Popule meus, quid feci tibi? 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. Hagios Athanatos, eleison himas. Sanctus immortalis, miserere nobis.
Quia eduxi te per desertum quadraginta annis: et manna cibavi te, et introduxi te in terram satis bonam: parasti Crucem Salvatori tuo. Hagios…
Quid ultra debui facere tibi, et non feci? Ego quidem plantavi te vineam meam speciosissimam: et tu facta es mihi nimis amara: aceto namque sitim meam potasti: et lancea perforasti latus Salvatori tuo. Hagios…
Ego propter te flagellavi Aegyptum cum primogenitis suis: et tu me flagellatum tradidisti. Popule meus…
Ego te eduxi de Aegypto, demerso Pharone in mare Rubrum: et tu me tradidisti principibus sacerdotum. Popule meus…
Ego ante te aperui mare: et tu aperuisti lancea latus meum. Popule meus…
Ego ante te praeivi in columna nubis: et tu me duxisti ad praetorium Pilati. Popule meus…
Ego te pavi manna in desertum: et tu me cedisti alapis et flagellis. Popule meus…
Ego te potavi aqua salutis de petra: et tu me potasti felle et aceto. Popule meus…
Ego propter te Chananeorum reges percussi: et tu percussisti arundine caput meum. Popule meus…
Ego dedi tibi sceptrum regale: et tu dedisti capiti meo spineam coronam.
Popule meus…
Ego te exaltavi magna virtute: et tu me suspendisti in patibulo crucis. Popule meus…
English translation
O my people, what have I done to thee?
Or how have I offended you?
Answer me.
Because I led thee out of the land of Egypt:
thou hast prepared a Cross for thy Saviour.
O holy God! O holy God! O holy strong One! O holy strong One! O holy and immortal, have mercy upon us. O holy and immortal, have mercy upon us.
Because I led thee through the desert for forty years:
and fed thee with manna, and brought thee into a land exceeding good:
thou hast prepared a Cross for thy Saviour. O holy God!…
What more ought I to have done for thee, that I have not done?
I planted thee, indeed, My most beautiful vineyard:
and thou hast become exceeding bitter to me:
for in my thirst thou gavest me vinegar to drink:
and with a spear thou hast pierced the side of thy Saviour. O holy God!…
For thy sake I scourged the firstborn of Egypt:
Thou hast given me up to be scourged.
O my people…
I led thee out of Egypt having drowned Pharaoh in the Red Sea:
and thou hast delivered Me to the chief priests.
O my people…
I opened the sea before thee:
and thou hast opened my side with a spear.
O my people…
I went before thee in a pillar of cloud:
and thou hast led me to the judgment hall of Pilate.
O my people…
I fed thee with manna in the desert;
and thou hast assaulted me with blows and scourges.
O my people…
I gave thee the water of salvation from the rock:
and thou hast given me gall and vinegar to drink.
O my people…
For thy sake I struck the kings of the Canaanites:
and thou hast struck my head with a reed.
O my people…
I gave thee a royal sceptre:
and thou hast given a crown of thorns for my head.
O my people…
I exalted thee with great strength;
and thou hast hanged me on the gibbet of the cross.
O my people…
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