Littafin Ayuba, faranti na 20: Duk a cikin ƙasar ba a samu kyawawan mata kamar ’ya’yan Ayuba ba

William Blake · 1825
Cleveland Museum of Art

Faranti na 20 na zane-zanen Ayuba na William Blake da aka sassaƙa a kan jan ƙarfe (1825). Ayuba ya sāke samun ’ya’ya mata uku, mafiya kyau a ƙasar.

Blake ya nuna Ayuba yana ba su labarinsa: hannuwansa sun miƙe zuwa ga zane-zane a bangon ɗakin — masifunsa da guguwar — yayin da ’ya’yan suke saurare. Nassin ya ambaci sunayen ’ya’yan amma bai faɗi irin wannan abu ba. Iyakar kurangar inabi da molo da garaya ta kewaye shi.

Daga rubutun

Yemima, Keziya da Keren-Haffuk (Ayuba 42:14)

“Duk a cikin ƙasar ba a samu kyawawan mata kamar ’ya’yan Ayuba ba” (Ayuba 42:15)

Gādo tare da ’yan’uwansu maza (Ayuba 42:15)

Na mai zanen kansa

Ayuba yana ba ’ya’yansa mata labarinsa, da zane-zane a bangaye

Iyakar kurangar inabi, molo da garaya

Bayanai dalla-dalla

Ayuba

Yana zaune hannuwansa biyu sun miƙe zuwa ga bangaye.

’Ya’yansa mata

’Yan mata uku suna zaune kewaye da shi, ɗaya ta rusuna a gwiwoyinsa.

Zane-zanen da

Wani zane mai zagaye a bango yana nuna kisa.

Molo

Molo yana kwance a kusurwar iyakar kurangar inabi.

William Blake, British, 1757–1827. The Cleveland Museum of Art (Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection, 1963.303.21) · Engraving (proof impression) · Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access: Collection API record "share_license_status": "CC0" (Creative Commons Zero, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).