Motet: Balaam de quo vaticinans / [Ballam]

Balaam de quo vaticinans: 
"Iam de Iacob nova micans, 
orbi lumen inchoans, 
[rutilans] exibit Stella." 
Huic ut placuit, 
tres magi mistica 
virtute triplici 
portabant munera, 
ipsum mirifice 
regem dicencia 
deum et hominem 
mira potencia.

Translation

Prophesying him, Balaam said:
"Now a new star shall arise
out of Jacob, flashing and shining,
creating light for the world."
In order to please him,
the three Magi
by threefold virtue
brought mystic gifts,
which pronounced him
miraculously
king, god, and man
by wondrous power.