¹ Yr oedd Jefftha, brodor o Gilead, yn u373?r dewr; yr oedd yn fab i butain, a Gilead oedd ei dad.

¹And Jephthah the Gileadite hath been a mighty man of valour, and he [is] son of a woman, a harlot; and Gilead begetteth Jephthah,

² Yr oedd gan wraig Gilead hefyd feibion, ac wedi iddynt dyfu, gyrasant Jefftha allan a dweud wrtho, "Ni chei di etifeddiaeth yn nhu375? ein tad, oherwydd mab i wraig estron wyt ti."

²and the wife of Gilead beareth to him sons, and the wife`s sons grow up and cast out Jephthah, and say to him, `Thou dost not inherit in the house of our father; for son of another woman [art] thou.`

³ Ciliodd Jefftha oddi wrth ei frodyr, a mynd i fyw i wlad Tob, lle casglodd ato nifer o wu375?r ofer a oedd yn ei ddilyn.

³And Jephthah fleeth from the face of his brethren, and dwelleth in the land of Tob; and vain men gather themselves together unto Jephthah, and they go out with him.

⁴ Ymhen amser aeth yr Ammoniaid i ryfela yn erbyn yr Israeliaid.

⁴And it cometh to pass, after a time, that the Bene-Ammon fight with Israel,

⁵ A phan ddechreuodd y brwydro rhwng yr Ammoniaid ac Israel, aeth henuriaid Gilead i gyrchu Jefftha o wlad Tob,

⁵and it cometh to pass, when the Bene-Ammon have fought with Israel, that the elders of Gilead go to take Jephthah from the land of Tob;

⁶ a dweud wrtho, "Tyrd, bydd di'n arweinydd inni, er mwyn inni ymladd �'r Ammoniaid."

⁶and they say unto Jephthah, `Come, and thou hast been to us for captain, and we fight against the Bene-Ammon.`

⁷ Ond dywedodd Jefftha wrth henuriaid Gilead, "Onid chwi oedd yn fy nghas�u ac yn fy ngyrru o du375? fy nhad? Pam y dewch ataf fi yn awr pan yw'n gyfyng arnoch?"

⁷And Jephthah saith to the elders of Gilead, `Have not ye hated me? and ye cast me out from the house of my father, and wherefore have ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?`

⁸ Ac meddent hwythau wrtho, "Dyna pam y daethom atat yn awr. Tyrd yn �l gyda ni ac ymladd �'r Ammoniaid, a chei fod yn ben ar holl drigolion Gilead."

⁸and the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, `Therefore, now, we have turned back unto thee; and thou hast gone with us, and fought against the Bene-Ammon, and thou hast been to us for head — to all the inhabitants of Gilead.`

⁹ Dywedodd Jefftha wrth henuriaid Gilead, "Os byddwch yn fy nghymryd yn �l i ymladd �'r Ammoniaid, a'r ARGLWYDD yn eu rhoi yn fy llaw, yna byddaf yn ben arnoch."

⁹And Jephthah saith unto the elders of Gilead, `If ye are taking me back to fight against the Bene-Ammon, and Jehovah hath given them before me — I, am I to you for a head?`

¹⁰ Dywedodd henuriaid Gilead wrth Jefftha, "Bydd yr ARGLWYDD yn dyst rhyngom y gwnawn yn �l dy air."

¹⁰And the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, `Jehovah is hearkening between us — if according to thy word we do not so.`

¹¹ Aeth Jefftha gyda henuriaid Gilead, a gwnaeth y fyddin ef yn ben ac yn arweinydd arnynt, ac adroddodd Jefftha gerbron yr ARGLWYDD yn Mispa bopeth yr oedd wedi ei gytuno.

¹¹And Jephthah goeth with the elders of Gilead, and the people set him over them for head and for captain, and Jephthah speaketh all his words before Jehovah in Mizpeh.

¹² Anfonodd Jefftha negeswyr at frenin yr Ammoniaid a dweud, "Beth sydd gennyt yn f'erbyn, dy fod wedi dod i ymosod ar fy ngwlad?"

¹²And Jephthah sendeth messengers unto the king of the Bene-Ammon, saying, `What — to me and to thee, that thou hast come in unto me, to fight in my land.`

¹³ Dywedodd brenin yr Ammoniaid wrth negeswyr Jefftha, "Pan ddaeth Israel i fyny o'r Aifft, meddiannodd fy ngwlad rhwng nentydd Arnon a Jabboc, hyd at yr Iorddonen; felly dyro hi'n �l yn awr yn heddychol."

¹³And the king of the Bene-Ammon saith unto the messengers of Jephthah, `Because Israel took my land in his coming up out of Egypt, from Arnon, and unto the Jabbok, and unto the Jordan; and now, restore them in peace.`

¹⁴ Anfonodd Jefftha negeswyr eto at frenin yr Ammoniaid

¹⁴And Jephthah addeth yet and sendeth messengers unto the king of the Bene-Ammon,

¹⁵ i ddweud wrtho, "Dyma a ddywed Jefftha: 'Ni chymerodd Israel dir Moab na thir yr Ammoniaid;

¹⁵and saith to him, `Thus said Jephthah, Israel took not the land of Moab, and the land of the Bene-Ammon,

¹⁶ oherwydd pan ddaethant i fyny o'r Aifft, fe aeth Israel trwy'r anialwch hyd at y M�r Coch nes dod i Cades.

¹⁶for in their coming up out of Egypt, Israel goeth in the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and cometh in to Kadesh,

¹⁷ Yna fe anfonodd Israel negeswyr at frenin Edom a dweud, "Gad imi fynd trwy dy dir di"; ond ni wrandawai brenin Edom. Wedyn anfonwyd at frenin Moab, ac nid oedd ef yn fodlon; felly arhosodd Israel yn Cades.

¹⁷and Israel sendeth messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me pass over, I pray thee, through thy land, and the king of Edom hearkened not; and also unto the king of Moab hath [Israel] sent, and he hath not been willing; and Israel abideth in Kadesh,

¹⁸ Yna aethant drwy'r anialwch i fynd heibio i dir Edom a thir Moab o'r tu dwyrain i wlad Moab, a gwersyllu y tu hwnt i nant Arnon, heb groesi terfyn Moab, oherwydd nant Arnon yw terfyn Moab.

¹⁸and he goeth through the wilderness, and compasseth the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and cometh in at the rising of the sun of the land of Moab, and they encamp beyond Arnon, and have not come into the border of Moab, for Arnon [is] the border of Moab.

¹⁹ Anfonodd Israel negeswyr hefyd at frenin yr Amoriaid, Sihon brenin Hesbon, a dweud wrtho, "Gad imi groesi dy dir i'm lle fy hun."

¹⁹`And Israel sendeth messengers unto Sihon, king of the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and Israel saith to him, Let us pass over, we pray thee, through thy land, unto my place,

²⁰ Eto nid ymddiriedai Sihon yn Israel, iddi groesi ei ffin, ond casglodd ei holl fyddin a gwersyllu yn Jahas ac ymladd yn erbyn Israel.

²⁰and Sihon hath not trusted Israel to pass over through his border, and Sihon gathereth all his people, and they encamp in Jahaz, and fight with Israel;

²¹ Rhoddodd yr ARGLWYDD, Duw Israel, Sihon a'i holl fyddin yn llaw Israel, ac fe'u lladdwyd; a meddiannodd Israel holl dir yr Amoriaid oedd yn byw yn yr ardal honno.

²¹and Jehovah, God of Israel, giveth Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smite them, and Israel possesseth all the land of the Amorite, the inhabitant of that land,

²² Daethant i feddiannu holl derfynau'r Amoriaid o nant Arnon hyd nant Jabboc, ac o'r anialwch hyd yr Iorddonen.

²²and they possess all the border of the Amorite from Arnon, and unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness, and unto the Jordan.

²³ Yr ARGLWYDD, Duw Israel, a yrrodd yr Amoriaid allan o flaen ei bobl Israel. A wyt ti'n awr am ei feddiannu?

²³`And now, Jehovah, God of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorite from the presence of His people Israel, and thou wouldst possess it!

²⁴ Onid yr hyn y bydd dy dduw Cemos yn ei roi'n feddiant iti yr wyt ti i'w feddiannu? Yn yr un modd meddiannwn ninnau'r cyfan y bydd yr ARGLWYDD ein Duw yn ei roi'n feddiant i ninnau.

²⁴That which Chemosh thy god causeth thee to possess — dost thou not possess it? and all that which Jehovah our God hath dispossessed from our presence, — it we do possess.

²⁵ Ac yn awr, a wyt ti rywfaint gwell na Balac fab Sippor, brenin Moab? A fu ef yn ymryson o gwbl ag Israel, neu'n ymladd erioed yn eu herbyn?

²⁵`And now, [art] thou at all better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he at all strive with Israel? did he at all fight against them?

²⁶ Bu Israel yn byw yn Hesbon ac Aroer a'u maestrefi, ac yn yr holl drefi sydd ar lannau'r afon, am dri chan mlynedd; pam na fyddech wedi eu hadennill yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw?

²⁶In Israel`s dwelling in Heshbon and in its towns, and in Aroer and in its towns, and in all the cities which [are] by the sides of Arnon three hundred years — and wherefore have ye not delivered them in that time?

²⁷ Nid myfi sydd wedi pechu yn d'erbyn, ond ti sy'n gwneud cam � mi wrth ddod i ryfela yn f'erbyn. Y mae'r ARGLWYDD yn farnwr; barned ef heddiw rhwng Israel a'r Ammoniaid.'"

²⁷And I — I have not sinned against thee, and thou art doing with me evil — to fight against me. Jehovah, the Judge, doth judge to-day between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon.`

²⁸ Ond ni wrandawodd brenin yr Ammoniaid ar y neges a anfonodd Jefftha ato.

²⁸And the king of the Bene-Ammon hath not hearkened unto the words of Jephthah which he sent unto him,

²⁹ Daeth ysbryd yr ARGLWYDD ar Jefftha, ac aeth trwy Gilead a Manasse a thrwy Mispe Gilead, ac oddi yno drosodd at yr Ammoniaid.

²⁹and the Spirit of Jehovah is on Jephthah, and he passeth over Gilead and Manasseh, and passeth over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he hath passed over to the Bene-Ammon.

³⁰ A gwnaeth Jefftha adduned i'r ARGLWYDD a dweud, "Os rhoi di'r Ammoniaid yn fy llaw,

³⁰And Jephthah voweth a vow to Jehovah, and saith, `If Thou dost at all give the Bene-Ammon into my hand —

³¹ beth bynnag a ddaw allan o ddrws fy nhu375? i'm cyfarfod wrth imi ddychwelyd yn ddiogel oddi wrth yr Ammoniaid, bydd yn eiddo i'r ARGLWYDD, ac offrymaf ef yn boethoffrwm."

³¹then it hath been, that which at all cometh out from the doors of my house to meet me in my turning back in peace from the Bene-Ammon — it hath been to Jehovah, or I have offered up for it — a burnt-offering.`

³² A phan aeth Jefftha i frwydro yn erbyn yr Ammoniaid, fe roddodd yr ARGLWYDD hwy yn llaw Jefftha,

³²And Jephthah passeth over unto the Bene-Ammon to fight against them, and Jehovah giveth them into his hand,

³³ a goresgynnodd hwy'n llwyr, o Aroer hyd gyffiniau Minnith � ugain tref, gan gynnwys Abel-ceramim; felly darostyngwyd yr Ammoniaid gan yr Israeliaid.

³³and he smiteth them from Aroer, and unto thy going in to Minnith, twenty cities, and unto the meadow of the vineyards — a very great smiting; and the Bene-Ammon are humbled at the presence of the sons of Israel.

³⁴ Pan gyrhaeddodd Jefftha ei gartref yn Mispa, daeth ei ferch allan i'w gyfarfod � thympanau a dawnsiau. Hi oedd ei unig blentyn; nid oedd ganddo fab na merch ar wah�n iddi hi.

³⁴And Jephthah cometh into Mizpeh, unto his house, and lo, his daughter is coming out to meet him with timbrels, and with choruses, and save her alone, he hath none, son or daughter.

³⁵ A phan welodd ef hi, rhwygodd ei wisg, a dweud, "Gwae fi, fy merch! Yr wyt ti wedi fy nryllio'n llwyr, a thi yw achos fy nhrallod. Gwneuthum addewid i'r ARGLWYDD, ac ni allaf ei thorri."

³⁵And it cometh to pass, when he seeth her, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, `Alas, my daughter, thou hast caused me greatly to bend, and thou hast been among those troubling me; and I — I have opened my mouth unto Jehovah, and I am not able to turn back.`

³⁶ Ac meddai hithau wrtho, "Fy nhad, yr wyt wedi gwneud addewid i'r ARGLWYDD; gwna imi fel yr addewaist, wedi i'r ARGLWYDD sicrhau iti ddialedd ar dy elynion, yr Ammoniaid."

³⁶And she saith unto him, `My father — thou hast opened thy mouth unto Jehovah, do to me as it hath gone out from thy mouth, after that Jehovah hath done for thee vengeance on thine enemies, on the Bene-Ammon.`

³⁷ Ychwanegodd, "Caniat� un peth i mi; rho imi ysbaid o ddeufis i grwydro'r mynyddoedd ac i wylo am fy morwyndod gyda'm ffrindiau."

³⁷And she saith unto her father, `Let this thing be done to me; desist from me two months, and I go on, and have gone down on the hills, and I weep for my virginity — I and my friends.`

³⁸ Dywedodd yntau, "Ie, dos." Gadawodd iddi fynd am ddeufis; ac aeth hithau a'i ffrindiau i wylo am ei morwyndod ar y mynyddoedd.

³⁸And he saith, `Go;` and he sendeth her away two months, and she goeth, she and her friends, and she weepeth for her virginity on the hills;

³⁹ Ar derfyn y deufis, daeth yn �l at ei thad, a gwnaeth yntau iddi yn �l yr adduned a dyngodd. Nid oedd hi wedi cael cyfathrach � gu373?r. A daeth hyn yn ddefod yn Israel,

³⁹and it cometh to pass at the end of two months that she turneth back unto her father, and he doth to her his vow which he hath vowed, and she knew not a man; and it is a statute in Israel:

⁴⁰ bod merched Israel yn mynd allan bob blwyddyn i alaru am ferch Jefftha o Gilead am bedwar diwrnod yn y flwyddyn.

⁴⁰from time to time the daughters of Israel go to talk to the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four days in a year.