2 Esdras 16:42-44

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁴² let one who does business be like one who will not make a profit; and let one who builds a house be like one who will not live in it; ⁴³ let one who sows be like one who will not reap; so also one who prunes the vines, like one who will not gather the grapes; ⁴⁴ those who marry, like those who will have no children; and those who do not marry, like those who are widowed.