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1 And when the decision had been made that we were to go by sea to Italy, they gave Paul and certain other prisoners into the care of a captain named Julius, of the Augustan band.
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7 And when it was decided that we set sail to Italy, they were handing over both Rav Sha’ul and some other prisoners to a centurion, Julius by name, of the Imperial Cohort.
2 And we went to sea in a ship of Adramyttium which was sailing to the sea towns of Asia, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
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And having embarked in an oniyah of Adramyttium about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, we set sail, Aristarchus a Macedonian of Thessalonica being with us.
3 And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest.
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The next day, we put in at a harbor in Tzidon; and Julius treated Rav Sha’ul with kindness, permitting him to be cared for by his chaverim.
4 And sailing again from there, we went on under cover of Cyprus, because the wind was against us.
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And from there, having put out to sea, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
5 And having gone across the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia we came to Myra, in Lycia.
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Then having sailed across the open sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came down to Myra of Lycia.
6 And there the captain came across a ship of Alexandria, sailing for Italy, and put us in it.
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And there the centurion found an Alexandrian oniyah sailing to Italy and put us on board.
7 And when we had gone on slowly for a long time, and had had hard work getting across to Cnidus, for the wind was against us, we went under cover of Crete, in the direction of Salmone;
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But for many yamim we sailed slowly and with difficulty along the coast of Cnidus, and as the wind was not permitting us to go vaiter (farther), we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone.
8 And sailing down the side of it, as well as we were able, we came to a certain place named Fair Havens, near which was the town of Lasea.
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And with difficulty sailing past it, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.
9 And as a long time had gone by, and the journey was now full of danger, because it was late in the year, Paul put the position before them,
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And since considerable time had been lost and it was already unsafe for a voyage, because Yom Kippur had already come and gone; therefore, Rav Sha’ul gave them this eitza (suggestion),
10 Saying, Friends, I see that this journey will be one of great damage and loss, not only to the goods and the ship, but to ourselves.
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Saying to them, "Anashim, I see that the voyage will be hardship and much peril, not only of the cargo and the oniyah, but also of our lives."
11 But the captain gave more attention to the master and the owner of the ship than to what Paul said.
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But the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and the owner rather than by the dvarim of Rav Sha’ul.
12 And as the harbour was not a good one in which to be for the winter, the greater number of them were for going out to sea, in order, if possible, to put in for the winter at Phoenix, a harbour of Crete, looking to the north-east and south-east.
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But the port being unfavorably situated for spending the winter, the majority decided to set sail from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to spend the winter. It was a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest.
13 And when the south wind came softly, being of the opinion that their purpose might be effected, they let the ship go and went sailing down the side of Crete, very near to the land.
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And a gentle south wind began to blow, and they thought they could attain their matarah (objective), so they weighed anchor and they were sailing past Crete, close by the shore.
14 But after a little time, a very violent wind, named Euraquilo, came down from it with great force.
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After not much time a violent, typhoon force wind rushed down from Crete, the so called Euraquilo, the Northeaster.
15 And when the ship got into the grip of it, and was not able to make headway into the wind, we gave way, and went before it.
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And the oniyah, having been caught in it, and not being able to directly face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven.
16 And, sailing near the side of a small island named Cauda, we were able, though it was hard work, to make the ship's boat safe:
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By running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able only with difficulty to get the lifeboat secured.
17 And having got it up, they put cords under and round the ship; but fearing that they might be pushed on to the Syrtis, they let down the sails and so went running before the wind.
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After hoisting it up, they were using frapping cables, passing them underneath the oniyah; then, fearing lest on the shallows of Syrtis they might run aground, they lowered the sea anchor, and so they were being driven along.
18 And, still fighting the storm with all our strength, the day after they made a start at getting the goods out of the ship;
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And we were being violently tossed by the storm, so much so that the next day they were throwing the cargo overboard.
19 And on the third day, they let all the sailing apparatus go over the side.
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And on the Yom Shlishi, with their own hands, they threw out the tackle of the oniyah.
20 And as we had not seen the sun or stars for a long time, and a great storm was on us, all hope of salvation was gone.
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And neither shemesh (sun) nor kochavim appeared for many yamim and no small tempest assailed us. Lemaskana (finally) all tikvateinu for yeshu’ah was being abandoned.
21 And when they had been without food for a long time, Paul got up among them and said, Friends, it would have been better if you had given attention to me and not gone sailing out from Crete, to undergo this damage and loss.
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And after having much loss of appetite, then Rav Sha’ul stood up in the midst of them, and said, "Anashim, you should have obeyed me and not put out to sea from Crete and thereby spared yourselves this hardship and this loss.
22 But now, I say to you, be of good heart, for there will be no loss of life, but only of the ship.
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"And now I advise you to have ometz lev (courage), for there will be no loss of life among you, except the oniyah.
23 For this night there came to my side an angel of the God who is my Master and whose servant I am,
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"For a malach Hashem stood by me during lailah hazeh, of the G-d whom I serve,
24 Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.
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"Saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Sha’ul. It is necessary for you to stand before Caesar; and, hinei, Hashem has given to you all the ones sailing with you.'
25 And so, O men, be of good heart, for I have faith in God that it will be as he said to me.
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"Therefore have lev same’ach, Anashim. For I have emunah in Hashem that it will be exactly as he has told me.
26 But we will be sent on to a certain island.
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"But it is necessary for us to run aground on some island."
27 But when the fourteenth day came, while we were going here and there in the Adriatic sea, about the middle of the night the sailors had an idea that they were getting near land;
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Now when the fourteenth night had come, while we being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, toward chatzot halailah (midnight), the sailors were suspecting that we were getting close to land.
28 And they let down the lead, and saw that the sea was a hundred and twenty feet deep; and after a little time they did it again and it was ninety feet.
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And having taken soundings, they found twenty fathoms and, having sailed a little vaiter (farther), again they took soundings, and they found fifteen fathoms.
29 Then, fearing that by chance we might come on to the rocks, they let down four hooks from the back of the ship, and made prayers for the coming of day.
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And fearing lest somehow against the rough places we might run aground, they threw four anchors off the stern, and they were praying for the dawn to break.
30 Then the sailors made attempts secretly to get away from the ship, letting down a boat as if they were about to put down hooks from the front of the ship;
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Now when the sailors sought to flee from the oniyah and to let down the lifeboat into the sea on the pretext of casting out anchors,
31 But Paul said to the captain and his men, If you do not keep these men in the ship, you will not be safe.
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Rav Sha’ul said to the centurion and to the chaiyalim, "Unless these remain in the oniyah, you cannot be saved."
32 Then the armed men, cutting the cords of the boat, let her go.
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Then the chaiyalim cut away the ropes of the lifeboat, and let it fall away, setting it adrift.
33 And when dawn was near, Paul gave them all orders to take food, saying, This is the fourteenth day you have been waiting and taking no food.
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Just before boker, Rav Sha’ul was urging everyone to take okhel (food), saying, "Today is the 14th day you have been held in suspense and are continuing without eating, having taken nothing.
34 So I make request to you to take food; for this is for your salvation: not a hair from the head of any of you will come to destruction.
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"Therefore, I encourage you to take okhel, for it is for your deliverance, for none of you will lose a hair from your heads."
35 And when he had said this and had taken bread, he gave praise to God before them all, and took a meal of the broken bread.
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And having said these things, and having taken lechem, Rav Sha’ul said the HaMotzi before all, and, after the Betzi’at HaLechem, he began to eat.
36 Then they all took heart and did the same.
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And receiving ometz lev, they all took okhel.
37 And we were, in the ship, two hundred and seventy-six persons.
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Now there were in all two hundred and seventy-six nefashot in the oniyah.
38 And when they had had enough food, they made the weight of the ship less, turning the grain out into the sea.
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And having eaten enough okhel (food), they were lightening the oniyah by throwing the wheat overboard into the sea.
39 And when it was day, they had no knowledge of the land, but they saw an inlet of the sea with a floor of sand, and they had the idea of driving the ship up on to it if possible.
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And when it became day, they were not recognizing the land, but a certain bay they were noticing, having a shore onto which they were wanting, if possible, to run aground the oniyah.
40 So cutting away the hooks, and letting them go into the sea, and freeing the cords of the guiding-blades, and lifting up the sail to the wind, they went in the direction of the inlet.
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And the anchors they cast off and they left them in the sea. At the same time they loosened the ropes of the rudders and raised the sail to the wind and were steering toward the shore.
41 And coming to a point between two seas, they got the ship to land; and the front part was fixed in the sand and not able to be moved, but the back part was broken by the force of the waves.
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But having fallen into a channel, a place between two seas, they ran the oniyah aground, and, while the bow had stuck and remained immovable, the stern was being destroyed by the force of the waves.
42 Then the armed men were for putting the prisoners to death, so that no one would get away by swimming.
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Now the kesher (plan, plot) of the chaiyalim was that they should kill the prisoners, lest anyone, having swum away, should escape.
43 But the captain, desiring to keep Paul safe, kept them from their purpose, and gave orders that those who had knowledge of swimming were to go off the ship and get first to land:
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But the centurion, desiring to save Rav Sha’ul, kept them from carrying out the kesher, and he ordered the ones able to swim to throw themselves overboard first and to make for the shore.
44 And the rest, some on boards and some on things from the ship. And so it came about that they all got safe to land.
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As for the rest, some were on planks, others on pieces from the oniyah. And so everyone was brought safely onto the land.
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