1 A hora bien, el punto principal de lo que venimos diciendo es que el sumo sacerdote que tenemos es tal que se sentó a la derecha del trono de la Majestad en los cielos.

Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

2 É l es ministro del santuario, de ese tabernáculo verdadero, levantado por el Señor y no por los hombres.

a minister in the sanctuary and in the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.

3 T odo sumo sacerdote es designado para presentar ofrendas y sacrificios, y por eso es necesario que también tenga algo que ofrecer.

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.

4 S i estuviera sobre la tierra, ni siquiera sería sacerdote, porque aquí ya hay sacerdotes que presentan las ofrendas de acuerdo con la ley.

Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law;

5 E stos sacerdotes sirven a lo que no es más que modelo y sombra de las cosas celestiales, tal y como se le advirtió a Moisés cuando iba a levantar el tabernáculo: «Ten cuidado de hacer todas las cosas según el modelo que se te ha mostrado en el monte.»

who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned by God when he was about to erect the tabernacle; for, “ See,” He says, “ that you make all things according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.”

6 P ero nuestro Sumo Sacerdote ha recibido un ministerio mucho mejor, pues es mediador de un pacto mejor, establecido sobre mejores promesas.

But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises. A New Covenant

7 S i el primer pacto hubiera sido perfecto, no habría sido necesario un segundo pacto.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for a second.

8 P ero Dios, al reprocharles sus defectos, dice: «Vienen días (dice el Señor) en que estableceré un nuevo pacto con la casa de Israel y la casa de Judá.

For finding fault with them, He says, “ Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, When I will effect a new covenant With the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;

9 E se pacto no será semejante al que hice con sus antepasados el día en que los tomé de la mano para sacarlos de la tierra de Egipto, pues ellos no fueron fieles a mi pacto, y por eso los abandoné (dice el Señor).

Not like the covenant which I made with their fathers On the day when I took them by the hand To lead them out of the land of Egypt; For they did not continue in My covenant, And I did not care for them, says the Lord.

10 É ste es el pacto que haré con la casa de Israel: Después de aquellos días (dice el Señor) pondré mis leyes en su mente, y las escribiré sobre su corazón. Yo seré su Dios, y ellos serán mi pueblo.

“ For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their minds, And I will write them on their hearts. And I will be their God, And they shall be My people.

11 Y a nadie enseñará a su prójimo, ni le dirá a su hermano “Conoce al Señor”, porque todos me conocerán, desde el más pequeño hasta el más grande.

“ And they shall not teach everyone his fellow citizen, And everyone his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ For all will know Me, From the least to the greatest of them.

12 S eré misericordioso con sus injusticias, y nunca más me acordaré de sus pecados ni de sus iniquidades.»

“ For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And I will remember their sins no more.”

13 A l decir «nuevo pacto», se ha dado por viejo al primero; y lo que es viejo y anticuado está en vías de desaparecer.

When He said, “ A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.