Mae bedydd Crist yn ordinhad

(Arwyddocad Bedydd)
Mae bedydd Crist yn ordinhad
Sydd yn arwyddo'r dŵr a'r gwaed
  A drefnodd Duw i olchi dyn
  Oddiwrth ei holl halogrwydd blin.

Mae'n arwydd o'r cyfammod rhad
Y sy rhwng Duw
    a'r saint a'u had -
  Yn foddion o gyflwyniad gwiw
  I deulu a gwasanaeth duw.

O oes i oes bu'r
    saint a'u had
Yn ddeiliaid y cyfammod rhad;
  Babanod ieuainc, llesg eu llef,
  Sy'n etifeddion teyrnas nef.
Cas. o Hymnau ... Wesleyaidd 1844

Tôn [MH 8888]: Yr Hen Ganfed (Salmydd Genefa 1551)

(The Significance of Baptism)
The baptism of Christ is an ordinance
Which signifies the water and the blood
  Which God arranged to wash man
  From all his grievous defilement.

It is a sign of the free covenant
Which is between God
    and the saints and their seed -
  As medicine of worthy presentation
  To the family and service of God.

From age to age have the saints
    and their seed been
Tenants of the free covenant;
  Young infants, feeble their cry,
  Are heirs of the kingdom of heaven.
tr. 2008 Richard B Gillion

The middle column is a literal translation of the Welsh. A Welsh translation is identified by the abbreviation 'cyf.' (emulation by 'efel.'), an English translation by 'tr.'

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