\u00c1 d\u00f6gum Jes\u00fa fl\u00f6kku\u00f0u sumir fj\u00e1rhir\u00f0ar um kring \u00e1 fj\u00f6llum og hei\u00f0um og bjuggu \u00ed tj\u00f6ldum.\u00a0 A\u00f0rir \u00e1ttu heima \u00ed \u00feorpunum.\u00a0 Kotb\u00e6ndur, sem sest h\u00f6f\u00f0u a\u00f0 \u00ed sm\u00e1b\u00e6jum, m\u00e1ttu beita hj\u00f6r\u00f0um s\u00ednum \u00e1 hagana \u00fear n\u00e6rri.\u00a0 \u00deegar snei\u00f0ast t\u00f3k um beit f\u00f3ru \u00feeir me\u00f0 f\u00e9na\u00f0 sinn upp \u00ed fj\u00f6llin a\u00f0 sumrinu en ni\u00f0ur \u00ed dalina \u00e1 vetrin.<\/p>\n
Fj\u00e1rhir\u00f0ar \u00e1ttu einatt erfi\u00f0a \u00e6vi.\u00a0 \u00deeir ur\u00f0u a\u00f0 g\u00e6ta fj\u00e1rins fyrir villid\u00fdrum og r\u00e6ningjum myrkranna \u00e1 milli og komu ekki undir \u00feak s\u00f3larhringum saman, r\u00e9tt a\u00f0 \u00feeir fengju s\u00e9r h\u00e6nublund \u00fati undir berum himni.\u00a0 \u00c1 n\u00f3ttunni loku\u00f0u \u00feeir fj\u00e1rh\u00f3pinn inni \u00ed sau\u00f0abirgjum.\u00a0 \u00deau g\u00e1tu veri\u00f0 hellar e\u00f0a stekkir \u00far hl\u00f6\u00f0nu grj\u00f3ti.\u00a0 \u00de\u00e1 voru h\u00f6fu\u00f0in talin og smalaprik nota\u00f0 til \u00feess a\u00f0 skilja sau\u00f0ina fr\u00e1 h\u00f6frunum.\u00a0 \u00deegar hj\u00f6r\u00f0inni var hleypt \u00fat a\u00f0 morgni, var aftur kasta\u00f0 t\u00f6lu \u00e1 skepnurnar.<\/p>\n
\u00cd hj\u00f6r\u00f0unum voru b\u00e6\u00f0i sau\u00f0kindur og geitf\u00e9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00dea\u00f0 \u00fearf a\u00f0 hafa meira fyrir geitunum \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6r leita \u00ed gr\u00fdttar hl\u00ed\u00f0ar og hamra.\u00a0 Af \u00e1num f\u00e6st kj\u00f6t til f\u00e6\u00f0slu og ull \u00ed fatna\u00f0.\u00a0 \u00c1 h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0um Gy\u00f0inga \u00feurfti fj\u00f6ld lamba til \u00feess a\u00f0 f\u00f3rna \u00ed musterinu \u00ed Jer\u00fasalem.\u00a0 Ekki er \u00f3l\u00edklegt a\u00f0 nokku\u00f0 af f\u00e9nu \u00e1 Betlehemsv\u00f6llunum hafi veri\u00f0 \u00e6tla\u00f0 til \u00feeirra nota.<\/p>\n
Jes\u00fas haf\u00f0i fj\u00e1rhir\u00f0a \u00ed miklum metum,\u00a0 \u00fe\u00f3tt margir samt\u00edmamanna hans litu ni\u00f0ur \u00e1 \u00fe\u00e1.\u00a0Hann nefndi aukin heldur sj\u00e1lfan sig g\u00f3\u00f0a hir\u00f0inn<\/em>. \u201eG\u00f3\u00f0i hir\u00f0irinn leggur l\u00edf sitt \u00ed s\u00f6lurnar fyrir sau\u00f0ina,\u201c sag\u00f0i hann (J\u00f3h. 10.11-16).\u00a0 \u00cd Dav\u00ed\u00f0ss\u00e1lmum er Drottinn sj\u00e1lfur kalla\u00f0ur hir\u00f0ir (Slm 23.1 og 100.3). Og \u00ed sp\u00e1d\u00f3msb\u00f3k Esek\u00edels l\u00edkir Gu\u00f0 s\u00e9r vi\u00f0 hir\u00f0i \u00cdsraels\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0arinnar, sem leitar sau\u00f0a sinna og annast \u00fe\u00e1 (Es 34.11-16).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"