Irmos: The godly children denounced the pillar of evil opposed to God; and Herod, raging savagely against Christ, deviseth empty plots, intending to slay Him Who holdeth life in the palm of His hand. Him doth all creation bless, glorifying Him forever.
O ye faithful, let us all shake the sleep of slothfulness from our eyelids, and, fending off the temptations of the evil one, let us keep vigil in prayer: with the shepherds let us show ourselves to be beholders of the glory of the new-born Christ, Whom all creation doth bless, glorifying Him forever.
Who among men can plumb the depths of the wisdom and understanding of the Creator? What wise man can fathom the abyss of the judgments of God, whereby, having bowed down the heavens, He hath dwelt as a mortal with men? Him doth all creation bless, glorifying Him forever.
O ye faithful, let us stop every vile word from leaving our lips; and having learned the words of God, let us now offer them unto Christ Who hath released us from wordlessness as He lieth in a manger of dumb beasts. Him doth all creation bless, glorifying Him forever.
Let us make haste to renounce the carnal passions and the beauties of this world, and let us confine ourselves to spiritual concerns, O ye divinely wise, presenting ourselves as worthy through our works, to the Master Whom all creation doth bless, glorifying Him forever.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.