Kodwa omunye umuntu angase abuze, ‘UJesu “unguNkulunkulu Onamandla” ngamuphi umqondo, futhi akazange yini umphostoli uJohane athi uJesu unguNkulunkulu?’ Enguqulweni yeBhayibheli lesiNgisi i-King James, uJohane 1:1 ufundeka kanje: “Ekuqaleni wayekhona uLizwi‚ uLizwi wayenoNkulunkulu‚ uLizwi wayenguNkulunkulu.” Abanye baye bame kwelokuthi lokhu kusho ukuthi “uLizwi,” owazalwa emhlabeni njengosana olunguJesu, unguNkulunkulu uMninimandla onke. Ingabe lokhu kuyiqiniso?

Ukube leli vesi belingachazwa njengelisho ukuthi uJesu unguNkulunkulu uMninimandla onke, beliyophikisana nenkulumo eyandulelayo, ethi “uLizwi wayenoNkulunkulu.” Umuntu ‘onomunye umuntu’ akunakwenzeka abe yilowo muntu akanye naye. Khona-ke izinguqulo eziningi zeBhayibheli ziveza umehluko, zenze kucace ukuthi uLizwi wayengeyena uNkulunkulu uMninimandla onke. Ngokwesibonelo, izinguqulo zeBhayibheli eziyisibonelo salokhu zithi: “ULizwi wayewunkulunkulu,” “uLizwi wayengunkulunkulu,” “uLizwi wayengowaphezulu.”a

Amavesi eBhayibheli anamagama ahlelwe njengoJohane 1:1 olimini lwesiGreki asebenzisa igama elithi ‘unkulunkulu.’ Ngokwesibonelo, lapho sibhekisela kuHerode Agrippa I, isixuku samemeza: “Yizwi likankulunkulu.” Futhi lapho uPawulu esinda ngemva kokulunywa inyoka enesihlungu, abantu bathi: ‘Uwunkulunkulu.’ (IzEnzo 12:22; 28:3-6) Ukubiza uLizwi ngokuthi ‘unkulunkulu,’ hhayi ngokuthi unguNkulunkulu, kuvumelana nakho kokubili uhlelo lolimi lwesiGreki kanye nemfundiso yeBhayibheli.—Johane 1:1.

Cabanga ngendlela uJohane abiza ngayo “uLizwi” esahlukweni sokuqala seVangeli lakhe. Wabhala: “ULizwi waba yinyama wahlala phakathi kwethu, sayibona inkazimulo yakhe, inkazimulo [engeyona enjengekaNkulunkulu kodwa] enjengeyendodana ezelwe yodwa kuyise.” Ngakho “uLizwi,” owaba yinyama, wahlala emhlabeni njengomuntu owayebizwa ngokuthi uJesu futhi abantu bambona. Ngenxa yalokho, kwakungenakwenzeka ukuba abe uNkulunkulu uMninimandla onke, lowo uJohane athi ngaye: “Akekho umuntu oye wabona uNkulunkulu noma nini.”—Johane 1:14, 18.