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!
These trophies of victory, these corrections, and the tears of poor women have shown thy temple to be higher than heaven, and have opened to thee the gates of the kingdom. For thou didst cry out with faith: Ye children, bless; ye priests, hymn; ye people, exalt Him supremely for all ages!
Theotokion: Becoming man for our salvation, Thou didst come to us in the loving-kindness of Thy mercy, and madest Thine abode within the cave, wrapped in swaddling bands; and Thou hast raised mortals up from the passions, who chant together: Hymn the Lord, ye priests; ye people, exalt Him supremely for all ages!
Thou gavest neither sleep to thine eyes nor slumber to thine eyelids, O right wondrous God-pleaser, until thou didst utterly complete thy godly task as a noetic paradise of Christ, crying: Ye children, bless; ye priests, hymn and exalt the Lord supremely for all ages!
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.