Euge serve bone

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Antiphon at Vespers from the Common of a Confessor not a Pope.
Source of text is Matthew 25:21.

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Text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

25:21  Euge serve bone, et fidelis: quia super pauca fuisti fidelis, super multa te constituam; intra in gaudium Domini tui.

Variant 1
Euge serve bone, in modico fidelis,
intra in gaudium Domini tui.
Fidelis servus et prudens, quem constituit Dominus super familiam suam, intra in gaudium Domini tui.
Euge serve…

English.png English translation

25:21  Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.

Variant 1
Well done, good and faithful servant: because thou hast been faithful over a few things,
enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.
Faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath appointed over his family, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.

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