¹ Meddyliodd Dafydd, "Rhyw ddiwrnod fe'm difethir trwy law Saul; y peth gorau i mi fydd dianc draw i wlad Philistia, fel na fydd gan Saul obaith dod o hyd imi yn unman o fewn cyrrau Israel; a byddaf yn ddiogel o'i gyrraedd."

¹And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

² Felly cychwynnodd Dafydd, a'r chwe chant o ddynion oedd gydag ef, a mynd at Achis fab Maoch, brenin Gath.

²And David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, unto Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

³ Arhosodd Dafydd gydag Achis yn Gath, ef a'i ddynion a'u teuluoedd; a chyda Dafydd yr oedd ei ddwy wraig, Ahinoam o Jesreel ac Abigail, gwraig Nabal o Garmel.

³And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.

⁴ Pan ddywedwyd wrth Saul fod Dafydd wedi ffoi i Gath, rhoddodd yntau'r gorau i chwilio amdano.

⁴And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

⁵ Dywedodd Dafydd wrth Achis, "Os gweli'n dda, gad imi gael lle i fyw yn un o'r trefi cefn gwlad. Pam y dylai dy was fyw yn y brifddinas gyda thi?"

⁵And David said unto Achish, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

⁶ Yr adeg honno rhoddodd Achis iddo Siclag, a dyna pam y mae Siclag yn perthyn i frenhinoedd Jwda hyd heddiw.

⁶Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.

⁷ Am gyfnod o flwyddyn a phedwar mis y bu Dafydd yn byw yng nghefn gwlad Philistia.

⁷And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

⁸ Byddai Dafydd a'i filwyr yn mynd allan ac yn ymosod ar y Gesuriaid a'r Gersiaid a'r Amaleciaid (oherwydd hwy oedd yn preswylio'r wlad o Telam, ar y ffordd i Sur, hyd at yr Aifft).

⁸And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those [nations] were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

⁹ Pan fyddai'n taro ardal, ni adawai'n fyw na dyn na dynes; a byddai'n cymryd defaid, gwartheg, asynnod, camelod a gwisgoedd, ac yna'n dychwelyd at Achis.

⁹And David smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel; and he returned, and came to Achish.

¹⁰ Pan fyddai Achis yn gofyn, "I ble'r oedd eich cyrch heddiw?" byddai Dafydd yn ateb, "O, yn erbyn Negef Jwda"; neu, "Yn erbyn Negef y Jerahmeeliaid"; neu, "Yn erbyn Negef y Ceneaid".

¹⁰And Achish said, Against whom have ye made a raid to-day? And David said, Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.

¹¹ Nid oedd Dafydd yn gadael yr un dyn na dynes yn fyw i gario newyddion i Gath, rhag iddynt adrodd yr hanes a dweud, "Fel hyn y gwnaeth Dafydd, a dyma'i arfer tra bu'n byw yng nghefn gwlad Philistia."

¹¹And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David, and so hath been his manner all the while he hath dwelt in the country of the Philistines.

¹² Yr oedd Achis yn credu Dafydd ac yn meddwl, "Yn sicr y mae wedi ei ffieiddio gan ei bobl Israel, a bydd yn was i mi am byth."

¹²And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.