Piscina Probatica ko Tafkin Betesda (La piscine probatique ou de Bethesda)

James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York

Tissot ya zana tafkin Betesda kamar kwatarniyar dutse mai duhu ƙarƙashin dogayen baka-baka, da marasa lafiya sanye da fari zaune da kwance a gefensa, suna jira.

A cikin baƙin ruwan ya ƙara wani abin mamaki: hannuwa biyu masu launi mara ƙarfi suna saukowa daga sama suna motsa saman ruwan, har zobba suna yaɗuwa a kansa. Ya bi dogon nassin da ake samu a tsofaffin Littafi Mai Tsarki da yawa, wanda ya ba da labarin mala’ika da yake motsa ruwan; BSB da sauran sababbin fassarori sun bar wannan layi.

Daga rubutun

Tafkin da ake kira Betesda, an kewaye shi da shirayi biyar (Yohanna 5:2)

“naƙasassu da yawa sukan kwanta, makafi, guragu, shanyayyu” (Yohanna 5:3)

Sa’ad da “aka motsa ruwan” (Yohanna 5:7)

Na mai zanen kansa

Hannuwan mala’ikan kaɗai, suna miƙowa cikin ruwa

Baka-bakan dutse a bisa tafkin

Bayanai dalla-dalla

Hannuwa a cikin ruwa

Hannuwa biyu masu launi mara ƙarfi suna saukowa suna taɓa ruwa mai duhu.

Suna jira

Marasa lafiya a naɗe cikin fari suna zaune a gefen tafkin.

Ƙarƙashin baka

Wani mutum yana kwance a baya, a jingine a kan hannunsa.

Raƙuman ruwa

Zobba suna yaɗuwa a saman ruwan.

James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.68) · Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper · Brooklyn Museum (Commons file page, «Permission»): "This image was uploaded by the Brooklyn Museum as a content partnership, and is considered to have no known copyright restrictions by the institutions of the Brooklyn Museum." — "No known copyright restrictions".