Easter Exultet (Praeconium)

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 6 April 2005, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).

POWER IN HEAVEN GO-AHEAD CELEBRATE! ANGEL SCADS-OF GO-AHEAD SING. (2h)#ALL LIVING THINGS THRILLED (2h)4-CL'stand in circle'. MIDDLE, GOD HIS THRONE STAND-FIRM. JESUS CHRIST, OUR KING, RISE FINISH. SOUND-TRUMPET, ANNOUNCE SALVATION. ALL EARTH SHOULD CELEBRATE YOUR KING BRIGHT* SHINY. CHRIST CONQUER DEATH. GLORY INSPIRED. DARK GONE FOREVER. CELEBRATE, MOTHER CHURCH. THRILLED WITH GLORY. OUR SAVIOR RISE, lf-SHINE-DOWN-ON (2h)YOU. (2h)THIS PLACE SHOULD THUNDER alt.HAPPY. SONG MIGHTY FROM GOD HIS PEOPLE NOW ECHO.

TRUE-BIZ RIGHT THAT WITH FULL HEART, MIND, VOICE, WE PRAISE GOD, HIMSELF BEYOND OUR SENSE, THE ALL POWERFUL HEAVENLY-FATHER, PLUS HIS ONLY-ONE SON, OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. WHY? CHRIST PAY-OFF OUR DEBT THROUGH HIS BLOOD. HE-lf PAY-OFF FOR US PRICE ADAM HIS-ctr SIN TO OUR FOREVER HEAVENLY-FATHER! (2h)THIS OUR PASSOVER FEAST, HAPPEN CHRIST, TRUE-BIZ LAMB, DIE CROSS. HIS-lf BLOOD MAKE HOME (2h)#ALL BELIEVER BECOME HOLY. (2h)THIS NIGHT CELEBRATE VERY-FIRST TIME YOU-lf SAVE OUR ANCESTORS. JEWISH PEOPLE SLAVE, YOU-lf OPPRESSION-OFF THEM-rt. YOU LEAD THEM-rt THROUGH SEA FLOOR. WATER SEPARATE, THEIR-rt FEET STAY DRY.

(2h)THIS NIGHT CELEBRATE, CHRISTIAN EVERY PLACE BECOME PURE, SIN FILTHY WASH-BODY, GONE. WE #BACK-WITH-God, TOGETHER BECOME MORE-AND-MORE HOLY. (2h)THIS NIGHT CELEBRATE, HAPPEN JESUS CHRIST BREAK CHAIN DEATH. HE-lf RISE CONQUER GRAVE. HEAVENLY-FATHER, YOURSELF-rt WONDERFUL TAKE-CARE-OF-us US. YOU-rt (<) LOVE US, (>) HAVE-MERCY-ON-us US WITHOUT LIMIT. PAY-OFF SLAVE DEBT MEAN YOU-rt GIVE-UP YOUR-rt SON MUST. WE alt.MISTAKE BUT HAPPY. WHY? ADAM SIN MUST IF WE WANT HAVE REDEEMER WONDERFUL LIKE YOU-lf. [(2h)THIS NIGHT CELEBRATE CAUSE EVERYTHING BAD DISSOLVE; WASH-BODY, GUILTY GO-AWAY; INNOCENT GONE, COME-#BACK-TO-us US; BEFORE MOURN, NOW WE alt.HAPPY.]

THIS NIGHT CELEBRATE, GOD BLESS. HEAVEN MARRY EARTH. (2h)#ALL #BACK-WITH-God! THEREFORE, HEAVENLY-FATHER IN HEAVEN, (2h)THIS NIGHT alt.HAPPY, ACCEPT OUR EVENING PRAISE OFFER-UP. YOUR CHURCH SERIOUS OFFER-UP.


Notes: GO-AHEAD - (2h)[B^ dot], POs ><, FOs away, move forward in a jerk.

SCADS-OF - (2h)[5:], POs down, FOs away, move forward to show many beings.

(2h)#ALL - (2h)[A], POs ><, FOs up, are held at shoulder height and move away while opening to (2h)[L].

LIVING - LIVE*.

(2h)4-CL'stand in circle' - (2h)[4], POs away, FOs up, touch, then move in a circle until POs > signer and touch again.

STAND-FIRM - elbow of [S], PO > NDS, FO up, - struck against the fingers of NDH [B] held like part of TABLE.

SOUND-TRUMPET - (2h)[S] are held to the mouth as if holding an ancient (valveless) trumpet to the mouth, and the cheeks puff out as if blowing as the head moves forward.

BRIGHT* - (2h)[O^], POs away, FOs up, open to (2h)[5], while separating.

SHINY - (2h)[open 8], POs down, FOs away, twist rapidly at wrists while rising. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Shine.

GLORY - (2h)[5], POs ><, FOs away from signer, DH which is on top wiggles fingers while ascending. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Glory.

(2h)THIS - (2h)[1^], POs down, FOs away, hands descend slightly.

THUNDER - Touch ear with index finger then (2h)[S], PO down, FO away, move antisymmetrically from side to side while mouthing "pow". For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - thunder.

MIGHTY - (2h)[S], POs > back of signer, FOs up, are held at NDS and fists descend, then repeat at DS.

ECHO - [O^], PO away, FOs up, is brought to [B], PO away, FO up, and reflects off it while opening to [5].

TRUE-BIZ - TRUE + (2h)[S], POs down, FOs away, DH brushes from side to side across NDH wrist.

SENSE - [open 8] is drawn up the chest in one long movement. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - sense (1).

POWERFUL - [C] or [5:] brings FTs rapidly to the ND biceps.

HEAVENLY-FATHER - (2h)[A], FOs up, DH - held against forehead, NDH close to but lower, both hands open to (2h)[5] while moving upwards. HEAVEN may be added to this. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Heavenly Father - 1.

ONLY-ONE - [1], PO away, FO up, supinates and moves upwards slightly.

PAY-OFF - [open 8] runs middle finger up palm (> wrist), changes to a [B], PO down, and then moves back across palm.

PRICE - (2h)[flat F], POs><, FOs away, tap thumbs together twice. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - value.

ADAM - [A] taps DS temple with thumb tip 2x.

SIN - (2h)[X] touch their respective sides of the mouth, descend to neutral space and circle antisymmetrically parallel to the chest. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Sin.

PASSOVER - [S] taps thumbside against elbow (like CRACKER). For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - cracker.

FEAST - (2h)alt.EAT. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Feast.

VERY-FIRST - [1], PO down, FO away, supinates like the sign FIRST, but strikes the thumb of NDH [A dot], PO > DS, FO away. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: First.

ANCESTORS - (2h)[A], FOs up, DH is held against forehead, NDH close to head but lower, both hands open to (2h)[5] while moving upwards + (2h)[5], POs ><, FOs up, move in a vertical circle while moving back over shoulder.

SLAVE - (2h)[S], PO down, crossed at wrists, swing from side to side. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Slave.

OPPRESSION-OFF - Starts like PRESSURE, DH [B], PO down, FO away, push down slightly on [S], PO > DS, FO away, then the DH is brought upwards suddenly and the signer mouths "off".

PURE - like NICE but the DH moves backwards slightly on the palm, pauses, then moves forward rapidly to show intensity.

FILTHY - [S] is held under chin and opens explosively into a [5] with an appropriately negative facial expression.

WASH-BODY - (2h)[A], rub palm sides in symmetric circles on chest.

#BACK-WITH-God - (2h)[B], POs ><, FOs up, are held with NDH close to the body and the DH high and close to where God is spatialized. The hands transition to a C and then a K while rushing towards each other and contacting.

MORE-AND-MORE - MORE is signed twice but with the NDH kept in place.

HOLY - H-CLEAN. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Holy - 1.

ADAM - [A] taps DS temple with thumb tip 2x.

REDEEMER - R-SAVE AGENT.

GO-AWAY - [B^], PO down, FO away, moves away, while straightening to a [B].

COME-#BACK-TO-us - (2h)[B], POs > signer, FOs up, move > signer while changing to (2h)[C] and (2h)[K].

#BACK-WITH-God - (2h)[B], POs ><, FOs up, are held with NDH close to the body and the DH high and close to where God is spatialized. The hands transition to a C and then a K while rushing towards each other and contacting.

Lyrics:

Rejoice heavenly powers! Sing choirs of angels. Exult creation around God's throne. Jesus Christ, our King, is risen! Sound the trumpet of salvation! Rejoice, O earth, in shining splendor, radiant in the brightness of your King! Christ has conquered! Glory fills you! Darkness vanishes forever! Rejoice, O Mother Church! Exult in glory! The risen Savior shines upon you! Let this place resound with joy, echoing the mighty song of all God's people!

It is truly right that with full hearts and minds and voice we should praise the unseen God, the all-powerful Father, and his only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. For Christ has ransomed us with his blood, and paid for us the price of Adam's sin to our eternal Father! This is our Passover feast, when Christ, the true Lamb, is slain, whose blood consecrates the homes of all believers. This is the night when first you saved our Fathers (some substitute: ancestors). you freed the people of Israel from their slavery and led them dry shod through the sea.

This is the night when Christians everywhere, washed clean of sin and free from all defilement, are restored to grace and grow together in holiness. This is the night when Jesus Christ broke the chains of death and rose triumphant from the grave. Father, how wonderful your care for us! How boundless your merciful love! To ransom a slave you gave away your Son. O happy fault, O necessary sin of Adam, which gained for us so great a Redeemer! [The power of this night dispels all evil, washes guilt away, restores lost innocence and brings mourners joy.]

Night truly blessed when heaven is wedded to earth and man is (some substitute: all are) reconciled with God! Therefore, heavenly Father, in the joy of this night receive our evening sacrifice of praise, your Church's solemn offering.

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