Unus ex discipulis

General information

The Sixth Responsory of the Office of Tenebrae on Maundy Thursday. Taken from Matthew 26:21, 23-24, 45; Mark 14:18, 20-21, 41.

Settings by composers

• Anonymous — TarC LLF-2 Choirbook  Latin SATB
• Giovanni Croce — Unus ex discipulis  Latin SATB, STTB, ATTB, ATBB
• Lorenzo Durelli — Unus ex discipulis  Latin SATB.SATB
• Johann Michael Haydn — 9 Responsoria in Coena Domini  Latin SATB
• Marco Antonio Ingegneri — Unus ex discipulis  Latin SATB
• Orlando di Lasso — Unus ex discipulis  Latin SATB
• Jeffrey Quick — Unus ex discipulis  Latin SSATBB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria — Unus ex discipulis  Latin SATB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Responsories for Maundy Thursday, ZWV 55:1-9  Latin SATB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Unus ex discipulis, ZWV 55:06  Latin SATB 

Text and translations

Latin text Unus ex discípulis meis tradet me hódie: Væ illi per quem tradar ego: Mélius illi erat, si natus non fuísset. Qui intíngit mecum manum in parópside, hic me traditúrus est in manus peccatórum. Mélius illi erat, si natus non fuísset. Unus ex discípulis... Portuguese translation Um dos meus discípulos trairá-me hoje: Ai daquele pelo qual serei traído: Melhor seria que não o tivesse nascido. Ele, que comigo come na mesma mesa, Será aquele que me entregará na mão dos pecadores: Melhor seria que não o tivesse nascido. Um dos meus discípulos...

English translation One of my disciples will betray me this day: Woe to him by whom I shall be betrayed: It were better for him, had he never been born. He who dips his hand with me in the dish, he will deliver me into the hands of sinners. It were better for him, had he never been born. One of my disciples...