O flaen gorseddfainc uchel ION,
Dewch, bobloedd oll, dan lawenhau;
Mawr yw ei enw uwch pob sôn,
Efe sy'n lladd ac yn bywhau.
Ei allu glân a'n creodd oll;
Ein ffurf o'r clai a wnaeth i gyd:
Fel defaid aethom bawb ar goll,
Ond dyg ni'n ol
i'w gorlan glyd.
Ei bobl Ef ydym, praidd ei nôd;
Ein Bugail a'n Harweinydd yw:
Pa fawredd teilwng, a pha glod,
A rown I'th enw, O ein Duw?
Seiniwn dy fawl
â bywiog iaith,
Derchafwn lais
hyd entrych nef:
Daw'r byd a'i
fil o filoedd maith
I'th byrth ag un soniarius lef.
Hwy pery d'air na môr na thir;
Didranc yw'th gariad mawr a'th ras;
Yn gryf fel craig y saif dy wir
Pan gryno'r nef
a'r ddaear las.
Peter Jones (Pedr Fardd) 1775-1845
Tôn [MH 8888]: Denmark (<1835) |
Before the throne of the high LORD,
Come, all ye people, rejoicing;
Great is his name above every mention,
He it is who kills and who gives life.
His holy power created us all;
Form us all from clay he did:
Like sheep we all went astray,
But he brings us all back
to his secure fold.
His people we are, the flock of his mark;
Our Shepherd and our Guide he is:
What worthy majesty, and what acclaim,
Shall we render to thy name, O our God?
Let us sound thy praise
with lively language,
Let us raise a voice
to the vault of heaven:
May the world come with its
vast thousand of thousands
To thy gates with one resounding cry.
Neither sea nor land shall endure thy word;
Unebbing is thy great love and thy grace:
Strong like a rock thy truth shall stand,
When heaven and the
blue-green earth trembles.
tr. 2016 Richard B Gillion
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Before Jehovah's aweful throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone:
He can create, and he destroy.
His sovereign power, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and formed us then;
And, when like wandering
sheep we strayed,
He brought us to his fold again.
We are his people, we his care,
Our souls, and all our mortal frame;
What lasting honours shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to thy name?
We'll crowd thy gates
with thankful songs,
High as the heavens
our voices raise;
And earth, with her
ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.
Wide as the world is thy command,
Vast as eternity thy love;
Firm as a rock
thy truth must stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.
Isaac Watts 1674-1748
Tune [LM 8888]: Old Hundredth (Louis Bourgeois 1510-72) |