v. Deus, ✠ in adiutórium meum inténde.
v. O God, come to my assistance;
r. Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.
r. O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Hymnus
Nunc tempus acceptábile fulget datum divínitus, ut sanet orbem lánguidum medéla parsimóniæ.
Christi decóro lúmine dies salútis émicat, dum corda culpis sáucia refórmat abstinéntia.
Hanc mente nos et córpore, Deus, tenére pérfice, ut appetámus próspero perénne pascha tránsitu.
Te rerum univérsitas, clemens, adóret, Trínitas, et nos novi per véniam novum canámus cánticum. Amen.
Ant. 1. Bráchium eórum non salvábit eos, sed déxtera tua et illuminátio vultus tui.
Ant. 1. Their arm will not save them, but Thy right hand and the light of Thy face.
Psalmus 43 (44)
Psalm 43 (44)
Populi calamitates
In his omnibus superamus propter eum, qui dilexit nos (Rom 8, 37).
In all these things, we are more than conquerors through the One who loved us (Romans 8:37).
I
I
Deus, áuribus nostris audívimus; † patres nostri annuntiavérunt nobis * opus, quod operátus es in diébus eórum, in diébus antíquis.
O God, we have heard with our ears; our fathers have told us of the work that Thou hast done in their days, and in the days of old.
Tu manu tua gentes depulísti et plantásti illos, * afflixísti pópulos et dilatásti eos.
Thy hand has destroyed the nations, and thou hast set them in their place; Thou hast afflicted the peoples, and Thou hast driven them out.
Nec enim in gládio suo possedérunt terram, * et bráchium eórum non salvávit eos;
For it was not with their sword that they conquered this land, nor did their arm save them,
sed déxtera tua et bráchium tuum et illuminátio vultus tui, * quóniam complacuísti in eis.
but it is Thy right hand and Thy arm, and the light of Thy face, forasmuch as Thou lovedst them.
Tu es rex meus et Deus meus, * qui mandas salútes Iacob.
Thou art my king and my God, thou who command the salvation of Jacob.
In te inimícos nostros proiécimus * et in nómine tuo conculcávimus insurgéntes in nos.
Through Thou we will overthrow our enemies, and in Thy Name we will despise those who rise up against us.
Non enim in arcu meo sperábo, * et gládius meus non salvábit me.
For it is not in my bow that I will trust, * nor will my sword save me.
Tu autem salvásti nos de affligéntibus nos * et odiéntes nos confudísti.
But it is Thou who have saved us from those who afflicted us, and who have confounded those who hated us.
In Deo gloriábimur tota die * et in nómine tuo confitébimur in sæculum.
In God we will glory all day long, and we will praise Thy Name forevermore.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, and ever shall be. Amen.
Ant. Bráchium eórum non salvábit eos, sed déxtera tua et illuminátio vultus tui.
Ant. Their arm will not save them, but Thy right hand and the light of Thy face.
Ant. 2. Non avértet Dóminus fáciem suam a vobis, si revérsi fuéritis ad eum.
Ant. 2. The Lord will not turn His face away from thee, if thou returnest to Him.
II
II
Nunc autem reppulísti et confudísti nos * et non egrediéris, Deus, cum virtútibus nostris.
But now Thou've turned us away and put us to shame, and Thou don't go out with our armies anymore, God.
Convertísti nos retrórsum coram inimícis nostris, * et, qui odérunt nos, diripuérunt sibi.
Thou madest us turn our backs on our enemies, and those who hated us plundered us.
Dedísti nos tamquam oves ad vescéndum * et in géntibus dispersísti nos.
Thou hast given us up as sheep for slaughter, and thou hast scattered us amongst the nations.
Vendidísti pópulum tuum sine lucro, * nec dítior factus es in commutatióne eórum.
Thou sold thy people at a low price, and there was no crowd in the purchase that was made of them.
Posuísti nos oppróbrium vicínis nostris, * subsannatiónem et derísum his, qui sunt in circúitu nostro.
Thou hast repaid us the reproach of our neighbors, and an object of insult and mockery to those around us.
Posuísti nos similitúdinem in géntibus, * commotiónem cápitis in pópulis.
Thou hast given us back the fable of the nations; the people shake their heads about us.
Tota die verecúndia mea contra me est, * et confúsio faciéi meæ coopéruit me,
All day long my shame is before my eyes, and the confusion of my face covers me entirely,
a voce exprobrántis et obloquéntis, * a fácie inimíci et ultóris.
at the voice of him who reviles and reviles me, in the sight of the enemy and the persecutor.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, and ever shall be. Amen.
Ant. Non avértet Dóminus fáciem suam a vobis, si revérsi fuéritis ad eum.
Ant. The Lord will not turn His face away from thee, if thou returnest to Him.
Ant. 3. Exsúrge, Dómine, et iúdica causam tuam.
Ant. 3. Arise, O Lord, and defend Thy cause.
III
III
Hæc ómnia venérunt super nos,† nec oblíti sumus te; * et iníque non égimus in testaméntum tuum.
All these evils have come upon us; and yet we have not forgotten Thou, nor have we acted unjustly against Thy covenant.
Et non recéssit retro cor nostrum, * nec declinavérunt gressus nostri a via tua;
And our hearts have not withdrawn backwards; and Thou hast turned our steps away from Thy way.
sed humiliásti nos in loco vúlpium * et operuísti nos umbra mortis.
For Thou hast humbled us in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.
Si oblíti fuérimus nomen Dei nostri * et si expandérimus manus nostras ad deum aliénum,
If we have forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a foreign god,
nonne Deus requíret ista? * Ipse enim novit abscóndita cordis.
Won't God ask for an account of it anon? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Quóniam propter te mortificámur tota die, * æstimáti sumus sicut oves occisiónis.
For it is for thy sake that we are daily given up to death, and that we are looked upon as sheep for slaughter.
Evígila, quare obdórmis, Dómine? * Exsúrge et ne repéllas in finem.
Arise; wherefore do Thou sleep, Lord? Arise, and do not put us away forevermore.
Quare fáciem tuam avértis, * oblivísceris inópiæ nostræ et tribulatiónis nostræ?
Wherefore do Thou turn away Thy face? Wherefore do Thou forget our misery and tribulation?
Quóniam humiliáta est in púlvere ánima nostra, * conglutinátus est in terra venter noster.
For our soul is humbled in the dust, and our bosom is as it were clinging unto the earth.
Exsúrge, Dómine, ádiuva nos * et rédime nos propter misericórdiam tuam.
Arise, Lord; help us, and redeem us by Thy mercy.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, and ever shall be. Amen.
Ant. Exsúrge, Dómine, et iúdica causam tuam.
Ant. Arise, O Lord, and defend Thy cause.
In primo nocturno, anno II
De Libro Númeri
In diébus illis: Locútus est Dóminus ad Móysen dicens: " Applica tribum Levi et fac stare in conspéctu Aaron sacerdótis, ut minístrent ei et obsérvent quidquid ad eum pértinet et ad totam congregatiónem coram tabernáculo convéntus, serviéntes in ministério habitáculi, et custódiant vasa tabernáculi convéntus expléntes offícia filiórum Israel, serviéntes in ministério habitáculi. Dabísque dono Levítas Aaron et fíliis eius, quibus tráditi sunt a fíliis Israel; Aaron autem et fílios eius constítues super cultum sacerdótii. Extérnus qui ad ministrándum accésserit moriétur. "
Locutúsque est Dóminus ad Móysen dicens: " Ecce ego tuli Levítas a fíliis Israel pro omni primogénito qui áperit vulvam in fíliis Israel; erúntque Levítæ mei. Meum est enim omne primogénitum: ex quo percússi omnes primogénitos in terra Ægýpti, sanctificávi mihi quidquid primum náscitur in Israel ab hómine usque ad pecus; mei sunt. Ego Dóminus. "
Et locútus est Dóminus ad Móysen dicens: " Tolle Levítas de médio filiórum Israel et purificábis eos iuxta hunc ritum. Aspergántur aqua lustratiónis et radant omnes pilos carnis suæ, lavábunt vestiménta sua et mundábunt se. Tollent bovem de arméntis et oblatiónem eius símilam óleo conspérsam; bovem autem álterum de arménto tu accípies pro peccáto et applicábis Levítas coram tabernáculo convéntus, convocáta omni multitúdine filiórum Israel. Cumque Levítæ fúerint coram Dómino, ponent fílii Israel manus suas super eos, et agitábit Aaron Levítas munus in conspéctu Dómini a fíliis Israel, ut sérviant in ministério eius. "
r. In ieiúnio et fletu orábant sacerdótes, dicéntes: * Parce, Dómine, parce pópulo tuo, et ne des hereditátem tuam in perditiónem. v. Inter vestíbulum et altáre plorábant sacerdótes, dicéntes: * Parce. v. Glória Patri. * Parce.
In secundo nocturno, anno II
Ex Hymnis sancti Ephrémi (Hymni de ieiunio, VI: CSCO 106, 12; versio Lamy)
Congregámini et estóte boni in ieiúnio negotiatóres. Scriptúræ enim divínum cóntinent thesáurum. Ecce nunc clavi sanctæ ieiúnii vocis aperiúntur coram auditóribus. Benedíctus rex qui inópibus suis thesáuros suos apéruit. Scriptúræ præstant vestiménta convívio invitátis, saccum et lácrymas ómnibus pœniténtibus, arma athlétis. Libri sacri reférti sunt divítiis. Benedíctus qui ómnibus adiuménta omnis géneris parávit.
Aperíte ígitur, fratres, et a Dómino accípite thesáurum hunc ómnibus homínibus commúnem. Unusquísque velut thesaurárius clavem eius détinet. Dives quis non fiat? Benedíctus qui dissólvit causas nostræ abiectiónis. Magnum est istud donum quod cæcitáti nostræ obiícitur. Quamvis autem unusquísque nostrum duóbus sit óculis instrúctus, pauci tamen sunt qui hoc donum agnóverint quid et unde sit. Parce, Dómine, cæcis qui aurum tantum vident.
O Iesus qui aperuísti óculos Bartimi, aperuísti eos quia, illo invíto, excæcáti fúerant, áperi, Dómine, óculos cum assénsu nostro obcæcátos ut exaltétur grátia tua. Lutum a te factum nos docet te esse plasmatóris nostri Fílium. Quis símilis tibi, o persónæ nostræ honorátor; in terram expuísti non in fáciem ut formam nostram extólleres. Expue autem, Dómine, in fáciem nostram et áperi óculos quos líbera nostra volúntas clausit. Benedíctus qui óculum dedit menti quam excæcaverámus.
r. Qui cognóscis ómnium occúlta, a delícto meo munda me; * Tempus mihi concéde ut repænitens clamem: Peccávi, miserére mei, Deus. v. Avérte fáciem tuam a peccátis meis, et omnes iniquitátes meas dele. * Tempus. v. Glória Patri. * Tempus.
Postea dicitur immediate et sine orémus oratio propria, cum conclusione longiore.
After this the proper prayer is said straightway and without "Let us pray", with the long conclusion.
Cleméntiam tuam, Dómine, súpplici voto depóscimus, † ut nos fámulos tuos, pæniténtia emendátos et bonis opéribus erudítos, * in mandátis tuis fácias perseveráre sincéros, et ad paschália festa perveníre illæsos. Per Dóminum.
Merciful Lord, we humbly beseech Thou to give us, Thy servants, whom penance heals and whom good works make grow, the strength to persevere with a sincere heart in the practice of Thy commandments and the grace to reach the feasts of Easter with a purified soul.
Dóminus vobíscum.
The Lord be with thee.
r. Et cum spíritu tuo.
r. And with thy spirit.
Benedícat vos omnípotens Deus, Pater, ✠ et Fílius, et Spíritus Sanctus.
May God Almighty bless thee, the Father, ✠ and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
r. Amen.
r. Amen.
Vel alia formula benedictionis, sicut in Missa.
Or another formula of blessing, as at Mass.
Et si fit dimissio, sequitur invitatio:
And if we make a referral, we add the invitation:
Absente sacerdote vel diacono, et in recitatione a solo, sic concluditur:
In the absence of a deacon or a priest, and in the recitation alone, it is concluded thus:
Dóminus nos benedícat, et ab omni malo deféndat, et ad vitam perdúcat ætérnam. r. Amen.
May the Lord bless us, forbid us from all evil, and bring us to eternal life. r. Amen.
The translations proposed here have the sole purpose of a better understanding of the Latin text. They are not to be used in place of the official translations in the liturgy in the vernacular.
