Pastores loquebantur
General information
Source of text is Luke 2: 15-20.
Settings by composers
- Anonymous SATB
- Franz Xaver Brixi SATB
- Jacobus Clemens non Papa ATTBarB
Original text and translations
Latin text Vulgate 15b Pastores loquebantur ad invicem: transeamus usque Betlehem, et videamus hoc verbum quod factum est, quod Dominus ostendit nobis. 16 Et venerunt festinantes et invenerunt Mariam et Joseph et infantem positum in praesepio. 20 Et reversi sunt pastores glorificantes et laudantes Deum. Italian translation 15b I pastori si dicevano l'un l'altro: andiamo fino a Betlemme e vedremo che Dio ci mostrerà la realizzazione della sua promessa. 20 E tornarono i pastori, glorificando e lodando Dio. |
English translation by Edward Tambling 15b The shepherds said to one another: "Let us cross over to Bethlehem, and see this word which has been made, and which the Lord has shown us". 16 And they hurriedly came and found Mary and Joseph and the child laid in a manger. 20 And the shepherds went back, glorifying and praising God. |