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,

Ahora bien, el punto principal de lo que venimos diciendo es que tenemos tal sumo sacerdote, el cual 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 levantó el Señor, y no el 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 está constituido para presentar ofrendas y sacrificios; por lo cual es necesario que también éste tenga 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 estuviese sobre la tierra, ni siquiera sería sacerdote, habiendo aún sacerdotes que presentan las ofrendas 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 a lo que es figura y sombra de las cosas celestiales, como se le advirtió a Moisés cuando iba a erigir el tabernáculo, diciéndole: Mira, haz todas las cosas conforme al modelo que se te ha 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.

Pero ahora tanto mejor ministerio es el suyo, cuanto es mediador de un mejor pacto, establecido sobre 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 hubiera sido sin defecto, ciertamente no se hubiera procurado lugar para el 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, En que estableceré con la casa de Israel y la casa de Judá un nuevo pacto;

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 pacto que hice con sus padres El día que los tomé de la mano para sacarlos de la tierra de Egipto; Porque ellos no permanecieron en mi pacto, Y yo me desentendí de 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 pacto que haré con la casa de Israel Después de aquellos días, dice el Señor: Pondré mis leyes en la mente de ellos, Y sobre su corazón 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 hasta el mayor de ellos.

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

Porque seré propicio a sus injusticias, Y nunca más me acordaré de sus pecados y de sus iniquidades. m

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.

Al decir: Nuevo pacto, ha dado por viejo al primero; y lo que se da por viejo y se envejece, está próximo a desaparecer.