Yn y dyddiau pan oedd y barnwyr yn llywodraethu roedd newyn yn y wlad, ac aeth dyn o Fethlehem yn Jwda i aros yng ngwlad Moab, ef a'i wraig a'i ddau fab. Elimelech oedd enw'r dyn ac enw ei wraig Naomi, ac enwau ei ddau fab oedd Mahlon a Chilion. Ephrathiaid oedden nhw o Fethlehem yn Jwda. Aethant i wlad Moab ac aros yno. Ond bu farw Elimelech, gŵr Naomi, a gadawyd hi gyda'i dau fab. Cymerodd y rhain wragedd Moabiad; enw'r un oedd Orpah ac enw'r llall Ruth. Buont yn byw yno tua deng mlynedd, a bu farw Mahlon a Chilion, fel bod y ddynes yn cael ei gadael heb ei dau fab a'i gŵr. Yna cododd gyda'i merched-yng-nghyfraith i ddychwelyd o wlad Moab, oherwydd roedd hi wedi clywed ym meysydd Moab fod yr ARGLWYDD wedi ymweld â'i bobl ac wedi rhoi bwyd iddyn nhw. Felly dyma hi'n mynd allan o'r man lle'r oedd hi gyda'i dwy ferch-yng-nghyfraith, ac aethant ar y ffordd i ddychwelyd i wlad Jwda. Ond dywedodd Naomi wrth ei dwy ferch-yng-nghyfraith, "Ewch, dychwelwch bob un ohonoch i dŷ ei mam. Boed i'r ARGLWYDD ddelio'n garedig â chi, gan eich bod wedi delio â'r meirw a gyda mi.
In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years, and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband. Then she arose with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the fields of Moab that the LORD had visited his people and given them food. So she set out from the place where she was with her two daughters-in-law, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go, return each of you to her mother's house. May the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.
Mae'r ARGLWYDD yn caniatáu i chi gael gorffwys, pob un ohonoch chi yn nhŷ ei gŵr! "Yna cusanodd nhw, a chodon nhw eu lleisiau ac wylo. A dywedon nhw wrthi, "Na, dychwelwn gyda chi at eich pobl."
The LORD grant that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband!" Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept. And they said to her, "No, we will return with you to your people."
Ond dywedodd Naomi, "Trowch yn ôl, fy merched; pam ewch chi gyda mi? A oes gen i feibion eto yn fy nghroth er mwyn iddyn nhw ddod yn wŷr i chi? Trowch yn ôl, fy merched; ewch eich ffordd, oherwydd yr wyf yn rhy hen i gael gŵr. Os dylwn ddweud bod gen i obaith, hyd yn oed pe dylwn gael gŵr y noson hon ac y dylwn ddwyn meibion, a fyddech chi felly'n aros nes iddyn nhw gael eu tyfu? A fyddech felly yn ymatal rhag priodi? Na, fy merched, oherwydd mae'n hynod chwerw i mi er eich mwyn chi fod llaw'r ARGLWYDD wedi mynd allan yn fy erbyn. "
But Naomi said, "Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb that they may become your husbands? Turn back, my daughters; go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, even if I should have a husband this night and should bear sons, would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me."
Yna codon nhw eu lleisiau ac wylo eto. A chusanodd Orpah ei mam-yng-nghyfraith, ond glynodd Ruth ati. A dywedodd, "Gwelwch, mae eich chwaer-yng-nghyfraith wedi mynd yn ôl at ei phobl ac at ei duwiau; dychwelwch ar ôl eich chwaer-yng-nghyfraith."
Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. And she said, "See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law."
Ond dywedodd Ruth, "Peidiwch â fy annog i'ch gadael chi neu i ddychwelyd o'ch dilyn. Oherwydd ble yr ewch chi af, a lle rydych chi'n lletya byddaf yn lletya. Eich pobl fydd fy mhobl i, a'ch Duw fy Nuw. Lle byddwch yn marw byddaf farw, ac yno y claddir fi. Boed i'r ARGLWYDD wneud hynny i mi ac yn fwy hefyd os bydd unrhyw beth ond marwolaeth yn fy gwahanu oddi wrthych chi. "
But Ruth said, "Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the LORD do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you."
A phan welodd Naomi ei bod yn benderfynol o fynd gyda hi, ni ddywedodd hi mwy.
And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.
Felly aeth y ddau ohonyn nhw ymlaen nes iddyn nhw ddod i Fethlehem. A phan ddaethant i Fethlehem, cynhyrfwyd y dref gyfan o'u herwydd. A dywedodd y menywod, "Ai Naomi yw hwn?"
So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them. And the women said, "Is this Naomi?"
Dywedodd wrthynt, "Peidiwch â'm galw'n Naomi; ffoniwch fi yn Mara, oherwydd mae'r Hollalluog wedi delio'n chwerw iawn â mi. Es i ffwrdd yn llawn, ac mae'r ARGLWYDD wedi dod â mi yn ôl yn wag. Pam fy ngalw i'n Naomi, pan fydd yr ARGLWYDD wedi tystio yn fy erbyn a'r Hollalluog wedi dod â thrychineb arnaf? " Felly dychwelodd Naomi, a Ruth y Moabiad ei merch-yng-nghyfraith gyda hi, a ddychwelodd o wlad Moab. A daethant i Fethlehem ar ddechrau cynhaeaf haidd.
She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. I went away full, and the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, when the LORD has testified against me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?" So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.