Bikin Belshazar

John Martin · 1826
National Gallery of Art, Washington

A 1820 John Martin, matashin mai zane daga arewacin Ingila, ya yi suna da babban zane na bikin Belshazar; taron jama’a sun zo ganinsa a London. A 1826 ya yi babban bugunsa da kansa, a salon mezzotint, aka kuma sa masa launi da hannu.

Bikin ya cika wani zaure marar iyaka na ginshiƙai a buɗe ga sararin sama na dare, da hasumiya mai matakai daga nesa. A can hagu haske mai ƙarfi yana ɓullowa daga bangon da haruffa masu haske a cikinsa. A tsakiya wani mutum sanye da baƙi yana nuna shi yayin da baƙi suke ja da baya.

Daga rubutun

Babban biki domin dubban hakimai, da ruwan inabi (Daniyel 5:1)

Kayan zinariya da azurfa da aka kwaso daga haikali a Urushalima (Daniyel 5:2)

Yatsotsi sun yi rubutu a kan bango “kusa da wurin da ake ajiye fitilar” (Daniyel 5:5)

Daniyel ya karanta rubutun: “Mene, mene, tekel, farsin” (Daniyel 5:25)

Na mai zanen kansa

Birni na manyan zaurai, filaye masu hawa-hawa da hasumiyai da mai zanen ya yi tunaninsa

Doguwar hasumiya mai matakai a baya, kamar zane-zanen Hasumiyar Babel

An zana fitilar a matsayin fitila mai rassa bakwai (menorah)

Gajimaren hadari, walƙiya da wata bisa abin

Bayanai dalla-dalla

Rubutun

Haske mai ƙarfi yana ɓullowa daga bangon, da haruffa masu haske a cikinsa.

Mutumin sanye da baƙi

Wani mutum mai gemu yana miƙa hannunsa zuwa rubutun — annabi Daniyel, wanda ya karanta shi (Daniyel 5:25).

Fitilar

Babbar fitila mai rassa bakwai tana tsaye a kan bangon.

Kayan zinariya

Kofuna da kwanonin zinariya sun cika teburin bikin.

Hasumiya mai matakai

Doguwar hasumiya ta tashi a gaban sararin sama mai hadari.

Ginshiƙi mai maciji

Maciji ya naɗe kewaye da ginshiƙi a gefe.

John Martin, British, 1789–1854. National Gallery of Art, Washington (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Benedict, 1978.86.5) · Hand-colored mixed media intaglio (mezzotint) · NGA Open Access: "Images of these works are available free of charge for any use, commercial or non-commercial, under Creative Commons Zero (CC0)." (NGA open data: published_images.csv openaccess = 1)

Ayoyin

Dan 5:1–6Sarki Belshazar ya yi babban biki domin dubban hakimansa ya kuma sha ruwan inabi tare da su. Yayinda Belshazar yake shan ruwan inabi, sai ya umarta a kawo zinariya da azurfan da Nebukadnezzar mahaifinsa ya kwaso daga haikali a Urushalima, saboda sarki da hakimansa, da matansa da ƙwarƙwaransa su sha da su. Sai suka kawo kayan zinariyan nan da aka kwaso daga haikalin Allah a Urushalima, sarki kuwa da hakimansa, da matansa, da ƙwarƙwaransa suka yi ta sha da su. Yayinda suke shan ruwan inabin, sai suka yabi allolin zinariya da azurfa, da na tagulla, da na ƙarfe, da na itace da kuma na dutse. Nan da nan sai ga yatsotsin hannun mutum sun bayyana, suna yin rubutu a kan shafen bangon, kusa da wurin da ake ajiye fitilar fadar sarki. Sarki kuwa yana ganin hannun yayinda yake rubutu. Sai fuskarsa ta ruɗe, ya kuma ji tsoro ƙwarai har gwiwoyinsa suka yi ta bugun juna, ƙafafunsa kuma suka rasa ƙarfi.

Dan 5:25–28“Wannan shi ne rubutun da aka yi, Mene, mene, tekel, farsin “Abin da kalmomin nan suke nufi shi ne, “Mene, Allah ya ƙayyade yawan kwanakin mulkinka ya kuma kawo su ga ƙarshe. “Tekel, An kuma auna ka a ma’auni aka tarar ka kāsa. “Feres, An raba mulkinka aka ba wa Medes da Farisa.”