9. “Let more work be laid on the men, so that they labour in it, and not pay attention to words of falsehood.”
10. And the slave-drivers of the people and their foremen went out and spoke to the people, saying, “Thus said Pharaoh, ‘I do not give you straw.
11. ‘Go, take straw for yourselves, wherever you find it, for your work shall not be diminished.’ ”
12. And the people were scattered in all the land of Mitsrayim – to gather stubble for straw.
13. And the slave-drivers were hurrying them on, saying, “Complete your work, your daily amount, as when there was straw.”
14. Also the foremen of the children of Yisra’ĕl, whom Pharaoh’s slave-drivers had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not completed your task in making bricks both yesterday and today, as before?”
15. And the foremen of the children of Yisra’ĕl came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you treat your servants this way?
16. “There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And see, your servants are beaten, but your own people are at fault.”
17. But he said, “You are idle! You are idle! That is why you say, ‘Let us go and slaughter to יהוה.’
18. “So now go, work. And straw is not given to you, but deliver the amount of bricks.”
19. And the foremen of the children of Yisra’ĕl saw that they were in trouble after it was said, “You are not to diminish your daily amount of bricks.”
20. And when they came out from Pharaoh, they met Mosheh and Aharon who stood there to meet them.
21. And they said to them, “Let יהוה look on you and judge, because you have made us loathsome in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, to give a sword in their hand to kill us.”
22. And Mosheh returned to יהוה and said, “יהוה, why have You done evil to this people? Why did You send me?