Description: No. 3 of 20 motets published in 1546 in Venice by Antonio Gardano. (facsimile from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Munich (4° Mus.pr. 42/3))
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Prima pars
In illo tempore
dixit Dominus Jesus discipulis suis:
Modicum et non videbitis me
Et iterum modicum non videbitis me
quia vado ad patrem meum.
Dixerunt ergo ex discipulis suis:
Quid est hoc quod dixit nobis?
Modicum et non videbitis me
Et iterum modicum non videbitis me
quia vado ad patrem meum.
Secunda pars
Dicebant ergo:
Quid est hoc quod dixit nobis?
Nescimus quid loquitur
Cognovit autem Iesus
Quia volebant interrogare
Et dixit eis:
De hoc quaeritis inter vos
Quia dixi:
Modicum et non videbitis me
Et iterum modicum et videbitis me.
English translation
Prima pars, John 16:16-17
In that time,
the Lord Jesus said to his disciples:
"A little while, and now you shall not see me:
and again a little while, and you shall see me:
because I go to the Father."
Then some of his disciples said one to another:
"What is this that he says to us:
A little while, and you shall not see me:
and again a little while, and you shall see me,
because I go to the Father?"
Secunda pars, John 16:18-19
They said therefore:
"What is this that he says, A little while?
We know not what he speaks."
And Jesus knew
that they had a mind to ask him.
And he said to them:
"Of this do you inquire among yourselves,
because I said:
A little while, and you shall not see me;
and again a little while, and you shall see me?"