“cikakkiyar iyaka” na mutum akan tsawon rayuwa, bisa ga wani bincike da aka buga a Nature, yana tsakanin shekaru 120 zuwa 150. Whale na Bowhead yana da mafi tsayin tsammanin rayuwa na kowane dabbar dabbar da ke cikin duniyarmu, tare da tsawon rayuwar har zuwa shekaru 200 ko fiye. Nassosi da yawa da suka haɗa da na Sumerian, Hindu, da harsunan Littafi Mai Tsarki, sun kwatanta mutanen da suka rayu na shekaru dubbai.
Wataƙila mutanen da suke sha’awar tarihin dā sun ji game da Methuselah, wani mutum da ake zaton ya yi rayuwa na shekaru 969, in ji Littafi Mai Tsarki. A cikin Littafin Farawa, an kwatanta shi da ɗan Anuhu, uban Lamech, da kakan Nuhu. Tun da zuriyarsa ta danganta Adamu da Nuhu, labarinsa a cikin Littafi Mai Tsarki yana da muhimmanci.
Littafi Mai Tsarki mafi dadewa ya ce Methuselah yana da kusan shekara 200 sa’ad da aka haifi ɗansa Lamech kuma ya mutu bayan Rigyawa da aka kwatanta a labarin Nuhu. Domin tsufansa, Methuselah ya zama wani yanki na al’adun gargajiya, kuma ana yawan kiran sunansa sa’ad da yake magana game da tsufa na mutane ko abubuwa.
Duk da haka, wannan halin na Littafi Mai-Tsarki ba wai kawai yana da ban sha'awa ba domin tsawon rayuwarsa, amma yana da muhimmanci sosai don wasu dalilai iri-iri. Methuselah shine sarki na takwas na zamanin antediluvian, bisa ga Littafin Farawa.
Daidai da Littafi Mai Tsarki na King James Version, yana cewa:
21 Anuhu ya yi shekara sittin da biyar, ya haifi Metusela.
22 Bayan da Anuhu ya haifi Metusela ya yi tafiya tare da Allah shekara ɗari uku, ya haifi 'ya'ya mata da maza.
23 Dukan kwanakin Anuhu shekara ce ɗari uku da sittin da biyar.
24 Anuhu kuwa ya yi tafiya tare da Allah, amma bai kasance ba. gama Allah ya karbe shi.
25 Metusela ya yi shekara ɗari da tamanin da bakwai, ya haifi Lamek.
26 Bayan da Metusela ya haifi Lamek ya yi shekara ɗari bakwai tamanin da biyu, ya haifi 'ya'ya mata da maza.
27 Dukan kwanakin Metusela shekara ce ɗari tara da sittin da tara, ya rasu.
-Farawa 5:21–27, Littafi Mai Tsarki.
Kamar yadda aka kwatanta a cikin Farawa, Metusela ɗan Anuhu ne kuma mahaifin Lamek, wanda shi ne mahaifin Nuhu, wanda ya haifa sa’ad da yake ɗan shekara 187. Sunansa ya zama ma’anar ma’anar dukan duniya ga kowace tsohuwar halitta, kuma ana amfani da ita sau da yawa a cikin kalmomi kamar “suna da shekaru fiye da Methuselah” ko “kasancewar Methuselah,” da dai sauransu.
Bisa ga Tsohon Alkawari, Methuselah ya halaka a shekara ta Babban Rigyawa. Yana yiwuwa a sami ɓangarorin lokaci guda uku a al’adun rubutun hannu guda uku: Masoret, Septuagint, da Attaura ta Samariya.
Bisa ga Masoretic Text, fassarar Ibrananci da Aramaic da aka ba da izini na Tanakh da Yahudanci ya yi amfani da shi, Methuselah yana ɗan shekara 187 sa’ad da aka haifi ɗansa. Ya rasu yana da shekara 969, a shekara ta Rigyawa.
The Septuagint, wani lokaci ana kiransa Tsohon Alkawari na Hellenanci, fassarar Tsohon Alkawari na Hellenanci na farko daga Ibrananci na asali ya nuna cewa Methuselah yana da shekara 187 sa’ad da aka haifi ɗansa kuma ya mutu yana da shekara 969, amma shekaru shida kafin Babban Tufana.
Kamar yadda aka rubuta a cikin Samaritan Attaura, wani rubutu da ya ƙunshi littattafai biyar na farko na Littafi Mai Tsarki na Ibrananci, da aka rubuta a cikin haruffan Samariyawa kuma Samariyawa suka yi amfani da shi a matsayin nassi, Methuselah yana ɗan shekara 67 sa’ad da aka haifi ɗansa, kuma ya mutu yana da shekara 720, wanda ya yi daidai da haka. zuwa lokacin da Babban Rigyawa ya faru.
Irin wannan magana game da tsawon rayuwa kusan ana samunsa a wasu tsoffin matani kuma. Rubutun Sumerian na da, gami da mafi yawan rigima, sun bayyana jerin sunayen Manyan sarakuna takwas da suka sauko daga sama suka yi mulki sama da shekaru 200,000. In ji nassin, kafin Babban Rigyawa, rukunin ’yan Adam 8 ne suka yi sarauta bisa Mesopotamiya na tsawon shekaru 241,200.
Kwamfutar yumbu da ke ɗauke da wannan rubutu na nau'in nau'in ya samo asali ne tun shekaru 4,000 kuma wani ɗan bincike Ba'amurke ɗan Jamus Hermann Hilprecht ya gano shi a ƙarshen ƙarni na ashirin. Hilprecht ya gano jimlar allunan cuneiform iri ɗaya guda 18 (c. 2017-1794 KZ). Ba su kasance iri ɗaya ba amma sun raba bayanan da aka yi imanin cewa an samo su daga tushen tarihin Sumerian guda ɗaya.
An gano fiye da kwafi guda goma na jerin sarakunan Sumerian da aka samo daga ƙarni na 7 BC a cikin Babila, Susa, Assuriya, da Laburaren Sarauta na Nineba, a tsakanin sauran wurare.
Jerin Sumerian kafin ambaliya:
“Bayan sarautar ta sauko daga sama, sarautar tana Eridug. A Eridug, Alulim ya zama sarki; Ya yi mulki shekaru 28800. Alaljar ya yi mulki shekaru 36000. 2 sarakuna; sun yi mulki tsawon shekaru 64800. Sai Eridug ya fadi, aka kai sarauta zuwa Bad-tibira.”
Wasu marubutan sun gaskata cewa ’yan Adam sun yi rayuwa kusan shekara dubu, har bayan rigyawa, Allah ya gajarta wannan zamanin (Farawa 6:3) Sai Ubangiji ya ce: “Ruhuna ba za ya yi ta fama da mutum har abada ba, gama shi ma nama ne; Duk da haka kwanakinsa za su zama shekara ɗari da ashirin.”
Gaskiyar cewa an rage tsawon rayuwar ’yan Adam aikin Allah ne da gaske? Shin zai yiwu cewa akwai wani, ƙarin bayani mai girma, wanda ke da'awar cewa halittu ba daga Duniya ba sun yi tafiya a duniyarmu a zamanin Methuselah?
