Hebreos 3
La Palabra (España)
II.— JESUCRISTO, SACERDOTE FIEL Y MISERICORDIOSO (3,1—5,10)
Jesús es superior a Moisés
3 Por tanto, hermanos creyentes que compartís un mismo llamamiento celestial, no perdáis de vista a quien ha sido enviado como sumo sacerdote de la fe que profesamos. Me refiero a Jesús, 2 modelo de fidelidad al que Dios constituyó en tal cargo, como lo fue también Moisés en todo lo referente a la casa de Dios. 3 Pero Jesús se ha hecho acreedor a una gloria más excelsa que la de Moisés, por cuanto al constructor de una casa le corresponde un honor mayor que a la casa construida. 4 Toda casa, en efecto, tiene su constructor; y el constructor del universo es Dios. 5 En cuanto a Moisés, fue ciertamente fiel en todo lo tocante a la casa de Dios, aunque sólo como un siervo encargado de atestiguar lo que Dios iba a decir. 6 Cristo, en cambio, como Hijo que es, está al frente de la casa de Dios. Una casa que somos nosotros mientras mantengamos la confianza y la ilusión que nace de la esperanza.
Exhortación a la fidelidad
7 Por eso, como dice el Espíritu Santo:
Cuando hoy escuchéis la voz del Señor,
8 no cerréis a cal y canto el corazón,
como hicieron los que se rebelaron
en el desierto el día de la prueba.
9 Allí fue donde vuestros antepasados
intentaron ponerme a prueba
a pesar de haber experimentado mis maravillas
10 durante cuarenta años.
Por eso me indigné
contra aquella gente y exclamé:
“Tienen siempre el corazón extraviado
y nunca han seguido mis caminos”.
11 No entrarán, pues, en mi descanso,
tal como lo juré lleno de enojo.
12 Procurad, hermanos, que ninguno de vosotros tenga un corazón incrédulo y perverso que lo aparte del Dios viviente. 13 Más bien exhortaos unos a otros día tras día mientras dura ese “hoy”, para que la seducción del pecado no endurezca vuestras conciencias. 14 Porque sólo si mantenemos firme hasta el fin la confianza del principio, compartiremos la suerte de Cristo. 15 Es lo que se nos dice:
Cuando hoy escuchéis la voz del Señor,
no cerréis a cal y canto el corazón,
como hicieron los que se rebelaron.
16 ¿Y quiénes fueron los que, habiendo escuchado la voz del Señor, se rebelaron? ¿No fueron acaso todos los que habían salido de Egipto guiados por Moisés? 17 Y ¿contra quiénes se indignó el Señor a lo largo de aquellos cuarenta años? Está claro que contra quienes pecaron, y por eso sus cadáveres quedaron tendidos en el desierto. 18 Y ¿a quiénes, sino a los rebeldes, aseguró con juramento que no entrarían en su descanso? 19 Vemos, efectivamente, que no pudieron entrar por falta de fe.
Hebrews 3
New King James Version
The Son Was Faithful
3 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, 2 who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as (A)Moses also was faithful in all His house. 3 For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as (B)He who built the house has more honor than the house. 4 For every house is built by someone, but (C)He who built all things is God. 5 (D)And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as (E)a servant, (F)for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward, 6 but Christ as (G)a Son over His own house, (H)whose house we are (I)if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope [a]firm to the end.
Be Faithful(J)
7 Therefore, as (K)the Holy Spirit says:
(L)“Today, if you will hear His voice,
8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
In the day of trial in the wilderness,
9 Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,
And saw My works forty years.
10 Therefore I was angry with that generation,
And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they have not known My ways.’
11 So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”
12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13 but [b]exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, 15 while it is said:
(M)“Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
Failure of the Wilderness Wanderers
16 (N)For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? 17 Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, (O)whose corpses fell in the wilderness? 18 And (P)to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of (Q)unbelief.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 3:6 NU omits firm to the end
- Hebrews 3:13 encourage
Hebrews 3
King James Version
3 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
La Palabra, (versión española) © 2010 Texto y Edición, Sociedad Bíblica de España
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
