¹ Atebodd Soffar y Naamathiad:

¹And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: —

² "Oni ddylid ateb y pentyrru hwn ar eiriau? A gyfiawnheir rhywun siaradus?

²Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?

³ A wneir pawb yn fud gan dy faldorddi? A gei di watwar heb neb i'th geryddu?

³Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!

⁴ Dywedaist, 'Y mae f'athrawiaeth yn bur, a dilychwin wyf yn d'olwg.'

⁴And thou sayest, `Pure [is] my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.`

⁵ O na lefarai Duw, ac agor ei wefusau i siarad � thi,

⁵And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.

⁶ a hysbysu iti gyfrinachau doethineb, a bod dwy ochr i ddeall! Yna gwybydd fod Duw yn anghofio peth o'th gamwedd.

⁶And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, [Some] of thine iniquity.

⁷ A elli di ddarganfod dirgelwch Duw, neu gyrraedd at gyflawnder yr Hollalluog?

⁷By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?

⁸ Y mae'n uwch na'r nefoedd. Beth a wnei di? Y mae'n is na Sheol. Beth a wyddost ti?

⁸Heights of the heavens! — what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! — what knowest thou?

⁹ Y mae ei fesur yn hwy na'r ddaear, ac yn ehangach na'r m�r.

⁹Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea.

¹⁰ "Os daw ef heibio, i garcharu neu i alw llys barn, pwy a'i rhwystra?

¹⁰If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?

¹¹ Oherwydd y mae ef yn adnabod pobl dwyllodrus, a phan w�l ddrygioni, onid yw'n sylwi arno?

¹¹For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider [it]!

¹² A ddaw'r dwl yn ddeallus � asyn gwyllt yn cael ei eni'n ddyn?

¹²And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.

¹³ "Os cyfeiri dy feddwl yn iawn, fe estynni dy ddwylo tuag ato;

¹³If thou — thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,

¹⁴ ac os oes drygioni ynot, bwrw ef ymhell oddi wrthyt, ac na thriged anghyfiawnder yn dy bebyll;

¹⁴If iniquity [is] in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.

¹⁵ yna gelli godi dy olwg heb gywilydd, a byddi'n gadarn a di-ofn.

¹⁵For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not.

¹⁶ Fe anghofi orthrymder; fel du373?r a giliodd y cofi amdano.

¹⁶For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.

¹⁷ Bydd gyrfa bywyd yn oleuach na chanol dydd, a'r gwyll fel boreddydd.

¹⁷And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest — as the morning thou art.

¹⁸ Byddi'n hyderus am fod gobaith, ac wedi edrych o'th gwmpas, fe orweddi'n ddiogel.

¹⁸And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched — in confidence thou liest down,

¹⁹ Fe orffwysi heb neb i'th ddychryn; a bydd llawer yn ceisio dy ffafr.

¹⁹And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face;

²⁰ Palla llygaid y drygionus, diflanna ymwared oddi wrthynt, a'u gobaith yw'r anadl olaf."

²⁰And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!