¹ Geiriau Nehemeia fab Hachaleia. Ym mis Cislef yn yr ugeinfed flwyddyn, pan oeddwn yn y palas yn Susan,

¹Words of Nehemiah son of Hachaliah. And it cometh to pass, in the month of Chisleu, the twentieth year, and I have been in Shushan the palace,

² cyrhaeddodd Hanani, un o'm brodyr, a gwu375?r o Jwda gydag ef. Holais hwy am Jerwsalem ac am yr Iddewon, y rhai dihangol a adawyd ar �l heb fynd i'r gaethglud.

²and come in doth Hanani, one of my brethren, he and men of Judah, and I ask them concerning the Jews, the escaped part that have been left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem;

³ Dywedasant hwythau wrthyf, "Y mae'r gweddill a adawyd ar �l yn y dalaith, heb eu caethgludo, mewn trybini mawr a gofid; drylliwyd mur Jerwsalem a llosgwyd ei phyrth � th�n."

³and they say to me, `Those left, who have been left of the captivity there in the province, [are] in great evil, and in reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burnt with fire.`

⁴ Pan glywais hyn eisteddais i lawr ac wylo, a b�m yn galaru ac yn ymprydio am ddyddiau, ac yn gwedd�o ar Dduw y nefoedd.

⁴And it cometh to pass, at my hearing these words, I have sat down, and I weep and mourn [for] days, and I am fasting and praying before the God of the heavens.

⁵ Dywedais, "O ARGLWYDD Dduw y nefoedd, y Duw mawr ac ofnadwy, sy'n cadw cyfamod ac sy'n ffyddlon i'r rhai sy'n ei garu ac yn cadw ei orchmynion,

⁵And I say, `I beseech thee, O Jehovah, God of the heavens, God, the great and the fearful, keeping the covenant and kindness for those loving Him, and for those keeping His commands,

⁶ yn awr bydded dy glust yn gwrando a'th lygaid yn agored i dderbyn y weddi yr wyf fi, dy was, yn ei gwedd�o o'th flaen ddydd a nos, dros blant Israel, dy weision. Yr wyf yn cyffesu'r pechodau a wnaethom ni, bobl Israel, yn dy erbyn; yr wyf fi a thu375? fy nhad wedi pechu yn dy erbyn,

⁶let Thine ear be, I pray Thee, attentive, and Thine eyes open, to hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, that I am praying before Thee to-day, by day and by night, concerning the sons of Israel Thy servants, and confessing concerning the sins of the sons of Israel, that we have sinned against Thee; yea, I and the house of my father have sinned;

⁷ ac ymddwyn yn llygredig iawn tuag atat trwy beidio � chadw'r gorchmynion a'r deddfau a'r cyfreithiau a orchmynnaist i'th was Moses.

⁷we have acted very corruptly against Thee, and have not kept the commands, and the statutes, and the judgments, that Thou didst command Moses Thy servant.

⁸ Cofia'r rhybudd a roddaist i'th was Moses pan ddywedaist, 'Os byddwch yn anffyddlon, byddaf fi'n eich gwasgaru ymysg y bobloedd;

⁸`Remember, I pray Thee, the word that Thou didst command Moses Thy servant, saying, Ye — ye trespass — I scatter you among peoples;

⁹ ond os dychwelwch ataf a chadw fy ngorchmynion a'u gwneud, byddaf yn casglu'r rhai a wasgarwyd hyd gyrion byd, ac yn eu cyrchu i'r lle a ddewisais i roi fy enw yno.'

⁹and ye have turned back unto Me, and kept My commands, and done them — if your outcast is in the end of the heavens, thence I gather them, and have brought them in unto the place that I have chosen to cause My name to tabernacle there.

¹⁰ Dy weision a'th bobl di ydynt � rhai a waredaist �'th allu mawr ac �'th law nerthol.

¹⁰And they [are] Thy servants, and Thy people, whom Thou hast ransomed by Thy great power, and by Thy strong hand.

¹¹ O ARGLWYDD, gwrando ar weddi dy was a'th weision sy'n ymhyfrydu mewn parchu dy enw, a rho lwyddiant i'th was heddiw a ph�r iddo gael trugaredd gerbron y gu373?r hwn." Yr oeddwn i yn drulliad i'r brenin.

¹¹`I beseech Thee, O Lord, let, I pray Thee, Thine ear be attentive unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto the prayer of Thy servants, those delighting to fear Thy Name; and give prosperity, I pray Thee, to Thy servant to-day, and give him for mercies before this man;` and I have been butler to the king.