Hebrews 8
1 Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
Lo capital de lo dicho es que tenemos un Pontífice tal que está sentado a la diestra del trono de la Majestad en los cielos;
2 a servant of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord set up, and not man.
ministro del santuario y del verdadero tabernáculo, que hizo el Señor y no el hombre.
3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.
Ahora bien, todo Pontífice es constituido para ofrecer dones y víctimas; por lo cual también Este debe necesariamente tener algo que ofrecer.
4 Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the Law;
Si pues Él habitase sobre la tierra, ni siquiera podría ser sacerdote, pues hay ya quienes ofrecen dones según la Ley;
5 who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, "See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain."
los cuales dan culto en figura y sombra de las realidades celestiales, según le fue significado a Moisés cuando se puso a construir el Tabernáculo: “Mira, le dice, que hagas todas las cosas conforme al modelo que te ha sido mostrado en el monte”.
6 But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as Law.
Mas ahora Él ha alcanzado tanto más excelso ministerio cuanto mejor es la alianza de que es mediador, alianza establecida sobre mejores promesas.
7 For if the first had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.
Porque si aquella primera hubiese sido sin defecto, no se habría buscado lugar para una segunda.
8 For finding fault with them, he said, "Look, the days are coming," says the Lord, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
Pues en son de reproche les dice: “He aquí que vienen días, dice el Señor, en que concluiré una alianza nueva con la casa de Israel y con la casa de Judá;
9 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day that 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 disregarded them," says the Lord.
o como el pacto que hice con sus padres el día que los tomé de la mano, para sacarlos de la tierra de Egipto; pues ellos no perseveraron en mi pacto, por lo cual Yo los abandoné, dice el Señor.
10 "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 mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Porque esta es la alianza que haré con la casa de Israel, después de aquellos días, dice el Señor: Pondré mis leyes en su mente, y, las escribiré en su corazón; Yo seré su Dios, y ellos serán mi pueblo;
11 They will not teach each one his fellow citizen, and each one his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for all will know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.
y no enseñará más cada uno a su vecino, ni cada cual a su hermano, diciendo: Conoce al Señor; porque todos me conocerán, desde el menor hasta el mayor de ellos,
12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins no more."
pues tendré misericordia de sus iniquidades y de sus pecados no me acordaré más”.
13 In that he says, "new," he has made the first old. But that which is becoming old and grows aged is near to vanishing away.
Al decir una ( alianza ) nueva, declara anticuada la primera; de modo que lo que se hace anticuado y envejece está próximo a desaparecer.
