Compaixão
A compaixão é o coração de Deus em ação. Ele é compassivo e misericordioso, tardio em irar-se e grande em amor. Somos chamados a refletir essa compaixão no mundo.
Just like parents act mercifully toward their children,
Yahweh is kind to those who revere him.
But Lord, you always are mercifully and kind;
you do not become angry quickly,
you faithfully love us very much
and always do for us what you have promised to do.
Your constantly loving me is ◄worth more/more precious► than my life,
so I [MTY] will always praise you.
Yahweh never stops faithfully loving us,
and he never stops being kind to us.
He is the one whom we can always trust/lean on.
Every morning he is merciful to us again.
But Yahweh replies,
"That is not true! ◄Can a woman forget the infant that she is nursing?/A woman certainly cannot forget the infant that she is nursing!► [RHQ]
◄Can she stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth?/She certainly cannot stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth!► [RHQ]
But even if a woman would do that,
I will not forget you!
Note that I have written your names on the palms of my hands;
in my mind I can always see the walls of your city.
But Yahweh wants to be kind to you;
he desires to show you that he is merciful.
Do not forget that Yahweh is a God who acts justly;
he is pleased with those who patiently trust in him.
Yahweh, there is no [RHQ] God like you;
you forgive the sins [DOU] that were committed by the people who have survived,
the people who belong to you.
You do not remain angry forever;
you are very happy to show us that you faithfully love us.
I will cause the people [MTY] of Judah to become strong,
and I will rescue the people [MTY] of Israel.
I will bring them back from the countries to which they were ◄exiled/forced to go►;
I will do that because I pity them.
Then they will be as though I had not abandoned them,
because I am Yahweh, their God,
and I will answer them when they pray for help.
"Tell the people that this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: ‘Do what is just/right, and act kindly and mercifully toward each other. Do not ◄oppress/treat cruelly► widows or orphans or foreigners or poor people. Do not even think about doing evil to anyone else.’ "
Do what is good; in particular, love one another.
Because God has chosen you to be his people; and because he loves you, be compassionate to one another. Be kind to one another. Be humble. Be meek (OR, be considerate toward one another), be patient with one another,
Be kind to one another. Act mercifully toward each other. Forgive each other, just like God forgave you because of what Christ has done.
Agree with each other, love each other, be humble, and bless those who do evil things to you instead of retaliating.
To end this part of my letter, I say to all of you, agree with each other in what you think. Be sympathetic toward each other. Love each other as members of the same family should. Act compassionately toward each other. Be humble.
Many of us have the things that are necessary for us to live in this world. If we become aware that any of our fellow believers do not have what they need and if we refuse to ◄provide for them/give to them what they need►, it is clear that we do not love God as we claim/say that we do.
We thank God that he encourages us in all our troubles so that we are able to encourage you when you suffer. We suffered so much in Asia province that we were sure that we were going to die, but we learned to trust in God. He saved us from death and he will continue to save us from death.
We should praise God, who is the father of our (inc) Lord Jesus Christ. He always pities us and helps us because he is like [MET] a father to us and we are like his children. He always encourages us (inc). He has encouraged us (exc) whenever we suffered hardships. As a result, we (exc) are able to encourage others whenever they suffer hardships, just as/just like God has encouraged us (exc).
Our Supreme Priest can indeed [LIT] compassionately deal with us who tend to sin easily, because he also was tempted to sin in every way that we are tempted to sin, and yet he did not sin.
If someone is joyful, you should rejoice also! If someone is sad, you should also be sad!
I finish my letter with some advice. All of us here send you our greetings, and I pray that God will bless you.
Finally, my fellow believers, I say to you, be joyful. Completely change how you conduct your lives, and do what I have urged you to do. Be united in what you think about the matters about which I have written to you. Live peacefully with each other. If you do those things, God, who enables you to love each other and be peaceful, will bless [MTY] you.