Irmos: O ineffable wonder! He, Who in the furnace delivered the venerable children from the flame, boweth His head and asketh baptism of a servant, cleansing those who cry: O God our Deliverer, blessed art Thou!
Of old the streams of the Jordan were parted by the mantle, prefiguring Thy baptism, whereby the tunic of the passions hath been rent in twain and a robe of incorruption hath been fashioned for those who cry out to God: Blessed art Thou!
Rich are the streams, for, receiving in them the Creator as He is baptized, they have been shown to be a wellspring of living water, for the salvation of us who chant: O God our Deliverer, blessed art Thou!
Signifying the mortality assumed by God, we stand with Christ in the threefold immersion in the water of baptism, sharing in His resurrection on the third day, and crying out to Christ: Blessed art Thou forever!
One is the grace of the Father, the Son and the Spirit, perfecting in its bestowal those who with faith desire divine baptism and have received the authority of adoption, that they may cry: Blessed art Thou, O God!
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.