Ecce vidimus eum

General information

3rd of the Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday

Settings by composers

• Francesco Corteccia
• Pietro Amico Giacobetti SATTB
• Michael Haydn SATB
• Marco Antonio Ingegneri SATB
• Francisco Martins SATB All editions withdrawn
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (a dubious attribution) S(S)ATB (SATB with SSA verse, performable 8vb ATB)
• Jeffrey Quick SATB
• Vincenzo Ruffo a 5
• Ludovico da Viadana SATB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka SATB [basso seguente]

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Valerio Guami — Ecce vidimus eum
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Responsories for Maundy Thursday, ZWV 55:1-9

Text and translations

Latin text Responsorium: Ecce vidimus eum non habentem speciem, neque decorem: Aspectus ejus in eo non est: Hic peccata nostra portavit, et pro nobis dolet: Ipse autem vulneratus est, propter iniquitates nostras: Cujus livore sanati sumus. Versus: Vere languores nostros ipse tulit et dolores nostros ipse portavit, Cujus livore sanati sumus.

English translation Responsory: Behold we shall see him having neither form nor comeliness: There is no beauty in him. This is he who has borne our sins and suffered for us. He was bruised for our iniquities, and with his stripes we are healed. Verse: Truly he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows, And with his stripes we are healed.

German translation Responsorium: Siehe, da wir ihn ansahn, Fand sich keine Wohlgestalt und keine Schöne, man barg das Antlitz vor all seiner Schmach, wegen unsrer Sünde erschlagen, litt er so viel Qualen, wegen unsrer großen Missetat ist er so schwer verwundet worden. Durch seine Wunden sind wir geheilet. Versus: Wahrlich, er selbst trug unser aller Krankheit und lud willig auf sich unsere Schmerzen Durch seine Wunden sind wir geheilet.