1 A hora bien, aun el primer pacto tenía ordenanzas de culto y su santuario terrenal.

There were special ways of worship and a special holy place made by man for the Old Way of Worship.

2 P orque fue preparada la parte anterior del tabernáculo, en la que estaban el candelabro, la mesa y los panes de la proposición; ésta se llama el Lugar Santo.

A big tent was built and set up. It was called the holy place. It had a light and a table, and the holy bread was on the table.

3 T ras el segundo velo, estaba la parte del tabernáculo llamada el Lugar Santísimo,

Behind the second curtain there was another tent. This was called the Holiest Place of All.

4 e l cual tenía un incensario de oro y el arca del pacto cubierta de oro por todas partes, en la que estaba una urna de oro que contenía el maná, la vara de Aarón que retoñó, y las tablas del pacto;

In the inside tent there was an altar where special perfume was burned. There was also a large box made of wood called the box of the Way of Worship. Both of these were covered with gold inside and out. Inside the box was a pot made of gold with the bread from heaven. It also had in it Aaron’s stick that once started to grow. The stones on which the Law of Moses was written were in it.

5 y sobre ella los querubines de gloria que cubrían el propiciatorio; de las cuales cosas no es ahora el momento de hablar en detalle.

Above the box were the cherubim of honor. Their wings were spread up and over and met in the center. On the top of the box and under the shadow of their wings was the mercy-seat. We cannot tell anymore about these things now.

6 Y así preparadas estas cosas, en la primera parte del tabernáculo entran los sacerdotes continuamente para cumplir los oficios del culto;

When everything was finished, the Jewish religious leaders went in and out of the outside tent to do the things which had to be done to worship God.

7 p ero en la segunda parte, sólo el sumo sacerdote una vez al año, no sin sangre, la cual ofrece por sí mismo y por los pecados de ignorancia del pueblo;

Once each year the head religious leader would go into the inside tent alone. He would not go in without blood. He gave this blood to God as a gift in worship for his own sins and for the sins of all the people who sinned without knowing it.

8 d ando el Espíritu Santo a entender con esto que aún no se había manifestado el camino al santuario, mientras el primer tabernáculo estuviese en pie.

And so the Holy Spirit is teaching that, with the Old Way of Worship, the people could not go into the Holiest Place of All as long as the outside tent and its Old Way of Worship were being used.

9 L o cual es un símbolo para el tiempo presente, según el cual se presentan ofrendas y sacrificios que no pueden hacer perfecto, en cuanto a la conciencia, al que practica ese culto,

The outside tent is a picture of that day. With the Old Way of Worship, animals killed and gifts given in worship to God could not take away the guilty feeling of sin.

10 y a que consiste sólo en comidas y bebidas, en diversas abluciones, y en prescripciones carnales, impuestas hasta el tiempo de reformar las cosas.

The Old Way of Worship was made up of Laws about what to eat and drink. These Laws told how to wash and other things to do with the body. These things had to be done until Christ came to bring a better way of worship. The New Way of Worship Has a Better Gift

11 P ero estando ya presente Cristo, como sumo sacerdote de los bienes venideros, entró por otro más amplio y más perfecto tabernáculo, no hecho de manos, es decir, no de esta creación,

But Christ came as the Head Religious Leader of the good things God promised. He made the way for man to go to God. He was a greater and more perfect tent. He was not made by human hands and was not a part of this earth.

12 y no por medio de la sangre de machos cabríos ni de becerros, sino por medio de su propia sangre, entró una vez para siempre en el santuario, habiendo obtenido eterna redención.

Christ went into the Holiest Place of All one time for all people. He did not take the blood of goats and young cows to give to God as a gift in worship. He gave His own blood. By doing this, He bought us with His own blood and made us free from sin forever.

13 P orque si la sangre de los toros y de los machos cabríos, y las cenizas de la becerra rociadas a los contaminados, santifican para la purificación de la carne,

With the Old Way of Worship, the blood and ashes of animals could make men clean after they had sinned.

14 ¿ cuánto más la sangre de Cristo, el cual mediante el Espíritu eterno se ofreció a sí mismo sin mancha a Dios, purificará vuestras conciencias de obras muertas para que sirváis al Dios vivo?

How much more the blood of Christ will do! He gave Himself as a perfect gift to God through the Spirit that lives forever. Now your heart can be free from the guilty feeling of doing work that is worth nothing. Now you can work for the living God.

15 Y por eso es mediador de un nuevo pacto, para que interviniendo muerte para redención de las transgresiones que había durante el primer pacto, los llamados reciban la promesa de la herencia eterna.

Christ is the One Who gave us this New Way of Worship. All those who have been called by God may receive life that lasts forever just as He promised them. Christ bought us with His blood when He died for us. This made us free from our sins which we did under the Old Way of Worship.

16 P orque donde hay testamento, es necesario que ocurra la muerte del testador.

When a man wants to give his money to someone after he dies, he writes it all down on paper. But that paper is worth nothing until the man is dead.

17 P orque un testamento es firme en caso de muerte; pues no tiene vigencia entretanto que el testador vive.

That piece of paper means nothing as long as he is alive. It is good only when he dies.

18 D e donde ni aun el primer pacto fue inaugurado sin sangre.

The Old Way of Worship had to have a death to make it good. The blood of an animal was used.

19 P orque habiendo anunciado Moisés todos los mandamientos de la ley a todo el pueblo, tomó la sangre de los becerros y de los machos cabríos, con agua, lana escarlata e hisopo, y roció el libro mismo y también a todo el pueblo,

Moses told the people all the things they had to obey in the Law. Then he took the blood of animals together with water and put it on the Book of the Law and on all the people. He used special branches and red wool as he put it on them.

20 d iciendo: Ésta es la sangre del pacto que Dios ha ordenado para vosotros.

Moses said, “This is the blood of the Way of Worship which God said you must obey.”

21 Y de la misma manera roció con la sangre tanto el tabernáculo como todos los vasos del ministerio.

In the same way, Moses put the blood on the tent and on all the things used in worship.

22 Y casi todo es purificado, según la ley, con sangre; y sin derramamiento de sangre, no hay perdón de pecados. El sacrificio de Cristo quita el pecado

The Law says that almost everything is made clean by blood. Sins are not forgiven unless blood is given. One Perfect Gift

23 F ue, pues, necesario que las figuras de las cosas celestiales fuesen purificadas así; pero las cosas celestiales mismas, con mejores sacrificios que éstos.

The tent to worship in and the things inside to worship with were like the things in heaven. They were made clean by putting blood on them. But the things in heaven were made clean by a much better gift of worship.

24 P orque no entró Cristo en un santuario hecho de mano, figura del verdadero, sino en el cielo mismo para presentarse ahora por nosotros en la presencia de Dios;

For Christ did not go into the Holiest Place of All that was made by men, even if it was like the true one in heaven. He went to heaven itself and He is before God for us.

25 n i tampoco para ofrecerse muchas veces, como entra el sumo sacerdote en el santuario cada año con sangre ajena;

Christ has not given Himself many times, as the head religious leader here on earth went into the Holiest Place of All each year with blood that was not his own.

26 d e otra manera le hubiera sido necesario padecer muchas veces desde la fundación del mundo; pero ahora, en la consumación de los siglos, ha sido manifestado una vez para siempre por el sacrificio de sí mismo para quitar de en medio el pecado.

For then Christ would have had to die many times since the world began. But He came once at the end of the Old Way of Worship. He gave Himself once for all time. He gave Himself to destroy sin.

27 Y de la misma manera que está reservado a los hombres el morir una sola vez, y después de esto el juicio,

It is in the plan that all men die once. After that, they will stand before God and be judged.

28 a sí también Cristo fue ofrecido una sola vez para llevar los pecados de muchos; y aparecerá por segunda vez, sin relación con el pecado, a los que le esperan ansiosamente para salvación.

It is the same with Christ. He gave Himself once to take away the sins of many. When He comes the second time, He will not need to give Himself again for sin. He will save all those who are waiting for Him.