Saturday, December 19, 2020

Fourth Sunday of Annunciation

Bāsāliqē. "Qālā Rabbā"

The radiance of the father that was revealed in our nature was seen of the house of David. It ruled the house of Jacob and there is no end to its dominion. The watcher proclaimed to Mary with Peace full of mercies, He greeted the virgin. And hope filled of blessings he proclaimed to the Holy woman. Peace to thee blessed of women, filled of hope. Peace to thee and blessed art thou, she who gavest birth without union for of thee doth dawn He who is the Lord of the heights and of depths and off all therein. To him be praise from all mouths, blessed is, My Lord, the day in which thou art proclaimed.

Qalṯā

We confess this that was in the end of time, that by His Son he hath saved us and did reconcile in us a tranquility of the high and the low. + In His Son did dwell the Word that is from him and the body that is from us: one is spiritual and one bodily, the hidden in the revealed.

Mawṯḇā. "Qālā Rabbā"

The holy prophets who, of old, investigated and revealed thy birth to us, thou Great King of Glory, Jesus our Savior, who wast seen of the House of David, astonishment did fill thy conception and thy birth was in amazement. Hope and joy did creation fill. Blessed is the womb that carried thy glorious brightness and blessed are the paps that didst give thee suck and raised thee up. Blessed be those who believed, were baptized, and confessed thee and did glorify thee, heir and Son, Lord of all creation. Blessed is my Lord on the day of his proclamation.

All prophets and saints foreran and prophesied of the magnificent effulgence from the Father that condescended in his love and put on our humanity for the salvation of all. For the first Moses prophesied and thus did speak: a prophet shall I raise up unto you, the LORD like unto myself. Him will ye hear. Isaiah too preached of his birth as he said: Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a Son of Wonder and Emmanuel he shall be called. Zachariah raised up his inaugural banner and signed forth his passion and Jonah in the fish represented the mystery of his burial and of his resurrection. Ezekiel saw the chariot as it carried his splendid aura forth and glorified him. Daniel, too, in Babel did preach him who reineth over the pious. And, behold, completed is the deed in his coming to us, to him be the glory!

The ancient righteous, all them that received the guarantees of the promise of the splendid birth of the Christ, this day they do rejoice for behold such are brought to completion. For behold the prophets rejoice that their inquiries are concluded and to the words they preached of His birth is conjoined their deed. The apostles make glad for they saw the lusted hope of the prophets, desired by kings in their days, and the holy church sings praise to the Father who sent him, and the peoples and nations raise up glory and thanksgiving in his nativity. And the Magi in their offerings from Persia carried and brought that they may be set before him. Also the kings of high celebrate and descend whilst with their voice they cry out: Glory be to God in the highest and on earth peace and tranquility, good will toward men.

"E̱yw lāḵ Ężybā"

The path of the Son in all generations was preached, which the righteous prophets did trod and as was seen by them wondrously in the mystery. His type was seen among the Babylonians, two heralds true + on the chariot of the cherubs, Hekekiah saw him seated, the image of the glory of the blessed + the Mystery of renewal was sought and it enlightened the people of the House of Israel, who in hopelessness were moored, that of death and corruption + In the likeness of the Ancient of Days, on the throne of glory seated, said Daniel 'I saw him' and the spirits him doth serve + Thousand thousands and myriad myriads hallow his name and say: holy, holy, holy art thou LORD. As men have dominion upon all, I saw him, the Son, as he weareth our body and his kingdom hath no end unto the ages. Behold all is ended in his coming to our race, to him be Glory.

The milestones of tranquility did the creator fix in the generation of generations that they lead mankind to his love, and he chose of the race of men those who would reveal the mystery of what in him was hidden + Moses and Joshua and Samuel, and David, Nathan and Elijah. Also Elisha and Isaiah + Hosea and Jel and Amos, and Obediah, Jonah, and Micah. Nahum, Habbakuk, and Zephaniah. Haggai and Zachariah and Malakai. Jeramiah and Hezekiah, and Daniel and the righteous Job, who did well forth in prophecy + And proclaimed and preached in Israel, one true God, who is confessed by all man to be the Glorious Trinity + Father hidden and Son eternal and the Spirit of Holiness, worshipped of all, that he in his mysteries did reveal to his servants, to him be praise from all mouths, magnificent is the day of thy annunciation, O my Lord.

Glory Rēš qālā "ṉbiyē dquštā wamsabrānē"

Prophets of truth and heralds of righteousness: Hosea, Joel, Amos, ye just; Also Obediah and Jonah and Micah; and Nahum, Habbakuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zachariah, with them; Also Malakai, all who did proclaim and preach to Israel the new proclamation + that the creator is prepared that he send his Son, the Lord Jesus that he come and dwell amongst us mortals, and he came and fulfilled that which of them was preached, that he reward them with new life in the kingdom of heaven. + Praise be to the father who sendeth them and thanksgiving to his Son who crowneth them, and to the Holy Spirit that maketh them wise be Glory.

Ages. "Zaynā druḥā"

Light, life, and truth, thou art Christ our Savior, thou whom all the prophets in their revelation preached, and by the holy spirit were made as springs gushing: + Moses did pronounce thee, he the great prophet of Israel, and Isaiah called thee wonder, and David marvelous child + Micah named thee the prince who governeth all; Zakariah preached the mystery of thy inauguration, and Malakai named thee the Sun. + Jonah typified the mystery of thy death and of thy resurrection and Daniel prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem, which by thy killing was done. + Christ: of whom the prophets in reverence investigate, absolve thy church and keep her children, and have mercy on her.

Qānonā "ḥus uḥasā"

Praised art thou who wast before the prophets yet was drawn up by the prophets, who of afore did depict his image, those prophets in their mysteries. + On the heights above, the spiritual rejoice and on earth below, the earthly exalt, and shout in joy the glory of thy proclamation, Our savior. + To thee be praise, great Sun of righteousness that on thy proclamation are made free all creation. + 

Maḏrāšā. Rēšqālā: "šḇiḥ subārāḵ mapṣaḥ kul"

Refrain: Blessed is thy annunciation, thou who gladdenest all, Christ who cometh for our salvation.

+ Who, indeed, being mortal, can tell of him who giveth life to all? Who left the heights of His glory, and did descend to smallness. He maketh all great in his birth, and so, make my poor consciousness great that I may tell of thy birth. Let it not be that I make small thy magnitude, but that I speak forth thy grace: blessed is he that be hidden and revealed in his deeds.

+ Great is the wonder of the Son who in his all did encamp in a body, dwelling therein entirely and yet it to him sufficeth that he encamp therein yet be not bounded, his will that he did abide--lacking all limit--who of this can speak? As he in his whole did a body encamp, and so all in all did encamp, blessed is he that in no way might be limited.

+ Thy greatness was hid from us and thy grace revealed before us, commit, my Lord of thy greatness, and I shall tell of thy grace, thy grace that was by thee lifted up, and that did make thee bow to our humanity, that grace of thine that of thee a babe did make, thy grace that of thee a man did create. That grace that shrank and stretched: blessed is thy power that diminished and magnified.

Lelyā. "Rāzā rabbā"

Good hope hath filled creation entirely, by thy revelation in the flesh, Only Word who didst take a garment to the existence of his being. The Word did weave the will in the womb of flesh of the daughter of David, as was of old promised that of thy seed will I proclaim reconciliation to the age of ages in heaven.

Tāwdi

In the village of David was completed the promise to David. And the race run by the prophets came to rest in Bethlehem. + In the village of David was completed the promise of prophecy that Christ the King hath come and completed all that which they prophesied. + He moored the ship carrying the riches of all and she opened her treasures before the spiritual and the bodily.

Ṣaprā "šlāmā lsāhdē"

A gospel of tranquility did the chief of angels preach and he proclaimed the conception of Christ, the light of the world.

Bareḵw

Blessed is the effulgence that dawned from the Father and revealed its rays in our humanity. From the Virgin, daughter of David, he was born unto the salvation of all creation. + Peace, filled of all life, Gabriel announced to Mary, Peace to thee, filled of grace, for from thee doth dawn the Savior. + Clap hands ye peoples and glorify, the magnificent light that hath dawned and in our body His glory doth shine forth, and it doth gladden those on heaven and those on Earth.

Qankē. "byaḏ šlāmā"

At the news from the watcher, Mary was disquieted in that a man having not knowledge of her, she did conceive by the power of the Spirit, He who created Adam of soil, and fashioned of him Eve without seed. He it was that made Sarah the barren bear fruit, and Rebekah after her too. The same doth by Elizabeth confirm the virgin. 

Glory

By thy Christ, Our Lord Jesus, our race is renewed, and thy cross doth gain us life and death by it is undone, by it, thy cross, keep those that thee do worship free from all crafts of the evil opponent, and let thy cross be a rampart to our company, well encircled by it, that we confess and worship the power of thy cross.

Rāzē. Rēš qālā: byaḏ šlāmā"

At the Peace that the watcher said to Mary, she was troubled, in that no man had knowledge of her; she did conceive by the power of the Spirit. Peace upon earth and glory in heaven, and good hope to all creation. Blessed is the only-begotten of the Father who dawned in our humanity and gave jubilation to this our race of mortals.

Bēym

Refrain: Confess ye Him in the assembly of the holy, Him, Christ who gavest us His body. 

+  He slew the nation. He said life and the nations came and made merry, seizing and killing and fixing before us. To them be judgement and to us merry-making.

+Bless ye the LORD in the holy offering, Christ who gave us his body.