¹ Ac ym mis Nisan, yn ugeinfed flwyddyn y Brenin Artaxerxes, cymerais y gwin oedd wedi ei osod o'i flaen, a'i roi iddo. Yr oeddwn yn drist yn ei u373?ydd,

¹And it cometh to pass, in the month of Nisan, the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, wine [is] before him, and I lift up the wine, and give to the king, and I had not been sad before him;

² a gofynnodd y brenin i mi, "Pam yr wyt yn drist? Nid wyt yn glaf; felly nid yw hyn ond tristwch calon." Daeth ofn mawr arnaf

²and the king saith to me, `Wherefore [is] thy face sad, and thou not sick? this is nothing except sadness of heart;` and I fear very much,

³ a dywedais, "O frenin, bydd fyw byth! Sut y medraf beidio ag edrych yn drist pan yw'r ddinas lle y claddwyd fy hynafiaid yn adfeilion, a'i phyrth wedi eu hysu � th�n?"

³and say to the king, `Let the king to the age live! wherefore should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of the graves of my fathers, [is] a waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?`

⁴ Dywedodd y brenin, "Beth yw dy ddymuniad?" Yna gwedd�ais ar Dduw'r nefoedd,

⁴And the king saith to me, `For what art thou seeking?` and I pray unto the God of the heavens,

⁵ a dweud wrth y brenin, "Os gw�l y brenin yn dda, ac os yw dy was yn gymeradwy gennyt, anfon fi i Jwda, i'r ddinas lle y claddwyd fy hynafiaid, i'w hailadeiladu."

⁵and say to the king, `If to the king [it be] good, and if thy servant be pleasing before thee, that thou send me unto Judah, unto the city of the graves of my fathers, and I built it.`

⁶ Ac meddai'r brenin wrthyf, a'r frenhines yn eistedd wrth ei ochr, "Pa mor hir fydd dy daith, a pha bryd y dychweli?" Rhoddais amser penodol oedd yn dderbyniol i'r brenin, a gadawodd yntau imi fynd.

⁶And the king saith to me (and the queen is sitting near him), `How long is thy journey? and when dost thou return?` and it is good before the king, and he sendeth me away, and I set to him a time.

⁷ Yna dywedais wrtho, "Os gw�l y brenin yn dda, rho i mi lythyrau at lywodraethwyr Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates er mwyn iddynt hwyluso fy nhaith i Jwda,

⁷And I say to the king, `If to the king [it be] good, letters let be given to me for the governors beyond the River, that they let me pass over till that I come in unto Judah:

⁸ a llythyr hefyd at Asaff, ceidwad y goedwig frenhinol, yn gofyn iddo roi coed imi i wneud trawstiau ar gyfer pyrth y palas sydd yn ymyl y deml, a muriau'r ddinas a'r tu375? y byddaf yn byw ynddo." Trwy ffafr fy Nuw cefais fy nymuniad gan y brenin.

⁸and a letter unto Asaph, keeper of the paradise that the king hath, that he give to me trees for beams [for] the gates of the palace that the house hath, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into which I enter;` and the king giveth to me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

⁹ Yr oedd y brenin wedi anfon gyda mi swyddogion o'r fyddin a marchogion, a phan ddeuthum at lywodraethwyr Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates rhoddais iddynt lythyrau'r brenin.

⁹And I come in unto the governors beyond the River, and give to them the letters of the king; and the king sendeth with me heads of a force, and horsemen;

¹⁰ Ond pan glywodd Sanbalat yr Horoniad a'r gwas Tobeia yr Ammoniad am hyn, yr oeddent yn flin iawn fod rhywun wedi dod i geisio cynorthwyo pobl Israel.

¹⁰and Sanballat the Horonite heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and it is evil to them — a great evil — that a man hath come in to seek good for the sons of Israel.

¹¹ Wedi imi gyrraedd Jerwsalem a bod yno dridiau,

¹¹And I come in unto Jerusalem, and I am there three days,

¹² codais liw nos, myfi a'r ychydig ddynion oedd gyda mi, ond heb ddweud wrth neb beth oedd fy Nuw wedi ei roi yn fy meddwl i'w wneud i Jerwsalem. Nid oedd anifail gyda mi ar wah�n i'r un yr oeddwn yn marchogaeth arno.

¹²and I rise by night, I and a few men with me, and have not declared to a man what my God is giving unto my heart to do for Jerusalem, and there is no beast with me except the beast on which I am riding.

¹³ Euthum allan liw nos trwy Borth y Glyn i gyfeiriad Ffynnon y Ddraig ac at Borth y Dom, ac archwilio muriau drylliedig Jerwsalem a hefyd ei phyrth a losgwyd � th�n.

¹³And I go out through the gate of the valley by night, and unto the front of the fountain of the dragon, and unto the gate of the dunghill, and I am measuring about the walls of Jerusalem, that are broken down, and its gates consumed with fire.

¹⁴ Euthum ymlaen i Borth y Ffynnon ac i Lyn y Brenin, ond nid oedd lle i'm hanifail fynd trwodd.

¹⁴And I pass over unto the gate of the fountain, and unto the pool of the king, and there is no place for the beast under me to pass over,

¹⁵ Euthum i fyny'r dyffryn liw nos i archwilio'r mur, ac yna troi'n �l a dychwelyd trwy Borth y Glyn.

¹⁵and I am going up through the brook by night, and am measuring about the wall, and turn back, and come in through the gate of the valley, and turn back.

¹⁶ Ni wyddai'r swyddogion i ble yr oeddwn wedi mynd na beth yr oeddwn yn ei wneud; hyd yma nid oeddwn wedi dweud dim wrth yr Iddewon na'r offeiriaid na'r penaethiaid na'r swyddogion na'r rhai a fyddai'n gyfrifol am wneud y gwaith.

¹⁶And the prefects have not known whither I have gone, and what I am doing; and to the Jews, and to the priests, and to the freemen, and to the prefects, and to the rest of those doing the work, hitherto I have not declared [it];

¹⁷ Yna dywedais wrthynt, "Yr ydych yn gweld y trybini yr ydym ynddo; y mae Jerwsalem yn adfeilion a'i phyrth wedi eu llosgi � th�n; dewch, adeiladwn fur Jerwsalem rhag inni fod yn waradwydd mwyach."

¹⁷and I say unto them, `Ye are seeing the evil that we are in, in that Jerusalem [is] waste, and its gates have been burnt with fire; come and we build the wall of Jerusalem, and we are not any more a reproach.`

¹⁸ Dywedais wrthynt fel yr oedd fy Nuw wedi fy helpu, a hefyd yr hyn a ddywedodd y brenin wrthyf. Yna dywedasant, "Awn ati i adeiladu." A bu iddynt ymroi i'r gwaith yn ewyllysgar.

¹⁸And I declare to them the hand of my God that is good upon me, and also the words of the king that he said to me, and they say, `Let us rise, and we have built;` and they strengthen their hands for good.

¹⁹ Pan glywodd Sanbalat yr Horoniad, a'r gwas Tobeia yr Ammoniad, a Gesem yr Arabiad, gwatwarasant ni a'n dirmygu a gofyn, "Beth yw hyn yr ydych yn ei wneud? A ydych yn gwrthryfela yn erbyn y brenin?"

¹⁹And Sanballat the Horonite heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, and they mock at us, and despise us, and say, `What [is] this thing that ye are doing? against the king are ye rebelling?`

²⁰ Atebais hwy a dweud, "Bydd Duw y nefoedd yn rhoi llwyddiant i ni, ac yr ydym ninnau, ei weision ef, yn mynd ati i adeiladu. Ond nid oes gennych chwi ran na hawl na braint yn Jerwsalem."

²⁰And I return them word, and say to them, `The God of the heavens — He doth give prosperity to us, and we His servants rise and have built; and to you there is no portion, and right, and memorial in Jerusalem.`