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

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

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

²And David said, I will shew kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

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

³And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Is it, in thine eyes, to honour thy father that David has sent comforters to thee? Is it not to search and overthrow, and to spy out the land that his servants are come to thee?

⁴ Yna cymerodd Hanun weision Dafydd a'u heillio, a thorri gwisg pob un yn ei hanner hyd at ei gluniau, a'u hanfon hwy ymaith.

⁴And Hanun took David's servants, and had them shaved, and their raiment cut off in the midst, as far as the hip, and sent them away.

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

⁵And [certain] went and told David concerning the men; and he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Abide at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

⁶ Pan welsant eu bod yn ffiaidd gan Ddafydd, anfonodd Hanun a'r Ammoniaid fil o dalentau arian i gyflogi cerbydau a marchogion o Mesopotamia, Syria-maacha a Soba.

⁶And the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David; and Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and from the Syrians of Maacah, and from Zobah.

⁷ Cyflogasant ddeuddeng mil ar hugain o gerbydau, yn ogystal � brenin Maacha a'i fyddin, a daethant i wersyllu o flaen Medeba. Ymgasglodd yr Ammoniaid hefyd o'u dinasoedd a dod allan i ryfel.

⁷And they hired thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people; and they came and encamped before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered together from their cities, and came to battle.

⁸ Pan glywodd Dafydd, anfonodd Joab allan gyda'r holl fyddin a'r milwyr.

⁸And David heard [of it], and he sent Joab, and all the host, the mighty men.

⁹ Daeth yr Ammoniaid allan a ffurfio rhengoedd ar gyfer y frwydr ger porth y ddinas, ac yr oedd y brenhinoedd, a oedd wedi dod, ar eu pennau eu hunain mewn tir agored.

⁹And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the city; and the kings that had come were by themselves on the field.

¹⁰ Pan welodd Joab y byddai'n gorfod ymladd o'r tu blaen ac o'r tu �l, dewisodd wu375?r dethol o fyddin Israel, a'u trefnu mewn rhengoedd i wynebu'r Syriaid.

¹⁰And Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind; and he chose out of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians;

¹¹ Gosododd weddill y fyddin dan awdurdod ei frawd Abisai, a safasant yn rhengoedd i wynebu'r Ammoniaid.

¹¹and the rest of the people he gave into the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.

¹² A dywedodd, "Os bydd y Syriaid yn drech na mi, tyrd di i'm cynorthwyo; ac os bydd yr Ammoniaid yn drech na thi, dof finnau i'th gynorthwyo di.

¹²And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; and if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.

¹³ 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."

¹³Be strong, and let us shew ourselves valiant for our people, and for the cities of our God; and Jehovah will do what is good in his sight.

¹⁴ Yna nesaodd Joab a'r milwyr oedd gydag ef i ryfel yn erbyn y Syriaid, a ffoesant o'i flaen.

¹⁴And Joab and the people that were with him drew near in front of the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.

¹⁵ Pan welodd yr Ammoniaid fod y Syriaid wedi ffoi, ffoesant hwythau o flaen Abisai ei frawd, a mynd i'r ddinas. Yna dychwelodd Joab i Jerwsalem.

¹⁵And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. And Joab came to Jerusalem.

¹⁶ Pan welodd y Syriaid iddynt golli'r dydd o flaen Israel, anfonasant negeswyr i gyrchu'r Syriaid o Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates, gyda Sobach, pencapten byddin Hadadeser, yn eu harwain.

¹⁶And when the Syrians saw that they were routed before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river; and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer [went] before them.

¹⁷ Pan ddywedwyd wrth Ddafydd, fe gasglodd ynghyd Israel gyfan, croesodd yr Iorddonen, a dod atynt a sefyll yn rhengoedd yn eu herbyn. Trefnodd rengoedd yn erbyn y Syriaid, a brwydrasant hwythau yn ei erbyn.

¹⁷And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over the Jordan, and came upon them, and set [the battle] in array against them. And David put the battle in array against the Syrians, and they fought with him.

¹⁸ Ffodd y Syriaid o flaen Israel, a lladdodd Dafydd ohonynt saith mil o wu375?r cerbyd a deugain mil o wu375?r traed, a hefyd Sobach y pencapten.

¹⁸And the Syrians fled from before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand [in] chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and slew Shophach the captain of the host.

¹⁹ Pan welodd gweision Hadadeser iddynt golli'r dydd o flaen Israel, gwnaethant heddwch � Dafydd a phlygu i'w awdurdod. Wedi hyn yr oedd y Syriaid yn anfodlon rhoi rhagor o gymorth i'r Ammoniaid.

¹⁹And the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were routed before Israel, and they made peace with David, and became his servants. And the Syrians would no more help the children of Ammon.