Mala’ika da Makiyaya (L'ange et les bergers)

James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York

Yawancin hotunan gouache na Tissot ƙanana ne kamar shafin littafi kuma an yi su ne don a buga su; an buga su a cikin wani babban littafin Rayuwar Kiristi mai hotuna a 1896–1897. Wannan kusan zanen dare ne.

Ƙarƙashin tsofaffin itatuwan zaitun wani rukunin makiyaya sun farka cikin tsoro. Suna kare idanunsu suna kuma ɗaga hannuwa a gaban haske mai sanyi da yake keto ta cikin rassan a dama; ba a nuna mala’ikan kansa ba.

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)

Na mai zanen kansa

Ba a nuna mala’ikan ba — haskensa kaɗai ake gani

Itatuwan zaitun da alkyabbun makiyaya masu ratsi

Bayanai dalla-dalla

Suna kare idanunsu

Makiyaya biyu sun ɗaga hannuwansu suna rufe idanunsu.

Hasken

Haske mai sanyi yana keto ta cikin murɗaɗɗun rassan zaitun.

A ƙasa

Waɗansu suna kwance ko a durƙushe cikin alkyabbu masu nauyi masu ratsi.

James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.25) · 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".

Ayoyin

Luk 2:8–12Akwai 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.”