2 Esdras 8:5

5 I was brought into this world without my consent, and I will leave it against my will. God has given me only a few short years as my span of life."

2 Esdras 8:5 In-Context

3 many have been created, but only a few will be saved."

4 I said to myself, "I must search for wisdom and try to understand.

5 I was brought into this world without my consent, and I will leave it against my will. God has given me only a few short years as my span of life."

6 Then I prayed, "O Lord above, permit me, your humble servant, to offer this prayer: Plant a seed within us, and let it grow until it produces new hearts and minds, so that sinful humanity may have life.

7 For you alone are God, and you created all of us, as the scripture says.

Footnotes

• [a] [One ancient translation] without my consent; [Latin] to obey.