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 shew kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for 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?"

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

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.

⁴And Hanun took David's servants, and had the one half of their beards shaved off, and their raiment cut off in the midst, as far as 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.

⁵And they told [it] to David; 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 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 the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David; and the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-Rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, 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 David heard [of it], and he sent Joab, and all the host, 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 Zoba 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.

⁹And 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;

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 gave into the hand of Abishai his brother that he might array them 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; and 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 strong, and let us shew ourselves valiant for our people and for the cities of our God; and Jehovah do what is good in his sight.

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

¹³And Joab drew near, and the people that were with him, 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 fled, they fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. And 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 routed 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 drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river; and they came to Helam; and Shobach 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 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, 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 seven hundred [in] chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who 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 all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were routed before Israel, and they made peace with Israel, and served them. And the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.