¹Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.

¹ "Frodyr a thadau, gwrandewch ar f'amddiffyniad ger eich bron yn awr."

²(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)

² Pan glywsant mai yn iaith yr Iddewon yr oedd yn eu hannerch, rhoesant wrandawiad tawelach iddo. Ac meddai,

³I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

³ "Iddew wyf fi, wedi fy ngeni yn Nharsus yn Cilicia, ac wedi fy nghodi yn y ddinas hon. Cefais fy addysg wrth draed Gamaliel yn �l llythyren Cyfraith ein hynafiaid, ac yr wyf yn selog dros Dduw, fel yr ydych chwithau oll heddiw.

⁴And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

⁴ Erlidiais y Ffordd hon hyd at ladd, gan rwymo a rhoi yng ngharchar wu375?r a gwragedd,

⁵As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.

⁵ fel y mae'r archoffeiriad a holl Gyngor yr henuriaid yn dystion i mi; oddi wrthynt hwy yn wir y derbyniais lythyrau at ein cyd�Iddewon yn Namascus, a chychwyn ar daith i ddod �'r rhai oedd yno hefyd yn rhwym i Jerwsalem i'w cosbi.

⁶And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.

⁶ "Ond pan oeddwn ar fy nhaith ac yn agos�u at Ddamascus, yn sydyn tua chanol dydd fe fflachiodd goleuni mawr o'r nef o'm hamgylch.

⁷And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

⁷ Syrthiais ar y ddaear, a chlywais lais yn dweud wrthyf, 'Saul, Saul, pam yr wyt yn fy erlid i?'

⁸And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

⁸ Atebais innau, 'Pwy wyt ti, Arglwydd?' A dywedodd wrthyf, 'Iesu o Nasareth wyf fi, yr hwn yr wyt ti yn ei erlid.'

⁹And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.

⁹ Gwelodd y rhai oedd gyda mi y goleuni, ond ni chlywsant lais y sawl oedd yn llefaru wrthyf.

¹⁰And I said, What shall I do, LORD? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.

¹⁰ A dywedais, 'Beth a wnaf, Arglwydd?' Dywedodd yr Arglwydd wrthyf, 'Cod a dos i Ddamascus, ac yno fe ddywedir wrthyt bopeth yr ordeiniwyd iti ei wneud.'

¹¹And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.

¹¹ Gan nad oeddwn yn gweld dim oherwydd disgleirdeb y goleuni hwnnw, fe'm harweiniwyd gerfydd fy llaw gan y rhai oedd gyda mi, a deuthum i Ddamascus.

¹²And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,

¹² "Daeth rhyw Ananias ataf, gu373?r duwiol yn �l y Gyfraith, a gair da iddo gan yr holl Iddewon oedd yn byw yno.

¹³Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.

¹³ Safodd hwn yn f'ymyl a dywedodd wrthyf, 'Y brawd Saul, derbyn dy olwg yn �l.' Edrychais innau arno a derbyn fy ngolwg yn �l y munud hwnnw.

¹⁴And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.

¹⁴ A dywedodd yntau: 'Y mae Duw ein tadau wedi dy benodi di i wybod ei ewyllys, ac i weld yr Un Cyfiawn a chlywed llais o'i enau ef;

¹⁵For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

¹⁵ oherwydd fe fyddi di'n dyst iddo, wrth y holl ddynolryw, o'r hyn yr wyt wedi ei weld a'i glywed.

¹⁶And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

¹⁶ Ac yn awr, pam yr wyt yn oedi? Tyrd i gael dy fedyddio a chael golchi ymaith dy bechodau, gan alw ar ei enw ef.'

¹⁷And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;

¹⁷ "Wedi imi ddychwelyd i Jerwsalem, dyma a ddigwyddodd pan oeddwn yn gwedd�o yn y deml: euthum i lesmair,

¹⁸And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

¹⁸ a'i weld ef yn dweud wrthyf, 'Brysia ar unwaith allan o Jerwsalem, oherwydd ni dderbyniant dy dystiolaeth amdanaf fi.'

¹⁹And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:

¹⁹ Dywedais innau, 'Arglwydd, y maent hwy'n gwybod i mi fod o synagog i synagog yn carcharu ac yn fflangellu'r rhai oedd yn credu ynot ti.

²⁰And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.

²⁰ A phan oedd gwaed Steffan, dy dyst, yn cael ei dywallt, yr oeddwn innau hefyd yn sefyll yn ymyl, ac yn cydsynio, ac yn gwarchod dillad y rhai oedd yn ei ladd.'

²¹And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.

²¹ A dywedodd wrthyf, 'Dos, oherwydd yr wyf fi am dy anfon di ymhell at y Cenhedloedd.'"

²²And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.

²² Yr oeddent wedi gwrando arno hyd at y gair hwn, ond yna dechreusant weiddi, "Ymaith ag ef oddi ar y ddaear! Y mae'n warth fod y fath ddyn yn cael byw."

²³And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,

²³ Fel yr oeddent yn gweiddi ac yn ysgwyd eu dillad ac yn taflu llwch i'r awyr,

²⁴The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.

²⁴ gorchmynnodd y capten ei ddwyn ef i mewn i'r pencadlys, a'i holi trwy ei chwipio, er mwyn cael gwybod pam yr oeddent yn bloeddio felly yn ei erbyn.

²⁵And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?

²⁵ Ond pan glymwyd ef i'w fflangellu, dywedodd Paul wrth y canwriad oedd yn sefyll gerllaw, "A oes gennych hawl i fflangellu dinesydd Rhufeinig, a hynny heb farnu ei achos?"

²⁶When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.

²⁶ Pan glywodd y canwriad hyn, aeth at y capten, a rhoi adroddiad iddo, gan ddweud, "Beth yr wyt ti am ei wneud? Y mae'r dyn yma yn ddinesydd Rhufeinig."

²⁷Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.

²⁷ Daeth y capten ato, ac meddai, "Dywed i mi, a wyt ti'n ddinesydd Rhufeinig?" "Ydwyf," meddai yntau.

²⁸And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.

²⁸ Atebodd y capten, "Mi delais i swm mawr i gael y ddinasyddiaeth hon." Ond dywedodd Paul, "Cefais i fy ngeni iddi."

²⁹Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

²⁹ Ar hyn, ciliodd y rhai oedd ar fin ei holi oddi wrtho. Daeth ofn ar y capten hefyd pan ddeallodd mai dinesydd Rhufeinig ydoedd, ac yntau wedi ei rwymo ef.

³⁰On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

³⁰ Trannoeth, gan fod y capten am wybod yn sicr beth oedd cyhuddiad yr Iddewon, fe ollyngodd Paul yn rhydd, a gorchymyn i'r prif offeiriaid a'r holl Sanhedrin ymgynnull. Yna daeth ag ef i lawr, a'i osod ger eu bron.