Ode I.
Christ is born; glorify Him!
Christ comes from heaven; go to meet Him!
Christ is on earth; be exalted.
Sing to the Lord, all the earth, and praise Him with gladness,
O people, for He has been glorified.

Ode III.
To the Son, begotten of the Father before all ages and
Incarnate of the Virgin without seed in these latter days, to Christ our God, let us cry out!
Thou hast raised up our horn; Holy art Thou, O Lord!

Ode IV.
Stem and flower of the root of Jesse,
Thou hast blossomed from the Virgin, O Christ.
From the mountain overshadowed by the forest
Thou art come, made flesh from her that knew no man.
O God, not formed from matter -- Glory to Thy power, O Lord!

Ode V.
O God of Peace, Father of mercies,
Thou hast sent Thine angel of great counsel to grant us peace.
We are guided to the light of the knowledge of God,
And keeping watch by night we glorify Thee, O Lover of man!

Ode VI.
The sea monster cast forth Jonah as it had received him,
Like a babe from the womb, and when the
Word came to dwell in the Virgin and was made flesh,
He came forth preserving her incorrupt.
For as He Himself was not subject to decay,
He kept His mother free from harm.

Ode VII.
The children brought up together in godliness
Scorned the impious decree of the tyrant.
They were not afraid of the threat of fire;
But standing in the midst of the flames they sang:
Blessed art Thou, O God of our Fathers.

Ode VIII.
The furnace moist with dew was an image
Prefiguring a wonder beyond nature,
For it did not burn the children whom it had had received.
Nor did the fire of Divinity consume the Virgin’s womb when it entered it.
So let us raise the song:
Let all creation bless the Lord and exalt Him throughout all ages.

Ode IX.
A strange and most wonderful mystery do I see:
The cave is heaven;
The virgin the throne of the cherubim;
The manger a room, in which Christ,
The God whom nothing can contain, is laid.
Him do we praise and magnify.

(Nativity Canon, Odes 1-9)