For if you have a desire to have mercy upon us who have no works of righteousness, then you will be called merciful.
KJV
2 Esdras 8:32
For if thou hast a desire to have mercy upon us, thou shalt be called merciful, to us namely, that have no works of righteousness.
Parallel Translations
If therefore thou wilt haue mercie vpon vs, thou shalt be called merciful towardes vs which haue no workes of righteousnes.