8 And shepherds were in the same country, waking and keeping the watches of the night on their flock.
9 And lo! the angel of the Lord stood beside them, and the clearness of God shined about them; and they dreaded with great dread.
10 And the angel said to them, Do not ye dread; for lo! I preach to you a great joy, that shall be to all people.
11 For a Saviour is born today to you, that is Christ the Lord, in the city of David.
12 And this is a token to you; ye shall find a young child wrapped in ‘clothes, and laid in a cratch.
13 And suddenly there was made with the angel a multitude of heavenly knighthood, praising God, and saying,
14 Glory be in the highest things to God, and in earth peace to men of good will.