Pan oedd Sinai gynt yn danllyd

(Gwerth yr Aberth)
Pan oedd Sinai gynt yn danllyd,
  Ar gyhoeddiad cyfraith Duw,
A'r troseddwyr yn ddychrynllyd,
  Ac yn ammheu a gaent fyw;
Yn nirgelwch rym y daran,
  Codwyd allor wrth ei droed;
Ebyrth oedd yn rhagddangosiad
  O'r aberthiad mwya' erioed.
Ann Griffiths 1776-1805

[Mesur 8787D]

gwelir:
Cofia ddilyn y medelwyr
Mae sŵn y clychau'n chwarae

(The Value of the Sacrifice)
When Sinai of old was fiery,
  At the announcement of the law of God,
And the transgressors terrified,
  And doubting that they could live;
In the secrecy of the thunder's force,
  An altar was raised at its foot;
Sacrifices were a foreshowing
  Of the greatest sacrifice ever.
tr. 2023 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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