Hebreos 8
1 Lo principal de lo que decimos es que tenemos un Sumo Sacerdote que se sentó a la derecha del trono de la Majestad en los cielos,
The main point of what we're saying is this: We have just such a high priest who is seated at the right hand of God, who sits in majesty on his throne in heaven.
2 Ministro del santuario y del verdadero Tabernáculo, erigido por el Señor y no el hombre.
He serves in the sanctuary, the true Tabernacle that was set up by the Lord and not by human beings.
3 Porque todo sumo sacerdote es designado para ofrecer ofrendas y sacrificios, por lo cual es necesario que Éste también tenga algo para ofrecer.
Since it's the responsibility of every high priest to offer gifts and sacrifices, this high priest must also have something to offer.
4 Así que, ni siquiera sería sacerdote si estuviera en [la] tierra, donde hay los que presentan las ofrendas según [la] Ley,
Now if he was here on earth, he wouldn't be a priest at all, because there are already priests to present the offerings that the law requires.
5 los cuales sirven de modelo y sombra de las cosas celestiales, como se le advirtió a Moisés cuando iba a erigir el Tabernáculo: Mira, le dice: Haz todas las cosas según el modelo que se te mostró en la montaña.
The place they serve is a copy, a mere shadow of what is in heaven. That's what God told Moses when he was going to set up the Tabernacle: “Be careful to make everything according to the blueprint you were shown on the mountain.”
6 Pero ahora [Jesús] tiene un ministerio mejor, por cuanto es Mediador de un Pacto mejor establecido sobre promesas mejores.
But Jesus has been given a far better ministry just as he is the one who mediates a far better agreed relationship between us and God, which is based on much better promises.
7 Porque si el primero fuera sin defecto, [el] segundo no hubiera sido necesario.
If that first agreement had been perfect, then a second wouldn't have been necessary.
8 Porque al reprenderlos dice: Miren, vienen días, dice [el] Señor, en los cuales estableceré un Nuevo Pacto con la casa de Israel y con la casa de Judá,
Pointing out their failings, God told his people, “Pay attention, says the Lord, because the days are coming when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and Judah.
9 No como el Pacto que hice con sus antepasados el día cuando los tomé de la mano para sacarlos de [la] tierra de Egipto. Porque ellos no permanecieron en mi Pacto, y Yo los desatendí, dice el Señor.
This will not be like the agreement I made with their forefsathers when I led them by the hand out of the land of Egypt. For they didn't keep their part of the agreed relationship, so I gave up on them, says the Lord.
10 Porque éste es el Pacto que estableceré con la casa de Israel después de aquellos días, dice [el] Señor, grabaré mis Leyes en la mente de ellos y las escribiré sobre sus corazones. [Yo] les seré Dios, y ellos me serán pueblo.
The relationship I promise to the house of Israel is this: After that time, says the Lord, I will place my laws inside them, and write them in their minds. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
11 Que de ningún modo [alguno] enseñe a su conciudadano, ni le diga a su hermano: conoce al Señor. Porque todos me conocerán, desde [el] menor hasta [el] mayor de ellos.
No one will need to teach their neighbor, and no one will need to teach anyone in their family, telling them, ‘You ought to know the Lord.’ For everyone will know me, from the smallest to the greatest.
12 Porque tendré misericordia de ellos en relación con sus iniquidades, y que de ningún modo me acuerde de sus pecados.
I will be merciful when they do wrong, and I will forget about their sins.”
13 Al decir: Nuevo [Pacto], trató como obsoleto el primero, porque lo tratado como obsoleto caduca. Está cerca de desaparecer.
By saying, “A new agreed relationship,” he makes the first agreement out-of-date. The one that's old and worn out has almost disappeared.
