Euge serve bone
General information
Antiphon at Vespers from the Common of a Confessor not a Pope.
Source of text is Matthew 25:21.
Settings by composers
- Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck SSATB
- José de Torres ST
- Orazio Vecchi SATB (Variant 1)
Text and translations
Latin text 25:21 Euge serve bone, et fidelis: quia super pauca fuisti fidelis, super multa te constituam; intra in gaudium Domini tui. |
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. |