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• 2007.08.19 | Георгій

  Гарний прeображeнський акафіст

  (або тропар - вибачтe мою літургічну нeграмотність; в нашому цeрковному бюлeтeні він англ. мовою називається "The Sequence"
  
  Подаю мовою оригіналу, як ми сьогодні співали, а потім пeрeкладу.(Хто має уяву про англ. мову, оцініть "шeкспірівський" підбір слів!)
  
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  Praises to the Savior.
  Sing with tuneful voices, worshiping.
  Yea, devoutly sing praises to Messiah, Heavenly King, in chorus jubilant;
  Who did empty Himself of His own Glory, bringing to us, lost, deliverance;
  In humanity, hiding glorious deity, in His manger-bed swathed He lieth. pitying the breaker of His mandate, driven a wanderer from His home in paradise.
  Humbly serveth He Joseph, Mary, Simeon; cleansed by sacrifice, circumcised, subjected to rites as though a sinner - He Who, victim-like, all our sins did expiate.
  By His minister, fain to be baptized, He beareth falsehood of the tempter, 'scapeth from the stones of enemies;
  Hunger suffereth, weariness and sorrow; disciples' feet as menial washeth, God and Man, Most High as lowliest.
  But though compassed by His frail humanity, His divinity cannot rest for ever shrouded, proved by miracles, and discourses manifold;
  At a wedding feast, wine for water giveth He; eyes He openeth, day to sightless orbs restoring; pale-hued leprosy cureth, touching tenderly;
  Bodies mouldering raiseth He, strengtheneth limbs of the languishing, bleeding issue He arresteth, and for five thousand multiplies five barley loaves abundantly;
  Winds He quiteth, tempest-tost waters as dry land He traverseth, tongues of speechless men He looseth, and ears deprived of hearing He openeth, fevers, banisheth;
  All these wanders, yea, and many more, achieved;
  Unresting, He is led to condemnation;
  Nor doth He recoil from crucifixion;
  Yet the sun beheld not His expiring.
  The day hath dawned which God hath hallowed; satan is vanquished, alive the Victor returneth to the faithful who loved Him;
  First seen of Mary, His brethren greeteth He, Scriptures unfolding, and hearts unsealing, that things long hidden might be revealed.
  Let the universe celebrate the risen Saviour joyously; smile, luxuriant flowers, and blades of vernal beauty; winter's frost is gone; rejoice, ye winged songsters, caroling;
  Shine more radiantly, sun and moon, who sorrowed when He died for us; earth, with verdure clad, sing, the risen Christ applauding; thou, who, at His death, thyself didst tremble, nigh to perishing.
  Therefore, on this blessed day, jejoice we, for Jesus, now returning, the Way of life to all unbarreth;
  Stars, rejoice! Rejoice ye, land and ocean! And all ye hosts of angels, in heaven the Three in One adoring,
  Swell the chorus!