Irmos: Foreseeing Thine arrival for baptism, Habbakuk cried out in awe: Thy horses are in the sea, O Savior, and they trouble the many waters.
When Thou didst appear in the body, the earth was hallowed, the waters were blessed, and heaven was enlightened; and the human race was delivered from the bitter tyranny of the enemy.
As the words of God are uttered, the Forerunner now cometh from the desert to the Jordan, saying: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”, summoning all to the glory of God.
He Who of old transformed the sea into dry land and caused springs of water to gush forth from an unquarried rock, now accomplisheth the washing away of transgressions in the streams of the Jordan, through the fire of the Spirit.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.