Littafin Ayuba, faranti na 1: Haka Ayuba ya saba yi

William Blake · 1825
Cleveland Museum of Art

Na farko a cikin faranti 21 da William Blake ya sassaƙa a kan jan ƙarfe don Zane-zanensa na Littafin Ayuba, mai kwanan wata 1825. Mai zane John Linnell ne ya biya shi ya sassaƙa jerin bisa zane-zanen ruwan fenti da Blake ya yi kusan shekaru goma sha biyar kafin haka.

Ayuba da matarsa suna zaune ƙarƙashin babban itace da littattafai a buɗe, ’ya’yansu sun durƙusa kewaye da su, garken kuma yana kwance a gaba. Kewaye da zanen Blake ya sassaƙa iyaka mai layukan Littafi Mai Tsarki da rubutun hannunsa.

Daga rubutun

Wani mutum a ƙasar Uz, “marar laifi kuma mai adalci” (Ayuba 1:1)

’Ya’ya maza bakwai da ’yan mata uku (Ayuba 1:2)

“Haka Ayuba ya saba yi” (Ayuba 1:5)

Na mai zanen kansa

Kayan kiɗa a rataye shiru a cikin itacen — faranti na ƙarshe yana nuna iyalin suna kaɗa su

Coci irin na Gothic a sararin nesa, kamar a cikin shimfiɗar ƙasar Ingila

Rana mai faɗuwa a gefe ɗaya, jinjirin wata a ɗaya gefen

Bayanai dalla-dalla

Kayan kiɗa shiru

Garaya, molo da ƙahoni suna rataye a rassan, ba a kaɗa su.

Ayuba da matarsa

Suna zaune da littattafai a buɗe a cinyoyinsu, ’ya’yansu sun durƙusa kewaye da su.

Coci da faɗuwar rana

Rana tana faɗuwa a bayan wani coci irin na Gothic a kan tudu.

Garken

Tumaki da raguna suna kwance suna hutawa a gaban zanen.

William Blake, British, 1757–1827. The Cleveland Museum of Art (Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection, 1963.303.2) · 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/).

Ayoyin

Ayu 1:1–5A ƙasar Uz akwai wani mutum mai suna Ayuba. Mutum ne marar laifi kuma mai adalci; yana tsoron Allah, ba ruwansa da mugunta. Yana da ’ya’ya maza bakwai da ’yan mata uku, yana da tumaki dubu bakwai, raƙuma dubu uku, shanu ɗari biyar, da jakuna ɗari biyar, yana kuma da masu yi masa aiki da yawa. A ƙasar Gabas ba wani kamar sa. ’Ya’yansa maza sukan yi biki a gidajensu, wannan yă yi yă ba wancan, sai su kira ’yan’uwansu mata ukun su ci, su sha tare. Bayan lokacin bikin ya wuce, sai Ayuba yă aika su zo don yă tsarkake su. Tun da sassafe zai miƙa hadaya ta ƙonawa domin kowannensu, don yana tunani cewa, “Mai yiwuwa ’ya’yana sun yi wa Allah zunubi, ko sun la’anta shi a cikin zuciyarsu.” Haka Ayuba ya saba yi.