¹ Pan glywodd gelynion Jwda a Benjamin fod y rhai oedd wedi bod yn y gaethglud yn adeiladu teml i ARGLWYDD Dduw Israel,

¹Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;

² daethant at Sorobabel a'r pennau-teuluoedd a dweud wrthynt: "Gadewch i ni adeiladu gyda chwi, oherwydd yr ydym ni yn addoli eich Duw fel chwithau, ac iddo ef yr ydym wedi aberthu er amser Esarhadon brenin Asyria, a ddaeth � ni yma."

²Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.

³ Ond dywedodd Sorobabel a Jesua a gweddill pennau-teuluoedd Israel:"Ni chewch chwi ran yn y gwaith o adeiladu tu375? i'n Duw; ni yn unig sydd i adeiladu i ARGLWYDD Dduw Israel, fel y gorchmynnodd Cyrus brenin Persia i ni."

³But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

⁴ Yna dechreuodd pobl y wlad ddigalonni pobl Jwda a pheri iddynt ofni adeiladu;

⁴Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,

⁵ a holl ddyddiau Cyrus brenin Persia hyd at deyrnasiad Dareius brenin Persia cyflogasant gynghorwyr llys yn eu herbyn i ddrysu eu bwriad.

⁵And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

⁶ Yn nechrau teyrnasiad Ahasferus gwnaethant gyhuddiad ysgrifenedig yn erbyn preswylwyr Jwda a Jerwsalem.

⁶And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

⁷ Hefyd yn amser Artaxerxes ysgrifen-nodd Bislam, Mithredath, Tabeel a'r gweddill o'u cefnogwyr at Artaxerxes brenin Persia; yr oedd y llythyr wedi ei ysgrifennu mewn Aramaeg, a dyma'i gynnwys mewn Aramaeg.

⁷And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.

⁸ Rehum y rhaglaw a Simsai yr ysgrifennydd a ysgrifennodd y llythyr hwn at Artaxerxes y brenin ynglu375?n � Jerwsalem:

⁸Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:

⁹ "Oddi wrth y rhaglaw Rehum a'r ysgrifennydd Simsai a'r gweddill o'u cefnogwyr, y barnwyr, y penaethiaid, y goruchwylwyr, y swyddogion; hefyd pobl Erech a Babilon, a'r Elamitiaid o Susa,

⁹Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,

¹⁰ a phawb arall a alltudiodd Asnappar fawr ac enwog a'u gosod yn nhref Samaria ac yng ngweddill talaith Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates."

¹⁰And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.

¹¹ Yn awr dyma gynnwys y llythyr a anfonasant ato: "I'r Brenin Artaxerxes oddi wrth dy ddeiliaid, pobl talaith Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates.

¹¹This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time.

¹² Bydded hysbys i'r brenin fod yr Iddewon a ddaeth atom oddi wrthyt wedi cyrraedd Jerwsalem; y maent yn ailgodi'r ddinas wrthryfelgar a drwg, yn cyfannu'r muriau ac yn atgyweirio'r sylfeini.

¹²Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.

¹³ Yn awr bydded hysbys i'r brenin, os ailadeiledir y ddinas hon a gorffen ei muriau, ni thalant na threth, na theyrnged, na tholl; a bydd hyn yn sicr o amharu ar les y brenin.

¹³Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.

¹⁴ Felly, am ein bod ni yn cael ein cynnal gan lys y brenin, ac am nad yw'n weddus i ni fod yn dystion o'r amarch hwn tuag at y brenin, yr ydym yn anfon gair at y brenin,

¹⁴Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;

¹⁵ er mwyn iti chwilio yn llyfr cofnodion dy ragflaenwyr. Fe weli oddi wrth lyfr y cofnodion mai dinas wrthryfelgar fu hon, andwyol i frenhinoedd a thaleithiau, a bod gwrthryfel yn nodwedd arni ers amser maith. Dyna pam y dinistriwyd y ddinas.

¹⁵That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.

¹⁶ Yr ydym yn hysbysu'r brenin, os adeiledir y ddinas hon a gorffen ei muriau, ni fydd gennyt diriogaeth yn nhalaith Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates."

¹⁶We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.

¹⁷ Dyma ateb y brenin: "At Rehum y rhaglaw a Simsai yr ysgrifennydd a'r gweddill o'u cefnogwyr sy'n byw yn Samaria ac ym mhob rhan o dalaith Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates, cyfarchion!

¹⁷Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.

¹⁸ Fe gyfieithwyd y llythyr a anfonasoch a'i ddarllen yn fy ngu373?ydd.

¹⁸The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.

¹⁹ Ar fy ngorchymyn gwnaethpwyd ymchwiliad, a darganfod i'r ddinas hon wrthryfela yn erbyn brenhinoedd ers amser maith, a bod brad a gwrthryfel wedi codi ynddi.

¹⁹And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.

²⁰ Bu brenhinoedd cryfion yn teyrnasu dros Jerwsalem a thros holl dalaith Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates, a rhoddwyd iddynt dreth, teyrnged a tholl.

²⁰There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.

²¹ Felly gorchmynnwch i'r dynion hyn beidio ag ailadeiladu'r ddinas nes cael caniat�d gennyf fi.

²¹Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.

²² Gofalwch beidio � bod yn esgeulus yn hyn o beth, rhag i'r frenhiniaeth gael niwed pellach."

²²Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

²³ Yna, pan ddarllenwyd copi o lythyr Artaxerxes i Rehum a Simsai yr ysgrifennydd a'u cefnogwyr, aethant ar frys at yr Iddewon yn Jerwsalem a thrwy nerth braich eu rhwystro rhag gweithio.

²³Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.

²⁴ Felly yr ataliwyd y gwaith ar du375? Dduw yn Jerwsalem; a bu'n sefyll hyd ail flwyddyn teyrnasiad Dareius brenin Persia.

²⁴Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.