¹ Ac ym mis Nisan, yn ugeinfed flwyddyn y Brenin Artaxerxes, cymerais y gwin oedd wedi ei osod o'i flaen, a'i roi iddo. Yr oeddwn yn drist yn ei u373?ydd,

¹And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that] wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now, I had never been sad in his presence.

² a gofynnodd y brenin i mi, "Pam yr wyt yn drist? Nid wyt yn glaf; felly nid yw hyn ond tristwch calon." Daeth ofn mawr arnaf

²And the king said to me, Why is thy face sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sadness of heart. And I was very sore afraid.

³ a dywedais, "O frenin, bydd fyw byth! Sut y medraf beidio ag edrych yn drist pan yw'r ddinas lle y claddwyd fy hynafiaid yn adfeilion, a'i phyrth wedi eu hysu � th�n?"

³And I said to the king, Let the king live for ever! Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lies waste, and its gates are consumed with fire?

⁴ Dywedodd y brenin, "Beth yw dy ddymuniad?" Yna gwedd�ais ar Dduw'r nefoedd,

⁴And the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of the heavens.

⁵ a dweud wrth y brenin, "Os gw�l y brenin yn dda, ac os yw dy was yn gymeradwy gennyt, anfon fi i Jwda, i'r ddinas lle y claddwyd fy hynafiaid, i'w hailadeiladu."

⁵And I said to the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.

⁶ Ac meddai'r brenin wrthyf, a'r frenhines yn eistedd wrth ei ochr, "Pa mor hir fydd dy daith, a pha bryd y dychweli?" Rhoddais amser penodol oedd yn dderbyniol i'r brenin, a gadawodd yntau imi fynd.

⁶And the king said to me -- the queen also sitting by him, -- For how long shall thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? And it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

⁷ Yna dywedais wrtho, "Os gw�l y brenin yn dda, rho i mi lythyrau at lywodraethwyr Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates er mwyn iddynt hwyluso fy nhaith i Jwda,

⁷And I said to the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may set me forward till I come into Judah;

⁸ a llythyr hefyd at Asaff, ceidwad y goedwig frenhinol, yn gofyn iddo roi coed imi i wneud trawstiau ar gyfer pyrth y palas sydd yn ymyl y deml, a muriau'r ddinas a'r tu375? y byddaf yn byw ynddo." Trwy ffafr fy Nuw cefais fy nymuniad gan y brenin.

⁸and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which [appertains] to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

⁹ Yr oedd y brenin wedi anfon gyda mi swyddogion o'r fyddin a marchogion, a phan ddeuthum at lywodraethwyr Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates rhoddais iddynt lythyrau'r brenin.

⁹And I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of a force and horsemen with me.

¹⁰ Ond pan glywodd Sanbalat yr Horoniad a'r gwas Tobeia yr Ammoniad am hyn, yr oeddent yn flin iawn fod rhywun wedi dod i geisio cynorthwyo pobl Israel.

¹⁰And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, heard [of it], it grieved them exceedingly that there had come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

¹¹ Wedi imi gyrraedd Jerwsalem a bod yno dridiau,

¹¹And I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

¹² codais liw nos, myfi a'r ychydig ddynion oedd gyda mi, ond heb ddweud wrth neb beth oedd fy Nuw wedi ei roi yn fy meddwl i'w wneud i Jerwsalem. Nid oedd anifail gyda mi ar wah�n i'r un yr oeddwn yn marchogaeth arno.

¹²And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me -- but I told no man what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem -- and there was no beast with me, except the beast that I rode upon.

¹³ Euthum allan liw nos trwy Borth y Glyn i gyfeiriad Ffynnon y Ddraig ac at Borth y Dom, ac archwilio muriau drylliedig Jerwsalem a hefyd ei phyrth a losgwyd � th�n.

¹³And I went out by night by the valley-gate, even toward the jackal-fountain, and to the dung-gate; and I viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were in ruins, and its gates were consumed with fire.

¹⁴ Euthum ymlaen i Borth y Ffynnon ac i Lyn y Brenin, ond nid oedd lle i'm hanifail fynd trwodd.

¹⁴And I went on to the fountain-gate, and to the king's pool; and there was no place for the beast under me to pass.

¹⁵ Euthum i fyny'r dyffryn liw nos i archwilio'r mur, ac yna troi'n �l a dychwelyd trwy Borth y Glyn.

¹⁵And I went up in the night through the valley, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the valley-gate and returned.

¹⁶ Ni wyddai'r swyddogion i ble yr oeddwn wedi mynd na beth yr oeddwn yn ei wneud; hyd yma nid oeddwn wedi dweud dim wrth yr Iddewon na'r offeiriaid na'r penaethiaid na'r swyddogion na'r rhai a fyddai'n gyfrifol am wneud y gwaith.

¹⁶And the rulers did not know whither I went or what I did, for I had not as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

¹⁷ Yna dywedais wrthynt, "Yr ydych yn gweld y trybini yr ydym ynddo; y mae Jerwsalem yn adfeilion a'i phyrth wedi eu llosgi � th�n; dewch, adeiladwn fur Jerwsalem rhag inni fod yn waradwydd mwyach."

¹⁷And I said to them, Ye see the distress that we are in, that Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

¹⁸ Dywedais wrthynt fel yr oedd fy Nuw wedi fy helpu, a hefyd yr hyn a ddywedodd y brenin wrthyf. Yna dywedasant, "Awn ati i adeiladu." A bu iddynt ymroi i'r gwaith yn ewyllysgar.

¹⁸And I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me; as also of the king's words which he had said unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. And they strengthened their hands for the good [work].

¹⁹ Pan glywodd Sanbalat yr Horoniad, a'r gwas Tobeia yr Ammoniad, a Gesem yr Arabiad, gwatwarasant ni a'n dirmygu a gofyn, "Beth yw hyn yr ydych yn ei wneud? A ydych yn gwrthryfela yn erbyn y brenin?"

¹⁹And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it; and they mocked us and despised us, and said, What is this thing which ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

²⁰ Atebais hwy a dweud, "Bydd Duw y nefoedd yn rhoi llwyddiant i ni, ac yr ydym ninnau, ei weision ef, yn mynd ati i adeiladu. Ond nid oes gennych chwi ran na hawl na braint yn Jerwsalem."

²⁰And I answered them, and said to them, The God of the heavens, he will prosper us, and we his servants will arise and build; but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial in Jerusalem.