¹And adversaries of Judah and Benjamin hear that the sons of the captivity are building a temple to Jehovah, God of Israel,

¹ Pan glywodd gelynion Jwda a Benjamin fod y rhai oedd wedi bod yn y gaethglud yn adeiladu teml i ARGLWYDD Dduw Israel,

²and they draw nigh unto Zerubbabel, and unto heads of the fathers, and say to them, `Let us build with you; for, like you, we seek to your God, and we are not sacrificing since the days of Esar-Haddon king of Asshur, who brought us up hither.`

² daethant at Sorobabel a'r pennau-teuluoedd a dweud wrthynt: "Gadewch i ni adeiladu gyda chwi, oherwydd yr ydym ni yn addoli eich Duw fel chwithau, ac iddo ef yr ydym wedi aberthu er amser Esarhadon brenin Asyria, a ddaeth � ni yma."

³And Zerubbabel saith to them, also Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of the fathers of Israel, `Not for you, and for us, to build a house to our God; but we ourselves together do build to Jehovah God of Israel, as the king Cyrus, king of Persia, commanded us.`

³ Ond dywedodd Sorobabel a Jesua a gweddill pennau-teuluoedd Israel:"Ni chewch chwi ran yn y gwaith o adeiladu tu375? i'n Duw; ni yn unig sydd i adeiladu i ARGLWYDD Dduw Israel, fel y gorchmynnodd Cyrus brenin Persia i ni."

⁴And it cometh to pass, the people of the land are making the hands of the people of Judah feeble, and troubling them in building,

⁴ Yna dechreuodd pobl y wlad ddigalonni pobl Jwda a pheri iddynt ofni adeiladu;

⁵and are hiring against them counsellors to make void their counsel all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even till the reign of Darius king of Persia.

⁵ a holl ddyddiau Cyrus brenin Persia hyd at deyrnasiad Dareius brenin Persia cyflogasant gynghorwyr llys yn eu herbyn i ddrysu eu bwriad.

⁶And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the commencement of his reign, they have written an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem;

⁶ Yn nechrau teyrnasiad Ahasferus gwnaethant gyhuddiad ysgrifenedig yn erbyn preswylwyr Jwda a Jerwsalem.

⁷and in the days of Artaxerxes have Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions written unto Artaxerxes king of Persia, and the writing of the letter is written in Aramaean, and interpreted in Aramaean.

⁷ Hefyd yn amser Artaxerxes ysgrifen-nodd Bislam, Mithredath, Tabeel a'r gweddill o'u cefnogwyr at Artaxerxes brenin Persia; yr oedd y llythyr wedi ei ysgrifennu mewn Aramaeg, a dyma'i gynnwys mewn Aramaeg.

⁸Rehum counsellor, and Shimshai scribe have written a letter concerning Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king, thus:

⁸ Rehum y rhaglaw a Simsai yr ysgrifennydd a ysgrifennodd y llythyr hwn at Artaxerxes y brenin ynglu375?n � Jerwsalem:

⁹Then Rehum counsellor, and Shimshai scribe, and the rest of their companions, Dinaites, and Apharsathchites, Tarpelites, Apharsites, Archevites, Babylonians, Susanchites, (who are Elamites),

⁹ "Oddi wrth y rhaglaw Rehum a'r ysgrifennydd Simsai a'r gweddill o'u cefnogwyr, y barnwyr, y penaethiaid, y goruchwylwyr, y swyddogion; hefyd pobl Erech a Babilon, a'r Elamitiaid o Susa,

¹⁰and the rest of the nations that the great and honourable Asnapper removed and set in the city of Samaria, and the rest beyond the river, and at such a time:

¹⁰ a phawb arall a alltudiodd Asnappar fawr ac enwog a'u gosod yn nhref Samaria ac yng ngweddill talaith Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates."

¹¹This [is] a copy of a letter that they have sent unto him, unto Artaxerxes the king: `Thy servants, men beyond the river, and at such a time;

¹¹ Yn awr dyma gynnwys y llythyr a anfonasant ato: "I'r Brenin Artaxerxes oddi wrth dy ddeiliaid, pobl talaith Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates.

¹²Be it known to the king, that the Jews who have come up from thee unto us, have come in to Jerusalem, the rebellious and base city they are building, and the walls they have finished, and the foundations they join.

¹² Bydded hysbys i'r brenin fod yr Iddewon a ddaeth atom oddi wrthyt wedi cyrraedd Jerwsalem; y maent yn ailgodi'r ddinas wrthryfelgar a drwg, yn cyfannu'r muriau ac yn atgyweirio'r sylfeini.

¹³`Now, be it known to the king, that if this city be builded, and the walls finished, toll, tribute, and custom they do not give; and at length [to] the kings it doth cause loss.

¹³ Yn awr bydded hysbys i'r brenin, os ailadeiledir y ddinas hon a gorffen ei muriau, ni thalant na threth, na theyrnged, na tholl; a bydd hyn yn sicr o amharu ar les y brenin.

¹⁴Now, because that the salt of the palace [is] our salt, and the nakedness of the king we have no patience to see, therefore we have sent and made known to the king;

¹⁴ Felly, am ein bod ni yn cael ein cynnal gan lys y brenin, ac am nad yw'n weddus i ni fod yn dystion o'r amarch hwn tuag at y brenin, yr ydym yn anfon gair at y brenin,

¹⁵so that he doth seek in the book of the records of thy fathers, and thou dost find in the book of the records, and dost know, that this city [is] a rebellious city, and causing loss [to] kings and provinces, and makers of sedition [are] in its midst from the days of old, therefore hath this city been wasted.

¹⁵ er mwyn iti chwilio yn llyfr cofnodion dy ragflaenwyr. Fe weli oddi wrth lyfr y cofnodion mai dinas wrthryfelgar fu hon, andwyol i frenhinoedd a thaleithiau, a bod gwrthryfel yn nodwedd arni ers amser maith. Dyna pam y dinistriwyd y ddinas.

¹⁶We are making known to the king that, if this city be builded and the walls finished, by this means a portion beyond the river thou hast none.`

¹⁶ Yr ydym yn hysbysu'r brenin, os adeiledir y ddinas hon a gorffen ei muriau, ni fydd gennyt diriogaeth yn nhalaith Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates."

¹⁷An answer hath the king sent unto Rehum counsellor, and Shimshai scribe, and the rest of their companions who are dwelling in Samaria, and the rest beyond the river, `Peace, and at such a time:

¹⁷ Dyma ateb y brenin: "At Rehum y rhaglaw a Simsai yr ysgrifennydd a'r gweddill o'u cefnogwyr sy'n byw yn Samaria ac ym mhob rhan o dalaith Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates, cyfarchion!

¹⁸The letter that ye sent unto us, explained, hath been read before me,

¹⁸ Fe gyfieithwyd y llythyr a anfonasoch a'i ddarllen yn fy ngu373?ydd.

¹⁹and by me a decree hath been made, and they sought, and have found that this city from the days of old against kings is lifting up itself, and rebellion and sedition is made in it,

¹⁹ Ar fy ngorchymyn gwnaethpwyd ymchwiliad, a darganfod i'r ddinas hon wrthryfela yn erbyn brenhinoedd ers amser maith, a bod brad a gwrthryfel wedi codi ynddi.

²⁰and mighty kings have been over Jerusalem, even rulers over all beyond the river, and toll, tribute, and custom is given to them.

²⁰ Bu brenhinoedd cryfion yn teyrnasu dros Jerwsalem a thros holl dalaith Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates, a rhoddwyd iddynt dreth, teyrnged a tholl.

²¹`Now, make ye a decree to cause these men to cease, and this city is not builded, till by me a decree is made.

²¹ Felly gorchmynnwch i'r dynion hyn beidio ag ailadeiladu'r ddinas nes cael caniat�d gennyf fi.

²²And beware ye of negligence in doing this; why doth the hurt become great to the loss of the kings?`

²² Gofalwch beidio � bod yn esgeulus yn hyn o beth, rhag i'r frenhiniaeth gael niwed pellach."

²³Then from the time that a copy of the letter of king Artaxerxes is read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they have gone in haste to Jerusalem, unto the Jews, and caused them to cease by force and strength;

²³ Yna, pan ddarllenwyd copi o lythyr Artaxerxes i Rehum a Simsai yr ysgrifennydd a'u cefnogwyr, aethant ar frys at yr Iddewon yn Jerwsalem a thrwy nerth braich eu rhwystro rhag gweithio.

²⁴then ceased the service of the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem, and it ceased till the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

²⁴ Felly yr ataliwyd y gwaith ar du375? Dduw yn Jerwsalem; a bu'n sefyll hyd ail flwyddyn teyrnasiad Dareius brenin Persia.