2 Esdras 4:33-35

Revised Standard Version

When Will the New Age Come?

³³ Then I answered and said, “How long^[a] and when will these things be? Why are our years few and evil?” ³⁴ He answered me and said, “You do not hasten faster than the Most High, for your haste is for yourself,^[b] but the Highest hastens on behalf of many. ³⁵ Did not the souls of the righteous in their chambers ask about these matters, saying, ‘How long are we to remain here?^[c] And when will come the harvest of our reward?’