经文
使徒行传二十七27-44

27到了第十四天夜间，船在亚底亚海飘来飘去。约到半夜，水手以为渐近旱地，

28就探深浅，探得有十二丈；稍往前行，又探深浅，探得有九丈。

29恐怕撞在石头上，就从船尾抛下四个锚，盼望天亮。

30水手想要逃出船去，把小船放在海里，假作要从船头抛锚的样子。

31保罗对百夫长和兵丁说：这些人若不等在船上，你们必不能得救。32于是兵丁砍断小船的绳子，由他飘去。

33天渐亮的时候，保罗劝众人都吃饭，说：你们悬望忍饿不吃甚么，已经十四天了。

34所以我劝你们吃饭，这是关乎你们救命的事；因为你们各人连一根头发也不至于损坏。

35保罗说了这话，就拿着饼，在众人面前祝谢了神，擘开吃。

36于是他们都放下心，也就吃了。

37我们在船上的共有二百七十六个人。

38他们吃饱了，就把船上的麦子抛在海里，为要叫船轻一点。

39到了天亮，他们不认识那地方，但见一个海湾，有岸可登，就商议能把船拢进去不能。

40于是砍断缆索，弃锚在海里；同时也松开舵绳，拉起头篷，顺着风向岸行去。

41但遇着两水夹流的地方，就把船搁了浅；船头胶住不动，船尾被浪的猛力冲坏。

42兵丁的意思要把囚犯杀了，恐怕有洑水脱逃的。

43但百夫长要救保罗，不准他们任意而行，就吩咐会洑水的，跳下水去先上岸；

44其余的人可以用板子或船上的零碎东西上岸。这样，众人都得了救，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.