Irmos: O ineffable wonder! He, Who in the furnace delivered the venerable children from the flame, is laid as a babe in a lowly manger, for the salvation of us who chant: O God our Deliverer, blessed art Thou!
The lying enemy was wounded, seeing God lying as a babe in the lowly manger, and he is slain by the mighty hand of God, unto the salvation of us who chant: O God our Deliverer, blessed art Thou!
Blessed is the manger, for, receiving in itself the Creator as a babe, it was shown to be like the throne of the cherubim, unto the salvation of us who chant: O God our Deliverer, blessed art Thou!
Appearing as a babe, Thou deignest to be wrapped in swaddling-bands according to the law of men, and thereby Thou dost loose the bonds of our transgressions, granting freedom to those who cry: O God our Deliverer, blessed art Thou!
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.