Lord Almighty, God of Powers and all flesh, living in the highest and looking down upon the humble, testing the hearts and wombs and innermost parts of men, the Foreknowledgeable One, the Beginningless and Ever-Everlasting Light, which has no use or change of overshadowing; Himself, Immortal King, accept our prayers, even at the present time, boldly for the multitude of Your bounties, from the bad lips we create towards You, and forgive us our sins, whether in deed, word, and thought, knowledge, or ignorance, we have sinned; and cleanse us from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. And grant us with a cheerful heart and a sober thought to pass through the whole night of this present life, awaiting the coming of the bright and revealed day of Your Only Begotten Son, our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ, the Judge of all will come with glory, to whom he will give according to his deeds; let us not fall and become lazy, but be watchful and raised up for the work that is to come, and prepare for the joy and Divine palace of His glory, where those who celebrate the unceasing voice and the ineffable sweetness of those who behold Your face, the ineffable kindness.
For You are the true Light, you enlighten and sanctify all things, and all creation sings to You forever and ever. Amen.
God of the Powers and all flesh - God of the heavenly Powers, incorporeal and of all flesh. Living in the highest - living in the sky, on the heights of heaven. Look down upon the humble (more correctly, look down upon the humble) - one who looks down (bows his gaze) on the humble, the lower, the earthly. Test the hearts and wombs - he who observes the innermost thoughts. The hidden things of men are revealed to be foreknowledge - clearly knowing the secrets of men. Ever-present - eternal. It is not good to bear change, or transformation, overshadowing - Which is unchangeable, does not fade and does not leave anything obscured (change - change; overshadowing - shadow). Even - here: which. I am bold in the multitude of Your bounties - hoping for the abundance of Your compassion. The night of real life is the night of here, present (earthly) life. Those who await the coming of the bright and revealed day - those who await the bright and glorious day of the (Second) coming. Vonzhe - into it (on this day). To everyone - to everyone. According to deeds - according to deeds, according to deeds. Not fallen and lazy - not lying down and sleepy. Prepare those who find themselves - we will be ready; You will find us ready. Idezhe - where.
Kindness is beauty, goodness. All sorts of things - everything that exists, the whole world. The creature is a creation.
+ In this prayer there are several expressions from Holy Scripture, the understanding and correct translation of which is very important.
In the highest he is alive and upon the humble. The heights of heaven are contrasted in this biblical expression with the valleys of the earth: Who is the Lord our God? He lives on the high, and he looks upon the lowly in heaven and on earth (Ps. 113:5-6); in the Russian translation of the psalm: Who is like the Lord our God, Who, dwelling on high, bows down to look down upon heaven and earth). The same expression in (Ps. 137:6): For the Lord is high, and looks down on the humble, and the message is high from afar.
It is unsuitable to carry change, or change, overshadowing. These words are from the Epistle of St. James: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights; with Him there is no change or change (James 1:17; in Russian translation: Every good work and every perfect gift is coming down from above from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning). The Slavic translation of the apostle’s words is somewhat incomprehensible, and the Russian translation is not entirely accurate (the words change and change seem to repeat each other). The words of the transformation convey overshadowing to the Greek... meaning the shadow that is formed when the luminary turns (when turning, the luminary illuminates objects, but they certainly cast a shadow, so that all objects and places cannot be illuminated evenly, but the light of the Divine illuminates everything equally and leaves no shadow).
Those who dare to receive the multitude of Your bounties. We easily understand the word generosity, which is often used in prayers, as generous mercy. This is true, of course, but the main meaning of the corresponding Greek word is compassion, pity. I come boldly to Your bounties, says the 5th prayer for Holy Communion. The mercy of the Creator and Master gives us boldness - courage in asking; we stand not only before the Righteous Judge, but also before the loving Father; let us hear from Him: Be of good cheer, child! your sins are forgiven you (Matthew 9:2); Dare, daughter! your faith has saved you (Matthew 9:22).
Stink, stink - into him. The spelling in one, in on is wrong. This spelling was born from the understanding of the word as a combination of the preposition in with the pronoun he; this is true in content, but not in form (it could not have appeared at the end of the pronoun, our soft sign). Here, rather, it’s stinking, stinking: the preposition въ and the form of the pronoun it – and, to which “n” is added in the position after the vowel of the preposition - въ (н) – stink. Wed. modern Russian: about them, into him, etc.