Matakalar Yaƙub

Rembrandt · 1655
National Gallery of Art, Washington

Wannan faranti ɗaya ne daga cikin ƙananan faranti huɗu da Rembrandt ya yi wa “Piedra gloriosa” (1655), wani littafin Sifaniyanci game da siffar mafarkin Nebukadnezzar, wanda maƙwabcinsa a Amsterdam, malamin Yahudawa (rabbi) kuma mai buga littattafai Menasseh ben Israel ya rubuta. Tsayinsa da ƙyar ya kai santimita 11.

Yaƙub yana barci a kan matakan wata babbar matakala da take tashi zuwa cikin haske. Mala’iku sanye da dogayen riguna sun yi cincirindo kewaye da shi, wasu suna kallon mai barcin a ƙasa, ɗaya yana hawa zuwa sama. Layuka masu duhu masu yawa sun cika daren da ke kewaye da su.

Daga rubutun

Yaƙub yana barci a ƙasa, dutse a matsayin matashin kai (Farawa 28:11)

Matakalar hawa da kanta ta kai sama, “mala’ikun Allah kuwa suna hawa, suna sauka a kanta” (Farawa 28:12)

Na mai zanen kansa

Faffaɗar matakala maimakon tsani, kamar yadda wasu masu zane na lokacin suka zana ta

Mala’ikun a matsayin mutane masu fikafikai sanye da dogayen riguna, kusa da Yaƙub

Bayanai dalla-dalla

Yaƙub yana barci

Yana kwance a ƙetaren matakan ƙasa, kansa a kan hannunsa.

Hawa sama

Wata siffa mai fikafikai tana hawa zuwa hasken da ke sama.

Sauka ƙasa

Mala’iku sun karkato daga sama don su dubi mai barcin.

Sa hannu

A ƙarƙashin zanen: “Rembrandt f 1655”.

Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669. National Gallery of Art, Washington (Gift of Jacob Kainen, 2002.98.55) · Etching and drypoint · 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

Far 28:11–13Sa’ad da ya kai wani wuri, sai ya dakata domin yă kwana, gama rana ta riga ta fāɗi. Ya ɗauki dutse daga cikin duwatsun wurin, ya sa shi ya zama matashin kansa, sa’an nan ya kwanta don yă yi barci. Ya yi mafarki inda ya ga wata matakalar hawa, tsaye a ƙasa, kanta ta kai sama, mala’ikun Allah kuwa suna hawa, suna sauka a kanta. A can bisanta Ubangiji ya tsaya, ya kuma ce, “Ni ne Ubangiji Allah na mahaifinka Ibrahim da kuma Allah na Ishaku. Zan ba ka, kai da kuma zuriyarka, ƙasar da kake kwance a kai.