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 speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me to seek me any more within all the limits of Israel, and I shall 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, to 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 abode with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household; David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jizreelitess, 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 had fled to Gath; and he sought no more 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 to Achish, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some country-town, that I may abide there; for why should thy servant abide 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.

⁶And Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.

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

⁷And the time that David abode in the country of the Philistines was a 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 Gerzites, and the Amalekites: for those were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, and as far as 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 left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and 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".

¹⁰So Achish said, Have ye not 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 left neither man nor woman alive, to bring [them] to Gath, for he said, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David. And such was his custom as long as he abode 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 trusted David, saying, He has made himself utterly odious among his people Israel; and he shall be my servant for ever.