Οἶκος Κ'
The Magi's Proclamation
The Magi depart as witnesses to the Christ, leaving the confused Herod behind.
The Magi became God-bearing heralds and returned to Babylon. They had carried out your oracle and proclaimed you as the Christ to everyone, leaving Herod behind as a babbling fool who did not know how to sing: Alleluia.1
Read the original Latin
Κήρυκες θεοφόροι, γεγονότες οἱ Μάγοι, ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς τὴν Βαβυλῶνα, ἐκτελέσαντές σου τὸν χρησμόν, καὶ κηρύξαντές σε τὸν Χριστὸν ἅπασιν, ἀφέντες τὸν Ἡρώδην ὡς ληρώδη, μὴ εἰδότα ψάλλειν· Ἀλληλούια.
Notes
- 1 ↩ληρώδη puns on Ἡρώδην (Herod/babbler). Rendered as “babbling fool” to keep the mockery without archaic wordplay.
Akathist Hymn to the Theotokos companion
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