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27:1 Futhi lapho kunqunywa ukuthi sihambe ngomkhumbi siye e-Italy, bona
wanikela uPawulu nezinye iziboshwa ezithile kuJuliyu, a
induna yekhulu yeqembu lika-Augustus.
27:2 Sangena emkhunjini wase-Adramitiyu, sasuka lapho, sizodlula.
ogwini lwase-Asiya; omunye u-Aristarku, umMakedoniya waseThesalonika, engu
Unathi.
27:3 Futhi ngangomuso safika eSidoni. Futhi uJulius wamncenga ngomusa
uPawuli, wamvumela ukuthi aye kubangane bakhe ukuze aqinise.
27:4 Futhi lapho sisuka lapho, sahamba ngomkhumbi ngaphansi kweKhupro, ngoba
imimoya yayiphambene.
27:5 Futhi ngemva kokuwela ulwandle lwaseKhilikhiya nasePhamfiliya, safika elwandle.
UMira, idolobha laseLycia.
27:6 Khona-ke induna yekhulu yathola lapho umkhumbi wase-Aleksandriya oya e-Italiya.
wasifaka khona.
27:7 Futhi lapho sase sihambe kancane ngomkhumbi izinsuku eziningi, futhi kwaba nzima ukuwela
ngaseKinidu, umoya ungasivumeli, sagudla ngezansi kweKrethe
ngokumelene neSalmone;
27:8 Futhi, sihamba kalukhuni, safika endaweni ethiwa Enhle
izindawo zokucasha; eduze kwalapho kwakukhona umuzi waseLaseya.
27:9 Manje lapho isikhathi esiningi sesiphelile, futhi lapho ngomkhumbi kwase kuyingozi.
ngokuba ukuzila ukudla kwase kudlulile, uPawulu wabayala.
27:10 Wathi kubo: "Madoda, ngiyabona ukuthi lolu hambo kuyoba nokulimala
kanye nomonakalo omkhulu, hhayi kuphela wezimpahla nomkhumbi, kodwa futhi nokuphila kwethu.
27:11 Nokho induna yekhulu yakholwa umninindlu nomnikazi
umkhumbi, ngaphezu kwalokho okwakhulunywa nguPawulu.
27:12 Futhi ngenxa yokuthi itheku lalingeyona into enhle ukuhlala ebusika, ingxenye enkulu
bacebisana ukuthi bamuke lapho, uba mhlawumbe bangafinyelela
eFenike, wahlala khona ebusika; eyitheku laseKrethe, eqamba amanga
ngaseningizimu-ntshonalanga nasenyakatho-ntshonalanga.
27:13 Futhi lapho umoya waseningizimu uvunguza kancane, becabanga ukuthi bathole
inhloso yabo, basuka lapho, bagudla iKrethe.
27:14 Kodwa kungakabiphi, kwavuka phezu kwalo isivunguvungu, okuthiwa
I-Euroclydon.
27:15 Futhi lapho umkhumbi wabanjwa, futhi wahluleka ukumelana nomoya, thina
amyeke ashayele.
27:16 Futhi sagijima ngaphansi kwesiqhingi esithile, okuthiwa iKlawuda, saba nokuningi
umsebenzi ozofika ngesikebhe:
27:17 Sebewuthathile, basebenzisa izinsiza, bebopha umkhumbi ngaphansi;
besaba ukuthi bangawela esihlabathini esimanzi, banqamula useyili
kanjalo baqhutshwa.
27:18 Futhi thina, njengoba sipheshulwa kakhulu yisiphepho, ngakusasa bona
walula umkhumbi;
27:19 Futhi ngosuku lwesithathu, ngezandla zethu siqu
umkhumbi.
27:20 Futhi lapho ilanga noma izinkanyezi izinsuku eziningi kwakungabonakali, futhi kungencane
isiphepho sasehlela phezu kwethu, laphela lonke ithemba lokuthi siyakusindiswa.
27:21 Kodwa ngemva kokuzila isikhathi eside, uPawulu wema phakathi kwabo, futhi
wathi: Madoda, ngabe ningilalele, anisukanga
eKrethe, futhi uthole lokhu kulimala nokulahlekelwa.
27:22 Futhi manje ngiyanikhuthaza ukuba nibe nesibindi, ngoba akukho ukulahlekelwa
ukuphila kwanoma yimuphi phakathi kwenu, ngaphandle komkhumbi.
27:23 Ngoba bekumi eduze kwami ngalobu busuku ingelosi kaNkulunkulu, engingowakhe, futhi ngubani
ngiyakhonza,
27:24 esithi: Ungesabi, Pawuli; kufanele umiswe phambi kukaKesari: futhi, bheka, uNkulunkulu
ukunikile bonke abahamba nawe ngomkhumbi.
27:25 Ngakho, Madoda, yimani isibindi, ngoba ngiyakholwa kuNkulunkulu ukuthi kuyakuba
njengoba ngitsheliwe.
27:26 Nokho kumelwe siphonswe esiqhingini esithile.
27:27 Kodwa lapho kufika ubusuku beshumi nane, njengoba sasiqhutshwa phezulu futhi phansi
U-Adria, cishe phakathi kwamabili abashayeli bemikhumbi bacabanga ukuthi basondela kwabanye
izwe;
27:28 Base bephonsa, bathola amafathome angamashumi amabili;
kuqhubeke ingcosana baphinda baphosa ukujula, bathola ukuthi amafathome alitshumi lanhlanu.
27:29 Khona-ke besaba ukuthi mhlawumbe singawela phezu kwamadwala, baphonsa ezine
amahange ngemuva kwesikebhe, futhi efisa usuku.
27:30 Futhi njengoba abaqhubi bemikhumbi sebezobaleka emkhunjini, lapho sebededele
behlisa umkhumbi olwandle, benemibala egqamile njengokungathi bebezophonsa
amahange ngaphandle kwephambili,
27:31 UPawuli wathi enduneni yekhulu nasemabuthweni: Ngaphandle kwalaba bahlali
umkhumbi, aninakusindiswa.
27:32 Khona-ke amasosha anqamula izintambo zomkhumbi, futhi wawuyeka wawa.
27:33 Kwathi sekusile, uPawuli wabancenga bonke ukuthi badle.
esithi: Lamuhla kulusuku lwetshumi lane lilindile
waqhubeka ezila, engathathi lutho.
27:34 Ngakho ngiyanincenga ukuba nidle, ngokuba lokhu kungenxa yempilo yenu
akuyikuwa nalunwele lwekhanda lomunye wenu.
27:35 Eseshilo lokho, wathatha isinkwa, futhi wabonga uNkulunkulu wangena
phambi kwabo bonke; esesihlephulile, waqala ukudla.
27:36 Khona-ke bonke babe nesibindi, futhi badla ukudla.
27:37 Futhi sonke emkhunjini sasingabantu abangamakhulu amabili namashumi ayisikhombisa nesithupha.
27:38 Futhi lapho sebesuthi, banciphisa umkhumbi, futhi baphonsa ngaphandle
ukolweni olwandle.
27:39 Kwasekusile, abalazanga ilizwe, kodwa bathola a
umfudlana othile onogu, ababeqonde kuwo, uma kungukuthi
kungenzeka, ukuphonseka emkhunjini.
27:40 Futhi lapho sebethathe amahange, bazinikela
ulwandle, wathukulula izibopho zokuqondisa, wakhuphula iseyili eyinhloko ngasemnyango
umoya, futhi waqonda ngasogwini.
NgokukaLuka 27:41 Sebewele endaweni lapho kuhlangana khona ulwandle olubili, umkhumbi waguqa;
ingaphambili lanamathela, lahlala lingenakunyakaziswa, kepha imvithi
ingxenye yaphulwa ngobudlova bamagagasi.
27:42 Futhi icebo lamasosha kwakungukubulala iziboshwa, funa ubani kuzo
kufanele abhukude aphume, abaleke.
27:43 Kodwa induna yekhulu, ithanda ukusindisa uPawuli, yabavimba enjongweni yabo;
walaya ukuthi labo abakwaziyo ukubhukuda baziphonse kuqala
elwandle, ufike emhlabathini;
27:44 Futhi abanye, abanye phezu amapulangwe, futhi ezinye izingcezwana zomkhumbi. Futhi
kwathi, babaleka bonke, bafika emhlabathini.