Irmos: God, Who descended into the fiery furnace for the Hebrew children and transformed the flame into dew, hymn ye as Lord, O ye works, and exalt Him supremely for all ages!
“O God Who appeared to Moses in the fire of the bush, deliver me from eternal fire and burn up my guilt with the dew of my tears, that I may hymn Thee forever.”
Theotokion: “I offer my life as a pleasing sacrifice to thy Son and my Savior, O Mistress. Him do thou entreat in behalf of me, the thrice-accursed, that I may bless thee forever.”
Irmos: Madly did the Chaldæan tyrant heat the furnace sevenfold for the pious ones; but, beholding them saved by a higher Power, he cried out to the Creator and Deliverer: Ye children, bless; ye priests, hymn; ye people, exalt Him supremely for all ages!
“Having stilled the throes of my conscience and acquired boldness through fiery repentance, rejoicing I endure tortures!” the martyr Myrax cried aloud, hymning Christ the Savior.
Theotokion: O all-hymned and most holy Mistress, fulfilling thy words in acknowledging thee to be the Theotokos, we now bless thee, in that thou gavest birth unto God for us. And hymning Him in two natures and one hypostasis, we cry out: Ye children, bless; ye priests, hymn; ye people, exalt Him above all for ever!
“Remit my sins and have mercy upon me; and accept the shedding of my martyr’s blood as a redeeming sacrifice, that I may hymn and bless Thee, O Christ, forever!”
O God-bearing father, thou didst famously attain unto the ultimate desire, the greatest good, soaring aloft on the wings of thy virtuous deeds; and with the bodiless ones, O Daniel, thou dost cry out: Ye children, bless; ye priests, hymn; ye people, exalt Him above all for ever!
The power of God manifestly strengthened thee and enabled thee to endure the bitter cold of winter, the burning heat of the sun, the putrefaction of thy flesh and the discomfort caused by the worms which issued forth therefrom; and thou didst cry: Ye children, bless; ye priests, hymn; ye people, exalt Him above all for ever!
A new Job wast thou shown to be, O right wondrous Daniel, beset by a multitude of temptations and tribulations; and thou didst emulate the meekness of David, the guilelessness of Jacob and the chastity of Joseph, crying out in thanksgiving: Ye children, bless; ye priests, hymn; ye people, exalt Him above all for ever!
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.