¹ Yr oedd Jefftha, brodor o Gilead, yn u373?r dewr; yr oedd yn fab i butain, a Gilead oedd ei dad.

¹Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

² Yr oedd gan wraig Gilead hefyd feibion, ac wedi iddynt dyfu, gyrasant Jefftha allan a dweud wrtho, "Ni chei di etifeddiaeth yn nhu375? ein tad, oherwydd mab i wraig estron wyt ti."

²And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of another woman.

³ Ciliodd Jefftha oddi wrth ei frodyr, a mynd i fyw i wlad Tob, lle casglodd ato nifer o wu375?r ofer a oedd yn ei ddilyn.

³Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.

⁴ Ymhen amser aeth yr Ammoniaid i ryfela yn erbyn yr Israeliaid.

⁴And it came to pass after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.

⁵ A phan ddechreuodd y brwydro rhwng yr Ammoniaid ac Israel, aeth henuriaid Gilead i gyrchu Jefftha o wlad Tob,

⁵And it was so, that, when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob;

⁶ a dweud wrtho, "Tyrd, bydd di'n arweinydd inni, er mwyn inni ymladd �'r Ammoniaid."

⁶and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

⁷ Ond dywedodd Jefftha wrth henuriaid Gilead, "Onid chwi oedd yn fy nghas�u ac yn fy ngyrru o du375? fy nhad? Pam y dewch ataf fi yn awr pan yw'n gyfyng arnoch?"

⁷And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?

⁸ Ac meddent hwythau wrtho, "Dyna pam y daethom atat yn awr. Tyrd yn �l gyda ni ac ymladd �'r Ammoniaid, a chei fod yn ben ar holl drigolion Gilead."

⁸And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore are we turned again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon; and thou shalt be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

⁹ Dywedodd Jefftha wrth henuriaid Gilead, "Os byddwch yn fy nghymryd yn �l i ymladd �'r Ammoniaid, a'r ARGLWYDD yn eu rhoi yn fy llaw, yna byddaf yn ben arnoch."

⁹And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Jehovah deliver them before me, shall I be your head?

¹⁰ Dywedodd henuriaid Gilead wrth Jefftha, "Bydd yr ARGLWYDD yn dyst rhyngom y gwnawn yn �l dy air."

¹⁰And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Jehovah shall be witness between us; surely according to thy word so will we do.

¹¹ Aeth Jefftha gyda henuriaid Gilead, a gwnaeth y fyddin ef yn ben ac yn arweinydd arnynt, ac adroddodd Jefftha gerbron yr ARGLWYDD yn Mispa bopeth yr oedd wedi ei gytuno.

¹¹Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spake all his words before Jehovah in Mizpah.

¹² Anfonodd Jefftha negeswyr at frenin yr Ammoniaid a dweud, "Beth sydd gennyt yn f'erbyn, dy fod wedi dod i ymosod ar fy ngwlad?"

¹²And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come unto me to fight against my land?

¹³ Dywedodd brenin yr Ammoniaid wrth negeswyr Jefftha, "Pan ddaeth Israel i fyny o'r Aifft, meddiannodd fy ngwlad rhwng nentydd Arnon a Jabboc, hyd at yr Iorddonen; felly dyro hi'n �l yn awr yn heddychol."

¹³And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and unto the Jordan: now therefore restore those [lands] again peaceably.

¹⁴ Anfonodd Jefftha negeswyr eto at frenin yr Ammoniaid

¹⁴And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon;

¹⁵ i ddweud wrtho, "Dyma a ddywed Jefftha: 'Ni chymerodd Israel dir Moab na thir yr Ammoniaid;

¹⁵and he said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon,

¹⁶ oherwydd pan ddaethant i fyny o'r Aifft, fe aeth Israel trwy'r anialwch hyd at y M�r Coch nes dod i Cades.

¹⁶but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;

¹⁷ Yna fe anfonodd Israel negeswyr at frenin Edom a dweud, "Gad imi fynd trwy dy dir di"; ond ni wrandawai brenin Edom. Wedyn anfonwyd at frenin Moab, ac nid oedd ef yn fodlon; felly arhosodd Israel yn Cades.

¹⁷then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land; but the king of Edom hearkened not. And in like manner he sent unto the king of Moab; but he would not: and Israel abode in Kadesh.

¹⁸ Yna aethant drwy'r anialwch i fynd heibio i dir Edom a thir Moab o'r tu dwyrain i wlad Moab, a gwersyllu y tu hwnt i nant Arnon, heb groesi terfyn Moab, oherwydd nant Arnon yw terfyn Moab.

¹⁸Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they came not within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

¹⁹ Anfonodd Israel negeswyr hefyd at frenin yr Amoriaid, Sihon brenin Hesbon, a dweud wrtho, "Gad imi groesi dy dir i'm lle fy hun."

¹⁹And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land unto my place.

²⁰ Eto nid ymddiriedai Sihon yn Israel, iddi groesi ei ffin, ond casglodd ei holl fyddin a gwersyllu yn Jahas ac ymladd yn erbyn Israel.

²⁰But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

²¹ Rhoddodd yr ARGLWYDD, Duw Israel, Sihon a'i holl fyddin yn llaw Israel, ac fe'u lladdwyd; a meddiannodd Israel holl dir yr Amoriaid oedd yn byw yn yr ardal honno.

²¹And Jehovah, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.

²² Daethant i feddiannu holl derfynau'r Amoriaid o nant Arnon hyd nant Jabboc, ac o'r anialwch hyd yr Iorddonen.

²²And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto the Jordan.

²³ Yr ARGLWYDD, Duw Israel, a yrrodd yr Amoriaid allan o flaen ei bobl Israel. A wyt ti'n awr am ei feddiannu?

²³So now Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess them?

²⁴ Onid yr hyn y bydd dy dduw Cemos yn ei roi'n feddiant iti yr wyt ti i'w feddiannu? Yn yr un modd meddiannwn ninnau'r cyfan y bydd yr ARGLWYDD ein Duw yn ei roi'n feddiant i ninnau.

²⁴Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever Jehovah our God hath dispossessed from before us, them will we possess.

²⁵ Ac yn awr, a wyt ti rywfaint gwell na Balac fab Sippor, brenin Moab? A fu ef yn ymryson o gwbl ag Israel, neu'n ymladd erioed yn eu herbyn?

²⁵And now art thou anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?

²⁶ Bu Israel yn byw yn Hesbon ac Aroer a'u maestrefi, ac yn yr holl drefi sydd ar lannau'r afon, am dri chan mlynedd; pam na fyddech wedi eu hadennill yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw?

²⁶While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of the Arnon, three hundred years; wherefore did ye not recover them within that time?

²⁷ Nid myfi sydd wedi pechu yn d'erbyn, ond ti sy'n gwneud cam � mi wrth ddod i ryfela yn f'erbyn. Y mae'r ARGLWYDD yn farnwr; barned ef heddiw rhwng Israel a'r Ammoniaid.'"

²⁷I therefore have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: Jehovah, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

²⁸ Ond ni wrandawodd brenin yr Ammoniaid ar y neges a anfonodd Jefftha ato.

²⁸Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.

²⁹ Daeth ysbryd yr ARGLWYDD ar Jefftha, ac aeth trwy Gilead a Manasse a thrwy Mispe Gilead, ac oddi yno drosodd at yr Ammoniaid.

²⁹Then the Spirit of Jehovah came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.

³⁰ A gwnaeth Jefftha adduned i'r ARGLWYDD a dweud, "Os rhoi di'r Ammoniaid yn fy llaw,

³⁰And Jephthah vowed a vow unto Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,

³¹ beth bynnag a ddaw allan o ddrws fy nhu375? i'm cyfarfod wrth imi ddychwelyd yn ddiogel oddi wrth yr Ammoniaid, bydd yn eiddo i'r ARGLWYDD, ac offrymaf ef yn boethoffrwm."

³¹then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Jehovah's, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.

³² A phan aeth Jefftha i frwydro yn erbyn yr Ammoniaid, fe roddodd yr ARGLWYDD hwy yn llaw Jefftha,

³²So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Jehovah delivered them into his hand.

³³ a goresgynnodd hwy'n llwyr, o Aroer hyd gyffiniau Minnith � ugain tref, gan gynnwys Abel-ceramim; felly darostyngwyd yr Ammoniaid gan yr Israeliaid.

³³And he smote them from Aroer until thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto Abelcheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.

³⁴ Pan gyrhaeddodd Jefftha ei gartref yn Mispa, daeth ei ferch allan i'w gyfarfod � thympanau a dawnsiau. Hi oedd ei unig blentyn; nid oedd ganddo fab na merch ar wah�n iddi hi.

³⁴And Jephthah came to Mizpah unto his house; and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.

³⁵ A phan welodd ef hi, rhwygodd ei wisg, a dweud, "Gwae fi, fy merch! Yr wyt ti wedi fy nryllio'n llwyr, a thi yw achos fy nhrallod. Gwneuthum addewid i'r ARGLWYDD, ac ni allaf ei thorri."

³⁵And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me; for I have opened my mouth unto Jehovah, and I cannot go back.

³⁶ Ac meddai hithau wrtho, "Fy nhad, yr wyt wedi gwneud addewid i'r ARGLWYDD; gwna imi fel yr addewaist, wedi i'r ARGLWYDD sicrhau iti ddialedd ar dy elynion, yr Ammoniaid."

³⁶And she said unto him, My father, thou hast opened thy mouth unto Jehovah; do unto me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth, forasmuch as Jehovah hath taken vengeance for thee on thine enemies, even on the children of Ammon.

³⁷ Ychwanegodd, "Caniat� un peth i mi; rho imi ysbaid o ddeufis i grwydro'r mynyddoedd ac i wylo am fy morwyndod gyda'm ffrindiau."

³⁷And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.

³⁸ Dywedodd yntau, "Ie, dos." Gadawodd iddi fynd am ddeufis; ac aeth hithau a'i ffrindiau i wylo am ei morwyndod ar y mynyddoedd.

³⁸And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

³⁹ Ar derfyn y deufis, daeth yn �l at ei thad, a gwnaeth yntau iddi yn �l yr adduned a dyngodd. Nid oedd hi wedi cael cyfathrach � gu373?r. A daeth hyn yn ddefod yn Israel,

³⁹And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew not man. And it was a custom in Israel,

⁴⁰ bod merched Israel yn mynd allan bob blwyddyn i alaru am ferch Jefftha o Gilead am bedwar diwrnod yn y flwyddyn.

⁴⁰that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.