Given a sentence in Somali language, translate the sentence to English language keeping the meaning of the original sentence intact

Somali sentence: 17 Oo kolkii ay kor u soo bixiyeen ayay waxay ku isticmaaleen xadhko wax tara oo doonnidiina way adkeeyeen, oo iyagoo ka cabsanaya inay Surtis oo bacaad ah ku dhacaan, ayay waxay dejiyeen shiraaqii, oo sidaasaa loo kaxaystay.
17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.