Hebreos 8
Dios Habla Hoy
Imperfección del culto antiguo
8 Lo más importante de lo que estamos diciendo es que nuestro Sumo sacerdote es de tal naturaleza que se ha sentado en el cielo, a la derecha del trono de Dios, 2 y oficia como sacerdote en el verdadero santuario, el que fue hecho por el Señor y no por los hombres.
3 Todo sumo sacerdote es nombrado para presentar ofrendas y sacrificios, y por eso es necesario que Jesucristo también tenga algo que ofrecer. 4 Si él estuviera en la tierra, ni siquiera sería sacerdote, pues aquí ya hay sacerdotes que presentan las ofrendas mandadas por la ley de Moisés. 5 Pero estos sacerdotes prestan su servicio por medio de cosas que no son más que copias y sombras de lo que hay en el cielo. Y sabemos que son copias porque, cuando Moisés iba a construir el santuario, Dios le dijo: «Pon atención y hazlo todo según el modelo que te mostré en el monte.» 6 Pero nuestro Sumo sacerdote, que ha recibido un ministerio sacerdotal mucho mejor, es mediador de una alianza mejor, basada en mejores promesas.
Imperfección de la primera alianza
7 Si la primera alianza hubiera sido perfecta, no habría sido necesaria una segunda alianza. 8 Pero Dios encontró imperfecta a aquella gente, y dijo:
«El Señor dice: Vendrán días
en que haré una nueva alianza con Israel y con Judá.
9 Esta alianza no será como la que hice con sus antepasados,
cuando los tomé de la mano
para sacarlos de la tierra de Egipto;
y como ellos no cumplieron mi alianza,
yo los abandoné, dice el Señor.
10 La alianza que haré con Israel
después de aquellos días,
será ésta, 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 Ya no será necesario que unos a otros,
compatriotas o parientes, tengan que instruirse
para que conozcan al Señor,
porque todos me conocerán,
desde el más pequeño hasta el más grande.
12 Yo les perdonaré sus maldades
y no me acordaré más de sus pecados.»
13 Cuando Dios habla de una nueva alianza es porque ha declarado vieja a la primera; y a lo que está viejo y anticuado, poco le falta para desaparecer.
Hebrews 8
New International Version
The High Priest of a New Covenant
8 Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest,(A) who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,(B) 2 and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle(C) set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being.
3 Every high priest(D) is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices,(E) and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer.(F) 4 If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.(G) 5 They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy(H) and shadow(I) of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned(J) when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”[a](K) 6 But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant(L) of which he is mediator(M) is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.
7 For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.(N) 8 But God found fault with the people and said[b]:
“The days are coming, declares the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant(O)
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
9 It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors(P)
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,
and I turned away from them,
declares the Lord.
10 This is the covenant(Q) I will establish with the people of Israel
after that time, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws in their minds
and write them on their hearts.(R)
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.(S)
11 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,(T)
from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.(U)”[c](V)
13 By calling this covenant “new,”(W) he has made the first one obsolete;(X) and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 8:5 Exodus 25:40
- Hebrews 8:8 Some manuscripts may be translated fault and said to the people.
- Hebrews 8:12 Jer. 31:31-34
Hebrews 8
New American Standard Bible
A Better Ministry
8 Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a (A)high priest, who has taken His seat at (B)the right hand of the throne of the (C)Majesty in the heavens, 2 a (D)minister [a]in the sanctuary and [b]in the (E)true [c]tabernacle, which the Lord (F)set up, not man. 3 For every (G)high priest is appointed (H)to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. 4 Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are [d]those who (I)offer the gifts according to the Law; 5 who serve (J)a copy and (K)shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses [e]was (L)warned by God when he was about to erect the [f]tabernacle; for, “(M)See,” He says, “that you make all things by the pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.” 6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, to the extent that He is also the (N)mediator of (O)a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.
A New Covenant
7 For (P)if that first covenant had been free of fault, no [g]circumstances would have been sought for a second. 8 For in finding fault with [h]the people, He says,
“(Q)Behold, days are coming, says the Lord,
[i]When I will bring about (R)a new covenant
With the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
9 (S)Not like the covenant which I made with their fathers
On the day I took them by the hand
To bring them out of the land of Egypt;
For they did not continue in My covenant,
And I did not care about them, says the Lord.
10 (T)For this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel
After those days, declares the Lord:
[j]I will put My laws into their minds,
And write them (U)on their hearts.
And I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.
11 (V)And they will not teach, each one his fellow citizen,
And each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
For (W)they will all know Me,
From [k]the least to the greatest of them.
12 (X)For I will be merciful toward their wrongdoings,
(Y)And their sins I will no longer remember.”
13 [l]When He said, “(Z)A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. (AA)But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is [m]about to disappear.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 8:2 Or of
- Hebrews 8:2 Or of
- Hebrews 8:2 Or sacred tent
- Hebrews 8:4 I.e., temple priests
- Hebrews 8:5 Lit has been
- Hebrews 8:5 Or sacred tent
- Hebrews 8:7 Lit place
- Hebrews 8:8 Lit them
- Hebrews 8:8 Lit And
- Hebrews 8:10 Lit Putting My laws into...
- Hebrews 8:11 Lit small to great of them
- Hebrews 8:13 Or In His saying
- Hebrews 8:13 Or near destruction
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