Mutuwar Absalom

Gustave Doré · 1866 (designs for La Sainte Bible, Tours); this printing 1873–1874
Ɗakin Karatu na Ƙasar Poland, Warsaw

Doré ya zana wannan wuri na kurmi domin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Tours na 1866, mai sassaƙan da ya sa hannu a ƙasa daga dama kuma ya sassaƙa ganyayensa su zama tsari mai cunkoso na ƙananan murɗe-murɗe.

Wani babban itacen oak ya cika hoton, rassansa masu murɗewa sun baza bisa kurmin. A cikin inuwa ƙarƙashin ganyensa wata siffa mai duhu tana rataye — Absalom ne, wanda kansa ya sarƙafe, yayinda alfadarinsa yake wucewa a ƙarƙashinsa. A cikin haske, Yowab yana zuwa da gudu a kan doki da māsu uku a ɗage, sojojinsa a bayansa.

Daga rubutun

“Kan Absalom ya sarƙafe a kan itacen oak ɗin” (2 Sama’ila 18:9)

“Dokin ya wuce da gudu” (2 Sama’ila 18:9)

Yowab “ya ɗauki māsu uku a hannunsa” (2 Sama’ila 18:14)

Na mai zanen kansa

Yowab da mutanensa a kan dawakai

Lokacin kafin bugun — ba a nuna wani rauni ba

Absalom kusan ya ɓace cikin inuwa, yayinda haske ya faɗa a kan Yowab

Bayanai dalla-dalla

Yowab

Yana zuwa a kan doki da māsu uku a ɗage a hannu ɗaya.

Absalom

Wata siffa mai duhu tana rataye cikin inuwar itacen oak.

Itacen oak

Babban itace mai rassa masu murɗewa ya baza bisa wurin.

Sojoji

Mutanen Yowab suna biye a kan dawakai da māsu.

Gustave Doré, French, 1832–1883. National Library of Poland (Biblioteka Narodowa), Warsaw — «Pismo Święte Starego i Nowego Testamentu», vol. 1, Warsaw: M. Glücksberg, 1873 (acc. 75.267 A), tabl. 85 · Wood engraving after Gustave Doré’s design · National Library of Poland (Polona): the record of the volume gives the licence «Domena Publiczna» (Public Domain), «copyrightProtected»: false; the scan was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by the library itself («Polona Upload», GLAM-Wiki partnership: “This file was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons as part of a GLAM-Wiki partnership between the National Library of Poland and Wikimedia Polska”), linking its Polona record.

Ayoyin

2Sam 18:9–14To, Absalom ya haɗu da mutanen Dawuda. Yana hawan dokinsa, kuma yayinda dokin ya kusa kai cikin rassan babban itacen oak, sai kan Absalom ya sarƙafe a kan itacen oak ɗin. Dokin ya wuce da gudu, shi kuwa ya rataye a can yana lilo. Sa’ad da wani daga cikin mutanen ya gan haka, sai ya gaya wa Yowab, “Na ga Absalom yana rataye a itacen oak.” Yowab ya ce wa mutumin da ya ba shi labarin, “Mene! Ka ga shi? Don me ba ka buge shi har ƙasa nan da nan ba? Ai, da na ba ka shekel goma na azurfa da abin ɗamarar jarumi.” Amma mutumin ya ce wa Yowab, “Ko da za a auna mini azurfa dubu a hannuna, ba zan miƙa hannuna in taɓa ɗan sarki ba. A kunnuwanmu fa sarki ya umarce ka, da Abishai, da Ittai cewa, ‘Ku tsare saurayin nan Absalom a madadina.’ Da na yi haka da na sa kaina a halin ƙaƙa-ni-ka-yi, kuma babu abin da zai ɓoyu ga sarki, kai kuwa za ka janye abinka daga gare ni.” Yowab ya ce, “Ba zan ɓata lokaci da kai ba.” Saboda haka sai ya ɗauki māsu uku a hannunsa ya zura su a ƙahon zuciyar Absalom, tun Absalom yana da sauran rai a maƙale a itacen oak.