Office of the Holy Oil in a Church or House

ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΕΛΑΙΟΥ

Sung by Seven Priests assembled in Church or in a house

The senior Priest having given the blessing:

PRIEST

KASISI

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Blessed is our God, always, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Ahimidiwe Mungu wetu, daima, sasa na siku zote, hata milele na milele.

Εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν πάντοτε, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

we begin:

READER

MSOMAJI

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

Amen.

Amina.

Ἀμήν.

Trisagion

Maombi ya Trisaghio.

Τρισάγιον.

Holy God, Holy Strong, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (three times).

Mungu Mtakatifu, Mweza Mtakatifu, Usiyekufa Mtakatifu, utuhurumie. (3)

Ἅγιος ὁ Θεός, ἅγιος Ἰσχυρός, ἅγιος Ἀθάνατος, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. (3)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; both now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι· καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

All-holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord, cleanse us from our sins. Master, pardon our iniquities. Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for your name''s sake.

Ee Utatu mtakatifu kamili, utuhurumie. Bwana, utusamehe dhambi zetu. Rabi, utuondolee makosa yetu. Mtakatifu, utukaribie na kutuponya magonjwa yetu, kwa ajili ya jina lako.

Παναγία Τριάς, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. Κύριε, ἱλάσθητι ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ἡμῶν. Δέσποτα, συγχώρησον τὰς ἀνομίας ἡμῖν. Ἅγιε, ἐπίσκεψαι καὶ ἴασαι τὰς ἀσθενείας ἡμῶν, ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός σου.

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia.

Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; both now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι· καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

Our Father, in heaven, may your name be sanctified, your kingdom come; your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors, and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Baba yetu uliye Mbinguni; Jina lako litukuzwe; Ufalme wako uje; mapenzi yako yatimizwe, hapa Duniani kama huko Mbinguni. Utupe leo mkate wetu wa kila siku; na utusamehe deni zetu; kama sisi tuwasamehevyo wadeni wetu; tena usitutie majaribuni, lakini tuokoe na yule mwovu.

Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου. Ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου. Γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου, ὡς ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. Τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον. Καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν, ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀφίεμεν τοῖς ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν. Καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν, ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ.

PRIEST

KASISI

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

For yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Kwa kuwa ufalme ni wako, na nguvu, na utukufu, wa Baba, na Mwana, na Roho Mtakatifu, sasa na siku zote hata milele na milele.

Ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

READER

MSOMAJI

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

Amen.

Amina.

Ἀμήν.

Lord, have mercy. (twelve times).

Bwana, hurumia. (x 12)

Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (ιβʹ)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; both now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι· καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

Come, let us worship and fall down before the King, our God.

Njooni, tumwinamie na tumsujudu Mungu mfalme wetu.

Δεῦτε προσκυνήσωμεν καὶ προσπέσωμεν τῷ Βασιλεῖ ἡμῶν Θεῷ.

Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, the King, our God.

Njooni, tumwinamie na tumsujudu Kristo yu Mungu mfalme wetu.

Δεῦτε προσκυνήσωμεν καὶ προσπέσωμεν Χριστῷ τῷ Βασιλεῖ ἡμῶν Θεῷ.

Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ himself, the King, our God.

Njooni, tumwinamie na tumsujudu yeye, Kristo aliye mfalme na Mungu wetu.

Δεῦτε προσκυνήσωμεν καὶ προσπέσωμεν αὐτῷ, Χριστῷ τῷ Βασιλεῖ καὶ Θεῷ ἡμῶν.

Psalm 142

Zaburi ya 142 (143).

Ψαλμὸς ΡΜΒʹ (142).

Lord, hear my prayer; in your truth give ear to my supplication, and in your righteousness hear me. Do not enter into judgement with your servant, for in your sight no one living can be justified. For the enemy pursued my soul; humbled my life to the ground; made me dwell in darkness, like those for ever dead. My spirit in me grew weary, and my heart was troubled within me. I remembered days of old; I meditated on all your works. I made the works of your hands my meditation. I stretched out my hands towards you; my soul thirsted for you like a waterless land. Hear me swiftly, O Lord; my spirit has failed. Do not turn your face from me, or I shall be like those who go down to the Pit. Make me hear of your mercy in the morning, for I have hoped in you. Make known to me the way in which I should walk, for to you I have lifted up my soul. Deliver me from my enemies, Lord; I have run to you for shelter. Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your good Spirit will guide me in an upright land. For your name’s sake, O Lord, you will give me life. In your righteousness you will bring my soul out of trouble; in your mercy slay my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, for I am your servant. [EL]

Ee Bwana, uisikie sala yangu, uzisikilize dua zangu, kwa uaminifu wako unijibu kwa haki yako. Wala usimhukumu mtumishi wako, maana kwako hakuna aliye hai mwenye haki. Maana adui ameifuatia nafsi yangu, ameutupa chini uzima wangu, amenikalisha mahali penye giza, kama watu waliokufa zamani. Na roho yangu imezimia ndani yangu, moyo wangu ndani yangu umesituka. Nimezikumbuka siku za kale, nimeyatafakari matendo yako yote, naziwaza kazi za mikono yako. Nakunyoshea mikono yangu; nafsi yangu inakuonea kiu kama nchi kame. Ee Bwana, unijibu hima, roho yangu imelegea; usinifiche uso wako, nisifanane nao washukao shimoni. Unifanye kusikia fadhili zako asubuhi, kwa maana nimekutumaini Wewe. Unijulishe njia nitakayoiendea, kwa maana nakuinulia nafsi yangu. Ee Bwana, uniponye na adui zangu; nimekukimbilia Wewe, unifiche. Unifundishe kuyatenda mapenzi yako, kwa maana ndiwe Mungu wangu. Roho yako mwema aniongoze kwenye nchi sawa, Ee Bwana, unihuishe kwa ajili ya jina lako, kwa haki yako unitoe roho yangu taabuni; kwa fadhili zako utawakatilia mbali adui zangu; na kuwaangamiza wote wanitesao nafsi, kwa maana mimi ni mtumishi wako. [[SWA]]

Κύριε, εἰσάκουσον τῆς προσευχῆς μου, ἐνώτισαι τὴν δέησίν μου ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ σου, εἰσάκουσόν μου ἐν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ σου· καὶ μὴ εἰσέλθῃς εἰς κρίσιν μετὰ τοῦ δούλου σου, ὅτι οὐ δικαιωθήσεται ἐνώπιόν σου πᾶς ζῶν. Ὅτι κατεδίωξεν ὁ ἐχθρὸς τὴν ψυχήν μου, ἐταπείνωσεν εἰς γῆν τὴν ζωήν μου, ἐκάθισέ με ἐν σκοτεινοῖς ὡς νεκροὺς αἰῶνος· καὶ ἠκηδίασεν ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ τὸ πνεῦμά μου, ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐταράχθη ἡ καρδία μου. Ἐμνήσθην ἡμερῶν ἀρχαίων, ἐμελέτησα ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔργοις σου, ἐν ποιήμασι τῶν χειρῶν σου ἐμελέτων. Διεπέτασα πρὸς σὲ τὰς χεῖράς μου, ἡ ψυχή μου ὡς γῆ ἄνυδρός σοι. Ταχὺ εἰσάκουσόν μου, Κύριε, ἐξέλιπε τὸ πνεῦμά μου· μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ, καὶ ὁμοιωθήσομαι τοῖς καταβαίνουσιν εἰς λάκκον. Ἀκουστὸν ποίησόν μοι τὸ πρωῒ τὸ ἔλεός σου, ὅτι ἐπὶ σοὶ ἤλπισα· γνώρισόν μοι, Κύριε, ὁδόν, ἐν ᾗ πορεύσομαι, ὅτι πρὸς σὲ ἦρα τὴν ψυχήν μου· ἐξελοῦ με ἐκ τῶν ἐχθρῶν μου, Κύριε· πρὸς σὲ κατέφυγον. Δίδαξόν με τοῦ ποιεῖν τὸ θέλημά σου, ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ Θεός μου· τὸ πνεῦμά σου τὸ ἀγαθὸν ὁδηγήσει με ἐν γῇ εὐθείᾳ. Ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός σου, Κύριε, ζήσεις με· ἐν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ σου ἐξάξεις ἐκ θλίψεως τὴν ψυχήν μου· καὶ ἐν τῷ ἐλέει σου ἐξολοθρεύσεις τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου· καὶ ἀπολεῖς πάντας τοὺς θλίβοντας τὴν ψυχήν μου, ὅτι ἐγὼ δοῦλός σού εἰμι.

Then the Small Litany

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Have mercy on us, O God, according to your great mercy, we pray you, hear and have mercy.

Utuhurumie, Ee Mungu kadiri ya huruma yako kubwa, tunakuomba utusikilize na kutuhurumia.

Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου, δεόμεθά σου, ἐπάκουσον καὶ ἐλέησον.

Again we pray for the servants of God here present, and that the grace of the Holy Spirit may come upon them.

PRIEST

KASISI

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

For you, O God, are merciful, and love mankind, and to you we give glory, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Kwa kuwa U Mungu mrahimu na mpenda wanadamu, na kwako tunatoa utukufu, kwa Baba na Mwana na Roho Mtakatifu, sasa na siku zote hata milele na milele.

Ὅτι ἐλεήμων καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Θεὸς ὑπάρχεις, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

PEOPLE

WATU

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Amen.

Amina.

Ἀμήν.

After this Alleluia is chanted in

Tone 6

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Alleluia, Alleluia, a|leluia.

Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα.

Verse 1: O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger, nor chastise me in your wrath.

Mstari 1: BWANA, usinikemee kwa hasira yako, wala usinirudi kwa ghadhabu yako.

Στίχ. αʹ. Κύριε, μὴ τῷ θυμῷ σου ἐλέγξῃς με, μηδὲ τῇ ὀργῇ σου παιδεύσῃς με.

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Alleluia, Alleluia, a|leluia.

Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα.

Verse 2: Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak.

Mstari 2:

Στίχ. βʹ. Ἐλέησόν με, Κύριε, ὅτι ἀσθενής εἰμι·

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Alleluia, Alleluia, a|leluia.

Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα.

And the following Troparia. Tone 6

Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us; for we sinners, lacking all defence, offer you, as our Master, this supplication: have mercy on us. [EL]

Utuhurumie, Ee Bwana, utuhurumie, kwa kuwa sisi ni watu wenye dhambi; hakuna teto lolote kukuletea ombi hili tunalokutolea, bali kama Bwana wa Mabwana utuhurumie. [[SWA]]

Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, Κύριε, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς· πάσης γὰρ ἀπολογίας ἀποροῦντες, ταύτην σοι τὴν ἱκεσίαν ὡς Δεσπότῃ, οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ προσφέρομεν· ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Utukufu kwa Baba, na Mwana, na Roho Mtakatifu.

Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι.

Lord, have mercy on us, for in you we have put our trust. Do not be very angry with us, nor remember our iniquities. But look on us now, as you are compassionate, and rescue us from our enemies. For you are our God, and we are your people; we are all the work of your hands, and we have called on your name. [EL]

Κύριε ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς· ἐπὶ σοὶ γὰρ πεποίθαμεν· μὴ ὀργισθῇς ἡμῖν σφόδρα, μηδὲ μνησθῇς τῶν ἀνομιῶν ἡμῶν· ἀλλʼ ἐπίβλεψον καὶ νῦν ὡς εὔσπλαγχνος, καὶ λύτρωσαι ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἡμῶν· σὺ γὰρ εἶ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ ἡμεῖς λαός σου· πάντες ἔργα χειρῶν σου, καὶ τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐπικεκλήμεθα.

Both now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Sasa na siku zote hata milele na milele. Amina.

Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

Open the gate of compassion to us, blessed Mother of God; hoping in you, may we not fail. Through you may we be delivered from adversities, for you are the salvation of the Christian race. [EL]

Τῆς εὐσπλαγχνίας τὴν πύλην ἄνοιξον ἡμῖν, εὐλογημένη Θεοτόκε· ἐλπίζοντες εἰς σέ, μὴ ἀστοχήσωμεν· ῥυσθείημεν διὰ σοῦ τῶν περιστάσεων· σὺ γὰρ εἶ ἡ σωτηρία τοῦ γένους τῶν Χριστιανῶν.

READER

MSOMAJI

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

Psalm 50

Zaburi ya 50 (51).

Ψαλμὸς Nʹ (50).

Have mercy on me, O God, in accordance with your great mercy. According to the multitude of your compassion blot out my offence. Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my wickedness, and my sin is ever before me. Against you only I have sinned and done what is evil in your sight, that you may be justified in your words and win when you are judged. For see, in wickedness I was conceived and in sin my mother bore me. For see, you have loved truth; you have shown me the hidden and secret things of your wisdom. You will sprinkle me with hyssop and I shall be cleansed. You will wash me and I shall be made whiter than snow. You will make me hear of joy and gladness; the bones which have been humbled will rejoice. Turn away your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities. Create a clean heart in me, O God, and renew a right Spirit within me. Do not cast me out from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me. Give me back the joy of your salvation, and establish me with your sovereign Spirit. I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn to you again. O God, the God of my salvation, deliver me from bloodshed and my tongue will rejoice at your justice. Lord, you will open my lips, and my mouth will proclaim your praise. For if you had wanted a sacrifice, I would have given it. You will not take pleasure in burnt offerings. A sacrifice to God is a broken spirit. A broken and a humbled heart God will not despise. Do good to Sion, Lord, in your good pleasure, and let the walls of Jerusalem be rebuilt. Then you will be well pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, oblation and whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer calves upon your altar. [EL]

Ee Mungu, unirehemu, sawasawa na fadhili zako. Kiasi cha wingi wa rehema zako, uyafute makosa yangu. Unioshe kabisa na uovu wangu, unitakase dhambi zangu. Maana nimejua mimi makosa yangu, na dhambi yangu i mbele yangu daima. Nimekutendea dhambi Wewe peke yako, na kufanya maovu mbele za macho yako. Wewe ujulikane kuwa una haki unenapo, na kuwa safi utoapo hukumu. Tazama, mimi naliumbwa katika hali ya uovu; mama yangu alinichukua mimba hatiani. Tazama, wapendezwa na kweli iliyo moyoni; nawe utanijulisha hekima kwa siri, unisafishe kwa hisopo nami nitakuwa safi, unioshe, nami nitakuwa mweupe kuliko theluji. Unifanye kusikia furaha na shangwe, mifupa uliyoiponda ifurahi. Usitiri uso wako usitazame dhambi zangu; uzifute hatia zangu zote. Ee Mungu, uniumbie moyo safi, uifanye upya roho iliyotulia ndani yangu. Usinitenge na uso wako, wala roho yako mtakatifu usiniondolee. Unirudishie furaha ya wokovu wako; unitegemeze kwa roho ya wepesi. Nitawafundisha wakosaji njia zako, na wenye dhambi watarejea kwako. Ee MUNGU, Mungu wa wokovu wangu, uniponye na damu za watu, na ulimi wangu utaiiimba haki yako. Ee Bwana, uifumbue midomo yangu, na kinywa changu kitazinena sifa zako. Maana hupendezwi na dhabihu au ningeitoa, Wewe huridhii sadaka ya kuteketezwa. Dhabihu za Mungu ni roho iliyovunjika; moyo uliovunjika na kupondeka, Ee Mungu, hutaudharau. Uitendee mema Sayuni kwa radhi yako, uzijenge kuta za Yerusalemu.

Ἐλέησόν με, ὁ Θεός, κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου καὶ κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν σου ἐξάλειψον τὸ ἀνόμημά μου. Ἐπὶ πλεῖον πλῦνόν με ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνομίας μου καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου καθάρισόν με. Ὅτι τὴν ἀνομίαν μου ἐγὼ γινώσκω, καὶ ἡ ἁμαρτία μου ἐνώπιόν μού ἐστι διαπαντός. Σοὶ μόνῳ ἥμαρτον, καὶ τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιόν σου ἐποίησα· ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου, καὶ νικήσῃς ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε. Ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἐν ἀνομίαις συνελήφθην, καὶ ἐν ἁμαρτίαις ἐκίσσησέ με ἡ μήτηρ μου. Ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἀλήθειαν ἠγάπησας· τὰ ἄδηλα καὶ τὰ κρύφια τῆς σοφίας σου ἐδήλωσάς μοι. Ῥαντιεῖς με ὑσσώπῳ, καὶ καθαρισθήσομαι· πλυνεῖς με καὶ ὑπὲρ χιόνα λευκανθήσομαι. Ἀκουτιεῖς μοι ἀγαλλίασιν καὶ εὐφροσύνην· ἀγαλλιάσονται ὀστέα τεταπεινωμένα. Ἀπόστρεψον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου, καὶ πάσας τὰς ἀνομίας μου ἐξάλειψον. Καρδίαν καθαρὰν κτίσον ἐν ἐμοί, ὁ Θεός, καὶ πνεῦμα εὐθὲς ἐγκαίνισον ἐν τοῖς ἐγκάτοις μου. Μὴ ἀποῤῥίψῃς με ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου, καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμά σου τὸ ἅγιον μὴ ἀντανέλῃς ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ. Ἀπόδος μοι τὴν ἀγαλλίασιν τοῦ σωτηρίου σου καὶ πνεύματι ἡγεμονικῷ στήριξόν με. Διδάξω ἀνόμους τὰς ὁδούς σου, καὶ ἀσεβεῖς ἐπὶ σὲ ἐπιστρέψουσι. Ῥῦσαί με ἐξ αἱμάτων, ὁ Θεὸς ὁ Θεὸς τῆς σωτηρίας μου· ἀγαλλιάσεται ἡ γλῶσσά μου τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου. Κύριε, τὰ χείλη μου ἀνοίξεις, καὶ τὸ στόμα μου ἀναγγελεῖ τὴν αἴνεσίν σου. Ὅτι εἰ ἠθέλησας θυσίαν, ἔδωκα ἄν· ὁλοκαυτώματα οὐκ εὐδοκήσεις. Θυσία τῷ Θεῷ πνεῦμα συντετριμμένον· καρδίαν συντετριμμένην καὶ τεταπεινωμένην ὁ Θεὸς οὐκ ἐξουδενώσει. Ἀγάθυνον, Κύριε, ἐν τῇ εὐδοκίᾳ σου τὴν Σιών, καὶ οἰκοδομηθήτω τὰ τείχη Ἰερουσαλήμ. Τότε εὐδοκήσεις θυσίαν δικαιοσύνης, ἀναφορὰν καὶ ὁλοκαυτώματα. Τότε ἀνοίσουσιν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριόν σου μόσχους.

And after the 50th Psalm,

The Canon,

of which the Acrostic is: Psalm of blessing of oil from Arsenios.

οὗ ἡ ἀκροστιχίς· Ποίημα Ἀρσενίου.

Tone 4. Ode 1. Through the Red Sea's deep.

ᾨδὴ αʹ. Θαλάσσης τὸ ἐρυθραῖον.

Before each Troparion we sing: O Master Christ, have mercy on your servant[s].

Ἐν ἑκάστῳ δὲ Τροπαρίῳ λέγομεν, τό· Δέσποτα Χριστέ, ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους σου.

PEOPLE

WATU

ΧΟΡΟΣ

O Master Christ, have mercy on your servant[s].

Δέσποτα Χριστέ, ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους σου.

With the oil of your compassion, Master, you always make glad the souls and bodies of mortals, and guard the faithful by oil; take pity now on your servants who approach you through Oil. [EL]

Ἐλαίῳ, τῆς εὐσπλαγχνίας Δέσποτα, ὁ ἱλαρύνων ἀεί, ψυχὰς ὁμοῦ καὶ σώματα βροτῶν, καὶ φρουρῶν ἐν ἐλαίῳ πιστούς· αὐτὸς καὶ νῦν οἰκτείρησον, τοὺς διʼ ἐλαίου προσιόντας σοι.

O Master Christ, have mercy on your servant[s].

Δέσποτα Χριστέ, ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους σου.

The whole earth is full of your mercy, Master; and so we ask in faith that we who are today mystically anointed with divine oil, may be granted your mercy which passes understanding. [EL]

Ὑπάρχει, σοῦ τοῦ ἐλέους Δέσποτα, πλήρης ἡ σύμπασα γῆ· ὅθεν ἐλαίῳ θείῳ μυστικῶς, οἱ χριόμενοι σήμερον, τὸν ὑπὲρ νοῦν σου ἔλεον, πιστῶς αἰτοῦμέν σε δοθῆναι ἡμῖν.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Utukufu kwa Baba, na Mwana, na Roho Mtakatifu.

Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι.

Lover of mankind, in your compassion you ordered your Apostles to perform the sacred anointing on your sick servants; at their intercessions have mercy on us all by your seal. [EL]

Χρισμόν σου, τὸν ἱερόν, φιλάνθρωπε, ὁ ἀποστόλοις τοῖς σοῖς, ἐπʼ ἀσθενοῦσι δούλοις σου τελεῖν, συμπαθῶς ἐντειλάμενος, ταῖς διʼ αὐτῶν ἐντεύξεσι, πάντας σφραγῖδι σου ἐλέησον.

Theotokion.

Wimbo wa Mzazi-Mungu

Θεοτοκίον.

Both now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Sasa na siku zote hata milele na milele. Amina.

Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

O Pure one, alone enriched with the ocean of peace, by your prayers to God, ever deliver your servants from diseases and afflictions, that they may unceasingly magnify you. [EL]

Ἡ μόνη, τὸ τῆς εἰρήνης πέλαγος, Ἁγνή, πλουτήσασα, ταῖς πρὸς Θεὸν πρεσβείαις σου ἀεί, νοσημάτων καὶ θλίψεων, τοὺς σοὺς οἰκέτας λύτρωσαι, ὅπως ἀπαύστως μεγαλύνωσί σε.

Ode iii. Your Church, O Christ.

ᾨδὴ γʹ. Εὐφραίνεται ἐπὶ σοί.

O Master Christ, have mercy on your servant[s].

Δέσποτα Χριστέ, ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους σου.

You alone, O Christ, are wonderful and pity those who are faithful; give your grace from on high to those who are grievously sick. [EL]

Σὺ μόνος ὢν θαυμαστός, καὶ ἐν ἀνθρώποις τοῖς πιστοῖς ἵλεως, τοῖς ἀσθενοῦσι δεινῶς, δός, Χριστὲ τὴν χάριν σου ἄνωθεν.

O Master Christ, have mercy on your servant[s].

Δέσποτα Χριστέ, ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους σου.

By your divine help, O Lord, you once used an olive branch to show the abatement of the Flood; in mercy save the ailing. [EL]

Ἐλαίας κάρφος ποτέ, πρὸς ἀνοχὴν κατακλυσμοῦ θείᾳ σου, δείξας ῥοπῇ, Κύριε, σῶσον ἐν ἐλέει τοὺς κάμνοντας.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Utukufu kwa Baba, na Mwana, na Roho Mtakatifu.

Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι.

With a divine lamp of light, O Christ, in your mercy make bright those who with faith in your mercy now hasten for anointing. [EL]

Λαμπάδι θείᾳ φωτός, ἐν τῷ ἐλέει σου, Χριστέ, φαίδρυνον, τοὺς ἐν τῇ χρίσει καὶ νῦν, πίστει τοῦ ἐλέους σου σπεύδοντας.

Wimbo wa Mzazi-Mungu

Both now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Sasa na siku zote hata milele na milele. Amina.

Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

Look favourably from on high, O Mother of the Maker of all, and do away with the bitter illness of the sick by your prayers. [EL]

Ἐπίβλεψον εὐμενῶς, Μήτηρ τοῦ πάντων Ποιητοῦ ἄνωθεν, καὶ τὴν πικρὰν κάκωσιν, λῦσον τοὺς νοσοῦντας πρεσβείαις σου.

Kathisma. Tone 8. The song of shepherd pipes.

Kathisma.

Κάθισμα. Αὐλῶν Ποιμενικῶν.

As you, O Merciful, are a divine river of mercy, an abyss of great compassion, show us the divine streams of your mercy, and heal us all; pour out unstintingly the springs of your wonders, and cleanse us all; for ever hastening fervently to you, we implore your grace. [EL]

Ὡς θεῖος ποταμός, τοῦ ἐλέους ὑπάρχων, ὡς ἄβυσσος πολλῆς, συμπαθείας οἰκτίρμον, δεῖξον τοῦ σοῦ ἐλέους τὰ θεῖα ῥεῖθρα, καὶ πάντας ἴασαι· βλῦσον τὰς τῶν θαυμάτων πηγὰς ἀφθόνως, καὶ πλῦνον ἅπαντας· σοὶ γὰρ ἀεὶ προστρέχοντες θερμῶς, τὴν χάριν ἐξαιτούμεθα.

Another. Tone 4. Lifted up on the Cross.

Ὁ ὑψωθεὶς ἐν τῷ Σταυρῷ.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Both now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Utukufu kwa Baba, na Mwana, na Roho Mtakatifu. Sasa na siku zote hata milele na milele. Amina.

Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι. Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

Physician and helper of those in pains, deliverer and saviour of those in sickness, Master and Lord, give healing to your sick servants; have pity, have mercy on those who have often stumbled, and deliver them from their falls, O Christ, that they may glorify your divine power. [EL]

Ὁ ἰατρὸς καὶ βοηθὸς τῶν ἐν πόνοις, ὁ λυτρωτής τε καὶ σωτὴρ τῶν ἐν νόσοις, αὐτὸς τῶν ὅλων Δέσποτα καὶ Κύριε, δώρησαι τὴν ἴασιν, τοῖς νοσοῦσί σου δούλοις, οἴκτειρον ἐλέησον, τοὺς πολλὰ ἐπταικότας, καὶ τῶν σφαλμάτων λύτρωσαι Χριστέ, ὅπως δοξάζωσι τὴν θείαν σου δύναμιν.

Ode iv. Seeing you, the Sun of justice.

Ἐπαρθέντα σε ἰδοῦσα.

ᾨδὴ δʹ.

O Master Christ, have mercy on your servant[s].

Δέσποτα Χριστέ, ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους σου.

As you, O Saviour, are an incorruptible ointment, emptied out by grace and purifying the world, have pity, have mercy on those who anoint the bruises of the flesh with divine faith. [EL]

Ἀδιάφθορον ὡς μύρον Σωτὴρ ὑπάρχων, τὸ κενωθὲν ἐν χάριτι, καὶ κόσμον καθαῖρον, οἴκτειρον, ἐλέησον τοὺς τῇ θείᾳ πίστει σου, μώλωπας σαρκὸς ἐπαλείφοντας.

O Master Christ, have mercy on your servant[s].

Δέσποτα Χριστέ, ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους σου.

Master, by now sealing with the gladness of the seal of your mercy your servants’ senses, make them impenetrable, unapproachable to the entry of every hostile power. [EL]

Ἱλαρότητι σφραγῖδος τοῦ σου ἐλέους, νῦν τὰς αἰσθήσεις Δέσποτα, σφραγίσας σῶν δούλων, ἄβατον, ἀπρόσιτον, τὴν εἴσοδον ποίησον, πάσαις ἐναντίαις δυνάμεσιν.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Utukufu kwa Baba, na Mwana, na Roho Mtakatifu.

Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι.

Lover of mankind, you bid the sick to summon your sacred ministers and to be saved by their entreaty and anointing with your Oil; in your mercy save your ailing servants. [EL]

Ὁ προσκαλεῖσθαι κελεύων τοὺς ἀσθενοῦντας, ἱερουργοὺς ἐνθέους σου, καὶ τούτων ἐντεύξει, καὶ χρίσει ἐλαίου σου, φιλάνθρωπε σῴζεσθαι, σῶσον σῷ ἐλέει τοὺς κάμνοντας.

Wimbo wa Mzazi-Mungu

Both now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Sasa na siku zote hata milele na milele. Amina.

Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

All-holy, ever-Virgin, Mother of God, my firm shelter and guard, harbour and wall, ladder and tower, have mercy, have pity; for to you alone have I fled for refuge. [EL]

Θεοτόκε ἀειπάρθενε παναγία, σκέπη στεῤῥὰ καὶ φύλαξ μου, λιμήν τε καὶ τεῖχος, κλῖμαξ καὶ προπύργιον, ἐλέησον οἴκτειρον· πρὸς σὲ γὰρ καὶ μόνην κατέφυγον.

Ode v. You, Lord, my light.

ᾨδὴ εʹ. Σὺ Κύριέ μου φῶς.

O Master Christ, have mercy on your servant[s].

Δέσποτα Χριστέ, ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους σου.

O Good One, as you are an abyss of mercy, have mercy, O Merciful, on the ailing by your divine oil, as you are compassionate. [EL]

Ὑπάρχων ἀγαθέ, τοῦ ἐλέους ἡ ἄβυσσος, ἐλέησον ἐλεῆμον, σοῦ τῷ θείῳ ἐλαίῳ, τοὺς κάμνοντας ὡς εὔσπλαγχνος.

O Master Christ, have mercy on your servant[s].

Δέσποτα Χριστέ, ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους σου.

Having ineffably hallowed our souls and bodies from on high, O Christ, with the divine imprint of your seal, heal us all by your power. [EL]

Ψυχὰς ἡμῶν Χριστέ, καὶ τὰ σώματα ἄνωθεν, σφραγῖδός σου θείῳ τύπῳ, ἁγιάσας ἀφράστως, χειρί σου πάντας ἴασαι.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Utukufu kwa Baba, na Mwana, na Roho Mtakatifu.

Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι.

O Lord, supremely good, in your ineffable love you accepted the anointing with sweet ointment from a harlot; take pity on your servants. [EL]

Ἀφάτῳ σου στοργῇ, ὑπεράγαθε Κύριε, δεξάμενος τὰς τοῦ μύρου, διὰ πόρνης ἀλείψεις, οἰκτείρησον τοὺς δούλους σου.

Wimbo wa Mzazi-Mungu

Both now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Sasa na siku zote hata milele na milele. Amina.

Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

Sovereign Lady, pure and all-praised, supremely good, have mercy on those who are anointed with the divine Oil, and save your servants. [EL]

Πανύμνητε ἁγνή, ὑπεράγαθε, Δέσποινα, ἐλέησον τοὺς τῷ θείῳ χριομένους ἐλαίῳ, καὶ σῶσον τοὺς οἰκέτας σου.

Ode vi. I will sacrifice to you.

ᾨδὴ Ϛʹ. Θύσω σοι μετὰ φωνῆς.

O Master Christ, have mercy on your servant[s].

Δέσποτα Χριστέ, ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους σου.

By your words, Lover of mankind, you ordained anointing with oil for kings, and performed it through high priests; save the suffering also by your sealing as you are compassionate. [EL]

Λόγοις σου, ὁ διʼ ἐλαίου δείξας, φιλάνθρωπε, ἐν βασιλεῦσι τὴν χρῖσιν, καὶ ἀρχιερεῦσι ταύτην τελέσας, σφραγισμῷ σου, καὶ τοὺς πάσχοντας σῶσον ὡς εὔσπλαγχνος.

O Master Christ, have mercy on your servant[s].

Δέσποτα Χριστέ, ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους σου.

May no influence of wicked demons touch the senses of those signed by divine anointing, O Saviour, but wall them about with the shelter of your glory. [EL]

Μέθεξις, μὴ ἐκ πικρῶν δαιμόνων ἐφάψοιτο, τῶν ἐπʼ ἀλείψει ἐνθέῳ, τὰς αἰσθήσεις Σῶτερ, σημειουμένων, ἀλλʼ ἐν σκέπῃ περιτείχισον τούτους τῆς δόξης σου.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Utukufu kwa Baba, na Mwana, na Roho Mtakatifu.

Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι.

Stretch out your hand from on high, Lover of mankind, and by hallowing your oil give health and deliverance from all diseases to your servants. [EL]

Ὄρεξον, χεῖρα τὴν σὴν ἐξ ὕψους, φιλάνθρωπε, καὶ σοῦ τὸ ἔλαιον, Σῶτερ, ἁγιάσας δίδου, τοῖς σοῖς οἰκέταις εἰς ὑγείαν, καὶ νοσημάτων πάντων ἐκλύτρωσιν.

Wimbo wa Mzazi-Mungu

Both now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Sasa na siku zote hata milele na milele. Amina.

Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

You have been shown to be a fruitful olive tree in the house of your God, Mother of your Creator, though whom the world has appeared full of mercy; save the ailing with the touch of your intercessions. [EL]

Πέφηνας, ἐν τῷ Θεοῦ σου οἴκῳ κατάκαρπος, Μήτηρ τοῦ Κτίστου ἐλαία, διʼ ἧς πλήρης ὤφθη κόσμος ἐλέους· ὅθεν σῷζε, πρεσβειῶν ἐπαφῇ σου τοὺς κάμνοντας.

Kontakion. Tone 2. Seeking the things on high.

Kontakio. Τὰ ἄνω ζητῶν.

Κοντάκιον.

You are a fountain of mercy, O Supremely Good, deliver from every ill those who with fervent faith fall down before your ineffable mercy, O Compassionate, and taking away their diseases, grant them the divine grace from on high. [EL]

Ἐλέους πηγὴ ὑπάρχων, ὑπεράγαθέ, τοὺς πίστει θερμῇ, ἐλέει τῷ ἀφάτῳ σου, προσπεσόντας εὔσπλαγχνε, ἐκ παντοίας λύτρωσαι κακώσεως, καὶ τὰς αὐτῶν νόσους ἀράμενος, παράσχου τὴν θείαν χάριν ἄνωθεν.

Ode vii. The children of Abraham.

Ἐν τῇ καμίνῳ Ἀβραμιαῖοι.

ᾨδὴ ζʹ.

O Master Christ, have mercy on your servant[s].

Δέσποτα Χριστέ, ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους σου.

O Saviour, only God, as in your mercy and pity you heal the passions of the soul, the afflictions of the bodies of all, treat and heal too those who are suffering from diseases. [EL]

Σὺ ἐν ἐλέει καὶ οἰκτιρμοῖς σου, Σῶτερ, μόνος Θεός, πάντων ἰατρεύων πάθη τε τῶν ψυχῶν, καὶ σωμάτων τὰ συντρίμματα, αὐτὸς θεράπευσον, καὶ τοὺς ἐν νόσοις πάσχοντας εὔσπλαγχνε.

O Master Christ, have mercy on your servant[s].

Δέσποτα Χριστέ, ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους σου.

By anointing with the anointment of oil the heads of all, give the joy of gladness to those who seek the mercy of your redemption in your rich mercy, O Lord. [EL]

Ἐν τῷ λιπαίνειν ἐλαίου χρίσει, πάντων τὰς κεφαλάς, δίδου εὐφροσύνης τούτῳ τὴν χαρμονήν, τοῖς τὸν ἔλεον ζητοῦσί σου, τῆς ἐκλυτρώσεως, τῷ πλουσίῳ ἐλέει σου Κύριε.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Utukufu kwa Baba, na Mwana, na Roho Mtakatifu.

Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι.

Your seal, O Saviour, is a sword against demons, and a fire consuming the passions of souls, through the entreaties of priests; and so, having received healing, we sing your praise with faith. [EL]

Ξίφος ὑπάρχει κατὰ δαιμόνων, Σῶτερ, σοῦ ἡ σφραγίς· πῦρ τε ἀναλίσκον πάθη τὰ τῶν ψυχῶν, ἱερέων ταῖς ἐντεύξεσιν· ὅθεν τὴν ἴασιν, οἱ δεδεγμένοι πίστει ὑμνοῦμέν σε.

Wimbo wa Mzazi-Mungu

Both now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Sasa na siku zote hata milele na milele. Amina.

Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

Mother of God, you carried within your womb, in a manner befitting God, and ineffably gave a body to the One who holds all things in the hollow of his hand; we beg you to have pity on the ailing. [EL]

Σὺ τὸν κρατοῦντα ἐν δρακὶ πάντα, Μήτηρ Θεοῦ, ἔνδον ἐν κοιλίᾳ σχοῦσα θεοπρεπῶς, καὶ ἀφράστως σωματώσασα, ὑπὲρ τῶν καμνόντων, ἐξιλέωσαι τοῦτον δεόμεθα.

Ode 8. Stretching out his hands.

Χεῖρας ἐκπετάσας Δανιήλ.

ᾨδὴ ηʹ. Χεῖρας ἐκπετάσας Δανιήλ.

O Master Christ, have mercy on your servant[s].

Δέσποτα Χριστέ, ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους σου.

Have mercy on us all, O Saviour, in accordance with your great and divine mercy; for mystically symbolizing its figure, Master, we bring the anointing with sacred oil for the sick; heal them all by your power. [EL]

Ἅπαντας ἐλέησον Σωτήρ, κατὰ τὸ μέγα σου καὶ θεῖον ἔλεος· τούτου τὸν τύπον γὰρ Δέσποτα, μυστικῶς ὑπαινιττόμενοι, τὴν διʼ ἐλαίου ἱεροῦ χρῖσιν προσάγομεν, τοῖς νοσοῦσιν· οὕς περ δυνάμει, τῇ σὴ πάντας ἴασαι.

O Master Christ, have mercy on your servant[s].

Δέσποτα Χριστέ, ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους σου.

With the streams of your mercy, O Christ, and with anointings by your priests, wash away, Lord, as you are compassionate, the pains, the wounds, the attacks of sufferings of those worn down by the constraints of passions, that through your cleansing they may find strength. [EL]

Ῥείθροις τοῦ ἐλέους σου Χριστέ, καὶ ἐπαλείμμασι τῶν ἱερέων σου, πλῦνον ὡς εὔσπλαγχνος, Κύριε, τὰς ὀδύνας καὶ τὰ τραύματα, καὶ ἀλγεινῶν ἐπιφοράς, τῶν ἐν ἀνάγκαις παθῶν τρυχομένων, ὅπως καθάρσει τῇ σῇ, τύχωσι ῥώσεως.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Utukufu kwa Baba, na Mwana, na Roho Mtakatifu.

Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι.

Do not withdraw your mercy, Master, from us who depict your divine oil as a symbol of help and joy from on high, nor despise those who cry out with faith: Bless the Lord all you works of the Lord. [EL]

Σύμβολον τῆς ἄνωθεν ῥοπῆς, καὶ ἱλαρότητος ἔλαιον, θεῖον ἡμῖν τοῖς διαγράφουσι, Δέσποτα, μὴ μακρύνῃς σου τὸ ἔλεος, μηδὲ παρίδῃς τοὺς πιστῶς ἀεὶ κραυγάζοντας· Εὐλογεῖτε πάντα τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου τὸν Κύριον.

Wimbo wa Mzazi-Mungu

Both now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Sasa na siku zote hata milele na milele. Amina.

Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

Nature received as a glorious crown, O Pure One, your divine Offspring, who crushed the ranks of foes and mightily defeated them; and so, crowned with the bright rays of your graces, we hymn you, Sovereign Lady, all-praised. [EL]

Ἔνδοξον ὡς στέφανον Ἁγνή, ἡ φύσις εἴληφε τὸν θεῖον τόκον σου, ἐχθρῶν ἀπείργοντα φάλαγγας, καὶ νικῶντα κατὰ κράτος αὐτούς· διὸ χαρίτων σου φαιδραῖς, καταστεφόμενοι ἀγλαΐαις, σὲ ἀνυμνοῦμεν πανύμνητε Δέσποινα.

Ode 9. A stone not cut by human hand.

Λίθος ἀχειρότμητος.

ᾨδὴ θʹ. Λίθος ἀχειρότμητος.

O Master Christ, have mercy on your servant[s].

Δέσποτα Χριστέ, ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους σου.

Look down from heaven, O Compassionate, and show to all your mercy; through the divine anointing of your priests now give your help and your strength to those who approach you. [EL]

Νεῦσον οὐρανόθεν, οἰκτίρμον, δεῖξόν σου τὸ ἔλεος πᾶσι· δὸς νῦν τὴν ἀντίληψιν τὴν σήν, καὶ τὴν ἰσχύν σου τοῖς προσιοῦσί σοι, διὰ τοῦ θείου χρίσματος, τῶν ἱερέων σου, φιλάνθρωπε.

O Master Christ, have mercy on your servant[s].

Δέσποτα Χριστέ, ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους σου.

All-loving Saviour, rejoicing we have seen the divine oil, which by your divine decision beyond the power of the partakers you have accepted, and symbolically shared with those who partake of the divine washing. [EL]

Ἴδομεν, πανάγαθε Σῶτερ, ἀγαλλιώμενοι τὸ θεῖον, ἔλαιον ῥοπῇ σου ἐνθέῳ, ὑπὲρ μετόχους, ὅπερ προσείληφας, καὶ τυπικῶς μετέδωκας, λουτροῦ τοῦ θείου τοῖς μετέχουσιν.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Utukufu kwa Baba, na Mwana, na Roho Mtakatifu.

Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι.

Have pity, have mercy, Saviour, deliver from fears and sufferings, rescue from the arrows of the evil one the souls and bodies of your servants, for you, Lord, are merciful and heal by divine grace. [EL]

Οἴκτειρον ἐλέησον Σῶτερ, ῥῦσαι δεινῶν καὶ ἀλγηδόνων, λύτρωσαι βελῶν τοῦ πονηροῦ, τοὺς σοὺς οἰκέτας, ψυχὰς καὶ σώματα, ὡς ἐλεήμων Κύριος, χάριτι θείᾳ ἐξιώμενος.

Wimbo wa Mzazi-Mungu

Both now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Sasa na siku zote hata milele na milele. Amina.

Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

Accept, O Virgin, the hymns and supplications of your servants; deliver by your entreaties from harsh pains and sufferings, O all-pure, those who through us flees to your divine protection. [EL]

Ὕμνους καὶ δεήσεις, Παρθένε, προσδεχομένη τῶν σῶν δούλων, ῥῦσαι χαλεπῶν παθημάτων, καὶ ἀλγηδόνων ταῖς ἱκεσίαις σου, τοὺς διʼ ἡμῶν πανάχραντε, τῇ θείᾳ σκέπῃ σου προστρέχοντας.

It is truly right to call you blessed, who gave birth to God, ever-blessed and most pure, and Mother of our God. Greater in honour than the Cherubim and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, without corruption you gave birth to God the Word; truly the Mother of God, we magnify you. [EL]

Ni Wajibu kweli kukuita heri, Ee Mzazi Mungu (Theotokos), mbarikiwa daima na bila ndoa tena Mama wa Mungu wetu, uliye wa thamani kushinda Wakheruvi, unaye utukufu kupita bila kiasi Waserafi, uliye mzaa Mungu Neno bila kuharibu, uliye Mzazi – Mungu {Theotokos} kweli tuna kukuza wee. [[SWA]]

Ἄξιόν ἐστιν ὡς ἀληθῶς μακαρίζειν σε τὴν Θεοτόκον, τὴν ἀειμακάριστον καὶ παναμώμητον καὶ μητέρα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν. Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβεὶμ καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.

Exapostilarion. Our Saviour, the Dayspring.

Eksapostiilario.

Ἐξαποστειλάριον.

Ἦχος γʹ. Ἐπεσκέψατο ἡμᾶς.

Look with your merciful eye on our entreaty, loving Lord, as we gather today in your holy Temple, to anoint with divine oil your sick servants. [EL]

Ἐν ἐλέῳ ἀγαθέ, ἐπίβλεψον σῷ ὄμματι, ἐπὶ τὴν δέησιν ἡμῶν, τῶν συνελθόντων ἐν τῷ ναῷ σου, τῷ ἁγίῳ σήμερον, χρῖσαι θείῳ ἐλαίῳ, νοσοῦντας τοὺς δούλους σου.

Lauds. Prosomia. Tone 4. You have given as a sign.

Ainoi.

Οἱ Αἶνοι. Ἔδωκας σημείωσιν.

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Alleluia. Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the highest. To you praise is due, O God.

Kila mwenye pumzi na amsifu BWANA. Haleluya. Haleluya. Msifuni BWANA kutoka mbinguni; msifuni katika mahali palipo juu.

Πᾶσα πνοὴ αἰνεσάτω τὸν Κύριον. Ἀλληλούϊα. Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Κύριον ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν· αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς ὑψίστοις.

Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his powers. To you praise is due, O God.

Msifuni, enyi malaika wake wote; msifuni, majeshi yake yote.

Αἰνεῖτε αὐτόν, πάντες οἱ ἄγγελοι αὐτοῦ· αἰνεῖτε αὐτόν, πᾶσαι αἱ δυνάμεις αὐτοῦ.

To execute upon them the judgment that is decreed; such glory will be for all his saints.

Kuwafanyia hukumu iliyoandikwa; hiyo ndiyo heshima ya watauwa wake wote. Haleluya.

Τοῦ ποιῆσαι ἐν αὐτοῖς κρῖμα ἔγγραπτον· δόξα αὕτη ἔσται πᾶσι τοῖς ὁσίοις αὐτοῦ.

Στιχηρὰ Προσόμοια.

Ἦχος δʹ. Ἔδωκας σημείωσιν.

Lover of mankind, easily placated, through your Apostles you have given your grace by your holy oil to heal all wounds and diseases; and so, as you are compassionate, hallow, have mercy by your oil on those who draw near in faith, cleanse them of every kind of sickness and make them worthy, Lord, of your incorruptible delight.

Ἔδωκας τὴν χάριν σου, διὰ τῶν σῶν εὐδιάλλακτε, ἀποστόλων φιλάνθρωπε, ἐλαίῳ ἁγίῳ σου, θεραπεύειν πάντων, πληγάς τε καὶ νόσους· διὸ ἐλαίῳ σου πιστῶς, τοὺς προσιόντας καὶ νῦν ὡς εὔσπλαγχνος, ἁγίασον ἐλέησον, παντοίας νόσου καθάρισον, καὶ τρυφῆς τῆς ἀφθάρτου σου, καταξίωσον Κύριε.

Praise God in his saints; praise him in the firmament of his power.

Haleluya. Msifuni Mungu katika patakatifu pake; msifuni katika anga la uweza wake.

Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Θεὸν ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις αὐτοῦ, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν στερεώματι τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ.

Lover of mankind, easily placated, through your Apostles you have given your grace by your holy oil to heal all wounds and diseases; and so, as you are compassionate, hallow, have mercy by your oil on those who draw near in faith, cleanse them of every kind of sickness and make them worthy, Lord, of your incorruptible delight.

Ἔδωκας τὴν χάριν σου, διὰ τῶν σῶν εὐδιάλλακτε, ἀποστόλων φιλάνθρωπε, ἐλαίῳ ἁγίῳ σου, θεραπεύειν πάντων, πληγάς τε καὶ νόσους· διὸ ἐλαίῳ σου πιστῶς, τοὺς προσιόντας καὶ νῦν ὡς εὔσπλαγχνος, ἁγίασον ἐλέησον, παντοίας νόσου καθάρισον, καὶ τρυφῆς τῆς ἀφθάρτου σου, καταξίωσον Κύριε.

Praise him for his mighty acts; praise him according to the greatness of his majesty.

Msifuni kwa matendo yake makuu; msifuni kwa kadiri ya wingi wa ukuu wake.

Αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐπὶ ταῖς δυναστείαις αὐτοῦ, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς μεγαλωσύνης αὐτοῦ.

O Incomprehensible, as you are compassionate and seal our senses with your invisible hand by your divine oil, look down from heaven, Lover of mankind, upon those who run to you with faith and ask forgiveness of offences; and grant them healing of soul and body, that with love they may glorify you as they magnify your might. [EL]

Βλέψον ἀκατάληπτε, ἐξ οὐρανόθεν ὡς εὔσπλαγχνος, ἐν χειρὶ ἀοράτῳ σου, σφραγίσας φιλάνθρωπε, τὰς ἡμῶν αἰσθήσεις, ἐλαίῳ σου θείῳ, τοὺς προσδραμόντας σοι πιστῶς, καὶ ἐξαιτοῦντας πταισμάτων ἄφεσιν· καὶ δώρησαι τὴν ἴασιν, τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς καὶ τοῦ σώματος, ἵνα πόθῳ δοξάζωσί σε, μεγαλύνοντες τὸ κράτος σου.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Utukufu kwa Baba, na Mwana, na Roho Mtakatifu.

Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι.

With the anointing of your mercy and the touch of your priests, Lover of mankind, hallow your servants from on high, deliver them from diseases, cleanse and wash away their defilement of soul, O Saviour, and deliver them from the manifold occasions of sin; comfort their toils, drive away disasters, and wipe out their afflictions, as you are full of pity and compassion. [EL]

Χρίσει τοῦ ἐλέους σου, καὶ ἱερέων φιλάνθρωπε, ἐπαφῇ τοὺς οἰκέτας σου, ἁγίασον ἄνωθεν, νοσημάτων ῥῦσαι, ψυχῆς τε τὸν ῥύπον, κάθαρον ἔκπλυνον Σωτήρ, καὶ πολυπλόκων σκανδάλων λύτρωσαι· τοὺς πόνους παραμύθησαι, τὰς περιστάσεις ἐκδίωξον, καὶ τὰς θλίψεις ἀφάνισον, ὡς οἰκτίρμων καὶ εὔσπλαγχνος.

Wimbo wa Mzazi-Mungu

Both now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Sasa na siku zote hata milele na milele. Amina.

Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

O highly praised, all-pure Palace of the King, I entreat you: purify my mind, sullied with every sin, and make it a fair dwelling for the divine Trinity; so that I, your unprofitable servant, may be saved and magnify your power and limitless mercy. [EL]

Σὲ τὸ καθαρώτατον, τοῦ βασιλέως παλάτιον, δυσωπῶ πολυΰμνητε· τὸν νοῦν μου καθάρισον, τὸν ἐσπιλωμένον, πάσαις ἁμαρτίαις, καὶ καταγώγιον τερπνὸν τῆς ὑπερθέου Τριάδος ποίησον· ὅπως τὴν δυναστείαν σου, καὶ τὸ ἀμέτρητον ἔλεος, μεγαλύνω σῳζόμενος, ὁ ἀχρεῖος οἰκέτης σου.

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Trisagion

Maombi ya Trisaghio.

Τρισάγιον.

Holy God, Holy Strong, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (three times).

Mungu Mtakatifu, Mweza Mtakatifu, Usiyekufa Mtakatifu, utuhurumie. (3)

Ἅγιος ὁ Θεός, ἅγιος Ἰσχυρός, ἅγιος Ἀθάνατος, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. (3)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; both now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι· καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

All-holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord, cleanse us from our sins. Master, pardon our iniquities. Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for your name''s sake.

Ee Utatu mtakatifu kamili, utuhurumie. Bwana, utusamehe dhambi zetu. Rabi, utuondolee makosa yetu. Mtakatifu, utukaribie na kutuponya magonjwa yetu, kwa ajili ya jina lako.

Παναγία Τριάς, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. Κύριε, ἱλάσθητι ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ἡμῶν. Δέσποτα, συγχώρησον τὰς ἀνομίας ἡμῖν. Ἅγιε, ἐπίσκεψαι καὶ ἴασαι τὰς ἀσθενείας ἡμῶν, ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός σου.

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia.

Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; both now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι· καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

Our Father, in heaven, may your name be sanctified, your kingdom come; your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors, and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Baba yetu uliye Mbinguni; Jina lako litukuzwe; Ufalme wako uje; mapenzi yako yatimizwe, hapa Duniani kama huko Mbinguni. Utupe leo mkate wetu wa kila siku; na utusamehe deni zetu; kama sisi tuwasamehevyo wadeni wetu; tena usitutie majaribuni, lakini tuokoe na yule mwovu.

Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου. Ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου. Γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου, ὡς ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. Τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον. Καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν, ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀφίεμεν τοῖς ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν. Καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν, ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ.

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For yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Kwa kuwa ufalme ni wako, na nguvu, na utukufu, wa Baba, na Mwana, na Roho Mtakatifu, sasa na siku zote hata milele na milele.

Ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

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Amen.

Amina.

Ἀμήν.

Troparion. Tone 4. Speedily anticipate.

Tropario.

Τροπάριον. Ταχὺ προκατάλαβε.

Ἦχος δʹ. Ταχὺ προκατάλαβε.

As you alone, O Christ, are quick to help, quickly show your visitation from high to your servants who are suffering; free them from diseases and bitter pains; raise them up to praise you and glorify you unceasingly; at the prayers of the Mother of God, only Lover of mankind. [EL]

Ταχὺς εἰς ἀντίληψιν, μόνος ὑπάρχων Χριστέ, ταχεῖαν τὴν ἄνωθεν, δεῖξον ἐπίσκεψιν, τοῖς πάσχουσι δούλοις σου· λύτρωσαι νοσημάτων, καὶ πικρῶν ἀλγηδόνων· ἔγειρον τοῦ ὑμνεῖν σε, καὶ δοξάζειν ἀπαύστως· πρεσβείαις τῆς Θεοτόκου, μόνε φιλάνθρωπε.

Ἄν ἡ ἀκολουθία ἄρχισε μέ «Εὐλογητός», λέγεται τώρα «Εὐλογημένη ἡ βασιλεία». Ἄν ἄρχισε μέ «Εὐλογημένη», λέγεται ἀμέσως ἡ Μεγάλη Συναπτή.

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In peace, let us pray to the Lord.

Kwa amani, tumwombe Bwana.

Ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana, hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

For the peace from on high and for the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord.

Kwa ajili ya amani kutoka juu na ya wokovu wa roho zetu, tumwombe Bwana.

Ὑπὲρ τῆς ἄνωθεν εἰρήνης καὶ τῆς σωτηρίας τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana, hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

For the peace of the whole world, for the welfare of the holy Churches of God, and for the union of all, let us pray to the Lord.

Kwa ajili ya amani ya dunia yote, na kusimama imara kwa Ekklesia Takatifu ya Mungu, na ya umoja wa wote, tumwombe Bwana.

Ὑπὲρ τῆς εἰρήνης τοῦ σύμπαντος κόσμου, εὐσταθείας τῶν ἁγίων τοῦ Θεοῦ Ἐκκλησιῶν καὶ τῆς τῶν πάντων ἑνώσεως, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana, hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

For this holy house, and for those who enter it with faith, reverence and the fear of God, let us pray to the Lord.

Kwa ajili ya nyumba hii takatifu na waingiamo kwa imani, heshima na kumcha Mungu, tumwombe Bwana.

Ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἁγίου οἴκου τούτου, καὶ τῶν μετὰ πίστεως, εὐλαβείας καὶ φόβου Θεοῦ εἰσιόντων ἐν αὐτῷ, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana, hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

For all devout and Orthodox Christians, let us pray to the Lord.

Kwa ajili ya wakristo wateule na waorthodoksi wote, tumwombe Bwana.

Ὑπὲρ τῶν εὐσεβῶν καὶ ὀρθοδόξων χριστιανῶν, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana, hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

For our Bishop (or Archbishop) (name) for the honoured order of presbyters, for the diaconate in Christ, for all the clergy and the people, let us pray to the Lord.

Kwa ajili ya Askofu wetu mkuu Askofu wetu mkuu (jina) Makasisi, Mashemasi wateule na watu wote tumwombe Bwana.

Ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἀρχιεπισκόπου ἡμῶν (δεῖνος), τοῦ τιμίου πρεσβυτερίου, τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ διακονίας, παντὸς τοῦ κλήρου καὶ τοῦ λαοῦ, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana, hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

For our nation, [the President, our Armed Forces] and all in civil authorities, let us pray to the Lord.

Kwa ajili ya taifa letu linalomcha Mungu, raisi wetu, viongozi wetu na majeshi wapendao dini, tumwombe Bwana.

Ὑπὲρ τοῦ εὐσεβοῦς ἡμῶν ἔθνους, πάσης ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας ἐν αὐτῷ, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana, hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

For this city, for every city, town and village, and for the faithful who dwell in them, let us pray to the Lord.

Kwa ajili ya mji huu na miji yote na nchi zote na waishimo kwa imani, tumwombe Bwana.

Ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως ταύτης, πάσης πόλεως, χώρας καὶ τῶν πίστει οἰκούντων ἐν αὐταῖς, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana, hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

For favourable weather, an abundance of the fruits of the earth, and temperate seasons, let us pray to the Lord.

Kwa ajili ya majira mema ya mwaka kupata mvua ya kutosha na hewa safi na rotuba ya kutosha kwa ardhi, tumwombe Bwana.

Ὑπὲρ εὐκρασίας ἀέρων, εὐφορίας τῶν καρπῶν τῆς γῆς καὶ καιρῶν εἰρηνικῶν, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana, hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

For those who travel by land, air or water, for the sick, the suffering, for those in captivity, and for their safety and salvation, let us pray to the Lord.

Kwa ajili ya wasafiri hewani juu, baharini majini, na nchini kavu, wachoshwa na mateka kupata uhuru, na kwa ajili ya wokovu wao, tumwombe Bwana.

Ὑπὲρ πλεόντων, ὁδοιπορούντων, νοσούντων, καμνόντων, αἰχμαλώτων καὶ τῆς σωτηρίας αὐτῶν, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana, hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

For our deliverance from all affliction, wrath, danger and constraint, let us pray to the Lord.

Kwa ajili ya kuokolewa kwa kila sitikiko, ghadhabu, hatari na uhitaji, tumwombe Bwana.

Ὑπὲρ τοῦ ῥυσθῆναι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης θλίψεως, ὀργῆς, κινδύνου καὶ ἀνάγκης, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana, hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by your grace.

Utusaidie, utuokoe, utuhurumie, utuhifadhi, Ee Mungu, kwa neema yako.

Ἀντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana, hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

Commemorating our all-holy, pure, most blessed and glorious Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us entrust ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.

Tumkumbuke Maria Mtakatifu kamili, asiye na doa, Mbarikiwa zaidi kushinda wote, Bibi wetu mtukufu mzazi Mungu na bikira daima pamoja na watakatifu wote hata sisi pia wenyewe na kila mmoja wetu na wenzetu wote, hata maisha yetu, kujiweka mikononi mwa Kristo Mungu.

Τῆς παναγίας, ἀχράντου, ὑπερευλογημένης, ἐνδόξου, δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας μετὰ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων μνημονεύσαντες, ἑαυτοὺς καὶ ἀλλήλους καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ζωὴν ἡμῶν Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ παραθώμεθα.

( To you, O Lord. )

( Kwako, Ee Bwana. )

( Σοί, Κύριε. )

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For to you belong all glory, honour and worship, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Kwa kuwa utukufu wote na heshima na usujudu ni haki yako, ya Baba na Mwana na Roho Mtakatifu, sasa na siku zote, hata milele na milele.

Ὅτι πρέπει σοι πᾶσα δόξα, τιμὴ καὶ προσκύνησις, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Amina. )

( Ἀμήν. )

Then the Priest says the Prayer of the Oil in front of the lamp.

Note, that in the Great Church instead of water they put wine into the lamp of the Efchelaion.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us pray to the Lord.

Tumwombe Bwana.

Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana, hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

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ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Lord, who in your mercy and pity heal the afflictions of our souls and bodies, sanctify this oil, Master, that it may be for those who are anointed with it for healing and relief of every passion, bodily disease, stain of flesh and spirit and every evil; that through it your all-holy Name, of Father, Son and Holy Spirit, may be glorified now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. [EL]

Κύριε, ὁ ἐν τῷ ἐλέει, καὶ τοῖς οἰκτιρμοῖς σου ἰώμενος τὰ συντρίμματα τῶν ψυχῶν καὶ τῶν σωμάτων ἡμῶν· αὐτός, Δέσποτα, ἁγίασον καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον τοῦτο, ὥστε γενέσθαι τοῖς χριομένοις ἐξ αὐτοῦ εἰς θεραπείαν καὶ ἀπαλλαγὴν παντὸς πάθους, νόσου σωματικῆς, μολυσμοῦ σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος, καὶ παντὸς κακοῦ· ἵνα καὶ ἐν τούτῳ δοξασθῇ σου τὸ πανάγιον ὄνομα τοῦ Πατρός, καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ, καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Amina. )

( Ἀμήν. )

While this prayer is being said by the Priest the following Troparia are sung.

Tone 4. Speedily anticipate.

Ταχὺ προκατάλαβε.

PEOPLE

WATU

ΧΟΡΟΣ

As you alone, O Christ, are quick to help, quickly show your visitation from high to your servants who are suffering; free them from diseases and bitter pains; raise them up to praise you and glorify you unceasingly; at the prayers of the Mother of God, only Lover of mankind. [EL]

Ταχὺς εἰς ἀντίληψιν, μόνος ὑπάρχων Χριστέ, ταχεῖαν τὴν ἄνωθεν, δεῖξον ἐπίσκεψιν, τοῖς πάσχουσι δούλοις σου· λύτρωσαι νοσημάτων, καὶ πικρῶν ἀλγηδόνων· ἔγειρον τοῦ ὑμνεῖν σε, καὶ δοξάζειν ἀπαύστως· πρεσβείαις τῆς Θεοτόκου, μόνε φιλάνθρωπε.

Κοντάκιον τοῦ Τυφλοῦ.

Tone 4. Today you have appeared.

Ἐπεφάνης σήμερον.

With the eyes of my soul mutilated I come to you, O Christ, as the man blind from birth, crying to you in repentance: You are the radiant light of those in darkness. [EL]

Τῆς ψυχῆς τὰ ὄμματα πεπηρωμένος, Σοὶ Χριστὲ προσέρχομαι, ὡς ὁ Τυφλὸς ἐκ γενετῆς, ἐν μετανοίᾳ κραυγάζων Σοι, σὺ τῶν ἐν σκότει, τὸ φῶς τὸ ὑπέρλαμπρον.

Κοντάκιον τοῦ Παραλύτου.

Tone 3. Today the Virgin.

Ἡ Παρθένος σήμερον.

By your divine presence, O Lord, raise my soul, grievously paralysed by sins of every kind and by unnatural deeds, as you also raised the Paralysed Man of old, that saved I may cry to you: O merciful Christ, glory to your might. [EL]

Τὴν ψυχήν μου Κύριε, ἐν ἁμαρτίαις παντοίαις, καὶ ἀτόποις πράξεσι, δεινῶς παραλελυμένην, ἔγειρον τῇ θεϊκῇ σου ἐπιστασίᾳ, ὥς περ καὶ τὸν Παράλυτον, ἤγειρας πάλαι, ἵνα κράζω σεσωσμένος· Οἰκτίρμον δόξα, Χριστέ, τῷ κράτει σου.

Tone 8.

Ἀπολυτίκιον Ἁγ. Ἰακώβου.

As the Lord’s Disciple, O Just one, you received the Gospel; as a martyr you cannot be turned away; as God’s brother you have freedom to speak; as Hierarch you have the right to intercede. Implore Christ God that our souls may be saved. [EL]

Ὡς τοῦ Κυρίου μαθητής, ἀνεδέξω Δίκαιε τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον· ὡς Μάρτυς ἔχεις τὸ ἀπαράτρεπτον· τὴν παῤῥησίαν ὡς Ἀδελφόθεος, τὸ πρεσβεύειν ὡς Ἱεράρχης. Ἱκέτευε Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ, σωθῆναι τὰς ψυχὰς ἠμών.

Κοντάκιον Ἁγ. Ἰακώβου.

Tone 4. Lifted up on the Cross.

Ὁ ὑψωθεὶς ἐν τῷ Σταυρῷ.

The Only-begotten of the Father, God the Word, who dwelt among us in these last days, declared you, venerable James, first shepherd and teacher of Jerusalem, and faithful steward of the spiritual mysteries; therefore, O Apostle, we all honour you. [EL]

Ὁ του Πατρὸς μονογενὴς Θεὸς Λόγος, ἐπιδημήσας πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων, τῶν ἡμερῶν Ἰάκωβε θεσπέσιε, πρῶτόν σε ἀνέδειξε τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων, Ποιμένα καὶ Διδάσκαλον, καὶ πιστὸν οἰκονόμον, τῶν Μυστηρίων τῶν πνευματικῶν· ὄθεν σε πάντες τιμῶμεν Ἀπόστολε.

Κοντάκιον Ἁγ. Νικολάου.

Tone 3. Today the Virgin.

Ἡ Παρθένος σήμερον.

In Myra, O Saint, you were revealed as priest, for having fulfilled Christ’s Gospel you laid down your life for your people; you saved the innocent from death; therefore you have been hallowed as a great initiate of God’s grace. [EL]

Ἐν τοῖς Μύροις Ἅγιε, ἱερουργὸς ἀνεδείχθης· τοῦ Χριστοῦ γὰρ Ὅσιε, τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον πληρώσας, ἔθηκας τὴν ψυχήν σου ὑπὲρ λαοῦ σου, ἔσωσας τοὺς ἀθώους ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου· διὰ τοῦτο ἡγιάσθης, ὡς μέγας μύστης Θεοῦ τῆς χάριτος.

Ἀπολυτίκιον Ἁγ. Δημητρίου.

Tone 3. Your confession.

Θείας πίστεως.

The whole world has found you as a mighty champion in dangers, O victor, who rout the nations. Therefore as you destroyed the pride of Lyaios in the stadium by giving Nestor courage, holy great Martyr Demetrios, implore Christ God to grant us his great mercy. [EL]

Μέγαν εὕρατο ἐν τοῖς κινδύνοις, σὲ ὑπέρμαχον ἡ οἰκουμένη, Ἀθλοφόρε τὰ ἔθνη τροπούμενον. Ὡς οὖν Λυαίου καθεῖλες τὴν ἔπαρσιν, ἐν τῷ σταδίῳ θαῤῥύνας τὸν Νέστορα, οὕτως Ἅγιε, Μεγαλομάρτυς Δημήτριε, Χριστὸν τὸν Θεὸν ἱκέτευε, δωρήσασθαι ἡμῖν τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.

Ἀπολυτίκιον Ἁγ. Παντελεήμονος.

Tone 3.

O holy Champion and Healer, Panteleimon, intercede with the merciful God to grant our souls forgiveness of sins. [EL]

Ἀθλοφόρε ἅγιε, καὶ ἰαματικὲ Παντελεῆμον, πρέσβευε τῷ ἐλεήμονι Θεῷ, ἵνα πταισμάτων ἄφεσιν, παράσχῃ ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἡμῶν.

Ἀπολυτίκιον Ἁγ. Ἀναργύρων.

Tone 8.

Holy Unmercenaries and Wonderworkers, visit our weaknesses; freely you have received, freely give to us. [EL]

Ἅγιοι Ἀνάργυροι καὶ θαυματουργοί, ἐπισκέψασθε τὰς ἀσθενείας ἡμῶν, δωρεὰν ἐλάβετε, δωρεὰν δότε ἡμῖν.

Κοντάκιον Ἁγ. Ἰωάννου τοῦ Θεολόγου.

Tone 2.

Who will recount your mighty works, O Virgin? For you pour out wonders, are a fount of healing, and you intercede on behalf of our souls, as Theologian and friend of Christ. [EL]

Τὰ μεγαλεῖά σου Παρθένε τίς διηγήσεται; βρύεις γὰρ θαύματα, καὶ πηγάζεις ἰάματα, καὶ πρεσβεύεις ὑπὲρ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν, ὡς Θεολόγος καὶ φίλος Χριστοῦ.

Θεοτοκίον.

Tone 2.

Seeking the things on high.

Invincible rampart, fervent intercession, * the wellspring of mercy, refuge of the world, to you * we all cry insistently, * ''Sovereign Lady, Mother who bore our God, * hasten, from perils swiftly set us free, * alone you are ever swift in our defence''. [EL]

Πρεσβεία θερμή, καὶ τεῖχος ἀπροσμάχητον, ἐλέους πηγή, τοῦ κόσμου καταφύγιον, ἐκτενῶς βοῶμέν σοι· Θεοτόκε Δέσποινα, πρόφθασον, καὶ ἐκ κινδύνων λύτρωσαι ἡμᾶς, ἡ μόνη ταχέως προστατεύουσα.

1st Epistle

Ἀπόστολος Αʹ

The Apostle is read by the Deacon.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us attend.

Tusikilize.

Πρόσχωμεν.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Prokeimenon Tone 1.

Zaburi Sauti 1

Προκείμενον. Ἦχος αʹ. Ψαλμὸς 32.

Γένοιτο, Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς.

Verse:

Mstari

Στίχ. Ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, δίκαιοι, ἐν Κυρίῳ.

PRIEST

KASISI

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Wisdom.

Hekima.

Σοφία.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

The reading is from the Universal Letter of James.

Somo kutoka kwa

Καθολικῆς Ἐπιστολῆς Ἰακώβου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

PRIEST

KASISI

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Let us attend.

Tusikilize.

Πρόσχωμεν.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Jas. (5:10-16)

(5:10-16)

Ιακ (Κεφ. εʹ 10 – 16)

My brethren, consider as an example of suffering and patience the prophets who spoke in the Name of the Lord. Behold, we call those who endure blessed. You have heard of the patience of Job and you have seen the Lord in the outcome, how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy. But above all things, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or earth, or by any other oath. Instead, let your “yes” be “yes,” and your “no,” “no,” so that you may not fall into hypocrisy. Are any among you suffering? Let them pray. Are any cheerful? Let them sing praises! Are any among you sick? Let them call for the presbyters of the Church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the Name of the Lord. The prayer of faith will heal those who are sick and the Lord will raise them up. If they have committed sins, they will be forgiven. Confess your offenses to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective! [EOB]

Ndugu, mkitaka kuona mfano wa subira na uvumilivu katika mateso, fikirini juu ya manabii ambao walinena kwa jina la Bwana. Tunawaita hao wenye heri kwa sababu walivumilia. Mmesikia habari za uvumilivu wa Yobu, na mnajua jinsi Bwana alivyomtendea mwishoni. Maana Bwana amejaa huruma na rehema. Zaidi ya hayo yote, ndugu zangu, msiape kwa mbingu, wala kwa dunia, wala kwa kitu kingine chochote. Semeni "Ndiyo" kama maana yenu ni ndiyo, na "La" kama maana yenu ni la, na hapo hamtahukumiwa na Mungu. Je, pana mtu yeyote miongoni mwenu aliye na shida? Anapaswa kusali. Je, yuko mwenye furaha? Anapaswa kuimba nyimbo za sifa. Je, yuko mgonjwa kati yenu? Anapaswa kuwaita wazee wa kanisa, nao watamwombea na kumpaka mafuta kwa jina la Bwana. Wakiomba kwa imani mgonjwa ataponyeshwa; Bwana atampatia nafuu, na dhambi alizotenda zitaondolewa. Basi, ungamanieni dhambi zenu, na ombeaneni, ili mpate kuponywa. Sala ya mtu mwema ina nguvu ya kutenda mengi. [[SWA]]

Ἀδελφοί, ὑπόδειγμα λάβετε τῆς κακοπαθείας καὶ τῆς μακροθυμίας τοὺς προφήτας, οἳ ἐλάλησαν ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου. Ἰδοὺ μακαρίζομεν τοὺς ὑπομένοντας· τὴν ὑπομονὴν Ἰὼβ ἠκούσατε, καὶ τὸ τέλος Κυρίου εἴδετε, ὅτι πολυεύσπλαγχνός ἐστιν ὁ Κύριος καὶ οἰκτίρμων. Πρὸ πάντων δέ, ἀδελφοί μου, μὴ ὀμνύετε μήτε τὸν οὐρανόν, μήτε τὴν γῆν, μήτε ἄλλον τινὰ ὅρκον· ἤτω δὲ ὑμῶν τὸ ναὶ ναί· καὶ τὸ οὔ, οὔ, ἵνα μὴ εἰς ὑπόκρισιν πέσητε. Κακοπαθεῖ τις ἐν ὑμῖν; προσευχέσθω· εὐθυμεῖ τις; ψαλλέτω· ἀσθενεῖ τις ἐν ὑμῖν; προσκαλεσάσθω τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τῆς ἐκκλησίας, καὶ προσευξάσθωσαν ἐπʼ αὐτόν, ἀλείψαντες αὐτὸν ἐλαίῳ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Κυρίου· καὶ ἡ εὐχὴ τῆς πίστεως σώσει τὸν κάμνοντα, καὶ ἐγερεῖ αὐτὸν ὁ Κύριος· κἂν ἁμαρτίας ᾖ πεποιηκώς, ἀφεθήσεται αὐτῷ. Ἐξομολογεῖσθε ἀλλήλοις τὰ παραπτώματα, καὶ εὔχεσθε ὑπὲρ ἀλλήλων, ὅπως ἰαθῆτε· πολὺ ἰσχύει δέησις δικαίου ἐνεργουμένη.

Alleluia. Tone 8. Psalm 100.

Alleluia. Zaburi ya 100 (101).

Ἀλληλούϊα. Ψαλμὸς Ρʹ (100).

I will sing to you of mercy and judgment, O Lord.

Rehema na hukumu nitaziimba, Ee BWANA, nitakuimbia zaburi.

Ἔλεος καὶ κρίσιν ᾄσομαί σοι, Κύριε·

PEOPLE

WATU

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Alleluia, Alleluia, a|leluia.

Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα.

1st Gospel.

Εὐαγγέλιον Αʹ

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Wisdom. Stand upright. Let us listen to the Holy Gospel.

Hekima. Simameni wima. tusikilize Evanjelio Takatifu.

Σοφία. Ὀρθοί. Ἀκούσωμεν τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου.

PRIEST

KASISI

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Peace to all.

Amani kwa wote.

Εἰρήνη πᾶσι.

( And to your spirit. )

( Na iwe kwa roho yako. )

( Καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου. )

PRIEST

KASISI

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

The reading is from the Holy Gospel according to Luke.

Injili Takatifu kama ilivyoandikwa na

Ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ Λουκᾶν ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us attend.

Tusikilize.

Πρόσχωμεν.

( Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you. )

( Utukufu kwako, Ee Bwana, utukufu kwako. )

( Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι. )

PRIEST

KASISI

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

(Κεφ. ιʹ 25 – 37)

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, νομικός τις προσῆλθε τῷ Ἰησοῦ πειράζων αὐτὸν καὶ λέγων· Διδάσκαλε, τί ποιήσας ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω; Ὁ δὲ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτόν· Ἐν τῷ νόμῳ τί γέγραπται; πῶς ἀναγινώσκεις; Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· Ἀγαπήσεις Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου, ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας σου, καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ψυχῆς σου, καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ἰσχύος σου, καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς διανοίας σου, καὶ τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν· Εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ· Ὀρθῶς ἀπεκρίθης· τοῦτο ποίει καὶ ζήσῃ. Ὁ δὲ θέλων δικαιοῦν ἑαυτόν, εἶπε πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν· Καὶ τίς ἐστί μου πλησίον; Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· Ἄνθρωπός τις κατέβαινεν ἀπὸ Ἱερουσαλὴμ εἰς Ἰεριχὼ καὶ λησταῖς περιέπεσεν· οἳ καὶ ἐκδύσαντες αὐτόν, καὶ πληγὰς ἐπιθέντες, ἀπῆλθον, ἀφέντες ἡμιθανῆ τυγχάνοντα. Κατὰ συγκυρίαν δὲ Ἱερεύς τις κατέβαινεν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ἐκείνῃ· καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὸν ἀντιπαρῆλθεν. Ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ Λευῒτης, γενόμενος κατὰ τὸν τόπον, ἐλθὼν καὶ ἰδών, ἀντιπαρῆλθε. Σαμαρείτης δέ τις ὁδεύων, ἦλθε κατʼ αὐτόν, καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτόν, ἐσπλαγχνίσθη. Καὶ προσελθὼν κατέδησε τὰ τραύματα αὐτοῦ ἐπιχέων ἔλαιον καὶ οἶνον· ἐπιβιβάσας δὲ αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ ἴδιον κτῆνος, ἤγαγεν αὐτὸν εἰς πανδοχεῖον, καὶ ἐπεμελήθη αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν αὔριον ἐξελθών, ἐκβαλὼν δύο δηνάρια, ἔδωκε τῷ πανδοχεῖ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Ἐπιμελήθητι αὐτοῦ· καὶ ὅ,τι ἂν προσδαπανήσῃς, ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ ἐπανέρχεσθαί με ἀποδώσω σοι. Τίς οὖν τούτων τῶν τριῶν πλησίον δοκεῖ σοι γεγονέναι τοῦ ἐμπεσόντος εἰς τοὺς ληστάς; Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· Ὁ ποιήσας τὸ ἔλεος μετʼ αὐτοῦ. Εἶπεν οὖν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Πορεύου καὶ σὺ ποίει ὁμοίως.

Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you.

Utukufu kwako, Ee Bwana, utukufu kwako.

Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Have mercy on us, O God, according to your great mercy, we pray you, hear and have mercy.

Utuhurumie, Ee Mungu kadiri ya huruma yako kubwa, tunakuomba utusikilize na kutuhurumia.

Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου, δεόμεθά σου, ἐπάκουσον καὶ ἐλέησον.

( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ ἐλέους, ζωῆς, εἰρήνης, ὑγείας, σωτηρίας, ἐπισκέψεως, συγχωρήσεως καὶ ἀφέσεως τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τῶν δούλων τοῦ Θεοῦ, πάντων τῶν προσελθόντων ἐν τῷ Ἁγίῳ Μυστηρίῳ τούτῳ, καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ συγχωρηθῆναι αὐτοῖς πᾶν πλημμέλημα ἑκούσιόν τε καὶ ἀκούσιον.

( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

PRIEST

KASISI

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

For you, O God, are merciful, and love mankind, and to you we give glory, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Kwa kuwa U Mungu mrahimu na mpenda wanadamu, na kwako tunatoa utukufu, kwa Baba na Mwana na Roho Mtakatifu, sasa na siku zote hata milele na milele.

Ὅτι ἐλεήμων καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Θεὸς ὑπάρχεις, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Amina. )

( Ἀμήν. )

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us pray to the Lord.

Tumwombe Bwana.

Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana, hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

And the Priest says this Prayer:

PRIEST

KASISI

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

1st Prayer.

Εὐχὴ Αʹ

O God without beginning and without end, Holy of Holies, who sent forth your Only-begotten Son to heal every disease and every weakness of our souls and bodies, send down your Holy Spirit and hallow this oil; and cause it to be for your servants who are anointed for complete deliverance from their sins, for inheritance of the Kingdom of heaven. [EL]

Ἄναρχε, ἀδιάδοχε, ἅγιε ἁγίων, ὁ τὸν μονογενῆ σου Υἱὸν ἐξαποστείλας, ἰώμενον πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν τῶν ψυχῶν καὶ τῶν σωμάτων ἡμῶν, κατάπεμψον τὸ ἅγιόν σου Πνεῦμα, καὶ ἁγίασον τὸ ἔλαιον τοῦτο· καὶ ποίησον αὐτὸ χριομένοις τοῖς σοῖς δούλοις, εἰς τελείαν ἀπολύτρωσιν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν, εἰς βασιλείας οὐρανῶν κληρονομίαν.

Note that some say this Prayer only as far as here with the conclusion: For yours it is to have mercy… while others continue to the end.

Σὸν γάρ ἐστι τὸ ἐλεεῖν…

For you are God, great and wonderful, who keep your covenant and your mercy to those who love you. Through your holy child Jesus Christ you give deliverance from sins; you have given us new birth from sin, you give light to the blind, set upright those are cast down; you love the righteous and are merciful to sinners; you have called us back from darkness and the shadow of death, saying to those in chains: Come forth, and to those in darkness reveal yourselves. For in our hearts has shone the light of the knowledge of your Only-begotten Son, since for us he appeared on earth and lived among men. And to as many as received him he gave power to become your children, O God, granting us the grace of sonship through the washing of rebirth, and causing us to have no part in the domination of the devil. Since he did not consider it good for there to be cleansing by blood but by holy Oil, he has given us the sign of his Cross for us to become Christ’s flock, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, having purified us by water and hallowed us by the holy Spirit. Do you, Master and Lord, give grace for this your service, as you gave Moses your servant, Samuel your beloved, John your chosen one and all those who in each generation have been well-pleasing to you. So make us too servants of the new Testament of your Son for this oil, which you have made your own by your precious Blood, that having put off worldly desires we may die to sin and live to righteousness, having put on our Lord Jesus Christ through the anointing of sanctification of the Oil which is about to be applied. May this oil, Lord, be an oil of gladness, an oil of sanctification, a royal garment, a breastplate of power, a protection against every operation of the devil, an inviolable seal, joy of heart, eternal delight, that all who are anointed with this oil of rebirth may become fearsome to their enemies and shine brightly with the brightness of your Saints, without spot or wrinkle, and that they may be received into your eternal rest and receive the prize of their high calling. [EL]

Σὺ γὰρ εἶ ὁ Θεός, ὁ μέγας καὶ θαυμαστός, ὁ φυλάσσων τὴν διαθήκην σου καὶ τὸ ἔλεός σου τοῖς ἀγαπῶσί σε· ὁ διδοὺς λύτρωσιν ἁμαρτιῶν διὰ τοῦ ἁγίου σου παιδὸς Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· ὁ ἀναγεννήσας ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας· ὁ φωτίζων τοὺς τυφλοὺς καὶ ἀνορθῶν τοὺς κατεῤῥαγμένους· ὁ ἀγαπῶν τοὺς δικαίους καὶ τοὺς ἁμαρτωλοὺς ἐλεῶν· ὁ ἀνακαινίσας ἡμᾶς ἐκ σκότους καὶ σκιᾶς θανάτου, λέγων τοῖς ἐν δεσμοῖς «Ἐξέλθετε» καὶ τοῖς ἐν τῷ σκότει «Ἀνακαλύπτεσθε». Ἔλαμψε γὰρ ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν τὸ φῶς τῆς ἐπιγνώσεως τοῦ Μονογενοῦς σου Υἱοῦ, ἀφʼ οὗ διʼ ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὤφθη, καὶ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις συνανεστράφη· καὶ τοῖς δεξαμένοις αὐτὸν ἔδωκεν ἐξουσίαν τέκνα σοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ γενέσθαι, διὰ λουτροῦ παλιγγενεσίας τὴν υἱοθεσίαν ἡμῖν χαρισάμενος, ἀμετόχους ἡμᾶς ἐποίησεν ἐκ τῆς καταδυναστείας τοῦ διαβόλου· ἐπεὶ οὐκ εὐδόκησεν ἐν αἵματι καθαρίζεσθαι, ἀλλʼ ἐν ἐλαίῳ ἁγίῳ ἔδωκε τὸν τύπον τοῦ Σταυροῦ αὐτοῦ, εἰς τὸ γενέσθαι ἡμᾶς Χριστοῦ ποίμνιον, βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα, ἔθνος ἅγιον, καθαρίσας ἡμᾶς ἐν ὕδατι, καὶ ἁγιάσας ἐν τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι· αὐτός, Δέσποτα Κύριε, δὸς Χάριν εἰς τὴν διακονίαν σου ταύτην, ὡς ἔδωκας Μωσεῖ τῷ θεράποντί σου, καὶ Σαμουὴλ τῷ ἠγαπημένῳ σου, καὶ Ἰωάννῃ τῷ ἐκλεκτῷ σου, καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς καθʼ ἑκάστην γενεὰν εὐαρεστήσασί σοι· οὕτω ποίησον καὶ ἡμᾶς γενέσθαι διακόνους τῆς Καινῆς τοῦ Υἱοῦ σου Διαθήκης ἐπὶ τὸ ἔλαιον τοῦτο, ἣν περιεποιήσω τῷ τιμίῳ αὐτοῦ Αἵματι· ἵνα, ἀποδυσάμενοι τὰς κοσμικὰς ἐπιθυμίας, ἀποθάνωμεν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ καὶ ζήσωμεν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ, ἐνδυσάμενοι τὸν Κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, διὰ τῆς χρίσεως τοῦ ἁγιασμοῦ τοῦ μέλλοντος ἐλαίου ἐπάγεσθαι. Γένοιτο, Κύριε, τὸ ἔλαιον τοῦτο, ἔλαιον ἀγαλλιάσεως, ἔλαιον ἁγιασμοῦ, ἔνδυμα βασιλικόν, θώραξ δυνάμεως, πάσης διαβολικῆς ἐνεργείας ἀποτρόπαιον, σφραγὶς ἀνεπιβούλευτος, ἀγαλλίαμα καρδίας, εὐφροσύνη αἰώνιος· ἵνα καὶ ἐν τούτῳ οἱ χριόμενοι, τῷ τῆς ἀναγεννήσεως ἐλαίῳ, φοβεροὶ ὦσι τοῖς ὑπεναντίοις καὶ λάμψωσιν ἐν ταῖς λαμπρότησι τῶν Ἁγίων σου, μὴ ἔχοντες σπίλον, ἢ ῥυτίδα, καὶ εἰσδεχθῶσιν εἰς τὰς αἰωνίους σου ἀναπαύσεις, καὶ δέξωνται τὸ βραβεῖον τῆς ἄνω κλήσεως.

For yours it is to have mercy and to save us, O our God, and to you we give glory, to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Kwa kuwa kutuhurumia na kutuokoa ni Kwako, Ee Mungu wetu na Kwako tunatoa, utukufu kwa Baba, na Mwana, na Roho Mtakatifu, sasa na sikuzote hata milele na milele.

Σὸν γάρ ἐστι τὸ ἐλεεῖν καὶ σώζειν ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρί, καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ, καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν, καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Amina. )

( Ἀμήν. )

And after the Prayer the Priest takes some of the holy Oil and anoints the person making the Efchelaion, saying the following Prayer:

Πάτερ ἅγιε, ἰατρὲ τῶν ψυχῶν καὶ τῶν σωμάτων, ὁ πέμψας τὸν μονογενῆ σου Υἱόν, τὸν Κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, πᾶσαν νόσον ἰώμενον καὶ ἐκ θανάτου λυτρούμενον, ἴασαι καὶ τοὺς δούλους σου, ἐκ τῆς περιεχούσης αὐτοὺς σωματικῆς καὶ ψυχικῆς ἀσθενείας, καὶ ζωοποίησον αὐτούς, διὰ τῆς χάριτος τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου· πρεσβείαις τῆς Ὑπεραγίας, Δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας, δυνάμει τοῦ τιμίου καὶ ζωοποιοῦ Σταυροῦ· προστασίαις τῶν τιμίων, ἐπουρανίων Δυνάμεων ἀσωμάτων· τοῦ τιμίου καὶ ἐνδόξου, προφήτου, προδρόμου και βαπτιστοῦ Ἰωάννου, τῶν ἁγίων ἐνδόξων καὶ πανευφήμων Ἀποστόλων· τῶν ἁγίων ἐνδόξων καὶ καλλινίκων Μαρτύρων· τῶν ὁσίων καὶ θεοφόρων Πατερων ἡμῶν· τῶν ἁγίων καὶ ἰαματικῶν Ἀναργύρων, Κοσμᾶ καὶ Δαμιανοῦ, Κύρου καὶ Ἰωάννου, Παντελεήμονος καὶ Ἑρμολάου, Σαμψὼν καὶ Διομήδους, Μωκίου καὶ Ἀνικήτου, Θαλλελαίου καὶ Τρύφωνος· τῶν ἁγίων καὶ δικαίων θεοπατόρων Ἰωακεὶμ καὶ Ἄννης καὶ πάντων τῶν Ἁγίων.

Ὅτι σὺ εἰ ἡ πηγὴ τῶν ἰαμάτων, ὁ Θεός, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρί, καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ, καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν, καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

For you are the fount of healings, O God, our God, and to you we give glory, to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and to the ages of ages.

( Amen. )

( Amina. )

( Ἀμήν. )

2nd Epistle

Ἀπόστολος Βʹ

PRIEST

KASISI

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Let us attend.

Tusikilize.

Πρόσχωμεν.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Prokeimenon Tone 2.

Zaburi Sauti 2.

Προκείμενον. Ἦχος βʹ. Ψαλμὸς 117.

The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.

BWANA ni nguvu zangu na wimbo wangu, naye amekuwa wokovu wangu.

Ἰσχύς μου καὶ ὕμνησίς μου ὁ Κύριος καὶ ἐγένετό μοι εἰς σωτηρίαν.

Verse: The Lord has chastised me greatly, but he has not abandoned me to death.

Mstari BWANA ameniadhibu sana, lakini hakuniacha nife.

Στίχ. Παιδεύων ἐπαίδευσέ με ὁ Κύριος καὶ τῷ θανάτῳ οὐ παρέδωκέ με.

PRIEST

KASISI

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Wisdom.

Hekima.

Σοφία.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

The reading is from Paul’s Letter to the Romans.

Somo kutoka kwa

Πρὸς Ρωμαίους Ἐπιστολῆς Παύλου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

PRIEST

KASISI

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Let us attend.

Tusikilize.

Πρόσχωμεν.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Rom. 15:1 – 7

(15:1-7)

Ρωμ (Κεφ. ιεʹ 1 – 7)

Brethren, we who are strong should bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not {just} please ourselves. Let each one of us please our neighbor for what is good, to be edifying to him. Even Christ did not please himself. But, as it is written, “The insults of those who insulted you fell on me.” For whatever things were written before were written for our instruction, so that through patience and the Scriptures’ encouragement we might have hope. Now may the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to be together of the same mind according to Christ Jesus, so that with one accord, you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God. [EOB]

Ndugu zangu, sisi tulio imara katika imani tunapaswa kuwasaidia wale walio dhaifu wayakabili matatizo yao. Tusijipendelee sisi wenyewe tu. Kila mmoja wetu anapaswa kumpendeza jirani yake kwa wema ili huyo apate kujijenga katika imani. Maana Kristo hakujipendelea mwenyewe; ila alikuwa kama yasemavyo Maandiko: "Kashfa zote walizokutolea wewe zimenipata mimi." Maana, yote yaliyoandikwa yameandikwa kwa ajili ya kutufundisha sisi ili kutokana na saburi na faraja tupewayo na hayo Maandiko Matakatifu tupate kuwa na matumaini. Mungu aliye msingi wa saburi na faraja yote, awajalieni nyinyi kuwa na msimamo mmoja kufuatana na mfano wake Kristo Yesu, ili nyinyi nyote, kwa nia moja na sauti moja, mumtukuze Mungu, Baba wa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo. Basi, karibishaneni kwa ajili ya utukufu wa Mungu kama naye Kristo alivyowakaribisheni. [[SWA]]

Ἀδελφοί, ὀφείλομεν ἡμεῖς οἱ δυνατοὶ τὰ ἀσθενήματα τῶν ἀδυνάτων βαστάζειν, καὶ μὴ ἑαυτοῖς ἀρέσκειν. Ἕκαστος γὰρ ἡμῶν τῷ πλησίον ἀρεσκέτω εἰς τὸ ἀγαθὸν πρὸς οἰκοδομήν· καὶ γὰρ ὁ Χριστὸς οὐχ ἑαυτῷ ἤρεσεν, ἀλλὰ καθὼς γέγραπται· Οἱ ὀνειδισμοὶ τῶν ὀνειδιζόντων σε ἐπέπεσον ἐπʼ ἐμέ. Ὅσα γὰρ προεγράφη, εἰς τὴν ἡμετέραν διδασκαλίαν προεγράφη, ἵνα διὰ τῆς ὑπομονῆς καὶ τῆς παρακλήσεως τῶν γραφῶν, τὴν ἐλπίδα ἔχωμεν. Ὁ δὲ Θεὸς τῆς ὑπομονῆς καὶ τῆς παρακλήσεως δῴη ὑμῖν τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν ἐν ἀλλήλοις κατὰ Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν· ἵνα ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐν ἑνὶ στόματι δοξάζητε τὸν Θεὸν καὶ Πατέρα τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Διὸ προσλαμβάνεσθε ἀλλήλους, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς προσελάβετο ἡμᾶς εἰς δόξαν Θεοῦ.

Alleluia. Tone 5. Psalm 88.

Alleluia. Zaburi ya 88 (89).

Ἀλληλούϊα. Ψαλμὸς ΠΗʹ (88).

PEOPLE

WATU

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Alleluia, Alleluia, a|leluia.

Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα.

Verse: I will sing of your mercies, O Lord, forever.

Mstari

Στίχ.

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Alleluia, Alleluia, a|leluia.

Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα.

2nd Gospel

Εὐαγγέλιον Βʹ

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Wisdom. Stand upright. Let us listen to the Holy Gospel.

Hekima. Simameni wima. tusikilize Evanjelio Takatifu.

Σοφία. Ὀρθοί. Ἀκούσωμεν τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου.

PRIEST

KASISI

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Peace to all.

Amani kwa wote.

Εἰρήνη πᾶσι.

( And to your spirit. )

( Na iwe kwa roho yako. )

( Καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου. )

PRIEST

KASISI

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

The reading is from the Holy Gospel according to Luke.

Injili Takatifu kama ilivyoandikwa na

Ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ Λουκᾶν ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us attend.

Tusikilize.

Πρόσχωμεν.

( Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you. )

( Utukufu kwako, Ee Bwana, utukufu kwako. )

( Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι. )

PRIEST

KASISI

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

(Κεφ. ιθʹ 1 – 10)

At that time, Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. And there was a man named Zacchaios; he was a chief collector, and rich. And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not, on account of the crowd, because he was small of stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaios, make haste and come down; for I must stay at your house today.” So he made haste and came down, and received him joyfully. And when they saw it they all murmured, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” And Zacchaios stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of anything, I restore it fourfold.” And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost.” [RSV]

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ διήρχετο ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὴν Ἰεριχώ. Καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ ὀνόματι καλούμενος Ζακχαῖος· καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν ἀρχιτελώνης, καὶ οὗτος ἦν πλούσιος. Καὶ ἐζήτει ἰδεῖν τὸν Ἰησοῦν τίς ἐστι, καὶ οὐκ ἠδύνατο ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄχλου, ὅτι τῇ ἡλικίᾳ μικρὸς ἦν. Kαὶ προδραμὼν ἔμπροσθεν, ἀνέβη ἐπὶ συκομορέαν, ἵνα ἴδῃ αὐτόν, ὅτι διʼ ἐκείνης ἤμελλε διέρχεσθαι. Καὶ ὡς ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον, ἀναβλέψας ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶδεν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν· Ζακχαῖε, σπεύσας κατάβηθι· σήμερον γὰρ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ σου δεῖ με μεῖναι. Καὶ σπεύσας κατέβη, καὶ ὑπεδέξατο αὐτὸν χαίρων. Καὶ ἰδόντες πάντες διεγόγγυζον λέγοντες ὅτι παρὰ ἁμαρτωλῷ ἀνδρὶ εἰσῆλθε καταλῦσαι. Σταθεὶς δὲ Ζακχαῖος εἶπε πρὸς τὸν Κύριον· Ἰδοὺ τὰ ἡμίση τῶν ὑπαρχόντων μου, Κύριε, δίδωμι τοῖς πτωχοῖς, καὶ εἴ τινός τι ἐσυκοφάντησα, ἀποδίδωμι τετραπλοῦν. Εἶπε δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, ὅτι σήμερον σωτηρία τῷ οἴκῳ τούτῳ ἐγένετο, καθότι καὶ αὐτὸς υἱὸς Ἀβραάμ ἐστιν. Ἦλθε γὰρ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ζητῆσαι καὶ σῶσαι τὸ ἀπολωλός.

PEOPLE

WATU

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you.

Utukufu kwako, Ee Bwana, utukufu kwako.

Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Have mercy on us, O God, according to your great mercy, we pray you, hear and have mercy.

Utuhurumie, Ee Mungu kadiri ya huruma yako kubwa, tunakuomba utusikilize na kutuhurumia.

Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου, δεόμεθά σου, ἐπάκουσον καὶ ἐλέησον.

( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ ἐλέους, ζωῆς, εἰρήνης, ὑγείας, σωτηρίας, ἐπισκέψεως, συγχωρήσεως καὶ ἀφέσεως τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τῶν δούλων τοῦ Θεοῦ, πάντων τῶν προσελθόντων ἐν τῷ Ἁγίῳ Μυστηρίῳ τούτῳ, καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ συγχωρηθῆναι αὐτοῖς πᾶν πλημμέλημα ἑκούσιόν τε καὶ ἀκούσιον.

( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

PRIEST

KASISI

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

For you, O God, are merciful, and love mankind, and to you we give glory, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Kwa kuwa U Mungu mrahimu na mpenda wanadamu, na kwako tunatoa utukufu, kwa Baba na Mwana na Roho Mtakatifu, sasa na siku zote hata milele na milele.

Ὅτι ἐλεήμων καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Θεὸς ὑπάρχεις, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Amina. )

( Ἀμήν. )

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us pray to the Lord.

Tumwombe Bwana.

Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana, hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

And the Priest says this Prayer:

PRIEST

KASISI

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

3rd Prayer.

Εὐχὴ Βʹ

O God, great and most high, who are worshipped by all creation, the fount of wisdom, the truly unfathomable abyss of goodness and the boundless ocean of compassion, do you, Master who love mankind, God of things eternal and wonderful, whom no human by taking thought is able to grasp, look upon, hearken to us your unworthy servants, and where we bring this Oil in your great name send down the healings of your gift and forgiveness of sins and heal them in the multitude of your mercy. Yes, Lord who are easy to be entreated, alone merciful and lover of mankind, who repent over our evil deeds, who know that the mind of mortals is bent upon wickedness from their youth, who do not want the death of sinners, but that turn back and live, who, being God, for the salvation of sinners became man, for the sake of your creature being made a creature. It is you who said: I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance; you who sought the lost sheep; you who diligently sought the lost coin, and found it; you who said: The one who comes to me I will in no way cast out; you who did not abhor the Harlot when she drenched your honoured feet with her tears; you who said: As often as you fall, arise and you will be saved; you who said: There is joy in heaven over one sinner who repents. Look then, compassionate Master, from your holy height, overshadowing us sinners and your unworthy servants with the grace of the holy Spirit at this hour, and make your dwelling in your servants, who acknowledge their own offences and approach you in faith. And receiving them by your own love for mankind, and pardoning them whatever they have offended by word or deed or in thought, cleanse and purify them from every sin. And, being ever present to them, keep them during the remaining time of their life walking in your statutes so as to be no longer a laughing stock to the devil, that your all-holy name may be glorified in them. [EL]

Ὁ Θεὸς ὁ μέγας καὶ ὕψιστος, ὁ ὑπὸ πάσης κτίσεως προσκυνούμενος, ἡ τῆς σοφίας πηγή, ἡ τῆς ἀγαθότητος ὄντως ἀνεξιχνίαστος ἄβυσσος, καὶ τῆς εὐσπλαγχνίας ἀπεριόριστον πέλαγος· αὐτός, φιλάνθρωπε Δέσποτα, ὁ τῶν προαιωνίων καὶ θαυμασίων Θεός, ὃν οὐδεὶς ἀνθρώπων, ἐννοῶν, ἰσχύει καταλαβέσθαι, ἐπίβλεψον, εἰσάκουσον ἡμῶν τῶν ἀναξίων δούλων σου· καὶ ὅπου ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί σου τῷ μεγάλῳ, τὸ ἔλαιον τοῦτο προσάγομεν, κατάπεμψον τῆς σῆς δωρεᾶς τὰ ἰάματα καὶ ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν, καὶ ἴασαι αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ πλήθει τοῦ ἐλέους σου. Ναί, Κύριε εὐδιάλλακτε, ὁ μόνος ἐλεήμων καὶ φιλάνθρωπος, ὁ μετανοῶν ἐπὶ ταῖς κακίαις ἡμῶν, ὁ εἰδὼς ὅτι ἔγκειται ἡ διάνοια τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπὶ τὰ πονηρὰ ἐκ νεότητος αὐτοῦ, ὁ μὴ θέλων τὸν θάνατον τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ, ὡς τὸ ἐπιστρέψαι καὶ ζῆν αὐτόν, ὁ διὰ τὴν τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν σωτηρίαν ἐνανθρωπήσας, Θεὸς ὤν, καὶ πλασθεὶς διὰ τὸ πλάσμα σου· σὺ εἶ ὁ εἰπών· «Οὐκ ἦλθον καλέσαι δικαίους, ἀλλὰ ἁμαρτωλοὺς εἰς μετάνοιαν»· σὺ εἶ ὁ τὸ πρόβατον ζητήσας τὸ ἀπολωλός· σὺ εἶ ὁ τὴν ἀπολομένην δραχμὴν ἐπιμελῶς ζητήσας καὶ εὑρών· σὺ εἶ ὁ εἰπών, ὅτι· «Τὸν ἐρχόμενον πρός με οὐ μὴ ἐκβάλω ἔξω»· σὺ εἶ ὁ τὴν Πόρνην, τοὺς τιμίους σου πόδας δάκρυσι βρέξασαν, μὴ βδελυξάμενος· σὺ εἶ ὁ εἰπών· «Ὁσάκις ἂν πέσῃς, ἔγειραι καὶ σωθήσῃ»· σὺ εἶ ὁ εἰπών, ὅτι· «Χαρὰ γίνεται ἐν οὐρανῷ ἐπὶ ἑνὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ μετανοοῦντι»· αὐτὸς ἔπιδε, εὔσπλαγχνε Δέσποτα, ἐξ ὕψους ἁγίου σου, συνεπισκιάσας ἡμῖν τοῖς ἁμαρτωλοῖς καὶ ἀναξίοις δούλοις σου, ἐν χάριτι τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος ἐν τῇ ὥρᾳ ταύτῃ, καὶ κατασκήνωσον ἐπὶ τοὺς δούλους σου τούτους, τοὺς ἐπεγνωκότας τὰ ἴδια πλημμελήματα καὶ προσιόντας σοι πίστει· καὶ προσδεξάμενος τῇ ἰδίᾳ σου φιλανθρωπίᾳ, εἴ τι ἐπλημμέλησαν ἐν λόγῳ ἢ ἔργῳ ἢ κατὰ διάνοιαν, συγχωρήσας, ἐξάλειψον καὶ κάθαρον αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ πάσης ἁμαρτίας καί, ἀεὶ συμπαρὼν αὐτοῖς, διαφύλαξον τὸν ὑπόλοιπον χρόνον τῆς ζωῆς αὐτῶν, πορευομένους ἐν τοῖς δικαιώμασί σου, πρὸς τὸ μηκέτι ἐπίχαρμα γενέσθαι αὐτοὺς τῷ διαβόλῳ· ἵνα καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς δοξασθῇ τὸ πανάγιον ὄνομά σου.

For yours it is to have mercy and to save us, Christ our God, and to you we give glory, together with your Father, who has no beginning, and your all-holy, good and life-giving Spirit, now and forever, and to the ages of ages.

( Amen. )

( Amina. )

( Ἀμήν. )

3rd Epistle

Ἀπόστολος Γʹ

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us attend.

Tusikilize.

Πρόσχωμεν.

READER

MSOMAJI

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

Prokeimenon Tone 3.

Zaburi Sauti ya 3.

Προκείμενον. Ἦχος γʹ. Ψαλμὸς 26.

Κύριος φωτισμός μου καὶ Σωτήρ μου· τίνα φοβηθήσομαι;

Verse:

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Στίχ. Κύριος υπερασπιστὴς τῆς ζωῆς μου· ἀπὸ τίνος δειλιάσω;

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Wisdom.

Hekima.

Σοφία.

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The reading is from Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians.

Somo kutoka kwa

Πρὸς Κορινθίους Αʹ Ἐπιστολῆς Παύλου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

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Let us attend.

Tusikilize.

Πρόσχωμεν.

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SHEMASI

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1 Cor. 12:27 – 13:8

(12:27-31; 13:1-8)

Αʹ Κορ (Κεφ. ιβʹ 27 – 31, ιγʹ 1 – 8)

Brethren, you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, then healers, helpers, administrators, speakers in various kinds of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. [RSV]

Ndugu zangu, nyinyi nyote ni mwili wa Kristo; kila mmoja wenu ni kiungo cha mwili huo. Mungu ameweka katika kanisa: kwanza mitume, pili manabii, tatu waalimu; kisha ameweka wale wenye kipaji cha kufanya miujiza, kuponya na kusaidia; viongozi na wenye kusema lugha ngeni. Je, wote ni mitume? Wote in manabii? Wote ni waalimu? Wote ni wenye kipaji cha kufanya miujiza? Je, wote ni wenye kipaji cha kuponya? Je, wote ni wenye kipaji cha kusema lugha ngeni? Je, wote hufafanua lugha? Muwe basi, na tamaa ya kupata vipaji muhimu zaidi. Nami sasa niatawonesheni njia bora zaidi kuliko hizi zote. Hata kama nikinena lugha za watu na hata za malaika, lakini kama sina upendo mimi nimekuwa tu kama sauti ya debe tupu au kengele. Tena, naweza kuwa na kipaji cha kutangaza ujumbe wa Mungu, nikafahamu siri zote na kujua kila kitu; naweza kuwa na imani yote hata nikaweza kuihamisha milima, lakini kama sina upendo mimi si kitu. Nikitoa mali yangu yote na kuwapa maskini, na tena nikiutoa mwili wangu uchomwe, kama sina upendo hiyo hainifai chochote. Mwenye upendo huvumilia, hufadhili; mwenye upendo hana wivu, hajidai, wala hajivuni. Mwenye upendo hakosi adabu, hatafuti faida yake binafsi, wala hana wepesi wa hasira; haweki kumbukumbu ya mabaya, hafurahii uovu, bali hufurahia ukweli. Mwenye upendo huvumilia yote, huamini yote, na hustahimili yote. Upendo hauna kikomo kamwe. Kama kuna vipaji vya kutangaza ujumbe wa Mungu, hivyo vitatoweka siku moja; kama ni vipaji vya kusema lugha ngeni, vitakoma; kama kuna elimu, nayo itapita. [[SWA]]

Ἀδελφοί, ὑμεῖς ἔστε σῶμα Χριστοῦ καὶ μέλη ἐκ μέρους. Καὶ οὓς μὲν ἔθετο ὁ Θεὸς ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ, πρῶτον ἀποστόλους, δεύτερον προφήτας, τρίτον διδασκάλους, ἔπειτα δυνάμεις, εἶτα χαρίσματα ἰαμάτων, ἀντιλήψεις, κυβερνήσεις, γένη γλωσσῶν. Μὴ πάντες ἀπόστολοι; μὴ πάντες προφῆται; μὴ πάντες διδάσκαλοι; μὴ πάντες δυνάμεις; μὴ πάντες χαρίσματα ἔχουσιν ἰαμάτων; μὴ πάντες γλώσσαις λαλοῦσι; μὴ πάντες διερμηνεύουσι; Ζηλοῦτε δὲ τὰ χαρίσματα τὰ κρείττονα. Καὶ ἔτι καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν ὁδὸν ὑμῖν δείκνυμι. Ἐὰν ταῖς γλώσσαις τῶν ἀνθρώπων λαλῶ καὶ τῶν ἀγγέλων, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, γέγονα χαλκὸς ἠχῶν ἢ κύμβαλον ἀλαλάζον. Καὶ ἐὰν ἔχω προφητείαν καὶ εἰδῶ τὰ μυστήρια πάντα καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γνῶσιν, καὶ ἐὰν ἔχω πᾶσαν τὴν πίστιν, ὥστε ὄρη μεθιστάνειν, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, οὐδέν εἰμι. Καὶ ἐὰν ψωμίσω πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντά μου, καὶ ἐὰν παραδῶ τὸ σῶμά μου ἵνα καυθήσομαι, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, οὐδὲν ὠφελοῦμαι. Ἡ ἀγάπη μακροθυμεῖ, χρηστεύεται, ἡ ἀγάπη οὐ ζηλοῖ, ἡ ἀγάπη οὐ περπερεύεται, οὐ φυσιοῦται, οὐκ ἀσχημονεῖ, οὐ ζητεῖ τὰ ἑαυτῆς, οὐ παροξύνεται, οὐ λογίζεται τὸ κακόν, οὐ χαίρει ἐπὶ τῇ ἀδικίᾳ, συγχαίρει δὲ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ· πάντα στέγει, πάντα πιστεύει, πάντα ἐλπίζει, πάντα ὑπομένει. Ἡ ἀγάπη οὐδέποτε ἐκπίπτει.

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Peace to you.

Amani kwako Ee Msomaji.

Εἰρήνη σοι τῷ ἀναγινώσκοντι.

Alleluia. Tone 2. Psalm 30.

Alleluia. Zaburi ya 30 (31).

Ἀλληλούϊα. Ψαλμὸς Λʹ (30).

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Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Alleluia, Alleluia, a|leluia.

Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα.

Verse: In you, O Lord, have I hoped, let me not be put to shame forever.

Mstari

Στίχ.

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Alleluia, Alleluia, a|leluia.

Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα.

3rd Gospel.

Εὐαγγέλιον Γʹ

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Wisdom. Stand upright. Let us listen to the Holy Gospel.

Hekima. Simameni wima. tusikilize Evanjelio Takatifu.

Σοφία. Ὀρθοί. Ἀκούσωμεν τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου.

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Peace to all.

Amani kwa wote.

Εἰρήνη πᾶσι.

( And to your spirit. )

( Na iwe kwa roho yako. )

( Καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου. )

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The reading is from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.

Injili Takatifu kama ilivyoandikwa na

Ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ Ματθαῖον ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us attend.

Tusikilize.

Πρόσχωμεν.

( Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you. )

( Utukufu kwako, Ee Bwana, utukufu kwako. )

( Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι. )

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(Κεφ. ιʹ 1, 5 – 8)

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, προσκαλεσάμενος ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς δώδεκα μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν κατὰ πνευμάτων ἀκαθάρτων, ὥστε ἐκβάλλειν αὐτὰ καὶ θεραπεύειν πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν. Τούτους ἀπέστειλεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, παραγγείλας αὐτοῖς λέγων· Εἰς ὁδὸν ἐθνῶν μὴ ἀπέλθητε καὶ εἰς πόλιν Σαμαρειτῶν μὴ εἰσέλθητε· πορεύεσθε δὲ μᾶλλον πρὸς τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ. Πορευόμενοι δὲ κηρύσσετε λέγοντες ὅτι ἤγγικεν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν. Ἀσθενοῦντας θεραπεύετε, λεπροὺς καθαρίζετε, νεκροὺς ἐγείρετε, δαιμόνια ἐκβάλλετε· δωρεὰν ἐλάβετε, δωρεὰν δότε.

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Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you.

Utukufu kwako, Ee Bwana, utukufu kwako.

Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Have mercy on us, O God, according to your great mercy, we pray you, hear and have mercy.

Utuhurumie, Ee Mungu kadiri ya huruma yako kubwa, tunakuomba utusikilize na kutuhurumia.

Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου, δεόμεθά σου, ἐπάκουσον καὶ ἐλέησον.

( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ ἐλέους, ζωῆς, εἰρήνης, ὑγείας, σωτηρίας, ἐπισκέψεως, συγχωρήσεως καὶ ἀφέσεως τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τῶν δούλων τοῦ Θεοῦ, πάντων τῶν προσελθόντων ἐν τῷ Ἁγίῳ Μυστηρίῳ τούτῳ, καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ συγχωρηθῆναι αὐτοῖς πᾶν πλημμέλημα ἑκούσιόν τε καὶ ἀκούσιον.

( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

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For you, O God, are merciful, and love mankind, and to you we give glory, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Kwa kuwa U Mungu mrahimu na mpenda wanadamu, na kwako tunatoa utukufu, kwa Baba na Mwana na Roho Mtakatifu, sasa na siku zote hata milele na milele.

Ὅτι ἐλεήμων καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Θεὸς ὑπάρχεις, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Amina. )

( Ἀμήν. )

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us pray to the Lord.

Tumwombe Bwana.

Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana, hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

And the Priest says this Prayer:

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3rd Prayer.

Εὐχὴ Γʹ

Master almighty, holy King, who chastise and do not put to death, who support those who fall and set upright those who are cast down; who correct the bodily afflictions of mankind, we beseech you, our God, to send your mercy upon this Oil and upon those who are anointed from it in your name, that it may become for them for healing of soul and body, and for the cleansing and driving out of every suffering and every disease and every sickness and of every defilement of flesh and spirit. Yes, Lord, send forth from heaven your healing power; touch the body, quench the fever, calm the suffering and chase away every lurking infirmity. Be the physician of your servants; raise them up from their bed of pain and their couch of distress; give them to your Church safe and sound, well-pleasing to you and doing your will. [EL]

Δέσποτα παντοκράτορ, ἅγιε Βασιλεῦ, ὁ παιδεύων καὶ μὴ θανατῶν, ὁ ὑποστηρίζων τοὺς καταπίπτοντας καὶ ἀνορθῶν τοὺς κατεῤῥαγμένους· ὁ τὰς σωματικὰς θλίψεις διορθούμενος τῶν ἀνθρώπων, αἰτούμεθά σε, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὅπως ἐπαγάγῃς τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐπὶ τὸ ἔλαιον τοῦτο, καὶ τοὺς χριομένους ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου, ἵνα γένηται αὐτοῖς εἰς ἴασιν ψυχῆς τε καὶ σώματος καὶ εἰς καθαρισμὸν καὶ ἀπαλλαγὴν παντὸς πάθους, καὶ πάσης νόσου καὶ μαλακίας καὶ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος. Ναί, Κύριε, τὴν ἰατρικήν σου δύναμιν οὐρανόθεν ἐξαπόστειλον· ἅψαι τοῦ σώματος, σβέσον τὸν πυρετόν, πράϋνον τὸ πάθος, καὶ πᾶσαν λανθάνουσαν ἀσθένειαν ἀποδίωξον. Γενοῦ ἰατρὸς τῶν δούλων σου τούτων· ἐξέγειρον αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ κλίνης ὀδυνηρᾶς καὶ στρωμνῆς κακώσεως· σῴους καὶ ὁλοκλήρους χάρισαι αὐτοὺς τῇ Ἐκκλησίᾳ σου, εὐαρεστοῦντας καὶ ποιοῦντας τὸ θέλημά σου.

For yours it is to have mercy and to save us, O God, our God, and to you we give glory, to Father, Son and holy Spirit, now and forever, and to the ages of ages.

( Amen. )

( Amina. )

( Ἀμήν. )

4th Epistle.

Ἀπόστολος Δʹ

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Let us attend.

Tusikilize.

Πρόσχωμεν.

DEACON

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Prokeimenon Tone 4.

Zaburi Sauti 4.

Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δʹ.

Ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπικαλέσωμαί σε, ταχὺ ἐπάκουσόν μου.

Verse:

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Στίχ. Κύριε, εἰσάκουσον τῆς προσευχῆς μου.

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Wisdom.

Hekima.

Σοφία.

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The reading is from Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians.

Somo kutoka kwa

Πρὸς Κορινθίους Βʹ Ἐπιστολῆς Παύλου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

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Let us attend.

Tusikilize.

Πρόσχωμεν.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

2 Cor. (6:16 – 7:1)

(6:16-18; 7:1)

Βʹ Κορ (Κεφ. Ϛʹ 16 – 18, ζʹ 1)

Brethren, what agreement can there be between God’s sanctuary and idols? For you are a sanctuary of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.” Therefore: ‘Come out from among them and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you. I will be a Father to you. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.” Since we have these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, so that we may bring [our] holiness to completion in the fear of God. [EOB]

Ndugu zangu, sisi ni hekalu la Mungu aliye hai. Kama Mungu mwenyewe alivyosema: "Nitafanya makao yangu kwao, na kuishi kati yao. Nitakuwa Mungu wao, nao watakuwa watu wangu." Kwa hiyo Bwana asema pia: "Ondokeni kati yao, mkajitenge nao; msiguse kitu najisi, nami nitawapokea. Mimi nitakuwa Baba yenu, nanyi mtakuwa wanangu, waume kwa wake, asema Bwana Mwenye Nguvu." Basi, wapenzi wangu, tukiwa tumepewa ahadi hizi zote, na tujitakase na chochote kiwezacho kuchafua miili na roho zetu, tuwe watakatifu kabisa na kuishi kwa kumcha Mungu. [[SWA]]

Ἀδελφοί, ὑμεῖς ναὸς Θεοῦ ἐστε ζῶντος, καθὼς εἶπεν ὁ Θεός, ὅτι· Ἐνοικήσω ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσω, καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτῶν Θεός, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔσονταί μοι λαός. Διὸ ἐξέλθετε ἐκ μέσου αὐτῶν καὶ ἀφορίσθητε, λέγει Κύριος, καὶ ἀκαθάρτου μὴ ἅπτεσθε· κἀγὼ εἰσδέξομαι ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἔσομαι ὑμῖν εἰς πατέρα, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθέ μοι εἰς υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ. Ταύτας οὖν ἔχοντες τὰς ἐπαγγελίας, ἀγαπητοί, καθαρίσωμεν ἑαυτοὺς ἀπὸ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος, ἐπιτελοῦντες ἁγιωσύνην ἐν φόβῳ Θεοῦ.

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Peace to you.

Amani kwako Ee Msomaji.

Εἰρήνη σοι τῷ ἀναγινώσκοντι.

Alleluia. Tone 2.

Alleluia.

Ἀλληλούϊα.

PEOPLE

WATU

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Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Alleluia, Alleluia, a|leluia.

Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα.

Verse: With patience I waited patiently for the Lord, and he attended to me.

Mstari

Στίχ.

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Alleluia, Alleluia, a|leluia.

Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα.

4th Gospel.

Εὐαγγέλιον Δʹ

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Wisdom. Stand upright. Let us listen to the Holy Gospel.

Hekima. Simameni wima. tusikilize Evanjelio Takatifu.

Σοφία. Ὀρθοί. Ἀκούσωμεν τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου.

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Peace to all.

Amani kwa wote.

Εἰρήνη πᾶσι.

( And to your spirit. )

( Na iwe kwa roho yako. )

( Καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου. )

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The reading is from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.

Injili Takatifu kama ilivyoandikwa na

Ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ Ματθαῖον ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us attend.

Tusikilize.

Πρόσχωμεν.

( Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you. )

( Utukufu kwako, Ee Bwana, utukufu kwako. )

( Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι. )

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8:14 – 23

(8:14-23)

ηʹ 14 – 23

At that time, when Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him. When evening came, many who were possessed with demons were brought to him. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick. Thus, what had been spoken through Isaias the prophet was fulfilled: ‘He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.’ Now when Jesus saw great crowds around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side. A scribe came and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go!” Jesus replied, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” Another of his disciples said to Jesus, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.” But Jesus replied, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their [own] dead.” When he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. [EOB]

Wakati huo Yesu alifika nyumbani kwa Petro, akamkuta mama mkwe wa Petro amelala kitandani, ana homa kali. Basi, Yesu akamgusa huyo mama mkono, na homa ikamwacha; akasimama, akamtumikia. Ilipokuwa jioni, walimletea watu wengi waliokuwa wamepagawa na pepo; naye, kwa kusema neno tu, akawafukuza hao pepo. Aliwaponya pia watu wote waliokuwa wagonjwa. Alifanya hivyo ili yale aliyosema nabii Isaya yatimie: "Yeye mwenyewe ameuchukua udhaifu wetu, ameyabeba magonjwa yetu." Yesu alipoona kundi la watu limemzunguka, aliwaamuru wanafunzi wake waende ng''ambo ya ziwa. Mwalimu mmoja wa sheria akamwendea, akamwambia, "Mwalimu, mimi nitakufuata kokote utakakokwenda." Yesu akamjibu, "Mbweha wana mapango, na ndege wana viota; lakini Mwana wa Mtu hana mahali pa kupumzikia." Kisha mtu mwingine miongoni mwa wanafunzi wake akamwambia, "Bwana, niruhusu kwanza niende nikamzike baba yangu." Lakini Yesu akamwambia, "Nifuate! Waache wafu wazike wafu wao." Yesu alipanda mashua, na wanafunzi wake wakaenda pamoja naye. [[SWA]]

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἐλθὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν Πέτρου εἶδε τὴν πενθερὰν αὐτοῦ βεβλημένην καὶ πυρέσσουσαν· καὶ ἥψατο τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀφῆκεν αὐτὴν ὁ πυρετός, καὶ ἠγέρθη καὶ διηκόνει αὐτῷ. Ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης προσήνεγκαν αὐτῷ δαιμονιζομένους πολλούς, καὶ ἐξέβαλε τὰ πνεύματα λόγῳ καὶ πάντας τοὺς κακῶς ἔχοντας ἐθεράπευσεν, ὅπως πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Ἡσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος· αὐτὸς τὰς ἀσθενείας ἡμῶν ἔλαβε καὶ τὰς νόσους ἐβάστασεν. Ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς πολλοὺς ὄχλους περὶ αὐτὸν ἐκέλευσεν ἀπελθεῖν εἰς τὸ πέραν. Καὶ προσελθὼν εἷς γραμματεὺς εἶπεν αὐτῷ· διδάσκαλε, ἀκολουθήσω σοι ὅπου ἐὰν ἀπέρχῃ. καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· αἱ ἀλώπεκες φωλεοὺς ἔχουσι καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατασκηνώσεις, ὁ δὲ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἔχει ποῦ τὴν κεφαλὴν κλίνῃ. Ἕτερος δὲ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Κύριε, ἐπίτρεψόν μοι πρῶτον ἀπελθεῖν καὶ θάψαι τὸν πατέρα μου. ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἀκολούθει μοι, καὶ ἄφες τοὺς νεκροὺς θάψαι τοὺς ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς. Καὶ ἐμβάντι αὐτῷ εἰς τὸ πλοῖον ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ.

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Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you.

Utukufu kwako, Ee Bwana, utukufu kwako.

Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Have mercy on us, O God, according to your great mercy, we pray you, hear and have mercy.

Utuhurumie, Ee Mungu kadiri ya huruma yako kubwa, tunakuomba utusikilize na kutuhurumia.

Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου, δεόμεθά σου, ἐπάκουσον καὶ ἐλέησον.

( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ ἐλέους, ζωῆς, εἰρήνης, ὑγείας, σωτηρίας, ἐπισκέψεως, συγχωρήσεως καὶ ἀφέσεως τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τῶν δούλων τοῦ Θεοῦ, πάντων τῶν προσελθόντων ἐν τῷ Ἁγίῳ Μυστηρίῳ τούτῳ, καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ συγχωρηθῆναι αὐτοῖς πᾶν πλημμέλημα ἑκούσιόν τε καὶ ἀκούσιον.

( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

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For you, O God, are merciful, and love mankind, and to you we give glory, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Kwa kuwa U Mungu mrahimu na mpenda wanadamu, na kwako tunatoa utukufu, kwa Baba na Mwana na Roho Mtakatifu, sasa na siku zote hata milele na milele.

Ὅτι ἐλεήμων καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Θεὸς ὑπάρχεις, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Amina. )

( Ἀμήν. )

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us pray to the Lord.

Tumwombe Bwana.

Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana, hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

And the Priest says this Prayer:

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4th Prayer.

Εὐχὴ Δʹ

O Lord, who are good and love mankind, compassionate and most merciful, who are great in mercy and rich in loving kindness, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, who have empowered us through your holy Apostles to cure the infirmities of the people by oil with prayer, do you yourself prescribe this Oil for healing for those anointed with it, for the expelling of every disease and every sickness, for deliverance from evils of those who await from you salvation. Yes, Master, Lord our God, we beg you, O all powerful, to save us all. Only physician of souls and bodies hallow us all. You heal every disease, heal your servants also; raise them from their bed of pain through the mercy of your goodness; visit them with your mercy and acts of pity. Drive from them every ailment and infirmity, so that having risen by your mighty hand they may serve you with all thanksgiving, in order that we also, who share in your ineffable love for mankind, may now praise and glorify you whose actions are great and wondrous, glorious and transcendent. [EL]

Ἀγαθὲ καὶ φιλάνθρωπε, εὔσπλαγχνε καὶ πολυέλεε Κύριε, ὁ πολὺς ἐν ἐλέει καὶ πλούσιος ἐν ἀγαθότητι, ὁ Πατὴρ τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν καὶ Θεὸς πάσης παρακλήσεως, ὁ ἐνισχύσας ἡμᾶς διὰ τῶν ἁγίων σου Ἀποστόλων, ἐλαίῳ μετὰ προσευχῆς τὰς ἀσθενείας τοῦ λαοῦ θεραπεύεσθαι· αὐτός, καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον τοῦτο σύνταξον εἰς ἴασιν τοῖς ἐξ αὐτοῦ χριομένοις, εἰς ἀπαλλαγὴν πάσης νόσου καὶ πάσης μαλακίας, εἰς ἀπολύτρωσιν τῶν κακῶν τῶν ἀπεκδεχομένων τὴν παρὰ σοῦ σωτηρίαν. Ναί, Δέσποτα Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, δεόμεθά σου, παντοδύναμε, τοῦ σῴζειν πάντας ἡμᾶς· ὁ μόνος ψυχῶν τε καὶ σωμάτων Ἰατρός, ἁγίασον πάντας ἡμάς· ὁ πᾶσαν νόσον ἰώμενος, ἴασαι καὶ τοὺς δούλους σου τούτους· ἐξέγειρον αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ κλίνης ὀδυνηρᾶς, διὰ ἐλέους τῆς σῆς χρηστότητος· ἐπίσκεψαι αὐτοὺς ἐν ἐλέει καὶ οἰκτιρμοῖς σου· ἀποδίωξον ἀπʼ αὐτῶν πᾶσαν ἀῤῥωστίαν καὶ ἀσθένειαν· ἵνα, ἑξαναστάντες τῇ χειρί σου τῇ κραταιᾷ, δουλεύωσί σοι μετὰ πάσης εὐχαριστίας· ὅπως καὶ νῦν, μετέχοντες τῆς σῆς ἀφάτου φιλανθρωπίας, ὑμνῶμεν καὶ δοξάζωμέν σε τὸν ποιοῦντα μεγάλα καὶ θαυμαστά, ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια.

For yours it is to have mercy and to save us, O God, our God, and to you we give glory, to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and to the ages of ages.

( Amen. )

( Amina. )

( Ἀμήν. )

5th Epistle

Ἀπόστολος Εʹ

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us attend.

Tusikilize.

Πρόσχωμεν.

READER

MSOMAJI

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

Prokeimenon Tone 5. Psalm 11

Zaburi Zaburi ya 11 (12).

Προκείμενον. Ψαλμὸς ΙΑʹ (11).

You will guard us and protect us, O Lord, from this generation forever.

Wewe, BWANA, ndiwe utakayetuhifadhi, utatulinda na kizazi hiki milele.

Σύ, Κύριε, φυλάξαις ἡμᾶς καὶ διατηρήσαις ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

Verse: Save me, O Lord, for the godly are no more.

Mstari BWANA, uokoe, maana mcha Mungu amekoma.

Στίχ.

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Wisdom.

Hekima.

Σοφία.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

The reading is from Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians.

Somo kutoka kwa

Πρὸς Κορινθίους Βʹ Ἐπιστολῆς Παύλου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

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Let us attend.

Tusikilize.

Πρόσχωμεν.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

2 Cor. 1:8 – 11

(1:8-11)

Βʹ Κορ (Κεφ. αʹ 8 – 11)

Brethren, we do not want you to be ignorant of the affliction we experienced in Asia; for we were so utterly, unbearably crushed that we despaired of life itself. Why, we felt that we had received the sentence of death; but that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead; he delivered us from so deadly a peril, and he will deliver us; on him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again. You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us in answer to many prayers. [RSV]

Ndugu, tunataka kuwajulisheni taabu zilizotupata kule Asia; taabu hizo zilitulemea kupita kiasi, hata tukakata matumaini yote ya kuendelea kuishi. Naam, tulikuwa kama watu waliohukumiwa kuuawa, ili tufundishwe kumtegemea Mungu mwenye kuwafufua wafu, badala ya kutegemea nguvu zetu sisi wenyewe. Yeye alituokoa katika hatari kubwa ya kifo, na anaendelea kutuokoa; sisi tumemwekea tumaini letu kwamba atatuokoa tena, nyinyi mkiwa mnatuunga mkono kwa kutuombea. Hivyo neema tutakazokuwa tumepata kutokana na maombi ya watu wengi hivyo, ziwe sababu ya watu wengi zaidi kumshukuru Mungu kwa ajili yetu. [[SWA]]

Ἀδελφοί, οὐ θέλομεν ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, ὑπὲρ τῆς θλίψεως ἡμῶν τῆς γενομένης ἡμῖν ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ, ὅτι καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν ἐβαρήθημεν ὑπὲρ δύναμιν, ὥστε ἑξαπορηθῆναι ἡμᾶς καὶ τοῦ ζῆν. Ἀλλὰ αὐτοὶ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς τὸ ἀπόκριμα τοῦ θανάτου ἐσχήκαμεν, ἵνα μὴ πεποιθότες ὦμεν ἐφʼ ἑαυτοῖς, ἀλλ ἐπὶ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ ἐγείροντι τοὺς νεκρούς· ὃς ἐκ τηλικούτου θανάτου ἐῤῥύσατο ἡμᾶς καὶ ῥύεται, εἰς ὃν ἠλπίκαμεν ὅτι καὶ ἔτι ῥύσεται, συνυπουργούντων καὶ ὑμῶν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν τῇ δεήσει, ἵνα ἐκ πολλῶν προσώπων τὸ εἰς ἡμᾶς χάρισμα διὰ πολλῶν εὐχαριστηθῇ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.

Alleluia. Tone 5.

Alleluia.

Ἀλληλούϊα.

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Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Alleluia, Alleluia, a|leluia.

Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα.

Verse: I will sing of your mercies, O Lord, forever.

Mstari

Στίχ.

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Alleluia, Alleluia, a|leluia.

Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα.

5th Gospel.

Εὐαγγέλιον Εʹ

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Wisdom. Stand upright. Let us listen to the Holy Gospel.

Hekima. Simameni wima. tusikilize Evanjelio Takatifu.

Σοφία. Ὀρθοί. Ἀκούσωμεν τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου.

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Peace to all.

Amani kwa wote.

Εἰρήνη πᾶσι.

( And to your spirit. )

( Na iwe kwa roho yako. )

( Καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου. )

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The reading is from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.

Injili Takatifu kama ilivyoandikwa na

Ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ Ματθαῖον ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us attend.

Tusikilize.

Πρόσχωμεν.

( Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you. )

( Utukufu kwako, Ee Bwana, utukufu kwako. )

( Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι. )

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25:1-13

(Κεφ. κεʹ 1 – 13)

The Lord said this parable, “The kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the wise replied, ‘Perhaps there will not be enough for us and for you; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast; and the door was shut. Afterward the other maidens came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ But he replied, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of man will come.” [RSV]

Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην· Ὡμοιώθη ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν δέκα παρθένοις, αἵτινες λαβοῦσαι τὰς λαμπάδας ἑαυτῶν ἐξῆλθον εἰς ἀπάντησιν τοῦ νυμφίου. Πέντε δὲ ἦσαν ἐξ αὐτῶν φρόνιμοι καὶ αἱ πέντε μωραί. Αἵτινες μωραὶ λαβοῦσαι τὰς λαμπάδας ἑαυτῶν οὐκ ἔλαβον μεθʼ ἑαυτῶν ἔλαιον· αἱ δὲ φρόνιμοι ἔλαβον ἔλαιον ἐν τοῖς ἀγγείοις αὐτῶν μετὰ τῶν λαμπάδων αὐτῶν. Χρονίζοντος δὲ τοῦ νυμφίου ἐνύσταξαν πᾶσαι καὶ ἐκάθευδον. Μέσης δὲ νυκτὸς κραυγὴ γέγονεν· Ἰδοὺ ὁ νυμφίος ἔρχεται, ἐξέρχεσθε εἰς ἀπάντησιν αὐτοῦ. Τότε ἠγέρθησαν πᾶσαι αἱ παρθένοι ἐκεῖναι καὶ ἐκόσμησαν τὰς λαμπάδας αὐτῶν. Αἱ δὲ μωραὶ ταῖς φρονίμοις εἶπον· Δότε ἡμῖν ἐκ τοῦ ἐλαίου ὑμῶν, ὅτι αἱ λαμπάδες ἡμῶν σβέννυνται. Ἀπεκρίθησαν δὲ αἱ φρόνιμοι λέγουσαι· Μήποτε οὐκ ἀρκέσῃ ἡμῖν καὶ ὑμῖν· πορεύεσθε δὲ μᾶλλον πρὸς τοὺς πωλοῦντας καὶ ἀγοράσατε ἑαυταῖς. Ἀπερχομένων δὲ αὐτῶν ἀγοράσαι ἦλθεν ὁ νυμφίος καὶ αἱ ἕτοιμοι εἰσῆλθον μετʼ αὐτοῦ εἰς τοὺς γάμους, καὶ ἐκλείσθη ἡ θύρα. Ὕστερον δὲ ἔρχονται καὶ αἱ λοιπαὶ παρθένοι λέγουσαι· Κύριε κύριε, ἄνοιξον ἡμῖν. Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐκ οἶδα ὑμᾶς. Γρηγορεῖτε οὖν, ὅτι οὐκ οἴδατε τὴν ἡμέραν οὐδὲ τὴν ὥραν ἐν ᾗ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται.

PEOPLE

WATU

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you.

Utukufu kwako, Ee Bwana, utukufu kwako.

Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Have mercy on us, O God, according to your great mercy, we pray you, hear and have mercy.

Utuhurumie, Ee Mungu kadiri ya huruma yako kubwa, tunakuomba utusikilize na kutuhurumia.

Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου, δεόμεθά σου, ἐπάκουσον καὶ ἐλέησον.

( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ ἐλέους, ζωῆς, εἰρήνης, ὑγείας, σωτηρίας, ἐπισκέψεως, συγχωρήσεως καὶ ἀφέσεως τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τῶν δούλων τοῦ Θεοῦ, πάντων τῶν προσελθόντων ἐν τῷ Ἁγίῳ Μυστηρίῳ τούτῳ, καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ συγχωρηθῆναι αὐτοῖς πᾶν πλημμέλημα ἑκούσιόν τε καὶ ἀκούσιον.

( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

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For you, O God, are merciful, and love mankind, and to you we give glory, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Kwa kuwa U Mungu mrahimu na mpenda wanadamu, na kwako tunatoa utukufu, kwa Baba na Mwana na Roho Mtakatifu, sasa na siku zote hata milele na milele.

Ὅτι ἐλεήμων καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Θεὸς ὑπάρχεις, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Amina. )

( Ἀμήν. )

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us pray to the Lord.

Tumwombe Bwana.

Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana, hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

And the Priest says this Prayer:

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5th Prayer.

Εὐχὴ Εʹ

Lord our God, who chasten and heal again, who raise the poor from the earth and exalt the pauper from the dung heap, Father of the orphans, haven of the storm tossed and physician of the sick, who carry our infirmities without pain and take our diseases, who are merciful with gentleness, who pass over transgressions and take away injustice, who are swift to help and slow to anger, who breathed on your own Disciples and said: Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; who accept the repentance of sinners and have authority to pardon many and grievous sins, and who grant healing to all live long in infirmity and protracted sickness; who have also called me, your humble, sinful and unworthy servant, who am entangled in many sins and wallow in the passions of pleasures, to the holy and most lofty degree of the Priesthood, and to enter within the veil, into the Holy of Holies, where Angels desire to stoop, and to hear the gospel voice of the Lord God and to see with my own eyes the presence of the holy Oblation, and to delight in the divine and sacred Liturgy; who have counted me worthy to celebrate your holy Mysteries and to offer you gifts and sacrifices for our sins and for those committed in ignorance by your people, and to mediate on behalf of your rational sheep, so that through your great and ineffable love for mankind you would wipe away their offences. Do you, O King supremely good, give ear to my prayer at this hour and on this holy day, and at every hour and in every place, and attend to the voice of my supplication; and give healing to your servants who are in infirmity of soul and body, granting them forgiveness of sins and pardon of offences both voluntary and involuntary, healing their incurable wounds and every disease and every sickness. Give them healing of soul, you who touched Peter’s mother in law and the fever left her and she arose and began to serve you. Do you yourself, Master, grant healing and alleviation of every pain, and remember your rich acts of pity and your mercy. Remember that the thought of man is constantly bent on wicked deeds from his youth and that none is found sinless on earth, for you alone are without sin, who came and save the human race and freed us from the slavery of the enemy; for if you enter into judgement with your servants, no one will be found pure of stain; but every mouth will be shut, having nothing with which to make defence, because all our righteousness is like a tattered rag before you. Therefore do not remember the sin of our youth, Lord. [EL]

Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ παιδεύων καὶ πάλιν ἰώμενος· ὁ ἐγείρων ἀπὸ γῆς πτωχὸν καὶ ἀπὸ κοπρίας ἀνυψῶν πένητα· ὁ τῶν ὀρφανῶν πατήρ, καὶ τῶν χειμαζομένων λιμήν, καὶ τῶν νοσούντων ἰατρός· ὁ τὰς ἀσθενείας ἡμῶν ἀπόνως βαστάζων, καὶ τὰς νόσους ἡμῶν λαμβάνων· ὁ ἐν ἱλαρότητι ἐλεῶν· ὁ ὑπερβαίνων ἀνομίας καὶ ἐξαίρων ἀδικίας· ὁ ταχὺς εἰς βοήθειαν καὶ βραδὺς εἰς ὀργήν· ὁ ἐμφυσήσας εἰς τοὺς σεαυτοῦ Μαθητὰς καὶ εἰπών· «Λάβετε Πνεῦμα ἅγιον· ἂν τινων ἀφῆτε τὰς ἁμαρτίας, ἀφίενται αὐτοῖς»· ὁ δεχόμενος τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν τὴν μετάνοιαν, καὶ ἐξουσίαν ἔχων συγχωρεῖν ἁμαρτίας πολλὰς καὶ χαλεπὰς καὶ ἴασιν παρέχων πᾶσι τοῖς ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ καὶ μακρονοσίᾳ διάγουσιν· ὁ καὶ ἐμὲ τὸν ταπεινὸν καὶ ἁμαρτωλὸν καὶ ἀνάξιον δοῦλόν σου, τὸν ἐν πολλαῖς ἁμαρτίαις συμπεπλεγμένον, καὶ πάθεσιν ἡδονῶν συγκυλινδούμενον, καλέσας εἰς τὸν ἅγιον καὶ ὑπερμέγιστον βαθμὸν τῆς ἱερωσύνης, καὶ εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὸ ἐνδότερον τοῦ καταπετάσματος, εἰς τὰ Ἅγια τῶν Ἁγίων, ὅποῦ παρακύψαι οἱ ἅγιοι Ἄγγελοι ἐπιθυμοῦσι, καὶ ἀκοῦσαι τῆς εὐαγγελικὴς φωνῆς Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ θεάσασθαι αὐτοψεὶ τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς ἁγίας ἀναφορᾶς, καὶ ἀπολαῦσαι τῆς θείας καὶ Ἱερὰς Λειτουργίας· ὁ καταξιώσας με ἱερουργῆσαι τὰ ἐπουράνιά σου Μυστήρια, καὶ προσφέρειν σοι δῶρά τε καὶ θυσίας ὑπὲρ τῶν ἡμετέρων ἁμαρτημάτων καὶ τῶν του λαοῦ ἀγνοημάτων, καὶ μεσιτεῦσαι ὑπὲρ τῶν λογικῶν σου προβάτων, ἵνα διὰ τῆς πολλῆς καὶ ἀφάτου σου φιλανθρωπίας τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν ἑξαλείψῃς· αὐτός, ὑπεράγαθε Βασιλεῦ, ἐνώτισαι τὴν προσευχήν μου ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ τε καὶ ἁγίᾳ ἡμέρᾳ, καὶ ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ καὶ τόπῳ, καὶ πρόσχες τῇ φωνῇ τῆς δεήσεώς μου· καὶ τῶν δούλων σου τούτων, τῶν ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ ψυχῆς καὶ σώματος ὄντων, τὴν ἴασιν δώρησαι, παρέχων ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτοῖς, καὶ συγχώρησιν πλημμελημάτων ἑκουσίων τε καὶ ἀκουσίων· θεραπεύων αὐτῶν πληγὰς ἀνιάτους, πᾶσάν τε νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν. Δώρησαι αὐτοῖς ψυχικὴν ἴασιν, ὁ ἁψάμενος τῆς πενθερᾶς τοῦ Πέτρου, καὶ ἀφῆκεν αὐτὴν ὁ πυρετός, καὶ ἠγέρθη καὶ διηκόνει σοι. Αὐτός, Δέσποτα, καὶ τοῖς δούλοις σου τούτοις παράσχου ἰατρείαν καὶ ἀπαλλαγὴν πάσης φθοροποιοῦ ἀλγηδόνος· καὶ μνήσθητι τῶν πλουσίων σου οἰκτιρμῶν καὶ τοῦ ἐλέους σου. Μνήσθητι, ὅτι ἐπιμελῶς ἔγκειται ἡ διάνοια τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπὶ τὰ πονηρὰ ἐκ νεότητος αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐδεὶς εὑρίσκεται ἀναμάρτητος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· σὺ γὰρ μόνος ἐκτὸς ἁμαρτίας ὑπάρχεις, ὁ ἐλθὼν καὶ σώσας τὸ ἀνθρώπινον γένος, καὶ ἐλευθερώσας ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῆς δουλείας τοῦ ἐχθροῦ· ἐὰν γὰρ εἰς κρίσιν ἔλθῃς μετὰ τῶν δούλων σου, οὐδεὶς εὑρεθήσεται καθαρὸς ἀπὸ ῥύπου· ἀλλὰ πᾶν στόμα φραγήσεται, μὴ ἔχον τί ἀπολογήσασθαι, ὅτι, ὡς ῥάκος ἀποκαθημένης, πᾶσα ἡ δικαιοσύνη ἡμῶν ἐνώπιόν σου· διὰ τοῦτο ἁμαρτίας νεότητος ἡμῶν μὴ μνησθῇς, Κύριε.

For you are the hope of the hopeless and the rest of those who toil and are heavy laden with iniquities, and to you we give glory, together with your Father who has no beginning, and your all-holy, good, and life-giving Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

( Amen. )

( Amina. )

( Ἀμήν. )

6th Epistle

Ἀπόστολος Ϛʹ

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us attend.

Tusikilize.

Πρόσχωμεν.

READER

MSOMAJI

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

Prokeimenon Tone 4.

Zaburi Sauti 4.

Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δʹ. Ψαλμὸς 50.

Ἐλέησόν με, ὁ Θεός, κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου.

Verse:

Mstari

Στίχ. Καρδίαν καθαρὰν κτίσον ἐν ἐμοί, ὁ Θεός, καὶ πνεῦμα εὐθὲς ἐγκαίνισον ἐν τοῖς ἐγκάτοις μου.

PRIEST

KASISI

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Wisdom.

Hekima.

Σοφία.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

The reading is from Paul’s Letter to the Galatians.

Somo kutoka kwa

Πρὸς Γαλάτας Ἐπιστολῆς Παύλου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

PRIEST

KASISI

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Let us attend.

Tusikilize.

Πρόσχωμεν.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Gal. 5:22 – 26, 6:1 – 2

(5:22-26, 6:1-2)

Γαλ (Κεφ. εʹ 22 – 26, Ϛʹ 1 – 2)

Brethren, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Let us have no self-conceit, no provoking of one another, no envy of one another. Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Look to yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. [RSV]

Ndugu zangu, matokeo ya kuongozwa na Roho ni upendo, furaha, amani, uvumilivu, wema, fadhili, uaminifu, upole na kiasi. Hakuna sheria inayoweza kupinga mambo hayo. Wale walio na Kristo wameisulubisha hali yao ya kidunia pamoja na mawazo yake mabaya na tamaa zake. Tukiishi kwa msaada wa Roho, na tuufuate mwongozo wake. Basi, tusijivune, tusichokozane wala kuoneana wivu. Ndugu, kama mkimwona mtu fulani amekosea, basi, nyinyi mnaongozwa na Roho mwonyeni mtu huyo ajirekebishe; lakini fanyeni hivyo kwa upole, mkiwa na tahadhari msije nanyi wenyewe mkajaribiwa. Chukulianeni mizigo yenu na hivyo mtatimiza sheria ya Kristo. [[SWA]]

Ἀδελφοί, ὁ καρπὸς τοῦ Πνεύματός ἐστιν ἀγάπη, χαρά, εἰρήνη, μακροθυμία, χρηστότης, ἀγαθωσύνη, πίστις, πραότης, ἐγκράτεια· κατὰ τῶν τοιούτων οὐκ ἔστι νόμος. Οἱ δὲ τοῦ Χριστοῦ τὴν σάρκα ἐσταύρωσαν σὺν τοῖς παθήμασι καὶ ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις. Εἰ ζῶμεν πνεύματι, πνεύματι καὶ στοιχῶμεν. Μὴ γινώμεθα κενόδοξοι, ἀλλήλους προκαλούμενοι, ἀλλήλοις φθονοῦντες. Ἀδελφοί, ἐὰν καὶ προληφθῇ ἄνθρωπος ἔν τινι παραπτώματι, ὑμεῖς οἱ πνευματικοὶ καταρτίζετε τὸν τοιοῦτον ἐν πνεύματι πραότητος, σκοπῶν σεαυτόν, μὴ καὶ σὺ πειρασθῇς. Ἀλλήλων τὰ βάρη βαστάζετε, καὶ οὕτως ἀναπληρώσατε τὸν νόμον τοῦ Χριστοῦ.

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Peace to you.

Amani kwako Ee Msomaji.

Εἰρήνη σοι τῷ ἀναγινώσκοντι.

Alleluia. Tone 6

Alleluia.

Ἀλληλούϊα.

PEOPLE

WATU

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Alleluia, Alleluia, a|leluia.

Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα.

Verse: One who fears the Lord is blessed; he will greatly delight in his commandments.

Mstari Haleluya. Heri mtu yule amchaye BWANA, apendezwaye sana na maagizo yake.

Στίχ. Μακάριος ἀνὴρ ὁ φοβούμενος τὸν Κύριον, ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς αὐτοῦ θελήσει σφόδρα.

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Alleluia, Alleluia, a|leluia.

Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα.

Εὐαγγέλιον Ϛʹ

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Wisdom. Stand upright. Let us listen to the Holy Gospel.

Hekima. Simameni wima. tusikilize Evanjelio Takatifu.

Σοφία. Ὀρθοί. Ἀκούσωμεν τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου.

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Peace to all.

Amani kwa wote.

Εἰρήνη πᾶσι.

( And to your spirit. )

( Na iwe kwa roho yako. )

( Καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου. )

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KASISI

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The reading is from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.

Injili Takatifu kama ilivyoandikwa na

Ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ Ματθαῖον ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us attend.

Tusikilize.

Πρόσχωμεν.

( Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you. )

( Utukufu kwako, Ee Bwana, utukufu kwako. )

( Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι. )

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(Κεφ. ιεʹ 21 – 28)

At that time, Jesus went to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon.” But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying after us.” He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” And he answered, “It is not fair to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.” Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly. [RSV]

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὰ μέρη Τύρου καὶ Σιδῶνος. Καὶ ἰδοὺ γυνὴ Χαναναία ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων ἐκείνων ἐξελθοῦσα ἐκραύγασεν αὐτῷ λέγουσα· Ἐλέησόν με, Κύριε, υἱὲ Δαυῒδ· ἡ θυγάτηρ μου κακῶς δαιμονίζεται. Ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῇ λόγον. Καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, ἠρώτων αὐτὸν λέγοντες· Ἀπόλυσον αὐτήν, ὅτι κράζει ὄπισθεν ἡμῶν. Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· Οὐκ ἀπεστάλην εἰ μὴ εἰς τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ. Ἡ δὲ ἐλθοῦσα προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ λέγουσα· Κύριε, βοήθει μοι. Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· Οὐκ ἔστι καλὸν λαβεῖν τὸν ἄρτον τῶν τέκνων καὶ βαλεῖν τοῖς κυναρίοις. Ἡ δὲ εἶπε· Ναί, Κύριε· καὶ γὰρ τὰ κυνάρια ἐσθίει ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τῶν κυρίων αὐτῶν. Τότε ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῇ· Ὦ γύναι, μεγάλη σου ἡ πίστις! Γενηθήτω σοι ὡς θέλεις. Καὶ ἰάθη ἡ θυγάτηρ αὐτῆς ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐκείνης.

PEOPLE

WATU

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you.

Utukufu kwako, Ee Bwana, utukufu kwako.

Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Have mercy on us, O God, according to your great mercy, we pray you, hear and have mercy.

Utuhurumie, Ee Mungu kadiri ya huruma yako kubwa, tunakuomba utusikilize na kutuhurumia.

Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου, δεόμεθά σου, ἐπάκουσον καὶ ἐλέησον.

( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ ἐλέους, ζωῆς, εἰρήνης, ὑγείας, σωτηρίας, ἐπισκέψεως, συγχωρήσεως καὶ ἀφέσεως τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τῶν δούλων τοῦ Θεοῦ, πάντων τῶν προσελθόντων ἐν τῷ Ἁγίῳ Μυστηρίῳ τούτῳ, καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ συγχωρηθῆναι αὐτοῖς πᾶν πλημμέλημα ἑκούσιόν τε καὶ ἀκούσιον.

( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia, Bwana hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

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For you, O God, are merciful, and love mankind, and to you we give glory, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Kwa kuwa U Mungu mrahimu na mpenda wanadamu, na kwako tunatoa utukufu, kwa Baba na Mwana na Roho Mtakatifu, sasa na siku zote hata milele na milele.

Ὅτι ἐλεήμων καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Θεὸς ὑπάρχεις, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Amina. )

( Ἀμήν. )

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SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us pray to the Lord.

Tumwombe Bwana.

Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Bwana, hurumia. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

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6th Prayer.

Εὐχὴ Ϛʹ

We thank you, Lord our God, who are good and love mankind, and are the physician of our souls and bodies, who bear our diseases without pain, by whose bruises we have been healed; the good shepherd who came to seek for the sheep that had gone astray, who give comfort to the faint-hearted and life to the crushed, who healed the flow of the woman with an issue of blood for twelve years, who healed the daughter of the Canaanite woman of the cruel demon, who forgave the two debtors their debt and gave forgiveness to the sinful woman, who granted healing to the paralysed man with the forgiveness of his sins, who justified the Publican by a word and accepted the Thief by his final confession, who took away the sins of the world and nailed them to the Cross. We beg and implore you: In your loving-kindness loose, forgive, pardon, O God, the iniquities and sins of your servants, their offences both voluntary and involuntary, in knowledge and in ignorance, by transgression and disobedience, by night and by day; or if they are the curse of a Priest or of father or mother; if they have feasted their eyes, indulged their sense of smell, been seduced by touch or fornicated by taste, or by whatever movement of flesh and spirit have become estranged from your will and from your holiness. Pardon whatever sins they or we have committed, for you, O God, are good, you do not remember evil and you love mankind, and do not let them or us fall into a defiled life or run into ways of destruction. Yes, Master and Lord, hearken to me a sinner at this hour on behalf of your servants. Overlook, O God, as you do not remember evil, all their offences, free them from eternal punishment, fill their mouths with your praise, open their lips to glorify your name, stretch out their hands to the doing of your commandments, direct their feet to the course of your Gospel, making all their members and their thoughts safe by your grace. For you are our God, who commanded us by your holy Apostles, saying: Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. And again: If you forgive the sins of any they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any they are retained. And as you hearkened to Ezechias in the affliction of his soul at the hour of his death and did not disregard his petition, even so hearken to me also, your humble, sinful and unworthy servant at this hour as I entreat you. For you, Lord Jesus Christ, are the one who commanded in your goodness and love for mankind to forgive those who fall seventy times seven, and you repent over our evils deeds and rejoice at the turning back of those who have gone astray. [EL]

Εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι, Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ ἀγαθὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος, καὶ ἰατρὸς τῶν ψυχῶν καὶ τῶν σωμάτων ἡμῶν· ὁ τὰς νόσους ἡμῶν ἀπόνως βαστάζων· οὐ τῷ μώλωπι πάντες ἰάθημεν· ὁ Ποιμὴν ὁ καλός, ὁ εἰς ἀναζήτησιν ἐλθὼν τοῦ πλανηθέντος προβάτου· ὁ τοῖς ὀλιγοψύχοις διδοὺς παραμυθίαν, καὶ ζωὴν τοῖς συντετριμμένοις· ὁ τὴν πηγὴν τῆς αἱμοῤῥοούσης, δωδεκαετῆ οὖσαν ἰασάμενος· ὁ τὴν θυγατέρα τῆς Χαναναίας τοῦ χαλεποῦ δαιμονίου ἐλευθερώσας· ὁ τὸ δάνειον χαρισάμενος τοῖς δυσὶ χρεωφειλέταις, καὶ τῇ ἁμαρτωλῷ τὴν ἄφεσιν δούς· ὁ τὴν ἴασιν τῷ παραλυτικῷ δωρησάμενος σὺν τῇ ἀφέσει τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτοῦ· ὁ τὸν τελώνην τῷ λόγῳ δικαιώσας, καὶ τὸν λῃστὴν ἐν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ αὐτοῦ ὁμολογίᾳ προσδεξάμενος· ὁ τὰς ἁμαρτίας τοῦ κόσμου ἀράμενος, καὶ τῷ Σταυρῷ προσηλώσας· σοῦ δεόμεθα, καὶ Σὲ ἱκετεύομεν· ἐν τῇ ἀγαθότητί σου, αὐτός, ἄνες, ἄφες, συγχώρησον, ὁ Θεός, τὰς ἀνομίας καὶ τὰς ἁμαρτίας τῶν δούλων σου τούτων, τὰ πλημμελήματα αὐτῶν, τὰ ἑκούσια καὶ τὰ ἀκούσια, τὰ ἐν γνώσει καὶ ἐν ἀγνοίᾳ, τὰ ἐν παραβάσει καὶ ἐν παρακοῇ, τὰ ἐν νυκτὶ καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ· ἢ ὑπὸ κατάραν Ἱερέως ἢ πατρὸς ἢ μητρὸς ἐγένοντο· ἢ ὀφθαλμὸν εἱστίασαν ἢ ὄσφρησιν ἐξεθήλυναν ἢ ἀφῇ κατεμαλακίσθησαν ἢ γεύσει κατεπόρνευσαν ἢ ἐν οἱαδήποτε κινήσει σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος τοῦ σοῦ ἀπηλλοτριώθησαν θελήματος καὶ τῆς σῆς ἁγιότητος· εἴ τι ἥμαρτον αὐτοί τε καὶ ἡμεῖς, ὡς ἀγαθὸς καὶ ἀμνησίκακος Θεὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος, συγχώρησον· μὴ ἐῶν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἡμᾶς εἰς τὸν ῥερυπωμένον βίον καταπεσεῖν, μηδὲ εἰς τὰς ὀλεθρίους ὁδοὺς ἀποτρέχειν. Ναί, Δέσποτα Κύριε, ἐπάκουσόν μου τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ ἐν τῇ ὥρᾳ ταύτῃ ὑπὲρ τῶν δούλων σου τούτων· πάριδε, ὡς ἀμνησίκακος Θεός, τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν ἅπαντα· ἀπάλλαξον αὐτοὺς τῆς αἰωνίου κολάσεως· τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν τῆς σῆς αἰνέσεως πλήρωσον· τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν ἄνοιξον πρὸς δοξολογίαν τοῦ ὀνόματός σου· τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἔκτεινον πρὸς ἐργασίαν τῶν ἐντολῶν σου· τοὺς πόδας αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν δρόμον τοῦ Εὐαγγελίου σου κατεύθυνον, πάντα αὐτῶν τὰ μέλη καὶ τὴν διάνοιαν τῇ σῇ κατασφαλιζόμενος χάριτι. Σὺ γὰρ εἶ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ διὰ τῶν ἁγίων σου Ἀποστόλων ἐντειλάμενος ἡμῖν, λέγων· «Ὅσα ἂν δήσητε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἔσται δεδεμένα ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς· καὶ ὅσα ἂν λύσητε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἔσται λελυμένα ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς»· καὶ πάλιν· «Ἂν τινων ἀφῆτε τὰς ἁμαρτίας, ἀφίενται αὐτοῖς· ἂν τινων κρατῆτε, κεκράτηνται». Καὶ ὡς ἑπήκουσας Ἐζεκίου ἐν τῇ θλίψει τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ὥρᾳ τοῦ θανάτου αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐ παρεῖδες τὴν δέησιν αὐτοῦ, οὕτω κἀμοῦ τοῦ ταπεινοῦ καὶ ἁμαρτωλοῦ καὶ ἀναξίου δούλου σου ἐπάκουσον ἐν τῇ ὥρᾳ ταύτῃ δεομένου σου· σὺ γὰρ εἶ, Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ, ὁ ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτὰ ἀφιέναι τοῖς περιπίπτουσιν ἐν ἁμαρτίαις κελεύσας, τῇ σῇ ἀγαθότητι καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ, καὶ μετανοῶν ἐπὶ ταῖς κακίαις ἡμῶν, καὶ χαίρων ἐπὶ τῇ ἐπιστροφῇ τῶν πεπλανημένων· ὅτι ὡς ἡ μεγαλωσύνη σου, οὕτω καὶ τὸ ἔλεός σου· καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, σὺν τῷ ἀνάρχῳ σου Πατρί, καὶ τῷ παναγίῳ, καὶ ἀγαθῷ, καὶ ζωοποιῷ σου Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

For as is your majesty so is your mercy. and to you we give glory, together with your Father who has no beginning, and your all-holy, good, and life-giving Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

( Amen. )

( Amina. )

( Ἀμήν. )

7th Epistle

Ἀπόστολος Ζʹ

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us attend.

Tusikilize.

Πρόσχωμεν.

READER

MSOMAJI

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Prokeimenon Tone 4.

Zaburi Sauti 4.

Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δʹ. Ψαλμὸς 6.

Κύριε, μὴ τῷ θυμῷ σου ἐλέγξῃς με.

Verse:

Mstari

Στίχ. Ἐλέησόν με, Κύριε, ὅτι ἀσθενής εἰμι.

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Wisdom.

Hekima.

Σοφία.

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

The reading is from Paul’s First Letter to the Thessalonians.

Somo kutoka kwa

Πρὸς Θεσσαλονικεῖς Αʹ Ἐπιστολῆς Παύλου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

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Let us attend.

Tusikilize.

Πρόσχωμεν.

DEACON

SHEMASI

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1 Th. 5:14 – 23

(5:14-23)

Αʹ Θεσ (Κεφ. εʹ 14 – 23)

We exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient toward all. See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good, both for one another and for all. Rejoice always! Pray without ceasing. Give thanks in everything because this is God’s will in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test all things, and hold firmly to what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. [EOB]

Ndugu, tunawahimizeni muwaonye watu walio wavivu, mwatie moyo watu wanyonge, muwasaidie watu dhaifu, muwe na subira kwa wote. Angalieni mtu yeyote asimlipe mwingine maovu kwa maovu, ila nia yenu iwe kutendeana mema daima na kuwatendea mema watu wote. Furahini daima, salini kila wakati na kuwa na shukrani katika kila hali. Hayo ndiyo anayotaka Mungu kwenu katika kuungana kwenu na Kristo Yesu. Msimpinge Roho Mtakatifu; msidharau unabii. Pimeni kila kitu: zingatieni kilicho chema, na kuepuka kila aina ya uovu. Mungu mwenyewe anayetupatia amani awatakase nyinyi kabisa kwa kila namna na kuzilinda nafsi zenu--roho, mioyo, na miili yenu--mbali na hatia yoyote wakati wa kuja kwake Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo. [[SWA]]

Ἀδελφοί, παρακαλοῦμεν ὑμᾶς νουθετεῖτε τοὺς ἀτάκτους, παραμυθεῖσθε τοὺς ὀλιγοψύχους, ἀντέχεσθε τῶν ἀσθενῶν, μακροθυμεῖτε πρὸς πάντας. Ὁρᾶτε μή τις κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ τινι ἀποδῷ, ἀλλὰ πάντοτε τὸ ἀγαθὸν διώκετε καὶ εἰς ἀλλήλους καὶ εἰς πάντας. Πάντοτε χαίρετε, ἀδιαλείπτως προσεύχεσθε, ἐν παντὶ εὐχαριστεῖτε· τοῦτο γὰρ θέλημα Θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ εἰς ὑμᾶς. Τὸ Πνεῦμα μὴ σβέννυτε, προφητείας μὴ ἐξουθενεῖτε. Πάντα δὲ δοκιμάζετε, τὸ καλὸν κατέχετε· ἀπὸ παντὸς εἴδους πονηροῦ ἀπέχεσθε. Αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Θεὸς τῆς εἰρήνης ἁγιάσαι ὑμᾶς ὁλοτελεῖς, καὶ ὁλόκληρον ὑμῶν τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ καὶ τὸ σῶμα ἀμέμπτως ἐν τῇ παρουσίᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τηρηθείη.

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Peace to you.

Amani kwako Ee Msomaji.

Εἰρήνη σοι τῷ ἀναγινώσκοντι.

Alleluia. Tone 2.

Alleluia.

Ἀλληλούϊα.

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ΧΟΡΟΣ

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Alleluia, Alleluia, a|leluia.

Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα.

Verse: May the Lord hear you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob shield you.

Mstari BWANA akujibu siku ya dhiki, jina la Mungu wa Yakobo likuinue.

Στίχ. Ἐπακούσαι σου Κύριος ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεως, ὑπερασπίσαι σου τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Θεοῦ Ἰακώβ.

Εὐαγγέλιον Ζʹ

DEACON

SHEMASI

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Wisdom. Stand upright. Let us listen to the Holy Gospel.

Hekima. Simameni wima. tusikilize Evanjelio Takatifu.

Σοφία. Ὀρθοί. Ἀκούσωμεν τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου.

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