The Israelite foremen whom Pharaoh’s slave masters had set over them were beaten and were asked, “Why did you not complete your requirement for brickmaking as in the past– both yesterday and today?”
 Ghelɨ fòyn Ijìb nâ ghì a ghɨ nà n-kâyntɨ̀ ghelɨ Isìlæ̀ ɨ felɨ fɨ̀koli tì ɨ nà sɨ leŋ ghelɨ Isìlæ̀ ghì a àŋena lèm na ghɨ na tisɨ̂ ìfêl bɨf sɨ̂ àŋena na, “Yi n-bom àchaʼ kɨ bu koʼ chem wi ta yì tî nà bom sɨ a asɨ bòm ghà?”