¹ Rhestrodd Dafydd y bobl oedd gydag ef, a phenodi capteiniaid ar filoedd a chapteiniaid ar gannoedd.

¹And David inspecteth the people who [are] with him, and setteth over them heads of thousands and heads of hundreds,

² Yna rhannodd y fyddin yn dair, traean o dan Joab, traean dan Abisai fab Serfia, brawd Joab, a thraean dan Itai y Gethiad; a dywedodd y brenin wrth y fyddin, "Mi ddof finnau hefyd gyda chwi."

²and David sendeth the third of the people by the hand of Joab, and the third by the hand of Abishai, son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, and the third by the hand of Ittai the Gittite, and the king saith unto the people, `I certainly go out — I also — with you.`

³ Ond atebasant, "Ni chei di ddod. Petaem ni yn ffoi am ein heinioes, ni fyddai neb yn meddwl dim o'r peth; a phetai ein hanner yn marw, ni fyddai neb yn malio amdanom; ond yr wyt ti cystal � deng mil ohonom ni. Felly'n awr y mae'n well i ni dy fod yn aros i'n cynorthwyo o'r ddinas."

³And the people say, `Thou dost not go out, for if we utterly flee, they do not set [their] heart upon us; and if half of us die, they do not set [their] heart unto us — for now like us [are] ten thousand; and now, better that thou be to us from the city for an helper.`

⁴ Dywedodd y brenin y gwn�i'r hyn a dybient hwy yn orau, a safodd yn ymyl y porth fel yr oedd y fyddin yn mynd allan yn ei channoedd a'i miloedd.

⁴And the king saith unto them, `That which is good in your eyes I do;` and the king standeth at the side of the gate, and all the people have gone out by hundreds and by thousands,

⁵ Gorch-mynnodd y brenin i Joab, Abisai ac Itai, "Er fy mwyn i byddwch yn dyner wrth y llanc Absalom." Yr oedd y fyddin i gyd yn clywed pan roes y brenin orchymyn i'r capteiniaid ynglu375?n ag Absalom.

⁵and the king chargeth Joab, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, `Gently — for me, for the youth, for Absalom;` and all the people heard in the king`s charging all the heads concerning Absalom.

⁶ Aeth y fyddin i'r maes i gyfarfod ag Israel, a digwyddodd y frwydr yng nghoetir Effraim.

⁶And the people goeth out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle is in a forest of Ephraim;

⁷ Gorchfygwyd byddin Israel yno gan ddilynwyr Dafydd, a bu colledion mawr yno � ugain mil o fewn y diwrnod hwnnw.

⁷and smitten there are the people of Israel before the servants of David, and the smiting there is great on that day — twenty thousand;

⁸ Lledodd yr ymladd dros y wlad i gyd, a difaodd y goedwig fwy o'r fyddin nag a wnaeth y cleddyf y diwrnod hwnnw.

⁸and the battle is there scattered over the face of all the land, and the forest multiplieth to devour among the people more than those whom the sword hath devoured in that day.

⁹ Digwyddodd dilynwyr Dafydd daro ar Absalom. Fel yr oedd Absalom yn marchogaeth ar ei ful, aeth hwnnw dan gangen derwen fawr; daliwyd pen Absalom yn y dderwen, a'i adael rhwng nef a daear wrth i'r mul oedd dano fynd yn ei flaen.

⁹And Absalom meeteth before the servants of David, and Absalom is riding on the mule, and the mule cometh in under an entangled bough of the great oak, and his head taketh hold on the oak, and he is placed between the heavens and the earth, and the mule that [is] under him hath passed on.

¹⁰ Gwelodd rhywun ef, a dweud wrth Joab ei fod wedi gweld Absalom ynghrog mewn derwen.

¹⁰And one man seeth, and declareth to Joab, and saith, `Lo, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.`

¹¹ Ac meddai Joab wrth y dyn oedd wedi dweud wrtho, "Os gwelaist ti ef, pam na fu iti ei daro i lawr yn y fan? Fe fyddwn wedi gofalu am roi iti ddeg darn arian a gwregys."

¹¹And Joab saith to the man who is declaring [it] to him, `And lo, thou hast seen — and wherefore didst thou not smite him there to the earth — and on me to give to thee ten silverlings and one girdle?`

¹² Ond dywedodd y dyn wrth Joab, "Petawn i'n cael mil o ddarnau arian ar gledr fy llaw, ni feiddiwn estyn llaw yn erbyn mab y brenin; oherwydd fe glywsom �'n clustiau ein hunain pan roddodd y brenin orchymyn i ti ac i Abisai ac i Itai, a dweud, 'Cymerwch ofal, bawb, o'r llanc Absalom.'

¹²And the man saith unto Joab, `Yea, though I am weighing on my hand a thousand silverlings, I do not put forth my hand unto the son of the king; for in our ears hath the king charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Observe ye who [is] against the youth — against Absalom;

¹³ Pe bawn i wedi troseddu yn erbyn ei einioes, ni fyddai modd cuddio dim rhag y brenin; a byddit tithau wedi sefyll o'r naill ochr."

¹³or I had done against my soul a vain thing, and no matter is hid from the king, and thou — thou dost station thyself over-against.`

¹⁴ Atebodd Joab, "Nid wyf am wastraffu amser fel hyn gyda thi." Cymerodd dair picell yn ei law a thrywanu Absalom yn ei galon, ac yntau'n dal yn fyw yng nghanol y dderwen.

¹⁴And Joab saith, `Not right — I tarry before thee;` and he taketh three darts in his hand, and striketh them into the heart of Absalom, while he [is] alive, in the midst of the oak.

¹⁵ Yna tyrrodd deg llanc oedd yn gofalu am arfau Joab o gwmpas Absalom, a'i daro a'i ladd.

¹⁵And they go round — ten youths bearing weapons of Joab — and smite Absalom, and put him to death.

¹⁶ Ar hyn canodd Joab yr utgorn, a dychwelodd y fyddin o erlid yr Israeliaid am i Joab eu galw'n �l.

¹⁶And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and the people turneth back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab hath kept back the people;

¹⁷ Cymerwyd Absalom a'i fwrw i geubwll mawr oedd yn y goedwig, a chodi tomen enfawr o gerrig drosto. Ffodd yr Israeliaid i gyd adref.

¹⁷and they take Absalom and cast him in the forest unto the great pit, and set up over him a very great heap of stones, and all Israel have fled — each to his tent.

¹⁸ Yn ystod ei fywyd yr oedd Absalom wedi cymryd colofn a'i gosod i sefyll yn Nyffryn y Brenin, "Oherwydd," meddai, "nid oes gennyf fab i gadw f'enw mewn cof." Galwodd y golofn ar ei enw ei hun, ac fe'i gelwir hi'n Gofeb Absalom hyd heddiw.

¹⁸And Absalom hath taken, and setteth up for himself in his life, the standing-pillar that [is] in the king`s valley, for he said, `I have no son to cause my name to be remembered;` and he calleth the standing-pillar by his own name, and it is called `The monument of Absalom` unto this day.

¹⁹ Dywedodd Ahimaas fab Sadoc, "Gad i mi redeg a rhoi'r newydd i'r brenin fod yr ARGLWYDD wedi achub ei gam oddi ar law ei elynion."

¹⁹And Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, `Let me run, I pray thee, and I bear the king tidings, for Jehovah hath delivered him out of the hand of his enemies;`

²⁰ Ond dywedodd Joab wrtho, "Nid ti fydd y negesydd heddiw; cei fynd �'r neges rywdro arall, ond nid heddiw, oherwydd bod mab y brenin wedi marw."

²⁰and Joab saith to him, `Thou art not a man of tidings this day, but thou hast borne tidings on another day, and this day thou dost not bear tidings, because the king`s son [is] dead.`

²¹ Yna meddai Joab wrth ryw Ethiopiad, "Dos, dywed wrth y brenin yr hyn a welaist." Moes-ymgrymodd yr Ethiopiad i Joab a rhedodd ymaith.

²¹And Joab saith to Cushi, `Go, declare to the king that which thou hast seen;` and Cushi boweth himself to Joab, and runneth.

²² Ond gwnaeth Ahimaas fab Sadoc gais arall, ac meddai wrth Joab, "Beth bynnag a ddigwydd, yr wyf finnau hefyd am gael rhedeg ar �l yr Ethiopiad." Gofynnodd Joab, "Pam y mae arnat ti eisiau mynd, fy machgen? Ni chei wobr am ddwyn y neges."

²²And Ahimaaz son of Zadok addeth again, and saith unto Joab, `And whatever it be, let me run, I pray thee, I also, after the Cushite.` And Joab saith, `Why [is] this — thou art running, my son, and for thee there are no tidings found?` —

²³ Ond plediodd, "Sut bynnag y bydd, gad imi fynd." Felly dywedodd wrtho, "Dos, ynteu." Rhedodd Ahimaas ar hyd y gwastadedd, ac ennill y blaen ar yr Ethiopiad.

²³`And, whatever it be, [said he,] let me run.` And he saith to him, `Run;` and Ahimaaz runneth the way of the circuit, and passeth by the Cushite.

²⁴ Yr oedd Dafydd yn eistedd rhwng y ddeuborth. Pan aeth gwyliwr i fyny uwchben y porth i ben y mur, a chodi ei lygaid ac edrych, dyna lle'r oedd dyn yn rhedeg ar ei ben ei hun.

²⁴And David is sitting between the two gates, and the watchman goeth unto the roof of the gate, unto the wall, and lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, a man running by himself.

²⁵ Galwodd y gwyliwr a hysbysu'r brenin. Atebodd y brenin, "Os yw ar ei ben ei hun, y mae'n dod � neges."

²⁵And the watchman calleth, and declareth to the king, and the king saith, `If by himself, tidings [are] in his mouth;` and he cometh, coming on and drawing near.

²⁶ Fel yr oedd yn dal i agos�u, sylwodd y gwyliwr ar ddyn arall yn rhedeg, a galwodd i lawr at y porthor a dweud, "Dacw ddyn arall yn rhedeg ar ei ben ei hun." Dywedodd y brenin, "Negesydd yw hwn eto."

²⁶And the watchman seeth another man running, and the watchman calleth unto the gatekeeper, and saith, `Lo, a man running by himself;` and the king saith, `Also this one is bearing tidings.`

²⁷ Yna dywedodd y gwyliwr, "Yr wyf yn gweld y cyntaf yn rhedeg yn debyg i Ahimaas fab Sadoc." Ac meddai'r brenin, "Dyn da yw hwnnw; daw ef � newyddion da,"

²⁷And the watchman saith, `I see the running of the first as the running of Ahimaaz son of Zadok.` And the king saith, `This [is] a good man, and with good tidings he cometh.`

²⁸ Pan gyrhaeddodd Ahimaas, dywedodd wrth y brenin, "Heddwch!" Yna moesymgrymodd i'r brenin �'i wyneb i'r llawr, a dweud, "Bendigedig fyddo'r ARGLWYDD dy Dduw, sydd wedi cau am y dynion a gododd yn erbyn f'arglwydd frenin."

²⁸And Ahimaaz calleth and saith unto the king, `Peace;` and he boweth himself to the king, on his face, to the earth, and saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah thy God who hath shut up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king.`

²⁹ Gofynnodd y brenin, "A yw'r llanc Absalom yn iawn?" Ac meddai Ahimaas, "Yr oedd dy was yn gweld cynnwrf mawr pan anfonodd Joab, gwas y brenin, fi i ffwrdd, ond ni wn beth oedd."

²⁹And the king saith, `Peace to the youth — to Absalom?` And Ahimaaz saith, `I saw the great multitude, at the sending away of the servant of the king, even thy servant [by] Joab, and I have not known what [it is].`

³⁰ Dywedodd y brenin, "Saf yma o'r neilltu." Felly safodd o'r neilltu.

³⁰And the king saith, `Turn round, station thyself here;` and he turneth round and standeth still.

³¹ Yna cyrhaeddodd yr Ethiopiad a dweud, "Newydd da, f'arglwydd frenin! Oherwydd y mae'r ARGLWYDD wedi achub dy gam heddiw yn erbyn yr holl rai oedd yn codi yn dy erbyn."

³¹And lo, the Cushite hath come, and the Cushite saith, `Let tidings be proclaimed, my lord, O king; for Jehovah hath delivered thee to-day out of the hand of all those rising up against thee.`

³² Gofynnodd y brenin i'r Ethiopiad, "A yw'r llanc Absalom yn iawn?" Atebodd yr Ethiopiad, "Bydded i elynion f'arglwydd frenin a phawb sy'n codi yn d'erbyn er drwg, fod fel y llanc."

³²And the king saith unto the Cushite, `Peace to the youth — to Absalom?` And the Cushite saith, `Let them be — as the youth — the enemies of my lord the king, and all who have risen up against thee for evil.`

³³ Cynhyrfodd y brenin, ac aeth i fyny i'r llofft uwchben y porth ac wylo; ac wrth fynd, yr oedd yn dweud fel hyn, "O Absalom fy mab, fy mab Absalom! O na fyddwn i wedi cael marw yn dy le, O Absalom fy mab, fy mab!"

³³And the king trembleth, and goeth up on the upper chamber of the gate, and weepeth, and thus he hath said in his going, `My son! Absalom my son; my son Absalom; oh that I had died for thee, Absalom, my son, my son.`