¹ "Frodyr a thadau, gwrandewch ar f'amddiffyniad ger eich bron yn awr."

¹Brethren and fathers, hear my defence which I now make to you.

² Pan glywsant mai yn iaith yr Iddewon yr oedd yn eu hannerch, rhoesant wrandawiad tawelach iddo. Ac meddai,

²And hearing that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more quiet; and he says,

³ "Iddew wyf fi, wedi fy ngeni yn Nharsus yn Cilicia, ac wedi fy nghodi yn y ddinas hon. Cefais fy addysg wrth draed Gamaliel yn �l llythyren Cyfraith ein hynafiaid, ac yr wyf yn selog dros Dduw, fel yr ydych chwithau oll heddiw.

³*I* am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to [the] exactness of the law of [our] fathers, being zealous for God, as *ye* are all this day;

⁴ Erlidiais y Ffordd hon hyd at ladd, gan rwymo a rhoi yng ngharchar wu375?r a gwragedd,

⁴who have persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women;

⁵ fel y mae'r archoffeiriad a holl Gyngor yr henuriaid yn dystion i mi; oddi wrthynt hwy yn wir y derbyniais lythyrau at ein cyd�Iddewon yn Namascus, a chychwyn ar daith i ddod �'r rhai oedd yno hefyd yn rhwym i Jerwsalem i'w cosbi.

⁵as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the elderhood: from whom also, having received letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus to bring those also who were there, bound, to Jerusalem, to be punished.

⁶ "Ond pan oeddwn ar fy nhaith ac yn agos�u at Ddamascus, yn sydyn tua chanol dydd fe fflachiodd goleuni mawr o'r nef o'm hamgylch.

⁶And it came to pass, as I was journeying and drawing near to Damascus, that, about mid-day, there suddenly shone out of heaven a great light round about me.

⁷ Syrthiais ar y ddaear, a chlywais lais yn dweud wrthyf, 'Saul, Saul, pam yr wyt yn fy erlid i?'

⁷And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

⁸ Atebais innau, 'Pwy wyt ti, Arglwydd?' A dywedodd wrthyf, 'Iesu o Nasareth wyf fi, yr hwn yr wyt ti yn ei erlid.'

⁸And *I* answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, *I* am Jesus the Nazaraean, whom *thou* persecutest.

⁹ Gwelodd y rhai oedd gyda mi y goleuni, ond ni chlywsant lais y sawl oedd yn llefaru wrthyf.

⁹But they that were with me beheld the light, [and were filled with fear], but heard not the voice of him that was speaking to me.

¹⁰ A dywedais, 'Beth a wnaf, Arglwydd?' Dywedodd yr Arglwydd wrthyf, 'Cod a dos i Ddamascus, ac yno fe ddywedir wrthyt bopeth yr ordeiniwyd iti ei wneud.'

¹⁰And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Rise up, and go to Damascus, and there it shall be told thee of all things which it is appointed thee to do.

¹¹ Gan nad oeddwn yn gweld dim oherwydd disgleirdeb y goleuni hwnnw, fe'm harweiniwyd gerfydd fy llaw gan y rhai oedd gyda mi, a deuthum i Ddamascus.

¹¹And as I could not see, through the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came to Damascus.

¹² "Daeth rhyw Ananias ataf, gu373?r duwiol yn �l y Gyfraith, a gair da iddo gan yr holl Iddewon oedd yn byw yno.

¹²And a certain Ananias, a pious man according to the law, borne witness to by all the Jews who dwelt [there],

¹³ Safodd hwn yn f'ymyl a dywedodd wrthyf, 'Y brawd Saul, derbyn dy olwg yn �l.' Edrychais innau arno a derbyn fy ngolwg yn �l y munud hwnnw.

¹³coming to me and standing by me, said to me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And *I*, in the same hour, received my sight and saw him.

¹⁴ A dywedodd yntau: 'Y mae Duw ein tadau wedi dy benodi di i wybod ei ewyllys, ac i weld yr Un Cyfiawn a chlywed llais o'i enau ef;

¹⁴And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen thee beforehand to know his will, and to see the just one, and to hear a voice out of his mouth;

¹⁵ oherwydd fe fyddi di'n dyst iddo, wrth y holl ddynolryw, o'r hyn yr wyt wedi ei weld a'i glywed.

¹⁵for thou shalt be a witness for him to all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

¹⁶ Ac yn awr, pam yr wyt yn oedi? Tyrd i gael dy fedyddio a chael golchi ymaith dy bechodau, gan alw ar ei enw ef.'

¹⁶And now why lingerest thou? Arise and get baptised, and have thy sins washed away, calling on his name.

¹⁷ "Wedi imi ddychwelyd i Jerwsalem, dyma a ddigwyddodd pan oeddwn yn gwedd�o yn y deml: euthum i lesmair,

¹⁷And it came to pass when I had returned to Jerusalem, and as I was praying in the temple, that I became in ecstasy,

¹⁸ a'i weld ef yn dweud wrthyf, 'Brysia ar unwaith allan o Jerwsalem, oherwydd ni dderbyniant dy dystiolaeth amdanaf fi.'

¹⁸and saw him saying to me, Make haste and go quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

¹⁹ Dywedais innau, 'Arglwydd, y maent hwy'n gwybod i mi fod o synagog i synagog yn carcharu ac yn fflangellu'r rhai oedd yn credu ynot ti.

¹⁹And *I* said, Lord, they themselves know that *I* was imprisoning and beating in every synagogue those that believe on thee;

²⁰ A phan oedd gwaed Steffan, dy dyst, yn cael ei dywallt, yr oeddwn innau hefyd yn sefyll yn ymyl, ac yn cydsynio, ac yn gwarchod dillad y rhai oedd yn ei ladd.'

²⁰and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was shed, I also myself was standing by and consenting, and kept the clothes of them who killed him.

²¹ A dywedodd wrthyf, 'Dos, oherwydd yr wyf fi am dy anfon di ymhell at y Cenhedloedd.'"

²¹And he said to me, Go, for *I* will send thee to the nations afar off.

²² Yr oeddent wedi gwrando arno hyd at y gair hwn, ond yna dechreusant weiddi, "Ymaith ag ef oddi ar y ddaear! Y mae'n warth fod y fath ddyn yn cael byw."

²²And they heard him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a one as that from the earth, for it was not fit he should live.

²³ Fel yr oeddent yn gweiddi ac yn ysgwyd eu dillad ac yn taflu llwch i'r awyr,

²³And as they were crying, and throwing away their clothes, and casting dust into the air,

²⁴ gorchmynnodd y capten ei ddwyn ef i mewn i'r pencadlys, a'i holi trwy ei chwipio, er mwyn cael gwybod pam yr oeddent yn bloeddio felly yn ei erbyn.

²⁴the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying that he should be examined by scourging, that he might ascertain for what cause they cried thus against him.

²⁵ Ond pan glymwyd ef i'w fflangellu, dywedodd Paul wrth y canwriad oedd yn sefyll gerllaw, "A oes gennych hawl i fflangellu dinesydd Rhufeinig, a hynny heb farnu ei achos?"

²⁵But as they stretched him forward with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood [by], Is it lawful for you to scourge a man [who is] a Roman and uncondemned?

²⁶ Pan glywodd y canwriad hyn, aeth at y capten, a rhoi adroddiad iddo, gan ddweud, "Beth yr wyt ti am ei wneud? Y mae'r dyn yma yn ddinesydd Rhufeinig."

²⁶And the centurion, having heard it, went and reported it to the chiliarch, saying, What art thou going to do? for this man is a Roman.

²⁷ Daeth y capten ato, ac meddai, "Dywed i mi, a wyt ti'n ddinesydd Rhufeinig?" "Ydwyf," meddai yntau.

²⁷And the chiliarch coming up said to him, Tell me, Art *thou* a Roman? And he said, Yes.

²⁸ Atebodd y capten, "Mi delais i swm mawr i gael y ddinasyddiaeth hon." Ond dywedodd Paul, "Cefais i fy ngeni iddi."

²⁸And the chiliarch answered, *I*, for a great sum, bought this citizenship. And Paul said, But *I* was also [free] born.

²⁹ Ar hyn, ciliodd y rhai oedd ar fin ei holi oddi wrtho. Daeth ofn ar y capten hefyd pan ddeallodd mai dinesydd Rhufeinig ydoedd, ac yntau wedi ei rwymo ef.

²⁹Immediately therefore those who were going to examine him left him, and the chiliarch also was afraid when he ascertained that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

³⁰ Trannoeth, gan fod y capten am wybod yn sicr beth oedd cyhuddiad yr Iddewon, fe ollyngodd Paul yn rhydd, a gorchymyn i'r prif offeiriaid a'r holl Sanhedrin ymgynnull. Yna daeth ag ef i lawr, a'i osod ger eu bron.

³⁰And on the morrow, desirous to know the certainty [of the matter] why he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and having brought Paul down set him before them.