18. 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 Yom Shlishi, with their own hands, they threw out the tackle of the oniyah.
20. 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 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. "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 a malach Hashem stood by me during lailah hazeh, of the G-d whom I serve,
24. "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. "Therefore have lev same'ach, Anashim. For I have emunah in Hashem that it will be exactly as he has told me.
26. "But it is necessary for us to run aground on some island."
27. 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 having taken soundings, they found twenty fathoms and, having sailed a little vaiter (farther), again they took soundings, and they found fifteen fathoms.
29. 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.