Hatshi. IBhayibhili kalitsho ukuthi uMariya ngunina kaNkulunkulu njalo akula lapho elithi sikhonze uMariya loba simhloniphe. a Cabanga ngalokhu okulandelayo:

•   UMariya kazange athi wayengunina kaNkulunkulu. IBhayibhili lithi wazala “iNdodana kaNkulunkulu,” hatshi uNkulunkulu ngokwakhe.​—UMakho 1:1; ULukha 1:32.

•   UJesu Khristu laye kazange athi uMariya wayengunina kaNkulunkulu kumbe ukuthi kumele akhonzwe. Ngelinye ilanga waqondisa omunye umama owakhuluma amazwi atshengisa ukuthi wayeqakathekisa uMariya. Wamtshela wathi: “Ababusisiweyo yilabo abalizwayo iLizwi likaNkulunkulu balilalele.​—ULukha 11:27, 28.

•   Ibizo elithi ‘Nina kaNkulunkulu” lelithi “Theotokos” (ozala uNkulunkulu) awatholakali eBhayibhilini.

•   Ibizo elithi ‘Ndlovukazi yaseZulwini’ liyatholakala eBhayibhilini kodwa kalitsho uMariya. Libizo likankulunkulukazi owayekhonzwa ngama-Israyeli ayesehlamukile. (UJeremiya 44:15-19) Kungenzakala ukuthi “iNdlovukazi yaseZulwini” kwakungunkulunkulukazi waseBhabhiloni okwakuthiwa ngu-Ishtar (kumbe Astarte)

•   AmaKhristu akuqala ayengamkhonzi uMariya kumbe amqakathekise kakhulu. Omunye umlobi wezembali uthi amaKhristu la ‘ayengamqakathekisi kakhulu uMariya ngoba lokhu kwakungenza abanye bacabange ukuthi asekhonza onkulunkulukazi.’​—Ibhuku elithi In Quest of the Jewish Mary.

•   IBhayibhili lithi uNkulunkulu kalasiqalo, wayevele ekhona. (IHubo 90:1, 2; U-Isaya 40:28) Yikho akungeke kwenze ukuthi abe lomama. Kanti njalo uMariya wayengeke amthwale uNkulunkulu esiswini sakhe ngoba iBhayibhili lithi lamazulu awenelisi ukumthwala.​—1 AmaKhosi 8:27.

UMariya Ngunina KaJesu Hatshi OkaNkulunkulu

 UMariya wayengumJuda njalo eyisizukulwane seNkosi uDavida. (ULukha 3:23-31) UJehova wayemthanda ngenxa yokuthi wayelokholo njalo ezinikele kuye. (ULukha 1:28) Ngakho wamkhetha ukuthi abe ngunina kaJesu. (ULukha 1:31, 35) UJosefa loMariya babelabanye abantwana futhi.​—UMakho 6:3.

 Lanxa iBhayibhili liveza ukuthi uMariya waba ngumfundi kaJesu kalisitsheli okunengi ngaye.​—ImiSebenzi 1:14