# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Vespers
# live query, 2029-12-26, the same clean date already used for lauds-capitulum-st-stephen-protomartyr.yml. This hymn's closing doxology stanza is seasonally variable in the source (tagged `{Doxology: NatT}`); what's captured here is whatever rendered live on the query date above, not a season-aware substitution -- same known-not-modeled gap as the Paschaltide alleluia suffix elsewhere (see TODO.md).
id: vespers-hymn-st-stephen-protomartyr
text:
  la: |
    Deus tuórum mílitum
    Sors, et córona, prǽmium,
    Laudes canéntes Mártyris
    Absólve nexu críminis.

    Hic nempe mundi gáudia,
    Et blandiménta nóxia
    Cadúca rite députans,
    Pervénit ad cæléstia.

    Pœnas cucúrrit fórtiter,
    Et sústulit viríliter,
    Pro te effúndens sánguinem,
    Ætérna dona póssidet.

    Ob hoc precátu súpplici
    Te póscimus, piíssime;
    In hoc triúmpho Mártyris
    Dimítte noxam sérvulis.

    Glória tibi, Dómine,
    Qui natus es de Vírgine,
    Cum Patre, et Sancto Spíritu,
    In sempitérna sǽcula.
    Amen.
  en: |
    O God, of those that fought thy fight,
    Portion, and prize, and crown of light,
    Break every bond of sin and shame
    As now we praise thy martyr's name.

    He recked not of the world's allure,
    But sin and pomp of sin forswore:
    Knew all their gall, and passed them by,
    And reached the throne prepared on high.

    Bravely the course of pain he ran,
    And bare his torments as a man:
    For love of thee his blood outpoured,
    And thus obtained the great reward.

    With humble voice and suppliant word
    We pray thee therefore, holy Lord,
    While we thy martyr's feast-day keep,
    Forgive thy loved and erring sheep.

    All honour, praise and glory be,
    O Jesu, Virgin-Born, to thee;
    All glory, as is ever meet,
    To Father, and to Paraclete.
    Amen.
status:
  la: verified
  en: verified