira, isixeko saseLikiya.
27:6 Apho ke umthetheli-khulu wafumana umkhombe wakwa-Alesandire, usiya kwelaseItali.
wasibeka khona.
27:7 Ke kaloku iintsuku zanela sihamba kancinane, kwaba ngenkankulu ukuwela
Uthe wakuba umoya ungasivumeli ukuba sisondele eKinido, sabetha ezantsi kweKrete
ngokuchasene neSalmone;
27:8 Sathi sihamba ngenkankulu, safika ndaweni kuthiwa yiNdawo;
iindawo zokuhlala; kufuphi nawo umzi waseLaseya.
27:9 Ke kaloku, kwakubon' ukuba kudlule ixesha elide, nakubon' ukuba kuseyingozi ukuhamba ngomkhombe.
Ke kaloku, ekuzileni ukudla kwakusele kudlule, wabayala uPawulos.
27:10 Wathi kubo, Madoda, ndiyabona ukuba olu hambo luza kuba nentlungu
kunye nomonakalo omkhulu, kungekuphela nje wempahla kunye nenqanawa, kodwa nobomi bethu.
27:11 Kodwa umthetheli-khulu wakholwa kumphathi wendlu, nomninindlu
umkhombe, ngaphezu kwezo zithethwa nguPawulos.
27:12 Ke kaloku, ekubeni ichweba belingenakulungele ukuba kudluliswe busika kulo, zaba ninzi ngakumbi
bacetyiswa ukuba kundulukwe nakhona, ukuba mhlawumbi bangaba nako ukufikelela
eFenike, ndahlala khona ubusika; elichweba laseKrete, lixoka
ngasemzantsi-ntshona nakumntla-ntshona.
27:13 Kuthe ke, wakubetha impepho umoya wasezantsi, beba bazuzile;
bendulukile apho, badlula ngomkhombe kufuphi neKrete.
27:14 Kuthe kungekabi kudala, kwavuka umoya ovuthuzayo, obizwa ngokuba
I-Euroclidon.
27:15 Kuthe ke, kwakubon' ukuba uthiwe hlasi umkhombe, awaba nako ukumelana nomoya, sathi thina
makaqhube.
27:16 Kwaye sibaleka ngaphantsi kwesiqithana esithile, ekuthiwa yiKlawuda, kwaye siye saba nento eninzi
umsebenzi oza kufika ngephenyane:
27:17 abathe bakuwufunqula, basebenza ngezinto zokunceda, bewubhinqisa umkhombe;
kananjalo bathi, besoyika ukuba bangeyela entlabathini, bazifinyeze iiseyile, bazifinyeze
zaqhutywa ke.
27:18 Kwaye thina, savuthuza ngokuncamisileyo ngamandla, ngengomso bona
yakhaphukhaphu inqanawa;
27:19 Sathi ngomhla wesithathu, sayilahla ngezandla zethu iingubo zeNkosi
inqanawa.
27:20 Kuthe ke, kwakungabonakali langa nankwenkwezi iintsuku ezininzi, nokungencinane
kwangena umoya phezu kwethu, laphela kwathi tu lonke ithemba lokuba singasindiswa.
27:21 Ke kaloku, emva kokuzila ixesha elide, uPawulos wema phakathi kwabo
wathi, Madoda, ninge naniphulaphule kum, ananduluka
eKrete, kwaye uzuze lo monakalo kunye nelahleko.
27:22 Ndiyaniluleka ngoku ukuba nibe nomxhelo owonwabileyo; kuba akuyi kulahleka
ubomi bukabani phakathi kwenu, boba bobomkhombe wodwa.
27:23 Kuba ngobu busuku bekumi ngakum isithunywa sikaThixo, endingowakhe, endingowakhe
ndiyakhonza,
27:24 sisithi, Musa ukoyika, Pawulos; umelwe kukuma phambi koKesare;
Ukubanika bonke abasemkhombeni nawe.
27:25 Kungoko ndithi, Yibani nomxhelo owonwabileyo, madoda; kuba ndiyakholwa nguThixo, ukuba kuya kuba njalo
njengoko ndaxelelwayo.
27:26 Kodwa simelwe kukuphoswa siqithini sithile.
27:27 Ke kaloku kwakufika ubusuku beshumi elinesine, sakubon' ukuba siqhutywaqhutywa ngumoya
UAdria, malunga ezinzulwini zobusuku oomatiloshe bacinga ukuba basondele kwabanye
ilizwe;
27:28 Baza bakuba beyiphosile ilothe, bafumana ukuba ziifatom ezimashumi mabini;
16 R babuya baphosa ilothe, bafumana ukuba ziifatom ezilishumi elinantlanu.
27:29 ngokoyikela ukuba hleze siwele ematyeni, baphosa ezine
iiankile ngasemva enqanaweni, ndanqwenela imini leyo.
27:30 Ke kaloku, bakubon' ukuba bayasaba oomanqanawa, banduluka
ezantsi isikhitshane ukuya elwandle, phantsi kombala ngokungathi babeza kuphosa
iiankile ngaphandle kwe-foreship,
27:31 Wathi ke uPawulos kumthetheli-khulu nakumasoldati, Aba abathanga bahlale phakathi
inqanawa, aninako ukusindiswa.
27:32 Andula amasoldati azinqamla iintsontelo zomkhonjana, awuyeka wawa, wemka.
27:33 Ke kaloku, kwakuba sekusile, uPawulos wababongoza bonke ukuba batye;
besithi, Namhlanje ngumhla weshumi elinesine nilindile
wazila ukudla, engathabathanga nto.
27:34 ke ngoko ndiyanibongoza ukuba nidle ukudla; kuba oko kungenxa yempilo yenu;
akusayi kuwa nonwele lwentloko kabani kuni.
27:35 Akuba etshilo, wathabatha isonka, wabulela kuThixo phakathi
phambi kwabo bonke; waqhekeza, waqala wadla.
27:36 Bonke ke baba nomxhelo owonwabileyo, bathabatha ukudla nabo.
27:37 Kwaye thina sonke emkhombeni sasiyimiphefumlo engamakhulu amabini anamashumi asixhenxe anesithandathu.
27:38 Bathe ke bakuhlutha, bawenza khaphukhaphu umkhombe, bawuphosa ngaphandle
ingqolowa elwandle.
27:39 Kwakusa ke, abawazanga loo mhlaba;
ichweba elithile elinonxweme, ababezimisele ukuya kulo
kunokwenzeka, ukutyhala inqanawa.
27:40 Baza, bezinqumla zonke iiankile, bazinikela kubo
ulwandle, wazikhulula izibophelelo zokujika, wayinyusa iseyile ephambili, ukuba ibheke ngaselwandle
umoya, wenzelwa ngaselunxwemeni.
27:41 Bakuba ke begaxeleke endaweni enolwandle ngeenxa zombini, wangqubeka khona umkhombe;
umphambili wayo wanamathela, wahlala ayishukumi, yaba ngumva
enye inxalenye yaphulwa ngogonyamelo lwamaza.
27:42 Ke kaloku icebo lamasoldati laliye libabulale ababanjwa, kungabikho namnye kubo
adade, abaleke.
27:43 Kodwa umthetheli-khulu, enga angamsindisa uPawulos, wawalela kwicebo lawo;
Wathi ke abo banako ukudada mabaziphose kuqala
elwandle, ufikelele emhlabeni;
27:44 bathi abaseleyo, inxenye ikhwele eziplangeni, inxenye iphezu kwamaqhekeza omkhombe. Kwaye
Kwathi ke, bonke basinda emhlabeni bekhuselekile.