¹ Yr oedd yr Israeliaid wedi tyngu yn Mispa na fyddai neb ohonynt yn rhoi ei ferch yn wraig i Benjaminiad.

¹And the men of Israel have sworn in Mizpeh, saying, `None of us doth give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.`

² Wedi i'r bobl ddod i Fethel ac eistedd yno gerbron Duw hyd yr hwyr, dechreusant wylo'n hidl,

²And the people come in to Beth-El, and sit there till the evening before God, and lift up their voice, and weep — a great weeping,

³ a dweud, "Pam, O ARGLWYDD Dduw Israel, y digwyddodd hyn i Israel, bod un llwyth heddiw yn eisiau?"

³and say, `Why, O Jehovah, God of Israel, hath this been in Israel — to be lacking to-day, from Israel, one tribe?`

⁴ Trannoeth, wedi i'r bobl godi'n fore, codasant yno allor ac aberthu poethoffrymau a heddoffrymau.

⁴And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that the people rise early, and build there an altar, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings and peace-offerings.

⁵ Yna dywedodd yr Israeliaid, "Pwy o holl lwythau Israel sydd heb ddod i fyny at yr ARGLWYDD i'r cynulliad?" Oherwydd yr oedd llw difrifol wedi ei dyngu y byddai'r sawl na dd�i i fyny at yr ARGLWYDD i Mispa yn sicr o gael ei roi i farwolaeth.

⁵And the sons of Israel say, `Who [is] he that hath not come up in the assembly out of all the tribes of Israel unto Jehovah?` for the great oath hath been concerning him who hath not come up unto Jehovah to Mizpeh, saying, `He is surely put to death.`

⁶ Gofidiodd yr Israeliaid am eu perthynas Benjamin, a dweud, "Y mae un llwyth wedi ei dorri allan o Israel heddiw.

⁶And the sons of Israel repent concerning Benjamin their brother, and say, `There hath been to-day cut off one tribe from Israel,

⁷ Beth a wnawn ni dros y dynion sydd ar �l, a ninnau wedi tyngu i'r ARGLWYDD na roddem iddynt yr un o'n merched yn wraig?"

⁷what do we do for them — for those who are left — for wives, and we — we have sworn by Jehovah not to give to them of our daughters for wives?`

⁸ Ac meddent, "Prun o lwythau Israel sydd heb ddod i fyny at yr ARGLWYDD i Mispa?" Nid oedd neb o Jabes-gilead wedi dod i'r gwersyll i'r cynulliad.

⁸And they say, `Who is [that] one out of the tribes of Israel who hath not come up unto Jehovah to Mizpeh?` and lo, none hath come in unto the camp from Jabesh-Gilead — unto the assembly.

⁹ Pan gyfrifwyd y bobl, nid oedd yno neb o drigolion Jabes-gilead.

⁹And the people numbered themselves, and lo, there is not there a man of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead.

¹⁰ Felly anfonodd y cynulliad ddeuddeng mil o wu375?r rhyfel yno, a gorchymyn iddynt, "Ewch a lladdwch drigolion Jabes-gilead �'r cleddyf, yn cynnwys y gwragedd a'r plant.

¹⁰And the company send there twelve thousand men of the sons of valour, and command them, saying, `Go — and ye have smitten the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead by the mouth of the sword, even the women and the infants.

¹¹ A dyma'r hyn a wnewch: dinistriwch yn llwyr bob dyn, a phob dynes nad yw'n wyryf."

¹¹And this [is] the thing which ye do; every male, and every woman knowing the lying of a male, ye devote.`

¹² Cawsant ymhlith Jabes-gilead bedwar cant o wyryfon nad oeddent wedi gorwedd gyda dyn; a daethant � hwy i'r gwersyll i Seilo yng ngwlad Canaan.

¹²And they find out of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead four hundred young women, virgins, who have not known man by the lying of a male, and they bring them in unto the camp at Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan.

¹³ Anfonodd y cynulliad cyfan neges at y Benjaminiaid oedd yng nghraig Rimmon, a chynnig heddwch iddynt.

¹³And all the company send, and speak, unto the sons of Benjamin who [are] in the rock Rimmon, and proclaim to them peace;

¹⁴ Yna, wedi iddynt ddychwelyd, rhoesant iddynt y merched o Jabes-gilead yr oeddent wedi eu harbed. Eto nid oedd hynny'n ddigon ar eu cyfer.

¹⁴and Benjamin turneth back at that time, and they give to them the women whom they have kept alive of the women of Jabesh-Gilead, and they have not found for [all of] them so.

¹⁵ A chan fod y bobl yn gofidio am Benjamin, am i'r ARGLWYDD wneud bwlch yn llwythau Israel,

¹⁵And the people repented concerning Benjamin, for Jehovah had made a breach among the tribes of Israel.

¹⁶ dywedodd henuriaid y cynulliad, "Beth a wnawn am wragedd i'r gweddill, gan fod y merched wedi eu difa o blith Benjamin?"

¹⁶And the elders of the company say, `What do we do to the remnant for wives — for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin?`

¹⁷ Ac meddent, "Rhaid cael etifeddion i'r rhai o Benjamin a arbedwyd, rhag dileu llwyth o Israel.

¹⁷And they say, `A possession of an escaped party [is] to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel;

¹⁸ Ni allwn roi iddynt wragedd o blith ein merched ni, am fod yr Israeliaid wedi tyngu, 'Melltigedig fyddo'r hwn a roddo wraig i Benjamin.'"

¹⁸and we — we are not able to give to them wives out of our daughters, for the sons of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed [is] he who is giving a wife to Benjamin.`

¹⁹ A dyna hwy'n dweud, "Y mae gu373?yl i'r ARGLWYDD bob blwyddyn yn Seilo, o du'r gogledd i Fethel, ac i'r dwyrain o'r briffordd sy'n arwain o Fethel i Sichem, i'r de o Lebona."

¹⁹And they say, `Lo, a festival of Jehovah [is] in Shiloh, from time to time, which [is] on the north of Beth-El, at the rising of the sun, by the highway which is going up from Beth-El to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.`

²⁰ A rhoesant orchymyn i'r Benjaminiaid, "Ewch ac ymguddiwch yn y gwinllannoedd,

²⁰And they command the sons of Benjamin, saying, `Go — and ye have laid wait in the vineyards,

²¹ a gwyliwch. A phan ddaw merched Seilo allan i ddawnsio, rhuthrwch allan o'r gwinllannoedd a chipiwch bob un wraig o'u plith, ac yna dewch yn �l i dir Benjamin.

²¹and have seen, and lo, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances — then ye have gone out from the vineyards, and caught for you each his wife out of the daughters of Shiloh, and gone to the land of Benjamin;

²² Ac os daw eu hynafiaid neu eu brodyr atom i achwyn, fe ddywedwn wrthynt, 'Byddwch yn rasol wrthynt, oherwydd ni chawsom wragedd iddynt trwy ryfel; ac nid chwi sydd wedi eu rhoi hwy iddynt, felly rydych chwi'n ddieuog.'"

²²and it hath been, when their fathers or their brethren come in to plead unto us, that we have said unto them, Favour us [by] them, for we have not taken [to] each his wife in battle, for ye — ye have not given to them at this time [that] ye are guilty.`

²³ Gwnaeth y Benjaminiaid hyn, ac wedi i bob un gael gwraig o blith y dawnswyr yr oeddent wedi eu cipio, aethant yn �l i'w tiriogaeth ac ailadeiladu'r trefi a byw ynddynt.

²³And the sons of Benjamin do so, and take women according to their number, out of the dancers whom they have taken violently away; and they go, and turn back unto their inheritance, and build the cities, and dwell in them.

²⁴ Dychwelodd yr Israeliaid hefyd yr un pryd i'w tiriogaeth, a phob un yn mynd yn �l at ei lwyth a'i deulu ei hun.

²⁴And the sons of Israel go up and down thence at that time, each to his tribe, and to his family; and they go out thence each to his inheritance.

²⁵ Yn y dyddiau hynny nid oedd brenin yn Israel. Yr oedd pob un yn gwneud yr hyn oedd yn iawn yn ei olwg ei hun.

²⁵In those days there is no king in Israel; each doth that which is right in his own eyes.