Yoshuwa Ya Ƙone Birnin Ai

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

Doré ya ba wa hayaƙi fiye da rabin wannan hoto: babban baƙin ginshiƙi yana tashi daga birnin yana bazuwa a sararin sama. Sunan mai sassaƙa, Trichon, yana ƙasa daga dama.

A kan tudu a gaban hoton wani rukunin mahaya, ɗaya sanye da sulke, suna kallon wutar, yayinda wani mutum a ƙafa da māshi yake yi musu magana. A ƙasa, dogayen layukan sojoji da māsu suna ratsa fili, can nesa kuma rundunoni biyu suna haɗuwa kusa da bangayen da ke ci da wuta.

Daga rubutun

Mutanen da suka yi kwanto suka shiga birnin suka “cinna mata wuta da sauri” (Yoshuwa 8:19)

Mutanen Ai “suka ga hayaƙin birninsu yana tashi sama” (Yoshuwa 8:20)

Yoshuwa ya miƙa māshinsa ta wajen Ai (Yoshuwa 8:18)

Na mai zanen kansa

Ba a nuna Yoshuwa yana miƙa māshinsa ba: mahayan suna kallo kawai

Raƙuma da dawakai da shimfiɗar sirdi masu ado, da māsu da garkuwoyi masu kewaye na jarumawan hamada na Doré

Bayanai dalla-dalla

Hayaƙin

Babban ginshiƙin hayaƙi yana tashi daga birnin.

Birnin da ke ci

Harshen wuta yana ɓullowa cikin bangaye.

Mahayan

Maza a kan dawakai suna kallo daga tudun; ɗaya yana sanye da sulke.

Yaƙin

Rundunoni biyu suna haɗuwa a fili.

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. 48 · 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

Yosh 8:18–21Sai Ubangiji ya ce wa Yoshuwa, “Ka riƙe māshin da yake hannunka ka nuna wajen Ai, gama zan ba da birnin a hannunka.” Yoshuwa kuwa ya miƙa māshin ta wajen Ai. Da yin haka kuwa sai mutanen da suka yi kwanto suka tashi nan da nan daga inda suke, suka nufi birnin a guje, suka shiga suka ci birnin da yaƙi, suka kuma cinna mata wuta da sauri. Mutanen Ai suka juya suka ga hayaƙin birninsu yana tashi sama, amma ba yadda za su iya tsira ta ko’ina, gama Isra’ilawan da suke gudu zuwa cikin jeji suka juya suka fara fafarar waɗanda suke fafararsu. Lokacin da Yoshuwa da dukan Isra’ilawa suka ga waɗanda suka yi kwanto sun ci birnin da yaƙi, hayaƙi kuwa ya cika birnin, sai suka juya suka kai wa mutanen Ai hari.