Acts Chapter 27
So they decided to roll out to Italy, and they handed over Paul and a few other prisoners to this guy Julius, a centurion in Augustus' squad.
And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto {one} named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.
We hopped on a ship from Adramyttium, prepped to cruise along the coast of Asia; our homie Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; {one} Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
The following day we pulled into Sidon. Julius was mad chill with Paul and let him kick it with his pals for a bit.
And the next {day} we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave {him} liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.
After we took off, we sailed past Cyprus 'cause the winds were acting hella sus.
And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
Finally cruising over the Cilicia and Pamphylia sea, we checked out Myra, a city in Lycia.
And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, {a city} of Lycia.
The centurion found a ship from Alexandria that was heading to Italy, so he threw us on that one.
And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.
After sailing slow for a minute, and barely making it past Cnidus 'cause the wind was being savage, we cruised by Crete near Salmone.
And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone; {Crete: or, Candy}
Almost missing it, we docked at a place called The Fair Havens, close to the city of Lasea.
And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city {of} Lasea.
After wasting a ton of time and realizing sailing was getting risky since the fast was already done, Paul was like,
Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished {them}, {the fast: the fast was on the tenth day of the seventh month}
"Yo, I can sense this journey is gonna be rough and cause mad issues, not just for the cargo and ship but for our lives too, no cap."
And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives. {hurt: or, injury}
But the centurion was like, "Nah, I trust the captain more than Paul’s vibes."
Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.
Since the spot wasn’t lit for winter, most folks were like, "Let’s dip to Phenice, it’s a chill port in Crete."
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, {and there} to winter; {which is} an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
Then the south wind was blowing smooth, so they thought they were good and cruised close to Crete.
And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained {their} purpose, loosing {thence}, they sailed close by Crete.
But soon after, a wild storm hit, called Euroclydon, and it was sus.
But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. {arose: or, beat}
When the ship got caught in it and couldn’t handle the wind, we just let it ride.
And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let {her} drive.
While cruising under an island named Clauda, we had a lot to do to snag the lifeboat.
And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
Once they grabbed it, they got some help to secure the ship; scared of getting wrecked in the quicksand, they dropped the sails and went with the flow.
Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
We got tossed around like crazy, so the next day they started lightening the load.
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next {day} they lightened the ship;
On day three, we literally chucked out the ship’s gear with our own hands.
And the third {day} we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
And when neither sun nor stars showed up for days, and the storm was no joke, all hope for survival was gone, fr.
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on {us}, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
After a minute, Paul stepped up and said, "Y'all should've listened to me and not dipped from Crete, or we wouldn't be in this situation."
But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
But check it, I'm telling you to relax: no one’s gonna lose their life, just the ship.
And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of {any man's} life among you, but of the ship.
For real, an angel of God vibed with me last night, and I'm all in on this.
For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
The angel said, "Don’t stress, Paul; you gotta see Caesar, and God’s got your crew covered."
Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
So, fam, keep it positive: I trust God, it’s gonna go down just like He said.
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
But we gotta hit up a specific island.
Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
On the fourteenth night, while we were tossed around in Adria, the crew thought they were close to land around midnight.
But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
They checked the depth and it was twenty fathoms; after a bit, they checked again and it was fifteen fathoms.
And sounded, and found {it} twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found {it} fifteen fathoms.
They got shook thinking we might hit rocks, so they dropped four anchors and hoped for daylight.
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
As the crew was about to bail from the ship, pretending to drop anchors from the front, they let down the lifeboat into the sea.
And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
Paul told the centurion and the squad, "If y’all don’t stick with the ship, no cap, you ain’t getting saved."
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
So the soldiers went savage and cut the ropes of the boat, letting it just float away.
Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
As dawn approached, Paul was like, "Yo, fam, you gotta eat. It’s been fourteen days of just vibes and no food."
And while the day was coming on, Paul besought {them} all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
So I’m asking you to grab some food, it’s for your health, fr: not a single hair on your head is gonna fall off.
Wherefore I pray you to take {some} meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.
After saying that, he took some bread, gave thanks to God right in front of everyone, broke it, and started munching.
And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken {it}, he began to eat.
Then everyone felt good and they also grabbed some food.
Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took {some} meat.
There were 276 souls on the ship, no cap.
And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
After they ate enough, they lightened the ship by tossing the wheat into the sea, just like that.
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
When morning hit, they didn’t recognize the land, but spotted a chill creek with a shore, thinking they could slide the ship in there.
And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
Once they pulled up the anchors, they sent themselves into the sea, untied the rudder, hoisted the mainsail to catch the wind, and headed for shore.
And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed {themselves} unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore. {taken...: or, cut the anchors, they left them in the sea}
They hit a spot where two seas met, and the ship got stuck, no cap; the front was solid, but the back was totally wrecked by the waves.
And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
The soldiers were like, "We gotta take out the prisoners, or they might bounce."
And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
But the centurion was trying to save Paul, so he was like, "Nah, let the swimmers pop off first and hit the shore."
But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from {their} purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast {themselves} first {into the sea}, and get to land:
The rest of them made it work, some on boards and others on pieces of the ship. In the end, they all vibed safe to land.
And the rest, some on boards, and some on {broken pieces} of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.