Mewn newyn mawr a syched tyn, A'u henaid yn llewygu; Oll i anobaith yn mron myn'd, Heb ganthynt ffrynd i'w helpu. Yn yfed dyfroedd llwyd o'r llyn, Yn ngwresog ddyffryn Bacca; Yn gorfod yfed, nid o'u bodd, O chwerwon ddyfroedd Mara. Gwaedasant ar yr Arglwydd nef, Yn eu cyfyngder enbyd; Am gael eu dwyn cyn dyddiau hir, I mewn i dir 'r addewid. Yna eu gwared hwynt a wnaeth, O'u holl orthrym-gaeth foddion; 'Rhyd yr iawn ffordd fe'u dyg mewn hedd, I dref gyfannedd dirion. Gostegodd d'ranau Sinai draw, Yr ysbryd, braw, a'r ofnau; Daeth â hwy i Sion deg i fyw, At Iesu gwiw a'i glwyfau. Iorddonen wyllt fe drodd yn ol, Gwynai'i gro fel doldir Canaan; Nes daeth pob gwan, a llesg, a llaith, Trwy'r dyfroedd maith eu hunain. Eu poen a'u gwae yn felus trodd, Oedd megis dyfroedd Mara; 'Nawr bwytta maent foreu a nawn, O sypiau'r grawn a'r manna.William Williams 1717-91 [Mesur: MS 8787] gwelir: Clodforwch bawb ein Harglwydd Dduw Pan ballo ffafor pawb a'i hedd Rhaid imi gael pob gras pob dawn Sancteiddrwydd im' yw'r Oen di-nàm Y rhai a gasglodd Duw ynghyd |
In great hunger and tight thirst, With their soul fainting; All to hopelessness about to go, Without a friend to help them. Drinking the grey waters from the lake, In the heat of the vale of Bacca; Having to drink, not voluntarily, Of the bitter waters of Mara. The called upon the Lord of heaven, In their desperate strait; To be brought before long days, Into the land of the promise. Then deliver them he did, From all their captive oppressions; Along the right way he brought them in peace, To the settled town of lands. The thunders of yonder Sinai he subdued, The spirit, terror, and the fears; He brought them to fair Zion to live, To worthy Jesus and his wounds. Wild Jordan he turned back, He would make its gravel like the meadowland of Canaan; Until every weak, feeble and delicate one, Came through the vast waters themselves. Their pain and their woe he turned sweet, That were like the waters of Mara; Now eating they are morning and afternoon, From the grape-clusters and the manna.tr. 2022 Richard B Gillion |
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