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16 A dywedodd Caleb, Pwy bynnag a drawo Ciriath‐Seffer, ac a’i henillo hi; iddo ef y rhoddaf Achsa fy merch yn wraig. 17 Ac Othniel mab Cenas, brawd Caleb, a’i henillodd hi. Yntau a roddodd Achsa ei ferch iddo ef yn wraig. 18 A phan ddaeth hi i mewn ato ef, yna hi a’i hanogodd ef i geisio gan ei thad faes: ac a ddisgynnodd oddi ar yr asyn. A dywedodd Caleb wrthi, Beth a fynni di? 19 A hi a ddywedodd, Dyro i mi rodd; canys gwlad y deau a roddaist i mi: dyro i mi hefyd ffynhonnau dyfroedd. Ac efe a roddodd iddi y ffynhonnau uchaf, a’r ffynhonnau isaf.

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16 And Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Aksah(A) in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.” 17 Othniel(B) son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Aksah to him in marriage.

18 One day when she came to Othniel, she urged him[a] to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What can I do for you?”

19 She replied, “Do me a special favor. Since you have given me land in the Negev,(C) give me also springs of water.” So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 15:18 Hebrew and some Septuagint manuscripts; other Septuagint manuscripts (see also note at Judges 1:14) Othniel, he urged her