¹ Yn y dyddiau hynny nid oedd brenin yn Israel. Yr oedd rhyw Lefiad yn byw yng nghyffiniau mynydd-dir Effraim, ac fe gymerodd iddo ordderchwraig o Fethlehem Jwda.

¹And it cometh to pass, in those days, when there is no king in Israel, that there is a man a Levite, a sojourner in the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he taketh to him a wife, a concubine, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah;

² Ond bu'r ordderchwraig yn anffyddlon iddo; gadawodd ef a dianc adref i Fethlehem Jwda. Wedi iddi fod yno ryw bedwar mis,

²and commit whoredom against him doth his concubine, and she goeth from him unto the house of her father, unto Beth-Lehem-Judah, and is there days — four months.

³ cychwynnodd ei gu373?r ar ei h�l gyda'i was a dau asyn, i'w denu hi'n �l. Daeth hi ag ef i'w chartref, a phan welodd ei thad ef yr oedd yn falch o'i gyfarfod.

³And her husband riseth and goeth after her, to speak unto her heart, to bring her back, and his young man [is] with him, and a couple of asses; and she bringeth him into the house of her father, and the father of the young woman seeth him, and rejoiceth to meet him.

⁴ Mynnodd ei dad-yng-nghyfraith, sef tad yr eneth, iddo aros yno am dridiau, a buont yn bwyta ac yn yfed ac yn cysgu yno.

⁴And keep hold on him doth his father-in-law, father of the young woman, and he abideth with him three days, and they eat and drink, and lodge there.

⁵ Ar y pedwerydd dydd, wedi iddynt godi'n fore a pharatoi i gychwyn, dywedodd tad yr eneth wrth ei fab-yng-nghyfraith, "Atgyfnertha dy hun � thamaid o fara cyn cychwyn."

⁵And it cometh to pass, on the fourth day, that they rise early in the morning, and he riseth to go, and the father of the young woman saith unto his son-in-law, `Support thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward ye go on.`

⁶ Felly dyna'r ddau'n eistedd i lawr gyda'i gilydd i fwyta ac yfed; ac meddai tad yr eneth wrth y gu373?r, "Bodlona aros noson eto a'th fwynhau dy hun."

⁶And they sit and eat both of them together, and drink, and the father of the young woman saith unto the man, `Be willing, I pray thee, and lodge all night, and let thy heart be glad.`

⁷ Er i'r gu373?r godi i fynd, bu ei dad-yng-nghyfraith mor daer fel yr arhosodd yno noson arall.

⁷And the man riseth to go, and his father-in-law presseth on him, and he turneth back and lodgeth there.

⁸ A phan gododd i gychwyn fore'r pumed diwrnod, dywedodd tad yr eneth, "Atgyfnertha dy hun."

⁸And he riseth early in the morning, on the fifth day, to go, and the father of the young woman saith, `Support, I pray thee, thy heart;` and they have tarried till the turning of the day, and they eat, both of them.

⁹ A buont yn hamddena hyd hwyr y dydd ac yn bwyta gyda'i gilydd. Yna, pan oedd y dyn a'i ordderch a'i lanc yn paratoi i gychwyn, dywedodd tad yr eneth wrtho, "Edrych, y mae'n hwyrhau, arhoswch heno; mae'r dydd ar ddarfod. Os arhosi yma heno a'th fwynhau dy hun, fe gewch godi'n gynnar yfory i'ch taith, a mynd adref."

⁹And the man riseth to go, he and his concubine, and his young man, and his father-in-law, father of the young woman, saith to him, `Lo, I pray thee, the day hath fallen toward evening, lodge all night, I pray thee; lo, the declining of the day! lodge here, and let thine heart be glad — and ye have risen early to-morrow for your journey, and thou hast gone to thy tent.`

¹⁰ Ond ni fynnai'r dyn aros; cododd, a mynd gyda'i ddau asyn llwythog, a'i ordderch, a'i was, nes dod gyferbyn � Jebus, hynny yw Jerwsalem.

¹⁰And the man hath not been willing to lodge all night, and he riseth, and goeth, and cometh in till over-against Jebus (It [is] Jerusalem), and with him [are] a couple of asses saddled; and his concubine [is] with him.

¹¹ A phan oeddent yn ymyl Jebus, a'r dydd yn darfod, dywedodd y gwas wrth ei feistr, "Tyrd yn awr, gad inni droi i mewn yma i ddinas y Jebusiaid, a threulio'r nos ynddi."

¹¹They [are] near Jebus, and the day hath gone greatly down, and the young man saith unto his lord, `Come, I pray thee, and we turn aside unto this city of the Jebusite, and lodge in it.`

¹² Ond atebodd ei feistr, "Nid awn i mewn i ddinas estron lle nad oes Israeliaid; fe awn cyn belled � Gibea."

¹²And his lord saith unto him, `Let us not turn aside unto the city of a stranger, that is not of the sons of Israel, thither, but we have passed over unto Gibeah.`

¹³ Ac meddai wedyn wrth ei was, "Tyrd, fe awn cyn belled � Gibea neu Rama, a threulio'r nos yn un ohonynt."

¹³And he saith to his young man, `Come, and we draw near to one of the places, and have lodged in Gibeah, or in Ramah.`

¹⁴ Felly ymlaen � hwy nes i'r haul fachlud arnynt yn ymyl Gibea Benjamin.

¹⁴And they pass over, and go on, and the sun goeth in upon them near Gibeah, which is to Benjamin;

¹⁵ Troesant i mewn yno i dreulio'r nos yn Gibea; ond er iddynt fynd ac eistedd ar sgw�r y dref, nid oedd neb am eu cymryd i mewn i letya.

¹⁵and they turn aside there to go in to lodge in Gibeah, and he goeth in and sitteth in a broad place of the city, and there is no man gathering them into the house to lodge.

¹⁶ Ar hynny, dyma hen u373?r yn dod o'i waith yn y maes gyda'r hwyr. Un o fynydd-dir Effraim oedd ef, ond yn cartrefu dros dro yn Gibea; Benjaminiaid oedd pobl y lle.

¹⁶And lo, a man, an aged one, hath come from his work from the field in the evening, and the man [is] of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he [is] a sojourner in Gibeah, and the men of the place [are] Benjamites.

¹⁷ Wrth godi ei olwg, gwelodd y teithiwr ar sgw�r y dref, ac meddai'r hen u373?r, "I ble rwyt ti'n mynd, ac o ble y daethost?"

¹⁷And he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the man, the traveller, in a broad place of the city, and the aged man saith, `Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?`

¹⁸ Dywedodd yntau wrtho, "Ar daith o Fethlehem Jwda i gyffiniau mynydd-dir Effraim yr ydym ni. Un oddi yno wyf fi, yn dychwelyd adref ar �l bod ym Methlehem Jwda; ond nid oes neb wedi fy nghymryd i'w du375?.

¹⁸And he saith unto him, `We are passing over from Beth-Lehem-Judah unto the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim — thence I [am], and I go unto Beth-Lehem-Judah; and to the house of Jehovah I am going, and there is no man gathering me into the house,

¹⁹ Y mae gennym wellt ac ebran i'n hasynnod, hefyd fara a gwin i mi a'th lawforwyn a'r gwas; nid oes ar dy weision angen un dim."

¹⁹and both straw and provender are for our asses, and also bread and wine there are for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man with thy servants; there is no lack of anything.`

²⁰ Dywedodd yr hen u373?r, "Croeso i chwi. Fe ofalaf fi am eich anghenion i gyd; rhaid ichwi beidio � threulio'r nos ar y sgw�r."

²⁰And the old man saith, `Peace to thee; only, all thy lack [is] on me, only in the broad place lodge not.`

²¹ Aeth � hwy i'w du375? a phorthi'r asynnod; cawsant hwythau olchi eu traed a bwyta ac yfed.

²¹And he bringeth him in to his house, and mixeth [food] for the asses, and they wash their feet, and eat and drink.

²² Tra oeddent yn eu mwynhau eu hunain, daeth rhai o ddihirod y dref i ymgasglu o gwmpas y tu375?, a churo ar y drws a dweud wrth yr hen u373?r oedd yn berchen y tu375?, "Tyrd �'r dyn a ddaeth i'th du375? allan, i ni gael cyfathrach ag ef."

²²They are making their heart glad, and lo, men of the city, men — sons of worthlessness — have gone round about the house, beating on the door, and they speak unto the old man, the master of the house, saying, `Bring out the man who hath come unto thine house, and we know him.`

²³ Aeth perchennog y tu375? allan atynt a dweud wrthynt, "Nage, frodyr, peidiwch � chamymddwyn; gan fod y dyn wedi dod i'm tu375?, peidiwch � gwneud y fath anlladrwydd.

²³And the man, the master of the house, goeth out unto them, and saith unto them, `Nay, my brethren, do not evil, I pray you, after that this man hath come in unto my house, do not this folly;

²⁴ Dyma fy merch i, sy'n wyryf, a'i ordderch ef; dof � hwy allan i chwi eu treisio, neu wneud fel y mynnoch iddynt, ond peidiwch � gwneud y fath anlladrwydd gyda'r dyn."

²⁴lo, my daughter, the virgin, and his concubine, let me bring them out, I pray you, and humble ye them, and do to them that which is good in your eyes, and to this man do not this foolish thing.`

²⁵ Ond ni fynnai'r dynion wrando arno. Felly cydiodd y dyn yn ei ordderch a'i gwthio allan atynt, a buont yn ei threisio a'i cham-drin drwy'r nos, hyd y bore, ac yna gadael iddi fynd ar doriad y wawr.

²⁵And the men have not been willing to hearken to him, and the man taketh hold on his concubine, and bringeth [her] out unto them without, and they know her, and roll themselves upon her all the night, till the morning, and send her away in the ascending of the dawn;

²⁶ Yn y bore, daeth y ddynes a disgyn wrth ddrws y tu375? lle'r oedd ei meistr.

²⁶and the woman cometh in at the turning of the morning, and falleth at the opening of the man`s house, where her lord [is], till the light.

²⁷ Pan gododd ei meistr yn y bore ac agor drws y tu375? i fynd allan i gychwyn ar ei daith, dyna lle'r oedd ei ordderch wedi disgyn wrth ddrws y tu375?, a'i dwy law ar y rhiniog.

²⁷And her lord riseth in the morning, and openeth the doors of the house, and goeth out to go on his way, and lo, the woman, his concubine, is fallen at the opening of the house, and her hands [are] on the threshold,

²⁸ Dywedodd wrthi, "Cod, inni gael mynd." Ond nid oedd ateb. Cododd hi ar yr asyn ac aeth adref.

²⁸and he saith unto her, `Rise, and we go;` and there is none answering, and he taketh her on the ass, and the man riseth and goeth to his place,

²⁹ Pan gyrhaeddodd ei gartref, cymerodd gyllell, a gafael yn ei ordderch a'i darnio bob yn gymal yn ddeuddeg darn, a'u hanfon drwy holl derfynau Israel.

²⁹and cometh in unto his house, and taketh the knife, and layeth hold on his concubine, and cutteth her in pieces to her bones — into twelve pieces, and sendeth her into all the border of Israel.

³⁰ Yr oedd pawb a'i gwelodd yn dweud, "Ni wnaed ac ni welwyd y fath beth, o'r dydd y daeth yr Israeliaid i fyny o wlad yr Aifft hyd y dydd hwn. Edrychwch arni ac ystyried; yna mynegwch eich barn."

³⁰And it hath come to pass, every one who seeth hath said, `There hath not been — yea, there hath not been seen like this, from the day of the coming up of the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt till this day; set your [heart] upon it, take counsel, and speak.`