Chrystos rodyvsya, Boh voplotyvsya
U Vefleyemskii yaskyni!
V staini ubohii, nyshcheti mnohii
Radist velyka nam nyni.
Anhely spivayut, chest iomu viddayut,
Bohu i Tvorcyu Svoiomu.
Lykui, choloviche, z rozdestva toho,
Chrystos bo vid ada spase dush mnoho
I vid nevoli vrazoyi.
Mariya chysta, rodyvshy Chrysta,
V yaslah zlozyla na sini;
Ne rozumiye, shcho take diyes?
Boh pomistyvsya v hlivyni!
Peleny hotuye, solodko ciluye
Uljublenoho Molodcya.
"Yakym ze Ty chynom v meni vmistyvsya,
V divstvi bez bolizny Syn narodyvsya?
Radoste moya bezmirna!"
A iosyf teye chudo svyateye
Vydyachy, svyatyi hranytel,
Na samim sini, na hostrim zymni
Yak ljuto terpyt Tvorytel:
Vid zymna horonyt, hudibku pryvodyt,
Shchob ohrivala, dyshuchy.
Chudibka ze volju ioho spovnyaye,
Pered nym kolina svoyi zhynaye,
Tvorcya piznavshy svoioho.
Pastyryam visty tiyi obvistyv
Anhel, yak pasly u nochy:
Prote utishno v Vefleyem spishno
Bizat, shcho tilky v nyh mochy.
Radisno vzyvayut, darunky skladayut,
Yaki lysh maly, Vladyci:
"Raduisya, Pastyryu, z neba pislanyi,
V ubohim vertepi nam pokazanyi,
Zadlya zabludshyh pryishovshy!"
Zdaleka cari idut z daramy
Vid shodu do Vefleyemu:
Ladan i zloto i smyrna nadto
Pryhotovani ye iomu.
Tudy sya zblyzayut, Iroda pytayut:
"De narodyvsya Car slavy?
Zvizda bo nam yasna Toho yavyla,
Kotroho Prechysta Diva povyla,
Pozadanoho Mesiyu".
Yak v staini staly, dary viddaly
I chest z poklonom Carevy,
Bohu svyatomu i yedynomu
Vseyi tvary Hospodevy:
Anhel sya pokazav, u sni yim put vkazav
Do zemli svoyei vidiity.
Raduyutsya velmy z posolstva soho,
Se bo naishly vony Carya svoioho,
Iroda zloho mynuly.