¹ "Onid llafur caled sydd i ddyn ar y ddaear, a'i ddyddiau fel dyddiau gwas cyflog?

¹Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling?

² Fel caethwas yn dyheu am gysgod, a gwas yn disgwyl am ei d�l,

²As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,

³ felly y daeth misoedd ofer i'm rhan innau, a threfnwyd imi nosweithiau gofidus.

³So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

⁴ Pan orweddaf, dywedaf, 'Pa bryd y caf godi?' Y mae'r nos yn hir, a byddaf yn blino yn troi a throsi hyd doriad gwawr.

⁴If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn.

⁵ Gorchuddiwyd fy nghnawd gan bryfed a budreddi; crawniodd fy nghroen, ac yna torri allan.

⁵My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and suppurates.

⁶ Y mae fy nyddiau'n gyflymach na gwennol gwehydd; darfyddant fel edafedd yn dirwyn i ben.

⁶My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

⁷ "Cofia mai awel o wynt yw fy hoedl; ni w�l fy llygaid ddaioni eto.

⁷Remember thou that my life is wind; mine eye shall no more see good.

⁸ Y llygad sy'n edrych arnaf, ni'm gw�l; ar amrantiad ni fyddaf ar gael iti.

⁸The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no [more]: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

⁹ Fel y cilia'r cwmwl a diflannu, felly'r sawl sy'n mynd i Sheol, ni ddychwel oddi yno;

⁹The cloud consumeth and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to Sheol shall not come up.

¹⁰ ni ddaw eto i'w gartref, ac nid edwyn ei le mohono mwy.

¹⁰He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him again.

¹¹ "Ond myfi, nid ataliaf fy ngeiriau; llefaraf yng nghyfyngder fy ysbryd, cwynaf yn chwerwder fy enaid.

¹¹Therefore I will not restrain my mouth: I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

¹² Ai'r m�r ydwyf, neu'r ddraig, gan dy fod yn gosod gwyliwr arnaf?

¹²Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?

¹³ "Pan ddywedaf, 'Fy ngwely a rydd gysur imi; fy ngorweddfa a liniara fy nghwyn',

¹³When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

¹⁴ yr wyt yn fy nychryn � breuddwydion, ac yn f'arswydo � gweledigaethau.

¹⁴Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions;

¹⁵ Gwell fyddai gennyf fy nhagu, a marw yn hytrach na goddef fy mhoen.

¹⁵So that my soul chooseth strangling, death, rather than my bones.

¹⁶ Rwy'n ddiobaith; ni ddymunaf fyw am amser maith. Gad lonydd imi, canys y mae fy nyddiau fel anadl.

¹⁶I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.

¹⁷ Beth yw meidrolyn i ti ei ystyried, ac iti roi cymaint o sylw iddo?

¹⁷What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?

¹⁸ Yr wyt yn ymweld ag ef bob bore, ac yn ei brofi bob eiliad.

¹⁸And that thou visitest him every morning, triest him every moment?

¹⁹ Pa bryd y peidi ag edrych arnaf, ac y rhoi lonydd imi lyncu fy mhoeri?

¹⁹How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

²⁰ Os pechais, beth a wneuthum i ti, O wyliwr dynolryw? Pam y cymeraist fi'n nod, nes fy mod yn faich i mi fy hun?

²⁰Have I sinned, what do I unto thee, thou Observer of men? Why hast thou set me as an object of assault for thee, so that I am become a burden to myself?

²¹ Pam na faddeui fy nhrosedd a symud fy mai? Yn awr rwy'n gorwedd yn y llwch, ac er i ti chwilio amdanaf, ni fyddaf ar gael."

²¹And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be.