¹ Wedi i Samuel heneiddio, penododd ei feibion yn farnwyr ar yr Israeliaid.

¹And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

² Joel oedd ei fab hynaf, ac Abeia ei ail fab; ac yr oeddent yn barnu yn Beerseba.

²Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.

³ Eto nid oedd y meibion yn cerdded yn llwybrau eu tad, ond yn ceisio elw, yn derbyn cil-dwrn ac yn gwyro barn.

³And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

⁴ Felly cyfarfu holl henuriaid Israel, a mynd at Samuel i Rama,

⁴Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

⁵ a dweud wrtho, "Yr wyt ti wedi mynd yn hen, ac nid yw dy feibion yn cerdded yn dy lwybrau di; rho inni'n awr frenin i'n barnu, yr un fath �'r holl genhedloedd."

⁵And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

⁶ Gofidiodd Samuel eu bod yn dweud, "Rho inni frenin i'n barnu", a gwedd�odd Samuel ar yr ARGLWYDD.

⁶But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

⁷ Dywedodd yr ARGLWYDD wrth Samuel, "Gwrando ar y bobl ym mhopeth y maent yn ei ddweud wrthyt, oherwydd nid ti ond myfi y maent yn ei wrthod rhag bod yn frenin arnynt.

⁷And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

⁸ Yn union fel y gwnaethant � mi o'r dydd y dygais hwy i fyny o'r Aifft hyd heddiw, sef fy ngadael a gwasanaethu duwiau eraill, felly hefyd y gwn�nt � thithau.

⁸According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.

⁹ Gwrando'n awr ar eu cais, ond gofala hefyd dy fod yn eu rhybuddio'n ddifrifol ac yn dangos iddynt ddull y brenin a fydd yn teyrnasu arnynt."

⁹Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

¹⁰ Mynegodd Samuel holl eiriau'r ARGLWYDD wrth y bobl oedd yn gofyn am frenin ganddo,

¹⁰And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.

¹¹ a dweud, "Dyma ddull y brenin a fydd yn teyrnasu arnoch: fe gymer eich meibion a'u gwneud yn gerbydwyr ac yn farchogion i fynd o flaen ei gerbyd.

¹¹And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.

¹² Gwna rai ohonynt yn gapteiniaid mil a chapteiniaid hanner cant, eraill i aredig ei dir ac i fedi ei gynhaeaf, ac eraill i wneud ei arfau rhyfel ac offer ei gerbydau.

¹²And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.

¹³ Fe gymer eich merched yn bersawresau, yn gogyddesau ac yn bobyddesau;

¹³And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

¹⁴ cymer hefyd eich meysydd, eich gwinllannoedd a'ch gerddi olewydd gorau a'u rhoi i'w weision;

¹⁴And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

¹⁵ bydd yn degymu'ch u375?d a'ch gwinllannoedd ac yn ei rannu i'w swyddogion a'i weision;

¹⁵And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

¹⁶ ac yn cymryd eich llafurwyr a'ch morynion, eich bustych gorau a'ch asynnod, ar gyfer ei waith ei hun.

¹⁶And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

¹⁷ Fe ddegyma'ch defaid, a byddwch chwithau'n gaethweision iddo.

¹⁷He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

¹⁸ A'r dydd hwnnw byddwch yn protestio oherwydd y brenin y byddwch wedi ei ddewis; ond ni fydd yr ARGLWYDD yn eich ateb y diwrnod hwnnw."

¹⁸And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.

¹⁹ Gwrthododd y bobl wrando ar Samuel. "Na," meddent, "y mae'n rhaid inni gael brenin,

¹⁹Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

²⁰ i ni fod yr un fath �'r holl genhedloedd, gyda brenin i'n barnu a'n harwain i ryfel ac ymladd ein brwydrau."

²⁰That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

²¹ Gwrandawodd Samuel ar y cwbl a ddywedodd y bobl, a'i adrodd wrth yr ARGLWYDD.

²¹And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.

²² Dywedodd yr ARGLWYDD wrth Samuel, "Gwrando ar eu cais, a rho frenin iddynt." A dywedodd Samuel wrth yr Israeliaid, "Ewch adref bob un."

²²And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.