Coci na Haihuwar Yesu

Betlehem a kan tudunta, kamar yadda ake ganinta a hayin gonaki masu matakai da itatuwan zaitun, kimanin 1890–1900.Photochrom, Ɗakin Karatu na Majalisar Dokokin Amurka · babu sanannen hani kan bugawa

A Littafi Mai Tsarki

Yusuf ya haura daga Nazaret zuwa Betlehem tare da Maryamu; a can ta haifi Ɗanta ta kwantar da shi cikin kwami. Daga baya Masana daga gabas suka zo don su yi masa sujada.

Luk 2:4–7Saboda haka Yusuf ma ya haura daga Nazaret a Galili zuwa Yahudiya, ya tafi Betlehem garin Dawuda, don shi daga gida da kuma zuriyar Dawuda ne. Ya tafi can don a rubuta shi tare da Maryamu, wadda aka yi masa alkawari zai aura, tana kuwa da ciki. Yayinda suke can, sai lokacin haihuwar jaririn ya yi, ta kuwa haifi ɗanta na fari. Ta nannaɗe shi a zane ta kuma kwantar da shi cikin wani kwami, don ba su sami ɗaki a masauƙi ba.

Mat 2:1–11Bayan an haifi Yesu a Betlehem, a Yahudiya, a zamanin Sarki Hiridus, sai waɗansu Masana, daga gabas suka zo Urushalima suka yi tambaya suka ce, “Ina shi wanda aka haifa sarkin Yahudawa? Gama mun ga tauraronsa a gabas mun kuwa zo ne domin mu yi masa sujada.” Da Sarki Hiridus ya ji wannan, sai hankalinsa ya tashi haka ma na dukan Urushalima. Bayan ya kira dukan manyan firistoci da malaman dokoki na mutane wuri ɗaya, sai ya tambaye su inda za a haifi Kiristi. Suka amsa suka ce, “A Betlehem ne, cikin Yahudiya, gama haka annabin ya rubuta. “ ‘Amma ke Betlehem, a cikin ƙasar Yahuda, ba ke ce mafi ƙanƙanta a cikin masu mulki a Yahuda ba, gama daga cikinki mai mulki zai zo, wanda zai zama makiyayin mutanena Isra’ila.’” Sai Hiridus ya kira Masanan nan a ɓoye, yă gano daga wurinsu daidai lokacin da tauraron ya bayyana. Sai ya aike su Betlehem ya ce, “Ku je ku binciko a hankali game da yaron nan. Da kun same shi, sai ku kawo mini labari nan da nan, domin ni ma in je in yi masa sujada.” Bayan sun saurari sarki, sai suka kama hanyarsu, tauraron da suka gani a gabas kuwa yana tafe a gabansu, sai da ya kai inda yaron yake. Da suka ga tauraron, sai suka yi farin ciki ƙwarai. Suka shiga gidan, suka kuwa ga yaron tare da mahaifiyarsa Maryamu. Suka durƙusa har ƙasa, suka yi masa sujada. Sa’an nan suka kunce dukiyarsu, suka miƙa masa kyautai na zinariya da na turare da na mur.

Al’ada

Bisa ga al’adar da aka sani a ƙarni na 2, an haifi Yesu a wani kogo a nan; tauraron azurfa a cikin kogon da ke ƙarƙashin cocin yana nuna wurin.

A nan yau

Babban cocin Justiniyan na ƙarni na 6 a wurin cocin Konstantin na ƙarni na 4, da Kogon Haihuwa a ƙarƙashin bagade.

Ta idon mahajjata na dā

Mil biyu daga can, a hannun hagu, akwai Betlehem, inda aka haifi Ubangijinmu Yesu Kiristi. An gina babban coci a can bisa ga umarnin Konstantin.Mahajjacin Bordeaux, 333 · fassararmu

… suka kai mu ƙasa, cikin wani kogo da aka sassaƙa a cikin dutse. Wannan shi ne “kwamin” da aka haifi Kiristi. Wani tauraron azurfa da aka kafa a ƙasa yana ɗauke da rubutun Latin a kan haka. Sumbatar zuriyoyi da yawa na mahajjata masu ibada ta goge shi har yana sheƙi.Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad, 1869 · fassararmu

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Iyakokin ƙasa: Natural Earth (mallakar jama’a).