Many have been created, but few shall be saved: Compare Matt 22.14. Good News Bible‘s model is good here also. For languages that do not have the passive voice, an alternative model is:

• God has created many people, but he will save only a few.”

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.