Una hora

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The Eighth Responsory of the Office of Tenebrae on Maundy Thursday. Taken from Matthew 26: 40-41; Luke 22:46.

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Latin.png Latin text

Una hora non potuistis vigilare mecum,
qui exhortabamini mori pro me?
Vel Judam non videtis, quomodo non dormit,
sed festinat tradere me Judæis?

Quid dormitis? Surgite, et orate,
ne intretis in tentationem.
Vel Judam...

Spanish.png Spanish translation

No habéis podido vigilar conmigo una hora,
vosotros que decíais que moriríais por mí?
No habéis visto que Judas no dormía,
sino que se apresuraba a entregarme a los judíos?

Por qué dormís? Levantáos y orad,
para que no caigáis en tentación.
No habéis...

English.png English translation

Could ye not watch one hour with me,
ye that were encouraging to die for me?
Or do ye not see Judas, how he sleepeth not,
but maketh haste to deliver me to the Jews?

Why sleep ye? Arise and pray,
lest ye enter into temptation.
Or do ye not...