¹In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

¹ Yn y dyddiau hynny nid oedd brenin yn Israel. Yr adeg honno yr oedd llwyth Dan yn chwilio am randir i fyw ynddo, oherwydd hyd hynny nid oeddent wedi cael rhandir ymhlith llwythau Israel.

²And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

² Anfonodd y Daniaid bump o ddynion teilwng ar ran y llwyth cyfan, i fynd o Sora ac Estaol i ysb�o'r wlad a'i chwilio. Wedi iddynt dderbyn y gorchymyn i fynd i chwilio'r wlad, aethant cyn belled � thu375? Mica ym mynydd-dir Effraim, a threulio'r nos yno.

³When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

³ Pan oeddent gerllaw tu375? Mica, dyma hwy'n adnabod llais y llanc o Lefiad; troesant i mewn a gofyn iddo, "Pwy ddaeth � thi yma? Beth wyt ti'n ei wneud yn y fan hon? Pa fusnes sydd gennyt yma?"

⁴And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.

⁴ Eglurodd sut yr oedd Mica wedi gweithredu gydag ef: "Y mae wedi fy nghyflogi, ac yr wyf finnau wedi dod yn offeiriad iddo."

⁵And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

⁵ Dywedasant wrtho, "Gofyn i Dduw, inni gael gwybod a lwyddwn ar ein taith."

⁶And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go.

⁶ Dywedodd yr offeiriad wrthynt, "Ewch mewn heddwch; y mae'ch taith dan ofal yr ARGLWYDD."

⁷Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.

⁷ Aeth y pump i ffwrdd, a chyrraedd Lais. Yno gwelsant fod y bobl yn byw'n ddiogel, yr un fath �'r Sidoniaid, yn dawel a dibryder, heb fod yn brin o ddim ar y ddaear, ond yn berchnogion ar gyfoeth. Yr oeddent yn bell oddi wrth y Sidoniaid, heb gysylltiad rhyngddynt a neb.

⁸And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?

⁸ Wedi iddynt ddychwelyd at eu pobl i Sora ac Estaol, gofynnodd eu pobl, "Beth yw'ch barn?"

⁹And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.

⁹ Ac meddent hwy, "Dewch, awn i fyny yn eu herbyn, oherwydd gwelsom fod y wlad yn ffrwythlon iawn. Pam yr ydych yn sefyllian? Peidiwch ag oedi mynd yno i gymryd meddiant o'r wlad.

¹⁰When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.

¹⁰ Pan ddewch yno, byddwch yn dod at bobl ddibryder ac i wlad eang; yn wir y mae Duw wedi rhoi i chwi le heb ynddo brinder o ddim ar y ddaear."

¹¹And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.

¹¹ Felly cychwynnodd chwe chant o wu375?r arfog yn perthyn i lwyth Dan o Sora ac Estaol.

¹²And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.

¹² Aethant a gwersyllu yn Ciriath-jearim yn Jwda, a dyna pam yr enwyd y lle hwnnw Mahane-dan hyd heddiw; y mae i'r gorllewin o Ciriath-jearim.

¹³And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.

¹³ Oddi yno aethant ymlaen i fynydd-dir Effraim nes dod at du375? Mica.

¹⁴Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

¹⁴ Yna dywedodd y pump, a oedd wedi mynd i ysb�o'r wlad cyn belled � Lais, wrth eu brodyr, "A wyddoch chwi fod effod, teraffim, cerfddelw a delw dawdd yn un o'r tai hyn? Gwyddoch beth i'w wneud yn awr."

¹⁵And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.

¹⁵ Troesant am y lle, a dod at du375? Mica, cartref y llanc o Lefiad, a'i gyfarch.

¹⁶And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.

¹⁶ Safodd y chwe channwr arfog o lwyth Dan wrth y drws,

¹⁷And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.

¹⁷ tra aeth y pum dyn oedd wedi bod yn ysb�o'r wlad i mewn i gymryd y gerfddelw, yr effod, y teraffim a'r ddelw dawdd. Safai'r offeiriad wrth y drws gyda'r chwe channwr arfog.

¹⁸And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?

¹⁸ Wedi i'r rhain fynd i mewn i du375? Mica a chymryd y gerfddelw, yr effod, y teraffim a'r ddelw dawdd, dywedodd yr offeiriad wrthynt, "Beth ydych yn ei wneud?"

¹⁹And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

¹⁹ Dywedasant hwythau wrtho, "Taw di, a phaid � dweud dim. Tyrd gyda ni, a bydd yn dad ac yn offeiriad i ni. Prun sydd orau, ai bod yn offeiriad i un teulu, ynteu'n offeiriad i lwyth a thylwyth yn Israel?"

²⁰And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

²⁰ Bodlonodd yr offeiriad a chymerodd yr effod, y teraffim a'r gerfddelw, ac ymuno �'r fintai.

²¹So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.

²¹ Wedi iddynt ailgychwyn, gosodasant y rhai bychain a'r preiddiau a'r meddiannau ar y blaen.

²²And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.

²² Yr oeddent wedi mynd gryn bellter o du375? Mica cyn i'r dynion yn y tai gerllaw ei gartref gael eu galw ynghyd i ymlid y Daniaid.

²³And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?

²³ Wedi iddynt oddiweddyd y Daniaid, troesant hwythau i'w hwynebu, ac meddent wrth Mica, "Beth sy'n bod, i beri iti ddod �'r fath fintai?"

²⁴And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?

²⁴ Atebodd Mica, "Yr ydych wedi cymryd y duwiau a wneuthum, ac wedi mynd �'m hoffeiriad; a beth arall sydd gennyf? Sut felly y gallwch ofyn imi, 'Beth sy'n bod arnat?'"

²⁵And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.

²⁵ Ac meddai'r Daniaid wrtho, "Paid � chodi dy lais arnom, rhag i ddynion gwyllt eu tymer ruthro arnoch, ac i ti a'th deulu golli'ch bywyd."

²⁶And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.

²⁶ Yna aeth y Daniaid ar eu ffordd, a gwelodd Mica eu bod yn gryfach nag ef, a throes yn �l a mynd adref.

²⁷And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.

²⁷ Cymerodd y Daniaid y pethau yr oedd Mica wedi eu gwneud, a'i offeiriad, ac aethant i Lais, at bobl dawel a dibryder, a'u lladd �'r cleddyf a llosgi'r dref.

²⁸And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.

²⁸ Nid oedd neb i'w harbed, oherwydd yr oedd yn rhy bell o Sidon, ac nid oedd ganddynt gysylltiad � neb. Yr oedd y dref mewn dyffryn yn perthyn i Beth-rehob, ac ailgododd y Daniaid y dref a byw ynddi,

²⁹And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.

²⁹ a'i galw'n Dan ar �l eu tad Dan, a aned i Israel. Ond Lais oedd enw'r dref ar y cyntaf.

³⁰And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

³⁰ Gosododd y Daniaid y gerfddelw i fyny, a bu Jonathan fab Gersom, fab Manasse, ac yna'i feibion, yn offeiriaid i lwyth Dan hyd y dydd y caethgludwyd y wlad.

³¹And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

³¹ Yr oeddent yn defnyddio'r gerfddelw a wnaeth Mica yr holl adeg y bu tu375? Dduw yn Seilo.