17. abathe bakuwufunqula, basebenza ngezinto zokunceda, bewubhinqisa umkhombe; kananjalo bathi, besoyika ukuba bangeyela esihlabeni, bazifinyeza iiseyile, baqhutywa benjalo.
18. Sithe ke, sakubon' ukuba ke sibandezelwe kakubi liliqhwa, ngomhla olandelayo bawuphungula umthwalo;
19. nangowesithathu sayilahla ngezandla zethu impahla yomkhombe.
20. Kuthe ke, kwakubon' ukuba akubonakali langa nankwenkwezi iintsuku ezininzi, kucinezele neliqhwa elingelincinane, laphela kwathi tu lonke ithemba lokuba singásindiswa.
21. Emva kokuzila ukudla ixesha elide, wesuka wema uPawulos phakathi kwabo, wathi, Hina madoda, ninge naniphulaphule kum, ananduluka eKrete, nizuzane nale nkxwaleko noku konakala.
22. Nangoku ndiyaniluleka ukuba nibe nomxhelo owonwabileyo; kuba kuni aba, akukho uya kulahlekelwa bubomi bakhe, yoba ngumkhombe wodwa.
23. Kuba ngobu busuku bekumi ngakum isithunywa sikaThixo, endingowakhe, endimkhonzayo, sisithi,
24. Musa ukoyika, Pawulos, umelwe kukuma phambi koKesare;* uyabona, uThixo ukubabale ngabo bonke abasemkhombeni nawe.
25. Kungoko ndithi, Yibani nomxhelo owonwabileyo, madoda; kuba ndiyakholwa nguThixo, ukuba kuya kuba njalo ngolo hlobo athethe ngalo kum.
26. Kodwa simelwe kukuphoseka siqithini sithile.
27. Ke kaloku, kwakufika ubusuku beshumi elinesiné, sakubon' ukuba siqhutywaqhutywa ngumoya eAdriya, mayela phakathi kobusuku, oomatrose bazindla ukuba kukho mhlaba uthile basondelayo kuwo.
28. Baza bakuba beyiphosile ilothe,* bafumana ukuba ziifatom* ezimashumi mabini; bethe tyi ke kancinane, baphinda bayiphosa ilothe, bafumana ukuba ziifatom ezilishumi elinantlanu.
29. Baza, besoyika ukuthi bangaphoseka ezindaweni ezibungqagala, baphosa iiankile* zané esinqeni somkhombe, banga kungasa.
30. Ke kaloku, bakubon' ukuba oomatrose bangxamele ukubaleka baphume emkhombeni, bewuhlisele elwandle umkhonjana, bengáthi baza kuyekelela iankile ngaphambili,
31. wathi uPawulos kumthetheli-khulu nakumasoldati, Ukuba aba abathanga bahlale emkhombeni, aninakusindiswa nina.
32. Andula amasoldati azinqamla iintsontelo zomkhonjana, awuyeka wawa, wemka.
33. Ke kaloku kwada kwaza kusa, uPawulos ebabongoza bonke ukuba badle ukudla, esithi, Namhla ngumhla weshumi elinesiné nilinda, nimana nizila ukudla, ningafaki nto emlonyeni;
34. ke ngoko ndiyanibongoza ukuba nidle ukudla; kuba oko kuyelelene nokusindiswa kwenu; kuba akuyi kuwa nalunwele lwentloko kabani kuni.