Fil-Bibbja naraw li sawm isir ukoll meta nies indunaw li dinbu bħala turija ta’ ndiema.
Fit-Testment l-Antik, naqraw diversi episodji fejn persuni niedma jilbsu wkoll lbies minn materjal ta’ xkora u jitfgħu irmied fuq rashom, jew joqgħodu bilqiegħda fuq irmied. Kien sinjal estern li jirrifletti l-kundizzjoni interna sogħbiena ta’ dak li jkun.
Naraw dan fl-istorja ta’ Ġona, wara li hu nbeżaq minn ġol-ħuta u mar jippriedka għall-indiema ġewwa Ninwe’:
“𝐺̇𝑜𝑛𝑎, 𝑘𝑖𝑓 𝑑𝑎ħ𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑙-𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑑𝑎 𝑔̇𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑥𝑖, 𝑖𝑥𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟 𝑢 𝑗𝑔ħ𝑖𝑑: “𝐸𝑟𝑏𝑔ħ𝑖𝑛 𝑗𝑢𝑚 𝑖𝑒ħ𝑜𝑟, 𝑢 𝑁𝑖𝑛𝑤𝑒̀ 𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑟 ħ𝑒𝑟𝑏𝑎!”
𝐼𝑛-𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑎’ 𝑁𝑖𝑛𝑤𝑒̀ 𝑒𝑚𝑚𝑛𝑢 𝑓’𝐴𝑙𝑙𝑎, 𝑛𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑤 𝑠𝑎𝑤𝑚𝑎 𝑢 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑠𝑢 𝑥-𝑥𝑘𝑒𝑗𝑗𝑒𝑟, 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙-𝑘𝑏𝑖𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑧̇-𝑧̇𝑔ħ𝑖𝑟. 𝐿-𝑎ħ𝑏𝑎𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑔ħ𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠-𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑎’ 𝑁𝑖𝑛𝑤𝑒̀, 𝑢 𝑞𝑎𝑚 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑛 𝑓𝑢𝑞 𝑖𝑡-𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑔ħ𝑢, 𝑛𝑒ħħ𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑛 𝑓𝑢𝑞𝑢 𝑙-𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑔ħ𝑢, 𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑠𝑎 𝑏𝑖 𝑥𝑘𝑜𝑟𝑎, 𝑢 𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑏 𝑓𝑢𝑞 𝑙-𝑖𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑑.
𝑈 ħ𝑎𝑟𝑔̇𝑢 𝑗𝑥𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑢 𝑢 𝑗𝑔ħ𝑖𝑑𝑢 𝑓’𝑁𝑖𝑛𝑤𝑒̀: “𝐵’𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑠-𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑢 𝑡𝑎𝑙-𝑘𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑔ħ𝑢: 𝐿𝑎 𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑙𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑖, 𝑙𝑎 𝑏ℎ𝑒𝑗𝑗𝑒𝑚 𝑢 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑞𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑟ħ𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑡, ħ𝑎𝑑𝑑 𝑚’𝑔ħ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑢 𝑗𝑑𝑢𝑞 𝑥𝑒𝑗𝑛, 𝑢 𝑙𝑎 𝑗𝑖𝑟𝑔ħ𝑢 𝑢 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑞𝑎𝑠 𝑗𝑖𝑥𝑜𝑟𝑏𝑢 𝑖𝑙𝑚𝑎. 𝑈 𝑗𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑠𝑒𝑤 𝑏𝑖 𝑥𝑘𝑒𝑗𝑗𝑒𝑟, 𝑘𝑒𝑚𝑚 𝑖𝑙-𝑏𝑛𝑒𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝑢 𝑘𝑒𝑚𝑚 𝑙-𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑖 𝑗𝑔ħ𝑎𝑗𝑡𝑢 𝑏’𝑞𝑎𝑤𝑤𝑎 𝑙𝑒𝑗𝑛 𝐴𝑙𝑙𝑎, 𝑢 𝑘𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑒ħ𝑒𝑑 𝑗𝑒𝑟𝑔̇𝑎’ 𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑞𝑡𝑢 𝑙-ħ𝑎𝑧̇𝑖𝑛𝑎 𝑢 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙-ħ𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑙𝑖 𝑔ħ𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑙 𝑏’𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑗ℎ. 𝑀𝑖𝑛 𝑗𝑎𝑓 𝑗𝑒𝑘𝑘 𝐴𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑗𝑖𝑏𝑑𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑥 𝑢 𝑗𝑖𝑠𝑔ħ𝑜𝑏𝑥 𝑏𝑖ℎ, 𝑢 𝑗𝑑𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙-𝑘𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑥𝑔ħ𝑢𝑙𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑔ħ𝑢, 𝑢 𝑎ħ𝑛𝑎 𝑚𝑎 𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑓𝑢𝑥!” 𝑈 𝐴𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑟𝑎 𝑥’𝑔ħ𝑎𝑚𝑙𝑢, 𝑘𝑖𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑔̇𝑔ħ𝑢 𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑞𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑚 𝑖𝑙-ħ𝑎𝑧̇𝑖𝑛𝑎. 𝑈 𝐴𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑟𝑎𝑔̇𝑎’ 𝑏𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑢 𝑚𝑖𝑑-𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑖 𝑙𝑖 𝑞𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑖 𝑘𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑒 𝑗𝑎𝑔ħ𝑚𝑙𝑖𝑙ℎ𝑜𝑚, 𝑢 𝑚𝑎 𝑔ħ𝑎𝑚𝑙𝑢𝑥.”
Ġona 3:4-10