Premise: Jesu, nun sei gepreiset (Jesus, now be praised), BWV 41 , is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the chorale cantata in Leipzig for New Year's Day and first performed it on 1 January 1725 as part of his second cantata cycle. It is based on the hymn by Johannes Hermann (1591).
Hypothesis: Nun sei gepreiset means now be praised.