10. And the exactors of the people, and its authorities, go out, and speak unto the people, saying, `Thus said Pharaoh, I do not give you straw,
11. ye--go ye, take for yourselves straw where ye find [it], for there is nothing of your service diminished.'
12. And the people is scattered over all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw,
13. and the exactors are making haste, saying, `Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.'
14. And the authorities of the sons of Israel, whom the exactors of Pharaoh have placed over them, are beaten, saying, `Wherefore have ye not completed your portion in making brick as heretofore, both yesterday and to-day?'
15. And the authorities of the sons of Israel come in and cry unto Pharaoh, saying, `Why dost thou thus to thy servants?
16. Straw is not given to thy servants, and they are saying to us, Make bricks, and lo, thy servants are smitten--and thy people hath sinned.'