The Good News Translation restructuring here is simple and easy. In Greek either verb, take pity or do good, could be applied to either object, widow or orphan. Good News Translation joins the two verbs and then joins the two objects. The two verbs could be expressed by one verb without any substantial loss of meaning; for example, Contemporary English Version says “or show mercy to widows and orphans.”

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on The Shorter Books of the Deuterocanon. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2006. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.