¹Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

¹ "Onid llafur caled sydd i ddyn ar y ddaear, a'i ddyddiau fel dyddiau gwas cyflog?

²As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:

² Fel caethwas yn dyheu am gysgod, a gwas yn disgwyl am ei d�l,

³So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.

³ felly y daeth misoedd ofer i'm rhan innau, a threfnwyd imi nosweithiau gofidus.

⁴When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

⁴ Pan orweddaf, dywedaf, 'Pa bryd y caf godi?' Y mae'r nos yn hir, a byddaf yn blino yn troi a throsi hyd doriad gwawr.

⁵My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.

⁵ Gorchuddiwyd fy nghnawd gan bryfed a budreddi; crawniodd fy nghroen, ac yna torri allan.

⁶My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope.

⁶ Y mae fy nyddiau'n gyflymach na gwennol gwehydd; darfyddant fel edafedd yn dirwyn i ben.

⁷Oh remember that my life is a breath: Mine eye shall no more see good.

⁷ "Cofia mai awel o wynt yw fy hoedl; ni w�l fy llygaid ddaioni eto.

⁸The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.

⁸ Y llygad sy'n edrych arnaf, ni'm gw�l; ar amrantiad ni fyddaf ar gael iti.

⁹As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.

⁹ Fel y cilia'r cwmwl a diflannu, felly'r sawl sy'n mynd i Sheol, ni ddychwel oddi yno;

¹⁰He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.

¹⁰ ni ddaw eto i'w gartref, ac nid edwyn ei le mohono mwy.

¹¹Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

¹¹ "Ond myfi, nid ataliaf fy ngeiriau; llefaraf yng nghyfyngder fy ysbryd, cwynaf yn chwerwder fy enaid.

¹²Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?

¹² Ai'r m�r ydwyf, neu'r ddraig, gan dy fod yn gosod gwyliwr arnaf?

¹³When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;

¹³ "Pan ddywedaf, 'Fy ngwely a rydd gysur imi; fy ngorweddfa a liniara fy nghwyn',

¹⁴Then thou scarest me with dreams, And terrifiest me through visions:

¹⁴ yr wyt yn fy nychryn � breuddwydion, ac yn f'arswydo � gweledigaethau.

¹⁵So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than [these] my bones.

¹⁵ Gwell fyddai gennyf fy nhagu, a marw yn hytrach na goddef fy mhoen.

¹⁶I loathe [my life]; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.

¹⁶ Rwy'n ddiobaith; ni ddymunaf fyw am amser maith. Gad lonydd imi, canys y mae fy nyddiau fel anadl.

¹⁷What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,

¹⁷ Beth yw meidrolyn i ti ei ystyried, ac iti roi cymaint o sylw iddo?

¹⁸And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, And try him every moment?

¹⁸ Yr wyt yn ymweld ag ef bob bore, ac yn ei brofi bob eiliad.

¹⁹How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

¹⁹ Pa bryd y peidi ag edrych arnaf, ac y rhoi lonydd imi lyncu fy mhoeri?

²⁰If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself?

²⁰ Os pechais, beth a wneuthum i ti, O wyliwr dynolryw? Pam y cymeraist fi'n nod, nes fy mod yn faich i mi fy hun?

²¹And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.

²¹ Pam na faddeui fy nhrosedd a symud fy mai? Yn awr rwy'n gorwedd yn y llwch, ac er i ti chwilio amdanaf, ni fyddaf ar gael."