1 P or tanto, nosotros también, teniendo en derredor nuestro tan gran nube de testigos, despojémonos de todo peso y del pecado que nos asedia, y corramos con paciencia la carrera que tenemos por delante,

Therefore then, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us,

2 p uestos los ojos en Jesús, el autor y consumador de la fe, el cual por el gozo puesto delante de él soportó la cruz, menospreciando el oprobio, y está sentado a la diestra del trono de Dios.

Looking away to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith and is also its Finisher. He, for the joy that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

3 C onsiderad, pues, a aquel que ha soportado tal contradicción de pecadores contra sí mismo, para que no desfallezcáis faltos de ánimo.

Just think of Him Who endured from sinners such grievous opposition and bitter hostility against Himself, so that you may not grow weary or exhausted, losing heart and relaxing and fainting in your minds.

4 P orque aún no habéis resistido hasta derramar sangre, combatiendo contra el pecado;

You have not yet struggled and fought agonizingly against sin, nor have you yet resisted and withstood to the point of pouring out your blood.

5 y habéis ya olvidado la exhortación que como a hijos se os dirige, diciendo: Hijo mío, no menosprecies la disciplina del Señor, Ni desmayes cuando eres reprendido por él;

And have you forgotten the divine word of appeal and encouragement in which you are reasoned with and addressed as sons? My son, do not think lightly or scorn to submit to the correction and discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage and give up and faint when you are reproved or corrected by Him;

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

For the Lord corrects and disciplines everyone whom He loves, and He punishes, even scourges, every son whom He accepts and welcomes to His heart and cherishes.

7 S i soportáis la disciplina, Dios os trata como a hijos; porque ¿qué hijo es aquel a quien el padre no disciplina?

You must submit to and endure for discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons. For what son is there whom his father does not train and correct and discipline?

8 P ero si estáis sin disciplina, de la cual todos han sido participantes, entonces sois bastardos, y no hijos.

Now if you are exempt from correction and left without discipline in which all share, then you are illegitimate offspring and not true sons.

9 A demás, tuvimos a nuestros padres terrenales que nos disciplinaban, y los respetábamos. ¿No nos someteremos mucho mejor al Padre de los espíritus, y viviremos?

Moreover, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we yielded and respected. Shall we not much more cheerfully submit to the Father of spirits and so live?

10 P ues aquéllos nos disciplinaban por pocos días como a ellos les parecía, pero éste para lo que nos es provechoso, para que participemos de su santidad.

For disciplined us for only a short period of time and chastised us as seemed proper and good to them; but He disciplines us for our certain good, that we may become sharers in His own holiness.

11 E s verdad que ninguna disciplina parece al presente ser causa de gozo, sino de tristeza; pero después da fruto apacible de justicia a los que han sido ejercitados por medio de ella. Los que rechazan la gracia de Dios

For the time being no discipline brings joy, but seems grievous and painful; but afterwards it yields a peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

12 P or lo cual, levantad las manos caídas y las rodillas paralizadas;

So then, brace up and reinvigorate and set right your slackened and weakened and drooping hands and strengthen your feeble and palsied and tottering knees,

13 y haced sendas derechas para vuestros pies, para que lo cojo no se desvíe, sino que sea sanado.

And cut through and make firm and plain and smooth, straight paths for your feet, so that the lame and halting may not be put out of joint, but rather may be cured.

14 S eguid la paz con todos, y la santidad, sin la cual nadie verá al Señor.

Strive to live in peace with everybody and pursue that consecration and holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

15 M irad bien, no sea que alguno se rezague y no llegue a alcanzar la gracia de Dios; que brotando alguna raíz de amargura, os estorbe, y por ella muchos sean contaminados;

Exercise foresight and be on the watch to look, to see that no one falls back from and fails to secure God’s grace (His unmerited favor and spiritual blessing), in order that no root of resentment (rancor, bitterness, or hatred) shoots forth and causes trouble and bitter torment, and the many become contaminated and defiled by it—

16 n o sea que haya algún fornicario, o profano, como Esaú, que por una sola comida vendió su primogenitura.

That no one may become guilty of sexual vice, or become a profane (godless and sacrilegious) person as Esau did, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

17 P orque ya sabéis que aun después, deseando heredar la bendición, fue desechado, pues no halló oportunidad para el arrepentimiento, aunque la procuró con lágrimas.

For you understand that later on, when he wanted his inheritance of the blessing, he was rejected (disqualified and set aside), for he could find no opportunity to repair by repentance, although he sought for it carefully with tears.

18 P orque no os habéis acercado al monte que se podía palpar, y que ardía en fuego, a la oscuridad, a las tinieblas y a la tempestad,

For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched, that is ablaze with fire, and to gloom and darkness and a raging storm,

19 a l sonido de la trompeta, y a la voz que hablaba, tal que los que la oyeron suplicaron que no se les hablase más,

And to the blast of a trumpet and a voice whose words make the listeners beg that nothing more be said to them.

20 p orque no podían soportar lo que se ordenaba: Si aun una bestia toca el monte, será apedreada, o traspasada con dardo;

For they could not bear the command that was given: If even a wild animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned to death.

21 y tan terrible era el espectáculo, que Moisés dijo: Estoy espantado y temblando;

In fact, so awful and terrifying was the sight that Moses said, I am terrified (aghast and trembling with fear).

22 s ino que os habéis acercado al monte de Sión, a la ciudad del Dios vivo, la Jerusalén celestial, a la asamblea festiva de miríadas de ángeles,

But rather, you have come to Mount Zion, even to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless multitudes of angels in festal gathering,

23 a la congregación de los primogénitos que están inscritos en los cielos, a Dios el Juez de todos, a los espíritus de los justos hechos perfectos,

And to the church (assembly) of the Firstborn who are registered in heaven, and to the God Who is Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous (the redeemed in heaven) who have been made perfect,

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

And to Jesus, the Mediator (Go-between, Agent) of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood which speaks, a better and nobler and more gracious message than the blood of Abel.

25 M irad que no desechéis al que habla. Porque si no escaparon aquellos que desecharon al que los amonestaba en la tierra, mucho menos nosotros, si desechamos al que amonesta desde los cielos.

So see to it that you do not reject Him or refuse to listen to and heed Him Who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused to listen and heed Him Who warned and divinely instructed them on earth, how much less shall we escape if we reject and turn our backs on Him Who cautions and admonishes from heaven?

26 C uya voz sacudió entonces la tierra, pero ahora ha prometido, diciendo: Aún una vez, y sacudiré no solamente la tierra, sino también el cielo.

Then His voice shook the earth, but now He has given a promise: Yet once more I will shake and make tremble not only the earth but also the heavens.

27 Y esta frase: Aún una vez, indica la remoción de las cosas movibles, como cosas hechas, para que queden las inconmovibles.

Now this expression, Yet once more, indicates the final removal and transformation of all shaken—that is, of that which has been created—in order that what cannot be shaken may remain and continue.

28 A sí que, recibiendo nosotros un reino inconmovible, tengamos gratitud, y mediante ella sirvamos a Dios agradándole con temor y reverencia;

Let us therefore, receiving a kingdom that is firm and stable and cannot be shaken, offer to God pleasing service and acceptable worship, with modesty and pious care and godly fear and awe;

29 p orque nuestro Dios es un fuego consumidor.

For our God a consuming fire.