¹ Yr oedd gu373?r blaenllaw yn Benjamin o'r enw Cis fab Abiel, fab Seror, fab Becorath, fab Affeia,

¹And there is a man of Benjamin, and his name [is] Kish, son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Bechorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, mighty of valour,

² a chanddo fab o'r enw Saul, gu373?r ifanc golygus nad oedd ei well ymysg yr Israeliaid, ac yn dalach o'i ysgwyddau i fyny na neb arall.

²and he hath a son, and his name [is] Saul, a choice youth and goodly, and there is not a man among the sons of Israel goodlier than he — from his shoulder and upward, higher than any of the people.

³ Aeth asennod Cis tad Saul ar goll, a dywedodd Cis wrth ei fab Saul, "Cymer un o'r gweision a dos i chwilio am yr asennod."

³And the asses of Kish, father of Saul, are lost, and Kish saith unto Saul his son, `Take, I pray thee, with thee, one of the young men, and rise, go, seek the asses.`

⁴ Aethant drwy fynydd-dir Effraim a thrwy ardal Salisa, ond heb eu cael; yna mynd drwy ardal Saalim, ond nid oedd dim o'u hanes yno; ac yna drwy diriogaeth Benjamin, ond eto heb eu cael.

⁴And he passeth over through the hill-country of Ephraim, and passeth over through the land of Shalisha, and they have not found; and they pass over through the land of Shaalim, and they are not; and he passeth over through the land of Benjamin, and they have not found.

⁵ Wedi iddynt ddod i ardal Suff, dywedodd Saul wrth y gwas oedd gydag ef, "Tyrd, awn yn �l, rhag i 'nhad anghofio'r asennod a dechrau poeni amdanom ni."

⁵They have come in unto the land of Zuph, and Saul hath said to his young man who [is] with him, `Come, and we turn back, lest my father leave off from the asses, and hath been sorrowful for us.`

⁶ Ac meddai'r gwas wrtho, "Edrych, y mae yma u373?r Duw yn y dref hon sy'n uchel ei glod, a phopeth a ddywed yn sicr o ddigwydd. Gad inni fynd ato, ac efallai y dywed wrthym pa ffordd y dylem fynd."

⁶And he saith to him, `Lo, I pray thee, a man of God [is] in this city, and the man is honoured; all that he speaketh doth certainly come; now, we go there, it may be he doth declare to us our way on which we have gone.`

⁷ Ond dywedodd Saul wrth ei was, "A bwrw'n bod ni'n mynd, beth a ddygwn ni i'r dyn? Y mae hyd yn oed y bara yn ein paciau wedi darfod; nid oes gennym unrhyw rodd i'w chynnig i u373?r Duw. Beth sydd gennym?"

⁷And Saul saith to his young man, `And lo, we go, and what do we bring in to the man? for the bread hath gone from our vessels, and a present there is not to bring in to the man of God — what [is] with us?`

⁸ Atebodd y gwas eto a dweud wrth Saul, "Wel, y mae'n digwydd bod gennyf fi chwarter sicl; fe'i rhoddaf i u373?r Duw am ddweud y ffordd wrthym."

⁸And the young man addeth to answer Saul, and saith, `Lo, there is found with me a fourth of a shekel of silver: and I have given to the man of God, and he hath declared to us our way.`

⁹ (Yn Israel gynt, fel hyn y dywedai rhywun wrth fynd i ymgynghori � Duw, "Dewch ac awn at y gweledydd." Oherwydd gynt "gweledydd" oedd yr enw ar broffwyd.)

⁹Formerly in Israel, thus said the man in his going to seek God, `Come and we go unto the seer,` for the `prophet` of to-day is called formerly `the seer.`

¹⁰ Dywedodd Saul wrth ei was, "Awgrym da. Tyrd, fe awn." Ac aethant i'r dref lle'r oedd gu373?r Duw.

¹⁰And Saul saith to his young man, `Thy word [is] good; come, we go;` and they go unto the city where the man of God [is].

¹¹ Fel yr oeddent yn dringo'r allt at y dref, gwelsant ferched ar eu ffordd i dynnu du373?r, a dyna ofyn iddynt, "A yw'r gweledydd yma?"

¹¹They are going up in the ascent of the city, and have found young women going out to draw water, and say to them, `Is the seer in this [place]?`

¹² "Ydyw," meddent, "acw'n syth o'ch blaen; brysiwch, y mae newydd gyrraedd y dref, oherwydd y mae gan y bobl aberth heddiw yn yr uchelfa.

¹²And they answer them and say, `He is; lo, before thee! haste, now, for to-day he hath come in to the city, for the people hath a stated sacrifice in a high place.

¹³ Os ewch i'r dref, fe'i daliwch cyn iddo fynd i'r uchelfa i fwyta; oherwydd ni fydd y bobl yn dechrau bwyta nes iddo gyrraedd, gan mai ef sy'n bendithio'r aberth cyn i'r gwahoddedigion fwyta. Ewch i fyny, ac fe'i cewch ar unwaith."

¹³At your going in to the city so ye do find him, before he doth go up in to the high place to eat; for the people do not eat till his coming, for he doth bless the sacrifice; afterwards they eat, who are called, and now, go up, for at this time ye find him.`

¹⁴ Aethant tua'r dref, ac fel yr oeddent yn mynd i mewn iddi, dyna Samuel yn dod i'w cyfarfod ar ei ffordd i'r uchelfa.

¹⁴And they go up in to the city; they are coming in to the midst of the city, and lo, Samuel is coming out to meet them, to go up to the high place;

¹⁵ Yr oedd yr ARGLWYDD wedi rhybuddio Samuel ryw ddiwrnod cyn i Saul gyrraedd, a dweud,

¹⁵and Jehovah had uncovered the ear of Samuel one day before the coming of Saul, saying,

¹⁶ "Yr adeg yma yfory anfonaf atat ddyn o diriogaeth Benjamin, i'w eneinio'n dywysog ar fy mhobl Israel, ac fe wareda fy mhobl o law'r Philistiaid; oherwydd gwelais drueni fy mhobl, a daeth eu cri ataf."

¹⁶`At this time tomorrow, I send unto thee a man out of the land of Benjamin — and thou hast anointed him for leader over My people Israel, and he hath saved My people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have seen My people, for its cry hath come in unto Me.`

¹⁷ Pan welodd Samuel Saul, dywedodd yr ARGLWYDD, "Dyma'r dyn y dywedais wrthyt amdano; hwn sydd i reoli fy mhobl."

¹⁷When Samuel hath seen Saul, then hath Jehovah answered him, `Lo, the man of whom I have spoken unto thee; this [one] doth restrain My people.`

¹⁸ Daeth Saul i fyny at Samuel yng nghanol y porth a dweud wrtho, "A fyddi mor garedig � dweud wrthyf ymhle y mae tu375?'r gweledydd?"

¹⁸And Saul draweth nigh to Samuel in the midst of the gate, and saith, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, where [is] this — the seer`s house?`

¹⁹ Atebodd Samuel, "Fi yw'r gweledydd; dos i fyny o'm blaen i'r uchelfa; cei fwyta gyda mi heddiw, a gollyngaf di ymaith yfory ar �l dweud wrthyt bopeth sydd yn dy galon.

¹⁹And Samuel answereth Saul and saith, `I [am] the seer; go up before me into the high place, and ye have eaten with me to-day, and I have sent thee away in the morning, and all that [is] in thy heart I declare to thee.

²⁰ Ac am yr asennod sydd ar goll gennyt ers tridiau, paid � phoeni amdanynt, oherwydd cafwyd hwy. I bwy y mae popeth dymunol yn Israel? Onid i ti a'th holl deulu?"

²⁰As to the asses which are lost to thee this day three days, set not thy heart to them, for they have been found; and to whom [is] all the desire of Israel?` is it not to thee and to all thy father`s house?`

²¹ Atebodd Saul, "Onid un o Benjamin wyf fi, o'r lleiaf o lwythau Israel? A'm tylwyth i yw'r distatlaf o holl dylwythau llwyth Benjamin. Pam, felly, yr wyt yn siarad fel hyn � mi?"

²¹And Saul answereth and saith, `Am not I a Benjamite — of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? and why hast thou spoken unto me according to this word?`

²² Cymerodd Samuel Saul a'i was, a mynd � hwy i'r neuadd a rhoi iddynt y lle blaenaf ymysg y gwahoddedigion; yr oedd tua deg ar hugain ohonynt.

²²And Samuel taketh Saul, and his young man, and bringeth them in to the chamber, and giveth to them a place at the head of those called; and they [are] about thirty men.

²³ Yna dywedodd Samuel wrth y cogydd, "Estyn y darn a roddais iti pan ddywedais wrthyt, 'Cadw hwn o'r neilltu'."

²³And Samuel saith to the cook, `Give the portion which I gave to thee, of which I said unto thee, `Set it by thee?`

²⁴ Dygodd y cogydd y glun a'r hyn oedd arni, a'i gosod gerbron Saul a dweud, "Dyma'r hyn a gadwyd ar dy gyfer; bwyta, oherwydd fe'i cadwyd iti ar gyfer yr amser penodedig, i'w fwyta gyda'r gwahoddedigion." Bwytaodd Saul y diwrnod hwnnw gyda Samuel.

²⁴(and the cook lifteth up the leg, and that which [is] on it, and setteth before Saul), and he saith, `Lo, that which is left; set [it] before thee — eat, for to this appointed season it is kept for thee, saying, The people I have called;` and Saul eateth with Samuel on that day.

²⁵ Wedi iddynt ddychwelyd o'r uchelfa i'r dref, gwnaethant wely i Saul ar ben y tu375?, a chysgodd yno.

²⁵And they come down from the high place to the city, and he speaketh with Saul on the roof.

²⁶ Pan dorrodd y wawr, galwodd Samuel ar Saul, ac yntau ar y to, a dweud, "Cod, imi gael dy anfon ymaith." Ac wedi i Saul godi, aeth y ddau allan, Samuel ac yntau.

²⁶And they rise early, and it cometh to pass, at the ascending of the dawn, that Samuel calleth unto Saul, on the roof, saying, `Rise, and I send thee away;` and Saul riseth, and they go out, both of them — he and Samuel, without.

²⁷ Wedi iddynt ddod i gwr y dref, dywedodd Samuel wrth Saul, "Dywed wrth y gwas am fynd o'n blaen, ac wedyn aros di ennyd, imi fynegi gair Duw iti."

²⁷They are going down in the extremity of the city, and Samuel hath said unto Saul, `Say to the young man that he pass on before us (and he passeth on), and thou, stand at this time, and I cause thee to hear the word of God.`