PROLOGUE
Filiae Jerusalem, nolite super me,
sed super vos ipsas flete, et super filios vestros.
Et venerunt in eum dicitur, Calvariae locum
Ibi crucifixerunt Jesum.
Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me,
but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
And when they came to the place which is called Calvary,
there they crucified Jesus.
THE FIRST WORD
Praeter euntes autem blasphemabant eum,
moventes capita sua.
Jesus autem dicebat;
Pater, dimite illis, non enim sciunt quid faciunt.
And those who passed by reviled him,
wagging their heads.
Then Jesus said,
"Father, forgive them for they know not what they do."
THE SECOND WORD
Unus autem de his qui pendebant latronibus dicebat ad Jesum.
Domine, memento mei cum veneris in regnum tuum!
Et dixit illi Jesus:
Amen dico tibi; Hodie mecum eris in Paradiso.
One of the malefactors which were hanged said to Jesus,
"Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom."
And Jesus said to him,
"Truly I say to you, Today you will be with me in paradise."
THE THIRD WORD
Cum vidisset ergo Jesus matrem,
et discipulum stantem quem diligebat dicit matri suae:
Mulier, ecce filius tuus.
Deinde dicit discipulo: Ecce Mater tua.
When Jesus therefore saw his mother,
and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he said to his mother,
"Woman, behold thy son!"
Then he said to the disciple, "Behold thy mother!"
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