1 N ow the main point of what we have to say is this: We have such a High Priest, One Who is seated at the right hand of the majestic in heaven,

¶ Así que, la suma acerca de lo dicho es: Que tenemos tal Sumo Sacerdote que se sentó a la diestra del trono de la Majestad en los cielos;

2 A s officiating Priest, a Minister in the holy places and in the true tabernacle which is erected not by man but by the Lord.

ministro del Santuario, y de aquel verdadero Tabernáculo que el Señor asentó, y no al hombre.

3 F or every high priest is appointed to offer up gifts and sacrifices; so it is essential for this to have some offering to make also.

Porque todo sumo sacerdote es puesto para ofrecer presentes y sacrificios; por lo cual es necesario que también éste tuviera algo que ofrecer.

4 I f then He were still living on earth, He would not be a priest at all, for there are who offer the gifts in accordance with the Law.

Así que si estuviera sobre la tierra, ni aun sería sacerdote, estando aún los otros sacerdotes que ofrecen los presentes según la Ley.

5 s ervice as a pattern and as a foreshadowing of the heavenly sanctuary. For when Moses was about to erect the tabernacle, he was warned by God, saying, See to it that you make it all according to the copy (the model) which was shown to you on the mountain.

(Los cuales sirven de ejemplo y sombra de las cosas celestiales, como fue respondido a Moisés cuando había de hacer el Tabernáculo: Mira, dice: haz todas las cosas conforme al modelo que te ha sido mostrado en el monte).

6 B ut as it now is, He has acquired a ministry which is as much superior and more excellent as the covenant (the agreement) of which He is the Mediator (the Arbiter, Agent) is superior and more excellent, it is enacted and rests upon more important (sublimer, higher, and nobler) promises.

¶ Mas ahora tanto mejor ministerio es el suyo, cuanto de un mejor testamento es Mediador, el cual es hecho de mejores promesas.

7 F or if that first covenant had been without defect, there would have been no room for another one or an attempt to institute another one.

Porque si aquel primero fuera sin falta, ciertamente no se hubiera procurado lugar del segundo.

8 H owever, He finds fault with them when He says, Behold, the days will come, says the Lord, when I will make and ratify a new covenant or agreement with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

Porque reprendiéndolos dice: He aquí, vienen días, dice el Señor, y consumaré para con la casa de Israel y para con la casa de Judá un nuevo testamento;

9 I t will not be like the covenant that I made with their forefathers on the day when I grasped them by the hand to help and relieve them and to lead them out from the land of Egypt, for they did not abide in My agreement with them, and so I withdrew My favor and disregarded them, says the Lord.

no como el testamento que hice a vuestros padres el día que los tomé por la mano que los sacaría de la tierra de Egipto; porque ellos no permanecieron en mi testamento, y yo los menosprecié a ellos, dice el Señor;

10 F or this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will imprint My laws upon their minds, even upon their innermost thoughts and understanding, and engrave them upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

por lo cual este es el testamento que ordenaré a la Casa de Israel después de aquellos días, dice el Señor: Daré mis leyes en el alma de ellos, y sobre el corazón de ellos las escribiré; y seré a ellos por Dios, y ellos me serán a mí por pueblo.

11 A nd it will nevermore be necessary for each one to teach his neighbor and his fellow citizen or each one his brother, saying, Know (perceive, have knowledge of, and get acquainted by experience with) the Lord, for all will know Me, from the smallest to the greatest of them.

Y ninguno enseñará a su prójimo, ni ninguno a su hermano diciendo: Conoce al Señor; porque todos me conocerán, desde el menor de ellos hasta el mayor.

12 F or I will be merciful and gracious toward their sins and I will remember their deeds of unrighteousness no more.

Porque reconciliaré a sus iniquidades, y a sus pecados; y de sus iniquidades no me acordaré más.

13 W hen God speaks of a new, He makes the first one obsolete (out of use). And what is obsolete (out of use and annulled because of age) is ripe for disappearance and to be dispensed with altogether.

Diciéndolo nuevo, dio por viejo al primero; y lo que decae y se envejece, cerca está de desvanecerse.