¹ Wedi hyn bu farw brenin yr Ammoniaid, a daeth Hanun ei fab yn frenin yn ei le.

¹And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.

² Dywedodd Dafydd, "Gwnaf garedigrwydd � Hanun fab Nahas, fel y gwnaeth ei dad � mi." Felly anfonodd neges ato gyda'i weision, i'w gysuro am ei dad. Ond pan ddaeth gweision Dafydd i wlad yr Ammoniaid,

²And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me. So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

³ dywedodd tywysogion yr Ammoniaid wrth eu harglwydd Hanun, "A wyt ti'n tybio mai anrhydeddu dy dad y mae Dafydd wrth anfon cysurwyr atat? Onid er mwyn chwilio'r ddinas a'i hysb�o a'i goresgyn yr anfonodd Dafydd ei weision atat?"

³But the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David sent his servants unto thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

⁴ Yna cymerodd Hanun weision Dafydd, ac eillio hanner barf pob un ohonynt, a thorri gwisg pob un yn ei hanner hyd at ei gluniau, a'u hanfon ymaith.

⁴So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

⁵ Pan ddywedwyd hyn wrth Ddafydd, anfonodd rai i'w cyfarfod, am fod cywilydd mawr ar y dynion, a dweud wrthynt am aros yn Jericho a pheidio � dychwelyd nes y byddai eu barfau wedi tyfu.

⁵When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

⁶ Pan welsant eu bod yn ffiaidd gan Ddafydd, anfonodd yr Ammoniaid a chyflogi ugain mil o wu375?r traed oddi wrth y Syriaid yn Beth-rehob a Soba, a hefyd mil o wu375?r oddi wrth frenin Maacha a deuddeng mil o wu375?r Tob.

⁶And when the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.

⁷ Pan glywodd Dafydd, anfonodd Joab allan gyda'r holl fyddin a'r milwyr.

⁷And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

⁸ Daeth yr Ammoniaid allan a ffurfio rhengoedd ar gyfer y frwydr ger porth y ddinas, gyda Syriaid o Soba a Rehob, a gwu375?r Tob a Maacha ar eu pennau eu hunain mewn tir agored.

⁸And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate: and the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

⁹ Gwelodd Joab y byddai'n gorfod ymladd o'r tu blaen ac o'r tu �l; felly dewisodd wu375?r dethol o fyddin Israel, a'u trefnu'n rhengoedd i wynebu'r Syriaid.

⁹Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:

¹⁰ Gosododd weddill y fyddin dan awdurdod ei frawd Abisai, a'u trefnu'n rhengoedd i wynebu'r Ammoniaid.

¹⁰And the rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children of Ammon.

¹¹ A dywedodd, "Os bydd y Syriaid yn drech na mi, tyrd di i'm cynorthwyo; ond os bydd yr Ammoniaid yn drech na thi, dof finnau i'th gynorthwyo di.

¹¹And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.

¹² Bydd yn wrol! Byddwn ddewr dros ein pobl a dinasoedd ein Duw; a bydded i'r ARGLWYDD wneud yr hyn sy'n dda yn ei olwg."

¹²Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God: and Jehovah do that which seemeth him good.

¹³ Yna nesaodd Joab a'r milwyr oedd gydag ef i ryfel yn erbyn y Syriaid, a ffoesant o'i flaen.

¹³So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

¹⁴ Pan welodd yr Ammoniaid fod y Syriaid wedi ffoi, ffoesant hwythau o flaen Abisai, a mynd i'r ddinas. Gadawodd Joab ei gyrch yn erbyn yr Ammoniaid, a dychwelodd i Jerwsalem.

¹⁴And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

¹⁵ Pan welodd y Syriaid iddynt golli'r dydd o flaen Israel, daethant at ei gilydd eto,

¹⁵And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they gathered themselves together.

¹⁶ ac anfonodd Hadadeser i gyrchu'r Syriaid o Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates hefyd. Daethant ynghyd i Helam, gyda Sobach, pencapten Hadadeser, yn eu harwain.

¹⁶And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer at their head.

¹⁷ Pan ddywedwyd wrth Ddafydd, fe gasglodd ynghyd Israel gyfan, croesodd yr Iorddonen, a dod i Helam. Trefnodd y Syriaid eu rhengoedd yn erbyn Dafydd a rhyfela yn ei erbyn.

¹⁷And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

¹⁸ Ffodd y Syriaid o flaen Israel, a lladdodd Dafydd ohonynt saith gant o wu375?r cerbyd a deugain mil o farchogion;

¹⁸And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians [the men of] seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, so that he died there.

¹⁹ a hefyd fe drawodd Sobach, y pencapten, a bu yntau farw yno. Pan welodd yr holl frenhinoedd oedd dan awdurdod Hadadeser iddynt golli'r dydd o flaen Israel, gwnaethant heddwch ag Israel a phlygu i'w hawdurdod. Wedi hyn ofnai'r Syriaid roi rhagor o gymorth i'r Ammoniaid.

¹⁹And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.