Sebephunyukile, bazi ukuthi isiqhingi sithiwa iMelitha.
Amaqaba asenzela umusa omkhulu, ngokuba aphemba umlilo, asamukela sonke ngenxa yemvula eyayisina nangenxa yamakhaza.
UPawuli etheza inyanda lezinkuni, walibeka emlilweni, kwaphuma inyoka ngenxa yokushisa, yanamathela esandleni sakhe.
Abezizwe sebebona isilo esinesihlungu silenga esandleni sakhe, bakhuluma bodwa, bathi: “Ngokuqinisekile lo muntu ungumbulali, okuthi noma esindile olwandle ukuphindisela akuvumi ukuba aphile.
Wasihluthunela isilo emlilweni, akezwa lutho.
Kodwa babelindele ukuthi uzavuvuka kumbe awe phansi masinyane afe.
Kulezo zindawo kwakukhona amasimu endoda enkulu yesiqhingi, ogama layo linguPhubhiliyu; owasamukela, wasamukela kahle izinsuku ezintathu.
Kwasekusithi uyise kaPhubhiliyu wayelele ebanjwe ngumkhuhlane lomkhuhlane wegazi, uPawuli wangena kuye, wakhuleka, wabeka izandla phezu kwakhe, wamsilisa.
Kwathi lokho sekwenzekile, beza nabanye abasesiqhingini abanezifo, baphulukiswa;
abasidumisile futhi ngokutusa okuningi; kwathi sesihamba, basithwalisa esikudingayo.
Emva kwezinyanga ezintathu samuka ngomkhumbi wase-Aleksandriya, owawudlulise ubusika esiqhingini, uphawu lwawo lungoKastore noPoluksi.
Safika eSirakhuse, sahlala khona izinsuku ezintathu.
Sasuka lapho sazungeza, safika eRegiyu; emva kosuku olulodwa kwavunguza umoya waseningizimu, ngangomuso safika ePhutheyoli;
lapho sathola abazalwane, sancengwa ukuthi sihlale labo insuku eziyisikhombisa; ngokunjalo saya eRoma.
Kuthe besuka lapho, abazalwane sebezwile ngathi, beza ukusihlangabeza baze bafika esikhungweni sika-Aphiyi naseTresi Thaberne, uPawulu ebabona wabonga uNkulunkulu, wema isibindi.
Kwathi sesifikile eRoma, induna yekhulu yanikela izibotshwa enduneni yabalindi, kodwa uPawuli wavunyelwa ukuthi ahlale yedwa lebutho elimgadileyo.