Friday, April 06, 2012

Good Friday: Tenebrae Factae Sunt

Tenebrae Factae Sunt is the fifth of the nine responsories for Matins of Good Friday.

 

From CPDL
:
A responsory is a sung response to a Scripture reading. It has two parts: a respond and a versicle. After the versicle (indicated below by V. and usually sung by a single voice or a smaller group), the second part of the respond is repeated.

Tenebrae factae sunt, dum crucifixissent Jesum Judaei: et circa horam nonam exclamavit Jesus voce magna: Deus meus, ut quid me dereliquisti?

Et inclinato capite, emisit spiritum.

V. Exclamans Jesus voce magna ait: Pater, in manus tuas commendo spiritum meum.

Et inclinato capite, emisit spiritum.



There was darkness over the earth when the Jews* crucified Jesus: and about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

And he bowed his head and gave up the ghost.

V. Jesus cried with a loud voice and said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.

And he bowed his head and gave up the ghost.

(*Please note:   this is the translation at CPDL.    However, it's clear that the Romans crucified Jesus, since Jews did not use crucifixion as a punishment and weren't allowed to apply the death penalty anyway.)

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