Mala’ika Ya Tare Hanyar Bala’am

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

C. Laplante, wanda sunansa yake ƙasa daga dama, ya sassaƙa wannan wurin dare daga zanen Doré. Haske yana fitowa daga cikakken wata da ke ɓullowa ta cikin gajimare da kuma daga siffar mai launi mai sauƙi a hagu.

Wani dogon mutum mai fikafikai yana tsaye a kan tudu kusa da hanya, yana miƙa dogon takobi. A ƙasa, Bala’am a kan jakarsa ya juya wajen hasken, hannu ɗaya a ɗage, bayinsa biyu kuma suna tafiya a baya, ɗaya yana nunawa. Saiwoyi masu murɗewa da ciyayi suna gefen hanyar.

Daga rubutun

Mala’ikan yana “tsaye a hanya da takobi a hannunsa” (Ƙidaya 22:23)

“Bala’am kuwa yana kan jakarsa tare da bayinsa biyu” (Ƙidaya 22:22)

Sa’ad da aka buɗe idanun Bala’am, “ya sunkuyar da kansa, ya fāɗi rubda ciki” (Ƙidaya 22:31)

Na mai zanen kansa

Dare mai hasken wata — nassin bai ambaci wani lokaci ba

Gefen tudu a buɗe maimakon matsattsiyar hanya tsakanin bangayen gonakin inabi (Ƙidaya 22:24)

Bala’am har yanzu yana kan jaki, bai riga ya sunkuya ba

Bayanai dalla-dalla

Mala’ikan

Wani dogon mutum mai fikafikai yana miƙa dogon takobi.

Bala’am da jakar

Bala’am ya juya a kan jakarsa wajen hasken.

Bayin

Maza biyu suna biye; ɗaya yana nuna gaba.

Watan

Wata mai haske yana ɓullowa ta cikin gajimare.

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. 43 · 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

Ƙid 22:22–31Amma Allah ya husata sa’ad da ya tafi, mala’ikan Ubangiji kuwa ya tsaya a hanya don yă hana shi. Bala’am kuwa yana kan jakarsa tare da bayinsa biyu. Da jakar ta hangi mala’ikan Ubangiji tsaye a hanya da takobi a hannunsa, sai ta kauce daga hanya, ta shiga jeji. Bala’am kuwa ya buge ta don tă koma hanya. Sai mala’ikan Ubangiji ya tsaya a wata matsattsiyar hanya tsakanin gonaki inabi biyu, da bango a kowane gefe. Sa’ad da jakar ta ga mala’ikan Ubangiji, sai ta matse a jikin bango, ta goge ƙafar Bala’am da bangon. Saboda haka sai Bala’am ya sāke bugunta. Sai mala’ikan Ubangiji ya sha gabansa, ya tsaya a ƙunƙuntaccen wuri inda ba wurin juyawa dama ko hagu. Da jakar ta ga mala’ikan Ubangiji, sai ta kwanta a ƙasa, Bala’am kuwa ya husata, sai ya buge ta da sandansa. Ubangiji ya buɗe bakin jakar, sai jakar ta ce wa Bala’am, “Me na yi maka da ka buge ni har sau uku?” Bala’am ya ce wa jakar “Domin kin wulaƙanta ni! Da a ce ina da takobi a hannuna da zan kashe ki nan take.” Jakar ta ce wa Bala’am, “Ni ba jakarka ba ce wadda kake hawa kullum, har yă zuwa yau? Na taɓa yin maka haka?” Bala’am ya ce, “A’a.” Sa’an nan Ubangiji ya buɗe idanun Bala’am, ya kuwa ga mala’ikan Ubangiji tsaye a hanya da takobi a zāre. Sai ya sunkuyar da kansa, ya fāɗi rubda ciki.