1 P or tanto, temamos, no sea que permaneciendo aún la promesa de entrar en Su reposo, alguno de ustedes parezca no haberlo alcanzado.

Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still holds and is offered, let us be afraid '> to distrust it], lest any of you should think he has come too late and has come short of it.

2 P orque en verdad, a nosotros se nos ha anunciado las buenas nuevas, como también a ellos. Pero la palabra que ellos oyeron no les aprovechó por no ir acompañada por la fe en los que la oyeron.

For indeed we have had the glad tidings proclaimed to us just as truly as they; but the message they heard did not benefit them, because it was not mixed with faith (with the leaning of the entire personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) by those who heard it; neither were they united in faith with the ones who heard (did believe).

3 P orque los que hemos creído entramos en ese reposo, tal como El ha dicho: “ Como jure en Mi ira: ‘no entraran en Mi reposo,’” aunque las obras de El estaban acabadas desde la fundación del mundo.

For we who have believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on God) do enter that rest, in accordance with His declaration that those should not enter when He said, As I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest; and this He said although works had been completed and prepared from the foundation of the world.

4 P orque así ha dicho en cierto lugar acerca del séptimo día: “Y Dios reposo en el septimo dia de todas Sus obras;”

For in a certain place He has said this about the seventh day: And God rested on the seventh day from all His works.

5 y otra vez en este pasaje: “no entraran en Mi reposo.”

And in this He said, They shall not enter My rest.

6 P or tanto, puesto que todavía falta que algunos entren en él, y aquéllos a quienes antes se les anunció las buenas nuevas no entraron por causa de su desobediencia (incredulidad),

Seeing then that the promise remains over for some to enter that rest, and that those who formerly were given the good news about it and the opportunity, failed to appropriate it and did not enter because of disobedience,

7 D ios otra vez fija un día: Hoy. Diciendo por medio de David después de mucho tiempo, como se ha dicho antes: “ Si ustedes oyen hoy Su voz, no endurezcan sus corazones.”

Again He sets a definite day, Today, saying through David after so long a time in the words already quoted, Today, if you would hear His voice and when you hear it, do not harden your hearts.

8 P orque si Josué les hubiera dado reposo, Dios no habría hablado de otro día después de ése.

For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not speak afterward about another day.

9 Q ueda, por tanto, un reposo sagrado para el pueblo de Dios.

So then, there is still awaiting a full and complete Sabbath-rest reserved for the people of God;

10 P ues el que ha entrado a Su reposo, él mismo ha reposado de sus obras, como Dios reposó de las Suyas.

For he who has once entered rest also has ceased from of human labors, just as God rested from those labors peculiarly His own.

11 P or tanto, esforcémonos por entrar en ese reposo, no sea que alguien caiga siguiendo el mismo ejemplo de desobediencia. Poder de la Palabra de Dios

Let us therefore be zealous and exert ourselves and strive diligently to enter that rest, that no one may fall or perish by the same kind of unbelief and disobedience.

12 P orque la palabra de Dios es viva y eficaz, y más cortante que cualquier espada de dos filos. Penetra hasta la división del alma y del espíritu, de las coyunturas y los tuétanos, y es poderosa para discernir (juzgar) los pensamientos y las intenciones del corazón.

For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and spirit, and of joints and marrow, exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.

13 N o hay cosa creada oculta a Su vista, sino que todas las cosas están al descubierto y desnudas ante los ojos de Aquél a quien tenemos que dar cuenta. Jesús, el Gran Sumo Sacerdote

And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, naked and defenseless to the eyes of Him with Whom we have to do.

14 T eniendo, pues, un gran Sumo Sacerdote que trascendió los cielos, Jesús, el Hijo de Dios, retengamos nuestra fe.

Inasmuch then as we have a great High Priest Who has ascended and passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

15 P orque no tenemos un Sumo Sacerdote que no pueda compadecerse de nuestras flaquezas, sino Uno que ha sido tentado en todo como nosotros, pero sin pecado.

For we do not have a High Priest Who is unable to understand and sympathize and have a shared feeling with our weaknesses and infirmities and liability to the assaults of temptation, but One Who has been tempted in every respect as we are, yet without sinning.

16 P or tanto, acerquémonos con confianza al trono de la gracia para que recibamos misericordia, y hallemos gracia para la ayuda oportuna.

Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God’s unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in good time for every need.