1 F or since the Law has merely a rude outline (foreshadowing) of the good things to come—instead of fully expressing those things—it can never by offering the same sacrifices continually year after year make perfect those who approach.

¶ Porque la ley teniendo una sombra de los bienes venideros, no la representación misma de las cosas, nunca puede hacer perfectos a los que se allegan por los mismos sacrificios que ofrecen continuamente cada año.

2 F or if it were otherwise, would not have stopped being offered? Since the worshipers had once for all been cleansed, they would no longer have any guilt or consciousness of sin.

De otra manera cesarían de ofrecerse, porque los que sacrificaran, limpios de una vez, no tendrían más conciencia de pecado.

3 B ut these sacrifices annually bring a fresh remembrance of sins,

Pero en estos sacrificios cada año se hace la misma conmemoración de los pecados.

4 B ecause the blood of bulls and goats is powerless to take sins away.

Porque la sangre de los toros y de los machos cabríos no puede quitar los pecados.

5 H ence, when He entered into the world, He said, Sacrifices and offerings You have not desired, but instead You have made ready a body for Me;

Por lo cual, entrando en el mundo, dice: Sacrificio y Presente no quisiste; mas me apropiaste el cuerpo;

6 I n burnt offerings and sin offerings You have taken no delight.

holocaustos y expiaciones por el pecado no te agradaron.

7 T hen I said, Behold, here I am, coming to do Your will, O God— what is written of Me in the volume of the Book.

¶ Entonces dije: Heme aquí (en la cabecera del libro está escrito de mí) para que haga, oh Dios, tu voluntad.

8 W hen He said just before, You have neither desired, nor have You taken delight in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings—all of which are offered according to the Law—

Diciendo arriba: Sacrificio y presente, y holocaustos y expiaciones por el pecado no quisiste, ni te agradaron, las cuales cosas se ofrecen según la Ley,

9 H e then went on to say, Behold, I am, coming to do Your will. Thus He does away with and annuls the first (former) order so that He might inaugurate and establish the second (latter) order.

entonces dijo: Heme aquí para que haga, oh Dios, tu voluntad. Quita lo primero, para establecer lo postrero.

10 A nd in accordance with this will, we have been made holy (consecrated and sanctified) through the offering made once for all of the body of Jesus Christ (the Anointed One).

En esa voluntad somos santificados por la ofrenda del cuerpo de Jesús, el Cristo, hecha UNA VEZ.

11 F urthermore, every priest stands ministering daily, offering the same sacrifices over and over again, which never are able to strip the sins and take them away—

Así que, todo sacerdote se presenta cada día ministrando y ofreciendo muchas veces los mismos sacrificios, que nunca pueden quitar los pecados;

12 W hereas this One, after He had offered a single sacrifice for our sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God,

pero éste, habiendo ofrecido por los pecados un solo sacrificio para siempre, está sentado a la diestra de Dios,

13 T hen to wait until His enemies should be made a stool beneath His feet.

esperando lo que resta, es a decir, hasta que sus enemigos sean puestos por estrado de sus pies;

14 F or by a single offering He has forever completely cleansed and perfected those who are consecrated and made holy.

porque con una sola ofrenda hizo consumados para siempre a los santificados.

15 A nd also the Holy Spirit adds His testimony to us. For having said,

Así, nos atestigua lo mismo el Espíritu Santo; que después dijo:

16 T his is the agreement (testament, covenant) that I will set up and conclude with them after those days, says the Lord: I will imprint My laws upon their hearts, and I will inscribe them on their minds (on their inmost thoughts and understanding),

Y éste es el testamento que haré con ellos después de aquellos días, dice el Señor, Daré mis leyes en sus corazones, y en sus almas las escribiré;

17 H e then goes on to say, And their sins and their lawbreaking I will remember no more.

y nunca más me acordaré de sus pecados e iniquidades.

18 N ow where there is absolute remission (forgiveness and cancellation of the penalty) of these, there is no longer any offering made to atone for sin.

Pues donde hay remisión de éstos, no hay más ofrenda por el pecado.

19 T herefore, brethren, since we have full freedom and confidence to enter into the Holies in the blood of Jesus,

¶ Así que, hermanos, teniendo atrevimiento para entrar en el Santuario por la sangre de Jesús el Cristo,

20 B y this fresh (new) and living way which He initiated and dedicated and opened for us through the separating curtain (veil of the Holy of Holies), that is, through His flesh,

por el camino que él nos consagró nuevo, y vivo, por el velo, es a saber, por su carne,

21 A nd since we have a great and wonderful and noble Priest over the house of God,

y teniendo aquel Gran Sacerdote, sobre la casa de Dios,

22 L et us all come forward and draw near with true (honest and sincere) hearts in unqualified assurance and absolute conviction engendered by faith (by that leaning of the entire human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness), having our hearts sprinkled and purified from a guilty (evil) conscience and our bodies cleansed with pure water.

lleguémonos con corazón verdadero, y con fe llena, purificados los corazones de mala conciencia, y lavados los cuerpos con agua limpia

23 S o let us seize and hold fast and retain without wavering the hope we cherish and confess and our acknowledgement of it, for He Who promised is reliable (sure) and faithful to His word.

retengamos firme la profesión de nuestra esperanza, que fiel es el que prometió.

24 A nd let us consider and give attentive, continuous care to watching over one another, studying how we may stir up (stimulate and incite) to love and helpful deeds and noble activities,

Y considerémonos los unos a los otros para provocarnos a la caridad, y a las buenas obras;

25 N ot forsaking or neglecting to assemble together, as is the habit of some people, but admonishing (warning, urging, and encouraging) one another, and all the more faithfully as you see the day approaching.

no dejando nuestra congregación, como algunos tienen por costumbre, mas exhortándonos; y tanto más, cuanto veis que aquel día se acerca.

26 F or if we go on deliberately and willingly sinning after once acquiring the knowledge of the Truth, there is no longer any sacrifice left to atone for sins.

Porque si pecáremos voluntariamente después de haber recibido el conocimiento de la verdad, ya no queda más sacrificio por el pecado,

27 b ut a kind of awful and fearful prospect and expectation of divine judgment and the fury of burning wrath and indignation which will consume those who put themselves in opposition.

sino una horrenda esperanza de juicio, y hervor de fuego que ha de devorar a los adversarios.

28 A ny person who has violated and rejected and set at naught the Law of Moses is put to death without pity or mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

El que menospreciare la ley de Moisés, por el testimonio de dos o de tres testigos muere sin ninguna misericordia.

29 H ow much worse (sterner and heavier) punishment do you suppose he will be judged to deserve who has spurned and trampled underfoot the Son of God, and who has considered the covenant blood by which he was consecrated common and unhallowed, thus profaning it and insulting and outraging the Spirit grace (the unmerited favor and blessing of God)?

¿Cuánto pensáis que será más digno de mayor castigo, el que hollare al Hijo de Dios, y tuviere por inmunda la sangre del testamento en la cual fue santificado, e hiciere afrenta al Espíritu de gracia?

30 F or we know Him Who said, Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord. And again, The Lord will judge and determine and solve and settle the cause and the cases of His people.

Sabemos quién es el que dijo: Mía es la venganza, yo daré el pago, dice el Señor. Y otra vez: El Señor juzgará a su pueblo.

31 I t is a fearful (formidable and terrible) thing to incur the divine penalties and be cast into the hands of the living God!

Horrenda cosa es caer en las manos del Dios viviente.

32 B ut be ever mindful of the days gone by in which, after you were first spiritually enlightened, you endured a great and painful struggle,

Pero traed a la memoria los días pasados en los cuales después de haber recibido la luz, sufristeis gran combate de aflicciones.

33 S ometimes being yourselves a gazingstock, publicly exposed to insults and abuse and distress, and sometimes claiming fellowship and making common cause with others who were so treated.

De una parte ciertamente con vituperios y tribulaciones fuisteis hechos espectáculo; y de otra parte hechos compañeros de los que estaban en tal estado.

34 F or you did sympathize and suffer along with those who were imprisoned, and you bore cheerfully the plundering of your belongings and the confiscation of your property, in the knowledge and consciousness that you yourselves had a better and lasting possession.

Porque de mis prisiones también os resentisteis conmigo, y el robo de vuestros bienes padecisteis con gozo, conociendo que tenéis en vosotros una mejor sustancia en los cielos, y que permanece.

35 D o not, therefore, fling away your fearless confidence, for it carries a great and glorious compensation of reward.

No perdáis pues ésta vuestra confianza, que tiene gran remuneración de galardón;

36 F or you have need of steadfast patience and endurance, so that you may perform and fully accomplish the will of God, and thus receive and carry away what is promised.

porque la paciencia os es necesaria, para que, habiendo hecho la voluntad de Dios, obtengáis la promesa.

37 F or still a little while (a very little while), and the Coming One will come and He will not delay.

Porque aún, un poquito, y el que ha de venir vendrá, y no tardará.

38 B ut the just shall live by faith '> by his conviction respecting man’s relationship to God and divine things, and holy fervor born of faith and conjoined with it]; and if he draws back and shrinks in fear, My soul has no delight or pleasure in him.

Mas el justo vivirá por la fe; mas el que se retirare, no agradará a mi alma.

39 B ut our way is not that of those who draw back to eternal misery (perdition) and are utterly destroyed, but we are of those who believe and by faith preserve the soul.

Pero nosotros no somos tales que nos retiremos para perdición, sino fieles para ganancia del alma.