Mala’ika Yana Bayyana ga Zakariya

William Blake · 1799–1800
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Ɗaya daga cikin ƙananan zane-zanen Littafi Mai Tsarki da William Blake ya zana a 1799–1800 don mai taimakonsa Thomas Butts. Blake ya kira irin wannan aiki “fresco”, ko da yake fentin ƙwai ne da manne a kan yadi; fentin ya yi duhu ya kuma tsattsage da tsufa.

Tsohon firist, riƙe da kaskon turare, yana juyawa zuwa ga mala’ikan da yake tsaye kusa da bagaden turare, hannunsa ɗaya a ɗage. Hayaƙi yana tashi daga bagaden.

Daga rubutun

An zaɓe shi ta wurin ƙuri’a yă ƙone turare a haikali (Luka 1:9)

Mala’ikan “tsaye a dama da bagaden turare” (Luka 1:11)

“Kada ka ji tsoro, Zakariya” (Luka 1:13)

Na mai zanen kansa

Zakariya sanye kamar babban firist, da hular firist da ƙyallen ƙirji

Alkuki na zinariya mai rassa bakwai a hagu

Bayanai dalla-dalla

Zakariya

Tsohon firist sanye da doguwar hula da shuɗin riga, riƙe da kaskon turare.

Bagaden turare

Wuta tana ci a kan ƙaramin bagadi; hayaƙi yana murɗewa zuwa sama.

Mala’ikan

Doguwar siffa mai fikafikai tana tsaye kusa da bagaden, hannu ɗaya a ɗage.

Alkukin

Alkuki na zinariya mai rassa bakwai da kyandirori masu ci.

William Blake, British, 1757–1827. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Bequest of William Church Osborn, 1951; acc. 51.30.1) · Pen and black ink, tempera, and glue size on canvas · Public Domain — The Met Open Access (CC0). The Met Collection API record: "isPublicDomain": true; The Met marks such works on its website "with the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) icon".

Ayoyin

Luk 1:8–13Wata rana da lokacin aikin firistoci na sashen Zakariya na yin hidima ya kewayo, yana kuma cikin hidimarsa ta firist a gaban Allah, sai aka zaɓe shi ta wurin ƙuri’a, bisa ga al’adar aikin firist, yă shiga haikalin Ubangiji yă ƙone turare. Da lokacin ƙone turare ya yi, duk taron masu sujada suna a waje suna addu’a. Sai mala’ikan Ubangiji ya bayyana gare shi, tsaye a dama da bagaden turare. Da Zakariya ya gan shi sai ya firgita, tsoro kuma ya kama shi. Amma mala’ikan ya ce masa, “Kada ka ji tsoro, Zakariya; an ji addu’arka. Matarka Elizabet za tă haifa maka ɗa, za ka kuma ba shi suna Yohanna.