¹In those days there is no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danite is seeking for itself an inheritance to inhabit, for [that] hath not fallen to it unto that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel by inheritance.

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 sons of Dan send, out of their family, five men of them, men, sons of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to traverse the land, and to search it, and they say unto them, `Go, search the land;` and they come into the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodge 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.

³They [are] with the household of Micah, and they have discerned the voice of the young man, the Levite, and turn aside there, and say to him, `Who hath brought thee hither? and what art thou doing in this [place?] and what to thee 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 saith unto them, `Thus and thus hath Micah done to me; and he hireth me, and I am to him for a 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 say to him, `Ask, we pray thee, at God, and we know whether our way is prosperous on which we are going.`

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

⁶And the priest saith to them, `Go in peace; over-against Jehovah [is] your way in which ye go.`

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

⁷And the five men go, and come in to Laish, and see the people which [is] in its midst, dwelling confidently, according to the custom of Zidonians, quiet and confident; and there is none putting to shame in the land in [any] thing, possessing restraint, and they [are] far off from the Zidonians, and have no word 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 come in unto their brethren, at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brethren say to them, `What — ye?`

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

⁹And they say, `Rise, and we go up against them, for we have seen the land, and lo, very good; and ye are keeping silent! be not slothful to go — 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 come in unto a people confident, and the land [is] large on both hands, for God hath given it into your hand, a place where there is no lack of anything which [is] in the land.`

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 journey thence, of the family of the Danite, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war.

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

¹²And they go up and encamp in Kirjath-Jearim, in Judah, therefore they have called that place, `Camp of Dan,` till this day; lo, behind Kirjath-Jearim.

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 pass over thence [to] the hill-country of Ephraim, and come in unto the house of Micah.

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

¹⁴And the five men, those going to traverse the land of Laish, answer and say unto their brethren, `Have ye known that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and graven image, and molten image? and now, know what ye 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 turn aside thither, and come in unto the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and ask of him of welfare, —

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

¹⁶(and the six hundred men girded with their weapons of war, who [are] of the sons of Dan, are standing at the opening of the gate), —

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

¹⁷yea, the five men, those going to traverse the land, go up — they have come in thither — they have taken the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image — and the priest is standing at the opening of the gate, and the six hundred men who are girded 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.

¹⁸yea, these have entered the house of Micah, and take the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest saith unto them, `What are ye doing?`

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 say to him, `Keep silent, lay thy hand on thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us for a father and for a priest: is it better thy being a priest to the house of one man, or thy being priest to a tribe and to 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 heart of the priest is glad, and he taketh the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and goeth into the midst of the people,

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

²¹and they turn and go, and put the infants, and the cattle, and the baggage, before them.

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

²²They have been far off from the house of Micah — and the men who [are] in the houses which [are] near the house of Micah have been called together, and overtake the sons 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 call unto the sons of Dan, and they turn round their faces, and say to Micah, `What — to thee that thou hast been called together?`

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 saith, `My gods which I made ye have taken, and the priest, and ye go; and what to me more? and what [is] this ye say unto me, What — to 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 sons of Dan say unto him, `Let not thy voice be heard with us, lest men bitter in soul fall upon you, and thou hast gathered thy life, and the life 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 sons of Dan go on their way, and Micah seeth that they are stronger than he, and turneth, and goeth 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 have taken that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and come in against Laish, against a people quiet and confident, and smite them by the mouth of the sword, and the city have burnt 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 is no deliverer, for it [is] far off from Zidon, and they have no word with [any] man, and it [is] in the valley which [is] by Beth-Rehob; and they build the city, and dwell in it,

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 call the name of the city Dan, by the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; and yet Laish [is] the name of the city 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 sons of Dan raise up for themselves the graven image, and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, he and his sons have been priests to the tribe of the Danite, till the day of the removal of [the people] 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 appoint for them the graven image of Micah, which he had made, all the days of the house of God being in Shiloh.

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