Utinam mortui essemus in Ægypto: et in hac vasta solitudine utinam pereamus, et non inducat nos Dominus in terram istam, ne cadamus gladio, et uxores ac liberi nostri ducantur captivi. Nonne melius est reverti in Ægyptum?
Would God that we had died in Egypt: and would God we may die in this vast wilderness, and that the Lord may not bring us into this land, lest we fall by the sword, and our wives and children be led away captives. Is it not better to return into Egypt?
Utinam more es in Aegypto: et in hoc vasta solitudine utinam peri, et non Domino induce nos in terra isto, ne cade gladio, et uxores et libro nostro duc captivas. Nonne bono es reverte in Aegypto?