¹ Wedi hyn bu farw brenin yr Ammoniaid, a daeth Hanun ei fab yn frenin yn ei le.

¹And it cometh to pass afterwards, that the king of the Bene-Ammon dieth, and Hanun his son reigneth in his stead,

² Dywedodd Dafydd, "Gwnaf garedigrwydd � Hanun fab Nahas, fel y gwnaeth ei dad � mi." Felly anfonodd neges ato gyda'i weision, i'w gysuro am ei dad. Ond pan ddaeth gweision Dafydd i wlad yr Ammoniaid,

²and David saith, `I do kindness with Hanun son of Nahash, as his father did with me kindness;` and David sendeth to comfort him by the hand of his servants concerning his father, and the servants of David come in to the land of the Bene-Ammon.

³ dywedodd tywysogion yr Ammoniaid wrth eu harglwydd Hanun, "A wyt ti'n tybio mai anrhydeddu dy dad y mae Dafydd wrth anfon cysurwyr atat? Onid er mwyn chwilio'r ddinas a'i hysb�o a'i goresgyn yr anfonodd Dafydd ei weision atat?"

³And the heads of the Bene-Ammon say unto Hanun their lord, `Is David honouring thy father in thine eyes because he hath sent to thee comforters? for to search the city, and to spy it, and to overthrow it, hath not David sent his servants unto thee?`

⁴ Yna cymerodd Hanun weision Dafydd, ac eillio hanner barf pob un ohonynt, a thorri gwisg pob un yn ei hanner hyd at ei gluniau, a'u hanfon ymaith.

⁴And Hanun taketh the servants of David, and shaveth off the half of their beard, and cutteth off their long robes in the midst — unto their buttocks, and sendeth them away;

⁵ Pan ddywedwyd hyn wrth Ddafydd, anfonodd rai i'w cyfarfod, am fod cywilydd mawr ar y dynion, a dweud wrthynt am aros yn Jericho a pheidio � dychwelyd nes y byddai eu barfau wedi tyfu.

⁵and they declare [it] to David, and he sendeth to meet them, for the men have been greatly ashamed, and the king saith, `Abide in Jericho till your beard doth spring up — then ye have returned.`

⁶ Pan welsant eu bod yn ffiaidd gan Ddafydd, anfonodd yr Ammoniaid a chyflogi ugain mil o wu375?r traed oddi wrth y Syriaid yn Beth-rehob a Soba, a hefyd mil o wu375?r oddi wrth frenin Maacha a deuddeng mil o wu375?r Tob.

⁶And the Bene-Ammon see that they have been abhorred by David, and the Bene-Ammon send and hire Aram of Beth-Rehob, and Aram of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah [with] a thousand men, and Ish-Tob [with] twelve thousand men;

⁷ Pan glywodd Dafydd, anfonodd Joab allan gyda'r holl fyddin a'r milwyr.

⁷and David heareth, and sendeth Joab, and all the host — the mighty men.

⁸ Daeth yr Ammoniaid allan a ffurfio rhengoedd ar gyfer y frwydr ger porth y ddinas, gyda Syriaid o Soba a Rehob, a gwu375?r Tob a Maacha ar eu pennau eu hunain mewn tir agored.

⁸And the Bene-Ammon come out, and set battle in array, at the opening of the gate, and Aram of Zoba, and Rehob, and Ish-Tob, and Maacah, [are] by themselves in the field;

⁹ Gwelodd Joab y byddai'n gorfod ymladd o'r tu blaen ac o'r tu �l; felly dewisodd wu375?r dethol o fyddin Israel, a'u trefnu'n rhengoedd i wynebu'r Syriaid.

⁹and Joab seeth that the front of the battle hath been unto him before and behind, and he chooseth of all the chosen in Israel, and setteth in array to meet Aram,

¹⁰ Gosododd weddill y fyddin dan awdurdod ei frawd Abisai, a'u trefnu'n rhengoedd i wynebu'r Ammoniaid.

¹⁰and the rest of the people he hath given into the hand of Abishai his brother, and setteth in array to meet the Bene-Ammon.

¹¹ A dywedodd, "Os bydd y Syriaid yn drech na mi, tyrd di i'm cynorthwyo; ond os bydd yr Ammoniaid yn drech na thi, dof finnau i'th gynorthwyo di.

¹¹And he saith, `If Aram be stronger than I, then thou hast been to me for salvation, and if the Bene-Ammon be stronger than thou, then I have come to give salvation to thee;

¹² Bydd yn wrol! Byddwn ddewr dros ein pobl a dinasoedd ein Duw; a bydded i'r ARGLWYDD wneud yr hyn sy'n dda yn ei olwg."

¹²be strong and strengthen thyself for our people, and for the cities of our God, and Jehovah doth that which is good in His eyes.`

¹³ Yna nesaodd Joab a'r milwyr oedd gydag ef i ryfel yn erbyn y Syriaid, a ffoesant o'i flaen.

¹³And Joab draweth nigh, and the people who [are] with him, to battle against Aram, and they flee from his presence;

¹⁴ Pan welodd yr Ammoniaid fod y Syriaid wedi ffoi, ffoesant hwythau o flaen Abisai, a mynd i'r ddinas. Gadawodd Joab ei gyrch yn erbyn yr Ammoniaid, a dychwelodd i Jerwsalem.

¹⁴and the Bene-Ammon have seen that Aram hath fled, and they flee from the presence of Abishai, and go in to the city; and Joab turneth back from the Bene-Ammon, and cometh in to Jerusalem.

¹⁵ Pan welodd y Syriaid iddynt golli'r dydd o flaen Israel, daethant at ei gilydd eto,

¹⁵And Aram seeth that it is smitten before Israel, and they are gathered together;

¹⁶ ac anfonodd Hadadeser i gyrchu'r Syriaid o Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates hefyd. Daethant ynghyd i Helam, gyda Sobach, pencapten Hadadeser, yn eu harwain.

¹⁶and Hadadezer sendeth, and bringeth out Aram which [is] beyond the River, and they come in to Helam, and Shobach head of the host of Hadadezer [is] before them.

¹⁷ Pan ddywedwyd wrth Ddafydd, fe gasglodd ynghyd Israel gyfan, croesodd yr Iorddonen, a dod i Helam. Trefnodd y Syriaid eu rhengoedd yn erbyn Dafydd a rhyfela yn ei erbyn.

¹⁷And it is declared to David, and he gathereth all Israel, and passeth over the Jordan, and cometh in to Helam, and Aram setteth itself in array to meet David, and they fight with him;

¹⁸ Ffodd y Syriaid o flaen Israel, a lladdodd Dafydd ohonynt saith gant o wu375?r cerbyd a deugain mil o farchogion;

¹⁸and Aram fleeth from the presence of Israel, and David slayeth of Aram seven hundred charioteers, and forty thousand horsemen, and Shobach head of its host he hath smitten, and he dieth there.

¹⁹ a hefyd fe drawodd Sobach, y pencapten, a bu yntau farw yno. Pan welodd yr holl frenhinoedd oedd dan awdurdod Hadadeser iddynt golli'r dydd o flaen Israel, gwnaethant heddwch ag Israel a phlygu i'w hawdurdod. Wedi hyn ofnai'r Syriaid roi rhagor o gymorth i'r Ammoniaid.

¹⁹And all the kings — servants of Hadadezer — see that they have been smitten before Israel, and make peace with Israel, and serve them; and Aram is afraid to help any more the Bene-Ammon.