¹ Yr oedd yn digwydd bod yno ddihiryn o'r enw Seba fab Bichri, o lwyth Benjamin. Canodd ef yr utgorn a chyhoeddi, "Nid oes i ni gyfran yn Nafydd, nac etifeddiaeth ym mab Jesse. Pob un i'w babell, O Israel!"

¹And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, Israel.

² Yna ciliodd yr Israeliaid oddi wrth Ddafydd, a dilyn Seba fab Bichri; ond glynodd y Jwdeaid wrth eu brenin bob cam, o'r Iorddonen i Jerwsalem.

²Then all the men of Israel went up from after David, following Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah clave to their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

³ Wedi i'r Brenin Dafydd gyrraedd Jerwsalem, cymerodd y deg gor-dderchwraig a adawyd i ofalu am y tu375?, a'u rhoi dan warchod; yr oedd yn rhoi eu cynhaliaeth iddynt, ond heb fynd i mewn atynt. A buont dan glo hyd ddydd eu marwolaeth, yn byw fel gweddwon.

³And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women, concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in a house of confinement and maintained them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

⁴ Yna dywedodd y brenin wrth Amasa, "Galw ynghyd ataf filwyr Jwda, a bydd yn �l yma o fewn tridiau."

⁴And the king said to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and do thou attend here.

⁵ Aeth Amasa i alw Jwda ynghyd, ond oedodd yn hwy na'r amser penodedig.

⁵So Amasa went to call together [the men of] Judah; but he delayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

⁶ Ac meddai Dafydd wrth Abisai, "Yn awr bydd Seba fab Bichri yn creu mwy o helynt inni nag Absalom; cymer fy ngweision ac erlid ar ei �l, rhag iddo gyrraedd dinasoedd caerog a diflannu o'n golwg."

⁶And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom. Take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities and escape our sight.

⁷ Dilynwyd Abisai gan Joab a'r Cerethiaid a'r Pelethiaid a'r holl filwyr profiadol, a gadawsant Jerwsalem i erlid ar �l Seba fab Bichri. Pan oeddent wrth y maen mawr yn Gibeon, daeth Amasa i'w cyfarfod.

⁷And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

⁸ Yr oedd Joab wedi gwregysu'r fantell yr oedd yn ei gwisgo, a throsti yr oedd gwregys ei gleddyf a oedd mewn gwain wedi ei rhwymo ar ei lwynau; ac wrth iddo symud ymlaen, fe syrthiodd y cleddyf.

⁸When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came before them. And Joab was girded with his coat, his dress, and upon it was the girdle of the sword which was fastened on his loins in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.

⁹ Wedi i Joab ddweud wrth Amasa, "Sut yr wyt ti, fy mrawd?" gafaelodd �'i law dde ym marf Amasa i'w gusanu.

⁹And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

¹⁰ Nid oedd Amasa wedi sylwi ar y cleddyf oedd yn llaw Joab, a thrawodd Joab ef yn ei fol nes i'w ymysgaroedd ddisgyn i'r llawr, a bu farw heb ail ergyd. Yna aeth Joab a'i frawd Abisai yn eu blaen ar �l Seba fab Bichri.

¹⁰And Amasa had taken no notice of the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him with it in the belly and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

¹¹ Safodd un o lanciau Joab wrth y corff a dweud, "Pwy bynnag sy'n fodlon ar Joab, a phwy bynnag sydd o blaid Dafydd, canlynwch Joab."

¹¹And one of Joab's young men stood by [Amasa] and said, He that favours Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.

¹² Yr oedd Amasa'n gorwedd yn bentwr gwaedlyd ar ganol yr heol, a phan welodd y dyn fod y bobl i gyd yn sefyll, symudodd Amasa o'r heol i'r cae a bwrw dilledyn drosto.

¹²Now Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by stood still.

¹³ Yr oedd pawb a dd�i heibio wedi bod yn sefyll wrth ei weld; ond wedi iddo gael ei symud o'r heol, yr oedd pawb yn dilyn Joab i erlid ar �l Seba fab Bichri.

¹³When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri,

¹⁴ Aeth Seba trwy holl lwythau Israel nes cyrraedd Abel-beth-maacha, ac ymgasglodd yr holl Bichriaid a'i ddilyn.

¹⁴who went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maacah, and all the Berim; and they gathered together, and went also after him.

¹⁵ Pan gyrhaeddodd holl fyddin Joab, rhoesant warchae arno yn Abel-beth-maacha a chodi gwarchglawdd yn erbyn y ddinas, a thurio i ddymchwel y mur.

¹⁵And they came and besieged him in Abel-Beth-Maacah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it was raised in the trench; and all the people that were with Joab sapped the wall, to throw it down.

¹⁶ Yna safodd gwraig ddoeth ar yr amddiffynfa a gweiddi o'r ddinas, "Gwrandewch, gwrandewch, a dywedwch wrth Joab am iddo ddod yma i mi gael siarad ag ef."

¹⁶And a wise woman cried out of the city, Hear, hear: say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

¹⁷ Daeth yntau ati, a gofynnodd y wraig, "Ai ti yw Joab?" "Ie," meddai yntau. Yna dywedodd hi wrtho, "Gwrando ar eiriau dy lawforwyn," ac atebodd yntau, "Rwy'n gwrando."

¹⁷And he came near to her; and the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he said, I [am he]. And she said to him, Listen to the words of thy handmaid. And he said, I am listening.

¹⁸ Ac meddai hi, "Byddent yn arfer dweud ers talwm, 'Dim ond iddynt geisio cyngor yn Abel, a dyna ben ar y peth.'

¹⁸And she spoke saying, They were wont to speak in old time saying, Just inquire in Abel; and so they ended.

¹⁹ Un o rai heddychol a ffyddlon Israel wyf fi, ond yr wyt ti'n ceisio distrywio dinas sy'n fam yn Israel. Pam yr wyt am ddifetha etifeddiaeth yr ARGLWYDD?"

¹⁹I am peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

²⁰ Atebodd Joab a dweud, "Pell y bo, pell y bo oddi wrthyf! Nid wyf am ddifetha na distrywio.

²⁰And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

²¹ Nid felly y mae; ond dyn o fynydd-dir Effraim, o'r enw Seba fab Bichri, sydd wedi codi yn erbyn y Brenin Dafydd; dim ond i chwi ei roi ef imi, fe adawaf y ddinas." Dywedodd y wraig wrth Joab, "Fe deflir ei ben iti dros y mur."

²¹The matter is not so; but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David: give up him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

²² Yna fe aeth y wraig yn ei doethineb at yr holl bobl; torrwyd pen Seba fab Bichri a'i daflu i Joab. Seiniodd yntau'r utgorn, gadawyd y ddinas, a gwasgarodd pawb i'w cartrefi. Dychwelodd Joab i Jerwsalem at y brenin.

²²Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

²³ Joab oedd dros holl fyddin Israel, a Benaia fab Jehoiada dros y Cerethiaid a'r Pelethiaid.

²³And Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;

²⁴ Adoram oedd dros y llafur gorfod, a Jehosaffat fab Ahilud oedd y cofiadur.

²⁴and Adoram was over the levy; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

²⁵ Sefa oedd yr ysgrifennydd, a Sadoc ac Abiathar yn offeiriaid.

²⁵and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

²⁶ Yr oedd Ira y Jairiad hefyd yn offeiriad i Ddafydd.

²⁶and Ira also, the Jairite, was David's chief ruler.