¹ Pazwakazwi kuti tai dhikanwa kutchapa kwenda Itaria, akapereka Pauro no amweni asungwa, kumusodja waizwi Julio, mutchengeti wa mambo. ² Takapinda muzuku bhande guro rokuAdramitinio, tetchitshapira mumutcheto moAsia , pataienda, takanga tina Aristarco, mumecedonio we kuTessalonica. ³ Mangwana akhoneo, takaguma Sidom; uye Julio, wakabhata zwakanaka kuna Pauro, akatendedza kuti aende naie kuna madzishamwari ake kuti abhatwe zwakanaka. ⁴ kuzobvepo taka teredza ngo Mushipre ngokuti mhepo yaibva kwatanga tiri kwenda ⁵ tetchipinda nomu nyanza yo Cilicia no Parafina takauya Mira kuLicia, ⁶ Uye Mutchengeti wakaona bhande guru roku Alexandria raienda Italia wakaita kuti tipinde imona. ⁷ Uye teyenda tisika hambisi takapedza mazuwa majinji tetchiguma ngo zwitsinzwa mberi ko Cnido, zwanga zvisikaiti kwenderera mberi ngo ndawa ye mhepo takaenda ngomubhani mo Creta mberi kwe Samone. ⁸ Mutchetomo tisika hambi zvakanaka taka guma pambuto imweni inodhaidzwa Bons Portos, duze nomutanha we Laseia. ⁹ Uye kwaka pinda ngua yakarebha, zvisikatchaiti kuhamba zwanga zwaakutyisa ngokuti mutsanyo wanga watopera, Pauro waia bvunza, ¹⁰ Etchiti: Anarume , atitcha hambi zvakanaka, zvakutyisa nokuruzika ko zwirimozvo uye pamwepoo no ndaramo dzedhu. ¹¹ Mutchengeti waitendera kajinji ku mutungamiriri pamwepo nomuridzi wobhande kusia zvaaibvunzwa na Pauro. ¹² Uye yanga isiripi mbuto kwayo kutimhepo ipinde ariipona, ajinji akadha kubvepo kuti akwanise ku guma Fenix irimbuto ino imira mapande yoCreta, akaripinginidza ngo ndi rokatemaidhumba uye ne rokakutsi, kuti apindirepo ngua yomhepo yese. ¹³ kwetchi vuvuta no simba ku ndii rokakutsi, akaona kuti zvaaidha anga azviona; akaenda duze no mutcheto weCreta. ¹⁴ Pasikazi kupindha nguwa yakarebha pakaoneka dhutu rinodhaidzwa Euroaquilao. ¹⁵ Uye bhande raka pfupfurudzwa nayo, asikatcha kwanisi kwenda kwaibva mhepo, taka torwa nayo. ¹⁶ Uye takapinda no patsuwa, yaidhaidzua Clauda, tanga tino gwitikwiti rokuti tikwanise bhande ro pamutcheto; ¹⁷ Akayenda naro mudhenga akaita kuti ribhatsire ngarawa; uye etchithya kwenda kuno zvitiki zvo mavu akateredza osiya royenda haro. ¹⁸ Noku tambudzwa kwaanga aizwa ngodhutu mangwanafumi aka bvisa kunza ko ngarawa mitoro yanga irimoyo. ¹⁹ Muzuwa retchitatu, takabvisa kunza ngonyara zvese zvanga zvakabhata ngarawa. ²⁰ Zuwa risati rabhudha kusina nyeredzi kumazuwa majinji nokufhufhurudzwa ngo dhutu, kuzobvepo tanga tisina rukariro rokupona. ²¹ Uye no nguwa jinji pasina tchokurya, Pauro wakaita zvokuima pakati pawo wakati. Anarumemwi kudhay mandizwira kusabhudha Creta, tanga tisikadhi kubhatana no dhambudziko iri nohunyadzua. ²² Ndinoti sunungukai henyu, ngokuti apana ndaramo itcharuzika kunza kokuruza ngarawa ino. ²³ Ngokuti pano ngirosi yaMwari yakauya kwendiri, ndiriwayo yandino senzera; ²⁴ yetchiti: ''Pauro usatye, zvirinani kuti akuendese kuna Sezar; anokupasa upenyu pamwepo no ese auno tchapa nawo. ²⁵ Anarume, sunungukai ,ngokuti ndinotenda kuna Mwari zvitchaitaka se mareketerwe azvakaizwa. ²⁶ Hino zvirinani tikhandirwe hedhu pa tsuwa''. ²⁷ Uye pakazouya usiko otchigumi narongomuna, tetchi khandirwa matiwi ese enyanza ye Adriatiko, mutsangu rousiku akaona hingana aikwedhera kuno mataka. paaka khandira tchaano pima natcho mvura. paaka khandira mupimo akaona makumi mairi, paakazokhandirazve akaona gumi nezvi shanu, etchitswaka makaita zvimapuwe, nokundaro akakandirwa kunbhiri nokunbhiri kombhahari roadriatico , pakati pousiku ahambhisi ombhandhe aiona kuti aifendhera kumutanhia wakanbhanba. ²⁸ akanzokandhira tcokupima natcho, akaona mazanamairi okudzika; nokupindha tchinguwa akazokandhirazve tchokupima natcho akazoana gumi nezvichano. ²⁹ nokutia kuendha kunbhuto kunomapuwe, akaakandhira tchiro tchinoimisa mbhandhe otchindha, kuti zuwa riuye nokukasika ³⁰ Masodja omubvura aipfaga kutiza mumbhandhe, nokutchitisa tchinbhandhe mubhahari, ainda kusia tchibhati tchombhandhe, ³¹ pauro akabuia kuna mukuro omasodja nomasodja: ''Aya akabundhaa mumbhandhe, imui amutchawasununguri''. ³² Masodja akanguandha zvitunbu tcetchinbhandhe, akatchirekeredza tchakangua. ³³ nopenepo zuwa rakange rotchiuwa, pauro akurudzira kunaese, otchiti: irhai nyamasi tirikuita gumi nozvirongomuna womazuwa, murikuimirirei, musikarnhi, apana tchatakaedza. ³⁴ zvino ndhirikumubvudzai kuti irhai tchimue tchindhu, zvakanaka kuutano weyo; nokuti netsitsi dzeyo dzinongua mumusoro make. ³⁵ pakabvudza izvi, pakatora mukati, akatendha kuna mwari pabheri poesi; pakanguandha, aktangha kurha. ³⁶ Uye paese akangara akasibhisuya akbatao tchiro tchokurdhia. ³⁷ Mumbhandhe tainga tiri manzana mairi nomakumi manomwe ezvitandhatu muewa. ³⁸ Uye nonkungara akanguta nokurhia, aona akabvisa ruremo munbhandhe otchi mukandhira tirigu mubhahari. ³⁹ Uye nokuwona zuwa, airangaridzapi mutandhia; asi akaona zvainga zviri mubhahari, apo akafunga, kundhai, matora mumbhandhe. ⁴⁰ Iri nokumutsa tchinonbhata mbhandhe, akatisia totchiendha mumbhahari , nokubvisao tchino bhata mbhahari, akamutsa chigabugabu tchakakura kumbhepo, otchitora kuendha mumbhahari. ⁴¹ Akasoendha kungua kunozosangana mambhahari ; mairi nwakaimirepo , asi tchokupimisa tckaipanyika ngondha wesimbha wobhinbhinbwi. ⁴² Zano romasodja rakange rokuuraya asungwa, kuti ne umwe hake asatize nekusambirira. ⁴³ Asi mukuro omasodja, nokundakuponesa pauro, akarabhidza tchidho tchao; akatuma kuti aya anokwanisa kusambirira ngawe okutanga kudzinkhandirira munzvura kuti asambirire uye oguma kumutandha. ⁴⁴ Nokundharo amweni, nomatanbhuwa, noamuwe notchindhimbhu wombhandhe. zvenezvo zvaka itakuti, anhu aponesuwe nokunguma mumutandhia akapona.