1 P or 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,

All these many people who have had faith in God are around us like a cloud. Let us put every thing out of our lives that keeps us from doing what we should. Let us keep running in the race that God has planned for us.

2 p uestos 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.

Let us keep looking to Jesus. Our faith comes from Him and He is the One Who makes it perfect. He did not give up when He had to suffer shame and die on a cross. He knew of the joy that would be His later. Now He is sitting at the right side of God.

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

Sinful men spoke words of hate against Christ. He was willing to take such shame from sinners. Think of this so you will not get tired and give up.

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

In your fight against sin, you have not yet had to stand against sin with your blood.

5 A demás, 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.

Do you remember what God said to you when He called you His sons? “My son, listen when the Lord punishes you. Do not give up when He tells you what you must do.

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

The Lord punishes everyone He loves. He whips every son He receives.”

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

Do not give up when you are punished by God. Be willing to take it, knowing that God is teaching you as a son. Is there a father who does not punish his son sometimes?

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

If you are not punished as all sons are, it means that you are not a true son of God. You are not a part of His family and He is not your Father.

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

Remember that our fathers on earth punished us. We had respect for them. How much more should we obey our Father in heaven and live?

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

For a little while our fathers on earth punished us when they thought they should. But God punishes us for our good so we will be holy as He is holy.

11 A l 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.

There is no joy while we are being punished. It is hard to take, but later we can see that good came from it. And it gives us the peace of being right with God.

12 P or tanto, fortalezcan las manos débiles y las rodillas que flaquean,

So lift up your hands that have been weak. Stand up on your weak legs.

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

Walk straight ahead so the weak leg will not be turned aside, but will be healed.

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

Be at peace with all men. Live a holy life. No one will see the Lord without having that kind of life.

15 C uídense 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.

See that no one misses God’s loving-favor. Do not let wrong thoughts about others get started among you. If you do, many people will be turned to a life of sin.

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

None of you should fall into sex sins or forget God like Esau did. He had a right to get all Isaac had because he was the oldest son. But for one plate of food he sold this right to his brother.

17 P orque 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

You know that later he would have received everything. But he did not get it even when he asked for it with tears. It was too late to make right the wrong he had done.

18 P orque 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,

For you have not come close to a mountain that you can touch. You have not come to worship where there is burning fire and darkness and storm and wind.

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

The sound of a horn was heard and God’s voice spoke. The people cried out to Moses to have God stop speaking to them.

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

They could not stand to listen to His strong words, “Even if an animal comes to the mountain, it must be killed.”

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

What Moses saw was so hard to look at that he said, “I am full of fear and am shaking.”

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

But instead, you have come to the mountain of Jerusalem. It is the city of the living God. It is the Jerusalem of heaven with its thousands of angels.

23 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,

You have gathered there with God’s children who were born long ago. They are citizens of heaven. God is there. He will judge all men. The spirits of all those right with God are there. They have been made perfect.

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

Jesus is there. He has made a way for man to go to God. He gave His blood that men might worship God the New Way. The blood of Jesus tells of better things than that which Abel used.

25 T engan 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.

Be sure you listen to the One Who is speaking to you. The Jews did not obey when God’s Law was given to them on earth. They did not go free. They were punished. We will be punished more if we do not listen to God as He speaks from heaven.

26 S u 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.”

On Mount Sinai, God’s voice shook the earth. But now He has promised, saying, “Once more I will shake the earth and the heavens.”

27 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.

When God says, “Once more,” He means He will take away everything of this world that can be shaken so the things that cannot be shaken will be left.

28 P or 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;

Since we have received a holy nation that cannot be moved, let us be thankful. Let us please God and worship Him with honor and fear.

29 p orque nuestro Dios es fuego consumidor.

For our God is a fire that destroys everything.