1 T herefore then, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us,

Por tanto, puesto que tenemos en derredor nuestro tan gran nube de testigos, despojémonos también de todo peso y del pecado que tan fácilmente nos envuelve, y corramos con paciencia (perseverancia) la carrera que tenemos por delante,

2 L ooking away to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith and is also its Finisher. He, for the joy that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

puestos los ojos en Jesús, el autor y consumador de la fe, quien por el gozo puesto delante de El soportó la cruz, despreciando la vergüenza, y se ha sentado a la diestra del trono de Dios.

3 J ust think of Him Who endured from sinners such grievous opposition and bitter hostility against Himself, so that you may not grow weary or exhausted, losing heart and relaxing and fainting in your minds.

Consideren, pues, a Aquél que soportó tal hostilidad de los pecadores contra El mismo, para que no se cansen ni se desanimen en su corazón.

4 Y ou have not yet struggled and fought agonizingly against sin, nor have you yet resisted and withstood to the point of pouring out your blood.

Porque todavía, en su lucha contra el pecado, ustedes no han resistido hasta el punto de derramar sangre.

5 A nd have you forgotten the divine word of appeal and encouragement in which you are reasoned with and addressed as sons? My son, do not think lightly or scorn to submit to the correction and discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage and give up and faint when you are reproved or corrected by Him;

Además, han olvidado la exhortación que como a hijos se les dirige: “ Hijo Mio, no tengas en poco la disciplina del Señor, ni te desanimes al ser reprendido por El.

6 F or the Lord corrects and disciplines everyone whom He loves, and He punishes, even scourges, every son whom He accepts and welcomes to His heart and cherishes.

Porque el Señor al que ama, disciplina, y azota a todo el que recibe por hijo.”

7 Y ou must submit to and endure for discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons. For what son is there whom his father does not train and correct and discipline?

Es para su corrección (disciplina) que sufren (lo soportan). Dios los trata como a hijos; porque ¿qué hijo hay a quien su padre no discipline?

8 N ow if you are exempt from correction and left without discipline in which all share, then you are illegitimate offspring and not true sons.

Pero si están sin disciplina, de la cual todos han sido hechos participantes, entonces son hijos ilegítimos y no hijos verdaderos.

9 M oreover, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we yielded and respected. Shall we not much more cheerfully submit to the Father of spirits and so live?

Además, tuvimos padres terrenales para disciplinar nos, y los respetábamos, ¿con cuánta más razón no estaremos sujetos al Padre de nuestros espíritus, y viviremos ?

10 F or disciplined us for only a short period of time and chastised us as seemed proper and good to them; but He disciplines us for our certain good, that we may become sharers in His own holiness.

Porque ellos nos disciplinaban por pocos días como les parecía, pero El nos disciplina para nuestro bien, para que participemos de Su santidad.

11 F or the time being no discipline brings joy, but seems grievous and painful; but afterwards it yields a peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Al presente ninguna disciplina parece ser causa de gozo, sino de tristeza. Sin embargo, a los que han sido ejercitados (adiestrados) por medio de ella, después les da fruto apacible de justicia.

12 S o then, brace up and reinvigorate and set right your slackened and weakened and drooping hands and strengthen your feeble and palsied and tottering knees,

Por tanto, fortalezcan las manos débiles y las rodillas que flaquean,

13 A nd cut through and make firm and plain and smooth, straight paths for your feet, so that the lame and halting may not be put out of joint, but rather may be cured.

y hagan sendas derechas para sus pies, para que la pierna coja no se descoyunte, sino que se sane. Exhortación a la Fidelidad

14 S trive to live in peace with everybody and pursue that consecration and holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

Busquen (Sigan) la paz con todos, y la santidad, sin la cual nadie verá al Señor.

15 E xercise foresight and be on the watch to look, to see that no one falls back from and fails to secure God’s grace (His unmerited favor and spiritual blessing), in order that no root of resentment (rancor, bitterness, or hatred) shoots forth and causes trouble and bitter torment, and the many become contaminated and defiled by it—

Cuídense de que nadie deje de alcanzar la gracia de Dios; de que ninguna raíz de amargura, brotando, cause dificultades y por ella muchos sean contaminados.

16 T hat no one may become guilty of sexual vice, or become a profane (godless and sacrilegious) person as Esau did, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

Que no haya ninguna persona inmoral ni profana como Esaú, que vendió su primogenitura por una comida.

17 F or you understand that later on, when he wanted his inheritance of the blessing, he was rejected (disqualified and set aside), for he could find no opportunity to repair by repentance, although he sought for it carefully with tears.

Porque saben que aun después, cuando quiso heredar la bendición, fue rechazado, pues no halló ocasión para el arrepentimiento, aunque la buscó con lágrimas. Contraste entre el Monte Sinaí y el Monte Sion

18 F or you have not come to a mountain that can be touched, that is ablaze with fire, and to gloom and darkness and a raging storm,

Porque ustedes no se han acercado a un monte que se puede tocar, ni a fuego ardiente, ni a tinieblas, ni a oscuridad, ni a torbellino,

19 A nd to the blast of a trumpet and a voice whose words make the listeners beg that nothing more be said to them.

ni a sonido de trompeta, ni a ruido de palabras tal, que los que oyeron rogaron que no se les hablara más.

20 F or they could not bear the command that was given: If even a wild animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned to death.

Porque ellos no podían soportar el mandato: “ Si aun una bestia toca el monte, sera apedreada.”

21 I n fact, so awful and terrifying was the sight that Moses said, I am terrified (aghast and trembling with fear).

Tan terrible era el espectáculo, que Moisés dijo: “ Estoy aterrado y temblando.”

22 B ut rather, you have come to Mount Zion, even to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless multitudes of angels in festal gathering,

Ustedes, en cambio, se han acercado al Monte Sion y a la ciudad del Dios vivo, la Jerusalén celestial, y a miríadas de ángeles,

23 A nd to the church (assembly) of the Firstborn who are registered in heaven, and to the God Who is Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous (the redeemed in heaven) who have been made perfect,

a la asamblea general e iglesia de los primogénitos que están inscritos en los cielos, y a Dios, el Juez de todos, y a los espíritus de los justos hechos ya perfectos,

24 A nd to Jesus, the Mediator (Go-between, Agent) of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood which speaks, a better and nobler and more gracious message than the blood of Abel.

y a Jesús, el mediador del nuevo pacto, y a la sangre rociada que habla mejor que la sangre de Abel.

25 S o see to it that you do not reject Him or refuse to listen to and heed Him Who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused to listen and heed Him Who warned and divinely instructed them on earth, how much less shall we escape if we reject and turn our backs on Him Who cautions and admonishes from heaven?

Tengan cuidado de no rechazar a Aquél que habla. Porque si aquéllos no escaparon cuando rechazaron al que les amonestó sobre la tierra, mucho menos escaparemos nosotros si nos apartamos de Aquél que nos amonesta desde el cielo.

26 T hen His voice shook the earth, but now He has given a promise: Yet once more I will shake and make tremble not only the earth but also the heavens.

Su voz hizo temblar entonces la tierra, pero ahora El ha prometido, diciendo: “ Aun una vez mas, yo hare temblar no solo la tierra, sino tambien el cielo.”

27 N ow this expression, Yet once more, indicates the final removal and transformation of all shaken—that is, of that which has been created—in order that what cannot be shaken may remain and continue.

Y esta expresión: Aún, una vez más, indica la remoción de las cosas movibles, como las cosas creadas, a fin de que permanezcan las cosas que son inconmovibles.

28 L et us therefore, receiving a kingdom that is firm and stable and cannot be shaken, offer to God pleasing service and acceptable worship, with modesty and pious care and godly fear and awe;

Por lo cual, puesto que recibimos un reino que es inconmovible, demostremos (tengamos) gratitud, mediante la cual ofrezcamos a Dios un servicio aceptable con temor y reverencia;

29 F or our God a consuming fire.

porque nuestro Dios es fuego consumidor.