Behemọt na Leviatan

William Blake · 1825
National Gallery of Art, Washington

Mbadamba 15 nke ihe osise Job William Blake kpụrụ nʼọla (1825); mbipụta nnwale mbụ a nʼelu akwụkwọ India dị mkpa dị na Washington.

Blake tinyere anụ abụọ nke okwu Chineke nʼime okirikiri, dịka ụwa a na-ele site na enyo: Behemọt (na Baịbụl Igbo, “enyi mmiri”), anụ nwere eze ogologo dịka enyi mmiri, nʼelu ala, na Leviatan kechịkọtara onwe ya nʼime mmiri nʼokpuru ya. Nʼelu, otu onye si nʼigwe ojii hulata na-atụ aka nʼala nʼebe ha nọ, mgbe Job na ndị enyi ya na-ele anya.

Site nʼederede

“Lee enyi mmiri anya, bụ nke m kere dịka m si kee gị” (Job 40:15)

“Ị pụrụ iji nko azụ jide Leviatan maọbụ jiri ụdọ kegide ire ya bịada ya?” (Job 41:1)

“Ọ bụkwa eze nʼebe ndị na-anya isi nọ”, a kpụrụ ya nʼoke ihe osise (Job 41:34)

Nke onye nka nʼonwe ya

E gosiri anụ abụọ ahụ nʼime otu okirikiri

E sere Behemọt dịka enyi mmiri nwere eze ogologo — otu nkọwa nʼime ọtụtụ

Nkọwa

Na-atụ aka nʼala

Otu onye nwere afụ ọnụ si nʼigwe ojii hulata na-atụ aka.

Ndị na-ele anya

Job, nwunye ya na ndị enyi ya gbukwara ikpere nʼokpuru ya nʼetiti kpakpando.

Behemọt

Anụ dị arọ nwere eze ogologo guzo nʼetiti ahịhịa mmiri.

Leviatan

Nnukwu anụ ọjọọ nwere akpịrịkpa kechịkọtara onwe ya nʼime mmiri.

William Blake, British, 1757–1827. National Gallery of Art, Washington (Gift of W.G. Russell Allen, 1941.1.240) · Engraving on India paper (proof) · 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)

Amaokwu ndị ahụ

Job 40:15–19“Lee enyi mmiri anya, bụ nke m kere dịka m si kee gị, ma ihe ọ na-eri bụ ahịhịa dịka ehi. Lee ike dị nʼukwu ya, leekwa ike dị nʼime afọ ya. Ọdụdụ ya ka ọ na-efegharị dịka osisi sida; akwara dị ya nʼahụ ka e jikọtara nke ọma. Ọkpụkpụ ya niile dịka ogidi bronz nwere ụmị, ọkpụkpụ ụkwụ na aka ya dịka okporo igwe. Ya onwe ya bụ otu nʼime ọrụ aka mbụ nke Chineke, ma naanị onye kere ya nwere ike iji mma agha bịa ya nso.

Job 41:1“Ị pụrụ iji nko azụ jide Leviatan maọbụ jiri ụdọ kegide ire ya bịada ya?

Job 41:34Ọ na-eleda ndị mpako niile anya. Ọ bụkwa eze nʼebe ndị na-anya isi nọ.”