Aut in quo contristavi te?
Responde mihi.
Quia eduxi te de terra Aegypti:
Parasti crucem Salvatori tuo.
Hagios o Theos. Sanctus Deus.
Hagios ischyros. Sanctus fortis.
My people, what have I done to you?
Or how have I offended you?
Answer Me.
I led you out of the land of the Egyptians;
You have prepared a cross for your Savior.
O holy God! Holy strong One!
Quia eduxi te per desertum quadraginta annis,
Et manna cibavi te:
Et introduxi in terra satis optimam:
Parasti crucem Salvatori tuo.
Hagios ischyros. Sanctus fortis.
I led you through the desert for forty years,
And fed you with manna,
And brought you into a land exceeding good;
You have prepared a cross for your Savior.
O holy strong One!
Ego quidem plantavi te vineam meam speciossissam,
Et tu facta es mihi nimis amara:
Aceto namque sitim meam potasti,
Et lancea perforasti latus Salvatori tuo.
Hagios athanatos, eleison ymas.
Sanctus immortalis, miserere nobis.
I planted you, My most beautiful vineyard,
And you have become exceeding bitter to Me;
For in my thirst you gave Me vinegar to drink,
And with a spear you pierced the side of your Savior.
O holy and immortal One, have mercy upon us.
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