Kwathi sekunqunyiwe ukuba siye e-Ithaliya ngomkhumbi, banikela uPawula nezinye iziboshwa ezithile esandleni senduna yekhulu, igama layo nguJuliyase, eyebutho likaKhesari. Sangena emkhunjini wase-Adramathiyu owawusazosuka ugudle ugu e-Asiya, u-Aristarkhu umMakhedoniya waseThesalonikha wayekanye nathi.
Ngakusasa safika echwebeni eSidoni, uJuliyase wamphatha kahle uPawula, wamvumela ukuba aye kubangani bakhe, anakekelwe kahle. Sasuka lapho, sagudla ngezansi kweKhuphro, ngokuba umoya wawuphikisana nathi. Sesidabule olwandle olungaseKhilikhiya nePhamfiliya, safika eMira laseLikhiya. Lapho-ke induna yathola umkhumbi wase-Aleksandriya oqonde e-Ithaliya, yasigibelisa kuwo. Sahamba kancane ngenxa yomoya, kwasithatha isinsuku eziningi saze safika kanzima ngaseKhinidu, kwazise umoya wawusivimbile, sagudla iKhrethe maqondana neSalimone, saligudla kunzima, saze safika endaweni ethile okuthiwa iMatheku Mahle, eduze nayo kukhona umuzi iLaseya.
Kwathi sekwedlule isikhathi eside, sekuyingozi ukuhamba ngomkhumbi, kwazise isikhathi sokuzila sase sedlule; uPawula wabeluleka, wathi kubo: “Madoda, ngiyabona ukuthi lolu hambo luzokuba nobunzima nokulahlekelwa okukhulu, hhayi impahla nje nomkhumbi kuphela, kodwa nempilo yethu.”
Induna yekhulu yethemba umshayeli womkhumbi nomniniwo kakhulu kunalokho okwakhulunywa nguPawula. Kepha itheku lakhona lalingakulungele ukuba kuhlalwe kulo ebusika, iningi labo laphakamisa ukuba kusukwe lapho, hleze kwenzeke bafike eFenikisi, itheku eKhrethe elibheke entshonalanga yaseningizimu, nasentshonalanga ngasenyakatho bahlale khona kuze kwedlule ubusika.
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