經文
使徒行傳二十七27-44

27到了第十四天夜間，船在亞底亞海飄來飄去。約到半夜，水手以為漸近旱地，

28就探深淺，探得有十二丈；稍往前行，又探深淺，探得有九丈。

29恐怕撞在石頭上，就從船尾拋下四個錨，盼望天亮。

30水手想要逃出船去，把小船放在海裡，假作要從船頭拋錨的樣子。

31保羅對百夫長和兵丁說：這些人若不等在船上，你們必不能得救。32於是兵丁砍斷小船的繩子，由他飄去。

33天漸亮的時候，保羅勸眾人都吃飯，說：你們懸望忍餓不吃甚麼，已經十四天了。

34所以我勸你們吃飯，這是關乎你們救命的事；因為你們各人連一根頭髮也不至於損壞。

35保羅說了這話，就拿著餅，在眾人面前祝謝了神，擘開吃。

36於是他們都放下心，也就吃了。

37我們在船上的共有二百七十六個人。

38他們吃飽了，就把船上的麥子拋在海裡，為要叫船輕一點。

39到了天亮，他們不認識那地方，但見一個海灣，有岸可登，就商議能把船攏進去不能。

40於是砍斷纜索，棄錨在海裡；同時也鬆開舵繩，拉起頭篷，順著風向岸行去。

41但遇著兩水夾流的地方，就把船擱了淺；船頭膠住不動，船尾被浪的猛力衝壞。

42兵丁的意思要把囚犯殺了，恐怕有洑水脫逃的。

43但百夫長要救保羅，不准他們任意而行，就吩咐會洑水的，跳下水去先上岸；

44其餘的人可以用板子或船上的零碎東西上岸。這樣，眾人都得了救，上了岸。

Bible reading:
Acts 27:27-44

27 On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic[a] Sea, when about midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.

28 They took soundings and found that the water was a hundred and twenty feet[b] deep. A short time later they took soundings again and found it was ninety feet[c] deep.

29 Fearing that we would be dashed against the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight.

30 In an attempt to escape from the ship, the sailors let the lifeboat down into the sea, pretending they were going to lower some anchors from the bow.

31 Then Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved."

32 So the soldiers cut the ropes that held the lifeboat and let it drift away.

33 Just before dawn Paul urged them all to eat. "For the last fourteen days," he said, "you have been in constant suspense and have gone without food—you haven't eaten anything.

34 Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head."

35 After he said this, he took some bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.

36 They were all encouraged and ate some food themselves.

37 Altogether there were 276 of us on board.

38 When they had eaten as much as they wanted, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

39 When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they saw a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

40 Cutting loose the anchors, they left them in the sea and at the same time untied the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.

41 But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was broken to pieces by the pounding of the surf.

42 The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners to prevent any of them from swimming away and escaping.

43 But the centurion wanted to spare Paul's life and kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

44 The rest were to get there on planks or on other pieces of the ship. In this way everyone reached land safely.