Swahili Canon of the Akathist to the Theotokos (Ode 6)

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SWAHILI:
Irmosi
Sisi tunaofikiria U-Mungu, * tukiadhimisha sikukuu ya Mzazi Mungu * ya U-Mungu, ya dhamani; tupige * makofi tukimtukuza * Mungu aliyezaliwa naye.

Troparia
Mzazi Mungu Bikira daima utuokoe

Chumba cha Neno bila doa, * kwa kutukuka kote, Ee usiye na doa, salamu.* Unabii urejewalo wa Nabii, * salamu, na pambo la Mitume wote.

Mzazi Mungu Bikira daima utuokoe

Toka kwako wadondoka Umande utulizao, * uharibuo joto la uabudu-miungu na hivyo twasema kwako: * Salamu, Ee pamba iliyoloweshwa kiajabu, * iliyoonwa awali na Gideoni, Ee Bikira mtakatifu.

Utukufu kwa Baba na Mwana na Roho Mtakatifu

Tazama, twalia kwako, salamu. * Uwe kwetu makao na bandari, maana twarushwa * katika ziwa la mikosi * na la kashfa nyingi za apiganaye nasi.

Sasa na siku zote, hata milele na milele. Amina.

Ee chanzo na sababu ya raha takatifu,* fanya neema takatifu iangazie mawazo yetu tulie, salamu, * Ee kichaka kisichoungua na wingu angavu * lifunikalo waumini wote bila kukoma.
(Translation & chanting by Sammy Psalmist, Kenya)

ENGLISH:
Eirmos
Let us possessed of a godly mind, * observing this divine and all-venerable feast in honor of * the Theotokos, come clap our hands, * while glorifying God who was truly born of her. (Twice)

Troparia
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

The undefiled chamber of the Word, * for all the cause of deification, O Immaculate, rejoice. * The Prophets’ echoing prophesy, * rejoice, and the adornment of the Apostles all.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

From you has dripped the refreshing Dew, * undoing polytheism’s fever, and we therefore say to you: * Rejoice, the fleece that was wondrously * bedewed, O holy Virgin, which Gideon foresaw.

Glory…

Behold, we cry unto you, rejoice. * Become for us a harbor and anchorage, for we are tossed about * upon the sea of adversities * and of the many scandals of him who wars with us.

Both now…

O cause and reason for holy joy, * cause holy grace to shine on our reasoning that we may cry, rejoice, * O unconsumed bush and shining cloud * that overshadows ceaselessly the believers all.
(Courtesy of Fr Seraphim Dedes, USA)

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