¹ "Frodyr a thadau, gwrandewch ar f'amddiffyniad ger eich bron yn awr."

¹“Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you.”

² Pan glywsant mai yn iaith yr Iddewon yr oedd yn eu hannerch, rhoesant wrandawiad tawelach iddo. Ac meddai,

²When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,

³ "Iddew wyf fi, wedi fy ngeni yn Nharsus yn Cilicia, ac wedi fy nghodi yn y ddinas hon. Cefais fy addysg wrth draed Gamaliel yn �l llythyren Cyfraith ein hynafiaid, ac yr wyf yn selog dros Dduw, fel yr ydych chwithau oll heddiw.

³“I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are this day.

⁴ Erlidiais y Ffordd hon hyd at ladd, gan rwymo a rhoi yng ngharchar wu375?r a gwragedd,

⁴I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

⁵ fel y mae'r archoffeiriad a holl Gyngor yr henuriaid yn dystion i mi; oddi wrthynt hwy yn wir y derbyniais lythyrau at ein cyd�Iddewon yn Namascus, a chychwyn ar daith i ddod �'r rhai oedd yno hefyd yn rhwym i Jerwsalem i'w cosbi.

⁵As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.

⁶ "Ond pan oeddwn ar fy nhaith ac yn agos�u at Ddamascus, yn sydyn tua chanol dydd fe fflachiodd goleuni mawr o'r nef o'm hamgylch.

⁶It happened that, as I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from the sky a great light around me.

⁷ Syrthiais ar y ddaear, a chlywais lais yn dweud wrthyf, 'Saul, Saul, pam yr wyt yn fy erlid i?'

⁷I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

⁸ Atebais innau, 'Pwy wyt ti, Arglwydd?' A dywedodd wrthyf, 'Iesu o Nasareth wyf fi, yr hwn yr wyt ti yn ei erlid.'

⁸I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.’

⁹ Gwelodd y rhai oedd gyda mi y goleuni, ond ni chlywsant lais y sawl oedd yn llefaru wrthyf.

⁹“Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn’t understand the voice of him who spoke to me.

¹⁰ A dywedais, 'Beth a wnaf, Arglwydd?' Dywedodd yr Arglwydd wrthyf, 'Cod a dos i Ddamascus, ac yno fe ddywedir wrthyt bopeth yr ordeiniwyd iti ei wneud.'

¹⁰I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.’

¹¹ Gan nad oeddwn yn gweld dim oherwydd disgleirdeb y goleuni hwnnw, fe'm harweiniwyd gerfydd fy llaw gan y rhai oedd gyda mi, a deuthum i Ddamascus.

¹¹When I couldn’t see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.

¹² "Daeth rhyw Ananias ataf, gu373?r duwiol yn �l y Gyfraith, a gair da iddo gan yr holl Iddewon oedd yn byw yno.

¹²One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,

¹³ Safodd hwn yn f'ymyl a dywedodd wrthyf, 'Y brawd Saul, derbyn dy olwg yn �l.' Edrychais innau arno a derbyn fy ngolwg yn �l y munud hwnnw.

¹³came to me, and standing by me said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ In that very hour I looked up at him.

¹⁴ A dywedodd yntau: 'Y mae Duw ein tadau wedi dy benodi di i wybod ei ewyllys, ac i weld yr Un Cyfiawn a chlywed llais o'i enau ef;

¹⁴He said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

¹⁵ oherwydd fe fyddi di'n dyst iddo, wrth y holl ddynolryw, o'r hyn yr wyt wedi ei weld a'i glywed.

¹⁵For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

¹⁶ Ac yn awr, pam yr wyt yn oedi? Tyrd i gael dy fedyddio a chael golchi ymaith dy bechodau, gan alw ar ei enw ef.'

¹⁶Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

¹⁷ "Wedi imi ddychwelyd i Jerwsalem, dyma a ddigwyddodd pan oeddwn yn gwedd�o yn y deml: euthum i lesmair,

¹⁷“It happened that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,

¹⁸ a'i weld ef yn dweud wrthyf, 'Brysia ar unwaith allan o Jerwsalem, oherwydd ni dderbyniant dy dystiolaeth amdanaf fi.'

¹⁸and saw him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.’

¹⁹ Dywedais innau, 'Arglwydd, y maent hwy'n gwybod i mi fod o synagog i synagog yn carcharu ac yn fflangellu'r rhai oedd yn credu ynot ti.

¹⁹I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

²⁰ A phan oedd gwaed Steffan, dy dyst, yn cael ei dywallt, yr oeddwn innau hefyd yn sefyll yn ymyl, ac yn cydsynio, ac yn gwarchod dillad y rhai oedd yn ei ladd.'

²⁰When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’

²¹ A dywedodd wrthyf, 'Dos, oherwydd yr wyf fi am dy anfon di ymhell at y Cenhedloedd.'"

²¹“He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’ ”

²² Yr oeddent wedi gwrando arno hyd at y gair hwn, ond yna dechreusant weiddi, "Ymaith ag ef oddi ar y ddaear! Y mae'n warth fod y fath ddyn yn cael byw."

²²They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice, and said, “Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn’t fit to live!”

²³ Fel yr oeddent yn gweiddi ac yn ysgwyd eu dillad ac yn taflu llwch i'r awyr,

²³As they cried out, and threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,

²⁴ gorchmynnodd y capten ei ddwyn ef i mewn i'r pencadlys, a'i holi trwy ei chwipio, er mwyn cael gwybod pam yr oeddent yn bloeddio felly yn ei erbyn.

²⁴the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.

²⁵ Ond pan glymwyd ef i'w fflangellu, dywedodd Paul wrth y canwriad oedd yn sefyll gerllaw, "A oes gennych hawl i fflangellu dinesydd Rhufeinig, a hynny heb farnu ei achos?"

²⁵When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?”

²⁶ Pan glywodd y canwriad hyn, aeth at y capten, a rhoi adroddiad iddo, gan ddweud, "Beth yr wyt ti am ei wneud? Y mae'r dyn yma yn ddinesydd Rhufeinig."

²⁶When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, “Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!”

²⁷ Daeth y capten ato, ac meddai, "Dywed i mi, a wyt ti'n ddinesydd Rhufeinig?" "Ydwyf," meddai yntau.

²⁷The commanding officer came and asked him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” He said, “Yes.”

²⁸ Atebodd y capten, "Mi delais i swm mawr i gael y ddinasyddiaeth hon." Ond dywedodd Paul, "Cefais i fy ngeni iddi."

²⁸The commanding officer answered, “I bought my citizenship for a great price.” Paul said, “But I was born a Roman.”

²⁹ Ar hyn, ciliodd y rhai oedd ar fin ei holi oddi wrtho. Daeth ofn ar y capten hefyd pan ddeallodd mai dinesydd Rhufeinig ydoedd, ac yntau wedi ei rwymo ef.

²⁹Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him, and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman, because he had bound him.

³⁰ Trannoeth, gan fod y capten am wybod yn sicr beth oedd cyhuddiad yr Iddewon, fe ollyngodd Paul yn rhydd, a gorchymyn i'r prif offeiriaid a'r holl Sanhedrin ymgynnull. Yna daeth ag ef i lawr, a'i osod ger eu bron.

³⁰But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.