Masu Ta’aziyyar Ayuba

William Blake · 1825
National Gallery of Art, Washington

William Blake, mawaƙi kuma mai buga zane na London, ya buga Zane-zanensa na Littafin Ayuba a 1825, shekaru biyu kafin rasuwarsa: faranti ashirin da ɗaya da shafin suna, da ya sassaƙa da hannunsa. Wannan bugun gwaji shi ne faranti na 7; a cikakkiyar takardar Blake ya kewaye zanen da layuka daga Littafi Mai Tsarki.

Ayuba yana zaune a kan tarin ciyawa kusa da wata katanga, sanye da ɗan zane a kugu, matarsa a bayansa hannuwanta a ɗage. Daga hagu abokansa uku suna shigowa da sauri, hannuwansu sama, suna kuka. A bayansu wani gari da ya rushe yana ƙarƙashin sama mai duhu mai zirai-zirai.

Daga rubutun

Abokan nan uku da suka zo don su ta’azantar da shi (Ayuba 2:11)

Da ƙyar suka gane shi suka fara kuka da ƙarfi (Ayuba 2:12)

Ayuba yana zaune cikin toka (Ayuba 2:8)

Jikinsa cike da ƙuraje (Ayuba 2:7)

Na mai zanen kansa

Abokan ukun duka suna yin alama iri ɗaya, hannuwansu a ɗage sama

Matar Ayuba kusa da shi cikin baƙin ciki — nassin ya ba ta kalma mai zafi kawai (Ayuba 2:9)

Kufan wani gari a baya

Bayanai dalla-dalla

Abokan

Maza uku suna shigowa da sauri daga hagu, hannuwansu a ɗage.

Ayuba

Mai dogon gemu, ya jingina baya, jikinsa cike da ɗigon raunuka.

Matarsa

Ta sunkuya bisa gare shi, hannuwanta a ɗage zuwa fuskarta.

Kufai

Fasassun katangun wani gari a gefen tudu.

Tarin

Ayuba yana zaune a kan tarin ciyawa.

William Blake, British, 1757–1827. National Gallery of Art, Washington (Gift of W.G. Russell Allen, 1941.1.232) · Engraving on India paper (proof) · NGA Open Access: "Images of these works are available free of charge for any use, commercial or non-commercial, under Creative Commons Zero (CC0)." (NGA open data: published_images.csv openaccess = 1)

Ayoyin

Ayu 2:7–13Sai Shaiɗan ya bar Ubangiji, ya je ya sa wa Ayuba ƙuraje masu zafi a jikinsa daga tafin ƙafafunsa har zuwa kansa. Sai Ayuba ya ɗauki kaskon tukunya yana ta sosa ƙurajen da shi, yayinda yake zaune cikin toka. Matarsa ta ce masa, “Har yanzu kana nan da amincinka? Ka la’anta Allah ka mutu!” Ya amsa ya ce, “Kina magana kamar wawiya. Alheri kaɗai za mu dinga samu daga Allah ban da wahala?” A cikin wannan duka Ayuba bai yi zunubi ba cikin maganarsa. Lokacin da abokan Ayuba su uku wato, Elifaz mutumin Teman, Bildad mutumin Shuwa, da Zofar mutumin Na’ama suka ji wahalar da ta auka wa Ayuba, sai suka shirya suka bar gidajensu suka je don su ta’azantar da shi. Sa’ad da suka gan shi daga nesa, da ƙyar suka gane shi; sai suka fara kuka da ƙarfi, suka yayyaga tufafinsu suka zuba toka a kawunansu, sai suka zauna da shi a ƙasa har kwana bakwai. Ba wanda ya ce masa kome, don sun ga tsananin wahalar da yake ciki.