and the people of Israel said to them,  “Would that we had died by the hand of the  Lord in the land of Egypt,  when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
ወይቤልዎሙ ፡ ውሉደ ፡ እስራኤል ፡ ሶበ ፡ ሞትነ ፡ በመቅሠፍተ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ በምድረ ፡ ግብጽ ፡ አመ ፡ ንነብር ፡ ጠቃ ፡ ጸሀርት ፡ ዘሥጋ ፡ ወንበልዕ ፡ ኅብስተ ፡ እስከ ፡ ንጸግብ ፤ አምጻእከነ ፡ አንተ ፡ ውስተዝ ፡ ገዳም ፡ ከመ ፡ ትቅትል ፡ ኵለነ ፡ በኀበ ፡ ተጋባእነ ።