¹ Dechreuodd y bobl gyffredin a'u gwragedd gwyno'n enbyd yn erbyn eu cyd-Iddewon.

¹And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

² Yr oedd rhai yn dweud, "Yr ydym yn gorfod gwystlo ein meibion a'n merched i gael u375?d er mwyn bwyta a byw."

²And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we may eat and live.

³ Yr oedd eraill yn dweud, "Yr ydym yn gorfod gwystlo ein meysydd a'n gwinllannoedd a'n tai er mwyn prynu u375?d yn ystod y newyn."

³And there were that said, We have had to pledge our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, that we might procure corn in the dearth.

⁴ Dywedai eraill, "Yr ydym wedi benthyca arian ar ein meysydd a'n gwinllannoedd i dalu treth y brenin.

⁴And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;

⁵ Yr ydym o'r un cnawd �'n tylwyth, ac y mae ein plant ni fel eu plant hwy; eto, yr ydym ni'n gorfod gwneud caethweision o'n meibion a'n merched. Y mae rhai o'n merched eisoes yn gaethion, ond ni allwn wneud dim, gan fod ein meysydd a'n gwinllannoedd ym meddiant eraill."

⁵yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and behold, we must bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already]; neither is it in the power of our hand [to redeem them], for other men have our fields and our vineyards.

⁶ Pan glywais eu cwyn a'r hyn yr oeddent yn ei ddweud, yr oeddwn yn ddig iawn.

⁶And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

⁷ Yna, ar �l ystyried y peth yn ofalus, ceryddais y pendefigion a'r swyddogion a dweud wrthynt, "Yr ydych yn mynnu llog gan eich cymrodyr." Ceryddais hwy'n llym,

⁷And I consulted with myself; and I remonstrated with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother! And I set a great assembly against them.

⁸ a dweud, "Yr ydym ni, yn �l ein gallu, wedi prynu ein cyd-Iddewon a werthwyd i'r cenhedloedd, ond yr ydych chwi'n gwerthu eich brodyr, a ninnau'n gorfod eu prynu'n �l." Yr oeddent yn ddistaw heb air i'w ddweud.

⁸And I said to them, We, according to our ability, have redeemed our brethren the Jews, who were sold to the nations; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? And they were silent and found no answer.

⁹ Ac meddwn wrthynt, "Nid ydych yn ymddwyn yn iawn. Oni ddylech ofni ein Duw yn hytrach na gwaradwydd y cenhedloedd, ein gelynion?

⁹And I said, The thing that ye do is not good. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, so as not to be the reproach of the nations our enemies?

¹⁰ Yr wyf fi a'm brodyr a'm gweision yn rhoi arian ac u375?d ar fenthyg iddynt. Gadewch i ni roi terfyn ar y llogau hyn.

¹⁰I also, my brethren and my servants, we might exact usury of them, money and corn. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

¹¹ Rhowch yn �l iddynt ar unwaith eu meysydd, eu gwinllannoedd, eu gerddi olewydd a'u tai; a hefyd y ganfed ran yr ydych wedi ei chymryd ganddynt yn llog mewn arian, u375?d, gwin ac olew."

¹¹Restore, I pray you, to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive-gardens, and their houses, also the hundredth [part] of the money, and of the corn, the wine and the oil, that ye have exacted of them.

¹² Dywedasant, "Fe'u rhoddwn yn �l, ac ni ofynnwn iddynt am ragor; gwnawn fel yr wyt yn ei orchymyn." Yna gelwais ar yr offeiriaid i wneud iddynt addunedu i gadw eu haddewid;

¹²And they said, We will restore [them], and will require nothing of them; so will we do, as thou hast said. And I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

¹³ ysgydwais fy mantell a dweud, "Fel hyn bydded i Dduw ysgwyd o'i du375? ac o'i eiddo bob un sy'n gwrthod cadw'r addewid hon; bydded wedi ei ysgwyd yn wag." A dywedodd yr holl gynulleidfa, "Amen", a moliannu'r ARGLWYDD. Ac fe gadwodd y bobl at yr addewid hon.

¹³Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house and from his earnings, that performeth not this promise: even thus be he shaken out and emptied! And all the congregation said, Amen! And they praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.

¹⁴ Ac yn wir, o'r dydd y penodwyd fi yn llywodraethwr yng ngwlad Jwda, o'r ugeinfed hyd y ddeuddegfed flwyddyn ar hugain i'r Brenin Artaxerxes, sef cyfnod o ddeuddeng mlynedd, ni fwyteais i na'm brodyr ddogn bwyd y llyw-odraethwr.

¹⁴Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.

¹⁵ Bu'r llywodraethwyr blaenorol oedd o'm blaen i yn llawdrwm ar y bobl, ac yn cymryd ganddynt bob dydd fara a gwin gwerth deugain sicl o arian. Yr oedd eu gweision hefyd yn arglwyddiaethu ar y bobl. Ond ni wneuthum i ymddwyn fel hyn am fy mod yn ofni Duw.

¹⁵But the former governors that were before me had been chargeable to the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver: even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not so, because of the fear of God.

¹⁶ Atgyweiriais y mur hwn, er nad oeddwn berchen yr un cae, a daeth fy holl weision at ei gilydd yno ar gyfer y gwaith.

¹⁶Yea, also I applied myself to this work of the wall, and we bought no fields; and all my servants were gathered thither for the work.

¹⁷ Yr oedd cant a hanner o'r Iddewon a'r llywodraethwyr, yn ogystal �'r rhai a ddaeth atom oddi wrth y cenhedloedd o'n cwmpas,

¹⁷And there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers, besides those that came to us from among the nations that were about us.

¹⁸ wrth fy mwrdd, fel bod ych, a chwech o'r defaid gorau, ac adar yn cael eu paratoi ar fy nghyfer bob dydd, a digon o win o bob math bob deg diwrnod; er hynny ni ofynnais am ddogn bwyd y llywodraethwr am ei bod yn galed ar y bobl.

¹⁸And that which was prepared daily was one ox [and] six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days all sorts of wine in abundance. Yet for all this I demanded not the bread of the governor; for the service was heavy upon this people.

¹⁹ Fy Nuw, cofia er daioni i mi y cwbl a wneuthum i'r bobl yma.

¹⁹Remember for me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.