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Hebreos 12
Palabra de Dios para Todos

Fortaleza en medio del sufrimiento

12 Fijémonos entonces que nos rodean muchísimas personas que demostraron su fe. Corramos sin fallar la carrera que tenemos por delante. Quitemos de nuestra vida cualquier cosa que nos impida avanzar, especialmente el pecado que nos hace caer tan fácilmente. 2 Fijemos nuestra mirada en Jesús, en quien la fe empieza y termina. En vez del gozo que podía haber tenido, sufrió la muerte en la cruz y aceptó la humillación como si no fuera nada. Después se sentó a la derecha del trono de Dios. 3 Si alguna vez se sienten desfallecidos y agobiados, piensen en Jesús, quien soportó pacientemente el maltrato de parte de los pecadores.

4 Ustedes han luchado contra el pecado, pero no hasta el punto de perder la vida. 5 Son hijos de Dios, pero olvidaron lo que él les dice a sus hijos para animarlos:

«Hijo mío, toma en serio la disciplina del Señor,
    no te desanimes cuando el Señor te corrija.
6 (A)El Señor disciplina a todo el que ama,
    y castiga a todo al que acepta como su hijo».[a]

7 Entonces soporten esos sufrimientos como se acepta la disciplina de un padre, porque Dios lo hace como un padre que corrige a sus hijos. 8 Si Dios no los disciplinara, significaría que ustedes no le importan. Cuando un padre no corrige a sus hijos es porque realmente no los considera sus hijos. 9 Todos hemos tenido padres en la tierra que nos han disciplinado y nosotros los respetamos. Entonces es aun más importante someternos a nuestro Padre celestial para poder vivir. 10 Nuestros padres en la tierra nos corrigieron por poco tiempo. Lo hicieron de la mejor manera que pudieron, pero Dios nos corrige para ayudarnos a ser santos como él. 11 No nos gusta cuando nos corrigen porque nos duele, pero luego de haber sido corregidos da buenos resultados. Entonces nos llenamos de paz y empezamos a vivir como debe ser.

12 Fortalézcanse nuevamente, porque se han debilitado. 13 Fíjense bien por dónde caminan para que su debilidad no los haga perder y así puedan salvarse.

Vida dedicada a Dios

14 Traten de vivir en paz con todo el mundo y tengan una vida libre de pecado. El que no tenga una vida dedicada a Dios, no podrá ver al Señor. 15 Tengan cuidado de que ninguno de ustedes pierda el favor[b] de Dios, ni sea como mala hierba, pues esto los puede perjudicar a todos. 16 No cometan inmoralidades sexuales ni le falten al respeto a Dios. Eso fue lo que hizo Esaú cuando vendió los derechos que tenía como hijo mayor a cambio de una sola comida. 17 Ustedes ya saben que después trató de conseguir la bendición de su papá y, aunque la suplicó con lágrimas, él no se la dio, pues ya no podía cambiar lo que había hecho.

18 [c] Ustedes han llegado a un nuevo lugar muy distinto del monte al que se acercó el pueblo de Israel. No han llegado a un monte que se puede tocar y que echa fuego. No es un lugar tormentoso, tenebroso ni oscuro. 19 No hay sonidos de trompeta ni esa voz que el pueblo oyó y rogó no volver a oír jamás. 20 (B)No soportaron la orden que se les dio: «Si alguien, incluso un animal, toca el monte, morirá a pedradas».[d] 21 (C)Todo parecía tan terrible que Moisés dijo: «Estoy temblando de miedo».[e]

22 Ustedes han llegado a un lugar diferente que es el monte Sion[f], la ciudad del Dios viviente, la Jerusalén[g] celestial, donde se reúnen millares de ángeles para celebrar, y 23 también están reunidos los primogénitos[h] de Dios, cuyos nombres están escritos en el cielo. Ustedes han llegado a donde está Dios, el juez de todos, y a donde están los espíritus que fueron aprobados y perfeccionados por él. 24 Están junto a Jesús, quien trajo el nuevo pacto de Dios a la gente. En este lugar está la sangre que purifica,[i] la que nos habla de algo mejor que la sangre de Abel[j].

25 Asegúrense de no rechazar al que habla, pues los que se negaron a escucharlo cuando él les hizo la advertencia aquí en la tierra no escaparon del castigo. Mucho menos nosotros si no hacemos caso al que nos habla desde el cielo. 26 (D)En ese momento su voz hizo temblar la tierra. Ahora él promete: «Nuevamente haré temblar la tierra, pero también moveré el cielo».[k] 27 La palabra «nuevamente» nos demuestra con claridad que todo lo creado, lo que se puede hacer temblar será destruido y sólo permanecerá lo que no se puede mover.

28 Nosotros estamos recibiendo un reino que nadie puede hacer tambalear. Por eso seamos agradecidos y adoremos a Dios de la manera que a él le agrada. Hagámoslo con respeto y con temor, 29 porque nuestro Dios es como un fuego que puede destruirnos.

Footnotes

  1. 12:5-6 Cita de Pr 3:11-12.
  2. 12:15 favor Textualmente gracia.
  3. 12:18-21 Estos versículos se refieren a lo que le sucedió al pueblo judío en la época de Moisés, tal como se describe en Éx 19.
  4. 12:20 Cita de Éx 19:12-13.
  5. 12:21 Cita de Dt 9:19.
  6. 12:22 monte Sion Otro nombre para Jerusalén.
  7. 12:22 Jerusalén Aquí, se refiere a la ciudad espiritual del pueblo de Dios.
  8. 12:23 los primogénitos El hijo mayor tiene el lugar más importante en la familia judía. Recibía bendiciones especiales. Todos los hijos de Dios son tratados como primogénitos.
  9. 12:24 la sangre que purifica Textualmente la rociada. Ver He 9:18-21.
  10. 12:24 Abel El hijo de Adán y Eva. Su hermano Caín lo mató. Ver Gn 4:8.
  11. 12:26 Cita de Hag 2:6.
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Hebrews 12
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

The Example of Jesus

12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely,[a] and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of[b] the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

3 Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners,[c] so that you may not grow weary or lose heart. 4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as children—

‘My child, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
    or lose heart when you are punished by him;
6 for the Lord disciplines those whom he loves,
    and chastises every child whom he accepts.’

7 Endure trials for the sake of discipline. God is treating you as children; for what child is there whom a parent does not discipline? 8 If you do not have that discipline in which all children share, then you are illegitimate and not his children. 9 Moreover, we had human parents to discipline us, and we respected them. Should we not be even more willing to be subject to the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share his holiness. 11 Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

12 Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.

Warnings against Rejecting God’s Grace

14 Pursue peace with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble, and through it many become defiled. 16 See to it that no one becomes like Esau, an immoral and godless person, who sold his birthright for a single meal. 17 You know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent,[d] even though he sought the blessing[e] with tears.

18 You have not come to something[f] that can be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a tempest, 19 and the sound of a trumpet, and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that not another word be spoken to them. 20 (For they could not endure the order that was given, ‘If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned to death.’ 21 Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, ‘I tremble with fear.’) 22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, 23 and to the assembly[g] of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

25 See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking; for if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject the one who warns from heaven! 26 At that time his voice shook the earth; but now he has promised, ‘Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heaven.’ 27 This phrase ‘Yet once more’ indicates the removal of what is shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, by which we offer to God an acceptable worship with reverence and awe; 29 for indeed our God is a consuming fire.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:1 Other ancient authorities read sin that easily distracts
  2. Hebrews 12:2 Or who instead of
  3. Hebrews 12:3 Other ancient authorities read such hostility from sinners against themselves
  4. Hebrews 12:17 Or no chance to change his father’s mind
  5. Hebrews 12:17 Gk it
  6. Hebrews 12:18 Other ancient authorities read a mountain
  7. Hebrews 12:23 Or angels, and to the festal gathering 23 and assembly
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Hebrews 12
Maori Bible

12  Na, i tenei kapua nui o nga kaiwhakaatu e karapoti nei i a tatou, whakarerea e tatou nga whakataimaha katoa, me te hara whakaeke tata, kia manawanui hoki tatou ki te oma i te omanga e takoto nei i to tatou aroaro;

2 Me te titiro pu ano ki a Ihu, ki te kaitimata, ki te kaiwhakaoti i te whakapono; i whakaaro hoki ia ki te hari i tona aroaro, a whakamanawanui ana ki te ripeka, whakahawea ana ki te whakama, na kua noho ki matau o te torona o te Atua.

3 Whakaaroa hoki ia i whakamanawanui nei ki taua totohe nui a te hunga hara ki a ia, kei hoha o koutou ngakau, kei ngakaukore koutou.

4 Ko ta koutou pakanga, kahore ano kia tae noa ki te toto i a koutou e whawhai na ki te hara.

5 A kua wareware koutou ki te kupu whakahau e korero nei ki a koutou, me te mea he tama koutou, E taku tama, kaua e whakahawea ki ta te Ariki papaki; kei ngakaukore hoki ina riria e ia:

6 E papaki ana hoki te Ariki ki tana e aroha ai, e whiua ana hoki e ia nga tama katoa e whakatamarikitia ana ki a ia.

7 Hei pakinga ta koutou e manawanui ai; e rite ana ta te Atua meatanga ki a koutou ki tana ki nga tama tupu; ko wai hoki te tama e kore e pakia e tona papa?

8 Ki te kahore ia o koutou pakinga, te mea e whakawhiwhia ana ki te katoa, he poriro koutou, ehara i te tama.

9 Tetahi, he matua ano o tatou no te wahi ki te kikokiko, he mea papaki tatou na ratou; i hopohopo ano tatou ki a ratou: kaua ianei e nui noa atu to tatou ngohengohe ki te Matua o nga wairua, kia ora ai?

10 Ko ta ratou papaki hoki he torutoru nei nga ra, he mea ano na ta ratou ake i whakaaro ai; ko ta tenei ia hei pai mo tatou, kia whiwhi ai tatou ki tona tapu.

11 Ko nga pakinga katoa, e kore e kiia inaianei hei whakahari, engari hei whakapouri: muri iho ia ka puta mai te hua rangimarie o te tika, ki te hunga e whakamahia ana ki taua mea.

12 Heoi kia ara nga ringaringa kua tukua iho, me nga turi ngoikore:

13 Hanga hoki etahi huarahi tika mo o koutou waewae, kei whakapeaua ketia atu te kopa; engari kia ora ake i te mate.

14 Whaia te rongo kia mau ki te katoa, me te tapu hoki, ki te kahore hoki tenei e kore tetahi tangata e kite i te Ariki.

15 Me te titiro marie kei hapa tetahi i to te Atua aroha noa; kei pihi ake tetahi pakiaka o te kawa hei whakararuraru, e poke ai te tokomaha;

16 Kei moepuku tetahi, kei whakarihariha ranei, kei pera me Ehau: i hokona ra e ia tona matamuatanga ki te kainga kotahi.

17 E matau ana hoki koutou ki tona hiahia i muri kia riro i a ia te manaaki, a kapea ana ia: kihai hoki i kitea he wahi mo te ripeneta; i rapua marietia ano e ia me te heke ano o nga roimata.

18 Ehara hoki i te mea kua tae koutou ki te maunga e taea te whakapa atu, ki te ahi e ka ana, ki te pango kerekere, ki te pouri, ki te tupuhi,

19 Ki te tangi o te tetere, ki te reo e korero ana; i inoi ra te hunga i rangona ai kia kaua he kupu ki a ratou i muri iho:

20 Kihai hoki ratou i kaha ake ki te mea i whakaritea mai, Na, ahakoa he kararehe e pa atu ki te maunga, me aki ki te kohatu;

21 Koia ano te mataku o te mea i puta mai ra, i mea ai a Mohi, Mataku rawa ahau, wiri rawa:

22 Engari kua tae nei koutou ki Maunga Hiona, ki te pa o te Atua ora, ki Hiruharama i te rangi, ki nga mano tini o nga anahera,

23 Ki te huihui nui, ki te hahi o nga matamua, kua oti te tuhituhi ki te rangi, ki te Atua hoki, ki te kaiwhakawa o nga tangata katoa, ki nga wairua ano o te hunga tika kua oti te mea kia tino tika,

24 Ki a Ihu ano hoki, ki te takawaenga o te kawenata hou, ki nga toto o te tauhiuhinga, he pai ake nei nga korero i to Apera.

25 Kia mahara kei whakarere koutou i tenei e korero mai nei. Ki te mea hoki kihai i mawhiti te hunga i paopao ki tera i korero ra i runga i te whenua, ina e kore rawa ano tatou, ki te tahuri ke atu i tenei kua korero mai nei i te rangi:

26 Ngaueue ana te whenua i tona reo i reira: inaianei ia kua puaki tana kupu whakaari, kua mea ia, Kia kotahi ano meatanga, a ehara i te mea ko te whenua anake, ko te rangi ano hoki taku e whakangaueue ai.

27 Ko taua kupu nei hoki, Kia kotahi meatanga, hei whakakite i te putanga ketanga o nga mea ka whakangaueuetia ra, he mea hanga hoki, mau tonu iho ai nga mea e kore nei e whakangaueuetia.

28 Na, ka riro nei i a tatou he kingitanga e kore e taea te whakangaueue, kia whiwhi tatou ki te aroha noa e manakohia mai ai ta tatou e mahi nei ki te Atua i runga i te hopohopo, i te wehi:

29 He ahi hoki e kai ana to tatou Atua.

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Hebrews 12
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12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run(A) with perseverance(B) the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus,(C) the pioneer(D) and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross,(E) scorning its shame,(F) and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.(G) 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary(H) and lose heart.

God Disciplines His Children

4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.(I) 5 And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,

“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
    and do not lose heart(J) when he rebukes you,
6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,(K)
    and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”[a](L)

7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.(M) For what children are not disciplined by their father? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline(N)—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits(O) and live!(P) 10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.(Q) 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace(R) for those who have been trained by it.

12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.(S) 13 “Make level paths for your feet,”[b](T) so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.(U)

Warning and Encouragement

14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone(V) and to be holy;(W) without holiness no one will see the Lord.(X) 15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God(Y) and that no bitter root(Z) grows up to cause trouble and defile many. 16 See that no one is sexually immoral,(AA) or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son.(AB) 17 Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears,(AC) he could not change what he had done.

The Mountain of Fear and the Mountain of Joy

18 You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm;(AD) 19 to a trumpet blast(AE) or to such a voice speaking words(AF) that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them,(AG) 20 because they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.”[c](AH) 21 The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”[d](AI)

22 But you have come to Mount Zion,(AJ) to the city(AK) of the living God,(AL) the heavenly Jerusalem.(AM) You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, 23 to the church of the firstborn,(AN) whose names are written in heaven.(AO) You have come to God, the Judge of all,(AP) to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,(AQ) 24 to Jesus the mediator(AR) of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood(AS) that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.(AT)

25 See to it that you do not refuse(AU) him who speaks.(AV) If they did not escape when they refused him who warned(AW) them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?(AX) 26 At that time his voice shook the earth,(AY) but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”[e](AZ) 27 The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken(BA)—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.

28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken,(BB) let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,(BC) 29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”[f](BD)

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:6 Prov. 3:11,12 (see Septuagint)
  2. Hebrews 12:13 Prov. 4:26
  3. Hebrews 12:20 Exodus 19:12,13
  4. Hebrews 12:21 See Deut. 9:19.
  5. Hebrews 12:26 Haggai 2:6
  6. Hebrews 12:29 Deut. 4:24
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