¹ Yn ystod y cyfnod pan oedd y barnwyr yn llywodraethu, bu newyn yn y wlad, ac aeth dyn o Fethlehem Jwda gyda'i wraig a'i ddau fab i fyw dros dro yng ngwlad Moab.

¹And it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man went from Bethlehem-Judah, to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

² Elimelech oedd enw'r dyn, Naomi oedd enw ei wraig, a Mahlon a Chilion oedd enwau'r ddau fab. Effrateaid o Fethlehem Jwda oeddent, ac aethant i wlad Moab ac aros yno.

²And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem-Judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

³ Ond bu farw Elimelech, gu373?r Naomi, a gadawyd hi'n weddw gyda'i dau fab.

³And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

⁴ Priododd y ddau � merched o Moab; Orpa oedd enw'r naill a Ruth oedd enw'r llall. Wedi iddynt fod yno tua deng mlynedd,

⁴And they took them Moabitish wives; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the second Ruth: and they abode there about ten years.

⁵ bu farw Mahlon a Chilion ill dau; a gadawyd y wraig yn amddifad o'i dau blentyn yn ogystal ag o'i gu373?r.

⁵And Mahlon and Chilion died also, both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.

⁶ Penderfynodd hi a'i dwy ferch-yng-nghyfraith ddychwelyd o wlad Moab, oherwydd iddi glywed yno i'r ARGLWYDD ymweld �'i bobl a rhoi bwyd iddynt.

⁶And she arose, she and her daughters-in-law, and returned from the fields of Moab; for she had heard in the fields of Moab how that Jehovah had visited his people to give them bread.

⁷ Gadawodd hi a'i dwy ferch-yng-nghyfraith y man lle'r oeddent, a chychwyn yn �l am wlad Jwda.

⁷Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she had been, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.

⁸ Ac meddai Naomi wrth ei dwy ferch-yng-nghyfraith, "Ewch yn �l adref, bob un at ei mam, y ddwy ohonoch; a bydded yr ARGLWYDD mor garedig wrthych chwi ag y buoch chwi wrth y rhai a fu farw ac wrthyf finnau,

⁸And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mother's house. Jehovah deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead and with me.

⁹ a rhoi i'r ddwy ohonoch orffwysfa mewn cartref gyda gu373?r." Yna fe'u cusanodd, a dechreuodd y ddwy wylo'n uchel,

⁹Jehovah grant you that ye may find rest, each in the house of her husband. And she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice and wept.

¹⁰ a dweud wrthi, "Ond yr ydym ni am ddychwelyd gyda thi at dy bobl."

¹⁰And they said to her, We will certainly return with thee to thy people.

¹¹ Dywedodd Naomi, "Ewch adref, fy merched. Pam y dewch gyda mi? A oes gennyf fi ragor o feibion yn fy nghroth, iddynt ddod yn wu375?r i chwi?

¹¹And Naomi said, Return, my daughters: why will ye go with me? Are there yet sons in my womb, that they could be your husbands?

¹² Ewch yn �l, fy merched, oherwydd yr wyf fi'n rhy hen i gael gu373?r. Pe bawn i'n dweud bod gennyf obaith cael gu373?r heno, ac yna geni plant,

¹²Return, my daughters, go; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, should I even have a husband to-night, and should I also bear sons,

¹³ a fyddech chwi'n disgwyl nes iddynt dyfu? A fyddech yn ymgadw rhag priodi? Na, fy merched; y mae'n llawer chwerwach i mi nag i chwi am fod llaw yr ARGLWYDD yn f'erbyn i."

¹³would ye wait on that account till they were grown? Would ye stay on that account from having husbands? No, my daughters, for I am in much more bitterness than you; for the hand of Jehovah is gone out against me.

¹⁴ Wylodd y ddwy yn uchel eto; yna ffarweliodd Orpa �'i mam-yng-nghyfraith, ond glynodd Ruth wrthi.

¹⁴And they lifted up their voice and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave to her.

¹⁵ A dywedodd Naomi, "Edrych, y mae dy chwaer-yng-nghyfraith wedi mynd yn �l at ei phobl a'i duw; dychwel dithau ar ei h�l."

¹⁵And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back to her people and to her gods: return after thy sister-in-law.

¹⁶ Ond meddai Ruth, "Paid �'m hannog i'th adael, na throi'n �l oddi wrthyt, oherwydd i ble bynnag yr ei di, fe af finnau; ac ym mhle bynnag y byddi di'n aros, fe arhosaf finnau; dy bobl di fydd fy mhobl i, a'th Dduw di fy Nuw innau.

¹⁶And Ruth said, Do not intreat me to leave thee, to return from [following] after thee; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God;

¹⁷ Lle y byddi di farw, y byddaf finnau farw ac yno y'm cleddir. Fel hyn y gwnelo'r ARGLWYDD i mi, a rhagor, os bydd unrhyw beth ond angau yn ein gwahanu ni."

¹⁷where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part me and thee!

¹⁸ Gwelodd Naomi ei bod yn benderfynol o fynd gyda hi, ac fe beidiodd �'i hannog rhagor.

¹⁸And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.

¹⁹ Aeth y ddwy ymlaen nes dod i Fethlehem; ac wedi iddynt gyrraedd, bu cyffro trwy'r holl dref o'u plegid, a'r merched yn gofyn, "Ai Naomi yw hon?"

¹⁹And they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they came to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and the [women] said, Is this Naomi?

²⁰ Dywedodd hithau wrthynt, "Peidiwch �'m galw'n Naomi, galwch fi'n Mara; oherwydd bu'r Hollalluog yn chwerw iawn wrthyf.

²⁰And she said to them, Call me not Naomi -- call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

²¹ Yr oeddwn yn llawn wrth fynd allan, ond daeth yr ARGLWYDD � mi'n �l yn wag. Pam y galwch fi'n Naomi, a'r ARGLWYDD wedi tystio i'm herbyn, a'r Hollalluog wedi dod � drwg arnaf?"

²¹I went out full, and Jehovah has brought me home again empty. Why do ye call me Naomi, seeing Jehovah has brought me low, and the Almighty has afflicted me?

²² Fel hyn y dychwelodd Naomi o wlad Moab, a'i merch-yng-nghyfraith, Ruth y Foabes, gyda hi. Daethant i Fethlehem yn nechrau'r cynhaeaf haidd.

²²So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the fields of Moab; and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of the barley-harvest.