Ary ny mpifehy ny Zanak'Isiraely, izay notendren'ny mpampiasa avy amin'i Farao mba hifehy azy, dia nokapohina ka nanontaniana hoe: Ahoana no tsy nahavitanareo ny anjaranareo tamin'ny fanaovana ny biriky omaly sy androany, tahaka ny teo aloha ?
And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?