Ambaliya; Kurciya ta Komo cikin Jirgi da Reshen Zaitun (Ms. 33, fol. 9, daga Weltchronik)

Mai zane da ba a san sunansa ba, Regensburg · about 1400–1410
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Weltchronik (“Tarihin Duniya”) doguwar waƙa ce a Jamusanci ta marubucin ƙarni na 13 Rudolf von Ems, wadda ta sake ba da labarin Littafi Mai Tsarki a matsayin tarihin duniya. An rubuta wannan kwafi aka kuma zana shi a Regensburg kusan 1400–1410.

Mai zanen ya yi aiki da fentin ƙwai tare da zinariya da azurfa. Jirgin wani kwale-kwale ne mai zagaye mai rufi, da tagogi masu baka. Nuhu ya leƙo don ya tarbi kurciyar da take shigowa da koren reshe, yayinda dabbobi suke leƙowa kusa da shi, kifaye kuma suna iyo a ƙasa.

Daga rubutun

Nuhu ya aika da kurciya (Farawa 8:8)

“ɗanyen ganyen zaitun da ta tsinko a bakinta” (Farawa 8:11)

Na mai zanen kansa

Jirgin kamar kwale-kwale mai kama da fada, mai rufin tayil

Kifaye suna iyo daidai a ƙarƙashin jirgin

Bayanai dalla-dalla

Kurciya

Wani farin tsuntsu yana shigowa da ɗan koren reshe.

Nuhu

Wani tsoho ya leƙo ta taga, hannunsa a sama.

Dabbobi

Kawunan dabbobi masu duhu suna leƙowa ta sauran tagogi.

Ƙarƙashin ruwa

Manyan kifaye masu toka suna iyo a ƙarƙashin jirgin.

Unknown illuminator, Regensburg; text by Rudolf von Ems (Austrian, about 1200–1254). The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (Ms. 33 (88.MP.70), fol. 9) · Tempera colors, gold, silver paint, and ink · Images provided here are believed to be in the public domain and are available under CC0 through Getty’s Open Content Program. (Getty record: "No Copyright", http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

Ayoyin

Far 8:6–12Bayan kwana arba’in, sai Nuhu ya buɗe tagar jirgin da ya yi, ya saki hankaka. Hankaka ya yi ta kai da kawowa har sai da ruwa ya shanye a duniya. Sai ya saki kurciya don yă ga in ruwan ya janye daga doron ƙasa. Amma kurciyar ba tă sami inda za tă sa ƙafafunta ba gama akwai ruwa a dukan doron ƙasa, saboda haka ta komo wurin Nuhu a jirgi. Ya miƙa hannunsa ya ɗauko kurciyar ya shigar da ita wurinsa a cikin jirgi. Ya ƙara jira kwana bakwai, sai ya sāke aiken kurciyar daga jirgi. Sa’ad da kurciya ta komo wurinsa da yamma, sai ga ɗanyen ganyen zaitun da ta tsinko a bakinta! Sa’an nan Nuhu ya san cewa ruwa ya janye daga duniya. Ya ƙara jira kwana bakwai, sai ya sāke aiken kurciyar, amma a wannan ƙaro ba tă komo wurinsa ba.