¹ Geiriau Nehemeia fab Hachaleia. Ym mis Cislef yn yr ugeinfed flwyddyn, pan oeddwn yn y palas yn Susan,

¹The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the fortress,

² cyrhaeddodd Hanani, un o'm brodyr, a gwu375?r o Jwda gydag ef. Holais hwy am Jerwsalem ac am yr Iddewon, y rhai dihangol a adawyd ar �l heb fynd i'r gaethglud.

²that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and [certain] men of Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

³ Dywedasant hwythau wrthyf, "Y mae'r gweddill a adawyd ar �l yn y dalaith, heb eu caethgludo, mewn trybini mawr a gofid; drylliwyd mur Jerwsalem a llosgwyd ei phyrth � th�n."

³And they said to me, Those who remain, that are left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction and reproach; and the wall of Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates are burned with fire.

⁴ Pan glywais hyn eisteddais i lawr ac wylo, a b�m yn galaru ac yn ymprydio am ddyddiau, ac yn gwedd�o ar Dduw y nefoedd.

⁴And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat and wept, and mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of the heavens,

⁵ Dywedais, "O ARGLWYDD Dduw y nefoedd, y Duw mawr ac ofnadwy, sy'n cadw cyfamod ac sy'n ffyddlon i'r rhai sy'n ei garu ac yn cadw ei orchmynion,

⁵and said, I beseech thee, Jehovah, God of the heavens, the great and terrible ùGod, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and keep his commandments.

⁶ yn awr bydded dy glust yn gwrando a'th lygaid yn agored i dderbyn y weddi yr wyf fi, dy was, yn ei gwedd�o o'th flaen ddydd a nos, dros blant Israel, dy weision. Yr wyf yn cyffesu'r pechodau a wnaethom ni, bobl Israel, yn dy erbyn; yr wyf fi a thu375? fy nhad wedi pechu yn dy erbyn,

⁶Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, confessing the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

⁷ ac ymddwyn yn llygredig iawn tuag atat trwy beidio � chadw'r gorchmynion a'r deddfau a'r cyfreithiau a orchmynnaist i'th was Moses.

⁷We have acted very perversely against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances that thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

⁸ Cofia'r rhybudd a roddaist i'th was Moses pan ddywedaist, 'Os byddwch yn anffyddlon, byddaf fi'n eich gwasgaru ymysg y bobloedd;

⁸Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the peoples;

⁹ ond os dychwelwch ataf a chadw fy ngorchmynion a'u gwneud, byddaf yn casglu'r rhai a wasgarwyd hyd gyrion byd, ac yn eu cyrchu i'r lle a ddewisais i roi fy enw yno.'

⁹but if ye return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

¹⁰ Dy weision a'th bobl di ydynt � rhai a waredaist �'th allu mawr ac �'th law nerthol.

¹⁰And they are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power and by thy strong hand.

¹¹ O ARGLWYDD, gwrando ar weddi dy was a'th weision sy'n ymhyfrydu mewn parchu dy enw, a rho lwyddiant i'th was heddiw a ph�r iddo gael trugaredd gerbron y gu373?r hwn." Yr oeddwn i yn drulliad i'r brenin.

¹¹O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was the king's cupbearer.