Irmos: The works of Thy watchfulness, O Lord, are the horror of the prophet Habakkuk: for thou hast gone out to save Thy people, thou hast come to save Thy anointed ones.
Irmos: The works of Your economy, Lord, shocked the prophet Habakkuk: after all, You came out to save Your people, You came to save Your anointed.
Ὁ Εἱρμός. "Τὰ ἔργα, τῆς οἰκονομίας σου Κύριε, ἐξέστησαν, τὸν Προφήτην Ἀββακούμ· ἐξῆλθες γὰρ εἰς σωτηρίαν λαοῦ σου, τοῦ σῶσαι τοὺς χριστούς σου ἐλήλυθας.”
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Song 8.
Song 8.
ᾨδὴ η´.
We fast from all sweetness, fattening the senses by fasting, and drink warmly of tenderness, singing: bless the works of the Lord, the Lord.
While fasting, we will abstain from any pleasure, fattening [spiritual] sensations with fasting, and we will eagerly drink the drink of contrition and chant: “Bless the Lord, you creatures of the Lord!”
Νηστεύσωμεν, πᾶσαν ἡδονήν, πιαίνοντες τὰς αἰσθήσεις νηστείᾳ, καὶ κατανύξεως πόμα θερμῶς, πιώμεθα ψάλλοντες· Εὐλογεῖτε τὰ ἔργα, Κυρίου τὸν Κύριον.
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Stand at the right hand of my fellow man and pray, when you sit down to judge a man with Christ, apostles, for the many sins and guilt of the guilty.
Pray that I, guilty of many sins and deserving of condemnation, will stand on the right side with other survivors, O Apostles, when you sit down with Christ to judge people!
Τῆς στάσεως, τῆς ἐκ δεξιῶν, γενέσθαι με κοινωνὸν δυσωπεῖτε, ὅταν καθίσητε κρῖναι βροτούς, σὺν Χριστῷ Ἀπόστολοι, τὸν πολλαῖς ἁμαρτίαις, καὶ κρίσει ὑπεύθυνον.
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Having purified ourselves by fasting, let us mount onto the chariot of the divine virtues and fix our minds on the aerial heights, singing: bless the works of the Lord, the Lord.
Having purified ourselves by fasting, let us mount the chariot of divine virtues and having inspired our minds, we will lift it to the heavenly heights and sing: “Bless the Lord, you creatures of the Lord!”
Ἐν ἅρματι, θείων ἀρετῶν, νηστείᾳ καθαρθέντες ἐπιβῶμεν, καὶ ???? τὰ ἔργα, Κυρίου τὸν Κύριον.
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Theotokos: Thou art unburnt by the fire that gave birth to the Divinity, the Virgin: but the passions of the souls who by faith sang to Thee the voice of the Angels fell, bringing one joy to the Intercessor.
Theotokos. Having given birth to the Deities of Fire, You remained unscorched, O Virgin, but the passions of the souls of those who pronounce words to You with the faith of an Angel, the only intercessor of joy, fell!
Θεοτοκίον. Διέμεινας, ἄφλεκτος τὸ πῦρ, τεκοῦσα τῆς Θεότητος Παρθένε, ἀλλὰ κατάφλεξον πάθη ψυχῶν, τῶν πίστει βοώντων σοι, τὴν φωνὴν τοῦ Ἀγγέλου, χαρᾶς μόνη πρόξενε.
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Another three-song:
Another three-song.
Εἱρμὸς ἄλλος.
With the trumpet of the Spirit, Christ's disciples sing hymns and cry: bless the works of the Lord, the Lord.
As we sing with the trumpets of the Spirit and the disciples of Christ, we cry; “Bless the Lord, you creatures of the Lord!”
Τοῦ Πνεύματος τὰς σάλπιγγας, τοῦ Χριστοῦ τοὺς Μαθητάς, ἀνυμνοῦντες βοῶμεν· Εὐλογεῖτε τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου τὸν Κύριον.
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As the prayer books of the world, and the deceits of the persecutors, the disciples of Christ: bless, crying out, the works of the Lord, the Lord.
As mediators for peace and persecutors of deception, we sing praises to the disciples of Christ, exclaiming: “Bless the Lord, you works of the Lord!”
Ὡς πρεσβευτὰς τοῦ Κόσμου, καὶ πλάνης φυγαδευτάς, τοὺς Μαθητὰς ὑμνοῦμεν Χριστοῦ· Εὐλογεῖτε βοῶντες, τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου τὸν Κύριον.
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Let us bless the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Lord.
Trinity: The All-Holy Trinity, in the Father and the Son and the Spirit, we sing in praise: bless the works of the Lord, the Lord.
Let us bless the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit - the Lord!
Trinity Singing hymns to the All-Holy Trinity in the Father, in the Son, in the Spirit, we sing: “Bless the Lord, you creatures of the Lord!”
Εὐλογοῦμεν Πατέρα, Υἱόν, καὶ ἅγιον Πνεῦμα.
Τριάδα παναγίαν, τὴν ἐν Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ, καὶ Πνεύματι, ὑμνοῦντες ψάλλομεν· Εὐλογεῖτε τὰ ἔργα, Κυρίου τὸν Κύριον.
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And now: Theotokos: Thy unspoken Nativity we all sing, piously crying, Pure One: bless the works of the Lord, Lord.
Theotokos. All of us, people, sing with piety the Ineffable One born of You, crying out, O Pure One: “Bless the Lord, you creatures of the Lord!”
Καὶ νῦν… Θεοτοκίον. Τὸν ἄρρητόν σου Τόκον, πάντες ὑμνοῦμεν βροτοί, εὐσεβῶς ἐκβοῶντες Ἁγνή· Εὐλογεῖτε τὰ ἔργα, Κυρίου τὸν Κύριον.
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Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.
Apostles, pray that we may end our days of purification in peace: bless those who cry out, the works of the Lord, the Lord.
Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee!
Apostles, intercede for us to spend these propitiatory days in peace, crying: “Bless the Lord, you creatures of the Lord!”
Δόξα σοι, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, δόξα σοι.
Ἀπόστολοι πρεσβεύσατε, ἐν εἰρήνῃ ἡμᾶς, τὰς ἱλαστηρίους ἡμέρας τελεῖν. Εὐλογεῖτε βοῶντας, τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου τὸν Κύριον.
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We praise, bless, and worship the Lord, singing and exalting ourselves forever.
Irmos: Thy reverend children, in the cave, Christ, chanting the verb: bless all the works of the Lord, the Lord.
We praise and bless the Lord, and we worship [Him], singing and exalting him throughout all ages!
Irmos. Your reverent youths cried out in the oven, chanting: “Bless the Lord, you creatures of the Lord!”
Αἰνοῦμεν, εὐλογοῦμεν καὶ προσκυνοῦμεν…
Ὁ Εἱρμός. "Οἱ ὅσιοί σου Παῖδες, ἐν τῇ καμίνῳ Χριστέ, ἀνυμνοῦντες ἔλεγον· Εὐλογεῖτε τὰ ἔργα, Κυρίου τὸν Κύριον.”
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Song 9.
Song 9.
ᾨδὴ θ´.
Cast aside into the deep abyss of sweets, I call upon the abyss of Your benevolence: Helmsman, save me.
Having plunged myself [previously] into the immense abyss of pleasures, [now] I call upon the abyss of Thy kindness: “Save me, [my] Pilot!”
Ἀπερριμμένος ἡδονῶν, ἀχανὲς εἰς πέλαγος, τὴν τῆς σῆς εὐσπλαγχνίας ἄβυσσον, προσκαλοῦμαι· Κυβερνῆτά με σῶσον.
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Source of compassion, give me now tenderness and sighing, so that the immeasurable sea may weep for my evil ones.
O Source of kindness, give me now contrition, lamentation, so that I may mourn the vast seas of my sins!
Τῆς εὐσπλαγχνίας ἡ πηγή, δός μοι νῦν κατάνυξιν, στεναγμόν, ὅπως ἀποκλαύσωμαι, τῶν κακῶν μου, τὰς ἀπείρους θαλάσσας.
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Thy disciples, Jesus, with honest prayers, let me worship the honest Resurrection, and with Thy Divine Passion.
According to the holy prayers of Your disciples, O Jesus, give me [the opportunity] to worship Your holy Resurrection and Your divine Passion!
Τῶν Μαθητῶν σου Ἰησοῦ, ταῖς σεπταῖς δεήσεσι, τὴν σεπτὴν δίδου μοι Ἀνάστασιν, προσκυνῆσαι, καὶ τὰ θεῖά σου Πάθη.
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Theotokos: You who have troubled our earthly confusion, in You, All-Immaculate, by God’s indwelling, deliver us all from troubles.
Theotokos: Who made Heaven partake of God by dwelling in You, O All-Pure One, our composition mixed up on earth, deliver us all from misfortunes*!
*Literally: dangers
Θεοτοκίον. Ἡ οὐρανώσασα ἡμῶν, τὸ γεῶδες φύραμα, τῇ ἐν σοί, τοῦ Θεοῦ Πανάμωμε, ἐνοικήσει, ῥῦσαι πάντας κινδύνων.
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Another three-song.
Another three-song.
Εἱρμὸς ἄλλος.
From the sources of the prophetically Savior, who drew the water of immortality more than the apostles, those who thirst for the traditions of life will always drink it.
The Apostles always give water to the thirsty with the teachings of life, drawing water of immortality from the springs of the Savior, as the prophet predicted*.
*See Isa.12:3
Ἐκ τῶν πηγῶν προφητικῶς, τῶν τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἐξαντλήσαντες, οἱ Ἀπόστολοι, ὕδωρ ἀθανασίας, τοῖς διψῶσι δόγματα ζωῆς, ποτίζουσι πάντοτε.
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The princes of the apostles, who have appeared as the King of Heaven, obliges the entire universe to worship and glorify this one and only God.
Leaders of the King of Heaven, Apostles, you have conquered the whole world to honor Him alone, and worship, and glorify Him as God.
Τοῦ Βασιλέως οὐρανῶν, φανέντες ἄρχοντες Ἀπόστολοι, ὑπετάξατε, πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην, τοῦτον μόνον σέβειν, προσκυνεῖν, καὶ δοξολογεῖν ὡς Θεόν.
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Glory: Trinity: the Indivisible Trinity, the Almighty and All-Powerful Unity, the Father, the Son and the Holy Soul: You are my God, Lord and Light, and I worship You with hymns.
Glory... Trinity. Trinity Indivisible and Unity, Creator of everything, Omnipotent - Father and Son and Holy Spirit - You are my God, and Lord, and Light. I glorify you in hymns and worship you.