¹Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

¹ Dechreuodd y bobl gyffredin a'u gwragedd gwyno'n enbyd yn erbyn eu cyd-Iddewon.

²For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.

² Yr oedd rhai yn dweud, "Yr ydym yn gorfod gwystlo ein meibion a'n merched i gael u375?d er mwyn bwyta a byw."

³Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.

³ Yr oedd eraill yn dweud, "Yr ydym yn gorfod gwystlo ein meysydd a'n gwinllannoedd a'n tai er mwyn prynu u375?d yn ystod y newyn."

⁴There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute [upon] our fields and our vineyards.

⁴ Dywedai eraill, "Yr ydym wedi benthyca arian ar ein meysydd a'n gwinllannoedd i dalu treth y brenin.

⁵Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already]: neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.

⁵ Yr ydym o'r un cnawd �'n tylwyth, ac y mae ein plant ni fel eu plant hwy; eto, yr ydym ni'n gorfod gwneud caethweision o'n meibion a'n merched. Y mae rhai o'n merched eisoes yn gaethion, ond ni allwn wneud dim, gan fod ein meysydd a'n gwinllannoedd ym meddiant eraill."

⁶And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

⁶ Pan glywais eu cwyn a'r hyn yr oeddent yn ei ddweud, yr oeddwn yn ddig iawn.

⁷Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.

⁷ Yna, ar �l ystyried y peth yn ofalus, ceryddais y pendefigion a'r swyddogion a dweud wrthynt, "Yr ydych yn mynnu llog gan eich cymrodyr." Ceryddais hwy'n llym,

⁸And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that were sold unto the nations; and would ye even sell your brethren, and should they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word.

⁸ a dweud, "Yr ydym ni, yn �l ein gallu, wedi prynu ein cyd-Iddewon a werthwyd i'r cenhedloedd, ond yr ydych chwi'n gwerthu eich brodyr, a ninnau'n gorfod eu prynu'n �l." Yr oeddent yn ddistaw heb air i'w ddweud.

⁹Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

⁹ Ac meddwn wrthynt, "Nid ydych yn ymddwyn yn iawn. Oni ddylech ofni ein Duw yn hytrach na gwaradwydd y cenhedloedd, ein gelynion?

¹⁰And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

¹⁰ Yr wyf fi a'm brodyr a'm gweision yn rhoi arian ac u375?d ar fenthyg iddynt. Gadewch i ni roi terfyn ar y llogau hyn.

¹¹Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.

¹¹ Rhowch yn �l iddynt ar unwaith eu meysydd, eu gwinllannoedd, eu gerddi olewydd a'u tai; a hefyd y ganfed ran yr ydych wedi ei chymryd ganddynt yn llog mewn arian, u375?d, gwin ac olew."

¹²Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.

¹² Dywedasant, "Fe'u rhoddwn yn �l, ac ni ofynnwn iddynt am ragor; gwnawn fel yr wyt yn ei orchymyn." Yna gelwais ar yr offeiriaid i wneud iddynt addunedu i gadw eu haddewid;

¹³Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that performeth not this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.

¹³ ysgydwais fy mantell a dweud, "Fel hyn bydded i Dduw ysgwyd o'i du375? ac o'i eiddo bob un sy'n gwrthod cadw'r addewid hon; bydded wedi ei ysgwyd yn wag." A dywedodd yr holl gynulleidfa, "Amen", a moliannu'r ARGLWYDD. Ac fe gadwodd y bobl at yr addewid hon.

¹⁴Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that is], twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.

¹⁴ Ac yn wir, o'r dydd y penodwyd fi yn llywodraethwr yng ngwlad Jwda, o'r ugeinfed hyd y ddeuddegfed flwyddyn ar hugain i'r Brenin Artaxerxes, sef cyfnod o ddeuddeng mlynedd, ni fwyteais i na'm brodyr ddogn bwyd y llyw-odraethwr.

¹⁵But the former governors that were before me were chargeable unto the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

¹⁵ Bu'r llywodraethwyr blaenorol oedd o'm blaen i yn llawdrwm ar y bobl, ac yn cymryd ganddynt bob dydd fara a gwin gwerth deugain sicl o arian. Yr oedd eu gweision hefyd yn arglwyddiaethu ar y bobl. Ond ni wneuthum i ymddwyn fel hyn am fy mod yn ofni Duw.

¹⁶Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.

¹⁶ Atgyweiriais y mur hwn, er nad oeddwn berchen yr un cae, a daeth fy holl weision at ei gilydd yno ar gyfer y gwaith.

¹⁷Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, a hundred and fifty men, besides those that came unto us from among the nations that were round about us.

¹⁷ Yr oedd cant a hanner o'r Iddewon a'r llywodraethwyr, yn ogystal �'r rhai a ddaeth atom oddi wrth y cenhedloedd o'n cwmpas,

¹⁸Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I demanded not the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

¹⁸ wrth fy mwrdd, fel bod ych, a chwech o'r defaid gorau, ac adar yn cael eu paratoi ar fy nghyfer bob dydd, a digon o win o bob math bob deg diwrnod; er hynny ni ofynnais am ddogn bwyd y llywodraethwr am ei bod yn galed ar y bobl.

¹⁹Remember unto me, O my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.

¹⁹ Fy Nuw, cofia er daioni i mi y cwbl a wneuthum i'r bobl yma.