1 P or tanto, dejando las enseñanzas elementales acerca de Cristo, avancemos hacia la madurez, no echando otra vez el fundamento del arrepentimiento de obras muertas y de la fe hacia Dios,

Therefore let us go on and get past the elementary stage in the teachings and doctrine of Christ (the Messiah), advancing steadily toward the completeness and perfection that belong to spiritual maturity. Let us not again be laying the foundation of repentance and abandonment of dead works (dead formalism) and of the faith to God,

2 d e la enseñanza sobre lavamientos, de la imposición de manos, de la resurrección de los muertos y del juicio eterno.

With teachings about purifying, the laying on of hands, the resurrection from the dead, and eternal judgment and punishment.

3 Y esto haremos, si Dios lo permite.

If indeed God permits, we will proceed.

4 P orque en el caso de los que fueron una vez iluminados, que probaron del don celestial y fueron hechos partícipes del Espíritu Santo,

For it is impossible those who have been once for all enlightened, who have consciously tasted the heavenly gift and have become sharers of the Holy Spirit,

5 q ue gustaron la buena palabra de Dios y los poderes del siglo venidero,

And have felt how good the Word of God is and the mighty powers of the age and world to come,

6 p ero después cayeron, es imposible renovarlos otra vez para arrepentimiento, puesto que de nuevo crucifican para sí mismos al Hijo de Dios y le exponen a la ignominia pública.

If they then deviate from the faith and turn away from their allegiance— to bring them back to repentance, for (because, while, as long as) they nail upon the cross the Son of God afresh and are holding up to contempt and shame and public disgrace.

7 P orque la tierra que bebe la lluvia que con frecuencia cae sobre ella y produce vegetación útil a aquellos por los cuales es cultivada, recibe bendición de Dios;

For the soil which has drunk the rain that repeatedly falls upon it and produces vegetation useful to those for whose benefit it is cultivated partakes of a blessing from God.

8 p ero si produce espinos y abrojos no vale nada, está próxima a ser maldecida, y termina por ser quemada. Esperanza de cosas mejores

But if persistently bears thorns and thistles, it is considered worthless and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

9 P ero en cuanto a vosotros, amados, aunque hablemos de esta manera, estamos persuadidos de las cosas que son mejores y que pertenecen a la salvación.

Even though we speak this way, yet in your case, beloved, we are now firmly convinced of better things that are near to salvation and accompany it.

10 P orque Dios no es injusto como para olvidarse de vuestra obra y del amor que habéis mostrado hacia su nombre, habiendo servido, y sirviendo aún, a los santos.

For God is not unrighteous to forget or overlook your labor and the love which you have shown for His name’s sake in ministering to the needs of the saints (His own consecrated people), as you still do.

11 P ero deseamos que cada uno de vosotros muestre la misma solicitud hasta el fin, para alcanzar la plena seguridad de la esperanza,

But we do '> strongly and earnestly] desire for each of you to show the same diligence and sincerity in realizing and enjoying the full assurance and development of hope until the end,

12 a fin de que no seáis perezosos, sino imitadores de los que mediante la fe y la paciencia heredan las promesas. La promesa de Dios es segura

In order that you may not grow disinterested and become sluggards, but imitators, behaving as do those who through faith ( by their leaning of the entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) and by practice of patient endurance and waiting are inheriting the promises.

13 P ues cuando Dios hizo la promesa a Abraham, no pudiendo jurar por uno mayor, juró por sí mismo,

For when God made promise to Abraham, He swore by Himself, since He had no one greater by whom to swear,

14 d iciendo: Ciertamente te bendecire y ciertamente te multiplicare.

Saying, Blessing I certainly will bless you and multiplying I will multiply you.

15 Y así, habiendo esperado con paciencia, obtuvo la promesa.

And so it was that he, having waited long and endured patiently, realized and obtained what God had promised him.

16 P orque los hombres juran por uno mayor que ellos mismos, y para ellos un juramento dado como confirmación es el fin de toda discusión.

Men indeed swear by a greater, and with them in all disputes the oath taken for confirmation is final.

17 P or lo cual Dios, deseando mostrar más plenamente a los herederos de la promesa la inmutabilidad de su propósito, interpuso un juramento,

Accordingly God also, in His desire to show more convincingly and beyond doubt to those who were to inherit the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose and plan, intervened (mediated) with an oath.

18 a fin de que por dos cosas inmutables, en las cuales es imposible que Dios mienta, los que hemos buscado refugio seamos grandemente animados para asirnos de la esperanza puesta delante de nosotros,

This was so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God ever to prove false or deceive us, we who have fled for refuge might have mighty indwelling strength and strong encouragement to grasp and hold fast the hope appointed for us and set before.

19 l a cual tenemos como ancla del alma, una esperanza segura y firme, y que penetra hasta detrás del velo,

we have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul '> break down under whoever steps out upon it—a hope] that reaches farther and enters into within the veil,

20 d onde Jesús entró por nosotros como precursor, hecho, según el orden de Melquisedec, sumo sacerdote para siempre.

Where Jesus has entered in for us, a Forerunner having become a High Priest forever after the order (with the rank) of Melchizedek.