Hebreos 8
1 Ahora bien, de las cosas que estamos diciendo, este es el punto principal: tenemos un sumo sacerdote que tomó su lugar a la diestra del trono de gloria de Dios en el cielo,
The main point of [all] that [I] have written is that we have a Supreme Priest like that. He has sat down to rule [MTY] with God [EUP] at the place of greatest honor in heaven.
2 Ministro del santuario y del tabernáculo verdadero, que fue puesto por Dios, no por el hombre.
He ministers in the Most Holy Place, that is, in the true place [of worship in heaven]. That is a place that [Moses’] tent [represented]. The Lord set up the true place of worship. No human [set it up].
3 Ahora todo sumo sacerdote tiene autoridad para llevar a Dios ofrendas y sacrificios; de modo que es necesario que este hombre, como ellos, tenga algo para una ofrenda.
Every Supreme Priest was appointed {[God] appointed every Supreme Priest} to offer [to God] gifts and sacrifices [for people who sinned]. So, since [Christ became a Supreme Priest], he also had to offer something.
4 Si hubiera estado en la tierra, no habría sido sacerdote en absoluto, porque hay otros sacerdotes que hacen las ofrendas ordenadas por la ley;
Since there are already [Jewish] priests who offer gifts as God’s laws [require], if Christ were [now living] on the earth, he would not be a Supreme Priest.
5 Siendo siervos de lo que es una copia y una imagen de las cosas en el cielo, como Moisés, cuando estaba a punto de construir el santuario, tenía órdenes especiales de Dios: porque, mira, dijo, haz todo como el diseño que viste en la montaña.
The [Jewish] priests perform rituals which are only a model [DOU] of [what Christ would do in heaven] [MTY]. What [God] told Moses when Moses was about to set up the tent [for worshipping him supports the idea that those rituals were only a model. God said], “Be sure that you [(sg)] make everything according to the model that I showed you on [Sinai] Mountain!”
6 Pero ahora a obtenido una posición como sumo sacerdote, es más excelente. porque a través de él Dios ha hecho un mejor pacto con el hombre, basado en dar mejores promesas.
But now as it is, [Christ] ministers in a more excellent way [than the Jewish priests do]. Likewise, the [new] covenant that he established [between God and people] is better [than the old one. When the new covenant was established] {[God established the new covenant]}, he promised us better things [than the laws that God gave Moses did].
7 Porque si ese primer pacto hubiera sido perfecto, no habría habido lugar para un segundo pacto.
If that first covenant had been perfectly adequate [LIT], God would not have thought that he needed another [covenant/agreement to replace it]. But [it was not adequate, so he needed a new one].
8 Porque, protestando contra ellos, dice: He aquí vienen días en que haré un nuevo pacto con la casa de Israel y con la casa de Judá;
Because God declared [that the Israelites] were guilty [of not obeying the first covenant, he wanted a new covenant. This is what] ([a prophet/Jeremiah]) [wrote about that]: The Lord says, “Listen! There will soon be a time when I will make a new covenant with the people [MTY] of Israel and the people [MTY] of Judah.
9 No como el acuerdo que hice con sus padres cuando los tomé de la mano, para ser su guía de la tierra de Egipto; porque no guardaron el pacto conmigo, y yo los abandoné, dice el Señor.
That covenant will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I led them out of Egypt [MET] [like a father leads a child] by the hand. They did not continue to [obey] my covenant, so I rejected them,” says the Lord.
10 Porque este es el pacto que haré con el pueblo de Israel después de aquellos días, dice él Señor: Pondré mis leyes en sus mentes, las escribiré en sus corazones; y seré su Dios, y ellos serán mi pueblo.
“This is the covenant that I will make with the Israelites [MTY], after [the first covenant has ended] [MTY],” says the Lord: “I will enable them to understand my laws [MTY], and I will enable them to obey them (OR, truly know them) [MTY] sincerely. I will be their God, and they will be my people [DOU].
11 Y no habrá necesidad de que cada hombre enseñe a su hermano o a su prójimo, y diga: “Conoce al Señor, porque todos me conocerán, grandes y pequeños”.
[As a result], no one will [need to] teach a fellow citizen or tell his fellow kinsmen, ‘[You need to] know the Lord,’ because all [my people] will know me: [My people] of every status [will know me].
12 Y tendré misericordia de sus injusticias, y de sus pecados y de sus iniquidades no me acordaré.
I will mercifully [forgive them for] the wicked things they have done. I will no longer [consider] that [they are guilty for] [DOU] [their] sins.”
13 Cuando Dios dice: Un nuevo pacto, ha declarado viejo el primer pacto. Pero cualquier cosa que esté envejeciendo y anticuado, poco le falta para desaparecer.
Since God spoke about a new [covenant], he considered that the first [covenant] was no longer in use, and that it would soon disappear, just like [anything that] gets old [will disappear] [MET, DOU].
