Therefore do not ask any more questions about the multitude of those who perish: Compare 2 Esd 9.13. An alternative model for this verse is:

• “So don’t ask any more questions about all those people who are not going to have that eternal life [or, who will die forever].

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on 1-2 Esdras. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2019. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.