¹Ut autem judicatum est navigare eum in Italiam,Then it was decided to send him by ship to Italy, and that Paul,et tradi Paulum cum reliquis custodiis centurioni nomine Julio cohortis Augustæ,with the others in custody, should be delivered to a centurion named Julius, of the cohort of Augusta.

¹Ut autem judicatum est navigare eum in Italiam,Then it was decided to send him by ship to Italy, and that Paul,et tradi Paulum cum reliquis custodiis centurioni nomine Julio cohortis Augustæ,with the others in custody, should be delivered to a centurion named Julius, of the cohort of Augusta.

²ascendentes navem Adrumetinam,After climbing aboard a ship from Adramyttium,incipientes navigare circa Asiæ loca, sustulimus,we set sail and began to navigate along the ports of Asia,perseverante nobiscum Aristarcho Macedone Thessalonicensi.with Aristarchus, the Macedonian from Thessalonica, joining us.

²ascendentes navem Adrumetinam,After climbing aboard a ship from Adramyttium,incipientes navigare circa Asiæ loca, sustulimus,we set sail and began to navigate along the ports of Asia,perseverante nobiscum Aristarcho Macedone Thessalonicensi.with Aristarchus, the Macedonian from Thessalonica, joining us.

³Sequenti autem die devenimus Sidonem.And on the following day, we arrived at Sidon.Humane autem tractans Julius Paulum,And Julius, treating Paul humanely,permisit ad amicos ire, et curam sui agere.permitted him to go to his friends and to look after himself.

³Sequenti autem die devenimus Sidonem.And on the following day, we arrived at Sidon.Humane autem tractans Julius Paulum,And Julius, treating Paul humanely,permisit ad amicos ire, et curam sui agere.permitted him to go to his friends and to look after himself.

⁴Et inde cum sustulissemus,And when we had set sail from there,subnavigavimus Cyprum,we navigated below Cyprus,propterea quod essent venti contrarii.because the winds were contrary.

⁴Et inde cum sustulissemus,And when we had set sail from there,subnavigavimus Cyprum,we navigated below Cyprus,propterea quod essent venti contrarii.because the winds were contrary.

⁵Et pelagus Ciliciæ et Pamphyliæ navigantes,And navigating though the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia,venimus Lystram,we arrived at Lystra,quæ est Lyciæ:which is in Lycia.

⁵Et pelagus Ciliciæ et Pamphyliæ navigantes,And navigating though the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia,venimus Lystram,we arrived at Lystra,quæ est Lyciæ:which is in Lycia.

⁶et ibi inveniens centurio navem Alexandrinam navigantem in Italiam,And there the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing to Italy,transposuit nos in eam.and he transferred us to it.

⁶et ibi inveniens centurio navem Alexandrinam navigantem in Italiam,And there the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing to Italy,transposuit nos in eam.and he transferred us to it.

⁷Et cum multis diebus tarde navigaremus,And when we had sailed slowly for many days and had barely arrived opposite Cnidus,et vix devenissemus contra Gnidum,for the wind was hindering us,prohibente nos vento,we sailed to Crete,adnavigavimus Cretæ juxta Salmonem:near Salmone.

⁷Et cum multis diebus tarde navigaremus,And when we had sailed slowly for many days and had barely arrived opposite Cnidus,et vix devenissemus contra Gnidum,for the wind was hindering us,prohibente nos vento,we sailed to Crete,adnavigavimus Cretæ juxta Salmonem:near Salmone.

⁸et vix juxta navigantes,And barely being able to sail past it,venimus in locum quemdam qui vocatur Boniportus,we arrived at a certain place, which is called Good Shelter,cui juxta erat civitas Thalassa.next to which was the city of Lasea.

⁸et vix juxta navigantes,And barely being able to sail past it,venimus in locum quemdam qui vocatur Boniportus,we arrived at a certain place, which is called Good Shelter,cui juxta erat civitas Thalassa.next to which was the city of Lasea.

⁹Multo autem tempore peracto,Then,et cum jam non esset tuta navigatio eo quodafter much time had passed,et jejunium jam præteriisset,and since sailing would no longer be prudent because the Fast Day had now passed,consolabatur eos Paulus,Paul consoled them,

⁹Multo autem tempore peracto,Then,et cum jam non esset tuta navigatio eo quodafter much time had passed,et jejunium jam præteriisset,and since sailing would no longer be prudent because the Fast Day had now passed,consolabatur eos Paulus,Paul consoled them,

¹⁰dicens eis:and he said to them:Viri,“Men,video quoniam cum injuria et multo damno non solum oneris,I perceive that the voyage is now in danger of injury and much damage,et navis,not only to the cargo and the ship,sed etiam animarum nostrarum incipit esse navigatio.but also to our own lives.”

¹⁰dicens eis:and he said to them:Viri,“Men,video quoniam cum injuria et multo damno non solum oneris,I perceive that the voyage is now in danger of injury and much damage,et navis,not only to the cargo and the ship,sed etiam animarum nostrarum incipit esse navigatio.but also to our own lives.”

¹¹Centurio autem gubernatori et nauclero magis credebat,But the centurion put more trust in the captain and the navigator of the ship,quam his quæ a Paulo dicebantur.than in the things being said by Paul.

¹¹Centurio autem gubernatori et nauclero magis credebat,But the centurion put more trust in the captain and the navigator of the ship,quam his quæ a Paulo dicebantur.than in the things being said by Paul.

¹²Et cum aptus portus non esset ad hiemandum,And since it was not a fitting port in which to winter,plurimi statuerunt consilium navigare inde,the majority opinion was to sail from there,si quomodo possent,so that somehow they might be able to arrive at Phoenicia,devenientes Phœnicen hiemare,in order to winter there,portum Cretæ respicientem ad Africumat a port of Crete,et ad Corum.which looks out toward the southwest and northwest.

¹²Et cum aptus portus non esset ad hiemandum,And since it was not a fitting port in which to winter,plurimi statuerunt consilium navigare inde,the majority opinion was to sail from there,si quomodo possent,so that somehow they might be able to arrive at Phoenicia,devenientes Phœnicen hiemare,in order to winter there,portum Cretæ respicientem ad Africumat a port of Crete,et ad Corum.which looks out toward the southwest and northwest.

¹³Aspirante autem austro,And since the south wind was blowing gently,æstimantes propositum se tenere,they thought that they might reach their goal.cum sustulissent de Asson,And after they had set out from Asson,legebant Cretam.they weighed anchor at Crete.

¹³Aspirante autem austro,And since the south wind was blowing gently,æstimantes propositum se tenere,they thought that they might reach their goal.cum sustulissent de Asson,And after they had set out from Asson,legebant Cretam.they weighed anchor at Crete.

¹⁴Non post multum autem misit se contra ipsam ventus typhonicus,But not long afterward, a violent wind came against them,qui vocatur Euroaquilo.which is called the Northeast Wind.

¹⁴Non post multum autem misit se contra ipsam ventus typhonicus,But not long afterward, a violent wind came against them,qui vocatur Euroaquilo.which is called the Northeast Wind.

¹⁵Cumque arrepta esset navis,And once the ship had been caught in itet non posset conari in ventum,and was not able to strive against the wind,data nave flatibus,giving over the ship to the winds,ferebamur.we were driven along.

¹⁵Cumque arrepta esset navis,And once the ship had been caught in itet non posset conari in ventum,and was not able to strive against the wind,data nave flatibus,giving over the ship to the winds,ferebamur.we were driven along.

¹⁶In insulam autem quamdam decurrentes,Then, being forced along a certain island,quæ vocatur Cauda,which is called the Tail,potuimus vix obtinere scapham.we were barely able to hold on to the ship’s lifeboat.

¹⁶In insulam autem quamdam decurrentes,Then, being forced along a certain island,quæ vocatur Cauda,which is called the Tail,potuimus vix obtinere scapham.we were barely able to hold on to the ship’s lifeboat.

¹⁷Qua sublata,When this was taken up,adjutoriis utebantur,they used it to assist in securing the ship.accingentes navem,For they were afraid that they might run aground.timentes ne in Syrtim inciderent,And having lowered the sails,summisso vase sic ferebantur.they were being driven along in this way.

¹⁷Qua sublata,When this was taken up,adjutoriis utebantur,they used it to assist in securing the ship.accingentes navem,For they were afraid that they might run aground.timentes ne in Syrtim inciderent,And having lowered the sails,summisso vase sic ferebantur.they were being driven along in this way.

¹⁸Valida autem nobis tempestate jactatis,Then, since we were being tossed about strongly by the tempest,sequenti die jactum fecerunt:on the following day, they threw the heavy items overboard.

¹⁸Valida autem nobis tempestate jactatis,Then, since we were being tossed about strongly by the tempest,sequenti die jactum fecerunt:on the following day, they threw the heavy items overboard.

¹⁹et tertia die suis manibus armamenta navis projecerunt.And on the third day, with their own hands, they threw the equipment of the ship overboard.

¹⁹et tertia die suis manibus armamenta navis projecerunt.And on the third day, with their own hands, they threw the equipment of the ship overboard.

²⁰Neque autem sole,Then,neque sideribus apparentibus per plures dies,when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days,et tempestate non exigua imminente,and no end to the storm was imminent,jam ablata erat spes omnis salutis nostræ.all hope for our safety was now taken away.

²⁰Neque autem sole,Then,neque sideribus apparentibus per plures dies,when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days,et tempestate non exigua imminente,and no end to the storm was imminent,jam ablata erat spes omnis salutis nostræ.all hope for our safety was now taken away.

²¹Et cum multa jejunatio fuisset,And after they had fasted for a long time,tunc stans Paulus in medio eorum,Paul,dixit:standing in their midst,Oportebat quidem,said:o viri,“Certainly,audito me,men,non tollere a Creta,you should have listened to me and not set out from Crete,lucrique facere injuriam hanc et jacturam.so as to cause this injury and loss.

²¹Et cum multa jejunatio fuisset,And after they had fasted for a long time,tunc stans Paulus in medio eorum,Paul,dixit:standing in their midst,Oportebat quidem,said:o viri,“Certainly,audito me,men,non tollere a Creta,you should have listened to me and not set out from Crete,lucrique facere injuriam hanc et jacturam.so as to cause this injury and loss.

²²Et nunc suadeo vobis bono animo esse:And now, let me persuade you to be courageous in soul.amissio enim nullius animæ erit ex vobis,For there shall be no loss of life among you,præterquam navis.but only of the ship.

²²Et nunc suadeo vobis bono animo esse:And now, let me persuade you to be courageous in soul.amissio enim nullius animæ erit ex vobis,For there shall be no loss of life among you,præterquam navis.but only of the ship.

²³Astitit enim mihi hac nocte angelus Dei,For an Angel of God,cujus sum ego,who is assigned to me and whom I serve,et cui deservio,stood beside me this night,

²³Astitit enim mihi hac nocte angelus Dei,For an Angel of God,cujus sum ego,who is assigned to me and whom I serve,et cui deservio,stood beside me this night,

²⁴dicens: Ne timeas,saying: ‘Do not be afraid,Paule: Cæsari te oportet assistere:Paul! It is necessary for you to stand before Caesar.et ecce donavit tibi Deus omnes qui navigant tecum.And behold, God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.’

²⁴dicens: Ne timeas,saying: ‘Do not be afraid,Paule: Cæsari te oportet assistere:Paul! It is necessary for you to stand before Caesar.et ecce donavit tibi Deus omnes qui navigant tecum.And behold, God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.’

²⁵Propter quod bono animo estote,Because of this,viri:men,credo enim Deo quia sic erit,be courageous in soul.quemadmodum dictum est mihi.For I trust God that this will happen in the same way that it has been told to me.

²⁵Propter quod bono animo estote,Because of this,viri:men,credo enim Deo quia sic erit,be courageous in soul.quemadmodum dictum est mihi.For I trust God that this will happen in the same way that it has been told to me.

²⁶In insulam autem quamdam oportet nos devenire.But it is necessary for us to arrive at a certain island.”

²⁶In insulam autem quamdam oportet nos devenire.But it is necessary for us to arrive at a certain island.”

²⁷Sed posteaquam quartadecima nox supervenit,Then, after the fourteenth night arrived,navigantibus nobis in Adria circa mediam noctem,as we were navigating in the sea of Adria, about the middle of the night,suspicabantur nautæ apparere sibi aliquam regionem.the sailors believed that they saw some portion of the land.

²⁷Sed posteaquam quartadecima nox supervenit,Then, after the fourteenth night arrived,navigantibus nobis in Adria circa mediam noctem,as we were navigating in the sea of Adria, about the middle of the night,suspicabantur nautæ apparere sibi aliquam regionem.the sailors believed that they saw some portion of the land.

²⁸Qui et summittentes bolidem,And upon dropping a weight,invenerunt passus viginti:they found a depth of twenty paces.et pusillum inde separati,And some distance from there,invenerunt passus quindecim.they found a depth of fifteen paces.

²⁸Qui et summittentes bolidem,And upon dropping a weight,invenerunt passus viginti:they found a depth of twenty paces.et pusillum inde separati,And some distance from there,invenerunt passus quindecim.they found a depth of fifteen paces.

²⁹Timentes autem ne in aspera loca incideremus,Then, fearing that we might happen upon rough places,de puppi mittentes anchoras quatuor, optabant diem fieri.they cast four anchors out of the stern, and they were hoping for daylight to arrive soon.

²⁹Timentes autem ne in aspera loca incideremus,Then, fearing that we might happen upon rough places,de puppi mittentes anchoras quatuor, optabant diem fieri.they cast four anchors out of the stern, and they were hoping for daylight to arrive soon.

³⁰Nautis vero quærentibus fugere de navi,Yet truly, the sailors were seeking a way to flee from the ship,cum misissent scapham in mare,for they had lowered a lifeboat into the sea,sub obtentu quasi inciperent a prora anchoras extendere,on the pretext that they were attempting to cast anchors from the bow of the ship.

³⁰Nautis vero quærentibus fugere de navi,Yet truly, the sailors were seeking a way to flee from the ship,cum misissent scapham in mare,for they had lowered a lifeboat into the sea,sub obtentu quasi inciperent a prora anchoras extendere,on the pretext that they were attempting to cast anchors from the bow of the ship.

³¹dixit Paulus centurioni et militibus:So Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers,Nisi hi in navi manserint,“Unless these men remain in the ship,vos salvi fieri non potestis.you will not be able to be saved.”

³¹dixit Paulus centurioni et militibus:So Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers,Nisi hi in navi manserint,“Unless these men remain in the ship,vos salvi fieri non potestis.you will not be able to be saved.”

³²Tunc absciderunt milites funes scaphæ,Then the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat,et passi sunt eam excidere.and they allowed it to fall.

³²Tunc absciderunt milites funes scaphæ,Then the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat,et passi sunt eam excidere.and they allowed it to fall.

³³Et cum lux inciperet fieri,And when it began to be light,rogabat Paulus omnes sumere cibum,Paul requested that they all take food,dicens:saying:Quartadecima die hodie exspectantes jejuni permanetis,“This is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and continuing to fast,nihil accipientes.taking nothing.

³³Et cum lux inciperet fieri,And when it began to be light,rogabat Paulus omnes sumere cibum,Paul requested that they all take food,dicens:saying:Quartadecima die hodie exspectantes jejuni permanetis,“This is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and continuing to fast,nihil accipientes.taking nothing.

³⁴Propter quod rogo vos accipere cibum pro salute vestra:For this reason, I beg you to accept food for the sake of your health.quia nullius vestrum capillus de capite peribit.For not a hair from the head of any of you shall perish.”

³⁴Propter quod rogo vos accipere cibum pro salute vestra:For this reason, I beg you to accept food for the sake of your health.quia nullius vestrum capillus de capite peribit.For not a hair from the head of any of you shall perish.”

³⁵Et cum hæc dixisset,And when he had said these things,sumens panem,taking bread,gratias egit Deo in conspectu omnium:he gave thanks to God in the sight of them all.et cum fregisset,And when he had broken it,cœpit manducare.he began to eat.

³⁵Et cum hæc dixisset,And when he had said these things,sumens panem,taking bread,gratias egit Deo in conspectu omnium:he gave thanks to God in the sight of them all.et cum fregisset,And when he had broken it,cœpit manducare.he began to eat.

³⁶Animæquiores autem facti omnes,Then they all became more peaceful in soul.et ipsi sumpserunt cibum.And they also took food.

³⁶Animæquiores autem facti omnes,Then they all became more peaceful in soul.et ipsi sumpserunt cibum.And they also took food.

³⁷Eramus vero universæ animæ in navi ducentæ septuaginta sex.Truly, we were two hundred and seventy-six souls on the ship.

³⁷Eramus vero universæ animæ in navi ducentæ septuaginta sex.Truly, we were two hundred and seventy-six souls on the ship.

³⁸Et satiati cibo alleviabant navem,And having been nourished with food, they lightened the ship,jactantes triticum in mare.casting the wheat into the sea.

³⁸Et satiati cibo alleviabant navem,And having been nourished with food, they lightened the ship,jactantes triticum in mare.casting the wheat into the sea.

³⁹Cum autem dies factus esset, terram non agnoscebant:And when day had arrived, they did not recognize the landscape.sinum vero quemdam considerabant habentem littus,Yet truly, they caught sight of a certain narrow inlet having a shore,in quem cogitabant si possent ejicere navem.into which they thought it might be possible to force the ship.

³⁹Cum autem dies factus esset, terram non agnoscebant:And when day had arrived, they did not recognize the landscape.sinum vero quemdam considerabant habentem littus,Yet truly, they caught sight of a certain narrow inlet having a shore,in quem cogitabant si possent ejicere navem.into which they thought it might be possible to force the ship.

⁴⁰Et cum anchoras sustulissent,And when they had taken up the anchors,committebant se mari,they committed themselves to the sea,simul laxantes juncturas gubernaculorum:at the same time loosing the restraints of the rudders.et levato artemone secundum auræ flatum,And so, raising the mainsail to the gusting wind,tendebant ad littus.they pressed on toward the shore.

⁴⁰Et cum anchoras sustulissent,And when they had taken up the anchors,committebant se mari,they committed themselves to the sea,simul laxantes juncturas gubernaculorum:at the same time loosing the restraints of the rudders.et levato artemone secundum auræ flatum,And so, raising the mainsail to the gusting wind,tendebant ad littus.they pressed on toward the shore.

⁴¹Et cum incidissemus in locum dithalassum,And when we happened upon a place open to two seas,impegerunt navem:they ran the ship aground.et prora quidem fixa manebat immobilis,And indeed, the bow, being immobilized,puppis vero solvebatur a vi maris.remained fixed, but truly the stern was broken by the violence of the sea.

⁴¹Et cum incidissemus in locum dithalassum,And when we happened upon a place open to two seas,impegerunt navem:they ran the ship aground.et prora quidem fixa manebat immobilis,And indeed, the bow, being immobilized,puppis vero solvebatur a vi maris.remained fixed, but truly the stern was broken by the violence of the sea.

⁴²Militum autem consilium fuit ut custodias occiderent,Then the soldiers were in agreement that they should kill the prisoners, lest anyone,ne quis cum enatasset,after escaping by swimming,effugeret.might flee.

⁴²Militum autem consilium fuit ut custodias occiderent,Then the soldiers were in agreement that they should kill the prisoners, lest anyone,ne quis cum enatasset,after escaping by swimming,effugeret.might flee.

⁴³Centurio autem volens servare Paulum,But the centurion,prohibuit fieri:wanting to save Paul,jussitque eos qui possent natare,prohibited it from being done.emittere se primos,And he ordered those who were able to swim to jump in first,et evadere,and to escape,et ad terram exire:and to get to the land.

⁴³Centurio autem volens servare Paulum,But the centurion,prohibuit fieri:wanting to save Paul,jussitque eos qui possent natare,prohibited it from being done.emittere se primos,And he ordered those who were able to swim to jump in first,et evadere,and to escape,et ad terram exire:and to get to the land.

⁴⁴et ceteros, alios in tabulis ferebant,And as for the others, some they carried on boards,quosdam super ea quæ de navi erant.and others on those things that belonged to the ship.Et sic factum est, ut omnes animæ evaderent ad terram.And so it happened that every soul escaped to the land.

⁴⁴et ceteros, alios in tabulis ferebant,And as for the others, some they carried on boards,quosdam super ea quæ de navi erant.and others on those things that belonged to the ship.Et sic factum est, ut omnes animæ evaderent ad terram.And so it happened that every soul escaped to the land.