Mala’ika Yana Bayyana ga Makiyaya

Rembrandt · 1634
National Gallery of Art, Washington

Rembrandt ya yi zanen ƙarfe na wannan abu na dare a 1634, a shekarunsa na farko a Amsterdam, kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin bugu-bugunsa na farko mafiya buri. Ya yi ta aiki a kan farantin da acid, wuƙar sassaƙa da allura mai kaifi har sai da yawancinsa ya kusan zama baƙi.

Daga cikin zobe na haske cike da ƙananan siffofi masu fikafikai mala’ikan ya taka a kan gajimare ya ɗaga hannu. A ƙasa, makiyayan da dabbobinsu suna watsewa a firgice ta cikin wani fili mai duhu mai kurmi.

Daga rubutun

Makiyaya suna tsaron garkunan tumakinsu da dare (Luka 2:8)

“ɗaukakar Ubangiji kuma ta haskaka kewaye da su, suka kuwa tsorata ƙwarai” (Luka 2:9)

“taron rundunar sama” tare da mala’ikan (Luka 2:13)

Na mai zanen kansa

Shanu da tumaki suna gudu a firgice, makiyaya suna gudu suna fāɗuwa

Dabino, kurmi mai kauri, kogi da gari mai nisa

Bayanai dalla-dalla

Mala’ikan

Mala’ikan yana tsaye a kan gajimare, fikafikansa a buɗe, hannu ɗaya a ɗage kamar yana magana.

Rundunar sama

Hasken haske yana bazuwa daga tsakiya mai haske, da guguwar ƙananan siffofi masu fikafikai kewaye da shi.

Firgici

Wani makiyayi ya tsaya cak, wani yana gudu, na uku ya fāɗi ƙasa.

Garken

Shanu da tumaki suna gudu a firgice a ƙetaren filin da yake da haske.

Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669. National Gallery of Art, Washington (Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.7094) · Etching, burin 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

Luk 2:8–14Akwai makiyaya masu zama a fili kusa da wurin, suna tsaron garkunan tumakinsu da dare. Sai wani mala’ikan Ubangiji ya bayyana gare su, ɗaukakar Ubangiji kuma ta haskaka kewaye da su, suka kuwa tsorata ƙwarai. Amma mala’ikan ya ce musu, “Kada ku ji tsoro. Na kawo muku labari mai daɗi na farin ciki mai yawa ne wanda zai zama domin dukan mutane. Yau a birnin Dawuda an haifa muku Mai Ceto; shi ne Kiristi Ubangiji. Wannan zai zama alama a gare ku. Za ku tarar da jariri a nannaɗe a zane kwance a kwami.” Ba labari sai ga taron rundunar sama suka bayyana tare da mala’ikan, suna yabon Allah suna cewa, “Ɗaukaka ga Allah a can cikin sama, a duniya kuma salama ga mutane waɗanda tagomashinsa yake bisansu.”