M'malo a nthano ndi nthano zakale, pali mtsinje wokutidwa ndi zinsinsi komanso zachinsinsi, wotchedwa Sambation River.
Mtsinje wa Sambation akuti uli mkatikati mwa Asia, kuphatikiza maiko omwe tsopano amadziwika kuti Iran ndi Turkmenistan. Zimakhulupirira kuti zimakhala zofunikira kwambiri pachipembedzo ndi chikhalidwe, zomwe zimatchulidwa kuyambira nthawi za m'Baibulo.
Malinga ndi zolemba zakale, mtsinje wa Sambation uli ndi mikhalidwe yodabwitsa. Imayenda mofulumira kuyambira Lolemba mpaka Lachisanu, koma modabwitsa imaima kotheratu pa tsiku la Sabata, kupangitsa kukhala kosatheka kwa aliyense kuwoloka madzi ake. Khalidwe losamvetsetsekali layambitsa nthano ndi nthano zosawerengeka m'mbiri yonse.
Nthano imodzi yodziwika bwino yokhudzana ndi mtsinje wa Sambation imazungulira mafuko Khumi Otayika a Israeli.
Malinga ndi nthano, mafuko 10 mwa 12 oyambirira achihebri, amene, motsogozedwa ndi Yoswa, analanda Kanani, Dziko Lolonjezedwa, pambuyo pa imfa ya Mose. Anatchedwa Aseri, Dani, Efuraimu, Gadi, Isakara, Manase, Nafitali, Rubeni, Simeoni, ndi Zebuloni—onsewo anali ana kapena zidzukulu za Yakobo.
Mu 930 BC mafuko 10 adapanga ufumu wodziyimira pawokha wa Israeli kumpoto ndipo mafuko ena awiri, Yuda ndi Benjamini, adakhazikitsa ufumu wa Yuda kumwera. Ufumu wakumpoto utagonjetsedwa ndi Asuri mu 721 BC, mafuko 10 anatengedwa ukapolo ndi mfumu ya Asuri, Shalmaneser V.
Nkhaniyi imasimba za mafuko 10 amene anathamangitsidwa ku ukapolo amene anathaŵira m’mphepete mwa mtsinje wa Sambation kuthawa nkhondo ndi chizunzo. Iwo, limodzi ndi zinthu zawo zakale zopatulika, anatetezedwa ndi mphamvu zauzimu za mtsinjewo, kupangitsa malowo kukhala osafikirika kwa anthu akunja.
Pamene zaka mazana anadutsa, mtsinje wa Sambation unakhala wofanana ndi chinsinsi ndi kulakalaka mafuko otayika. Ofufuza ambiri ndi ochita masewera adakopeka ndi aura yosangalatsa ya mtsinje, kuyesera kuti adziwe zinsinsi zake ndikupeza mafuko obisika.
Maulendo osawerengeka analinganizidwa koma sizinaphule kanthu, popeza mtsinje wa Sambation unali wosatheka kulowamo. Nthano zina zimati madzi a mumtsinjewu ndi osaya kwambiri moti zombo zimadutsa, pamene zina zimati ndi mayeso a chikhulupiriro kwa anthu omwe akufunafuna mafuko otayika.
M'zaka za zana la 17, Menasseh ben Israel adagwiritsa ntchito nthano ya mafuko otayika pochonderera bwino kuti Ayuda alowe ku England pa nthawi ya ulamuliro wa Oliver Cromwell. Anthu amene panthaŵi zosiyanasiyana ankanenedwa kukhala mbadwa za mafuko otayika akuphatikizapo Akristu a ku Asuri, Amormon, Afghans, Beta Israel of Ethiopia, Amwenye a ku America, ndi Ajapani.
Pakati pa anthu ambiri osamukira ku Boma la Israeli kuyambira pomwe idakhazikitsidwa mu 1948 panali ochepa omwe amadzineneranso kuti ndi otsalira a Mitundu Khumi Yotayika. Ana a mafuko a Yuda ndi Benjamini apulumuka monga Ayuda chifukwa analoledwa kubwerera kwawo pambuyo pa ukapolo wa ku Babulo mu 586 BC.
M'zaka zaposachedwa, akatswiri ofufuza komanso ofufuza zinthu akhala akuyesetsa kudziwa komwe kuli mtsinje wa Sambation, ndi malo omwe akuyembekezeka kuyambira anthu omwe akuwakayikira ngati Mesopotamiya mpaka ku China. Kuyesera kwina kwayika Sambation River ku Armenia, kumene ufumu wakale unali kum'mawa kwa Anatolia ndi kumwera kwa Caucasus dera, Central Asia (makamaka Kazakhstan kapena Turkmenistan), ndi Transoxiana, dera la mbiri yakale lophatikizapo mbali za Uzbekistan wamakono. Tajikistan ndi Turkmenistan.
Masiku ano, mtsinje wa Sambation udakali wodzaza ndi nthano, zomwe zimachititsa chidwi anthu amene amamva nthano zake. Pamene ikudutsa m’malo obiriwira a ku Asia, ikupitirizabe kukopa anthu okonda kuyendayenda ndi akatswiri ochokera padziko lonse lapansi kuti aulule zinsinsi zake ndi kuwulula tsogolo la mafuko otayika a Israeli.
