¹And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been [beforetime] sad in his presence.

¹ Ac ym mis Nisan, yn ugeinfed flwyddyn y Brenin Artaxerxes, cymerais y gwin oedd wedi ei osod o'i flaen, a'i roi iddo. Yr oeddwn yn drist yn ei u373?ydd,

²And the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid.

² a gofynnodd y brenin i mi, "Pam yr wyt yn drist? Nid wyt yn glaf; felly nid yw hyn ond tristwch calon." Daeth ofn mawr arnaf

³And I said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

³ a dywedais, "O frenin, bydd fyw byth! Sut y medraf beidio ag edrych yn drist pan yw'r ddinas lle y claddwyd fy hynafiaid yn adfeilion, a'i phyrth wedi eu hysu � th�n?"

⁴Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

⁴ Dywedodd y brenin, "Beth yw dy ddymuniad?" Yna gwedd�ais ar Dduw'r nefoedd,

⁵And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favor in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.

⁵ a dweud wrth y brenin, "Os gw�l y brenin yn dda, ac os yw dy was yn gymeradwy gennyt, anfon fi i Jwda, i'r ddinas lle y claddwyd fy hynafiaid, i'w hailadeiladu."

⁶And the king said unto me (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

⁶ Ac meddai'r brenin wrthyf, a'r frenhines yn eistedd wrth ei ochr, "Pa mor hir fydd dy daith, a pha bryd y dychweli?" Rhoddais amser penodol oedd yn dderbyniol i'r brenin, a gadawodd yntau imi fynd.

⁷Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through till I come unto Judah;

⁷ Yna dywedais wrtho, "Os gw�l y brenin yn dda, rho i mi lythyrau at lywodraethwyr Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates er mwyn iddynt hwyluso fy nhaith i Jwda,

⁸and a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castle which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

⁸ a llythyr hefyd at Asaff, ceidwad y goedwig frenhinol, yn gofyn iddo roi coed imi i wneud trawstiau ar gyfer pyrth y palas sydd yn ymyl y deml, a muriau'r ddinas a'r tu375? y byddaf yn byw ynddo." Trwy ffafr fy Nuw cefais fy nymuniad gan y brenin.

⁹Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.

⁹ Yr oedd y brenin wedi anfon gyda mi swyddogion o'r fyddin a marchogion, a phan ddeuthum at lywodraethwyr Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates rhoddais iddynt lythyrau'r brenin.

¹⁰And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, for that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

¹⁰ Ond pan glywodd Sanbalat yr Horoniad a'r gwas Tobeia yr Ammoniad am hyn, yr oeddent yn flin iawn fod rhywun wedi dod i geisio cynorthwyo pobl Israel.

¹¹So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

¹¹ Wedi imi gyrraedd Jerwsalem a bod yno dridiau,

¹²And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

¹² codais liw nos, myfi a'r ychydig ddynion oedd gyda mi, ond heb ddweud wrth neb beth oedd fy Nuw wedi ei roi yn fy meddwl i'w wneud i Jerwsalem. Nid oedd anifail gyda mi ar wah�n i'r un yr oeddwn yn marchogaeth arno.

¹³And I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal's well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

¹³ Euthum allan liw nos trwy Borth y Glyn i gyfeiriad Ffynnon y Ddraig ac at Borth y Dom, ac archwilio muriau drylliedig Jerwsalem a hefyd ei phyrth a losgwyd � th�n.

¹⁴Then I went on to the fountain gate and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

¹⁴ Euthum ymlaen i Borth y Ffynnon ac i Lyn y Brenin, ond nid oedd lle i'm hanifail fynd trwodd.

¹⁵Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.

¹⁵ Euthum i fyny'r dyffryn liw nos i archwilio'r mur, ac yna troi'n �l a dychwelyd trwy Borth y Glyn.

¹⁶And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

¹⁶ Ni wyddai'r swyddogion i ble yr oeddwn wedi mynd na beth yr oeddwn yn ei wneud; hyd yma nid oeddwn wedi dweud dim wrth yr Iddewon na'r offeiriaid na'r penaethiaid na'r swyddogion na'r rhai a fyddai'n gyfrifol am wneud y gwaith.

¹⁷Then said I unto them, Ye see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

¹⁷ Yna dywedais wrthynt, "Yr ydych yn gweld y trybini yr ydym ynddo; y mae Jerwsalem yn adfeilion a'i phyrth wedi eu llosgi � th�n; dewch, adeiladwn fur Jerwsalem rhag inni fod yn waradwydd mwyach."

¹⁸And I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me, as also of the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for the good [work].

¹⁸ Dywedais wrthynt fel yr oedd fy Nuw wedi fy helpu, a hefyd yr hyn a ddywedodd y brenin wrthyf. Yna dywedasant, "Awn ati i adeiladu." A bu iddynt ymroi i'r gwaith yn ewyllysgar.

¹⁹But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

¹⁹ Pan glywodd Sanbalat yr Horoniad, a'r gwas Tobeia yr Ammoniad, a Gesem yr Arabiad, gwatwarasant ni a'n dirmygu a gofyn, "Beth yw hyn yr ydych yn ei wneud? A ydych yn gwrthryfela yn erbyn y brenin?"

²⁰Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

²⁰ Atebais hwy a dweud, "Bydd Duw y nefoedd yn rhoi llwyddiant i ni, ac yr ydym ninnau, ei weision ef, yn mynd ati i adeiladu. Ond nid oes gennych chwi ran na hawl na braint yn Jerwsalem."