Irmos: The youths who came from Judea, in Babylon sometimes, by the faith of the Trinity, quenched the fire of the cave, singing: God of the fathers, blessed art thou.
Holy Angel of God, my guardian, pray to God for me.
Be merciful to me and beg God, O Lord Angel, for I have an intercessor in my whole life, a mentor and guardian, given to me by God forever.
Holy Angel of God, my guardian, pray to God for me.
Do not leave my accursed soul on its journey, killed by a robber, holy Angel, who was betrayed by God without blame; but I will guide you on the path of repentance.
Slava:
I bring all my disgraced soul away from my evil thoughts and deeds: but precede, my mentor, and grant me healing with good thoughts, so that I always deviate onto the right path.
And now:
Fill everyone with wisdom and Divine strength, Hypostatic Wisdom of the Most High, for the Mother of God, for the sake of those who cry out with faith: Our father, God, blessed art thou.
Came down from Judea - those who came from Judea. Sometimes - no time, someday. By Trinity faith - faith in the Trinity. Asked - trampled. In my whole belly - in my whole life. On the path of the one who walks - the one who travels. Immaculate - immaculate; here in the meaning: immaculate. Anticipate – here: go ahead. Give me healing through good thoughts - give me the medicine of good thoughts (or: healing through good thoughts). To bow down - (so that) I bow down.
+ Do not leave my soul on its journey, killed by a robber, O holy Angel, who was betrayed by God without blemish... The image of a soul traveling along the path of life here clearly echoes Christ’s parable about the Good Samaritan and about “him who fell among the robbers” (Luke 10:30-36). The thieves of the troparion, of course, are immaterial: they are sinful thoughts and the demons that possess them.
+ I bring all my shamed soul away from my evil thoughts and deeds: but first, my mentor, grant me healing with good thoughts, so that I always deviate onto the right path. The troparion develops the image of wayfinding. The soul, disgraced by evil deeds and thoughts, comes from them, like the prodigal son from a distant country; we ask the Guardian Angel to now go ahead, pointing out the right path (right paths); This path itself and the intervention of the Guardian Angel are determined precisely in the area of thoughts - the desired healing is to choose good thoughts with the help of the Angel.