¹ Yn ystod y cyfnod pan oedd y barnwyr yn llywodraethu, bu newyn yn y wlad, ac aeth dyn o Fethlehem Jwda gyda'i wraig a'i ddau fab i fyw dros dro yng ngwlad Moab.

¹And it cometh to pass, in the days of the judging of the judges, that there is a famine in the land, and there goeth a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

² Elimelech oedd enw'r dyn, Naomi oedd enw ei wraig, a Mahlon a Chilion oedd enwau'r ddau fab. Effrateaid o Fethlehem Jwda oeddent, ac aethant i wlad Moab ac aros yno.

²And the name of the man [is] Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites from Beth-Lehem-Judah; and they come into the fields of Moab, and are there.

³ Ond bu farw Elimelech, gu373?r Naomi, a gadawyd hi'n weddw gyda'i dau fab.

³And Elimelech husband of Naomi dieth, and she is left, she and her two sons;

⁴ Priododd y ddau � merched o Moab; Orpa oedd enw'r naill a Ruth oedd enw'r llall. Wedi iddynt fod yno tua deng mlynedd,

⁴and they take to them wives, Moabitesses: the name of the one [is] Orpah, and the name of the second Ruth; and they dwell there about ten years.

⁵ bu farw Mahlon a Chilion ill dau; a gadawyd y wraig yn amddifad o'i dau blentyn yn ogystal ag o'i gu373?r.

⁵And they die also, both of them — Mahlon and Chilion — and the woman is left of her two children and of her husband.

⁶ Penderfynodd hi a'i dwy ferch-yng-nghyfraith ddychwelyd o wlad Moab, oherwydd iddi glywed yno i'r ARGLWYDD ymweld �'i bobl a rhoi bwyd iddynt.

⁶And she riseth, she and her daughters-in-law, and turneth back from the fields of Moab, for she hath heard in the fields of Moab that God hath looked after His people, — to give to them bread.

⁷ Gadawodd hi a'i dwy ferch-yng-nghyfraith y man lle'r oeddent, a chychwyn yn �l am wlad Jwda.

⁷And she goeth out from the place where she hath been, and her two daughters-in-law with her, and they go in the way to turn back unto the land of Judah.

⁸ Ac meddai Naomi wrth ei dwy ferch-yng-nghyfraith, "Ewch yn �l adref, bob un at ei mam, y ddwy ohonoch; a bydded yr ARGLWYDD mor garedig wrthych chwi ag y buoch chwi wrth y rhai a fu farw ac wrthyf finnau,

⁸And Naomi saith to her two daughters-in-law, `Go, turn back, each to the house of her mother; Jehovah doth with you kindness as ye have done with the dead, and with me;

⁹ a rhoi i'r ddwy ohonoch orffwysfa mewn cartref gyda gu373?r." Yna fe'u cusanodd, a dechreuodd y ddwy wylo'n uchel,

⁹Jehovah doth grant to you, and find ye rest each in the house of her husband;` and she kisseth them, and they lift up their voice and weep.

¹⁰ a dweud wrthi, "Ond yr ydym ni am ddychwelyd gyda thi at dy bobl."

¹⁰And they say to her, `Surely with thee we go back to thy people.`

¹¹ Dywedodd Naomi, "Ewch adref, fy merched. Pam y dewch gyda mi? A oes gennyf fi ragor o feibion yn fy nghroth, iddynt ddod yn wu375?r i chwi?

¹¹And Naomi saith, `Turn back, my daughters; why do ye go with me? are there yet to me sons in my bowels that they have been to you for husbands?

¹² Ewch yn �l, fy merched, oherwydd yr wyf fi'n rhy hen i gael gu373?r. Pe bawn i'n dweud bod gennyf obaith cael gu373?r heno, ac yna geni plant,

¹²Turn back, my daughters, go, for I am too aged to be to a husband; though I had said, There is for me hope, also, I have been to-night to a husband, and also I have borne sons:

¹³ a fyddech chwi'n disgwyl nes iddynt dyfu? A fyddech yn ymgadw rhag priodi? Na, fy merched; y mae'n llawer chwerwach i mi nag i chwi am fod llaw yr ARGLWYDD yn f'erbyn i."

¹³for them do ye wait till that they grow up? for them do ye shut yourselves up, not to be to a husband? nay, my daughters, for more bitter to me than to you, for the hand of Jehovah hath gone out against me.`

¹⁴ Wylodd y ddwy yn uchel eto; yna ffarweliodd Orpa �'i mam-yng-nghyfraith, ond glynodd Ruth wrthi.

¹⁴And they lift up their voice, and weep again, and Orpah kisseth her mother-in-law, and Ruth hath cleaved to her.

¹⁵ A dywedodd Naomi, "Edrych, y mae dy chwaer-yng-nghyfraith wedi mynd yn �l at ei phobl a'i duw; dychwel dithau ar ei h�l."

¹⁵And she saith, `Lo, thy sister-in-law hath turned back unto her people, and unto her god, turn thou back after thy sister-in-law.`

¹⁶ Ond meddai Ruth, "Paid �'m hannog i'th adael, na throi'n �l oddi wrthyt, oherwydd i ble bynnag yr ei di, fe af finnau; ac ym mhle bynnag y byddi di'n aros, fe arhosaf finnau; dy bobl di fydd fy mhobl i, a'th Dduw di fy Nuw innau.

¹⁶And Ruth saith, `Urge me not to leave thee — to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people [is] my people, and thy God my God.

¹⁷ Lle y byddi di farw, y byddaf finnau farw ac yno y'm cleddir. Fel hyn y gwnelo'r ARGLWYDD i mi, a rhagor, os bydd unrhyw beth ond angau yn ein gwahanu ni."

¹⁷Where thou diest I die, and there I am buried; thus doth Jehovah to me, and thus doth He add — for death itself doth part between me and thee.`

¹⁸ Gwelodd Naomi ei bod yn benderfynol o fynd gyda hi, ac fe beidiodd �'i hannog rhagor.

¹⁸And she seeth that she is strengthening herself to go with her, and she ceaseth to speak unto her;

¹⁹ Aeth y ddwy ymlaen nes dod i Fethlehem; ac wedi iddynt gyrraedd, bu cyffro trwy'r holl dref o'u plegid, a'r merched yn gofyn, "Ai Naomi yw hon?"

¹⁹and they go both of them till their coming in to Beth-Lehem; and it cometh to pass at their coming in to Beth-Lehem, that all the city is moved at them, and they say, `Is this Naomi?`

²⁰ Dywedodd hithau wrthynt, "Peidiwch �'m galw'n Naomi, galwch fi'n Mara; oherwydd bu'r Hollalluog yn chwerw iawn wrthyf.

²⁰And she saith unto them, `Call me not Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly to me,

²¹ Yr oeddwn yn llawn wrth fynd allan, ond daeth yr ARGLWYDD � mi'n �l yn wag. Pam y galwch fi'n Naomi, a'r ARGLWYDD wedi tystio i'm herbyn, a'r Hollalluog wedi dod � drwg arnaf?"

²¹I went out full, and empty hath Jehovah brought me back, why do ye call me Naomi, and Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath done evil to me?`

²² Fel hyn y dychwelodd Naomi o wlad Moab, a'i merch-yng-nghyfraith, Ruth y Foabes, gyda hi. Daethant i Fethlehem yn nechrau'r cynhaeaf haidd.

²²And Naomi turneth back, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who hath turned back from the fields of Moab, and they have come in to Beth-Lehem at the commencement of barley-harvest.